So, Donald Trump knows exactly what he is doing in trying to pull the plug on that megawattage. The president-elect had a successful career as an entertainment celebrity. His medium had been television. So, he understands the attention game. Or megawattage. MORE
In plugging the dongle, nothing happens on the computer. If you don’t have a Tablet PC to write directly on your slides during a BBP presentation, you can always use a whiteboard as a companion to your screen. MORE
There is a huge market for lessons on bellying up to the risk bar, taking the leap, navigating through rough waters, pulling the plug, and making that experience a +. MORE
Now, even if one party pulls the plug and it's abrupt, the phrasing is usually, "The marriage fell apart." Divorce has become, at least in many circles, a fairly sophisticated concept. The point of view frequently tilts toward contract law. MORE
Oprah will pull the plug on her 4 PM talk show in September. Finally. It's no Johnny Carson quitting at the top of her fame. Her ratings on down and her presentation is stale. One wonders if she has a second act in her. My hunch: This woman is no Clint Eastwood who will blossom in late middle age. MORE
No surprise, Ted Cruz pulled the plug on his presidential campaign. Things started going all wrong for him. The least was the vice president on his ticket, Carly Fiorina, falling off the stage. The worst was the ugly loss in Indiana. MORE
Okay, so not a very articulate plug for public speaking training, but you get the gist. ( On November 12, Warren Buffet and Bill Gates were interviewed at a town hall meeting by CNBC's Becky Quick and students from Columbia Business School. MORE
This little device plugs into your USB port on one end, and the projector on the other, and voila, you have a wireless projector! On Monday evening, I ran a PowerPoint Karaoke contest at the Cape Communicators Toastmaster Club. MORE
Unable to plug-into the power while connected to a projector. With the iPad’s out-port connected to the VGA, there is nowhere to plug-in the power. You no longer take your laptop to a picnic if you want to play music; you take your MP3 player instead. MORE
She and I also added to the reasons for pulling the plug on Facebook: I am way too private for all that sharing and liking. The ethos of Facebook is The Happy Valley or PG-rated. Positive rules. That's been documented by research and experience. MORE
Step 1: Plug in your HDMI cable into your laptop’s HDMI Port (as shown below). PowerPoint presentations are often presented via projectors, where an individual can copy files to a computer which is connected to the projector in the hall. However, sometimes the projector is replaced with a large monitor or TV. There are many ways by which you can connect your computer or mobile device to a TV for presenting your slides. MORE
But this time he's pulling the plug on his teaching career at that university. This wasn't the first time that Harvard Government professor Jorge Dominguez had been in trouble for accusations about sexual misconduct. MORE
Neat lines of plugs criss-cross his head, with painful looking red welts at the base of each. It must be really painful to get fully plugged. He tilted his head forward to reveal – oh, yes - hair plugs. Pic: Stgermh. MORE
Long extension leads & multi plugs – so you can plug in wherever the plug points are. This is an extract of a training session that I present “Putting the POWER back into PowerPoint”. Nowadays, many of us use PowerPoint for our presentations. While there are many courses and books on the technical side of how to create slides, there is very little material available on how to create effective slides and presentations. This course helps to address that issue. MORE
Thanks to reader and speechwriter Margot Friedman for alerting me that The Eloquent Woman was highlighted this week in McMurry's Executive Communication Report , a free email newsletter from the publishers of The Influential Executive and Vital Speeches of the Day. You can subscribe to the newsletter here.) The newsletter includes pointers to speechwriting jobs, tips, blogs, and speech-related resources and analyses. MORE
Many of us The New Bohemians also plugged the plug on what seemed to be promising careers. At age 31, Noelle Hancock, a Yale graduate, gave up the $95,000 journalism job in New York. The cool apartment. And nice things. MORE
A hat tip to speechwriter Jeff Porro, who gave a plug to this blog on his "Tough Talk for Hard Times," about speeches CEOs are giving in this difficult economy. MORE
Answer: VisualBee is a Free PowerPoint 2007/10 plug-in that automatically designs presentations. VisualBee was a Gold Sponsor of my Outstanding Presentations Workshop last fall. MORE
