Posts Tagged ‘Giving Back’

The Gift of Goodwill

Today I attended two events both of which were focused on the need for and value of phil­an­thropy in greater Los Ange­les. There were about 75 peo­ple in these two meet­ings and the entire focus was on orga­ni­za­tions and projects focused gen­er­ally on peo­ple we don’t know. That’s right, peo­ple being involved to help their fel­low man, peo­ple we may never meet, we may never know. These are peo­ple who sim­ply want an oppor­tu­nity for a good, safe and sim­ple life. Not too much to ask, espe­cially in a coun­try as pros­per­ous as ours. And yet, it seems to elude so many.

Better Presentations — 5 Feet / 5 Seconds

We have all sat in a pre­sen­ta­tions and heard the words: “this slide is a bit of an eye chart.” Typ­i­cally, if you are like me, one of two things hap­pens. First, you won­der, then why are you show­ing it? Or sec­ond, you focus on the slide and don’t hear what the pre­sen­ter is say­ing. Here are two sim­ple tests to help you improve your pre­sen­ta­tion. The basic rule is less is more, as in productive.

Back of the Business Card

I was recently intro­duced to Carl Terz­ian, one of our nation’s giants in pub­lic rela­tions. Dur­ing our con­ver­sa­tion he asked about what I did for a liv­ing, and about my pro­fes­sional back­ground. He then asked me to describe what’s on the back of my busi­ness card. That is, about my life and what I do for the ben­e­fit of others.