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Special Edition: Countdown to Launch for Presentation Pitfalls
Things are heating up! Presentation Pitfalls hits shelves on September 3, 2025, and we’ve got a lot to share. So yes, you’ll be hearing from us a bit more often. We’re proud of this book and want to use every channel to reach the people it can help. We would...
The Business Ninjas Podcast
John recently appeared on the Business Ninjas podcast in an episode titled “Bridging the Gap Between Data, Logic, & Storytelling.” The host, Andrew Lippman, is a Partner at Write for Me, a content marketing agency that fully automates the content marketing...
A Conversation with the Creator of the SPICE Add-in
Thomas Hager, creator of the SPICE PowerPoint add-in, recently interviewed John. Here’s an excerpt. John, with all your years delivering training and services to business leaders in the art of making crisp presentations for decision-making – what are some of the...
Perfektenschlag! A Wellbeing Grand Slam
I recently had the antithesis of a Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day. As Dwight Schrute (Rainn Wilson) from The Office would say, it was “perfektenschlag” – the Schrutes’ word for when everything in life comes together perfectly. I want to share these highlights not to brag but to illustrate the Wellbeing framework by Tom Rath and Jim Harter. Applying the framework can help make your personal goals more impactful and stick-to-it-able.
Embrace the Spotlight: A Lesson from My Daughter
When my daughter first said she was interested in joining the children’s choir, I couldn’t help but smile. She’s always been that kid in the backseat of the car, singing her heart out but completely off-tune. Her enthusiasm was contagious, even if her notes didn’t...
Whose Shoes Are You Still Tying?
Last Sunday, my ten-year-old son was sitting on our stairs. I was kneeling in front of him, tying his shoes. It was a picturesque father-and-son moment. However, even if you don’t have kids, you should have a vague sense that most ten-year-olds can tie their own...
What a Barf-Bag Haiku Can Teach Us About Creativity
I have invented a unique art form – the Barf-Bag Haiku. To kill time on a plane, especially when my devices must be in Airplane Mode, I will write a haiku poem on the barf bag. The subject of my first haiku was a barf bag (meta, I know), but I have since branched out...
Get behind Me, Titivillus! How to Avoid Mistakes in Your Work
Titivillus as represented by Diego de la Cruz in his painting La Virgen de la Misericordia con los Reyes Católicos y su Familia, circa 1486; Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons. First published on “Nightingale: Journal of the Data Visualization Society” Meet Titivillus....
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