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Serious Presentation Tips From Standup Comics

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The worlds of standup comedy and business presentations are not as disparate as they may appear at first glance. The following characteristics of a successful comedy routine are also applicable to effective business presentations: 1. The presenter must respond respectfully. A version of this article previously appeared on Inc.

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Social Networking (the Shorter Version) Past, Present, Future

Both Sides of the Table

Social Networks: Past, Present & Future. I recently spoke at Caltech at the Caltech / MIT Enterprise Forum on “the future of social networking,&# the 30-minute video is here and the PowerPoint presentation is here on DocStoc ). asymmetry, real-time, curated RSS / link-sharing]. cheap accessible digital hardware].

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My HBS Presentation - Web 2.0 Implications on Learning

SoCal CTO

One of my recent fun experiences was doing a presentation at Harvard Business School (HBS) on the implications of Web 2.0 type tools (Blogs, Wikis, Social Bookmarking, RSS, RSS Readers) on corporate learning and someone like HBS. Been traveling and consulting with a bunch of early-stage and growth companies.

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The Best VC Meetings are Debates not Sales

Both Sides of the Table

There is one classic mistake that I see across both types of meetings – “the tell & sell&# presentation. This involves a person who leads a PowerPoint presentation in which the presenter feels more comfortable racing through pre-practiced slides and rattling off charts & bullet points than having a discussion.

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Social Media for Service Professionals

SoCal CTO

I did a presentation about the use of Social Media to a great group of people who mostly are different kinds of service professionals (attorneys, accountants, consultants, etc.). I promised that I would do a follow-up post with some thoughts out of the presentation and providing links. Instead, I think of it like a presentation.

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Here are 10 Tips from BuzzFeed to Make Your Content Go Viral

Both Sides of the Table

Give up page views – Many websites give you presentations or lists and make you scroll through 10 pages to see the entire list. In an era of RSS, Twitter, Facebook & new consumption tools like FlipBoard – titles matter. If you want a great tool to create lists check out Ranker (I’m not an investor).

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Top 120 Startup Posts for 2010

SoCal CTO

Both Sides of the Table , July 22, 2010 An updated Digital Trends presentation - Jeff Hilimire , June 2, 2010 I do what I hate - Jessica Mah , January 7, 2010 Startup Equity Allocation - charliecrystle.com , January 11, 2010 When good investment decisions end up backing more women CEOs: Conversation with Cameron Lester at Azure Capital.

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