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Brain Rules for Presenters
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 | I had the afternoon free, so I went to see a "Bollywood" movie filmed here on location in Mumbai, India titled"Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na" which I was told roughly translatesto "I know you, but I really don't know you." Here is [the official Web site], [picture galleries], [film reviews], and a[plot synopsis (spoiler alert, gives away all the surprises and the totally predictable ending)]. I was warned that this musical would be nearly three hours long, that the singing and dialogue would be in Hindi language, and there would be no English subtitles. I don't speak Hindi, and would not be able to understand a single word the actors said. How bad could it be? Despite the fact that there were nearly 20 members in the cast, the story jumps back and forth in both place and time, with some dream sequences thrown in for cinematic effect, I was able to understand quite a bit. I thoroughly enjoyed this movie! Perhaps its a sign of a good movie that you can understand most of it purely from the visual aspects. |
The same can be said for presentations that you give in foreign countries. Both in Japan and India, I had plenty of visuals to complement the text on the page, and the words that I spoke. Shawn over at [Anecdote] blog points to this greatpresentation by Garr Reynolds, author of [Presentation Zen]. The slide deck below has some key takeaways and quotes from Dr. John Medina's latest book "Brain Rules" that apply to presentations.
As the world becomes more globally integrated, communicating visually will be an important skill to develop.
technorati tags: IBM, Mumbai, India, Bollywood, Hindi, Japan, Garr Reynolds, John Medina, Brain Rules
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