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One thing I remember my father telling me when I a kid was to always look a person in the eye when I talked to them. To my father this was not only a sign of trust, but also a way to establish rapport with the other person. It wasnt until years later when I became a father that I discovered that this method was also a great way to tell if your children were fibbing.

When delivering a presentation, good presenters have the ability to establish eye contact and rapport with an audience of any size. In one-on-one communication or one to few communication, establishing and maintaining eye contact is relatively easy. When the audience size becomes larger, establishing rapport with eye contact becomes much more difficult. When presenting one to one or one to few, establish eye contact and maintain it for as long as possible. The longer the eye contact, the more intimate the rapport. Remember, ALL members of the audience must receive this contact to feel an emotional connection. You cant just focus on one or two members of the audience. Make and share eye contact with everyone.

Eyes can reveal a lot of information to a presenter. The next time youre involved in an intimate conversation/presentation, watch the pupils of the other person. When they start talking about things that make them happy or bring them enjoyment, the pupils get bigger. When talking about something that is sad, the opposite happens, the pupils get smaller. Eye movements of your audience will also reveal tell-tale clues as their thoughts. As you talk to your next audience member, watch their eyes. When you ask them a question, they will try to visualize an image of the answer. When this happens, their eyes will move in some direction to see the image in their brain. From your point of viewstart with the assumption that the persons past is to your left and the future is to your right. Usually, when a person thinks about the past, their eyes move up and towards their right the future up and to their left. Since most people feel positively about the future, theyll also be in a positive emotional state. By being in a positive emotional state, this would be the best time to deliver a key point of your presentation.

Eye contact, emotional connection and self-esteem are very closely related. The longer you can maintain eye contact, the more self-esteem you are perceived to have not only by the audience, but by yourself as well. Positive eye contact is the best way to create an emotional bond and improve your credibility/likeability factor. When presenting in front of a large audience, establishing your credibility/likeability needs to happen during the first thirty to sixty seconds of your presentation. After that, the audience has turned you off. Establishing positive eye contact with the audience is paramount for success. For large audiences its difficult, if not impossible, to establish individual eye contact with each member of the audience. In this case, pick five spots in the audience on the right side, front and back on the left side, front and back in the center, the middle of the audience. By looking at those locations while delivering your presentation, you are giving the appearance of having eye contact with individuals in those sections. In reality, youre looking at the group, while they perceive to be having individual eye contact with you.

Remember, the eyes are said to be the reflection of ones soul. During your next presentation what do you plan to reflect?

John Fallon teaches Presentation Skills at Walhalla High School, hosts the free teacher PowerPoint resource site: http://www.PPT4Teachers.com and is an extremely motivating and inspiring speaker/presenter.

Have you ever been in charge of a fund raising activity? If you have, then it was a very worthwhile learning experience wasn't it? And if you haven't, well it's not as easy as it looks.

Though, a fund raising activity should be fun and fulfilling it does not always goes as smooth as the organizers plan it to be. That's why it is always ideal to plan carefully your activity to ensure that all bases are covered and you have a contingency plan for everything. There are, however, some ideal techniques to make sure that your fund raising activity is a success.

Make sure that donors will have a pretty easy time giving to your fund raiser. Never give too complicated directions or too many steps. Make the process easy for people to donate money, gifts, supplies, checks, etc. Ideas are almost limitless.

Aside from the more common bake sales and car wash fund raising activities, you could ask your officemates to bring their own lunches once or twice a week. Instead of buying from the cafeteria, ask them to save the money instead and donate it for a better cause. If you want to involve the whole community, a yard or garage sale would be a good idea. Yard or garage sales is very similar to bake sales and are very effective means to raise some funds.

For a larger event, you could host a walkathon or marathon. Running or walking for a cause will help increase awareness. The whole community will be aware of your efforts and will entice more individuals to donate for your cause. You could ask for a small registration fee which you could use to fund your campaign. You can even get media exposure for these kinds of events.

Similar or related activities include community tournaments like golf and tennis tournaments which have become popular nowadays. The best and fastest ways to organize these events is to invite and get local gym managers and local sports clubs to be as involved as possible in your fund raising activities. You could make them members of your committees.

Also remember that sometimes, the best way to raise money fast is to be unique. Give your community an activity that has never been done before. This will surely attract their full attention.

But, regardless of how you conduct your fund raising event, it is always necessary to keep it simple. Don't go overboard. Donors might get turned off by your gimmicks and antics and would not consider giving their donations to you anymore. Just be simple and plan ahead.

Low Jeremy maintains http://fund-raising.articlesforreprint.com This content is provided by Low Jeremy. It may be used only in its entirety with all links included.

Moppets on Mopeds

Now kids have it all. Electric scooters for kids. They can zoom down the neighborhood pavements and have fun all day. These scooters come in cool designs and copy the real thing. There are mini Harleys, police motorcycles, and cruisers. Give a kid one of these, and surely you will be rewarded with a smile and even sloppy kisses from the enthusiastic ones.

Electric scooters for kids are the ideal gifts for little boys and girls any time of the year. The little tykes will drop everything to test drive their scooters. Of course, they must be supervised by an adult. The little ones may not be able to balance their scooter, or their feet may not touch the ground.

