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The Single Best Presentation Tip: Tell a Great Story

by Robert Hellmann • Building a Business, Getting Interviews, Interviewing, On-the-job Success, Org. Effectiveness, Presentations

Whether your goal is to sell, inform, or land a job offer, telling engaging, relevant stories can turn even a so-so presentation into a great one. Illustrating your points with the right stories will have a far stronger impact than many other things you can do, including slide design, body language, eye contact, and so forth.More

LinkedIn Just Got More Useful for Business Marketing

by Robert Hellmann • Building a Business, Social Media

If you market your (or your employer’s) business or organization using social media, and you are open to using Hootsuite as your social media organizer, you need to know about this useful new LinkedIn-related feature.More

Improve Productivity with Effective Contact Management

by Robert Hellmann • Building a Business, Career Centers, Job-Search Strategy, On-the-job Success, Org. Effectiveness

Note: This post originally appeared on the MENG website
Having an effective contact management system can save you a lot of time and missed opportunities, whether you are in business for yourself, in a job search, or on the job. It’s just too easy to let your inbox grow to unmanageable proportions, miss an important follow-up, waste time with things like “filing” or looking for that one email, or lose touch with potential clients. The key to solving all these problems and more, for me and for my clients, is to have a desktop-based or cloud-based system where all communication elements for a contact are associated with the contact, together in one place. These elements include:More