I have a hunch that either the format of "Sunday Night" will be overhauled or the plug will be pulled on it. At Fox News, media genius Roger Ailes invented the formula of putting on air the long-legged glam blonde. One of them who played out that formula had been Megyn Kelly. MORE
His lighthearted approach also added some humor to the presentation, as his main point was that he was not going to talk about his business while, of course, talking about his business, and plugging other businesses in the process. MORE
Readers of my previous comments on BBC plug-a-book show s won’t be surprised to hear that I didn’t last longer than about three minutes before turning one off last night. As for how he came to get one of these prime plug-a-book slots, it’s anyone’s guess. Tags: Book plugging bbc MORE
Purchase a tiny headphone volume control (Radio Shack) and plug it into the output of your laptop. Then plug your output wire going to the sound system into thevolume control. More and more people are playing multimedia clips through their laptops. Here's a quick way to handle the volume when you do not have a sound person in the room. MORE
I tried plugging the drive into different ports, but that wasn't the problem. Here's a quick example of what I'm talking about when I harp on preparation over and over again. Yesterday, as I set up my equipment for a presentation, I noticed that my remote wasn't working. MORE
I always had my profit doubts about the genteel practice of turning coffee shops and book stores into those Third Places - that is, where folks could just hang. Now so do some of those Third Places in New York. They are banning laptops. After all, anyone can pop for one cup of something and monopolize the table forever, keying in, surfing the Internet, checking help-wanted. MORE
However, any connection between the two suicides could be explained more simply: Pulling the plug prematurely on a life is an equal-opportunity disease. Digital activist aka hacker James Dolan took his own life last December. MORE
That's before Barba takes it upon himself to pull the plug on Baby Drew. Although he hated his father, for example, he refused to approve pulling the plug. MORE
At the Voice of America, where she had been contributing since fall 2017, she heads "Plugged in with Greta van Susteren." "Greta van Susteren. MORE
It's easier just to pull the plug on the whole thing-which Amazon did. The competitive move works like this. A rival's product is selling well on Amazon. The competitor impersonates a law firm and notifies Amazon that the product is in violation of some law. MORE
It's 10 days since I posted some comments about the impact of BBC 'plug-a-book' shows on sales, following a mention of Speech-making and Presentation Made Easy (see above) on the BBC website. As expected, it soon slipped back from its all-time high of 1,841st in the Amazon bestsellers chart, but it's still been averaging about 220,000 places higher than it was before the plug on the BBC website. Tags: Book plugging Amazon waterstones booksellers MORE
Tags: Book plugging Amazon booksellers MORE
Hopefully, this is the opening salvo in what will mean the end of plug-in driven sites using Flash and Silverlight. via techcrunch.com. Flash leaks memory like a colander and Silverlight is just another means for Microsoft to try to turn the web into its own proprietary playground. ENOUGH!!! MORE
After that happened, Elizabeth pulled the plug. Here's the latest from the NATIONAL ENQUIRER, which has been proving itself to be mighty credible. It reports that Elizabeth Edwards told a friend that what ended the marriage was that her husband John Edwards beat her. According to the NE, the friend passed a lie detector test. MORE
It could be short-sighted for brands to pull the plug on advertising and sponsorship when negative publicity happens. The scandals surrounding Elivis' hip gyrations and Madonna's simulating sex on stage helped their own personal branding. MORE
I tried plugging the drive into different ports, but that wasn't the problem. Here's a quick example of what I'm talking about when I harp on preparation over and over again. Yesterday, as I set up my equipment for a presentation, I noticed that my remote wasn't working. MORE
Everything changes. Respected Emory is phasing out its academic program in journalism. That sends a lot of messages. The most blatant is that journalism as a discipline isn't in demand, not as a source of influence, not as where the jobs are. MORE
