Self Development

Motivate and Inspire Audiences at a Conference

2008-07-13T21:52:00.001+07:00

There is a saying, ‘Failing to plan is planning to fail’. Your research and planning begins when you get that phone call. There are important initial questions you must ask the person who has contacted you if you are to stand any chance of success.

Firstly, the obvious - you need to know the date and venue of the conference. Asking this question at the beginning can save a lot of wasted time. Excitement at being offered the honour of representing a company at an important event can sometimes fog your usual clear thinking. Take into consideration the venue - if it is some distance away organisers will prefer you to arrive the day before. To do so removes the worry that you might be delayed en route to an airport or railway station. Ask the organiser if they would prefer you to arrive the day before. If they do, it may affect the fee you quote!

The next thing to establish is a title for your talk. Most organisers already have a rough idea for the theme or basis of your presentation. Agreeing the title of the talk with the organiser will allow you to focus your mind on content later. It is worth taking a little time here to clarify an important issue which, if not addressed at the outset, may later cause disappointment for the audience, yourself, and the organiser: there is a distinction between the title of your talk - sometimes referred to as topic - and the objectives of the organiser.

For example, the title of your talk may have been agreed as, let's say, ‘New Appliances in the Fight Against Asthma’. The title is a short overview of the topic. However, your client’s desire might be that by the end of your presentation, delegates attending the conference will have an understanding of the benefits of their new product. This is an important clarification in the early stages of the development of your presentation. From experience I have found the simplest way to clarify the object is to ask the organiser/client immediately after the title has been agreed. Ask them, ‘By the end of the presentation, what do you want delegates to be aware of?’ In other words, ‘what is the aim/objective of the talk?’

Your next move is to establish who will make up the bulk of the audience: what level are they in their organisations?, what skills do they possess?, etc. Knowing their level of knowledge will also be useful. Knowledge of the audience at an early stage is an important factor which can determine whether your client’s goals and objectives will be achieved. For example an audience of consultants specialising in asthma will have different learning priorities to trainee doctors. Pitching your presentation at the correct level is an important part of successful presentation.

Learning about your audience before you start, and preparing, before presenting are paramount. You need to know exactly who they are, as a group. For example, if you are told it is a conference for members of a profession, ask the organiser where the delegates stand in that organisation. As a generalisation, merely for the purpose of illustration, managers tend to have been trained as managers and have little to no knowledge of technical matters. Reception staff and administrators may know little about sales, and sales staff may not have a clue about financial matters, and so on.

It is important to establish not only who they are, but also what they are. If they are doctors, what is their level of knowledge likely to be on the subject you have been asked to present on? There is little point in talking to nurses for 45 minutes on a basic understanding of asthma if they are asthma specialists with a better understanding of the disease than some general practitioners (and probably you!).

Ask your client to establish what the audience are likely to want to know. Experts on asthma may be keen to learn about a new delivery method for asthma medication. Add information like this to what the client would like as a ‘go away with’ message and you are well on the way towards a successful speech.

Follow the tips I will provide in this the first in a series of articles on public speaking at conferences, conventions and seminars and you will deliver a polished presentation that motivates and inspires delegates.

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Are You Motivated and On Track?

2008-07-13T21:47:00.002+07:00

By: Diana Long

How to Keep Your Dreams Alive and Kicking!

Just like your Business Plan needs periodic updates, so does your Vision Plan (and I'm not talking about your eye care insurance coverage!) Your Vision Plan is an Essential Element to your success. What we think about, comes about. There's just no way around this ancient truth. So what exactly is a Vision Plan? A Vision Plan is a written script of what your ideal "scenario" looks like. Your Vision may be for the year ahead, or you may do several versions, in time increments of your choice. What do you sincerely hope to be, feel and experience in the next 6 months? What about the next 12 months?

