Max Atkinson

JUNE 21, 2009

The recent revelations about MPs' expenses have got me wondering whether I include enough of my outgoings when invoicing clients, as well as whether I should be setting more of my expenses against tax. And, having just bought a new case that's big enough to take all my equipment, shirts, etc, but small enough to count as hand baggage and save me time waiting at luggage carousels, does this count as a 'business expense' that can be legitimately set against tax?

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Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter

JANUARY 13, 2019

The negotiation part of Megyn Kelly's exit from NBC ended last Friday. The former Fox political commentator got her full $69 million, despite an early departure from her contract. 

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Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter

DECEMBER 31, 2016

The Drudge Report takes this last day of 2016 to hammer the growing mess of illegal immigration. Recently the number of illegals crossing the southwestern border of the U.S. has surged 15%.

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Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter

JULY 26, 2018

Defending this litigation is expensive. Shareholders are taking collective legal action to push back against corporations in a growing number of lawsuits and the potential value of those complaints is also growing larger.

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Max Atkinson

MAY 21, 2009

As it hasn’t done so, maybe the furore about parliamentary ‘expenses’ will redirect attention along the corridor to the House of Cronies again, as the way ‘expenses’ are dished out there seems to be no less virtuous than it is in the House of Commons The only plus side of the apparently lenient six-month suspension just handed out to Lords Truscott and Taylor is that it will at least save the taxpayer about £50,000 (as their combined allowances claim for last year came to over £100,000).

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Max Atkinson

MAY 21, 2009

Tags: rees-mogg MP expenses house of lords

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Max Atkinson

JUNE 22, 2009

These are the kinds of momentous and troublesome problems I find myself having to grapple with since reading about some of the things that MPs seem to regard as perfectly legitimate expenses

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Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter

JULY 13, 2010

In the business-to-business marketplace, those big expensive brands might seem much too 20th-century to purchasers.      Yeah, and hold the fancy metro address and wood-paneled offices and conference room. One of those major purchasers Sherwin-Williams has come out, on the record, to indicate that it what it wants from the legal vendor it assigns business to. 

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Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter

JANUARY 25, 2018

The traditional rite of passage for college graduates landing jobs in Manhattan has been finding an apartment that doesn't eat up too much of their first-year compensation. Well, if Q4 2017 trends continue, that won't be their number-one challenge in adjusting to  post-college life in New York City. Here are the details from Bloomberg. According to StreetEasy, Manhattan rents plunged in Q4.

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Max Atkinson

JULY 26, 2009

Today’s Times on Line has a story about Lord Bhatia’s House of Lords expenses claims. This raises the interesting question of whether they are going to be as thorough in their investigations as the Telegraph was with it’s stories about MP’s expenses.

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Max Atkinson

MAY 16, 2009

In last Thursday's Question Tim e on BBC1, Margaret Beckett claimed that the existing system of parliamentary expenses was brought in under the Thatcher government in 1983, after a recommendations on a salary increase for MPs by an independent body had been deferred and staggered for 8 years – at which point the additional allowances were brought in ‘in stead of the pay increase’ (see below). Tags: question time MP expenses Thatcherism Margaret Beckett

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Max Atkinson

OCTOBER 12, 2009

As MPs return to Westminster today to face the music on their expenses, here's some light relief on the subject from Monty Python

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Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

  Now, we find out that she didn't turn in her expense account in time to be reimbursed for $1000+.  Ana Marie Cox's is having a run of bad luck.    Her husband had lost his job at CQ during a layoff.    She lost her own job at Air America when the liberal medium went bankrupt.    Right now in the Cox household that might represent a significant sum.

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Max Atkinson

JULY 1, 2009

The following stirring story has just appeared in a headline slot on the B BC website : The Great Train Robber Ronnie Biggs has been refused parole by Justice Secretary Jack Straw. Mr Straw rejected a recommendation by the Parole Board which backed the release of Biggs, 79.

