Pechu kucha hit our family reunion, and it was, predictably, unpredictable, exhilarating and informative. The format: 20 slides, 20 seconds per slide. You have to talk fast or say very little! Then there's a dramatic change of topic and away...
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Three ultimate gift books: 2010
Some books have got ultimate gift book written all over them. And I don't mean they are soppy, superficial and short. On the contrary, you recognise them by the following quirks. They're hefty, but consist of numerous bite-sized pieces. They're...
The great Christmas book distribution
Even more fun than reading books all year is sorting out who gets what. First I pick the best of the batch. I make little tickets with the names of family members, and match them up. Starting with my sisters....
12 features of sustainable corporate training
Everywhere, every day busy professionals are writing more and more and more than ever before in the history of the human race. Most have never been trained to write modern business English, let alone trained to write for content management...
Struggling with the annual happy holiday letter to friends
December. It's time for sending and receiving those happy holidays letters. As a receiver, I'm delighted to get a personal and vivid email like the one you can glimpse in the image. As a sender (or non-sender) I get paralyzed...