One of the biggest challenges that I hear busy professionals, entrepreneurs, and business owners say is that they are so overwhelmed with all there is to do, that they quickly lose sight of the big dream, the big "why" for what they are doing. Their energy is tied up in "surviving" vs. thriving. The key to unlock from the struggle, work hard mode is to turn on your own "Brain Power."

Did you know that there is scientific research which confirms and validates the tangible benefits to visualizing? Daydreaming actually can give you a big payoff! Here's why:

First of all, our brains are actually hardwired to serve us. We all have a part of our brain called the Reticular Activating System. (That's quite a mouthful, it's also known as the RAS.) Our RAS is designed to seek out "matches" or "solutions" to what we've been focusing on. Here's a case in point. When I was pregnant with my 1st child in 1985, I was enthralled with all that had to do with babies, motherhood and parenting. Everywhere I went, I saw babies or pregnant women. Now, do you think that there were more pregnant women at that time in history? Probably not! Rather, my RAS was "working" for me, searching for connections that were a fit for current focus, which was a new baby. Our RAS is our "slave" and will help you to pull to you exactly what will help you to solve a problem or create a new solution! Nice to know, we don't have to work as hard as we thought!

Here's a quick, easy and powerful way to "kick start" your Vision:

Take a few minutes to relax. Allow yourself to close your eyes and to envision your ideal life scenario. What is your Vision of your own personal success story? Write it down in vivid detail.

Here's an important additional element. Allow yourself to truly tap into how it feels to have this be true for you. How does your life make a difference for others? This will anchor your Vision, making it even more powerful.

Do this for 30 days and you'll have lots of new, positive results to celebrate!

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Mind Power and Success!

2008-07-13T21:45:00.000+07:00

By: Patti Schneckenberger

Everyone is born with a natural instinct to use their mind power. Some children use it as soon as they open their eyes. The parents are convinced that they have a genius on their hands, when in fact they have a child that is open to new thoughts and ideas. Believe it or not, we all have the ability to tap into our subconscious and use it to form thoughts and ideas that lead to success. Deep down we are all problem solvers and with experience comes results. How often has any of us tried something new and at first felt awkward and even frustrated that we just could not do it. The truth of the matter is that you can do anything if you put yourself in the right frame of mind. A simple example of this is when we all learned to walk. I don't know about you but I felt crawling was much easier than even attempting to walk. My logic on that one was that if I was crawling, I didn't have far to fall In theory this was not a bad idea, but I could not spend my life just crawling around. So when the time was right, I got on my feet and after trial and error over constant days and weeks, I suddenly found that my thoughts of succeeding, became my reality. This is a simple example of where desire and need come together and becomes a part of using your thoughts and determination to help you accomplish whatever you put your mind too.

So if our mind power can make us succeed by a simple thought and a little imagination, then why do so many people refuse to use it. The research on this subject suggest that most people just don't believe in the power of their own subconscious mind. The fear of failure stops most people from even attempting to believe in their own dreams. The subconscious mind just sits their and waits for you to give it direction. If you tell yourself you will be successful and you truly have the desire to do so, the subconscious part of your mind will help you put those desires into action. But if you continue to just put yourself down and say you're a failure, then you have sealed your fate to be just that. If you are willing to change your way of thinking, you will also change the outcome of your success. No one ever succeeds alone. We all need mentors to help us achieve our own greatness. The athletes need a coach, the movie star needs a director, and we all need those special teachers that open our minds and spirits to endless possibilities. Do not let fear stop you from following your passion. The seed has been planted and all you need to do is let it bloom.

Copyright (c) 2008 Patti Schneckenberger

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Word Of The Mouth

2008-02-12T20:33:00.004+07:00

Word Of The Mouth

By Dave Balter

The other day, I was sitting in a meeting with some advertising agency executives. They had just presented a new television spot for an automobile targeted at twenty-somethings. When the spot ended, the lights came up and there was a long pause. Finally, the account director turned to the client and said, “This spot is viral. The buzz it creates will be better than word of mouth”.

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