historic moment for our country, capped off by a historic speech. Yesterday, Barack Obama was a senator from Illinois. Today, he's our president-elect. A Throughout his campaign, Obama's presidential demeanor was impressive.

There he was, right of page 28 in the January edition of VANITY FAIR: A carefully posed Tiger Woods, with his baseball cap, with a TAGHeuer around his hand.  0160; Somehow, with #7 surfacing today, not too many of us are giving good odds to the Tiger's keeping the lion's share of his endorsements.  0160; The wife better grab a divorce settlement while there's something to grab. ...Tags:

Yes, it is a social celebration but I’d suggest wearing your thinking cap and not your party hat. You’ll notice the format of this post is a little different. I decided to participate in a blog carnival which my colleague Angela DeFinis is hosting on her site. 

0160; Will a baseball cap become some kind of sex magnet? And Henry Kissinger was on the money: Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac.  0160; And Michael Moore oozes that.  0160; Inside the beltway politicians are making it known that they are attending his new film "Capitalism: A Love Story." 

Given Moore's shrewdness he's savvy enough to remove the baseball cap before greeting the President of the United States. ...Tags: Here's a lesson for us creatives: Choose the right subject to focus on and render it in the right tone.  0160; Not every essay or novel or video is of the same value in the marketplace.  

“You have but to hold forth in cap and gown, and any gibberish becomes learning, all nonsense passes for sense.”  8221;  (Moliere) “Training 8220;Training is everything.  Cauliflower is nothing but cabbage with a college education.” 

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=> Black, blue and green inks have the greatest visibility. => Blue is the most pleasing color to look at with red coming in second (note: pleasing to look at and visibility are not the same) => Do not do the whole chart in red ink. => Avoid purple, brown, pink and yellow inks. => Permanent markers give the most vivid color but dry out faster if you leave the cap off. They also frequently bleed thru to the next page. Forget trying to get the ink out of your clothes. => Water colors are less vivid and squeak when you write.

Make it easy for them to read (caps and lower case, punctuation, proper spelling). One of the most charming things about Twitter is that you have to say what you want to say in 140 characters. And it’s amazing how everyone can do it. Abbreviations are used, yes, but more than that, people take time to post thoughtful and complete tweets.

post my general one-sheets (keynotes and workshops) and the topic-specific sheets on my homepage for immediate access and download. A well-designed, general one-sheet, professional profile includes: Banner benefit statement at the top of layout Speakers name (in a stylized typestyle) Full-body or 2/3 view action photo on one side Portrait photo on the other side (without a microphone) Defining statement of your unique or valuable expertise Program descriptions, titles (one paragraph, plus three to five bullet-pointed benefits) Results to be generated, bullet pointed under title