February 4, 2011 – 12:26 pm
No, this blog is not about buying that little red convertible you’ve always wanted or learning to ‘break a move’. It’s about finding an even more important groove that impacts nearly every day of your life… Recently I spent a half-day with a very senior executive in a Fortune 50 company. This gentleman is one [...]
February 1, 2011 – 3:49 pm
First of all, thanks to all those who participated in our 2010 Presentation Impact Survey in December. As always, it was an eye opener. (Also, congrats to Ken Venables who won the Dell Mini laptop for participating in the survey!) Our annual survey expanded a bit this year… we got responses from around the globe, tried to better understand the [...]
December 29, 2010 – 6:39 pm
As I write this year-end blog posting, I was trying to think of what profound piece of advice I could offer up to the thousands of people I come in contact with over the course of a year. I’m cautious because there seems to be no end to the ideas hocked to presenters these days that range from the latest, [...]
December 10, 2010 – 1:29 pm
It all started innocently enough last year… We wanted to know firsthand the things that were working well for you in the presentation process and the issues that were causing you sleepless nights. The 2009 results surprised us, confirmed things we suspected and caused us to scratch our heads at the apparent contradictions… 86.1% [...]
August 31, 2010 – 11:48 am
Our larger, international clients have a lot of options for training … and there are probably hundreds of presentation skills companies out of country. So why does one of Distinction’s international client companies send us all the way to Europe and beyond to train their important teams? The answer is pretty straight forward. Consistency – There are a [...]