http://www.annemiller.com/Blog/ Blog Description goes here. en-US Mon, 6 Sep 2010 23:01:14 GMT Anne Miller BP Blog 8.0 http://www.annemiller.com/Blog/template_permalink.asp?id=138 http://www.annemiller.com/Blog/template_permalink.asp?id=138 What do you get when you take twenty-five amazing women entrepreneurs in the same industry from around the country and you put them in a hotel for a day and a half to share their best ideas, tips, strategies, and business problems?Peer Power! Tons... Mon, 6 Sep 2010 22:27:04 GMT Selling http://www.annemiller.com/Blog/template_permalink.asp?id=137 http://www.annemiller.com/Blog/template_permalink.asp?id=137 Be Egg-ceptionalWhat is the best way to ensure your presentation message or main point in an argument is remembered? Make your message the last thing your listener hears. Keep it short. Give it a rhythm. An excellent example of this principle appeared... Wed, 25 Aug 2010 23:51:50 GMT Presenting http://www.annemiller.com/Blog/template_permalink.asp?id=136 http://www.annemiller.com/Blog/template_permalink.asp?id=136 The difference between the right words and just words is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug. Mark Twain After many more months than I ever thought it would take, my new book Make What You Say Pay! The Language That Opens Minds,... Thu, 19 Aug 2010 14:56:02 GMT Selling http://www.annemiller.com/Blog/template_permalink.asp?id=134 http://www.annemiller.com/Blog/template_permalink.asp?id=134 I was momentarily thrown by the surprise response I got when I called the operator at the W Hotel in LA this week to order a wake-up call for the next morning. She said, Hello, Mrs. Miller. This is Terry.... What is your wish?What is my wish? My immediate... Thu, 22 Jul 2010 09:11:27 GMT Presenting http://www.annemiller.com/Blog/template_permalink.asp?id=133 http://www.annemiller.com/Blog/template_permalink.asp?id=133 If speed and change are two key drivers of business today, then a third one must also be adaptability.I was reminded of this recently, reading an article about Steve Jobs, The Last Pitchman in Bloomberg Businessweek. Jobs is known for many things:... Thu, 15 Jul 2010 17:07:58 GMT Building Relationships http://www.annemiller.com/Blog/template_permalink.asp?id=129 http://www.annemiller.com/Blog/template_permalink.asp?id=129 Lighten UpYou have to admire Elena Kagan during her Senate Supreme Court Justice confirmation hearing last week for her response to Senator Lindsey Grahams annoying insistence on knowing where she was on Christmas Day...At first, seemingly confused... Thu, 8 Jul 2010 11:50:26 GMT Building Relationships http://www.annemiller.com/Blog/template_permalink.asp?id=125 http://www.annemiller.com/Blog/template_permalink.asp?id=125 When it comes to explaining your ideas to others, think women's perfume or mens aftershave: less is better.People are drowning in an endless flood of facts, figures, media messages, emails, interruptions, etc. To protect themselves, they are more... Wed, 30 Jun 2010 17:33:26 GMT Presenting http://www.annemiller.com/Blog/template_permalink.asp?id=124 http://www.annemiller.com/Blog/template_permalink.asp?id=124 Hair Today, Gone TomorrowAfter spending millions of her own money to win the GOP senate nomination in California, Carly Fiorina may have permanently hurt her chances of winning in 2010 by her thoughtless comment on incumbent Democratic Senator Barbara... Wed, 16 Jun 2010 11:39:41 GMT Negotiating http://www.annemiller.com/Blog/template_permalink.asp?id=123 http://www.annemiller.com/Blog/template_permalink.asp?id=123 Nothing succeeds like success.How many times have you heard this in business and, yet is this really true?.. Success is good. Success is what we strive for. Right? Yes, but there is a risk that comes with success. Bill Gates, no small success himself,... Thu, 10 Jun 2010 18:02:07 GMT Selling http://www.annemiller.com/Blog/template_permalink.asp?id=122 http://www.annemiller.com/Blog/template_permalink.asp?id=122 Has This Happened to You?I observed a presentation seminar recently and once again felt my blood boil when a participant--asked what he got out of the experience--replied...I learned to use my hands more. Uh? Two days of your time and $X later and... Thu, 3 Jun 2010 16:10:23 GMT Presenting