Public Speaking for Entrepreneurs: Are You Winging Your Presentations?

The day of your presentation to the team is looming.

You had intended to spend more time on it. Crafting, preparing, drilling.

You think to yourself ‘where did the time go?’

It is now the night before.

Something else comes up. You think about your topic and you know it well. You think to yourself ‘I’ll just wing it.’

Robert Charles Lee explains this term:

‘”Wing it” (to wing it) is an English idiom meaning to improvise – in other words, to invent a way on the spot (on the fly) to deal with a situation you are unprepared for. In other words, you do the best you can under the circumstances.’

An impromptu approach to preparing for an important presentation. Hmm.

OK. I’m not going to give you a lecture that you need to study before the exam, i.e. rehearse your speech endlessly and have every word memorized…

But! Preparation is necessary.

What I’m about to reveal is that you can go into this presentation with a strategy.

Aside from your charisma and charm. (Bring them along though.)

The strategy can be achieved through one key superpower that lies in you:

Intent.

Ask yourself: what is my intent for this presentation? Consider how you will connect with and create change in this audience.

Here are 3 ways to turbocharge your Intent:

1. Give value – to your team (audience). There is knowledge and insight that you have and your team do not have. Find an interesting way to deliver this. (Hint: not blah blah blah.) Imagine you are sitting in the audience listening to you. What would make you see the information presented fresh, new and unique.

2. Seek input – from your team. There is knowledge and insight that they have and you don’t. Bring your audience into the presentation through your expert facilitation skills, make them part of it. Eg, if you advise them of a new policy, discuss it, brainstorm their ideas, workshop it. Flesh out what it means both good and bad. Make it fast paced and fun. Challenge them.

3. Grow – together. Use this time as an opportunity to bring your team closer to you, your Vision. Come to a unified front. Done in the right way, they will feel like they have experienced a rush, a thrilling ride.

The trick is to grow your wings, your public speaking wings.

Have the confidence in your speaking to take charge, give and grow.

Imagine… once you have your public speaking wings, you’ll soar the skies with success.

To your excellence in speaking,

Anna

Go Green With Eco-Friendly Products

The modern inclination towards the use of advanced technology and industry is generating serious repercussions on the safety of the earth and environment. The pollution problem is escalating and the rate of a healthy lifestyle is in decline. Unsafe products are being made, used and discarded at a rapid pace without any second thoughts about their adverse effects on the planet we inhabit. All this may lead to an eco-damage beyond repair. It is high time people stop using products harmful to the environment and switch to sustainable earth-friendly products.

Eco-friendly products are those products that do not yield a detrimental effect on the environment either in their production, usage or disposal. Such products tend to help conserve energy, reduce carbon footprint and release of greenhouse gases, and do not lead to toxicity in the environment. Such products are also known as Green Products as they use healthy, non-toxic materials or are made from recycled or renewable sources. In this way, they also lead to a reduction in pollution by recycling certain goods to make more efficient products. Earth friendly products are biodegradable which means that on account of being made from natural ingredients, they do not pose any threat to the earth and environment when they are released in the air, water or earth during their use or when disposed of.

Among myriad of modern-day companies and brands claiming to be either biodegradable, made from recycled goods or produced through an earth-friendly manufacturing process, it is almost impossible to find genuine green products. Manufacturers are well aware of the fact that with growing awareness among people around the globe about the importance of protecting the environment, a growing demand for green products is observed. Consequently, they try their best to draw customers’ attention to their commodities by branding them to be the best green products. However, consumers should carefully read labels to confirm before buying any product to ensure they are getting what they need and are paying for.

The modern market offers an extensive range of green products including clothing, household and office products and even gifts. In the modern technological age, it has become quite easy for people to gain access to these products through multiple means. Many online organic Eco Stores have ascended resulting in a more affordable and easy access to these products. It is up to the customers to find and trust only those brands which provide them 100% pure natural products that are environment friendly and free from animal testing.

Dinnerware – The Present Trends

Art is what gives satisfaction to our sensibility and it truly knows no boundaries. Art has come down to our tables in the form of exclusive and artistic dinnerware. Dinnerware embodies in itself art, history, and industry. As an art, it is conceived and given shape, color, pattern and design by the artist and then is manufactured by dinnerware industry in such a manner that it doesn’t lose its functionality and can be used for intended purpose over a period of years, and even centuries, thus creating history. In fact, decorative art is strongly reflected in the history of dinnerware. Whether it be cubist or impressionistic, classical or deco, Mediterranean or Oriental, decorative dinnerware has always been there in a wide variety of range as an everyday item and also as a collectible.

Present Trends of Dinnerware

During its journey, dinnerware has been through many changes. The present trends of dinnerware can only tell whether the artistic inclination remains in it even today or not.

Vibrant Colors and Patterns: – Dinnerware in bright oranges, yellows, gold metallics and blues are giving warmth and life to the subdued background of homes. Ethnic prints including Native American patterns, African motifs and Asian batiks truly stand apart against the vibrant color scheme.

Browns and Blacks:- It’s true that white will never lose its place but for a while, browns and blacks are in limelight. Brown with all its shades, from dusky to coffee and even dark chocolate, are in great demand. These colors are even contrasted with colors like yellow, blue and green to bring dramatic effects. Black is also there to shine with pride. Contrasted mainly with whites and sometimes with golden shades, black is here to stay.

Eco Dinnerware: – The passion for clean environment has led to recycled dinnerware which is fast catching up with the masses. Apart from being made from recycled products, these items reflect shades of green- jades and olives- along with attractive patterns representing nature in form of leaves and other foliage etc.

Fancy Grapics: – Odd, unconventional, peculiar and even hand drawn whimsical and abstract graphics are gaining unimaginable popularity. They are, all the more, adding interest to our tables.

Irregular Shapes: – Any shape other than round is in. Although the standard round plates and bowls can never vanish but the shapes like star, squares, geometric shapes, organic shapes are fast making ways into hotels, restaurants, home kitchens and dining tables. Appetizers are now served on rectangular plates, and entrees in oversize bowls. Even colors of dishes are considered while finalizing dessert plates, such as a plate with rose-colored outer edge and gold trim for creme brulee!

Are you now thinking whether we really eat with our eyes first? Yes, of course!