Colin Firth talks about his upcoming film 'The King's Speech', a drama about King George VI and his relationship with his Australian speech therapist.
More about the book here => http://bit.ly/bZ1z1q
There is no mistaking a real book when one meets it. It is like falling in love.
-- Christopher Morley
Beyond Bullet Points: Using Microsoft PowerPoint to Create Presentations That Inform, Motivate and Inspire
C. Atkinson
Atkinson shares his innovative three-step system for increasing the impact of your communications with Microsoft PowerPoint. He guides you, step by step, as you discover how to combine the tenets of classic storytelling with the power of the projected media to create a rich, engaging experience. He walks you through his easy-to-use templates, plus 50 advanced tips, to help build your confidence and effectiveness—and quickly bring your ideas to life!
FOCUS
Learn how to distill your best ideas into a crisp and compelling narrative.
CLARIFY
Use a storyboard to clarify and visualize your ideas, creating the right blend of message and media.
ENGAGE
Move from merely reading your slides to creating a rich, connected experience with your audience—and increase your impact!
Learn how to distill your best ideas into a crisp and compelling narrative.
Use a storyboard to clarify and visualize your ideas, creating the right blend of message and media.
Move from merely reading your slides to creating a rich, connected experience with your audience—and increase your impact!
Beyond Bullet Points takes a new approach based on telling a story with structure. But it also learns from other media - Newspapers - make your headlines meaningful. Movies, use a storyboard to plan your story before you think about visuals.
The book is available from Amazon
The prolific Picoult crafts a cunning whodunit that explores what it’s like to be not only a teenager with Asperger’s syndrome but also an AS kid accused of murder. Told from multiple viewpoints, including those of an empathetic detective and an eager but wet-behind-the-ears attorney, the mystery unfolds at a spellbinding pace. But Picoult also does an exceptional job communicating the complexities of Asperger’s syndrome and the challenges confronting AS families. Faithful Picoult fans will whisk this off the shelves, but devoted readers of savvy courtroom dramas should also give it a try.
Australia's largest annual celebration of reading and books entitled Get Reading is on between 25 August and 30 September 2010.This year’s catchcry is “get lost, get fresh, get hooked, get real and get comfy with a good book.”
Formerly known as Books Alive, the nine-year-old event is an Australian Government initiative promoted through the Australia Council for the Arts that encourages Australians of all ages to spend some time reading.
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From Pivotal Kids
Space travel to the moon – watch an Apollo video
From Pivotal Teachers
Great science video – the Structure of an atom
From WRB
Thought for the day
From Pivotal Kids books
When Kids Lose Interest in Reading, Where Do You Turn?
From Pivotal Public Speaking
Speaking thought for the Day
From Pivotal Kids
Space travel to the moon – watch an Apollo video
From Pivotal Teachers
Great science video – the Structure of an atom
From WRB
Thought for the day
From Pivotal Kids books
When Kids Lose Interest in Reading, Where Do You Turn?
From Pivotal Public Speaking
Speaking thought for the Day
I believe that some things are meant to be. The Richest Man in Town is a wonderful book. It's a true story that will grab your heart and not let go!
Here is VJ Smith's brief introduction to one of my all time favorite books The Richest Man in Town.
"Introduction"
from The Richest Man in Town
by V.J. Smith
I'm so glad I found you.
My friend, Aaron "Marty" Martinson, wrote those words in a note to me. On the pages that follow, you will discover that he didn't find me. I found him. And, thanks to Marty, I remembered a few things about life that I hadn't really thought about for a long time.
For years I had grand visions of writing a book about a leader who changed the course of history. I filled my personal library with biographies of presidents and statesmen. I wanted to understand what made their lives great - and what might be missing from mine.
In looking for answers I turned to books written by people who are successful in business and industry. For a while I searched for excellence, then I compared my habits to those of highly effective people. Like millions of people, I thought success equaled happiness.
The book I've written, though, is about a simple man who ran a cash register. He worked hard and was good to people. That, in turn, made him happy.
Can it be so simple? so free of complications? Marty thought so. He showed me how to be a better person, not one wealthier or more successful or more powerful.
He changed my life - forever.
For more information, or to look inside this great book, just click here. It also makes a wonderful gift for any occasion!
From Pivotal Public Speaking
Public Speaking tip – Watch your language
From Pivotal Personal Best
Review of Great Taste no Pain
From WRB
Study: E-books take longer to read than print
From Pivotal Kids books
Free online reading tools for kids
From Pivotal Teachers
Quote for the Day about teachers and teaching
(via Mashable)
-- It takes longer to read books on a Kindle 2 or an iPad versus a printed book, Jakob Nielsen of product development consultancy Nielsen Norman Group discovered in a recent usability survey.
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