Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Be Your Own Internet Backup Service!

This is one of the coolest things I have seen in a while. Cucku 2.0 allows you to create a peer to peer relationship between 2 computers and using the Skype network create an automatic important files backup. It can be two way or one way.

If you need to include more computers there is a $49.95 Pro version that lets you have 5 computers in your backup network!

See the site at Cucku.com , but watch the video below and then check out the article on ZD.net .

CUCKU Backup Demonstration from Off The Broiler on Vimeo.



Enjoy!

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Thursday, May 07, 2009

Remote Presentations - Make Them Professional

Many of us are trying to avoid the whole business travel scene as much as we can. However we still need to bring home the bacon! And remote presentation systems are not new. Webex, GoTo Meeting/Webinar, Video Conferencing and desktop communiacators like Skype and ooVoo have been used for years to increase communication and cut down on travel.

But what kind of an impression do you make over these systems? We need to make our presentations and delivery as effective as possible and as close to what might happen if we were in the room as possible.

If you are a trainer, coach or marketing person, you have worked on your personal presentation skills for years. I started studying public speaking when Nixon was president! (wow, that's a long time ago!) However, have you ever thought about how to make your remote presentations better? How do you stay focused the subject and the audience? How do you keep the audience tuned in to your message? How do you manage feedback and questions?

I don't pretend to have all the questions. However I found a great video post, (remote presentation) that has six great tips for improving your remote presentations. In this presentation Nancy Duarte delivers a presentation to be studied and modeled in your next remote presentation.

Click here to see the video -> http://www.duarte.com/six-tips/

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Monday, May 04, 2009

Are you shouting into the dark?

I like the new social networking tools. I think they can be helpful to learn, share information with others and keep in touch.

However way too much traffic out there, like on Twitter.com, is just shouting into the dark.

I ran across this video that made me laugh.



Are you shouting into the dark to no one?

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