Here is a great article on breathing while presenting, by Nick Morgan. It also contains great advice on tuning into your most effective tone of voice. An interesting note to add is that despite popular belief, a big, deep and broad voice is not necessarily ideal for public speaking, at least not for business presentations. As much [...]
Do you know YOUR industry’s dirty secret?
In Quebec, welfare checks are issued on the first day of the month. That same week, virtually every grocery store has almost no important sales or specials, aside from a few loss-leaders. Regular items, which are used to measure the cost of living (basics/essentials, like milk, bread, meat and vegetables) and items regularly purchased by [...]
The death of newspapers: united we fall, divided we have a chance.
Should your business die when your business model(s) become outdated? Daily newspapers are facing all sorts of trouble these days, as their business model is being picked apart from all sides. The medium is no longer the message. In fact, it is barely the medium at this point. The daily newspaper industry is facing a [...]
The illusion of “Free”: the Internet’s urban legend
Here is the deal with free… it isn’t really free. Nothing is free. It’s just that we haven’t been the ones paying for it until now - Someone else is. And they are usually getting something in exchange. Google and Facebook, for example, get more information on you than you would ever share with the government. [...]
Meeting face-to-face. Still the best way to do business.
87% of Harvard Business Review readers agree that meeting face-to-face is essential for “sealing the deal”. That’s for those who wonder how “that other guy gets all the business”. Keyboards and touchpads are NOT always the best way to communicate in business. Here is the summary of the study by HBR (study sponsored by British [...]
2 Easy steps to building an online community, starting with wine
Interesting development on the Wine pairing+Twitter idea: Though I got little traction with my original idea (ok, NO traction would be more accurate…), several wine critics, wine-tasting blogs and wine pairing services saw my post and have since then gotten in touch with me and I actually found a community of people who enjoy wine as [...]
Offending people – the key to success?
Why does virtually every brochure, website and eBook I see have a picture that combines MOST or ALL of the following: an asian, man or woman, smiling a black person, smiling an older white guy, smiling at least one woman, smiling or talking a laptop, unbranded Is this really what your meetings look like? People smiling at [...]
The tree, but not the forest (missing the big picture)
Facebook users have recently voiced their anger at the new terms and conditions, which says that data could be erased without warning. Such a fuss that FB reverted to its previous terms and conditions. Consumers: 1 – Facebook: 0 Of course, no one has contested the previous terms, which include this: “By posting User Content [...]
What good is know-how if no one knows about it?
François Blanc, the founder of Monaco as we know it today, once said: “À quoi bon le savoir-faire sans le faire-savoir?” (What good is know-how if no one knows about it?) François Blanc built Monaco’s glamourous foundations from scratch, and was very clever about how to get visitors; Monaco’s newspaper (which he published) partnered [...]