Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Facebook Marketing, Justin R. Levy

I rarely just come out and tell (or suggest) you to buy a particular book. But today is an exception. If you want to get online and MAKE MONEY, you will need traffic and the best source of free traffic there is these days is Facebook.

As you know, I have done several quotation slideshows based on social media books. None has spoken to "where I am" like Facebook Marketing: Designing Your Next Marketing Campaign (2nd Edition) (Que Biz-Tech) by Justin R. Levy.

In this slideshow I simply used the sub-titles in chapter three, Establishing a Corporate Presence. These sub-titles are a perfect, step by step guide to setting your Facebook account for maximum business use.

Enjoy!

Wayne

Sunday, September 19, 2010

Index of Learning Styles, Felder and Silverman

According to the Index of Learning Styles developed by Richard Felder and Linda Silverman in the late 1980s, there are four continuums that every speaker should be aware of, , , Sensory to Intuitive, , ,Visual to Verbal, , , Active to Reflective, , , Sequential to Global.

Let’s look at the first two “extremes.” Sensory learners are interested in the concrete, practical, and procedural information. They just want the facts.

While the Intuitive learners prefer conceptual, creative, and theoretical ideas. Meaning is vital to them.

Let’s look at the above six descriptive words, as opposite as they may at first, appear. Concrete, practical, and procedural , , , and conceptual, creative, and theoretical.

What teaching tool could tie these two groups of three together? What could illustrate both the concrete and the conceptual? The practical and the creative? The procedural and the theoretical?

Only one tool, , , a perfectly designed Theme Model.

Let’s look at one, The Product Life Cycle (PLC). Its' four phases are both, , , concrete and conceptual. Products really do go through these (concrete) phases, introduction, growth, maturity and decline.

But product development is also a conceptual experience, , , like knowing when to activate new resources and activities to insure “growth” or extend “maturity.” The PLC’s bell curve illustrates both of these “extremes.”

All the way accross the board the Theme Model is a clear winner as both a flexable and reliable communication tool.

In future posts I’ll cover the other ends of continuums of the Felder/Silverman model.

Enjoy!

Wayne

Friday, September 17, 2010

An Ode To Entrepreneurs, Troy White

An Ode To Entrepreneurs, Troy White,was posted on Clayton Makepeace's blog, MakepeaceTotalPackage.com. (My favorite blog.)

I thought it was worthy of a good slideshow. So here is my best effort.

Enjoy!

Wayne

Thursday, September 9, 2010

Making Ideas Happens, Scott Belsky

You all know of my interest in creativity and innovation. So I was drawn to this book, Making Ideas Happen: Overcoming the Obstacles Between Vision and Reality, by Scott Belsky.

Many of his ideas depart form the beaten path. His focus is different.

An idea is only a thing. Belsky says, execution is everything. Ideas come freely, but doing something about them takes blood, sweat, tears, hard work and focus.

Belskys’ Making Ideas Happens hones in on the nuts and bolts on bring your idea to reality. It’s not going to be easy. Things will get in your way. You’ll get in the way yourself. You will need great passion and determination.

So to help you “see” Belsky’s thinking I have created a quotation slideshow featuring a sampling of his ideas.

Enjoy.

Wayne

Thursday, August 26, 2010

My View on Poverty, Wayne Kronz

Typically, I don't get involved is social or political issues, , , but I was asked to join a group on Slideboom.com about Fighting Poverty. So I joined the group.

But it is only fair to other members of that group (and my other followers) to express just how I view to topic. Currently there is a global movement known as Eliminate Poverty by 2015. I have reservations about that lofty goal.

These reservations are not based on my negative attitude, but on my direct involvement with recovering alcohol and drug addicts. I work with a group that endeavors to re-orient inmates getting out of jail and prison into society. The recovery rate is pathetic. And doesn't seem to be improving.

Even beyond the addictions, , , what troubles me is the lack of value of getting and maintaining a job. All to many of these people have little or no motivation to work. The dominant attitude upon leaving jail or prison seems to be, "working the system." Maybe this is just an American problem.

I just don't see how poverity can be eliminated when a significant portion of these people actually prefer to live in poverty. Or, , , at least, that's how I see it from an up close and personal vantage point.

Wayne

Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Crush It! Gary Vaynerchuck, A 12 Step Program

Crush It!: Why NOW Is the Time to Cash In on Your Passion, hit the bookstores in October of 2009. Its author, Gary Vaynerchuck, had negotiated a unique publishing deal called a low-advance/high royalty business model. It climbed to #1 on the Amazon Best Seller for books on Web Marketing.

In a world that is plagued my all sorts of addictions, beginning on page 104, Gary introduces his own 12 step program for Video Blogging Success.

His contention is that anyone can make money online using these simple tools and techniques.

So I have created a musical model to illustrate and teach his amazing success formula.

Enjoy,

Wayne

Sunday, August 22, 2010

High School Drop-Outs in Americas Large Cities, by Wayne Kronz

Here is my latest Musical Model (though not very "up-beat"). It is born out of my deep concern for education at any level.

I stumbled upon* an article written by Dr. Jeffery Jones about his concern for the 70% dropout rates from high school in Americas largest cities. "Legally Pathetic" are the best words he can come up with to describe this epidemic condition.

And so that is the title of his soon to be published book. Look for it in your bookstores.

I think that it should be viewed by every public speaker, teacher, minister, youth leader and educational leader in our land. If you like this presentation, pass it along to everyone you know who world like or need this information.

Enjoy, , ,

Wayne

* RTIR Online, , , absolutely the best single resource for any public speaker.