So when was the last time that you spent any time thinking about how you breath? I’m going to guess that it was sometime when you couldn’t get air – underwater, someone sitting on your chest, bag over your head, etc. Since you are reading these words, I’m going to guess that somehow you were able to get that next precious gasp of air and that you’ve probably not paid any attention to the whole breathing thing since then. However, maybe it’s time that you did…

On Saturday, June 19th, 2010, Dr. Jim Anderson delivered the opening keynote address for the first ever ProductCamp Chicago gathering of Product Managers.

Have you seen those giant flat screen TVs that they are selling these days down at Best Buy? They are HUGE! In fact, they are so large and so bright that you’d almost have to go next door in order to properly watch them if you bought one.

I would like to be allowed to see more PowerPoint slides. Ok, not really. In fact I could probably live the rest of my life without seeing another PowerPoint slide – I think that I’ve seen my limit! Since I probably can’t avoid seeing more slides, then perhaps at least we can talk about what we can do to make them more fun…

On Friday night, February 19th, 2010, Dr. Jim Anderson served as the Master of Ceremonies for an Engineer’s Week Banquet in Tampa, Florida. Over 400 local engineers and guests attended this event making it the largest professional engineering event held in the area.

Just maybe you have managed to overcome your fear of speaking to groups of people. Perhaps you even have developed ways to deal with difficult questions and keep a presentation on track no matter what happens while you are speaking.

Dr. Jim Anderson recently spoke at the University of South Florida (USF) before a packed crowd of MIS graduating seniors. Dr. Ellis Blanton had arranged for Dr. Anderson to deliver his “10 Secrets To Having A Successful IT Career” keynote speech.

Dr. Jim Anderson has been asked to deliver a keynote speech to a graduating class of MIS Seniors at the University of South Florida.
The University of South Florida was founded in 1956 as the first public university established specifically to address the needs of Florida’s rapidly emerging urban regions. USF serves more than 39,000 students and offers 228 degree programs at the undergraduate, graduate, specialist and doctoral levels.

On Wednesday, October 28, 2009, Dr. Jim Anderson presented a complete training program to Verizon’s internal IT management class. The presentation consisted of a keynote speech, a team building exercise, and a wrap-up presentation.

Back when I was in school, I was taking mainly technical courses and I got to be pretty good at them. The routine was pretty much the same for each class: learn the formula, work some problems to practice using the formula, take a test and show that you know how to use the formula.