Friday, May 1, 2015

#SelfImprovement-DO GOOD (Better)

DO GOOD (Better)

Communication and presentation tips for do-gooders, created by Dr. Carmen Simon and Bruce Kasanoff. Learn more at http://www.reximedia.com/ and http://kasanoff.com/

Published in: Self Improvement, Career


Transcript

  • 1. ( B E T T E R ) DO GOOD Ma# Brooks/Noun Project
  • 2. DO YOU HAVE AN IDEA HOW TO… Feed one million starving children? Fund an after-school program? Get your family to volunteer on the weekend? DW/Noun Project Stephen Borengasser/Noun Project
  • 3. The people with the biggest hearts often have the toughest time understanding why everyone else does not care as much as them
  • 4. The truth is, everyone else does NOT care as much as you do because YOU ARE SPECIAL
  • 5. Don’t get discouraged. Just get better at selling your ideas.
  • 6. HERE ARE 4 WAYS TO DO GOOD...BETTER
  • 7. CREATE ANTICIPATION
  • 8. Like this…
  • 9. Make people wonder what will happen next…
  • 10. BE PROVOCATIVE
  • 11. Many social entrepreneurs are wasting their time, because they can’t sell their ideas effectively.
  • 12. ASK QUESTIONS
  • 13. COULD YOU ATTRACT A CROWD BY SILENTLY SITTING IN A CHAIR?
  • 14. Marina Abramović did, at the MoMA in NYC.
  • 15. Marina’s exhibit posed a LOT of questions. Many people cried while sitting with Marina. Is it “art” to sit in a chair and just pay attention to another person? How lonely are we? What does “attention” mean?
  • 16. Marina’s exhibit highlights a vitally important lesson: When you ask a question, pause to give others time to consider it.
  • 17. ADD SURPRISE, CONFLICT OR TENSION
  • 18. MOST COMMUNICATION DECAYS INTO PREDICTABLE PATTERNS. TO AVOID THIS, USE SURPRISE, CONFLICT, OR TENSION
  • 19. These tactics focus your audience’s attention.
  • 20. They increase the odds other people will care about your idea.
  • 21. You don’t have to be an artist to do this. There are SO MANY cool tools available to get attention.
  • 22. ...AND ATTENTION PAVES THE WAY TO MEMORY
  • 23. Focus their attention on what’s important. People remember just 10% of what you tell them... Even if you are trying to save the world.
  • 24. So stick to 4 points, or less
  • 25. The birth of a new idea is always hard.
  • 26. DO GOOD… BETTER CREATE ANTICIPATION BE PROVOCATIVE ASK QUESTIONS ADD SURPRISE, CONFLICT OR TENSION
  • 27. What do we want you to remember?
  • 28. We’ll give you a second…
  • 29. DO GOOD… BETTER CREATE ANTICIPATION BE PROVOCATIVE ASK QUESTIONS ADD SURPRISE, CONFLICT OR TENSION
  • 30. ABOUT THE AUTHORS BRUCE KASANOFF How to do well by doing good Kasanoff.com Dr. CARMEN SIMON The science of memorable presentations RexiMedia.com All photographs by Carolina Miranda (C-Monster/Flickr)
  • 31. AND START THE PROCESS ALL OVER AGAIN BE PROVOCATIVE…