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How to prepare an Ignite or TED talk: Q & A with Jill Foster

Debbie Weil

How to create 20 perfect slides? DW : Ignite presenters tend to focus on how to speak to the slides - 20 slides, 15 seconds each. How to give an amazing Ignite talk by Shaun Dakin. How to give a great Ignite talk by Scott Berkun. But what was the story? - Why is that the wrong way to go about preparing for Ignite?

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Open Letter to BP: How to Use Social Media to Diffuse Your PR.

Debbie Weil

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Open Letter to BP: Three Tips on How to Use Social Media (for HuffPo)

Debbie Weil

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Just Because You Can (Publish an eBook), Doesn’t Mean You Should

Debbie Weil

In short, how to launch an eBook with as much buzz and professionalism as if you had a team of editors, designers and technology experts helping you at every step.

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Hey, Stop Procrastinating and “Do the Work”

Debbie Weil

So how to get around it? Steve offers some specific tips for how to do this: Use a three-act structure. He gives some clever examples in the book of how to get it down on one sheet, including a quick analysis of Facebook and the Vietnam Memorial. Start before you are ready. Well, this little book has some marvelous tips.

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Can You Really Write a Short Book in 8 Weeks?

Debbie Weil

But the fact is, it probably does take 10,000 hours to learn how to write well. Yes, if you start with a bunch of great content you can draw from: blog posts, articles, notes, lists, research. And are ruthlessly focused on shipping something in 8 weeks. If not 10,000, then a lot of time over a period of years.

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Attention Business Authors: Self-Publishing Is No Longer for Losers

Debbie Weil

I’ve been mulling over how to explain this in a way that is palatable to those who think a "real" book is one published by a "real" (aka legacy) publisher. It depends on your goals. I was one of those until quite recently, BTW.