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Simple five step plan for just about everyone and everything
The number of people you need to ask for permission keeps going down:
1. Go, make something happen.
2. Do work you're proud of.
3. Treat people with respect.
4. Make big promises and keep them.
5. Ship it out the door.
When in doubt, see #1.
Be Different!
It is amazing when you visit a site and you tell yourself “ man, I seen this site before”.
the truth is that you did not seen this site, but you seen another one that looks almost the same. That tell you one thing, the people who created these sites did not thing out of the box. The built the sites so they could put it on the business cards!
Keep in mind this point; your company site must be different than other sites. Your visitors must feel that you have spent more time in your site to make it special.
It is not just a site.
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Speaking from a Podium
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MAY 25, 2010
4 Tips for Speaking from a Podium
The podium can be an intimidating place. Even seasoned public speakers feel anxious when standing in front of a microphone. Here are four tips for making your next speech from the podium hum with confidence:
- Keep your feet planted and stand up straight. This will convey poise and strength, even if that's not what you're feeling.
- Don't memorize. Unless the speech is very short, the anxiety of trying to remember your lines will only make your task harder.
- Find a place for your hands. Put your hands in one place — for example, on the sides of the podium — and then forget about them. You will bring them up naturally to gesture as long as they have a place to return to.
- Practice, practice, practice. Rehearse as many times as you can, in an environment as close to the real experience as possible.
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Saturday, April 3, 2010
You might be in the hotel industry if...
- You might be in the hotel industry if...
- Going for cocktails and dinner is NOT your idea of a nice evening
- When someone asks you your exact job profile, you lie
- You get really excited about a 2% pay increase
- You sit in a cubicle smaller than your bedroom closet
- It's dark on your drive to and from work
- Communication is something your 'group' is having problems with
- You think everyone knows what ADR, BEO, REVPAR, YIELD, REVMAX means
- Your world revolves around ADR, BEO, REVPAR, YIELD, REVMAX
- You see a good-looking person and you know it's a visitor/guest
- Food left over from a banquet or meeting is an exciting day at lunch
- You forget what you look like in anything but a suit
- All the work you were hired to do gets done before 9 and after 5
- You're already late on an assignment you just received
- Your boss's favorite lines are:
- When you get a minute...
- your spare time....
- I have an opportunity for you...
- 50% of the people in your company don't know what ! you do :(
- The other 50% of the people in your company don't care what you do
- Vacation is something you roll over to next year, if you are allowed
- If you do go on vacation: You get a heart attack if you pay over $50.00 for a hotel room
- Change is the norm
- Nepotism is encouraged
- Six months is considered to be substantial longevity
- You dial '9' before the number no matter where you are calling from
- You smile and say 'good morning' to total strangers in the street
- Your toilet paper at home is folded in a triangle on the first sheet
- You answer the phone at home 'Hello this is...., how may I help you?
- You eat in hotel restaurants for fun
- You inspect your hotel room when traveling...
- Most of all, you read this entire list and understand it...
