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Different Country, Different Etiquette

17/10/2013 /

In the 15th century, when modern diplomacy started to develop, the Italian Peninsula was fragmented into rival centres of power. Each one had his own interests to preserve and to encourage, but they shared common roots and habits.

Today the world has dramatically changed: multipolarity, globalization and shifting borders have filled international relations with cultural diversity and richness. As a result, the European-centred etiquette has been reached by a new one based on the observation of each country specificity.

In order to avoid gaffes here you find a useful link to cultural customs all around the world: http://www.ediplomat.com/np/cultural_etiquette/cultural_etiquette.htm

Do you need PechaKucha?

15/10/2013 /

PechaKucha is a simple presentation format where you show 20 slides that display for 20 seconds each, so that the presenter has only 6 minutes and 40 seconds in all for his/her presentation.

The name comes from a Japanese term meaning “chatter”. The basic idea is to force the presenter to speak concisely, precisely and clearly by using mainly images.

For this reason, PechaKucha is a great format for presentations at schools or for meetings in offices, in those occasions where conciseness is particularly important.

If you want some tips to realize your personal PechaKucha, read more on http://bit.ly/1cBv9QD or just visit the PechaKucha official site.

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Image source: Pixabay (CC0)

10/10/2013 /

Still waiting for an answer?? Bryan A. Garner shows how to write a perfect e-mail and earn your collegues attention.

  • Stick to standard capitalization and punctuation;
  • Get straight to the point (politely, of course);
  • Be brief — but not too brief;
  • Plot out what happened, and when;
  • Add a short but descriptive subject line;
  • Copy people judiciously.

http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2013/02/write_e-mails_that_people_wont.html

image source: http://jacquelinewhitmore.com/15-essential-e-mail-etiquette-tips/

10 +1 secrets to communicate leadership.

27/08/2013 /

Communication is the real work of leadership

by Nitin Nohrian

It is a hard work communicating efficiently and even more when the goal one is trying to achieve is to look and be a leader.
Here are the 10 tips that Forbes has decided to share with us in order to become great (communication) leaders:

  1. Speak not with a forked tongue;
  2. Get personal;
  3. Get specific;
  4. Focus on the leave-behinds not the take-aways;
  5. Have an open mind;
  6. Shut-up and listen;
  7. Replace ego with empathy;
  8. Read between the lines;
  9. When you speak, know what you’re talking about;
  10. Speak to groups as individuals;

*Bonus: Be prepared to change the message if needed!

Read more on: http://www.forbes.com/sites/mikemyatt/2012/04/04/10-communication-secrets-of-great-leaders/

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Imagine source: http://yoacblog.com/?p=1504

Five Presentation Mistakes Everyone Makes

20/08/2013 /

Nancy Duarte has published several books on presentations. The last one is the HBR Guide to Persuasive Presentations. Here are some of her tips on creating and delivering presentations.

We all know what it’s like to sit through a bad presentation. We can easily spot the flaws — too long, too boring, indecipherable, what have you — when we watch others speak. The thing is, when we take the stage ourselves, many of us fall into the same traps.

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Illustration by Andrew Joyner on Businessweek.com

Here are five of the most common, along with some tips on how to avoid them.

  1. Failing to engage emotionally : Try opening with a story your audience can relate to, for example, or including analogies that make your data more meaningful.
  2. Asking too much of your slides: Create handouts from all that text you’ve pulled off your slides and moved into “notes.”
  3. Trotting out tired visuals:  Brainstorm lots of visual concepts — and throw away the first ones that came to mind.
  4. Speaking in jargon:  If they can’t follow your ideas, they won’t adopt them.
  5. Going over your allotted time:  There’s nothing worse than a presentation that seems like it will never end.

Read more at http://goo.gl/jE9dq

The good listener

15/08/2013 /

“If we were supposed to talk more than we listen, we would have two tongues and one ear.” Mark Twain

Listening is not the same as hearing: in order to listen effectively you need to use more than just your ears. The 10 principles to become a good listener are:

1. Stop talking
2. Prepare yourself to listen
3. Put the speaker at ease
4. Remove distractions
5. Empathise
6. Be patient
7. Avoid personal prejudice
8. Listen to the tone
9. Listen for ideas – not just words
10. Wait and watch for non-verbal communication

 
 
 
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image source: Lysh Thinks
 
 
13/08/2013 /

From the “I have a dream” speech to Steve Jobs’ iPhone launch, all great presentations have a common architecture. In this talk, Nancy Duarte draws lessons on how to make a powerful call-to-action. (Filmed at TEDxEast.)

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