Håvard Lillebo, founder of Innotech Solar was successful in being selected to be among the 2013 Red Herring Europe Top 100 Winners. He rehearsed more than any client I have ever worked with in the past. He was the only one to present using Prezi!
For the best viewing experience, be sure and change the resolution of the video to 720p. Check out his winning presentation:
Just today, 3DLT went on the podium at the infamous TechCrunch Disrupt conference and walked off in high heels printed on a 3D printer. Holy pumps Batman!!! There is a $10 credit available now for you to buy a 3D design and even a print at 3DLT up to $10,000,000!
When I was in Bratislava, Slovakia last month working with entrepreneurs and business people wanting to learn how to be better communicators and presenters, the American Embassy came by to interview me. They asked me to talk about a few of the most important coaching tips I give to people looking to captivate their audiences and become better presenters. While the organization interviewing me was Woman Entrepreneurship Program, the tips apply to men too!
Here are 3 short videos covering some of those tips:
Håvard Lillebo, founder of Innotech Solar was successful in being selected to be among the 2013 Red Herring Europe Top 100 Winners.
Håvard Lillebo with Red Herring CEO Alex Vieux
Håvard worked day and night preparing for this event including the week long Easter Holiday in Norway. We met numerous times via Skype and he rehearsed his 12 minute presentation at least 100 times, if not more. This amount of rehearsal for a once in a lifetime presentation gave him a distinct edge against the other 249 companies. He was also one of the very few presenters who used Prezi to present with. It’s a great change up from the typically boring PowerPoint or Keynote slides, in case you have not heard of it.
[UPDATE] Håvard sent me this note from his hospital bed after seeing the post above:
“I already loved presenting before meeting Nathan having raised 45M€ in Venture Capital for my company. But Nathan managed to totally and forever change the way I present! He helped me win a coveted spot in the Red Herring Top 100 Europe companies competing against 249 other companies. It was awesome to work with such a professional and dedicated coach and mentor, especially with a 9 hour difference in time! Every Founder should seek out such a unique possibility of self development and mastering effective communications!”
Thank you Håvard. You were a delight to work with. If every client worked as diligently as you did and never once missed an appointment or made an excuse for not doing something, I am confident more awards would be won and more money would be raised! I sincerely look forward to working with you again and seeing where the Top 100 award will lead you next.
It’s Day 17 of a 17 day trip to Kansas City, MO followed by Bratislava, Slovakia and then over to 5 cities in Norway. It’s been an amazing trip where I met lots of new people and saw lots of majestic scenery. I put together some videos of the experience below:
Kansas City, MO for filming at the Kauffman Foundation for Founders School:
Bratislava, Slovakia:
Bodø, and Harstad, Norway:
Weekend in the Lofoten Islands in Norway:
Oslo, Molde, and Ålesund, Norway:
Finally, the plane trip from to Ålesund to Oslo was during the day! Amazing:
I find myself sitting here in the Oslo Airport reflecting on my life. Maybe it has something to do with being away from home for 14 days. Or, maybe it’s because today is my 25th wedding anniversary. Now, that’s something that should be celebrated at home, right?
Well, I’m here to share that my bride of 25 years is not sentimental about these sort of things, nor am I. We both know that whether it’s the actual day of the life event or a few days later, it doesn’t really matter. It removes most of the stress related with celebrating anything, actually! I believe that’s one of the reasons we are able to get through the days or weeks when we are separated by an ocean and 9 or more time zones and a day like today is in between.
So, to my dearest Leigh Ann,
While I cannot be with you or have you in my arms today, know that I am thinking of you. I found myself drifting off occasionally today recalling the years we have been together.
I am so beyond happy to have you with me for the past 25 years. It’s been amazing. Having Felicia and Alaina with you as their mom is even more than I could have hoped for as a husband and parent. You have been and continue to be a wonderful role model for them and me, which goes way beyond parenting.
