10 IMPORTANT PRESENTATION TIPS to keep in mind when presenting to others: Eye contactIf you do not make eye contact with your students, the will stop watching – and thus stop paying attention to you. Making eye contact makes students feel that they are part of your presentation. Develop vocal varietyHave you ever had to …
BY STEPHANIE VOZZAHow do you turn customers into repeat customers? Sue McCarthy of Resale Royalty, a new Style Network reality show about a thriving St. Louis secondhand clothing store, says the secret is simple.“Always do what’s right — for your customers, your suppliers and yourself,” says McCarthy. “If you operate with integrity, you keep everyone …
BY STEPHANIE VOZZA If you struggle with managing your time, professional organizer Lorie Marrero says you’re operating in the wrong paradigm. “Time keeps ticking away and you can’t control it,” she says. “You can only manage your choices as they relate to time.”Marrero, author of The Home Office Handbook (Reason Press, 2013), encourages small-business owners …
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BY STEPHANIE VOZZA If you struggle with managing your time, professional organizer Lorie Marrero says you’re operating in the wrong paradigm. “Time keeps ticking away and you can’t control it,” she says. “You can only manage your choices as they relate to time.”Marrero, author of The Home Office Handbook (Reason Press, 2013), encourages small-business owners …
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BY LISA GIRARD Like a marriage, a business partnership often begins with enthusiasm and high expectations — only to end in acrimony and legal proceedings. It’s important to know as much as possible about a potential partner, including how his or her finances and family life may affect the business, before signing on the dotted …
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BY RICHARD BRANSON When you’re preparing to tell investors about your idea for a business, people are going to tell you to prepare an elevator pitch, the standard summary selling a business idea in a minute or less. But there are many more locations and situations in which you may encounter a potential investor — …
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BY BRAD SUGARS One of my main business mantras is “Know Your Numbers,” and because numbers are the language of business, it is numbers that will ultimately determine your success.Business is literally a numbers game, but what numbers should you know?Here are seven metrics that will give you predictive results you can measure and manage …
There is no single document in a person’s life that is more obsessed over than the resumé. Mortgage papers, a Last Will and Testament, even divorce papers don’t have the same intensive review, page-for-page, than the notorious resumé.Below are five elements that should be present in every resumé. If yours is missing any of these …
By Lea McLeod, M.A. It’s the workplace equivalent of leaving the cap off the toothpaste, resting the toilet seat in undesirable repose, or placing an empty milk jug back in the fridge. Yep, he or she is driving you crazy, and you don’t know if you can take it anymore. But it’s not a spouse, …
BY Jeff HadenWe all spend three to four hours each day resisting desire. So what do people with remarkable willpower do differently?Willpower is not something you either have or you don’t. Sure, some people may be more self-disciplined than you. Some people may be better at resisting temptation than you. But that’s probably not because …