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- Go ahead, have bad idea or two. It’s on me!
- To be a powerful Teleclass Leader, the phone’s not the only thing that has to have a connection!
- Stop karate-chopping trees and go sharpen your ax!
- A half dozen things to think about before you start your speaking business
- Using ‘Talking Heads’ to bolster credibility
- How Great Thou Aren’t: How to get better testimonials
- Lights, camera… what to video in your speech or workshop
- A simple camera crew checklist for your next gig
- Writing a program description that doesn’t suck.
- Your email address is incredible… and that’s not a compliment.
- Get a good night’s sleep, will ya?!
- This is NOT your grandfather’s speaker video
- 7 things to make your speaker video worth looking at
- March Madness in my driveway
- Keep road rage from leading to road kill
- Why would anyone ever want to be on time?
- Just say the magic words
- “Aaahhh! We don’t need no stinkin’ lessons!”
- “If you don’t really want to know, you’d better ask somebody else.”
- What’s in your video?
- If you don’t know what you speak about how the hell am I supposed to know?
- Hot college topics for idiots
- “I don’t need a strategy for social media!”
- Don’t Confuse the Product with the Product
- Anyone following 52,304 people on Twitter is not listening to a word you say!
My other blogs and sites
- CampusTalkBlog - College student activities
- Pro Speakers Bureau - Campus speakers
- Read This – My personal bookshelf
My tweets, twits & bits of genius
- March Madness in my driveway - Not that I ever had a game... but I love the game of basketball. Not... http://t.co/2SRtTZMM about 19 hours ago
- Just say the magic words - Abracadabra. Open sesame. Hocus-pocus. No matter what we believed as kids or how hard we... http://t.co/IyA3mJA5 about 2 days ago
- Steelers Nation seeks 7th Heaven! - SIX... count 'em... SIX, ladies and gentlemen, SIX Super Bowl Rings! I am in... http://t.co/dvkUc3E9 about 3 days ago
- This is NOT your grandfather's speaker video - Speaker demo videos were once done on VHS, moved to DVD, and are... http://t.co/27ChGkmO about 4 days ago
- RT @campustalkblog: NEW blog post! Now that school is back in session, are you? http://t.co/CJHFC6ye about 4 days ago
- "Aaahhh! We don't need no stinkin' lessons!" - That response brought a smile to my face when talking to a colleague... http://t.co/DBEcJd2d about 5 days ago
- Great student leadership starts with some basics. Some suggested programs from my friends at @ProSpeakersBur. http://t.co/nCUdIunA about 5 days ago
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A Thin Line Between Fan and Fanatic
In looking through some of my past writings I stumbled upon this column I wrote years ago. It seems appropriate during this disappointing year for teh Steelers and the NFL playoffs in general. For those who know I’m a Pittsburgh Steelers fan, I’m reproducing it word-for-word to let you know that I am a fan – not a fanatic. It’s just hard to tell the difference when my team is on top. … [Read more...]