'Manoush Zomorodi is the host of WNYC’s New Tech City which is available for download on iTunes. She is the author of Camera Ready: How to Present Yourself and Ideas On Air or Online. Follow her on Twitter @manoushz. She blogs at manoushz.com/blog and writes for The Huffington Post. How to Give a TED Talk [.]. MORE >>

'It's as if the powerful Clintons have split their ticket.    Although they still have a close professional relationship with Huma Abedin, they are not supporting her husband Anthony Weiner for mayor of New York City.  Secretary of State, is still on the a Clinton payroll.  Branding careers Politics MORE >>

'The view from lunch with a speaker When you say "yes" to an invitation to speak, you hope it embraces you in return, and that''s exactly what happened on my trip to London last week to give the closing keynote at the International Speechwriting Conference. It was lovely to get encouragement and advice from them, in a bit of reverse coaching. MORE >>

'On a recent teleseminar, one of my participants mentioned that his audiences are frequently attending for CEUs, and that they weren''t particularly enthusiastic about being there. And we''ve all had audiences like that, who are mandated for one reason or another, and aren''t there by choice or because they''re particularly interested in our topic. MORE >>

'Long before "death-by-powerpoint" or vertigo-by-prezi , there were bad presentations. Really bad presentations. So don''t blame the software. The genesis of painfully dull or muddled presentations predates the computer. Over the years I''ve heard from many people with technical backgrounds about what is a good presentation and what is not. MORE >>