You may have seen Screencasting, or screen recording in its generic name, when you’ve watched online training snippets for some popular websites. Screencasting is a name coined by Jon Udell, and is a digital recording of a computer screen’s output that usually contains voice narration.
Before diving in to how you can use it, let’s start [...]
I had a wonderful time at the Toastmasters District 57 Conference this weekend. My toastmasters group is literally right across the bay (10 miles away), but because the way the Toastmasters Districts and Regions are set up, the only events we interact with each other at are the annual International Contests.
Thanks to some friends I [...]
Nearly 300 members and guests of NSA/NC spent Saturday May 1 at the Achieve! The Professional Edge showcase of professional speakers from across Northern California.
I took to the podium with Ian Griffin to demonstrate how easy it is to create a video on YouTube in under 10 minutes.
Ian then asked people to share [...]
These days, everyone seems to think that adding you to their “newsletter” is a type of gift to you. I don’t mind being invited to receive a newsletter, but I’m finding that many times I give my card out, I get automatically added to a newsletter.
Thank goodness for “unsubscribe”, although if you have an [...]
There are three ways you can allow people to follow your site – each has their pros and cons.
The video below demonstrates each of them. Here’s a short synopsis:
Email Marketing Service (example: Constant Contact) – Great if you are sending over 100 emails a month – it gets around the spam filters. [...]
I hate cleaning up my office in order to make webcam shots. I hate cleaning in general. I was making this elaborate back drop for my camera out of some spare curtains, a curtain rod just behind my chair…. Yikes. What an ordeal just to hide my mess. You’d think it would have been easier [...]
I gave a presentation recently where I explained some seemingly confusing concepts in technology to a non-technical crowd. Sure, I’m a geek, but I empathize with the non-tech crowd, because it seems daily when technology makes me feel inadequate. This stuff is intimidating — not just to you, to me too! I hope you learn [...]
I’m a geek, not a cool guy with a fast car, so you should expect this to be nothing more then a metaphor. Maybe one day I’ll have a car that can go over 60, but until then, I’ll write about business and technology.
I recently decided to deliver webinars to compliment my Professional Speaking, and let me tell you – it is nothing like Professional Speaking as I knew it. When your speaking in front of an audience (at least for me), it’s all about improv. I have my topic and a solid understanding of the material, but I feed off the audience. I look for facial queues (like the audience falling asleep), or audio queues (snoring), and adjust accordingly. It’s like dancing with the audience, and working real hard to count in my head while not stepping on toes. Keep an eye on the toes, and no problem.
Online Webinar and Conference Call
‘Social Networking 101’
With Jim Carrillo and Ian Griffin
Wednesday, July 29 5pm PT
Make sense of Social Networking, with practical tips you can implement today. Join Jim Carrillo and Ian Griffin as they outline a roadmap to the most useful Social Networking tools: Blogs, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, YouTube and podcasting. Learn how an [...]
