It's just gone live! The website has been launched for the Toastmasters Division J Spring Conference, 9th April, in Utrecht, outside of...
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Making a New Year’s Toast – Five Tips From TJ Walker
TJ Walker is a great resource on public speaking and media training. Yesterday he posted a timely piece on making a New Year's toast. Much...
Continue Reading →One Simple Question – The One That Prospects Love
Last year, I was helping a client's sales team in the early stage with a new prospect. The account exec in charge had held two...
Continue Reading →Toastmasters: Killing The Myth, One Speaker At A Time
Myth: "Great speakers are born, not made." When my Toastmasters Zug club members asked me to be the Club President this TM year, I sensed the...
Continue Reading →How to Be Strategic: Kill the Word “Strategic”
It was the eve of a key stakeholder workshop for a major sports event. The organizing committee and the event marketing agency that I was...
Continue Reading →Entrepreneurs Understand Added Value. “Les Bleus” Don’t.
And now for the flavor of the month, la saveur du mois: French footballers at FIFA World Cup 2010. What an easy target, right? I'll try not...
Continue Reading →Toastmasters Report: “Content Is Back. Content is King.”
It's a tough job, but... you know how it goes. I'm just back from the Toastmasters District 59 Spring Conference in The Hague. Great...
Continue Reading →Preparing For Success: A Conversation With Nadeschkin
I'm never shy when it comes to approaching celebrities. Sometimes they respond with haughty self-importance and let you know you're asking...
Continue Reading →Competitive Advantage: Ten Steps to Finding Your Mojo
With all the hype around Web 2.0 these days, who in the Brave New World would even consider marketing with "old economy" tools? Me. And...
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