Plug in an hourly rate and you know how much you can earn, gross (before expenses and taxes), per year. Let’s say you plug in $50 per hour: 4 hours/day x 5 days/week x 50 weeks/year x $50/hour = $50,000/year. Plug in $100 per hour, and you will earn $100,000 per year—as long as you work four billable hours per day, five days per week, 50 weeks per year. [Excerpt from Everything You Wanted to Know about Freelance Writing – [link] ]. MORE
As with the last one ( HERE ), he'd pulled yet more rabbits out of the hat, including speakers from Russia and the Netherlands, rounding it off with a memorable double act starring Graham Davies and Phil Collins (even though it was an extended plug for a forthcoming book that might compete with mine). Yesterday's conference of the UK Speechwriters' Guild was another stimulating treat, for which founder Bran Jenner deserves the thanks of all of us who were lucky enough to attend. MORE
She can plug it into a laptop to watch her practice sessions, project the video, and later, when the final result is recorded, share it to social media sites and via email. MORE
You can plug into that. Photo credit: AndiH. Live performances are magic. We pay to see our favorite bands performing even though we can listen to the songs anytime for free. We travel long distances to hear a famous speaker live, even though we can watch their speech online at home. MORE
” So, after doing some research and seeing that a bunch of speakers were running events as well, I pulled the plug and went back to the drawing board. I think it’s healthy to learn from your mistakes, don’t you? 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
C onverter plugs for electrical equipment if speaking in a foreign country. As public speakers, we should be focused on our audience and the material. The last thing we want is to be distracted because we’ve overlooked a logistical detail. Set out below is checklist of 50 things that public speakers need to remember before speaking. A few things to note about the list: It is restricted to matters of a logistical nature. MORE
Still, he hits an important main point before checking out with a book plug, and then a nice closing comment that refers to his speech goal - "Join Google+ (and buy my book to make it easier)" and ends with a nice jab at Friendster, going off stage with a laugh. 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
Feel free to plug it into your dashboard''s audio system. "I''m still practicing my speech on my way to the office! Okay, not every day, but many days.It''s hard to break habits." So wrote one of my speaker coaching clients after having given a successful talk. MORE
Here’s what do you need to get started: Apart from your iPad of course, you will need: A VGA adaptor: this little dongle costs around £26 or $29 and plugs into the apple connector. I’ve been using my iPad for almost a year now and it has become an indispensable piece of kit. 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
Collaboration plugs critical gaps in your knowledge and skill. Discover the benefits of collaborative presentation development. Writing a presentation or speech on your own can be difficult and challenging – and it doesn’t need to be. You may never have thought to do so, but involving other people can make the task easier and less daunting – and can bring a host of extra benefits. Why use collaborative presentation development? Collaborators bring a fresh perspective. MORE
Because they were controlling the show, using their own computers, they didn’t want me just plugging in to their system. A number of readers have asked me to talk about iPad/iPhone apps for speakers, especially since I recommended giving that special speaker in your life an iPad as a present this holiday season. So here goes – the iPad and its apps for speakers. First let me say that I love the iPad for presenting. MORE
And put in a little plug for myself at the same time). The coaching program that I’m involved in this year has really got me working hard to value my time, and to recognize when I’m spending it poorly. Are you spending your time effectively? MORE
He started with humor, he ended with a plug for his show (nothing wrong with that at the Emmys!), Click the infographics for more Emmys fun Last night's Emmys speeches had a lot in common. Most of them were unprepared, thanked too many people, and were forgettable. 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
Will my wardrobe allow me (if needed) to do things like crawl under a table to plug in a cord or reach high to point at a chart? When you choose what to wear for a speaking engagement or presentation, what goes into your thinking? Too many speakers don't think about wardrobe.or MORE
Look, speaking confidently doesn’t come easily to most of us (though, shameless plug alert: we’ve got a great workshop if you’d like help with that). “There’s this one guy at my company who…”. So began my in-flight conversation about presentations and presentation mistakes. This happens a lot. MORE
By the end of May 2014, I pulled the plug on all that. In 1963, Mary McCarthy shocked the literary world with her novel "The Group." " It chronicled eight graduates of an elite all-women's college. They seemed unable to get a handle on life. MORE
Will my wardrobe allow me (if needed) to do things like crawl under a table to plug in a cord or reach high to point at a chart? (Editor's note: I'm sharing again this popular post from August 2010 as registration continues for my new workshop on public speaking and presenting for introverts. MORE
Use your 6th sense too, your intuition and plug yourself in your audience. While I'm moving over the next week, I've invited some of my favorite public speaking and communications bloggers to guest post here on Speak Schmeak. 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
