Vacheron Constantin -- A Genius in Watchmaking

These complicated accessories have written many pages of the watchmaking history and today the story of Swiss watches continues.

My New Hat Makes Me Information Rich

What useful information can you provide about who you are, what you do, where, why and how? What insights can you collect to teach, tell, instruct, advise, inform, arouse or entertain?

Try Branding Your Business By Blogging

A blog, or web log, is an online diary that people use for all kinds of reasons. Some people use them for hobby purposes – to espouse their opinions about important world events. But as a marketer, you can use a free, simple blog to help brand your business and drives targeted traffic to your product or membership domains.

Seven Reasons to Exhibit at a Trade Show This Year

To go to a trade show, or not to go? If you've never gone to a trade show before, it can seem a little overwhelming. You’ll have to arrange a booth, get handouts together, figure out a way to attract people, organise salespeople and decide on which products or services to feature, create a presentation that will generate interest - the work seems never-ending. But a trade show is worth every minute of the extra effort. If you’ve been considering whether or not to exhibit at a trade show this year, here are seven reasons why you should go for it.

Marketing and Sales in A Presentation

When giving a presentation you are engaged in both a marketing and sales activity.

May I Have Your Attention, Please? Five Ways to Retain Focus and Stay in the Moment

Whether you find it difficult to remain attentive with customers, peers, family or yourself, the ability to remain connected without daydreaming is possible. So how do you stay present and in the moment? The following are five ways to help keep your head in the game and strengthen your attentiveness skills:

How To Alienate Customers and Destroy Companies

A PowerPoint presentation may be all that stands between you and funding or you and a contract. Unfortunately, because it is so easy to use it is also easy to abuse and can spell disaster for even the most experienced presenters. A successful presentation is a visual aid and not a visual distraction.

5 Tips for Creating an Amazing Slide Show

Need to know how to create a great slide show for your next occasion? We tell you the top 5 things that will help you create an amazing slide show.

How to Choose the Right Paper - Part 1

Choosing the right paper for your project is more complex than just picking the most expensive sheet and keeping your fingers crossed. In fact, you shouldn’t think about choosing paper based on the highest quality available, or the highest quality you can afford. Rather, you should figure out the most appropriate quality paper for your needs because most appropriate equals best.

Make the Most of Your Speaking Opportunity

Art, a medium sized business owner, recently invested a small fortune to sponsor a dinner at a high-level industry summit. He'd been networking within the industry for twenty years and felt the time was right to make a bold statement. It was a gamble he was ready to take.

7 Presentation Skills Tips from a Professional Speaker

Most presentation skills coaches teach you the mechanics of speaking to make you look and feel mechanical. To be a truly amazing speaker, you've got to move beyond mechanics to dynamics. In this and other articles, I'll teach you how to be a dynamite speaker.

How to Choose the Right Paper - Part 3

Our top ten tips to find the right paper for your projects should be in every designer’s notebook. In Part 1 and Part 2 of this article, we have discussed planning for paper, determining the personality of your project and considering the finish, color, brightness, weight and content of the paper you may choose. In Part 3, we look at three final features to consider when making your selection.

Learning about Presentations from Robin Williams

Whenever I have to make a presentation, I always leave myself some wiggle room. I’ll switch horses in mid-stream if I have to . . . and sometimes I even plan it that way.

Speak With Success!

Learn to speak with the voice of success. After all, your voice represents who you are and defines your power in conversation. Find your true voice and be heard in conversations from casual chats to corporate presentations.

Trade Show Choices: Literature Racks

In a world of portable displays that pop up out of duffle bags and graphic screens that roll up in seconds there is not much one can do with your all important corporate and product literature that is so important at a trade show event...until now.