May 15th, 2022
“The two words ‘information’ and ‘communication’ are often used interchangeably, but they signify quite different things. Information is giving out; communication is getting through.” – Sydney J. Harris When I was a kid,…

May 8th, 2022
“Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.” – Abraham Lincoln I have been reading an interesting book called Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty, by Daron…

May 1st, 2022
“The critical ingredient is getting off your butt and doing something. It’s as simple as that. A lot of people have ideas, but there are few who decide to do something about them now. Not tomorrow. Not next week. But today. The true…

April 24th, 2022
“To make our communications more effective, we need to shift our thinking from ‘What information do I need to convey?’ to ‘What questions do I want my audience to ask?’” – Chip Heath, professor at Stanford Graduate School of…

April 17th, 2022
“It takes a lot of work to breathe life into an idea. Creating an interesting presentation requires a more thoughtful process than throwing together the blather that we’ve come to call a presentation today. Spending energy to understand…

April 10th, 2022
“Myths are a waste of time. They prevent progression” – Barbara Streisand, American actress Earl Nightingale once said we make our prisons. If we make our prisons, we can break out of them. What prisons have you created…

April 3rd, 2022
“Metrics are for doing, not for staring. Never measure just because you can. Measure to learn. Measure to fix.” – Stign Debouwere, statistician and data scientist No doubt you have heard the term “metrics.” Metrics are…

March 27th, 2022
“No matter how high-stakes or complex the presentation, your audience is only going to take away a few key ideas.” – Monica Lueder, Art Director and Executive Presentations Manager at Microsoft. You know the first task in…