Since campaign season involves lots of great, and not so great, orations, it’s time to take a brief look at speeches this season so to learn some tips to apply to your own speeches. After reading the article on how Obama changed up his speaking style and rhetoric between different events, and that the “style” Read More
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Engaging Presentations = Great Story Telling
You may or may not know that I’ve embarked on yet another “American Dream” and started to write my first novel. I typically teach myself new skills, but I decided this time I would seek appropriate advice on how to write a novel (you can learn more about the wonderful program at SMU here – Read More
Presenting Step 1 – Do You Know Your Audience?
In reflecting on my public speaking career, when I heard about the opportunity to either submit a proposal or was asked to present, I often jumped right into documenting “here’s what I know and can deliver” and started outlining the overview. In recent years, however, I’ve realized that my “marketing” hat needs to come on Read More
What’s Your Opportunity MoJo? Part 4 – Impact!
We’ve looked at 2 of the three components in helping you decide if “this opportunity’s right for you”. So, let’s look at the third – impact. First, you are probably wondering “what do you mean by impact?” Great question. This is really an “eye of the beholder” characteristic – YOU need to define what you Read More
What’s Your Opportunity MoJo? Part 3 – Passion
So do you do what you love every day? Or, do you love what you do every day? Better question – do you know what you love to do? Even better – do you know what you don’t love to do? No matter what you answered above, you need to build a “passion list” you Read More
What’s Your Opportunity MoJo? Part 2 – MONEY!
Ok, for some (many) you are probably thinking this is about “how much can I make as fast as I can make it”? Well, no, not really. First, believe it or not, not everyone wants to be like Donald Trump and focus on making more and more money. However, most people want to be able Read More
Is Your Glass Half Full, or, Half Empty?
I don’t know about you, but there are days where everything seems to be half empty, or more like, everything I respond to I react with a “half empty” response vs. a “half full” response, like: “Why did you do this?” “What were you thinking?” “Do you not appreciate what I do?” There could be Read More
Present Like Steve Jobs, and Then Some!
So first, I love communication coach Carmine Gallo’s recent Business Week article that distilled Steve Job’s opening “show” at Macworld into 10 key elements. Let me take a moment to review those 10 elements and point out further ways to expand and incorporate these elements into your presentations: 1. Set the toneEver start a presentation Read More
Practice, Practice, Practice – Another Step in Getting Started
OK, so my first post was on jumping in and getting started. You are probably saying, “Thanks Jaime, I’ve started, now what?” Practice. What, no executing a marketing plan? No putting up a web site? Not finding my first customer? I’m not saying don’t do that, but to get from starting with a good concept Read More
Define Your Leadership Style
I’ve realized that the leadership traits I brush up against that I like in working with colleagues and others rub off on me. This is how we build and evolve our own leadership style over time to lead your peers and organizations to make the impact you are looking to make. How do you know Read More