February 24th, 2009

Hindsight’s 20/20 With Rose Colored Glasses

If you’re an adult child of aging parents, and you’re judging yourself and feeling inadequate to the task of caring, know this: It’s easy to look back with the clarity of hindsight, and imagine exactly what we should have done differently. Of course, we can only account for our own responses. It took me a while to really, seriously pardon myself for being imperfectly human . . and to pardon my parents for being the same. Rose colored glasses…

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February 14th, 2008

5 Reasons Not To Use Powerpoint

If you want people to take you and your ideas seriously, avoid using PowerPoint when you speak. Here are 5 reasons why.

1. PowerPoint is boring.
When’s the last time you thought, “Boy, I sure hope the presenter uses PowerPoint”? Years ago people were wowed by PowerPoint. It was new. It was different. Now it’s commonplace. And, as a visual medium, it’s clunky and static. It can’t compete with TV, MTV, or movies. When you bring up PowerPoint and turn down the lights, people get the message: it’s nap time.

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