4 Ps of Professional Presentations: Your Success Guide How are your presentations looking these days? Even informal, across-the-table presentations can have an impact on how you are perceived and how well you are able to influence others. Here is a brush-up you can use to be sure your presentations are “in the pink.” Check to …

Entrepreneurship is as invaluable to large organizations as it is to small ones, perhaps more so. While big companies often can provide the resources start-up businesses lack, they also typically provide all sorts of bureaucracy, slow decision-making and red tape that can stifle entrepreneurial spirits. This can apply to for profits or nonprofits, or for …

Not knowing your audience and stakeholders – not knowing your audience could mean not only presenting unnecessary and non-essential information, but possibly also presenting it in a manner that the audience does not understand. If a document presents unfamiliar or foreign terms to the audience, then the material is not helpful nor constructive. Ignoring your …

Guidelines & Resources for Consulting Action Planning In my June 6th post, I discussed the preparation of financials for grant proposals and introduced the team members integral to this effort. This month’s post will continue with a review of budget templates, and details on what to include in budget narratives and budget justifications: Budget Templates: …

If only this were a fairy tale, it would begin “Once upon a time…” but it is not and has to begin and end differently. Hopefully, with some proactive training we can help employees to not get into this situation, and provide help if they do. Keep in mind that no matter how dreary this …

High energy does three important things: It energizes the topic. It engages the participants. It elevates the facilitator.

In the course of developing strategic plans, organizations often find themselves taking a step back to ask the question, “How can we differentiate ourselves from the competition?” The answer to this question often results in the development of positioning strategies.

Employing some basics of online marketing for small businesses can generate a big return.

Deleting posts once they’ve grabbed the public’s attention is a cardinal sin of modern crisis management Anyone experienced with social media crisis management can tell you, deleting a post after it’s become the center of public controversy is a major faux pause. Of course, that doesn’t stop an incredible number of well-known figures and organizations …

Innocent on a technicality, but the court of public opinion has already judged Deen guilty In an interesting development, a judge has denied the claims of racial discrimination brought against Paula Deen by ex-employee Lisa Jackson. That’s right, the charge that brought Paula Deen’s TV empire crashing down in a matter of days has been …