For you, I wish today to be filled with good memories of the day we said, “I do. I do.” Being here in Oslo and other parts of the country where snow is everywhere, I am reminded that on March 20, 1988 on Long Island, it snowed about 1 inch just hours before our wedding and made it so totally memorable to start the day, especially in March!
I will see you on Saturday with open arms. We’ll celebrate the number of years in a few days time. However, in my book, everyday is a celebration with you in my life. How about another 25? Whatdaysay girl?
Loving you always,
Nathan
PS: Sorry for the public address here darling. But, sitting here alone in Oslo at the moment somehow made the words just fall out of my fingers into the iPad and onto my blog.
I haven’t used a laptop to present with in a really long time. I have been traveling internationally with the iPad for over 8 months now and I have never looked back for my laptop. It stays home now and I remote into it once in a blue moon when I need something.
It saves me so much time, especially when arriving at the meeting location. The iPad as a presentation tool has literally changed my life and reduced my stress tremendously.
In case you have not seen them, I always use one of the VGA or HDMI cables connected to the bottom of the iPad to the projector, given that the cable THEY provide is in a place where I want to present. Then, I connect their sound to the iPad headphone jack. Sometimes, I’ll use my own Jawbone wireless speaker to let the room hear better, if the room is without a sound system.
The HDMI cable lets you plug in power to the iPad whereas the VGA cable does not. However, I see only about 20% of the conference rooms I use able to connect HDMI. One day, they will all be HDMI, hopefully.
Is this helpful or did you know all of this already?
iPad Presentation Tips
-Use a pointer tool for a more professional look while on stage
-Use the Logitech slim keyboard/stand/cover and set it up in 30 seconds
-Add eGrips to your iPad to prevent dropping and sliding and scratches!
-Must have two cables…VGA and HDMI
-Special micro-cloth to clean screen before every presentation
-Always set the Auto Lock to Never when presenting
-Turn off all Notifications so you are not bothered with messages during a presentation
-Use voice recognition when appropriate as it is very accurate (Dragon)
-You can easily screen shot and txt/email to people
-Discover Prezi, which gives you freedom to design and surprise your audience all while off line!
What are some tips that work for you? Do tell in the Comments.
I am sitting here in my hotel enjoying the last few hours in Oslo, Norway and I keep thinking about a video I saw yesterday, So, I found the source of the video and I wanted to share it with people that read this blog, but don’t use Facebook. It’s a little off topic, but worth it.
Welcome Back is a video in a series of creative T-Mobile ads. There is no talking and no selling, so not to worry. There are 8 pieces of music combined in a very unique way.
NOTE: There are no instruments used in this video. And, no “music over” like people do with voice overs. It’s true…I checked. Listen carefully…Turn up the speakers or put on the headphones for this one and press play:
In fact, there were no instruments in the video production and it was recorded in one take! Every passenger that came off the flight had no idea what was going on. The producers timed each song change to the type of passenger or passengers that came through the door and they did it in real time. There were 18 hidden cameras and 300 singers. Imagine all of those wireless headsets and the bank of inputs to the recording equipment! It was more than likely the largest acapella sing along ever assembled in one place singing at the same time. But, I may be wrong on that,
I hope you enjoyed watching this as much as I did. I had a smile on my face for the entire length of the video. How did you feel after you were finished watching? Leave a comment below…
Just before the holidays at the Citrix Startup Accelerator 2 year anniversary party, I met one of the coolest CEO’s with the coolest, and I mean coolest, gadget for iPads and tablets. The kubi. What is it for? You need to watch it to believe it…
To say the least, I have already ordered one and can hardly wait to start using it. I hope you see the value of this device too.
I am continually asked this question by people from all over the world. I used to have a rule of thumb for this, but once I saw Solomon Hykes deliver 44 slides in under 4 minutes, I changed my tune. Now, my answer to this question is always, “How many do you need?”
Here is the presentation that Solomon Hykes, CEO from dotCloud.com did at GigaOM Structure conference. Unfortunately, you cannot see the slides because of the way they filmed the event. But, there were 44 of them and he won 1st place against the 11 other companies. Well done Solomon!