There are quite a number of plug-a-book shows on BBC Radio 4 (e.g. When I mentioned Lend Me Your Ear s, she told me I wasn’t supposed to be plugging my book, to which I replied that I thought this was the whole point of Radio 4. Start the Week, Midweek, Thinking Allowed, etc.), which is, I suppose, what you’d expect from the country's leading talk radio channel. MORE
So instead of posting stuff about the impact on sales of BBC 'plug-a-book' shows, I thought I should be doing a bit more in the way of plugging my own books on the blog. If you're wondering why my books have suddenly appeared in such a prominent place at the top of the page, there are two reasons. MORE
Okay, so not a very articulate plug for public speaking training, but you get the gist. ( On November 12, Warren Buffet and Bill Gates were interviewed at a town hall meeting by CNBC's Becky Quick and students from Columbia Business School. MORE
She gives us the permission we need in America to pull the plug on all that. Had I not pulled the plug on becoming a prominent literary figure, I would have missed out on making a very good living as a commercial writer. There is the strange voodoo of dreams. MORE
In addition, Comey has the contacts to plug into publicity machines in all the mediums. Establishment media and high-school English teachers were among those which used to debate: Can one book be the force of change in a society? That was then. MORE
You just plug the USB adapter into your laptop and it works. Targus wireless remote. I use this inexpensive remote because it’s very simple. It’s small so your audience will hardly notice it and it fits easily in the palm of your hand. MORE
But most analysts watching this play out are doubtful that Murdoch can pull the plug on what he loves so much. A Greek Chorus, in the form of News Corp investors, are telling Rupert Murdoch he should get the hell out of the newspaper business. MORE
No surprise, the powers that be are pulling the plug on the show after two seasons. The electricity was just never there for Anderson Cooper and his afternoon audience. Unlike Ellen his persona was too analytical and unlike Oprah too introverted. MORE
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Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
OCTOBER 25, 2015
She gives us the permission we need in America to pull the plug on all that. Had I not pulled the plug on becoming a prominent literary figure, I would have missed out on making a very good living as a commercial writer. There is the strange voodoo of dreams.
Max Atkinson
JULY 25, 2009
It's 10 days since I posted some comments about the impact of BBC 'plug-a-book' shows on sales, following a mention of Speech-making and Presentation Made Easy (see above) on the BBC website. As expected, it soon slipped back from its all-time high of 1,841st in the Amazon bestsellers chart, but it's still been averaging about 220,000 places higher than it was before the plug on the BBC website. Tags: Book plugging Amazon waterstones booksellers
Max Atkinson
JULY 18, 2009
So instead of posting stuff about the impact on sales of BBC 'plug-a-book' shows, I thought I should be doing a bit more in the way of plugging my own books on the blog. If you're wondering why my books have suddenly appeared in such a prominent place at the top of the page, there are two reasons.
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
MAY 19, 2014
She and I also added to the reasons for pulling the plug on Facebook: I am way too private for all that sharing and liking. The ethos of Facebook is The Happy Valley or PG-rated. Positive rules. That's been documented by research and experience.
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
SEPTEMBER 18, 2012
Everything changes. Respected Emory is phasing out its academic program in journalism. That sends a lot of messages. The most blatant is that journalism as a discipline isn't in demand, not as a source of influence, not as where the jobs are.
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
AUGUST 5, 2009
I always had my profit doubts about the genteel practice of turning coffee shops and book stores into those Third Places - that is, where folks could just hang. Now so do some of those Third Places in New York. They are banning laptops. After all, anyone can pop for one cup of something and monopolize the table forever, keying in, surfing the Internet, checking help-wanted.
Can You Hear Me Up the Back?
MAY 14, 2009
Neat lines of plugs criss-cross his head, with painful looking red welts at the base of each. It must be really painful to get fully plugged. He tilted his head forward to reveal – oh, yes - hair plugs. Pic: Stgermh.
Max Atkinson
JULY 24, 2009
Tags: Book plugging Amazon booksellers
Craig Strachan - Keep Talking!
