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How to Speak Effectively

October 2020

  • Empowerment promise, what they should know by the end of the hour
  • Cycling the idea
  • Building a fence around the cycle, what our idea is and is not
  • Verbal punctuation
  • Ask a question
  • Use boards, props
  • Slides
    • Do not read
    • Be in the image
    • Keep images simple
    • Eliminate clutter
  • Showing up front what takeaway will be there
  • Candidate (acceptance decided in 5 minutes)
    • Has vision
    • Has done things
  • Make work recognized
    • Have a symbol
    • Have a slogan
    • Have a surprise
    • Have a salient idea
    • Have a story
      • How you did it
      • How it works
      • How it’s important
  • Final slide - Contributions
  • Possibly end with a joke or
    • It’s been great fun being here, it’s fascinating to see what you folks do.