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Max Atkinson

MAY 14, 2009

Much of the past week’s shock-horror-hullabaloo revelations about MPs' expenses has had to do with claims for mortgage interest payments, stamp duty, capital gains tax and other costs associated with owning houses, none of which would have arisen had these MPs chosen to rent, rather than buy, flats and houses in London and/or their constituencies. But why is this interpreted by MPs and the civil servants who administer the expenses as meaning the purchase of second homes?

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Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter

OCTOBER 15, 2009

The government entities involved in the search for the boy who didn't take that joy ride in a balloon may have legal grounds to bill back those expenses to the father.    By tethering a helium air balloon in the background, wasn't the father creating what is classified in law as an "attractive nuisance."  "  Any child, ranging from his own to those in the neighborhood, could have been attracted to boarding the contraption.  

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Max Atkinson

MAY 9, 2010

for horse manure) following the expenses scandal. His report featured interviews with four of the Wells candidates, including the Conservative who has taken considerable flak over his expenses and was delighted by Lord Pearson's support. The Wells Journal , like most local newspapers, tends not to get involved in political controversy.

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The Shy Speaker's Guide to Succes on Stage

OCTOBER 19, 2008

Home About Gary Testimonials FREE MATERIALS! NTU PPT TRAINING FILES The Shy Speaker's Guide to Success on Stage Tips & Strategies to Help You Speak Effectively to Anyone, Anywhere, Anytime Stay updated via RSS Get Gary Now!: Facebook: Shy Speakers Guide on FB Mobile: (+65) 91380556 Email: gary@garyguwe.com Subscribe Click below !

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Matt Eventoff

DECEMBER 2, 2009

Tags: Uncategorized Accenture must be wondering if their Tiger Woods advertisements are turning into a very expensive joke Chevron World Challenge Elin Nordegren media strategy jaimee grubbs Mark Steinberg Rachel Uchitel tiger woods img tiger woods media strategy tiger woods media training tiger woods presentation skills tiger woods public speaking Tiger Woods’ alleged mistress Woods' agent

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Max Atkinson

MARCH 31, 2009

Long ago, I heard one of the founders of conversation analysis (and I can’t remember whether it was Emanuel Schegloff or Gail Jefferson) talking about ‘pre-delicate hitches’ – a rather cumbersome piece of jargon for referring to a fairly common occurrence in conversation.

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Max Atkinson

JUNE 14, 2009

Our local MP, David Heathcote-Amory, recently achieved public notoriety for his parliamentary expenses claim for £380 worth of horse manure – on which an interesting new angle may be about to emerge. If true, this raises the interesting questions of whether one of Prince Charles’s businesses has been a beneficiary of an MP’s expenses claim, whether he know about it and, if so, whether it will have any constitutional implications? Tags: MP expenses

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Max Atkinson

MAY 25, 2009

Top of the claims for daily expenses was the Bishop of Truro, with £1,124 for each of his five days in the Lords, while joint equal lowest spenders were the Arch-bishops of Canterbury (£0) and York (£0). Tags: expenses attendance house of lords Bishops

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Max Atkinson

MAY 15, 2009

Tags: applause question time Dimbleby MP expenses

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Presentation Guru

JULY 24, 2018

The less-experienced speaker tends to focus on minute details at the expense of the big picture, while experienced speakers work backward from the big picture into the details.…

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Max Atkinson

MAY 15, 2009

Tags: rhetoric applause question time MP expenses

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Joan Detz Speaker Services

JUNE 1, 2017

Many organizations go to a great deal of work/expense to hire a professional speaker for their conference – but then let the ball drop by overlooking the final travel logistics.

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Presentation Guru

OCTOBER 5, 2017

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Ian Griffin - Professionally Speaking

NOVEMBER 6, 2012

Today’s US Election can be seen as the culmination of the most expensive transmedia storytelling campaign in history. Unlike the year-long Why So Serious? campaign that Warner Bros. funded to promote the Dark Knight Batman movie, and was reported to involve 10 million players, the United States Democratic and Republican Political Parties funded a multi-year [.]. Culture Shock! Marketing 2012 Presidential Election Politics

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Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter

DECEMBER 25, 2018

Even The Wall Street Journal is defaulting to the platitude that retirement will be more expensive than we had planned for.    Actually, the conversations we are having have become downright specific on the expenses we should be most concerned about. 

