Nerd Stalker

You attend numerous presentations and meetings a year--filled with the typically dense and disorganized PowerPoint decks--and leave most of them thinking, "Well, that's an hour of my life I'll never get back." But out of this sea of mediocrity, a rare few rise up, captivating you and driving you to action. What makes these few so special? Despite what most people think, it's not because they were delivered well. It's because they were crafted in a way that deeply aligned with how your brain wants to consume information. The presentations that failed did so precisely because they violated the largely unknown "natural laws" that govern how people actually learn. In The Compelling Communicator , you will learn a proven process for designing presentations that touch your audience in a highly impactful way, motivating them to take your desired action by: Building around a small number of powerful ideas Keeping content within the audience's ...

The Future-Proof Workplace is a survival guide for the new realities of business. The future is no longer some far-off destination; it is here, right now, and already changing the way we work. Historically, the sea-changes have advanced humanity and inspired us to reach even further; from the Dark Ages to the Age of Enlightenment, from agrarian to industrial societies—and today is no different. But only those who are ready for the changes will come out thriving. This book highlights the changes already taking place around us: the transition from skills to knowledge, the neuroscience approach to leadership and motivation, galloping technical advances, and more. Whether you're a CEO, a leader or manager, or just trying to survive the chaos, this invaluable guide is your wake-up call—the future is now. The new forces emerging must be understood now if your organization is to succeed. This book details the transformation every business must make to turn upheaval into opportunity...

We interview Daniel Shaked, CEO and founder of Silicon Valley-based ClipCall, an innovative mobile platform that leverages AI to ensure the success of home repair and improvement projects. A pioneer in solutions for the ‘sharing economy,’ he’s spent thousands of hours working with home improvement service professionals from around the world. ClipCall knows that maintaining a home can be a pain which is why they bring today‘s technology to home maintenance and improvement. Because they own the process end-to-end, they are able to utilize AI algorithms and a network of data from past transactions between homeowners and professionals in your area. By analyzing thousands of previous project cases, aggregate over 40 different signals from a single transaction to smartly match the right pros to the right projects. Record a short video of your project They guide you with prompts for the best requests The unique show-and-tell approach gives pros all the details Dynamic business pro...

1. Effortless note-taking with Evernote Using  Resources , you can now instantly create a new Evernote note for any meeting in Meetingbird. Simply click the Evernote icon and choose to add the note to an existing Notebook or a new one. We'll create the note, pre-populate it with the details from your meeting, and automatically open it in Evernote: 2. Meet, fully redesigned We've redesigned Meet to preserve the powerful features you love while making it easier for viewers to see when you're available. The beautiful new calendar-like slot interface improves conversion rates by up to 30%: Start making the most of these new features by  heading over to Meetingbird .  - Meetingbird

VIDEO AUDIO Deirdre B. Mendez, PhD, is an intercultural consultant, speaker, and author who helps U.S. companies and their international partners resolve culture-based problems. A former business consultant, Deirdre is now Associate Director of Cultural Programs at the McCombs School of Business. Her book The Culture Solution facilitates self-guided problem-solving for international business people. Learn more at www.deirdremendez.com

Tom Bilyeu used to be 60lbs overweight, wore pajamas with jester hats in public, recently his mom admitted that she thought he was going to wind up being a failure (more on that in the podcast), despite all that, he managed to form an amazing support team (which of course includes his wife Lisa), evolve into the co-founder of the ginormous Quest Nutrition company, and become co-founder and host of Impact Theory . Tom Bilyeu is the co-founder of Quest Nutrition and the co-founder and host of Impact Theory . Personally driven to expand people’s vision of wellness to a 360-degree view that encompasses body and mind, Tom created Impact Theory to help people develop the skills they will need to improve themselves and the world. Through Impact Theory, Tom brings together a community of inspired, action-oriented entrepreneurs with some of the most successful people on the planet. Tom also inspires thousands of people around the world as a keynote speaker and is regularly featured in to...

By William Schiemann, Ph.D. Most leaders of companies today recognize the importance of having engaged people at work. Yet research from the Metrus Institute, Gallup, and others say that between 50 and 80% are not fully engaged.  For many organizations, a majority of employees are only partially engaged, which a lot of research has shown reduces performance and customer satisfaction while increasing turnover. Worse yet, your best talent—those with lots of options—are most likely to leave. An interesting phenomenon occurs in most organizations.  On day one, most employees are fully engaged as these fresh hires are excited to begin a new experience. And yet, according to Metrus Institute, engagement levels drop considerably during the first few years, and often far more than you would expect after a honeymoon period.  Clearly something is going on, and most organizations need these four key actions to minimize this degradation of engagement and reboot it to formerly ...