Thought for the Day
"Be yourself. Everyone else is already taken." - Oscar Wilde
Entries by bronwynr
Fly … like a Butterfly
Motivational and uplifting quotes on the most amazing butterflyes photos by David Fingerhut with the music of Yanni.
How to bring yourself out of a slump.
Four steps to getting the results you want in business--and in life Changing our behaviour to achieve better results is the most important challenge we face in trying to compete in this chaotic world. Maybe you're in a slump or know deep down that you've accepted an average performance when a great one is possible. […]
How to banish impromptu speaking blues
... the ability to almost immediately summon up a well-crafted speech from thin air can be learnt. With confidence arising from the practice of a few simple skills you’ll soon be an accomplished impromptu speaker whatever the occasion. Here’s how.
Book owners have smarter kids
When it comes to your children, the books in your house matter more than your education or income A study recently published in the journal Research in Social Stratification and Mobility found that just having books around the house (the more, the better) is correlated with how many years of schooling a child will complete. […]
Training webinar – How to avoid death by PowerPoint
Whether you're presenting inside or outside of your organization, your success depends on preventing Death by PowerPoint. Find out the many ways you can succeed and discover how to make over slides for better results! Learn the top no-no's (what audiences hate the most!) and how to avoid them Keep your audience's attention by making […]
Vampires and interactivity for the Young Adults
Slate Launches Interactive YA Serial Tapping into teen trends--vampires and the push towards interactivity--novelists Laura Moser and Lauren Mechling have launched a YA serial on Slate.com with a parallel online world where their characters update their Facebook pages, tweet, and post videos on YouTube. The story, which went live today, and marks the first YA […]
He's My Brother
Like the Christmas before, we didn't send Christmas cards; we called my family in Canada. Ginny and I talked to my mom. We spoke to my uncles and aunts. I haven't seen any of them in seven years and Ginny hasn't met them yet at all, but she knows they are family and hopes to […]
He’s My Brother
Like the Christmas before, we didn't send Christmas cards; we called my family in Canada. Ginny and I talked to my mom. We spoke to my uncles and aunts. I haven't seen any of them in seven years and Ginny hasn't met them yet at all, but she knows they are family and hopes to […]
Unforgettable Presentations: Using Prezi to Create Stand-Out Speeches
with Angelie Agarwal At conferences, conventions and management/sales meetings, speaker after speaker shows PowerPoint or Keynote slides to illustrate their points. No matter how beautiful the backgrounds or images, they are pretty much same old/same old. Even the professional speakers’ visuals don’t stand out that much from the rest. But there’s a new presentation tool […]
