Big Ideas Blog

JUL

2013

Convincing an Audience is Like Spitting Watermelon Seeds

Tags : better, communications, content, create, deliver, events, how to, ideas, improve, marketing, meetings, questions, record, results, smart, watermelon, write

Comments : 1

You only have a matter of minutes to establish confidence, creditability and a sense of authenticity. If you can’t, you are in big trouble. Convincing an audience takes skill, accuracy and power – just like spitting watermelon seeds. Let the world champion seed spitter help you create content that convinces an...

JUL

2013

Are You Fab Enough? What’s Your Professional Personality Profile?

Posted By : Andy Johnston

Tags : Beatles, better, clients, communications, event, how to, ideas, improve, marketing, personality, planner, planning, producer, project, questions, relationship, results, smart, style

Comments : Off

Talent is cool. Ability is cool. Professionalism is cool. Being a challenge to work with is not cool. What’s your professional personality profile? Are your relationships with clients all they can be? Are you Fab enough, or could you be even better? Now you can find out, thanks to – The Beatles. Which Beatle Are You?...

JUL

2013

Stop Scope Creep – Before It Kills Projects, Marketing & Events

Posted By : Andy Johnston

Tags : better, budget, communications, creep, effective, eliminate, event, feature, how to, ideas, marketing, meeting, plan, project, questions, scope, smart, stop

Comments : Off

Scope Creep kills. It may be the #1 reason why events, marketing, programs, and communication don’t meet objectives. You can exterminate it. You can stop Scope Creep – before it kills your projects, marketing and events. Here’s how to stop scope creep and prevent it from happening. Scope Creep is a sinister...

JUL

2013

Doctor Who Guide to Mastering Time! Make Meeting Agendas More Flexible

Posted By : Andy Johnston

Tags : agenda, agendas, better, event, executives, flexibility, flexible, how to, ideas, meeting, organize, results, smart, who

Comments : Off

Doctor Who is a Time Lord. He wanders all of space and time righting wrongs and doing his best to keep various civilizations from vaporizing themselves. Let’s use some of his ideas and make meeting agendas more flexible and results-driven. Here are new ways to organize your meetings that audiences will love. If you...

JUL

2013

Audiences Love Great Speech Writing – How Not To Crash & Burn!

Posted By : Andy Johnston

Tags : better, communications, engage, executive, how to, ideas, interesting, marketing, meetings, people, presentation, presentations, speech, speeches, write

Comments : Off

The first two minutes of any presentation can be murder. These are “make it or break it” moments, with a huge opportunity for failure hanging in the balance. Every speaker faces the same test – to engage the audience fast or become the latest version of dead man walking. But you can pass it. Here’s how to write a...

JUN

2013

Four Lessons on Grabbing Attention from Some Old F@®t on the Beach!

Posted By : Andy Johnston

Tags : attention, attract, audiences, communications, consistency, engage, how to, ideas, interest, marketing, meetings, people

Comments : Off

Just because you are talking, you can’t assume that anyone is paying attention. Grab it in your marketing, meetings and communications with these four unexpected lessons. You have to shake things up! Hit The Beach! Four kids fearlessly hit the beach. Three 12-year-olds and a 7-year-old were braving the wild waves...

JUN

2013

Six Ways to Get to The Top and Stay There: What You Need Now!

Posted By : Andy Johnston

Tags : advance, advancement, best, better, career, decisions, development, effective, goals, HOW, ideas, improve, job, make, Mark, Miller, money, more, plan, planning, smart, success, ways

Comments : Off

At the peak … ahead of the game … king of the hill! That’s what you want to be. You want to have a career at the top of the world and stay there. Here’s your game plan. Talent, hard work, consistency, ability and determination are all winning qualities, but guess what? They are just the price of admission. They are...

JUN

2013

Q&A Sessions are Like Juggling Chainsaws – Now You Can Master Them!

Posted By : Andy Johnston

Tags : answer, answers, audience, bad, best, better, boring, conference, corporate, effective, engagement, events, executive, facilitate, HOW, ideas, improve, meetings, more, presentation, presentations, Q&A, question, questions, rule, rules, session, sessions

Comments : Off

Have you ever seen The Passing Zone – those crazy guys who juggle chainsaws? They stand on stage and toss the roaring things back and forth while making jokes. As insane and crazy as it is, it’s safer than a Q&A session. All the crazy guys can do is lose an arm or some fingers. You can cut your career short! Few...

JUN

2013

Improve ALL Your Content In One Step! Be The Best & Most Effective

Posted By : Andy Johnston

Tags : bad, best, better, boring, communications, conference, content, corporate, effective, events, executive, ideas, improve, marketing, meetings, more, objectives, presentation, presentations, relevant, speeches, success, TED, training, ways

Comments : Off

In a musty vault, deep in the bowels of a hidden cave, there is a box. Inside it is the secret for instantly improving ALL your content. Marketing, advertising, communications, presentations and training … you can dramatically improve them in a single step! How? Let me tell you a quick story. The man was angry....

« First ‹ Previous 5 6 789 10 11 Next ›Last »

Convincing an Audience is Like Spitting Watermelon Seeds

Are You Fab Enough? What’s Your Professional Personality Profile?

Stop Scope Creep – Before It Kills Projects, Marketing & Events

Doctor Who Guide to Mastering Time! Make Meeting Agendas More Flexible

Audiences Love Great Speech Writing – How Not To Crash & Burn!

Four Lessons on Grabbing Attention from Some Old F@®t on the Beach!

Six Ways to Get to The Top and Stay There: What You Need Now!

Q&A Sessions are Like Juggling Chainsaws – Now You Can Master Them!

Improve ALL Your Content In One Step! Be The Best & Most Effective

Meta

Categories

Recent Posts

Subscribe to the Big Ideas Blog via Email

Stuff & People We Like

Start Your Next Great Project – Now!