Archive for September, 2007

PowerPoint Poison

I love this video on You Tube by comedian Don McMillan. Using humor, he gives us a great lesson in how NOT to use PowerPoint. The reason it is funny is because we’ve all seen these offenses committed time and time again. So, what are the rules of PowerPoint design? My friend, […]

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Gen Y to the Rescue

It seems like you can’t turn around these days without reading something about the impending talent shortage in corporate America and how companies can attract and manage Gen Y (AKA the millennials). Case in point — the cover story in the September 24th issue of Business Week magazine. The article lists the […]

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Entourage, The Secret, and Visualization

Positive thinking and The Secret played prominent roles in the season finale of the HBO series, Entourage. Several of the characters envisioned their desired futures and steadfastly believed these outcomes were not only possible, but probable. Things might not have gone exactly according to plan, but that’s another story.
I don’t pretend to […]

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