Harvard Business Review

JULY 28, 2023

Grabbing and keeping your audience’s focus is critical to communication success. What you have to say is important, so give yourself the best chance to convey your message to your audience by first gaining attention, but then, more importantly, sustaining it.

Engagement 98

Engagement 98

Harvard Business Review

JULY 12, 2023

One of the most common unpleasant surprises that you’ve likely faced as a public speaker is getting your time cut short. You go into the meeting with a plan for what you’re going to cover based on the allotted time you’ve been given. And then, the technology doesn’t work until 15 minutes into the meeting.

Meeting 98

Meeting Groups Technology 98

Values Centered Innovation

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Have you ever struggled to present a compelling story about something you've achieved? In this mini-course, you'll learn an entirely new way to design and deliver powerful presentations for project reviews and innovative, new proposals. With new perspectives and skills, you'll "breathe life" into your presentations with ease.

Innovation Programs 52

Innovation Programs Course Innovation Processes Culture 52

BrainZooming

MAY 2, 2023

What's the best way to make an effective transition between speakers during a group presentation, especially if you don’t want the transition to be as clunky and awkward as most of them are in practice?

Groups 52

Groups Strategic Thinking 52

Innovation Leader

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Richard Dickson, COO and President of toy company Mattel, offers insights on speeding new products to market, sourcing ideas from employees, presenting ideas to leadership, and more.

How To 98

How To Leadership Marketing Company 98

BrainZooming

JULY 31, 2017

Ten years ago, last week, I gave what I’ve always considered my worst presentation ever. I call it my “Lee Harvey Oswald presentation.”. Somehow, though, none of things saved the presentation! Public Speaking Skills and My Worst Presentation Ever. The arrangement was clearly going to present a problem.

Creativity 0

Creativity Creative Thinking eBook Meeting 0

ImagineNation

JUNE 1, 2021

This means that every organisation, regardless of its size and specialisation, requires its leaders, and teams paradoxically, to be both competent and confident, to be both human-centred and customer-centric, in effectively managing both the future and the present. Unlearn, relearn, reskill and upskill. Embracing paradox. pm London, 1.00

Management 52

Management Agile Collaboration Creativity 52

Daniel Burrus

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

The key to become an opportunity manager is to have the capacity to unplug from the present and plug into the future at least once a week, taking an hour to consciously focus on where your industry, both inside and out, is heading. In doing so, you as a leader become an opportunity manager as opposed to a crisis manager.

Technical Review 84

Technical Review Disruption Trends Change 84

Innovation Leader

DECEMBER 13, 2019

These dozen slide presentations offer insights into innovation strategy at organizations like NASA, Google, Nike, Mastercard, and Procter & Gamble. Get them all here…

Company 61

Company Innovation Strategy Strategy 61

helloFUTURE

SEPTEMBER 18, 2022

For many possible reasons, the pandemic drove many of us to resign… The post Its Not Tetris: Hire The Best People In the Present Of Work appeared first on IDEATE AND EXECUTE. But what exactly does that mean? We are in the middle of a hiring crisis.

Ideation 52

Ideation 52

Innovation Excellence

JANUARY 19, 2020

Premise: Earlier today, I came across a blog post on The School of Life blog about the difficulty of being in the present. You can read the entire post here. It so happens that I’ve been having a conversation with my wife and son recently about the same topic (which is a slightly better way.

Strategy 69

Strategy Strategy Leadership 69

Imaginatik

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Our paper was selected to present during the Poster Session on December 13th. We’ve partnered with our valued customer, The Oil and Gas Technology Centre (OGTC) to develop and submit an open innovation paper describing our work together and the resulting economic impact. We hope you can join us.

Open Innovation 189

Open Innovation Conference Technology Collaboration 189

Rmukesh Gupta

JANUARY 15, 2020

Premise: Earlier today, I came across a blog post on The School of Life blog about the difficulty of being in the present. So, here I was thinking about some strategies that I can employ to be present in the moment and the blog post pops up in my feed. What strategies can I use to be fully present in the moment?

Strategy 59

Strategy Strategy Meeting Engagement 59

Innovation Excellence

OCTOBER 6, 2021

GUEST POST from Janet Sernack In our last blog, we described the three characteristics that offer senior executives a “unique unfreezing opportunity” from the disruptive COVID-19 hiatus and the rate of exponential technological change. These involved developing a future-ready company that builds upon … Continue reading →

Management 80

Management Disruption Change Technology 80

Rapid Innovation in digital time

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Cécilia Tham takes us in this journey to the future, so we can shape an enlightening present. Future Synthesist, what an intriguing role!

