You hear this a lot – “it’s the attitude that matters” / “you have to motivate people, make them engaged, make them love you”.
Jim BAGNOLA (Jim BAGNOLA – the best trainer I’ve seen – Get a result now!) was quoted in a “Cariere” magazine, a few years, ago, of saying: it’s more important to do the right thing, than to have a motivational attitude.
I totally agree. Sure, for a good presentation, you need good presentation skills. But for good business attitudes, you need to do the right thing. This is more important.
“Hire for attitude, over skills” or “Hire for attitude, train for skills”. This is true, but just showing up and doing some things is, perhaps, even more important.
Let’s say you are about to hold a presentation; this presentation will include a movie; you don’t know a lot about the location you are about to hold a presentation; lots of things may happen – no Internet connection (for YouTube clips); no sound from the laptop; no sound from the room; too much noise in the room; no codec for viewing the video; poor laptop and a large resolution video; some people may not understand well words in English;
You can solve most of these things by repeating the video prior to the event, on the same laptop & the same equipment;
But in some cases where this is not possible, it may be wise to just embed (hard-code is best – How to hardcode subtitles to AVI files – my-guides.net -, but you can also include the subtitle as a separate .txt or .srt file) subtitles;
For a two minute video, it will not take you long to create those subtitles; but in such a way you will make sure that you solve a lot of hearing problems (from no sound, to poor sound, to interferences, to not being able to properly understand words in English, to a large audience with different hearing needs).
Yet another tip got from the training with Alexander FUHRMANN at incubator107: when holding a presentation, speak about your life; what moved you to get to become a professional in your niche? What personal experiences do you have? Why are you the person holding the presentation? How are you a good professional? Help others connect to you as a human being, instead of a person just presenting some facts.
Alan PARKER (Linkedin, Twitter, Blog, Google Profile) held the presentation “Behaving like a rock star” on 15th of March, 2011, at Orange Concept Store Romania, Calea Victoriei, Bucharest. Below photos, links to other articles on the subject, the presentation as a PowerPoint slideshow and videos with both the presentation and most part of the question & answers session. +Continue Reading
On 20th of September 2010, 19:00, at Orange Concept Store took place Online MeetUp. The event was organized by Orange Romania and IAB Romania. +Continue Reading
On 8th of June I headed for British Council, for a Public Speaking Support Group. I held a presentation about my favorite movie: “Le notti di Cabiria” (1957, see IMDb data). Below you’ll find my presentation (video + PowerPoint). +Continue Reading
Following a Facebook invite, in the evening of 2009.09.09, I went to the Titu Maiorescu amphithater Faculty of Philosophy (University of Bucharest), to see a conference by Michael SHERMER. See my message for some photos, things I’ve learned, and some personal thoughts. +Continue Reading
On 2009.07.06 I took part at the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences at HR Club‘s Summer school opening. Here come my impressions. +Continue Reading
Last Saturday I took part at BlogTrip Oradea for a few hours (about four). Very engaging and in the same time, the atmosphere was relaxed. +Continue Reading
You might know that at Sala Palatului in Bucharest there is an event on the annual training exhibition – Business Edu Expo 2009. +Continue Reading
I’ll comment in this blog post about a rather abrupt way of closing a presentation and what I’ve learned from this. +Continue Reading
Last night (2009.03.24) I went to “How managers create and destroy value in times of crisis” presentation. It was held by prof. Nenad Filipovic at Marriott hotel, in Bucharest. Here’s what I’ve learned. +Continue Reading
Interested to see why Nigel RISNER is the trainer that puts most emphasis on attention in my opinion and why I consider him a top trainer? Keep reading. You can also see the reasons for which I consider Nigel RISNER to be great, or what I’d focus on more if I were Nigel. Finally, you can see actual ways of contacting Nigel. I hope you’ll enjoy my writing. +Continue Reading
