2015 Teamwork Tip

Invite each team member to contribute his/her strengths to the team as strengths on which the team can depend. Identify the skill sets the team lacks and seek future team members who possess those skills and abilities. Use creative recognition and intermittent reinforcement to support the team. A catered pizza party for lunch or a silly competition with another team will spark performance. Watch talent engagement and retention rise!

Presentation Tip 4: Use "Outside" Techniques

Outside

How to Suit Your Audience:
What’s in the Cards for your Presentation?

Create balanced and various experiences for your audience. Doing so will enrich the learning retention and enhance audience engagement. Consider each “suit” to influence and inform your audience from the “outside.”

Clubs

How will you engage your audience in interactive and collaborative experiences?
Move bodies in activities to move minds.

Spades

What tools and techniques will you share with your audience in applying and implementing your topic?

Hearts

What stories will you deliver to your audience to evoke emotional connections with your topic? Practice describing the setting, narrating the situation and struggle, defining the solution, and identifying the significance of the story.

Diamonds

What insights and universals will you uncover for your audience? What “gems” do you want your audience to remember long after the presentation? These diamonds will provide the wealth of the information and its value to the audience.