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Welcome back. You belong here. I prefer Keynote, but rules still apply. rules of powerpointoptimal slides in a powerpoint is TENgive slides in 20 minutesmost of the time, people need 45 minutes to get the laptop to work with the projectoroptimal point font size is 30 pointsrule of thumb: take the oldest person in the […]

Welcome back. You belong here. Leaders do get discouraged and sometimes even quit when the status quo gets in the way of change. From a friend who recently quit due to opposition to progress: “I’m sorry you didn’t know that I was leaving. It has been quite the fuel for the gossip fire lately. I

Welcome back. You belong here. Seth’s Blog: Getting serious about your meeting problem. I’m going to try #4 and #5… 4. Remove all the chairs from the conference room. I’m serious. 5. If someone is more than two minutes later than the last person to the meeting, they have to pay a fine of $10

Welcome back. You belong here. During this recessions, wages and jobs are decreasing, but companies are increasing Innovation spending. “The Innovation Climate Survey also asked practitioners what innovation strategies they were using: – Looking for creative ways to improve or extend your existing products (50.9%)– Looking for opportunities to improve collaboration (47.2%)-Increasing focus on changing

Welcome back. You belong here. Listening to podcast by Dr. Vijay Govindarajan of the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth: Innovation: Ten Rules for Strategic Innovators: 1. Box#1 – Manage the Present2. Box#2 – Selectively Forget the Past3. Box#3 – Create the Future Most companies focus on Box#1. Innovation is about Box#2 and #3. Strategy

Welcome back. You belong here. Following updates from the Catalyst West Conference in Los Angeles, CA. Guy Kawasaki spoke yesterday on Leadership, Innovation and Partnerships, my kind of topic! Here are some of my favorite quotes: The reason you have to hire someone from the outside is because there’s no one on your team that

Welcome back. You belong here. I believe sites like Serve.gov are going to lead the way in helping people find their passion and connect them with opportunities to serve. This helps all of us “Answer the Call” and get involved in our communities. I typed in “Mentorship/Arvada, CO” and got 5 opp’s. Awesome. Check it

Welcome back. You belong here. Last night we had a meeting at the elementary school where our three children attend. After a lengthy conversation on communication where parents expressed their concerns over the poor communication between students and teachers, I knew I could help. After all, this blog is about my speciality – Communication, Innovation

Welcome back. You belong here. Sometimes all that’s left to do is: Erase and Reinstall. MacBookPro, running better.