Creativity 65

Creativity Innovation 65

Kainexus

JUNE 15, 2021

This blog post is a recap of one speaker's presentation, Deanna R Willis MD MBA FAAFP FNAP, Otis R Bowen Professor of Family Medicine at Indiana University, in which she discussed “Engaging Physicians in Lean.”.

LEAN 52

LEAN Engagement 52

Innovation Excellence

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

I’ve learned a lot in that time about what makes a keynote presentation great; not just good but great. My previous Innovation Excellence article on Can You Present. These five gadgets will help you to stay in control, focus on your content, and wow your audience. I’ve been on the speaking circuit for 25 years.

Learning 57

Learning Innovation Product Innovation Leadership 57

Harvard Business Review

JULY 25, 2024

When idea pitches fail to resonate, it doesn’t always have to do with the merit of the idea, your presentation style, or charisma; the problem could stem from a deeper disengagement in your organization. Drawing from his experience at Disney, the author uses examples of successful presentations in each style and gives tips on engaging each.

Engagement 140

Engagement Learning Tips Examples 140

Stephen Shapiro

JULY 15, 2020

PRESENTATION | DEMONSTRATION | APPLICATION | REFLECTION. Here are 4 steps that I use for virtual and in-person experiences: Presentation: Share content, stories, ideas, and frameworks. The Presentation Only Sets the Stage. When you use this approach, the “presentation” only sets the stage.

Video 52

Video Engagement Tools Learning 52

Kainexus

JUNE 15, 2023

Our own Mark Graban was on this list (Top 50 thought leaders in operational excellence for 2023) along with five other thought leaders who have participated in our webinar series. Congratulations to all of them! And to everybody on this esteemed list.

81

81

Innovation Excellence

AUGUST 27, 2017

One of the most critical skills you need to master as an entrepreneur is presenting in front of groups. I’m still amazed when I see an otherwise engaging and passionate entrepreneur suddenly switch off their charm and go into presentation mode when they get up onto a stage. The blunt truth is that investors, prospects,

Groups 42

Groups Engagement Entrepreneurship Leadership 42

Entrepreneur - Innovation

APRIL 16, 2021

Find out how to run dozens of webinars a day to accelerate your sales.

How To 100

How To 100

Innovation Excellence

MAY 21, 2018

Additional presenters are encouraged to apply. Centric is excited to soon announce our 6th annual Day of Innovation Conference conference. Keynote speakers this year will include leaders from LPK, Pitch.co, HeroX, Omnicom Media Group and Second City Works.

Conference 49

Conference Innovation Groups Industry 49

Innovation Excellence

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

GUEST POST from Pete Foley I left P&G about eight years ago, and one of my last jobs involved working on innovation culture. It was a passion project, and the topic of one of my first blogs published outside of … Continue reading →

Culture 79

Culture Project Innovation Change 79

InnovationManagement

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

As a pitch presenter, you’re ought to not just capture the attention of your prospects but also win their hearts. The second is about how you present it to those who might be interested to get involved. If you want to win, you need to be smart. In today’s marketplace, innovation is highly appreciated and wanted.

How To 43

How To Innovation Strategy Strategy 43

Innovation Excellence

JUNE 5, 2017

Although never presented very clearly (in a creative sense), this is one of the most important milestones of aggregating trend data in our industry each year.". Greg Swan summarizes Mary Meeker’s famous annual Internet Trends Report.

Trends 41

Trends Report Data Industry 41

Digital Tonto

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

We need to think about change as a strategic conflict between the present state and an alternative vision. To bring about transformation we need to undermine the sources of power that underlie the present state while strengthening the forces that favor a different future. People tend to adopt the ideas and actions of those around them.

Change 175

Change Tips Examples Strategy 175

Idea to Value

MAY 9, 2016

This short, heartwarming animated feature was previously shown at over 180 film festivals and took home over 50 awards. Based on a comic strip , this short film was the graduation project from the Institute of Animation, Visual Effects and Digital Postproduction at the Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg in Ludwigsburg, Germany.

Video 100

Video Software Creativity Training 100

Innovation Excellence

DECEMBER 23, 2015

Practice your presentation and deliver it with confidence and enthusiasm. Get your message across. You will enjoy it. More importantly, so will your audience. Continue reading →

Tools 40

Tools 40

Innovation Excellence

DECEMBER 31, 2015

Curtis Fletcher, an expert communicator, innovator, and product manager.reveals a simple approach for creating effective presentations for innovators and product managers Continue reading →

System 40

System Management Innovation Leadership 40