The topic of procrastination came up twice yesterday, so I think it was a sign that I'm supposed to write about it. And we all have important work we need to complete every day, including preparing for presentations. Is there a way to get the best of both worlds? The trick is to start early. But that's beside the point. MORE >>

This week I went to my first Pecha Kucha night in Wellington, New Zealand. Pecha Kucha was developed as a presentation format to allow design and creative types to share their passions and show off their work. You have to present with 20 slides and each slide is shown for 20 seconds. Wow – do we want to see it again! MORE >>

In my blog post, " Don't waste time talking about time ," I discussed the pitfalls of trying to cram too much information into a too-brief time slot. But what I didn't discuss, and had never experienced until this presentation, was a speaker who triples his rate of speech in order to get through too much material. He talks fast. MORE >>

Empowered, the time has come to conclude, at which point you exclaim: “In conclusion, I appreciate your time to hear about __. What can you do to prevent this from occurring?  So what are other effective ways to close?  ex.  ”In order to guarantee that we save tomorrow, we need to __ today!”  MORE >>

In my previous posting, I discussed how to save, crop and resize image files. Google Image Search An obvious place to start is with a simple Google search and select ‘Images’ from the top menu bar. [.]. MORE >>