Book: confessions of a public speaker

Anyone out there who sometimes (or more often) have the liberty to speak in front of audiences knows it: speaking is an art. Since I'm kind of new in the arena I figured I could use some help.

The past year I've been doing a lot of presenting. I'm constantly trying to improve what I'm doing. I read books, take ideas, and put them into practice. I'm focusing on these areas now:

* The presentation itself - the slides, the storytelling, the content
* The delivery
* Incorporating social media

Scott Berkun has written a very interesting book about how to do an impressive presentation: Scott Berkun's Confessions of a Public Speaker which is packed with a lot of tips…

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Evert Jan Koning | on 14 02 2010 0 comment(s) | Views: 92817 | Read 659 times |

Best SEO book and tools

Looking for a good Search Engine Optimization or SEO book and some tools? Don't look any further.

SEO Book, van Aaron Wall, kan ik absoluut aanraden.

At SEO Book you can download the free SEOBook Toolbar, an absolute must have.
Beneath is a presentation what the SEOBook Toolbar can do.

SEOBook SEO Toolbar from Joost de Valk on Vimeo.

5 Tools for…

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Evert Jan Koning | on 30 01 2010 2 comment(s) | Views: 73198 | Read 1150 times |

Book: crowdsourcing, Jeff Howe

An interesting book recently about crowdsourcing is 'Crowdsourcing, why the power of the crowds is driving the future of business' by Jeff Howe, the editor of Wired.

Howe had delivered a book full of case studies of how crowdsourcing is breaking down traditional corporate structures and ways of working, producing innovative ways of developing products, building communities, engaging with customers and more. Essentially new ways of doing business.

If you haven’t heard of crowd sourcing before, it’s time you took a look at it. You can see below a quick intro from Jeff Howe as to what it’s all about. For me, crowdsourcing is an absolute part of what a contributive brand should embrace.…

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Evert Jan Koning | on 08 01 2010 0 comment(s) | Views: 19675 | Read 322 times |