http://www.oneminutepresenter.com 8 steps to successful business presentations in a short attention span world Tue, 06 Jul 2010 02:52:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I have been competing in triathlons since 2006 in a fairly low-key, just-to-keep-fit way until 2009 when I spent five months training for my first Ironman Triathlon at the very tough and hot Ironman China. I recently rode in a 240km (150 mile) race and wrote up my experiences at ... http://www.oneminutepresenter.com/2010/07/what-can-you-learn-from-a-240km-bike-ride/ One of the biggest problems that multinational companies face is having senior executives who lack executive presence. Productivity, profit and morale are all tied in with this concept. Companies urgently need to address this problem because it can increase efficiency in project execution, distribute key messages properly and ... http://www.oneminutepresenter.com/2010/06/why-ceos-need-to-build-executive-presence-among-their-senior-executives/ This is part 3 of a three part posting on building executive presence. For part 1 please click here. For part 2 read here. Executive presence can be created by looking at it from three perspectives : executive credibility, positive image projection and executive connections. This posting will look at the ... http://www.oneminutepresenter.com/2010/06/executive-presence-for-cfos-in-china-part-3-of-3-executive-connections/ This is part 2 of a three part posting on building executive presence. For part 1 please click here. Executive presence can be created by looking at it from three perspectives : executive credibility, positive image projection and executive connections. This posting will look at the second perspective: Positive ... http://www.oneminutepresenter.com/2010/06/executive-presence-for-cfos-in-china-part-2-of-3-positive-image-projection/ A company's finance director or CFO has always played a key role in the growth of the business in China. Aside from the usual finance related tasks, a demanding role is played dealing with regulators, media and overseas board of directors. This more visible and public role puts more ... http://www.oneminutepresenter.com/2010/06/executive-presence-for-cfos-in-china-part-1-of-3/ To view the other steps in this series, see Part 1 'Find your passion' and Part 2 'Uncover your unique value' . Project an unique passion Most executives have never paused to think what image they are projecting. Although most will have opinions on how others come across! It can be ... http://www.oneminutepresenter.com/2010/06/executive-branding-three-steps-to-build-a-senior-management-career-part-3-of-3-project-your-image/ To view the other steps in this series, see Part 1 'Find your passion'. Uncover unique value After uncovering their passions, an executive can define their uniqueness. This can be a block as many executives – especially from financial and technical fields - tend to under-sell themselves. An important step to take ... http://www.oneminutepresenter.com/2010/05/executive-branding-three-steps-to-build-a-senior-management-career-part-2-of-3-uncover-your-unique-value/ Ancient Greek philosopher Heraclitus said almost 2,500 years ago, 'there is nothing permanent except change'. Certainly this is true in the modern workplace. Over the last decade it has become increasingly mobile, uncertain and fluid with organizational change increasing the number of short term project-based work positions, a shift in ... http://www.oneminutepresenter.com/2010/05/executive-branding-three-steps-to-build-a-senior-management-career-part-1-of-3-find-your-passion/ You can read Part 1 on Ground Rules here and Part 2 on Incentives here. Extreme Examples to Stop Mobile Phone use While these suggestions will help most business settings, sometimes a presenter will adopt an extreme position to make their point. These high risk approaches can really make an ... http://www.oneminutepresenter.com/2010/05/how-to-handle-mobile-phones-during-presentations-part-3-of-3-the-extreme-approach/ You can read Part 1 on Ground Rules here. “Incentives” to stop mobile phones ringing A ground rule is only as good as the audience's willingness to follow it. Mobile phones are such a personal device that many people will not cooperate or simply will forget to switch it to silent.  ... http://www.oneminutepresenter.com/2010/05/how-to-handle-mobile-phones-during-presentations-part-2-of-3-%e2%80%9cincentives%e2%80%9d-to-stop-mobile-phones-ringing/