IGNITE!
Michèle Bramstoft - Copenhagen Relocations
‘Catching Fire’ in Dubrovnik!!
8 eloquently enlightening Ignite presenters created powerfully meaningful and magical moments by giving us examples of embracing change and illustrating how important our beliefs & attitudes towards change are – especially in the mobility industry. But what made this Ignite experience resonate? Here is a look into how the Ignite group ‘caught fire’!
There was passion, humor, wisdom, culture, energy, enlightenment, attitudes, beliefs, and Jugaad. Just one of these ingredients makes for a good speech and our Ignite presenters were able to embrace multiple facets of great presenting including vivacious visuals, engaging body language and vocal variety.
Additionally, most accepted the ‘Ignite’ challenge after originally submitting a ‘regular’ conference session suggestion. [This year there will be separate Ignite submission forms]. This meant that condensing was necessary to turn it into an Ignite presentation format: 20 slides that auto – advance every 15 seconds. Short presentations force the presenter to be concise and use visuals instead of slides crammed with words to help convey points. It also prevents ‘death by PowerPoint’ [boredom] Neuroscientists state that between
50%-80% of our brain’s processing power is dedicated to seeing and processing our visual sense –hence why pictorial slides are favored and more fun for everyone!
Another contributor to the success of this Ignite group was the strong support shared among the presenters themselves. Most were unaware of how much effort, time & work goes into preparing for Ignite. There were WebEx calls to get to know each other, discuss challenges, and highlight deadlines. There were Skype, Face and ‘Real’ Time rehearsals to get the timing exact, make the slides work better, deciding which song to walk out on stage to and all the while remembering to breathe and smile – when conveying their thoughts in 5 short minutes!! These activities pooled the Igniters together as a T.E.A.M. = Together Everyone Achieves More!!
The Igniters reveled and connected to the power of 8 and made the Ignite session in Dubrovnik stand out as an experience that had an extraordinary impact on the audience in attendance, the presenters and the organizers. They kindled the Ignite fire – even under pressure of being filmed stepping out of their comfort zones onto the EuRA stage in front of their peers - each presentation is on our YouTube channel. As the Igniters embraced change – they thrived and gained new insights about themselves which unleashed new pride in their public speaking abilities as well as creating new bonds and deepened existing ones. Hope you will help us ‘Ignite’ Munich next year!!
Michèle Bramstoft
Mail Michele@relocate.dk
Web www.relocate.dk/