5 Ways To Create Big Buzz For Your Business. A little creativity goes a long way when it comes to creating buzz. You just have to be willing to try! July 27, 2011 I give a lot of presentations on how businesses owners can get free publicity through media coverage. One of the challenges I often hear in these presentations is that business owners don't know how to create buzz or excitement in the media, or anywhere else. Creating buzz for your business is not hard. 1. Contests are a great way to build buzz in your local or professional community. Maybe you are a general contractor like OPEN Forum member Coffman Construction. The great things is, you can have a contest about anything. 2. Events are a great way to bring people together. The first time you do an event, you’ll be learning. 3. It’s better to give, than to receive. While it’s great to get sales for your products and have people buy from you, it’s also great to give your (and your employees) time and money to worthy causes in the community. 4. 5.
How to Give Feedback That Works | BNET. Last Updated Feb 11, 2011 11:43 AM EST Every manager (and parent) knows that constructive feedback is key to improving performance. But what makes the feedback most effective? It turns out timing is almost everything. A study by Todd Thornock, an accounting professor at the University of Texas' McCombs School of Business, found that giving people feedback after a "short delay"-- shortly after they completed a task--actually improved performance more than offering up the same feedback immediately.
To test the impact of timing, Thornock asked study participants to find their way through a series of electronic mazes. To measure the effect of short term feedback, the students were told as soon as they entered a room if they were on the right or wrong path. Immediate feedback prevents people from learning from their mistakes. Alexander Manu speaker at prospeakers.com for Corporate Events. Alexander Manu is a strategic innovation practitioner, international lecturer and author. He works with executive teams in Fortune 500 companies and lectures around the world on innovation, imagination, change agents and strategic foresight. He is a Senior Partner and Chief Imaginator at … View full bio Alexander Manu is a strategic innovation practitioner, international lecturer and author. He works with executive teams in Fortune 500 companies and lectures around the world on innovation, imagination, change agents and strategic foresight.
He is a Senior Partner and Chief Imaginator at InnoSpa International Partners, teaches "Innovation, Foresight and Business Design" at the Rotman School of Management, is a Professor at the Ontario College of Art and Design and in Toronto and a visiting lecturer at the Wallace McCain Institute. Alexander has been a guest lecturer at over 45 distinguished post secondary institutions around the world. Close full bio. About.