Michael Lopp author of the acclaimed Rands in Repose
blog and the books Being Geek and Managing Humans joins Rypple for an interactive chat. Learn how Michael runs 1:1s with his engineering team.
The document provides dos and don'ts for giving presentations. It recommends keeping bullet points simple and focused on important points. Presenters should deliver a strong opening, plan any multimedia elements carefully, and frame their story to change perspectives. Text on slides should be minimized to 10 words per slide and rehearsal is important. Presenters should follow up after their presentation, edit themselves to stay focused, and avoid unpracticed humor or irrelevant information that wastes time.
This document discusses best practices for presentations. It advises against putting all content on slides as readers will focus on the screen instead of the presenter. It also warns against overusing colors and images as this can destroy the audience's focus and prevent message transmission, potentially causing epilepsy attacks. Simple, easy-to-read slides with quality images and emphasized key points are recommended instead.
Storytelling is as old as time itself. Since the beginning of humankind, we share our experiences, we teach, we inspire, we relate to stories as told all around us. They are told by elders, they are told by kids at the dinner table, they are written down in books, and they are captured on video or tape. One thing is certain, stories are being told, but what are your stories and how can you become adept at telling them? This session offers insights that attendees can apply immediately to become more effective with presenting, selling, and convincing their audiences.
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This document recommends ways for conference attendees to get more value from a conference beyond just attending sessions. It suggests attending open spaces and lightning talks to dive deeper into specialized topics, interacting with others on social media to share opinions and find ways to help solve challenges, and meeting new people rather than just following the main session schedule.
Becoming a Storyteller for the Design Process: Telling the Customers StoriesUXPA International
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This document discusses how becoming a storyteller for the design process can help tell a customer's story. It explains that stories are important in design because they help understand customer needs when their full story is unknown. The document outlines the key elements of a story, including setting, characters, plot, and ending. It also discusses how artifacts and roleplaying can enhance telling a customer's story and bring it to life, providing examples of roleplaying tools and how to share stories within an organization.
Every language has its own collection of wise sayings. They offer advice about how to live and also transfer some underlying ideas, principles and values of a given culture / society. These sayings are called "idioms" - or proverbs if they are longer. These combinations of words have (rarely complete sentences) a "figurative meaning" meaning, they basically work with "pictures".
This List of commonly used idioms and sayings (in everyday conversational English), can help to speak English by learning English idiomatic expressions. This is a list, which contains exactly 66 of the most commonly used idioms and their meaning.
This document discusses and defines three terms related to gender dynamics in meetings: mansplaining, manterrupting, and bropriating. Mansplaining refers to a man condescendingly explaining something to a woman that she already knows. Manterrupting is when a man interrupts or talks over a woman. Bropriating is when a man repeats or takes credit for a woman's idea. Studies show that men interrupt women more often, dominate meeting time, and hold most CEO positions. The document provides tips for individuals to curb these behaviors and promote more equal participation, such as setting ground rules, calling out interruptions, and attributing ideas to their originators.
The document provides tips for creating a successful podcast, including focusing on clear audio content about topics you're knowledgeable in, regularly uploading episodes to stay relevant, establishing a consistent schedule, practicing voice modulation, sharing the podcast on social media and including transcripts to make sharing easier, conducting interviews and taking calls to make the podcast more engaging, and providing contact information for additional podcast support services.
The document provides tips for creating effective PowerPoint presentations:
1) Keep designs simple with visual rest areas and do not write out every word planned to be said verbally as it will bore audiences.
2) Allow slides to act as backdrops for oral presentations rather than writing out full scripts.
3) Use high quality fonts, ensure readability with sufficient size and spacing, and check for spelling errors.
This document provides presentation suggestions including citing images properly, using readable fonts and color combinations, and avoiding distracting backgrounds. It recommends using the provided design templates and standard color schemes for easy to read slides. Dark text on dark or brightly colored backgrounds should be avoided as they are difficult to see.
Think back to the most annoying meetings youve ever had
Did they have anything in common? A certain co-worker or boss, perhaps?
This week were naming and shaming some of the most irritating people we think should be banned from meetings, for good.
How to use various elements of delivery, such as gestures, vocal variety, and eye contact, to deliver presentations with confidence, enthusiasm and conviction.
The document provides a list of potential solutions for light sleepers. It is divided into two parts - the first summarizes common causes of light sleeping between natural factors like sunlight and snoring, and artificial factors like TV and music. The second part is a lengthy list of over 50 suggestions to help light sleepers sleep better, ranging from using soundproofing materials and white noise, to lifestyle changes like exercise, sleep training, and sleeping in unusual places or positions.
The United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) works to modernize and harmonize rules for international business. Comprised of 60 member states, UNCITRAL operates six working groups and aims to unify national trade laws through conventions and other outputs like model laws, guides, and seminars. These efforts help coordinate different legal systems, speed up international trade, increase economic growth, and improve living standards globally.
