251: Aspirations Worth Their Weight in Platinum
There are two aspirations worth achieving: one is communicating effectively so your words will never be misunderstood; the second is having a positive self-image....

252: Top Three Things To Look For In Soundcards
If you remember the days of Atari and "Pong," you probably also remember the personal computer's first sound: beep. Yes, you are correct, in the early stages of computing, computers were only able to utter a beep....

253: The Art of Remarkable Leadership
Leadership is defined as the capacity or ability to guide others to accomplish an objective. To provide leadership, one needs to be a leader. What qualities do you believe are required by a good leader and how does one become a leader? Although some people have natural leadership skills, good leaders are made not born....

254: Ten Meeting Management Issues to Watch Out For
Meetings are valuable components of organisations. Yet they need process, discipline and leadership/facilitation to work best. Here are some indicators to watch out for to highlight where things may be going wrong....

255: People Development vs Training - Its Not Training!
Find out what makes professional personal development work at so different from run of the mill 'sheep dip' training....

256: How To Cope With Difficult People
Coping with difficult people is an essential life skill that we seldom learn. Here is a way to get some perspective on this thorny issue....

257: Basics and Benefits of Voice Mail and Unified Messaging
Summary: A look at why business owners should take advantage of automated voice mail services; how and what functions they perform; how to determine which capabilities you need and don't need; and how to evaluate service vendors....

258: How Podcasting Can Help Your Business
Using podcasts in your business can do many thing to improve the bottom line. Creating customer awareness and driving traffic to your website are the two most important....

259: The Education System Employs Technology To Help Stay In Touch
Technology has become a part of almost every aspect of the workforce. Many industries and organization are now reaping the benefits of its many uses, and the education system is no exception....

260: Disarming Defensive Behavior
Some people need to be right whether they are or not.They're so defensive, it's a real challenge to get them to address any problem. Here are a successful team leader's stratagies for sidesteping their defensiveness....

261: What You Think Of Me Is None Of My Business
You may be letting your fear of criticism rule your life. This is one of the key sources of struggle people face. It is easy to try to please everyone all the time....

262: Successful Podcasting For Dummies Like Me
If you're planning on podcasting, here are a few tips to help you create a high quality podcasts. They do not cost anything and they are easy to implement so they should be added to your podcast in order to help you create a quality product that people will want to subscribe to....

263: What Is A Teleseminar And How Can I Profit From It?
If you have ever worked in a business office, you are probably familiar with this term, previously known as teleconferencing. For those who are unfamiliar with either term, teleseminars or teleconferencing involve a telephone call among a group of people who usually all phone the same telephone number to be connected to each other....

264: Podcasting For Profit
Although we'll get into the technical terms later, podcasting is an audio file that you can listen to on your computer or on a portable device. Note that it does not have to be an iPod, but can be almost any kind of portable audio device, also referred to as an MP3 player. An MP3 .player, though, is also a misnomer because these devices will often play more than just MP3 files...

265: Marketing Your Podcast
So here you are: You have developed a great podcast, with excellent content for a very tight niche. And you are prepared to podcast on this topic with top-notch content for a long time to come. Now what?...

266: Speakers - You'll Be Remembered By What You Do, Not By What You Say
When called upon to speak to a group, it's more important to deliver on the audience's expectations than on yours. What does the audience want? What do you have to do to get invited back? Here is how three speakers on the same panel made three distinctly different impressions on their audience....

267: How To Grab Audience Attention
When you are preparing for a speech, the utmost in your mind should be how to grab audience attention. It does not matter whether your speech is to sell an idea, a product or to get people to do something. At the end of it, you need to have convinced them of something....

268: Having Fun With Teleseminars
Alexander Graham Bell could never have known what the potential for his invention really was in 1876. As technology evolved and with the advent of the home computer age, marketers learned how to use Teleseminars to their advantage....

269: Ten Tips for Learning to Speak Spanish
Many Americans are learning Spanish to meet both business and personal goals. This article contains ten practical tips to help you get results speaking Spanish fast....

270: What Are The Important Aspects Of Communication
Communication is the process of sharing information. In a simplistic form information is sent from a sender or encoder to a receiver or decoder....

271: For Greater Effectiveness, Learn How To Give Feedback
Feedback is a critical element for working out relationships with coworkers, friends and family members. Unfortunately, "feedback" can become a euphemism for not very constructive criticism....

272: Coaching: From Frustration to Success
Sometimes you need a mirror to see how you may be getting in the way of your own success....

273: The Importance of Executive Coaching
The importance of executive coaching, why executive coaching services are expanding, how best to use an executive coach....

274: How Coaching and Mentoring Works: The Benefits of Using a Coach or mentor
Understanding how Coaching and Mentoring works, benefits of using a Coach or Mentor, Hints and Tips on using one and being one....

275: Why is Content Important?
How to get traffic to your site...