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10 Tips for a Killer Presentation

Ian's Messy Desk

Make them laugh – Although you want to educate your audience, you need to make them laugh as well. In essence, it keeps the audience alert and they’ll learn more from you than someone who just educates. The audience isn’t there to read your slides, they are there to listen to you present.

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Public Speaking Basics

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Generally, we assume our success is gauged by how long have you been in your job or what education you have. Or, if you prefer, you can subscribe to my blog posts by e-mail. Thanks for visiting! Public speaking can help your career. However, one of the best indicator of success in any profession is how often the person is asked to speak.

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Canadians Caught in Time Crunch

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Attendance at arts performances dropped from 15 million to 13 million in 2001-2006; Low income, living in a poor neighbourhood, low parental education, recent immigration, racialized status, and Aboriginal status affect participation in leisure and culture. Time spent on social leisure activities dropped from 15% in 1998 to 12% in 2005.

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8 Work-Life Balance Myths

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Policies that increase employee health and well-being, foster employee commitment and support families, positively impact everyone (employees; men and women, customers and clients, families and communities.) when they have a baby or when they want to continue their education). The employee will give more.

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Is Your Education Useless? | Men With Pens

Men With Pens

69 Responses to “Is Your Education Useless?&# If you want to improve your mind, than I think there is no substitute for a quality education. I think my life experiences have provided me with the best education possible – and I’m still learning, every single day. You spent ages getting your degree.

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10 Tips to Creating a New Life Direction

Ian's Messy Desk

Humans feel satisfied when their needs are met and they don’t have to compromise their values. Write down what you truly need (emotionally, not financially) and value. Do you need stability? Recognition? Do you value spirituality? These are not optional. Get purposeful about getting these things in your life and new directions become clear.

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New Hire Overload

Laughing all the Way to Work

© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 27 April, 2009 New Hire Overload I remember starting a new job at a law firm and on my first day I was handed a 3-inch white binder and told to read it. As I was going through the manual, I saw chapters on office procedures, confidentiality, health and safety, security and more. Excellent material!