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Given the enormous amount of attention on the Penn State scandal, this proud alumna will refrain from contributing to the already overcrowded conversation. However, there are some essential crisis management lessons to be learned here. None of us are immune to the unexpected. Yet it’s often what we do know about that we fail to prepare for. As a former reporter who covered my fair share of highly publicized scandals, the first two questions I always asked are the same questions you would ask: When did you know about it? What did you do about it? [Read more…] about It’s OK to mess up, but people won’t forgive a cover up

Brian Fugere and several co-authors wrote a great book titled: “Why Business People Speak Like Idiots,” a look at the frightening world of corporate speak. I would like to suggest a sequel called: “Why Business People Create Slides that Put You to Sleep.”

You’ve seen these people. You’ve probably been in their audiences. They have 495 slides which they read to you one by one in a monotone voice with no facial expression and expect you to follow along in a font that even your ophthalmologist couldn’t translate.

For starters, most of us can read by ourselves, thank you very much. Secondly, assuming we can read, maybe the presenter should just send us the slides and spare us from having to attend another boring meeting? [Read more…] about 6 tips that will energize your PowerPoint presentations