…is the New Oxford American Dictionary’s 2009 Word of the Year.   The term “unfriend”, a verb, means to remove someone as a friend on a social networking Web site such as Facebook.  (read more here…)
Oxford lexicographer Christine Lindberg says unfriend has “real lex appeal.”  (ugh….  there is no such thing as a good pun…)
Admittedly, I think it’s just really interesting to [...]

When you are giving your presentation, you might think that you need to include color, or maybe animation in your PowerPoint, or making sure you are making eye contact.
Now all of these aspects of presenting are important, but there is one key component to presenting that is the most important. And this is…
Knowing what you want as the result of [...]

When you are giving a presentation, there are many things that are in your control that can make your presentation go well or go terribly wrong. Without knowing it, presenters many times fall into traps of their own making, which can be easily avoided with the right tools and outlook. Here are ten of the biggest deadly mistakes that presenters [...]

Your job interview presentation can make the difference between you and all of the other candidates that are walking in the door.
I remember hiring people when I led an advanced technology department, and many people looked great on paper. They all had the qualifications we were looking for, but we always conducted interviews and watched how the candidate presented themselves.
In [...]

When you get to the end of your presentation, you generally will have a question-and-answer or Q&A session. Here are 7 helpful tips for making your Q&A successful.
- Encourage questions
When you finish your presentation, you should ask your audience if they have any questions. Make this open and warm by saying something like, “Feel free to ask me any questions” [...]

PowerPoint is a great software package for creating presentations. And one of the most powerful features in PowerPoint is the ability to animate text, pictures, and graphics.
However, with any technology, people can abuse it, so there are some things you’ll want to keep in mind when using PowerPoint animation.
Here are 4 must-have nuggets on how to use PowerPoint animation effectively.
1) [...]

When we give presentations, many of us get all tied up in knots worrying about what to do if an audience gets angry.
You get worried. Being up there, completely exposed. And you’re afraid that the audience will turn on you…
You have the “deer in the headlights” look, because you don’t know what to say.
You feel insecure because you’re thinking that [...]

You’ve heard it a hundred (if not a thousand) times: You never get a second chance to make a first impression.
Yeah, yeah, yeah… So, is this going to be another one of those articles?
Well, no, but I’ll have to admit, there is truth about the whole first impression thing…
It turns out, psychologically, that peoples’ impressions of things – people, food, [...]

Stephen Hawking has many things in common with some of the great scientists of our time, his understanding of the intricacies of the universe rivaling that of Albert Einstein.
When Stephen Hawking was born, he came into our world exactly 300 years after Galileo Galilei left.  Two great scientists, connected by their birthdays, separated by three centuries.
Yet, the most remarkable aspect [...]