Archive for November, 2006
Effective Presentations — More Than One Way to Impress an Audience
Thursday, November 23rd, 2006Effective Presentations — More Than One Way to Impress an Audience: Kathy Sierra’s post on how to start a presentation or novel is inspired, but it’s not for everyone. As I mentioned in my last post, people read, listen and pay attention for two reasons: to be informed, or to be entertained. If you can [...]
How To Build A Good Board
Thursday, November 23rd, 2006How To Build A Good Board: “
I’ve been sitting on early stage company boards for over 15 years now and I’ve been on plenty of bad boards and good boards. As I’ve learned the difference between the two, I’ve insisted on certain things when we negotiate the composition of the board. That has significantly increased [...]
Idea killers: ways to stop ideas
Thursday, November 23rd, 2006Scott Berkum’s list
Mostly these are used as thought inhibitors: they don’t require any thought to say. They’re used as flinch negative responses, dismissing without explanation. Unlike real critical thinking, which offers a path (e.g if you can overcome x, y and z we’ll consider it) idea killers are lazy dead ends.
Idea Killers
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Viral Marketing Puppet Masters: The Guys Behind The Blair Witch’s Success
Thursday, November 23rd, 2006Viral Marketing Puppet Masters:
(Via Fast Company.)
A beginner’s guide to freelancing
Tuesday, November 14th, 2006From Phil Gyford comes: A Beginner’s Guide to Freelancing:
It’s been over a year since I first thought of writing down everything I’ve learned about freelancing. I’ve now been freelance for more than three years but the title still has a double meaning — this is both for beginners and by a beginner, because I know [...]
New notables from Change This
Wednesday, November 8th, 2006Declaration of Independents: Fighting against the Colonization of Our Local Communities by Big-Box Retailers.
“Wal-Mart. Home Depot. Walgreens. The proof of corporate retail expansion is evident at almost every freeway exit ramp. But at what cost? A blighted landscape. A lack of diversity. The demise of community. An environmental crisis. ”
Beyond Snobbery: Grammar Need Not Be [...]
Forest for the trees
Monday, November 6th, 2006From Projects at Work come “Forest for the trees“:
There is project management insight to be gleaned from the worlds and words of basketball coaching legend John Wooden, social psychology pundit Malcolm Gladwell, Pulitzer Prize-winning writer John Steinbeck and quality guru Joseph Juran, among others. The author connects the dots to draw some big-picture takeaways [...]