What do you do when you are bumped off two flights and stuck in lonely, deserted Las Vegas airport overnight? Shoot a music video on your iPhone lip-syncing Celine Dion’s All By Myself to share with all your friends, of course! This is exactly what Dion super-fan Richard Dunn did and he was amazed when his video went viral with over 3.7 million views …
How would you like….?
“How would you like your hair cut?” a talkative barber asked a client. “In silence”, the man replied! This is one of the oldest recorded jokes, attributed to Roman times. Most people shy away from silence as it is awkward and scary. We often see silence as a vacuum that needs to be filled, quickly and furiously. Yet silence can also …
Emotion: Tapping the final frontier
The roar of the crowd watching football on a large-screen TV on Saturday immediately drew me into the cafe. And it wasn’t even my team playing! What makes sport such a spectacle to watch is the emotional rollercoaster it unleashes on players, fans and even unsuspecting passers-by. Could you imagine watching sport and feeling nothing? No emotion – that would …
David Bowie is…
I’m a huge David Bowie fan and was excited to learn that an international touring exhibition on David Bowie is coming to Melbourne. The exhibition is simply titled David Bowie is… The title is alluring as it is an open loop. You immediately start to add to it. David Bowie is… a legend, a performer, a superstar. In a world where …
The overlap between happiness & a great presentation
I was sitting next to a wellbeing expert recently on a plane and she said there are three simple keys to happiness: laughter, music and exercise. We hopefully do a reasonably good job at incorporating one or two of these keys into our daily lives. Sometimes exercising to old eighties aerobics videos lets me integrate all three keys. Did I just over-share there? …
Look who is talking (too much)
A few weeks ago at a council community engagement forum, a gentleman stood up and made a powerful point and followed it with a snappy example. You could see a lot of heads nodding around the room. Then he went to explain, elaborate, add, elucidate, state, repeat and reiterate his point for another five or so minutes, all without drawing …
The pit of despair – and the perils of getting out alive
On a recent Saturday run, I was feeling despondent. Here I was far behind the rest of my group, running alone. As adults we hate being bad at stuff. Especially in PUBLIC. My dark mood continued and at one point I wondered should I stop running, as I am not making much progress at all and it has been a year. My thoughts started …
For dazzling presentations, smash the fourth wall
In the TV sitcom Modern Family, all the characters at different points speak directly to the camera. They talk to the audience in a break-the-fourth-wall style confessional. The fourth wall is the invisible barrier between the audience and characters in a movie. You physically see the other three walls: one behind the stars, and one on each side. In movies and TV shows …
Bend it like Brené
Rose Herceg ‘Charisma is like pornography, you can’t define it, but you know it when you see it’!
We are all brought up to believe charisma, you have got it or you don’t, but having the privilege of watching Brené Brown in action, here are some things that stood out.
Getting to grips with emotion
Learn how you can emotion work for you in business and your next presentation.