Articles tagged "Professional development"

How to Ease the Pain of Hearing Critical Feedback

Learn why we're so resistant to criticism (even the constructive kind), how people can more productively receive feedback, and why it’s critical to understand your own biases.

Make Every Word Count: How to Nail Your Next Presentation

I once rapped Biz Markie's "Just a Friend" in front of a 300-plus person audience. The occasion: I was in charge of the personal training department on our college campus, and I needed a way to introduce our program during an all-staff meeting.

Use Your Work and Learning Styles to Build Better Professional Relationships

Everyone has their own unique preferences, habits, and strategies for getting work done.

How to Give a Talk

This year I accepted my first request to give a talk at an organized, all-day event.

The Top Online Communities for Entrepreneurs, Marketers, Designers and Developers

The internet is an infinite resource of knowledge, with billions of pages about every subject imaginable. But its greatest strength is connecting people to that information—and to each other.

6 Tools to Help Turn Your Team’s Daily Reading into Big Ideas

For many professionals, daily reading is a mix of digesting industry news and blogs and brushing up on best practices.

Support Roundtable: Pros from Five Apps Talk Tone, Tools and Traits of a Top Hire

One of my favorite things about working in a customer support role is the larger support community.

Don't Let Tech Lingo Hold You Back: 7 Common Developer Terms Explained

Spend a little time with developers and it won't be long until you hear acronyms like "DB" and "AWS" or see the word "get" repeatedly misspelled as "git".