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Smart Presentations: Handouts Are the "Word"
October 10, 2008
Sure, it's easy for you to create handouts from PowerPoint or Keynote, but are copies of your slides what your audience really needs? Probably not.
Edit Note: Worth Every Penny
October 09, 2008
Finally, a glimmer of good news in what has been a difficult year: Average trainer salaries jumped nearly $5,000 to $86,450 in 2008, according to Training magazine's Annual Salary Survey of 751 readers.
Smart Sales: Are Sales Tips Hazardous to Your Wealth?
October 08, 2008
For sales-tip-hungry reps, a little knowledge can be a bad thing.
Incentive Encounters: Relationship Building
October 08, 2008
The long answer as to why I have been in this industry—and have been so passionate about it—seems to be centered on the people that I have met and continue to meet in the course of doing business.
Marketing Lowdown: Marketing the Firm
October 07, 2008
This column is dedicated to attorneys—that often maligned brunt-of-a-thousand-jokes group of pinstriped sharpsters. They need marketing advice, too.
On the Edge: Time to Take One for the Team?
October 06, 2008
The fact that business is now driven more by the quality of connections creates a stronger need for team-based programs.

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The Personal Touch: Traveling With Your Boss—Career Maker or Breaker?
October 03, 2008
It is the test that separates stars from the supporting cast. Learn how you can use this time to prove your value and build your career.


Questions for Kirkpatrick: Why Measure Training?
October 02, 2008
Author and speaker Don Kirkpatrick first defined a four-level model of training evaluation in 1959. Here, he answers questions about his model from Training readers.


Incentive Primer: The Three Dimensions that Make an Incentive Meaningful to an Employee
October 01, 2008
How can we add meaning, and thus value to an incentive, regardless of the cost that is spent?


Brian Tracy University: Seven More Steps to Management Mastery
September 30, 2008
The one constant factor in sales management is change: continuous, never-ending, unavoidable and unexpected. You must be prepared to react and respond effectively to all events, especially when they aren't favorable.



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