Raise Your Game 2012 is an event where professionals gather to learn techniques on how to achieve greater success at work and how you can be totally effective. It will cover topics like:

How can I become an even greater leader?

How can I handle office politics?

How can I speak with more confidence and credibility?

How can I increase my focus on my goals?

How can I build even stronger relationships?

How can I persuade and influence effectively?

How can I deliver a pitch that really packs a punch?

In addition, Raise Your Game 2012 will also launch a new book “88 Essential Secrets that will Impact Your Success at Work” by Marshall Cavendish International. I am proud to be one of the authors who has contributed to it and will be speaking in a panel with other speakers on their areas of expertise. My topic is on “Creating a highly motivated life” which is about how to constantly motivate yourself and find success in all that you do. We all know that being highly motivated is a trait that all successful people have but how do you do it consistently? My section addresses that.

Date: 16 Feb 2012 (Get your SUPER EARLY Bird discount before 16 Dec 2011)

Time: 0845-1730hr

Place: Holiday Inn Orchard, Cavanagh Road

Please join us in this one day seminar which will entertain, inspire and teach you new principles to Raise Your Game in life.

See you there.

PS: Since I am a panel speaker on that day, I am able to bring in ONE more person at $198. Do let me know if you are keen on it. Email my colleague at jennifer (a) deepimpactonline (dot) com to tell her that you are keen. Its first come first served. 

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Trainer Bob Pike uses a magic formula in his trainings which is the 90/20/8 rule. He mentions that most adult audiences can listen with understanding for 90 minutes, listen with retention for 20 minutes and we need to involve them every 8 minutes.

My tried and tested rule for all the corporate trainings that I have done is a little different. I have modified it slightly because over time, people’s attention span has decreased.

My magic number for training is ridiculously simple but yet extremely effective. I call it the 20 minute rule. After speaking to adults for 20 minutes, we need to involve the audience and induce a ‘state change’.

Question: What does involvement and state change mean?

Actually its simple. Involvement will mean to get the participants to do something with you while state change means to change the current state of condition they are in. This means if they are sitting straight, they move around or move something in their bodies that will change the current state they are in. Here are the different ways I induce a state change in an audience:

1. Get participants to echo what I write on flipchart board.

2. Get the audience to turn to a partner and say a catch-phrase, eg. “Habits determine your success level” or “Success leave trails.”

3. Get participants to take part in activities, either in pairs or group level.

4. Allow them to discuss with their partners on their action steps.

5. Give time to process their thoughts by writing it down.

(This is not an exhaustive list and there are hundreds of ways to do it but these are the ones that I use a lot during my talks.)

Why 20 minutes? You might ask. Well, that’s a good question.

You see, the Hippocampus, part of the limbic brain is that part that pays attention. A person’s attention is calculated using the following formula:

Attention span = (Age/2) + 2 mins     [Note that the max attention span is 22 minutes]

Therefore, using 20 minutes is a pretty good gauge and is easy to monitor.

Hope this helps you when you speak to audiences or conduct your own training. Have fun!

PS: I will be launching my new DVD soon on “Stirring & Connecting with your audience, anywhere, anytime” which will launch in 5 December 2011. It is a DVD that teaches you how to engage and stir the emotions of your audience. Most people can just talk but how many can actually stir your heart? More information will be released soon about it.

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Great News! I just want to share that I am a Featured Speaker in this year’s Learning & Development Summit 2009. HR Professionals from different companies will be gathered to address key communication strategies for learning and development in the organization as they measure the performance of learning and development programmes.

There will be TOP level professionals from who will be sharing best practices in their field. Companies include:

Agilent Technologies
Deutsche Bank AG
Watson Wyatt
Mercer
TNS

I will be speaking on one of the Workshops: “SECRETS OF DYNAMIC TRAINERS REVEALED” on 24 Apr 2009.

Here is a description of it: What makes Training Powerful and Effective? Are there ways to teach so that participants will be involved, always learning and responding with high energy? You will learn the techniques on how top trainers use Accelerated Learning Techniques to teach with passion, stir their hearts and impact lives. If you want to deliver in a powerful manner, this session is a MUST.

Highlights:

• How to create a High Energy Environment for Learning
• How to ALWAYS get participants to participate and share their learning experiences
• Techniques to effectively increase memory retention to at least 80%
• How to get instant BUY-IN from the audience
• Get Hands-on experience in creating a training program and delivering it 

From what I have heard, the workshops have been filled and there are still tickets left for the main conference on 23 Apr 2009.

For Those in HR, I have SPECIAL DEAL FOR YOU. I managed to negotiate with the organisers and they will be giving FREE tickets to my clients in the HR Field!

Email James directly at       james(a)alleventsgroup.com      Please change the (a) or call him at +65 6506 0960

Tell him that you are a HR contact of Deep Impact and he will follow up with you.

Download your brochure here.

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