Public Speaking Tips 4: Where are your eyes?

continued from part 3

There are thousands (maybe millions) of tips on the web for improving your public speaking skills. Some are absolutely garbage, like:

“Don’t really look at people. Just find a spot in the back of the room and focus on that.”

Huh?!

Campaign Against Dating Violence – Chris Brown and Rihanna

Since I originally wrote Chris Brown and Rihanna: Emotions Gone Wild! a lot has occurred. Millennials continue to be outraged, but thankfully, the incident is raising awareness about teen dating violence issues.

The teen organization Do Something has launched the 1 in 3 Campaign. As part of the effort they’ve created a PSA that graphically reenacts the Chris Brown and Rihanna incident. The reenactment is based on the police report.

Another part of the campaign enables people to request a set of free bracelets. The set comes with two black bracelets and one blue (representing the 1 in 3 teens who experiences dating violence).

If you are the parent of a teen or if you know a teen, please, talk to them about this issue. It’s out of hand.

Identity Theft Tip 5 – Somebody Stole My Personal Brand?

Do you share a computer with someone? Identity thieves love to get your info off of shared computers. They get into your bank accounts, Facebook, or whatever. This just happened to a young person I know.

The id thief sent out crazy messages and posted XXX photos. This did serious damage to the young lady’s personal brand and reputation. Not cool.

So…

Be careful when sharing computers. Be sure to clear all cookies and passwords when finished.

The Millennials: Is Anybody Listening?

This is a touching video featuring students from Village Academy High School in Pomona, California. The lives of these students have been severly impacted by the state of the economy. The video even caught the attention of President Obama who went to visit the school and meet with the students.

Duncan Nugget® #106: Become Exceptional

It might be time to cut back on some things in your life that you only do at an average level so that you can spend more time becoming exceptional at one or two things.

Easier said then done?

Hey…it’s called “exceptional” for a reason.

Exceptional people make more money. Exceptional people have more time freedom. Exceptional people tend to be healthier and lead more fulfilled lives.

Million-Dollar Question: 
What do you do at an exceptional level?

If you answered “nothing”, then cut back on something (like TV) and work on becoming exceptional.

MBA’s Lacking Soft Skills?

According to this article MBA’s are lacking soft skills.

Moneyweb – Soapbox – Soft skills – time to toughen up

The Young and Exceptional™: Dan Schawbel

“You need to be the real you because everyone else is taken and replicas don’t sell for as much.” —Dan Schawbel

 In the world of personal branding, especially for Gen-Y, Dan Schawbel is the man. A Millennial himself, Dan is the author of Me 2.0: Build a Powerful Brand to Achieve Career Success (Kaplan, April 2009). My copy is already on the way. Can’t wait.

With over 150,000 results for his name in Google (wow!), Fast Company calls Dan a “personal branding force of nature.” He is the founder of the award winning Personal Branding Blog®, publisher of Personal Branding Magazine®, head judge for the Personal Brand Awards® and director of Personal Branding TV®.

As if all of that weren’t enough he is also a Social Media Specialist with EMC Corporation, which is one of the leading technology companies in the world.

When I started looking for The Young and Exceptional™, Dan is one of the first people that popped into my head. Now we get a chance to poke around in his.