May
17

Presenting the Shelby and Jim Show

image of wordcamp detroit

Yesterday, Shelby published “Mental preparation to take the stage” and reading the blog post caused me to think about how I view our “She Said, He Said” live speaking events. As I sat and prepared mentally to write this post the following thoughts popped into my head: Unstructured, yet structured Last minute, yet planned out…
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May
16

Mental preparation to take the stage

MentalPreparedness

This week, Jim and I share our perspectives on preparing for a presentation. This is a timely topic for us since we are speaking at WordCamp Milwaukee in just two weeks. I’m pretty sure our points of view will be pretty different too. Speaking at sweet 16 Truly before the summer of 2011, my only…
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Apr
04

My takeaways from She Streams made it all worthwhile

SheStreamsRoom

While presenting “She Said, He Said” at She Streams in Ft. Lauderdale last weekend was a great opportunity, the knowledge I acquired and the connections I made as an attendee at the conference were invaluable as well. I know that not everyone can attend every conference and, when I find myself at one that really…
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Mar
29

Happy annniversary! Watch #shehechat LIVE on UStream!

UStreamJimShelby

Would you believe it’s already the anniversary of our “She Said, He Said” blog posts and the Twitter chat? Each Thursday, Jim and I conduct #shehechat on Twitter at 8 p.m. CST. In April, some of our chats will be conducted via our UStream channel. You can also follow along on Twitter. We look forward…
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Nov
18

Refining

refining

It’s easy to listen to all the positive praise you get after a presentation. It’s even easier to brush off all the negative criticism as haters or jealous folks. What’s hard is talking for seven hours on the drive home about how the negative criticism may have been correct and then figuring out ways to…
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Aug
16

Let’s help each other out

helping-hand

I could use your help. Here’s the thing: I’m not so great at asking for help so, before I even get to that, I want you to know that your offer to help comes with an immediate return on investment. If you can help me out, I’ll find a way to return the favor. How…
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