The Presenter Center has a myriad useful PowerPoint tips. This is just one ... Text and Graphics shouldn’t compete for attention Keep text and graphics separated. Text that is placed on top of graphics appears cluttered, busy, and competes for attention. Click for makeover. Read more... [Text and Graphics shouldn’t compete for attention] Thanks OliviaMitchell
From stories exploring the lives and ideals of family and communities to the reminiscence of roly-poly pudding the finalists of the LIANZA Children’s Book Awards are a true celebration of New Zealand writers and illustrators. The LIANZA Children’s Book Award 2009 Finalists are: LIANZA ESTHER GLEN AWARD (Fiction) Juno of Taris by Fleur Beale (Random […]
And I thought it was only me ...! From the Creating Passionate Users Blog Do you have a stack of books, journals, manuals, articles, API docs, and blog printouts that you think you'll get to? That you think you need to read? Now, based on past experience, what are the odds you'll get to all […]
The First Couple will be honorary chairs of the National Book Festival, to be held in Washington, D.C., at the National Mall on Saturday, September 26th. Sponsored by the Library of Congress, this will be the event’s ninth year celebrating “the joys of reading and lifelong literacy,” according to an event press release. more ...
This was the start of a nightmare. A painstaking presentation was taking place. I was trying everything known to man to stay awake. For 5 minutes I scrolled through my blackberry looking for distractions. When that proved to be futile I began thumbing through my notebook looking for an interesting story or factoid. In a […]
“Even the most daring and accomplished people have undergone tremendous difficulty. In fact, the more successful they became, the more they attributed their success to the lessons learned during their most difficult times. Adversity is our teacher. When we view adversity as a guide towards greater inner growth, we will then learn to accept the […]
Are You Confused? Lately, I've been receiving a lot of questions referring to the latest studies and research findings, and one question that I receive most queries about concerns the role that stretching plays as part of the warm up. Currently, there seems to be a lot of confusion about how and when stretching should […]
"We all have the extraordinary coded within us...waiting to be released." Jean Houston
To reach a goal you have never before attained, you must do things you have never before done. Richard G. Scott ……………………………………………………………………End procrastination Now! Because there is no bigger roadblock to success than the habit of needlessly putting off important tasks till another day or time. In End Procrastination Now!, you will be conditioned to […]
Bernadette Dunne Bernadette Dunne has recorded more than 250 titles since her reading of Arthur Golden's Memoirs of a Geisha(Books on Tape, 1998) helped put her on the map. She's voiced the works of everyone from actress Katharine Hepburn (Me: Stories of My Life) to National Book Award winner Richard Powers (The Echo Maker), for […]
