Raymond Garraud

10 Must-Have Tools for Time Management

Ray — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 07:38:05 +0000

10 Must-Have Tools for Time Management
http://money.usnews.com/money/blogs/outside-voices-careers/2012/04/10/10-must-have-tools-for-time-management-

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22 Executives Share The Best Advice They Ever Got

Ray — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 07:32:06 +0000

22 Executives Share The Best Advice They Ever Got
http://www.businessinsider.com/executives-share-the-best-advice-they-ever-got-2012-3

Whispers from Nature

Ray — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 06:38:15 +0000

My book, Whispers From Nature – An Inspiring collection of haiku poems – is a collection of 132 haiku poems inspired by the change of seasons and casual observations of the unity and harmony of all things. An expression of my love of nature, the linking of opposite and complementary qualities, the simplicity that inspires joy and the ordinary events we sometimes take for granted.

Small Business Outlook

Ray — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 06:15:45 +0000

Two surveys released last week say that small-business owners are feeling better than they’ve felt in more than three years and most have a positive outlook for growth and hiring. The skeptical speculator says the global economy gives no hint of recession in 2012.

Speaking at the Long Island NY 140 Character Conference 5/26/11

Ray — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 08:09:58 +0000

Your iPad as a Teleprompter

Ray — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:18:32 +0000

The last time I gave a speech, I only had one week to prepare. Although I felt confident and passionate about the subject, I still felt the need to have some key points organized on a few index cards just in case I needed to jog my memory while on stage.

Today, I came across Smartphoneware’s Best Prompter Pro which turns your iPad into a professional teleprompter. This app allows you to create and scroll speeches, as well as record your oratory skills for personal critiques. You can edit your speeches within the app which also estimates the length of scripts based on scrolling speed. At $3.99, this app is worth the price and is quite a useful and productive tool.

P&C Insurance News and Info

Ray — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 05:53:40 +0000

The information Professionals at all levels of the P&C Insurance industry need to understand and stay apprised of unique market challenges, changes and opportunities can be found at Property and Casualty 360.

The Difference Between Affect and Effect

Ray — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 00:51:04 +0000

As a verb, to affect means ‘to act upon or have an influence on’, as in “Sunless days affect my mood.” It can also mean ‘to make a show of; to put on a pretense of; to feign; to assume’ as “to affect ignorance.”To effect means ‘to bring about or create’ as in “to effect a change.” If you affect something, you do to it. If you effect something, you cause it to be.

Advertising might affect the sales of widgets (by causing them to increase), or it can effect sales (bring them about) if, for example, there were no sales at all to begin with.

As a noun, effect means ‘result, consequence, outcome’. An effect is that which is produced when you affect something: “The poem affected me deeply; it really had an effect on me.” Affect as a noun is a term from the field of psychotherapy meaning ‘the emotional complex associated with an idea or mental state’. Keep in mind that usually if you want a noun, the word you want is effect, but if you want a verb, the word you want is affect.

Via Dictionary.com

The Difference Between Might and May

Ray — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 00:59:24 +0000

May expresses likelihood while might expresses a stronger sense of doubt or a contrary-to-fact hypothetical. The difference in degree between “You may be right” and “You might be right” is slight but not insignificant: if I say you may be right about something, there is a higher degree of probability that you are right about it than if I say you might be right about something. Example: You think Einstein is the most brilliant physicist who ever lived? You may be right. / You think it’s going to rain this afternoon even though the sun is shining this morning? Well, you might be right. May expresses likelihood while might expresses a stronger sense of doubt or a contrary-to-fact hypothetical: We might have been able to go if Keir had not been so slow to get ready.

Via Dictionary.com

Miles Davis and John Coltrane

Ray — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 04:49:06 +0000

One of the most important jazz albums from what many consider to be the finest period of modern jazz. The song is “So What” from the album “Kind of Blue”, one of the finest Jazz albums I own.