SEPTEMBER 30, 2017
Long extension leads & multi plugs – so you can plug in wherever the plug points are. This is an extract of a training session that I present “Putting the POWER back into PowerPoint”. Nowadays, many of us use PowerPoint for our presentations. While there are many courses and books on the technical side of how to create slides, there is very little material available on how to create effective slides and presentations. This course helps to address that issue.
Thoughts On Presenting And Design
JANUARY 21, 2010
Hopefully, this is the opening salvo in what will mean the end of plug-in driven sites using Flash and Silverlight. via techcrunch.com. Flash leaks memory like a colander and Silverlight is just another means for Microsoft to try to turn the web into its own proprietary playground. ENOUGH!!!
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
FEBRUARY 7, 2018
That's before Barba takes it upon himself to pull the plug on Baby Drew. Although he hated his father, for example, he refused to approve pulling the plug.
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
MARCH 6, 2018
But this time he's pulling the plug on his teaching career at that university. This wasn't the first time that Harvard Government professor Jorge Dominguez had been in trouble for accusations about sexual misconduct.
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
MAY 2, 2015
Many of us The New Bohemians also plugged the plug on what seemed to be promising careers. At age 31, Noelle Hancock, a Yale graduate, gave up the $95,000 journalism job in New York. The cool apartment. And nice things.
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
OCTOBER 29, 2012
No surprise, the powers that be are pulling the plug on the show after two seasons. The electricity was just never there for Anderson Cooper and his afternoon audience. Unlike Ellen his persona was too analytical and unlike Oprah too introverted.
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
FEBRUARY 8, 2018
At the Voice of America, where she had been contributing since fall 2017, she heads "Plugged in with Greta van Susteren." "Greta van Susteren.
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
JANUARY 28, 2018
However, any connection between the two suicides could be explained more simply: Pulling the plug prematurely on a life is an equal-opportunity disease. Digital activist aka hacker James Dolan took his own life last December.
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
MAY 3, 2016
No surprise, Ted Cruz pulled the plug on his presidential campaign. Things started going all wrong for him. The least was the vice president on his ticket, Carly Fiorina, falling off the stage. The worst was the ugly loss in Indiana.
The Presenter's Blog
MAY 8, 2012
Unable to plug-into the power while connected to a projector. With the iPad’s out-port connected to the VGA, there is nowhere to plug-in the power. You no longer take your laptop to a picnic if you want to play music; you take your MP3 player instead.
PowerPoint Tips
DECEMBER 11, 2009
You just plug the USB adapter into your laptop and it works. Targus wireless remote. I use this inexpensive remote because it’s very simple. It’s small so your audience will hardly notice it and it fits easily in the palm of your hand.
Great Public Speaking
JUNE 11, 2008
Purchase a tiny headphone volume control (Radio Shack) and plug it into the output of your laptop. Then plug your output wire going to the sound system into thevolume control. More and more people are playing multimedia clips through their laptops. Here's a quick way to handle the volume when you do not have a sound person in the room.
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
DECEMBER 24, 2016
So, Donald Trump knows exactly what he is doing in trying to pull the plug on that megawattage. The president-elect had a successful career as an entertainment celebrity. His medium had been television. So, he understands the attention game. Or megawattage.
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
FEBRUARY 3, 2010
After that happened, Elizabeth pulled the plug. Here's the latest from the NATIONAL ENQUIRER, which has been proving itself to be mighty credible. It reports that Elizabeth Edwards told a friend that what ended the marriage was that her husband John Edwards beat her. According to the NE, the friend passed a lie detector test.
The Eloquent Woman
APRIL 3, 2009
A hat tip to speechwriter Jeff Porro, who gave a plug to this blog on his "Tough Talk for Hard Times," about speeches CEOs are giving in this difficult economy.
Craig Strachan - Keep Talking!
OCTOBER 21, 2009
This little device plugs into your USB port on one end, and the projector on the other, and voila, you have a wireless projector! On Monday evening, I ran a PowerPoint Karaoke contest at the Cape Communicators Toastmaster Club.
