Thanks for the idea Olivia. I've thought about moving over to wordpress, but I do like typepad...but its always a good idea to keep my options open. Thanks for the comments. Travis

TJ, You make a valid point. I've seen speakers who have lost their audience in about a minute because their presentation skills have been so bad. I'm not sure I would be able to listen to someone for 3 hours, I do get the point that an engaging speaker will keep your attention. Thanks for the comments! Travis

Thanks for the kind words Brett - I do agree that you shouldn't put up stuff just to put up crap - so I'll do my best to keep it relevant and good! -Travis

Thanks for the comments Jason - I appreciate it. I do like the idea of a passion statement. Most of the people I've worked with, especially those who own their own businesses, are very passionate about what they do and mission statements and even mantras seems to suck out the passion that people have. Thanks again for the comments.

One thing you need to be careful of though is using fonts that are not found on all computers. If you have to transfer your presentation to a different computer and are using a font that you had to install, it won't come up with that font on another's computer unless they have it installed! Great post Jon, I have just seen that happen to people and thought it would be good to cover.

Thanks Brett, I think the thing that surprised me the most is how much work it has been. When you think of a 'blog' you think of someone sitting in their basement of their parents house mouthing off and that it doesn't take a lot of work. However, if you want a good site and have good content on it, it takes work! Which means when I get busy - or lazy - I really have to push myself to keep at it. Which isn't a bad thing.

Thanks for your thoughts Justin. You are absolutely right when you say it is about what you can offer in a community setting and that there are exceptions. But even then, wouldn't it be better if whoever was running Amazon's post treated it more like a community instead of another advertising means. I think it would be more effective that way.

Wow, what a great video. I agree with Glenn that the music is a little distracting (being a music nut makes me feel that they could have gotten a lot better music for it). Beyond that however, I thought the video was great and think it goes beyond just what we can do as presenters, but really, what we should do as leaders! Thanks for the video link, I'm pumped to do some great work now!

I agree with you Tony, I was being a little tongue-in-cheek about how some people have used a single word in their post a lot just to try to increase their SEO. I agree that content that attracts links is the key - thanks for the comments.

Interesting post Bert...I agree with some of it, but also see some of Jeff's point. I think he could have said it without being quite as incendiary...but it is an interesting aspect of communication. I like the idea of using the feedback that you can get from people twittering to see how effective you speech was and if there are parts of it that you have to change if people are getting bored.