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Presentation Guru

OCTOBER 12, 2016

In the wake of the demise of Symbian phones, the near death of BlackBerry and the expensive failure called Windows Phone, there are two obvious mobile OS competitors still standing; Android and iOS.

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Professionally Speaking...

MARCH 11, 2016

most of us tend to focus on the content -- the what we say -- at the expense of the delivery -- the way we say it.". There would be people who'd disagree with the premise of Michael Parker's new book, It's Not What You Say. I would not be one of them.

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The Communication Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2014

Photos and cartoons are very expensive; consequently, these are usually limited in most textbooks. I started a few Pinterest boards largely to augment the text discussions in communication books—my own or others. So, I thought Pinterest would be a great medium to disseminate visuals that may prove useful in teaching communication. The boards you may find interesting in preparing slide presentations are those on illusions , communication , and choices.

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Speak Schmeak

JULY 20, 2011

But along with the excitement of moving comes expense. It's a win-win: I get my moving expenses covered and you get a great deal on a variety of services! I'm moving. It's pretty momentous. Hubby and I have been living in the same place for 19 years.

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The Presenter's Blog

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

It’s for when you want to say something to the effect of; “Proposition A, does not come at the expense of proposition B. Here are two very simple examples: “Quality does not need to come at the expense of productivity, nor productivity at the expense of quality.

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Speak Schmeak

AUGUST 22, 2014

At the expense of audience engagement, I might add. I met with a client recently who will be speaking at a prestigious conference in his industry. When we started working together, I discovered that we have a similar approach to audience engagement.

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Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

In most university towns parking is hard to find and expensive. Few cities are more environmentally conscious than Cambridge, Massachusetts.    But, even there, despite the city's strong anti-car stance, cars are winning out. 

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Thoughts On Presenting And Design

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

The hours spent each night is just not a commitment I’m prepared to make at the expense of real life. via youtube.com. The last few years, I’ve made an effort to manage my allocation of time better as it comes to games.

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Speak Schmeak

AUGUST 3, 2011

It's a win-win: I get my moving expenses covered and you get a great deal on a variety of services! I'm moving! And there's only one day left to get 20% off select coaching services!

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Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter

JANUARY 7, 2019

That's an expensive process. In addition, there are the legal expenses. The powers-that-be in New York City aren't providing many details. The little that is known is that lead is present in the Harlem Armory on W. 143rd Street (Harlem). The city is paying a New Jersey firm $2.2

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Beyond Bullet Points

MAY 14, 2009

People with a wide range of skills are coming from as close as the Hollywood Hills to as far away as New Zealand to collaborate, teach and learn from one another, at the unbelievably low registration fee of only $10 that goes toward facility expenses. If you’d like to improve your presentation skills or grow your speaking-related business, join us in Los Angeles from 10 am- 6 pm Pacific on Saturday, June 20 at PresentationCampLA!

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Craig Strachan - Keep Talking!

MAY 28, 2010

We need to learn at the expense of teaching – Peter Block. Are you teaching your clients, or are you helping them to learn? Of course you can replace the word “client&# with employee, children, students, partners, friends…. Related posts: Two Peter Block workshops you should attend Flawless Consulting workshop with Peter Block and Symphonia Leadership Development. Are you an expert communicator? I have always believed that to get ahead in life, A lesson from the marketing dept.

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Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter

OCTOBER 4, 2015

If I had waited until next week to get gas, I have a hunch it would be even less expensive. It's news (LOL) that Saudi Arabia cut its oil price. Here in Tucson, Arizona, at Fry's, E.

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Speak Schmeak

AUGUST 3, 2011

It's a win-win: I get my moving expenses covered and you get a great deal on a variety of services! I'm moving! And there's only one day left to get 20% off select coaching services!

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