by Rob Jolles | Jun 28, 2013 | Coaching and Mentoring, Corporate Communications, Public Speaking
When I began working at Xerox almost 25 years ago, I had the pleasure of learning how to deliver training from the great Emmett Reagan. He was responsible for teaching every Xerox instructor how to conduct his or her training program. Emmett was a longtime “Xeroid”...
by Rob Jolles | Mar 8, 2013 | Coaching and Mentoring, Motivation, Public Speaking
It happened again. I see it all the time. I watched as a professional speaker fell prey to the same mistake amateurs make all the time. I’m referring to losing your timing in a presentation. We’ve all seen the telltale signs. We sit through fifty minutes of a...
by Rob Jolles | Feb 22, 2013 | Motivation, Public Speaking
Go to any seminar or workshop, and you can usually count on two things: Firstly, there may be too much information presented to you. Secondly, there will probably be some sort of a giveaway. We’ll save the “too much information” issue for another BLArticle®. Right...
by Rob Jolles | Feb 8, 2013 | Motivation, Public Speaking, Sales Training
For years, I’ve specialized in two different topics: I teach people how to influence the actions of others one-on-one, and I teach people how to influence the actions of others through presentations to groups of people. I have modules that teach how to initiate a...
by Rob Jolles | Dec 14, 2012 | Corporate Communications, Motivation, Public Speaking, Sales Training
Zig Ziglar passed away a few weeks ago, and I wanted to take a moment to say, “thanks.” For those who may not know of Mr. Ziglar, let me take a moment and bring you up to speed. He was born in Alabama, the tenth of twelve children, and served in the United States...
by Rob Jolles | Nov 16, 2012 | Coaching and Mentoring, Corporate Communications, Motivation, Public Speaking
As a student of the presentation game, I’ve watched a lot of presentations in my life. After a while, you can quickly get a sense of those that know what they’re doing, and those that struggle a bit. Unfortunately, recently I joined the ranks of the “struggle a bit”...
