PowerTools for Business are the advice we hear a million times and never put into action. Now's the time to transform your business. From a speech I gave in Anchorage, Alaska for Alaska Department of Transportation Civil Rights Office.

1. PowerTools for
Your Business:
Building Your Toolkit
Aliza Sherman
@alizasherman

2. Speaking about
PowerTools for Business

3. waiata (why-ahrt-ah)
song, chant, psalm
tautoko (tow-tor-kor)
to support, prop up, verify,
advocate, accept

4. Let’s Explore…
The Power of Storytelling.
Making Your Mission.
Leveraging Technology.
Nurturing Your Network.
Being and Finding a Mentor.
Giving Back.

5. Tell Your Stories.
@alizasherman

6. How I started my business.
@alizasherman

7. “Once you’ve looked
down the barrel of
a 9mm gun, starting a
business isn’t scary.”
--Aliza Sherman
@alizasherman

8. @alizasherman

9. Who should know your story?
• Your Customers
• Your Prospects
• Your Employees
• The Media

10. Who should know your story?

11. Telling your stories and sharing
your experiences is a gift.
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12. Make Your Mission.
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13. Triple Bottom Line (TBL)

14. What fills your spirit?
Do more of that.
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15. I wanted to be writer…
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16. My Mission: Empower People
Through Technology
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17. Leverage technology.
@alizasherman

18. Do what you do better
with the right tools.
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19. Some of my favorite tools.
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20. Manage projects, tasks, people.
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21. Schedule meetings with others.
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22. Share and archive big files.
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23. Expense reports made easy.
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24. Save and remember things.
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25. Save articles for later.
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26. Schedule online messages.
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27. Make apps work together.
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28. Better manage your time.
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29. Pay attention with music.
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30. Pay attention with sounds.
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31. Find time to stay fit.
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32. Stick to your goals.
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33. Practice gratitude.
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34. Practice mindfulness.
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35. Nurture Your Network.
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36. Seed, water, weed.
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37. Manage your contacts.
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38. Network smarter.
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39. Don’t approach networking
as “What can they do for me?”
Instead, think “What can I do
for them.” The rest will follow.
--Aliza Sherman
@alizasherman

40. Be and Find a mentor.
@alizasherman

42. @alizasherman
Jerry Colonna
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Samir Arora
Charlie Jackson
Patrice Tanaka
Terry Wheatley

43. You never know where
you’ll find a mentor. Start with
being a mentor to others.
You’ll be surprised how
much you learn.
--Aliza Sherman
@alizasherman

44. Give Back.

45. @alizasherman

46. Nobody on their deathbed
ever said, “I wish I had
spent more time working
on my business.”
--Paul Tsongas
@alizasherman

47. It's not the things we do
in life that we regret
on our deathbed. It is
the things we do not.
--Randy Pausch
@alizasherman

48. Whatever road you take,
make it a good journey.
@alizasherman

49. Tell Your Story
Make Your Mission.
Leverage Technology.
Nurture Your Network.
Be and Find a Mentor.
Give Back.

50. Aliza Sherman
aliza@mediaegg.com
alizasherman.com