Do you ever get nervous before you speak? Do you get butterflies when you are preparing to present? Do you worry about your audience’s reactions when you are speaking? If you answered yes to any of these questions maybe your center of thought is wrong! Many years ago I heard Matt Church, founder of Thought [...]

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Sequence Information: Reduce overwhelm and increase impact

January 31, 2012

Recently while speaking for one of my fabulous oil & gas clients I met with one of the leaders before the live webcast, we were discussing how she was an incredibly valuable resource within her company. Her extensive experience as an administrative professional meant she was the ‘go-to-gal’ for a variety of applications, processes and [...]

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Stay Connected: Be productive using social media

January 27, 2012

Do you find yourself wasting time online? Do you want to stay connected but don’t know how to do it without investing significant time? Do you feel addicted to social media? If you answered yes to any of these questions then maybe you need a social media intervention! The trick is to invest 15 minutes [...]

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Accelerate Your Speaking Skills with Speakership

January 25, 2012

When I first became a professional speaker I was fortunate to be mentored by world-renowned Matt Church. Many, many years later we are  delighted to share he is heading to the US to share Speakership program with those who want to accelerate their presentation skills. If you are a thought leader who speaks, trains or consults [...]

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Get Productive using GateGuru when you travel

January 23, 2012

As you know one of my absolute MUST have travel apps is GateGuru. This week I was fortunate to interview the CEO and founder of GateGuru, Dan Gellert on Schreck Teck (as the gorgeous geeky Gina Schreck was speaking at a conference). While talking with Dan he shared so much more functionality than I was [...]

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Get Productive – Use a Giant Timer!

January 20, 2012

One of my secrets of getting an enormous amount done in a short amount of time is using the Giant Timer app on my iPad. I set it for 15 minutes and then race against the clock to get as much done as I can. This is also a great tool to use if you [...]

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We are networking.. not connecting

January 15, 2012

Recently I read the fabulous book Fascinate by Sally Hogshead (yes that is really her name) and it was full of great gems, strategies and learnings on how to be more fascinating. There were many things she says in the book on how you can be more fascinating, she even details a process for it and [...]

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Secret Aussie Energy tip… makes you more productive

January 13, 2012

I am often asked what keeps my energy high when I travel so much around the world as a speaker… a fabulous Aussie fizzing vitamin called Berocca! It is now available in the USA and I highly recommend it. One tablet is full of Vitamin B and C and it great for a daily boost. [...]

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Productively Leverage Twitter to Increase Audience Engagement

January 5, 2012

Every meeting professional knows the best way to build community, increase communication and allow contribution from audiences is Twitter! It’s that simple. Twitter increases audience engagement because it is about community. Imagine a whole lot of fabulously dressed people in fabulous shoes, cocktails in hand (well maybe not this time of year as everyone has [...]

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FAVE apps to Keep YOU Productive When Travelling

January 4, 2012

With so many choices of awesome apps it is so hard to choose only five fave apps … so we decided on five categories!   Before we jump into our fave five to keep you productive we assume your device is already loaded with essential apps (i.e. Facebook , Tweetdeck , Hootsuite). If not, stop reading [...]

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