Misc

Digital Business Card¶

1. Generate vCard text: https://vcardmaker.com/
2. Generate QR Code from text: https://www.the-qrcode-generator.com/

Example vCard

BEGIN:VCARD

VERSION:3.0

FN:Ahmed Thahir

N:Thahir;Ahmed;;;

URL:https://LinkedIn.com/AhmedThahir

EMAIL;TYPE=Work:ahmedthahir2002@gmail.com

TEL;TYPE=WORK,VOICE:+971 55 123 4567

ADR;CHARSET=UTF-8;TYPE=WORK:;;;Dubai;;;United Arab Emirates

END:VCARD

Communication/Presentation¶

1. Know your goal
2. Know your Audience
3. Structure
   1. Introduction
      1. Context: background of overall current situation
      2. Destination: Where we want to be
   2. ⁠Discussion
      1. Situation: Background of specific topic
      2. Conflict: Problem Context
         1. What
            1. What's the problem
            2. What's stopping us from going from current situation to destination
         2. Why: Why does it matter?
      3. Question: Problem Statement
      4. Solution
         1. How to go from current situation to destination
   3. Conclusion
   4. Action Plan
   5. Recap

Misc - Always give analogies/examples whenever possible - For only presenting - Show takeaways and actions/proposal in the beginning itself - For discussion presentations - Show only takeaways in beginning, and show actions/proposal at the end to avoid limiting ideas

Audience transformation framework

Presentation 1. Big picture before details 2. Problem 3. What's in it for you 4. Solution 5. What's in it for you 6. Give numbers for context

Throughout - Eye contact - Open posture - Hand gestures

Review Presentation¶

References¶

• Lessons in Communication | Stanford Graduate School of Business

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