12. THE ELEVATING PROJECT
& RECOVERY ELEVATED
A family member has been through rehab five times
and it hasn’t worked. (Avg. success 11%)
His next DUI will likely kill somebody.
Addiction is a community problem affecting everyone.
WHY
13. THE ELEVATING PROJECT
& RECOVERY ELEVATED
The principle reasons those coming out of rehab.
return to their old habits are boredom and lack
of a community that enforces accountability.
We help addicts discover new passions and friends
that enable them choose to live a sober lifestyle.
HOW
14. THE ELEVATING PROJECT
& RECOVERY ELEVATED
We provide an addictive short-format non-linear learning
management system delivered on smart phones that helps
those in recovery discover new hobbies and interests, while
being both anonymously connected to similarly situated
people and monitored for continual progress toward sobriety.
WHAT
17. After years of work, scientists at CERN,
in Switzerland, recently made a highly
important discovery: the confirmation
of a particle that had been proposed
theoretically decades earlier.
Here’s what they found and why it was
considered so important …
Higgs bosun announcement:
18. Scientists at CERN, in Switzerland, broke
out the champagne and hugged each
other in celebration. They had discovered
something whose possible existence had
tantalized them for decades.
Here’s what they found and why it got
them so excited …
Higgs bosun announcement:
19. Scientists at CERN, in Switzerland, broke
out the champagne and hugged each
other in celebration. They had discovered
something whose possible existence had
tantalized them for decades.
Here’s what they found and why it got
them so excited …
Higgs bosun announcement:
20. Tip No. 1 –
Lead with an
Emotional Connection
Find your commonality
before revealing differences
21. New Tip No. 1 –
Lead with an
Empathic Connection
Active Listening
Vulnerability
38. A Moral of the Story
a/k/a Your Message
Ever since
that day …
39. The Story Spine
~ Kenn Adams, 1991,
as retold by Brian McDonald in
Invisible Ink: A Practical Guide to
Building Stories that Resonate.
Also see http://www.aerogrammestudio.com
/2013/03/07/pixars-22-rules-of-storytelling/
The Story
Spine ...
40. Tip No. 4 –
Have a Rabbit
Gather Your
Inventory of Stories
58. Take Control of your Environment.
Claim your territory as an expression of your confidence.
Staging - podium is a barrier / prevents movement
Pacing & circling v. punctuating and projecting.
Move / pause & turn / then present so you can
Think / edit / then speak.
65. No. 9 – Have A Big Idea … THE PROMISE
Up to
3 Points
leading to
A Call To
Action
66. No. 10 – End with an Ending
Deliver on
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67. PRESENT .
LIKE A PRO .
Another 10 Tips for
Owning The Room
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Editor's Notes
Educating the Adult Learner – FiltersTeachable moment.Impact, then validate.The power of stories / take along on the journeyAlignment
Educating the Adult Learner – FiltersTeachable moment.Impact, then validate.The power of stories / take along on the journeyAlignment
Unprepared, not on time = DisrespectfulEducating the Adult Learner – FiltersTeachable moment.Impact, then validate.The power of stories / take along on the journeyAlignment
Humor
The power of stories / take along on the journeyAlignment
Beginning – Middle – EndAlso highly overratedEducating the Adult Learner – FiltersTeachable moment.Impact, then validate.The power of stories / take along on the journeyAlignment
Beginning – Middle – EndAlso highly overratedEducating the Adult Learner – FiltersTeachable moment.Impact, then validate.The power of stories / take along on the journeyAlignment
Beginning – Middle – EndAlso highly overratedEducating the Adult Learner – FiltersTeachable moment.Impact, then validate.The power of stories / take along on the journeyAlignment
Not GenuineNot your authentic selfDon’t become the Bozo
Overcoming filters
Credibility is overrated once the audience is in their seats.
What makes a valuable presentation? CONTENT
Why is your audience here? Your job is to meet their goals.
.
Establish the context and characters
Define the world in balance nature of the current routine
[Once upon a time there was a girl named Dorothy living a mundane life in Kansas that dreams of going over the rainbow to a happier world.]
Inciting incident - world out of balance.
[A tornado transports her far from home]
Act 2 - The protagonist's journey toward the goal.
[Dorothy seeks to go home and to do so, must travel on a journey to see the wizard. Many obstacles - flying monkeys, poppy fields, apple throwing trees.)
[Meets first objective, but another challenge follows - kill the wicked witch.]
Repeat according to length of story
Act 3 - moment of truth
[Dorothy presents wizard with wicked witch's broomstick. Oz makes good on promise but in an unexpected way.
The moral of the story.
[Dorothy awakens in her own bed and realizes she was in Kansas the entire time.
She learns what many times what we are looking for is inside of us all along.]
Beginning – Middle – EndAlso highly overratedEducating the Adult Learner – FiltersTeachable moment.Impact, then validate.The power of stories / take along on the journeyAlignment
Personalize to your audienceArrive earlyIntroduce yourselfAsk what they are looking for and use it.Adjust your content – Tie them in.
Owning the room – MovementBreak free of the podiumVisual WhitespaceEmphatic Pauses – Don’t Fear Silence
Beginning – Middle – EndAlso highly overratedEducating the Adult Learner – FiltersTeachable moment.Impact, then validate.The power of stories / take along on the journeyAlignment
Use interactivity to recover and reconnect with your audience.Show of ThumbsSome subjects beg for a gimmick
What is the goal of presenting at a professional conference?How would you measure success?What about a pitch?Conversions on your CTA?
What is the goal of presenting at a professional conference?How would you measure success?What about a pitch?Conversions on your CTA?