You can plug into that. Photo credit: AndiH. Live performances are magic. We pay to see our favorite bands performing even though we can listen to the songs anytime for free. We travel long distances to hear a famous speaker live, even though we can watch their speech online at home. 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
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
VideoStream for Google Chromecast: The Google Chromecast HDMI Streaming Media Player itself is handy: For less than $30, you can plug it into any TV with an HDMI port and stream video programming. Presentations (most of the time) involve technology and tech headaches to match. MORE
The introduction is so laden with marketing plugs for that concept that I almost didn’t get past page ten. The Pin Drop Principle. by David Lewis and G. Riley Mills. Published June 5th, 2012. Acting is all about honesty. If you can fake that, you’ve got it made.”. 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
It plugs in to the headphone jack on the laptop, and it can also be used to play music from an MP3 player if you want to. I was speaking at the CSAE Trillium Chapter Winter Summit last Friday. I brought a lot of cables and equipment because I was doing a live demonstration of how you can create a video for your web site using visuals you create in PowerPoint. I normally don’t carry that amount of gear with me, but I do carry more than just my laptop and remote. MORE
Having just heard him plugging the programme on BBC Radio 4’s Start the Week , I’m not expecting much in the way of news or insight into the subject. MORE
Tags: Book plugging Amazon booksellers MORE
Will my wardrobe allow me (if needed) to do things like crawl under a table to plug in a cord or reach high to point at a chart? 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
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
The Sunlight Foundation took the entire Congressional Record dating back to the 1990s and plugged it into a searchable database. 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
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
Sorry for that shameless plug.). Is a connection a conversation or a fantasy? Always-on/always-on-you devices provide three powerful fantasies: that we will always be heard; that we can put our attention wherever we want it to be; and that we never have to be alone. Indeed, our new devices have turned being alone into a problem that can be solved,” says the New York Times and quoted in an excellent post by MediaPost Publications, Engage: Gen Y: Disconnection in a Connected World. 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
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.
Six-Figure Freelancer Blog
DECEMBER 11, 2013
Plug in an hourly rate and you know how much you can earn, gross (before expenses and taxes), per year. Let’s say you plug in $50 per hour: 4 hours/day x 5 days/week x 50 weeks/year x $50/hour = $50,000/year. Plug in $100 per hour, and you will earn $100,000 per year—as long as you work four billable hours per day, five days per week, 50 weeks per year. [Excerpt from Everything You Wanted to Know about Freelance Writing – [link] ].
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.
The Eloquent Woman
MAY 21, 2014
VideoStream for Google Chromecast: The Google Chromecast HDMI Streaming Media Player itself is handy: For less than $30, you can plug it into any TV with an HDMI port and stream video programming. Presentations (most of the time) involve technology and tech headaches to match.
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.
Duarte Blog
MAY 3, 2017
Look, speaking confidently doesn’t come easily to most of us (though, shameless plug alert: we’ve got a great workshop if you’d like help with that). “There’s this one guy at my company who…”. So began my in-flight conversation about presentations and presentation mistakes. This happens a lot.
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.
Max Atkinson
JULY 24, 2009
Tags: Book plugging Amazon booksellers
Speaking about Presenting
JANUARY 14, 2011
You can plug into that. Photo credit: AndiH. Live performances are magic. We pay to see our favorite bands performing even though we can listen to the songs anytime for free. We travel long distances to hear a famous speaker live, even though we can watch their speech online at home.
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.
Speak Schmeak
AUGUST 12, 2011
Use your 6th sense too, your intuition and plug yourself in your audience. While I'm moving over the next week, I've invited some of my favorite public speaking and communications bloggers to guest post here on Speak Schmeak.
Manner of Speaking
OCTOBER 23, 2010
C onverter plugs for electrical equipment if speaking in a foreign country. As public speakers, we should be focused on our audience and the material. The last thing we want is to be distracted because we’ve overlooked a logistical detail. Set out below is checklist of 50 things that public speakers need to remember before speaking. A few things to note about the list: It is restricted to matters of a logistical nature.
The Eloquent Woman
NOVEMBER 29, 2012
Will my wardrobe allow me (if needed) to do things like crawl under a table to plug in a cord or reach high to point at a chart? When you choose what to wear for a speaking engagement or presentation, what goes into your thinking? Too many speakers don't think about wardrobe.or
Speaking about Presenting
JANUARY 14, 2011
You can plug into that. Photo credit: AndiH. Live performances are magic. We pay to see our favorite bands performing even though we can listen to the songs anytime for free. We travel long distances to hear a famous speaker live, even though we can watch their speech online at home.
The Eloquent Woman
FEBRUARY 5, 2015
Feel free to plug it into your dashboard''s audio system. "I''m still practicing my speech on my way to the office! Okay, not every day, but many days.It''s hard to break habits." So wrote one of my speaker coaching clients after having given a successful talk.
