Sometimes you do not know which part of a presentation is going to stick. You prepare your slides. You shape your teaching points. You think carefully about what your audience needs to hear, and you hope the right ideas land in the right hearts at […]
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I have often spoken about my initial career in radio broadcasting, where I learned through the process of trial and error how to develop a “public private self.” This is a curated persona that includes elements of your personal life you feel comfortable sharing publicly
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In today’s digital age, home studios have become an essential component of an author’s office, serving not just for webinars and training sessions, but also for media interviews. While there are numerous aspects to consider when setting up an effective studio, lighting stands out as
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In the Northern hemisphere, the days are getting shorter, the temperature is dropping, and in the US, we’ve turned our clocks back an hour to Standard Time. For many of us, this can be a difficult transition. We have to re-adjust our sleep schedules, and
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Can’t get it out of my head: I wasn’t planning to write this post, but it kept writing itself in my head. In fact, I was trying to ignore it by searching through my list of potential topics for this week’s post in a folder
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Everyone needs to have an “Inspiration File” for those days when you need a little extra something to get the creative juices flowing. Whether it’s writing a book, creating social media posts, developing a business, putting your new brand into place, or figuring out how
2020 has been an “interesting” year. Someone posted on social media recently that they wished they could leapfrog over several months to Christmas and forget about the pandemic and the looming election for a while. I understand that sentiment and I know I’m not alone
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I am surprised at the amount of feedback I received following last week’s Savvy Sunday News, which tells me it struck a nerve. The post was called Good Manners/ Basic Netiquette/or How to Look Like a Pro, and if you missed it, you can read
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I had a situation this week that prompted me to cover this topic in Savvy Sunday News. Last Monday, I received an email from an acquaintance I met at a conference a few years ago. She listed the names of 5 different authors and asked
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Book reviews. We all want them, and we want them to be good. Securing them is more challenging than you may think (and if you’re been through this process, then you know), and more than that, what others say in a review is out of