Supporting Barack Obama Stinks
My friend Walsh showed me this. If you visit http://my.barackobama.com you can see it too. I provided a screen shot below. You can see for yourself why supporting Barack Obama stinks.
Don't forget your shovel
I have some mountains in my way right now. Maybe you do to.
"And Jesus answered them, “Truly, I say to you, if you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what has been done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and thrown into the sea,’ it will happen." - Matthew 21:21There's something I have to remind myself. Just because I have faith, I can't leave my shovel in the tool shed. Moving a mountain is still hard work.
The Seven Slide Sloution
For my senior year of college we had a new university president. He liked to take a lot of the chapel time to talk about all the ways they were planning to spend our money on improvements to the school that we would never get to see. He also liked to use PowerPoint - a lot! After a few chapels, we were sick of PowerPoint.
Over the years I have been presented to with PowerPoint in a lot of different settings. Most of the time it was the same story of "blah blah blah." Too many people lean on the tool to enhance their presentation when all it does is illuminate the boredom. PowerPoint doesn't make presentations. People make presentations.
That's why I liked the premise of Paul Kelly's book The Seven Slide SolutionTM. I really found the first two sections interesting and helpful when it comes to developing a presentation using PowerPoint. Based on the way people's brains work, Kelly suggests that a presentation doesn't need to be any longer than seven slides. Anything beyond that is wasting your time and the audiences - they won't remember it. He walks you through the process of developing a story, from creating a premise to establishing conflict, adding tension, and ultimately providing a resolution to your presentation. The final section seemed to me a more hands on or reference to have handy when you are actually putting together the presentation.
Again, it wasn't exactly exciting or motivating, but I learned some good things. If you use PowerPoint very often, it might be a good book to take a look at. It's also a good refresher for putting together the basic elements of a story.
Over the years I have been presented to with PowerPoint in a lot of different settings. Most of the time it was the same story of "blah blah blah." Too many people lean on the tool to enhance their presentation when all it does is illuminate the boredom. PowerPoint doesn't make presentations. People make presentations.
That's why I liked the premise of Paul Kelly's book The Seven Slide SolutionTM. I really found the first two sections interesting and helpful when it comes to developing a presentation using PowerPoint. Based on the way people's brains work, Kelly suggests that a presentation doesn't need to be any longer than seven slides. Anything beyond that is wasting your time and the audiences - they won't remember it. He walks you through the process of developing a story, from creating a premise to establishing conflict, adding tension, and ultimately providing a resolution to your presentation. The final section seemed to me a more hands on or reference to have handy when you are actually putting together the presentation.
Again, it wasn't exactly exciting or motivating, but I learned some good things. If you use PowerPoint very often, it might be a good book to take a look at. It's also a good refresher for putting together the basic elements of a story.
JCB Music Video
I ran across this fun & entertaining music video and thought I would share. When the page loads, give it a few minutes to play. I really like the design and progression. Click here or on the screen shot below to watch.
Consumer Four Square
I've mentioned a few times the game I play with various retail establishments. I call it Consumer Four Square. If you are not familiar with how to play four square, there is always Wikipedia.
In my mind there is usually a top player when it comes to a particular category. For example, when it comes to fast food there is a a whole list of restaurants that I will choose from, but the one who sits in the top position is only there until they mess up or another restaurant out does them. Just because one of them is in the top position, doesn't mean they are the exclusive choice, but if I am ever in a position to have to decide between two establishments that are side by side, I am likely to choose the one in the higher position.
You can do this with any category, whether it pizza, home improvement, book stores, etc...
So, do you like the game? Do you play this version of four square?
In my mind there is usually a top player when it comes to a particular category. For example, when it comes to fast food there is a a whole list of restaurants that I will choose from, but the one who sits in the top position is only there until they mess up or another restaurant out does them. Just because one of them is in the top position, doesn't mean they are the exclusive choice, but if I am ever in a position to have to decide between two establishments that are side by side, I am likely to choose the one in the higher position.
You can do this with any category, whether it pizza, home improvement, book stores, etc...
So, do you like the game? Do you play this version of four square?
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