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July 2009

It’s Complacency That Breeds Contempt – For Your Audience

A few butterflies before a presentation is a good thing… it’s been said that familiarity breeds contempt but I think it’s complacency that breeds contempt for your audience.

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Real Writing Help and Support

I just found this new service called eduify. It helps you write faster and smarter, rather like having a writing coach by your side. It’s in beta testing at the moment. Some of the tools include: Finding Quotes, citing sources Creating work cited pages Tutorials & writing examples Checking for Plagiarism Storing, Sharing, Editing documents [...]

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Making Social Media Matter For Business

Thoughts on relevance and promotion for business, using Social Media. In other words, making social media matter for business.

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Immediate Response Required!

NOTE: this post was first published over at @techpr’s blog. Thanks to Marivic for giving me some space to write until I had this one up! During a Social Media Mastermind (@smmtulsa) meeting recently, the group collectively tackled a member’s questions, ones that are nearly universal these days: “Should my business be involved in Social [...]

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Project Convergence

It’s Sunday, but my weekend is suffering from a case of project convergence. It’s what happens when all your project planning goes awry (sometimes through no fault of your own) and multiple project deadlines converge. I work well under pressure; in fact, some of my very best work & ideas happen under the threat of [...]

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Reconnect With Why You Love What You Do

Professional Development is really Inspiration Central. Make time to get reconnected with what you love about what you do.

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A Primer for Cities on Retail Development

Co-authored by Rickey Hayes and Mandy Vavrinak More and more cities and communities are realizing that growing their retail base wisely is an integral part of any balanced and long-term economic development strategy. Not every city can support extensive retail; overbuilding in some categories and areas has contributed to today’s economic woes in the retail [...]

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