Treści, dzięki którym będziesz lepiej działać
U mnie znajdziesz treści, które zainspirują cię do mądrzejszego działania. Znajdziesz też wiedzę jak tę inspiracje przekuć w działanie. Dzielę się wiedzą a nie opiniami. Bo mieć te drugie, to żadna sztuka.
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Steve Jobs na Stanford – ethos, logos, pathos i prostota w wystąpieniach
Na początek wyznanie. Trudno się do tego przyznać, ale obejrzałem film Patryka Vegi pt. Polityka. Choć słowo film w odniesieniu do tego zbioru etiud na poziomie licealnego kółka teatralnego z Supraśla jest dużym komplementem. Ale skoro deweloperzy nazywają mieszkanie o powierzchni 28 m² luksusowym apartamentem, to może i Vega nazywać…
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Who’s in charge here? Your pitch and status game
Pitching any kind of idea or deal involves playing a complex and tricky status game. It’s all about the social dynamics. If you do not gain high status, your voice will not be heard in business environment. It does not matter how well you argue. How your slides look. You…
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Tell me something I do not know
Food, we all need it… That was initially the first (opening) sentence of one startup pitch. The sentence I immediately told them to abandon. Not because it is true. Not because it was irrelevant – on the contrary, their idea was focused on food indeed (more precisely on food logistics…
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How To Overcome The Fear of Public Speaking
Try not to be so nervous. That is what people advise others who dread public speaking. That is also probably the least useful piece of advice they actually should give. There are a lot of science backed things you can do to overcome the fear of public speaking. But common…
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Words Matter! We’ve been wrong about one research!
Words matter. Especially when your job is to name a hurricane. Imagine you are a meteorologist, and you are about to call the storm that is about to hit Ease Coast. And it’s going to hit it hard. Would you name it Horace or Harriet? Think carefully, as your choice…
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5 Sentences I Like
Whenever I work on a talk, speech, pitch or any sort of keynote, I strive to come up with the killer first sentence. In the spirit of the remix culture, I often seek inspiration in culture, literature and… the news. A good first sentence must be simple, should be processed with cognitive…
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Your Pitch, Q&A and Improvisation Theatre
With your pitch you communicate the value proposition you and your startup have crafted so well. It’s polished, well scripted. You pause where you want to add some drama. You rely on storytelling to set up the stage and direct attention with the virtuoso dynamics of your voice. You are…
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Jennifer Aniston Neurone & Your Pitch
Another intense workshop with Alpha School scientists who strive to turn their research into viable businesses. I help them how to hone their message and pitch. One girl starts her Big Idea with a picture of Bill Clinton announcing completion of a draft of the human genome. She says: On June…
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Your Pitch: The matrix of expectations and opportunities
Each presentation, be it pitch, TED talk, team meeting or any other form of public communication exists within a matrix of expectations and opportunities. What you make of it is either your triumph or failure. When it comes to opportunities you have to make the most of it. When it comes…
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The pitch as the hero’s journey. Case Study.
Storytelling works as Uri Hasson and other scientists managed to prove. It is the most effective tool to engage and to persuade. I’m going to tell you it’s worth packing your pitch with a story that will also say a lot about you. And your business-oriented-mind. It’s a pitch as…
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One simple tool to help you pitch anything under 15 seconds
If you can’t tell me what you do in 15 seconds, I’m not buying, I’m not investing, and I’m not interested. When you are a freelance professional, like me, you’ll find it sometimes difficult to explain to people what is it that you do. and what value proposition you are…
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Ethos, Pathos, Logos. What Aristotle teaches you about pitching.
Long live the remix culture. The ideas we have are rarely ours. They are the result of constant reinterpretations and reinventions of the founders of our culture. Even when it comes to pitching there are some things we can learn from ancient philosophers, even though they would probably use the word…