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Anyone who had seen a keynote made by the CEO of Apple Computers, Steve Jobs, would undoubtly be very impressed by the session, and would most probably think that he is one hell of a speaker. Carmine Gallo of BusineesWeek Online has written an article that studies the reasons behind Jobs’ magic and provides some valuable tips.

Here some of the excerpts from the article:

Instead of focusing on mind-numbing statistics, as most technologists tend to do, Jobs sells the benefit

Speaking of slides, there are very few bullet points in a Jobs presentation. Each slide is highly visual.

The first time I watch my clients present, I often have to stop them to ask if they are sincerely passionate about their message. They usually assure me they are, but they tend to lose energy and enthusiasm when they fall into “presentation mode.” Jobs carries his enthusiasm into his presentations.

Read the whole article for more tips.

Tags: Apple, Steve, Jobs, Presentation

College student Phil Renaud wrote an very interesting article on how the type of fonts used in college papers affects the grades. Based on the core fonts found in almost all Microsoft Windows PC, apparently Georgia is the MVF (Most Valuable Font); and the LVF (Least Valuable Font) award goes to Trebuchet MS.

Read on to find out more.

Tags: Presentation, Fonts, Georgia, Tahoma

The Five Love Languages

My primary love language is probably
Quality Time
with a secondary love language being
Physical Touch.

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Unhappiness in relationships, according to Dr. Gary Chapman, is often due to the fact that we speak different love languages. Sometimes we don’t understand our partner’s requirements, or even our own. We all have a “love tank” that needs to be filled in order for us to express love to others, but there are different means by which our tank can be filled, and there are different ways that we can express love to others.

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