Is this your first time here? About this blog | About my company, Brazen Careerist | Penelopes guide to starting a blog 5 Reasons why you don't need to write a book Posted to: Blogging | Journalism September 14th, 2008 Del.icio.us Digg Reddit

That's headline news for those of you using BBP, because the approach requires that you write complete sentences in the story template, which then become the headlines of the frames of your PowerPoint storyboard. (Read Does it really matter what you put at the top of your PowerPoint slides? Absolutely, according to researcher Michael Alley, who tested two designs for teaching slides on two groups of students -- one design with the conventional category heading at the top, and another with a complete sentence headline at the top.

What to do :  Write as many Geo-Foods ideas as you can.  Tags: Contests creative writing humor Joke contes This month’s contest is suggested by Sol Morrison from Santa Barbara.  The theme is Geo-Foods . The challenge is to take a geographic name (city, state, country, lake, river, mountain, etc) and link it with a food. 

As a freelance writer who has been around long enough to go grey (due to age, not due to work), I am often asked, “How much should I charge for corporate writing jobs?” I am asked this question by other freelancers – especially aspiring freelancers or freelancers looking to move from periodical writing to corporate [...] ...Tags: Tags: Freelance Writing - Corporate freelance writing freelance writing

Tags: Contests creative writing humor contest joke This month’s contest theme is submitted by Sol Morrison from Santa Barbara, California. New Joke Contests are announced mid-month. New Cartoon Caption Contests are announced on the first of the month.

Tags: Audience-Centered Speaking Authenticity Non-verbal Communication Public Speaking Rehearsal Speech Writing Storytelling Visual Aid 1.  0160; Lose the Power Point – when you put up Power Point slides you ask the audience to look at 2 – or 3 – things at once: you, your slides, perhaps a printout of your slides. That’s distracting.

So I’ve talked you out of writing the book (yet) and you’re thinking about a proposal.  0160; You need to know these people and then you need to write a book (that will come later) that they care passionately about.  0160; Author’s Bio For some reason, these are hard for most people to write.  0160; Let’s take the essential sections of one in turn and expand on each a bit. Introduction Begin with the most important section – the introduction. 

0160; Write your speech, either in outline, bullet, or text form. 0160; For how to structure and write a persuasive speech, look at Give Your Speech, Change the World ( [link] ).  Tags: Audience-Centered Speaking Public Speaking Speech Writing Visual Aid I’ve blogged many times on how NOT to use Power Point.  0160; Most people use it incorrectly, and it becomes a barrier between speaker and audience. 

So, this week on The Public Speaker I talk about how to write better LinkedIn recommendations.  Don’t write generic recommendations that have no content or meat to them. Write genuine and sincere recommendations for the work of professionals that you have experienced. Finally, Last year Chris Brogan talked about the elements of a good LinkedIn recommendation.  Of course, I have my own thoughts on this. 

When I first started writing speeches, I struggled to know how many words to write for a speech of a given length.  Now I have learned that I typically speak at an average of  80-100 words per minute when presenting in public and so I can quickly calculate how many words I need to write  i.e. Of course it goes without saying that when writing a speech of any length don’t  forget the basics.  The only way I would know was to rehearse the speech and time how long it lasted. 400-500 words for a five minute speech and so on.