Doug Staneart

Build Morale when Times are Tough

Times are tough, and as a result, morale can suffer. So what can the leaders of an organization do to help team members feel more confident and at ease? Below are a few simple tips to improve teamwork and morale -- especially in a recession (or depression... Read >

Team Building is Boosted by Creativity

Corporate team building events within companies are always a big focus, but many companies are now focusing on building a team with creative outcomes to build even stronger team bonding. Why? Creativity pays off in a lot of ways, and when team members fe... Read >

Team Building Events-How to Choose the Best Corporate Team Building Event

Team Building Events (and specifically how to choose the best, most appropriate, team building event) for your group or situation can be extremely difficult because of... Hello?! Team Building Event Companies! If you Google "Team Building Events," you wil... Read >

PowerPoint: How to Deliver PowerPoint Presentations Designed by Someone Else

Narrating PowerPoint Presentations designed by someone else can be very challenging. In fact, one of the fastest ways to increase public speaking fear and make your PowerPoint presentations sound canned and… well boring, is to try to deliver a PowerPoint... Read >

Public Speaking Skills: Public Speaking Fear Comes from Perceived Failure

Public speaking skill is just like any other skill in that the more success that you have, the more self-confidence in public speaking that you develop. The more failures, or perceived failures, that you experience, the more public speaking fear that you... Read >

Small Businesses Turn Leads into Sales by Responding Quickly

The key for a small business to turn leads into sales is speed. When people look for information, products, or solutions on the internet, they want instant gratification. If they have to wait for you to send back an email or wait for a phone call from y... Read >

Closing the Sale: Big Mistakes that Cause Your Customers to Buy from Someone Else

Closing the sale can be one of the trickiest parts of the selling process if you make a few mistakes. You’ve worked really hard to get tons of new people looking at your website and all of those great leads start flowing in. Now the most important part ... Read >

Best Super Bowl Party Ever

Want to have the Best Super Bowl Party ever? The Super Bowl has become the biggest social event of the year in the United States and is very popular all over the world. But more important than the actual game itself is the pageantry and camaraderie crea... Read >

Company Team Building: How to Choose the Right Team Building Event for your Company

So the boss comes to you and says, "We need a company team building event for the annual meeting coming up. Can you find a few options for us?" Sounds easy right? Until you look up "team building event" on Google and get 116,000,000 results. You'll fi... Read >

The Top Five (5) Biggest Myths about Public Speaking Fear and Stage Fright

It's time to set the record straight. ANYONE can be a fantastic, world-class speaker with a little bit of training, a little bit of coaching, and a little bit of practice. It doesn't take years of study and practice, and it doesn't take thousands of dolla... Read >

Presentation Tips: Limit Your Presentation to Just a few Key Points at a Time

One of the big challenges that we have to overcome as speakers is thinking that if we don't get the audience to understand EVERYTHING that we know about the subject that we are speaking on, then we have failed as a speaker. That is an impossible standard ... Read >

Presentation Tips Get Rid of Your Notes!

Most people believe that if you write out a presentation word-for-word and memorize it, you'll be less nervous and you'll have less stage fright. In fact, what a lot of people do with today's technology is to create a PowerPoint presentation that has all... Read >