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
FEBRUARY 23, 2012
But most analysts watching this play out are doubtful that Murdoch can pull the plug on what he loves so much. A Greek Chorus, in the form of News Corp investors, are telling Rupert Murdoch he should get the hell out of the newspaper business.
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
APRIL 13, 2018
In addition, Comey has the contacts to plug into publicity machines in all the mediums. Establishment media and high-school English teachers were among those which used to debate: Can one book be the force of change in a society? That was then.
Speak Schmeak
SEPTEMBER 4, 2009
I tried plugging the drive into different ports, but that wasn't the problem. Here's a quick example of what I'm talking about when I harp on preparation over and over again. Yesterday, as I set up my equipment for a presentation, I noticed that my remote wasn't working.
Speak Schmeak
SEPTEMBER 4, 2009
I tried plugging the drive into different ports, but that wasn't the problem. Here's a quick example of what I'm talking about when I harp on preparation over and over again. Yesterday, as I set up my equipment for a presentation, I noticed that my remote wasn't working.
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
SEPTEMBER 7, 2017
It's easier just to pull the plug on the whole thing-which Amazon did. The competitive move works like this. A rival's product is selling well on Amazon. The competitor impersonates a law firm and notifies Amazon that the product is in violation of some law.
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
APRIL 22, 2016
Now, even if one party pulls the plug and it's abrupt, the phrasing is usually, "The marriage fell apart." Divorce has become, at least in many circles, a fairly sophisticated concept. The point of view frequently tilts toward contract law.
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
MARCH 14, 2016
It could be short-sighted for brands to pull the plug on advertising and sponsorship when negative publicity happens. The scandals surrounding Elivis' hip gyrations and Madonna's simulating sex on stage helped their own personal branding.
Speak Schmeak
DECEMBER 17, 2008
His lighthearted approach also added some humor to the presentation, as his main point was that he was not going to talk about his business while, of course, talking about his business, and plugging other businesses in the process.
Beyond Bullet Points
JUNE 1, 2009
In plugging the dongle, nothing happens on the computer. If you don’t have a Tablet PC to write directly on your slides during a BBP presentation, you can always use a whiteboard as a companion to your screen.
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
JUNE 12, 2017
I have a hunch that either the format of "Sunday Night" will be overhauled or the plug will be pulled on it. At Fox News, media genius Roger Ailes invented the formula of putting on air the long-legged glam blonde. One of them who played out that formula had been Megyn Kelly.
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
OCTOBER 27, 2015
There is a huge market for lessons on bellying up to the risk bar, taking the leap, navigating through rough waters, pulling the plug, and making that experience a +.
PowerPoint Tips
APRIL 6, 2011
Answer: VisualBee is a Free PowerPoint 2007/10 plug-in that automatically designs presentations. VisualBee was a Gold Sponsor of my Outstanding Presentations Workshop last fall.
SlideModel
FEBRUARY 29, 2016
Step 1: Plug in your HDMI cable into your laptop’s HDMI Port (as shown below). PowerPoint presentations are often presented via projectors, where an individual can copy files to a computer which is connected to the projector in the hall. However, sometimes the projector is replaced with a large monitor or TV. There are many ways by which you can connect your computer or mobile device to a TV for presenting your slides.
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
NOVEMBER 19, 2009
Oprah will pull the plug on her 4 PM talk show in September. Finally. It's no Johnny Carson quitting at the top of her fame. Her ratings on down and her presentation is stale. One wonders if she has a second act in her. My hunch: This woman is no Clint Eastwood who will blossom in late middle age.
Speak Schmeak
DECEMBER 15, 2009
Okay, so not a very articulate plug for public speaking training, but you get the gist. ( On November 12, Warren Buffet and Bill Gates were interviewed at a town hall meeting by CNBC's Becky Quick and students from Columbia Business School.
Speak Schmeak
DECEMBER 15, 2009
Okay, so not a very articulate plug for public speaking training, but you get the gist. ( On November 12, Warren Buffet and Bill Gates were interviewed at a town hall meeting by CNBC's Becky Quick and students from Columbia Business School.
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