As I mentioned in this BWE ’08 Highlights post, one of the things that I had to do at BlogWorldExpo ’08 was to present a session on “How to Stay Focused and Healthy as a Blogger” with fellow b5er Jeanne Dupuis for the b5media Blogger Summit. Since a few people requested for my notes on this, I decided to upload my PowerPoint on Slideshare. Hopefully, this will be useful to some of you.
The session was basically divided in to 4 parts:
1. “Keep Your Eye on the Target” (Goal Setting)
2. “Limber, Toned, and Ready to Go” (Tips for Maximum Productivity)
3. “How am I doing, Coach?” (Ways to Gauge Success)
4. “Go for the Gold!” (Celebrating Milestones and Achievements)
I handled parts 1 & 4, while Jeanne talked about parts 2 & 3.
There were a few things during the actual presentation that I wish had turned out differently. But, seeing as I haven’t done public speaking in at least a couple of years, I felt very rusty. Plus, the circumstances/timing of our session was less than ideal. But, regardless… I’m glad I did it anyway. Almost made me wish I can do more of ‘em, just to keep the nerves away for good. Well – not quite -but, almost! 
Anyway, if you do have any questions or clarifications about this presentation, do let me know. I’m sure feedback will help me to improve this material.
Photo by: Jyle Dupuis
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Kari 10.03.08 at 3:49 am
I’ve never been a strong public speaker. I’m quite the opposite. I get all nervous and panic. I leave stuff like that to those who are more outgoing than me
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Shai Coggins reply on October 17th, 2008:
Hi, Kari. I see myself more of an introvert too. But, I do like sharing things with people. So, even if I’m primarily petrified with public speaking, I still try to overcome that fear by teaching/training/presenting whenever I get the opportunity to do so.
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Lusy 10.03.08 at 7:03 am
This is very useful. I have 2 blogs right now and share different things on them. Lately, I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about goals and maybe I should join them one day. Thanks for sharing these, Shai!
Glad the presentation went well albeit being a bit nervous. O and just read that you’ve been doing this since 2000. Wow.
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Shai Coggins reply on October 17th, 2008:
Thanks, Lusy. Glad you found this useful! It’ll be interesting to know if you tried it out some time. And yeah – been doing this for a while now.
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Jess Sanders 10.03.08 at 1:47 pm
Shai – a very easy to use “gut-check” for blogging – much like a business plan for a start-up venture. Thanks for sharing!
Jess
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Shai Coggins reply on October 17th, 2008:
Wow, thanks, Jess. I really love how you put it.
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blue rose 10.06.08 at 10:17 am
thank you for sharing this shai. this is indeed very useful.
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Shai Coggins reply on October 17th, 2008:
Glad to know that, blue rose!
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