Take Your Presentation from Blah to Brilliant!

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Seven Successful Presentation Skills to Win Your Audience! How many presentations do you give on a daily basis? This is a trick question. The answer: all day! Whether we are at the office delivering the quarterly numbers, sitting across the table in a heated negotiation, teaching about Newton’s Law in Science class, or networking at […]

Stage Your House – What About Staging Yourself?

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Fresh flowers are on the dining room table, furniture positioned just so and the house is wafting a hypnotic scent of freshly baked chocolate chip cookies, your listing is ready to show! You’ve meticulously staged your house, what about your image? Your image will determine your fate; are you polished and poised for success? Your […]

Take A Stand for Your Personal Brand

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The Importance of Promoting You! I remember interviewing for my first “professional” job more than 20 years ago. I was preparing to interview for a receptionist position in a small adhesives manufacturing company. Perusing the local newspaper, my eyes fell on this position, I knew I could do the job. I circled the ad and […]

What Would Joan Rivers Say? Five Tips to Corporate Event Etiquette

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In August, we lost a comedic icon, Joan Rivers. For several decades, she delighted and shocked audiences with her quick wit and crass humor. On the stage she had a ‘take-no-prisoners’ stance while, behind the scenes she loved her family and was generous philanthropically. She once said: ”I succeeded by saying what everyone else is […]