These are some things to watch out for when supervising young children. They must be warned not to use this scooter for steep or uphill drives. These should be driven on flat even surfaces to prevent the child from losing his balance. These electric scooters for kids are made of durable plastic and can weather rough handling.

Minis That Pack Wallops

Electric scooters for kids come with four volt one or with six batteries. Plug them for a few hours and watch the kids drive around hours on end. A fully charged battery will give an equivalent of 10 to 30 miles or four hours ride. Like the real machines, these electric scooters for kids have headlights, sidelights and taillights. The new toys are real cool, and safe for kids.

Electric scooters for kids are environment friendly, noise-free and lightweight. Batteries have to be recharged depending on how often and how long the child plays with his mini-Harley. This model comes with a key ignition, battery charger, foot pegs, kickstand, tinted windshield, and a tool kit.

There are also cheaper electric scooters for kids. These also have sleek designs, and operate efficiently. For $120, a kid can have a time of his life everyday. Watching kids having a good time can give much so much pleasure to parents, making the purchase worth the investment.

Early Training And Fun

Kids can be trained early for the real mopeds with electric scooters. For kids, this is a fun and easy way to learn early driving skills. One of those real looking toys has a 700 watt electric motor. For a toy, this is really something to rave about. The nifty toys come in red and blue, and are ideal for older kids. For only $300, you can give so much pleasure to a young one.

Parents can take the opportunity of teaching their kids how to take care of their electric scooters, for kids can emulate their parents the way they maintain the real thing. If you are one of those scooter loving adults, it would be fun to share the experience with your child. Teaching children worthy values can prepare them for life and it all can start with electric scooters for children!

You can the start the experience by looking up electric scooters for kids with your children. They will share their expectations when you go online to shop for these electric scooters. The bonding will go a long way, with both of you and your kids having fun.

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You have a great product or service. The best in its field, without a doubt. You get a great new website, open your doors, and...

Wait. And wait.

You see, developing a great product is only half of the equation, maybe less. If no one knows about it, you wont have any customers. How do you get people to find you and buy what you are offering?

It is very difficult to stand out in the marketplace today. Everyone is clamoring for attention, information overload is prevalent, and consumers have little time or money to spend looking for you. Unless you pop up on the first page of an internet search, very few customers will find you, but it is next to impossible to get on that first page without a lot of volume on your site! Classic Catch 22.

The key is for you to go out and find customers, dont wait for them to find you!

Marketing campaigns and Search Engine Optimization providers can cost a lot of money, but here are some things you can try without breaking the bank:

1.What, you dont have a website? You have to have a website to sell anything these days. Search around, there are many companies that will design your website just for free if you host with them on a monthly basis. You might not get the most customized one, but at least it gets you out there. Or maybe you can barter one for a service that you provide.

2. Analyze your website. Thats right, not all websites are equal in the mechanical eyes of the search engines. You need to make sure that your website has the right key words, that the density of those key words is high in your site, and that your links work, etc. Type in Search Engine Optimization on Google or another search engine, and you will get a list of companies that provide services to improve the rank of your website. Just reading these sites will give you a wealth of information, but using some of the free tools on these sites can greatly improve your website and how traffic gets there. Of course if you can afford it, give them some business and let them analyze your site and redesign it for you!

3.Put the word out! Write letters, articles, email your friends and ask them to email their friends. Your local business section in the newspaper probably has a new businesses feature. Submit news about your product or service to ezines. All of this is free!

4.List on Craigslist.org. Its amazing how popular craigslist has become, and listings are free.

5.For a little more money, sell on ebay or Amazon. They have a variety of services for small businesses. Their customer service workers are knowledgeable and polite, so dont be afraid to ask questions if you dont know how to get your product up and running. Some services cost a monthly fee, some are one time, so make sure to read the fine print.

Get ready to start making sales!

Lisa Merritt is president of Pegasus Consulting Group, Inc., a full-service grant writing company, and author of Simply: Grant Writing. Please visit her website, http://www.pegasuswriter.com, for more information or to purchase Simply: Grant Writing in electronic format to get started grant writing today. She also writes fiction and is completing her first novel.

The Schaumburg Library is probably one of the best libraries in all of Illinois. The resources it provides are better that most college libraries. They have programs for every age and every reading level.

The Schaumburg Library provides an environment that will teach your kids to love reading and learning. The under two story time will start toddlers on their journey to loving reading. The story time leader will provide an animated story experience and give tips to parents on how to get their children to love reading.

The Schaumburg Library has a huge multimedia section with DVD, VHS, and music checkout. Also Schaumburg Library has a large amount of books on tape.

The first floor of the Schaumburg Library has the fiction area with all the best sellers. Near the best sellers section you have a quite reading section with a great environment next to a fireplace. Also located on the first floor is the childrens section with computers and a larger amount of childrens books from reading level 1 to Jr. High School. The childrens section also has a small computer lab for educational games and fun.

The second floor of the Schaumburg Library has the computer lab and the non-fiction literature. The second floor is also the quiet study area. Schaumburg library also provides Wi-Fi Internet access and drive up book pick-up and drop off.

The Schaumburg library holds tons of events for kids and has a summer concert schedule, which takes place in the outdoor theater. The Schaumburg library is not just a library it is a corner stone of Schaumburg Village.

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