Inter-Activ Presenting and Influencing
OCTOBER 12, 2015
Collaboration plugs critical gaps in your knowledge and skill. Discover the benefits of collaborative presentation development. Writing a presentation or speech on your own can be difficult and challenging – and it doesn’t need to be. You may never have thought to do so, but involving other people can make the task easier and less daunting – and can bring a host of extra benefits. Why use collaborative presentation development? Collaborators bring a fresh perspective.
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.
The Presenter's Blog
JUNE 27, 2012
The introduction is so laden with marketing plugs for that concept that I almost didn’t get past page ten. The Pin Drop Principle. by David Lewis and G. Riley Mills. Published June 5th, 2012. Acting is all about honesty. If you can fake that, you’ve got it made.”.
Speaker Launcher
JANUARY 19, 2012
” So, after doing some research and seeing that a bunch of speakers were running events as well, I pulled the plug and went back to the drawing board. I think it’s healthy to learn from your mistakes, don’t you?
Speak Schmeak
AUGUST 2, 2013
The Sunlight Foundation took the entire Congressional Record dating back to the 1990s and plugged it into a searchable database.
Speaker Launcher
JANUARY 31, 2013
And put in a little plug for myself at the same time). The coaching program that I’m involved in this year has really got me working hard to value my time, and to recognize when I’m spending it poorly. Are you spending your time effectively?
SpeakerSue Says...
APRIL 29, 2012
Sorry for that shameless plug.). Is a connection a conversation or a fantasy? Always-on/always-on-you devices provide three powerful fantasies: that we will always be heard; that we can put our attention wherever we want it to be; and that we never have to be alone. Indeed, our new devices have turned being alone into a problem that can be solved,” says the New York Times and quoted in an excellent post by MediaPost Publications, Engage: Gen Y: Disconnection in a Connected World.
The Eloquent Woman
DECEMBER 11, 2013
She can plug it into a laptop to watch her practice sessions, project the video, and later, when the final result is recorded, share it to social media sites and via email.
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
MAY 29, 2017
By the end of May 2014, I pulled the plug on all that. In 1963, Mary McCarthy shocked the literary world with her novel "The Group." " It chronicled eight graduates of an elite all-women's college. They seemed unable to get a handle on life.
Dave Paradi's PowerPoint Blog
MARCH 1, 2011
It plugs in to the headphone jack on the laptop, and it can also be used to play music from an MP3 player if you want to. I was speaking at the CSAE Trillium Chapter Winter Summit last Friday. I brought a lot of cables and equipment because I was doing a live demonstration of how you can create a video for your web site using visuals you create in PowerPoint. I normally don’t carry that amount of gear with me, but I do carry more than just my laptop and remote.
Max Atkinson
FEBRUARY 24, 2012
As with the last one ( HERE ), he'd pulled yet more rabbits out of the hat, including speakers from Russia and the Netherlands, rounding it off with a memorable double act starring Graham Davies and Phil Collins (even though it was an extended plug for a forthcoming book that might compete with mine). Yesterday's conference of the UK Speechwriters' Guild was another stimulating treat, for which founder Bran Jenner deserves the thanks of all of us who were lucky enough to attend.
Speak Schmeak
SEPTEMBER 24, 2012
He started with humor, he ended with a plug for his show (nothing wrong with that at the Emmys!), Click the infographics for more Emmys fun Last night's Emmys speeches had a lot in common. Most of them were unprepared, thanked too many people, and were forgettable.
Public Speaking Advice and Commentary
JANUARY 12, 2012
Because they were controlling the show, using their own computers, they didn’t want me just plugging in to their system. A number of readers have asked me to talk about iPad/iPhone apps for speakers, especially since I recommended giving that special speaker in your life an iPad as a present this holiday season. So here goes – the iPad and its apps for speakers. First let me say that I love the iPad for presenting.
Inter-Activ Presenting and Influencing
JUNE 9, 2011
Here’s what do you need to get started: Apart from your iPad of course, you will need: A VGA adaptor: this little dongle costs around £26 or $29 and plugs into the apple connector. I’ve been using my iPad for almost a year now and it has become an indispensable piece of kit.
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!!!
The Eloquent Woman
AUGUST 30, 2011
Will my wardrobe allow me (if needed) to do things like crawl under a table to plug in a cord or reach high to point at a chart?
Speak and Deliver
SEPTEMBER 29, 2011
Still, he hits an important main point before checking out with a book plug, and then a nice closing comment that refers to his speech goal - "Join Google+ (and buy my book to make it easier)" and ends with a nice jab at Friendster, going off stage with a laugh.
The Eloquent Woman
OCTOBER 22, 2012
Will my wardrobe allow me (if needed) to do things like crawl under a table to plug in a cord or reach high to point at a chart? (Editor's note: I'm sharing again this popular post from August 2010 as registration continues for my new workshop on public speaking and presenting for introverts.
Max Atkinson
MARCH 30, 2009
Having just heard him plugging the programme on BBC Radio 4’s Start the Week , I’m not expecting much in the way of news or insight into the subject.
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.
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