The rich, the poor, the highly-educated and the tongue-tied

The rich, the poor, the highly-educated and the tongue-tied

Jan. 4, 2011 by

I heard an Indian novelist interviewed recently.  Asked what struck her when she first came to America, she said, “I noticed that in America, the rich are thin and the poor are fat—the opposite of my country.” Of course, she

An attempt to link a column of ice with presentation skills

An attempt to link a column of ice with presentation skills

Dec. 23, 2010 by

On the left you see a picture of my garden hose,  the one I failed to turn off after hosing down the front porch.  The temperature dropped, the hose popped, and I now have a column of ice reminding me

Why you need presentation skills training

Why you need presentation skills training

Nov. 30, 2010 by

Most of us need training because: We are unaware. We don’t do what we want, or know how, to do. We don’t practice. We are not aware of how we come across.  We have blind spots.  Blind areas.  Our education