This document discusses microcredit in Italy. It provides background on Banco Popolare, one of the largest Italian bank groups. It then defines microloans based on the European Commission and notes they are loans under 25,000 for personal or business use. The attractiveness of microcredit to banks is also discussed. It outlines the objectives to analyze European and Italian microcredit market sizes and best practices. The methodology involved reports and interviews with leading microfinance institutions in Italy and Spain, as well as a global player. Two common business models are described - one involving banks partnering with non-profits, and one where banks issue microloans directly.
This document outlines the various risks faced by Royal Dutch Shell Plc. including capital market risk, market risk, credit risk, liquidity risk, country risk, political risk, property and liability risk, environmental risk, health and safety risk. It describes each risk type and provides steps Shell takes to manage risks such as using treasury standards, insurance, credit analysis, and limiting exposure to high rated counterparties. The board is responsible for overseeing risk management to protect profitability and ensure the company's long-term survival.
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The hospitality industry is deeply influenced by social and cultural factors that shape customer expectations, service delivery, and overall business operations. Hospitality, which encompasses lodging, food and beverage services, travel, and tourism, thrives on human interactions. Understanding the social and cultural dimensions is crucial for businesses to create positive guest experiences, ensure inclusivity, and maintain a competitive edge in a globalized world. This paper explores the social and cultural perspectives in hospitality, focusing on their impact on service quality, customer relations, workforce diversity, and the adaptation of businesses to different cultural settings.
JARINZO TANABATAS SIX CAPITAL FORCES: A FRAMEWORK FOR STRATEGIC ADVANTAGEJarinzo Tanabata
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Strategic Excellence: In the ever-evolving landscape of business, technology, and governance, traditional views of capital as a static resource no longer suffice. To maintain a competitive edge, organizations must not only accumulate resources but must activate, integrate, and orchestrate them in ways that align with long-term goals. Jarinzo Tanabatas Six Capital Forces offers a rigorous and pragmatic framework for achieving this level of strategic agility. By viewing capital not as a static accumulation but as an interconnected system of forces, Tanabata introduces a model that drives growth, innovation, and sustained competitive advantage.
In the same tradition as thinkers like Peter Drucker, who emphasized the importance of aligning strategy with organizational capabilities, and Michael Porter, who outlined the critical dynamics of competitive advantage, Tanabata offers a vision of capital that is fluid, responsive, and ever-adapting. His Six Capital Forces Intellectual, Social, Financial, Human, Structural, and Natural must be continuously activated, integrated, and orchestrated to yield real value. This approach aligns with the strategic and operational needs of organizations looking to excel in a volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous world.
Traditionally, capital was seen primarily as a static resource to be accumulated: assets, cash reserves, intellectual property, and human resources. But Tanabata's framework challenges this perspective by viewing capital as a dynamic force, a series of interrelated modalities that must be activated and integrated to drive sustained value creation. The success of modern institutions, corporations, and political bodies does not lie simply in their capital reserves but in their capacity to activate and orchestrate these reserves to deliver tangible, long-term results.
FIFA Friendly Match at Alberni Valley - Strategic Plan.pptxabuhasanjahangir
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Let us make this match as the featured International friendly match between Team Canada and a popular World Cup-playing nation in Alberni Valley as part of the lead-up to FIFA 2026. This event will create global attention and drive economic and community benefits.
The document provides tips for creating a successful podcast, including focusing on clear audio content about topics you're knowledgeable in, regularly uploading episodes to stay relevant, establishing a consistent schedule, practicing voice modulation, sharing the podcast on social media and including transcripts to make sharing easier, conducting interviews and taking calls to make the podcast more engaging, and providing contact information for additional podcast support services.
The document provides tips for creating effective PowerPoint presentations:
1) Keep designs simple with visual rest areas and do not write out every word planned to be said verbally as it will bore audiences.
2) Allow slides to act as backdrops for oral presentations rather than writing out full scripts.
3) Use high quality fonts, ensure readability with sufficient size and spacing, and check for spelling errors.
This document provides presentation suggestions including citing images properly, using readable fonts and color combinations, and avoiding distracting backgrounds. It recommends using the provided design templates and standard color schemes for easy to read slides. Dark text on dark or brightly colored backgrounds should be avoided as they are difficult to see.
Think back to the most annoying meetings youve ever had
Did they have anything in common? A certain co-worker or boss, perhaps?
This week were naming and shaming some of the most irritating people we think should be banned from meetings, for good.
How to use various elements of delivery, such as gestures, vocal variety, and eye contact, to deliver presentations with confidence, enthusiasm and conviction.
The document provides a list of potential solutions for light sleepers. It is divided into two parts - the first summarizes common causes of light sleeping between natural factors like sunlight and snoring, and artificial factors like TV and music. The second part is a lengthy list of over 50 suggestions to help light sleepers sleep better, ranging from using soundproofing materials and white noise, to lifestyle changes like exercise, sleep training, and sleeping in unusual places or positions.
The United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) works to modernize and harmonize rules for international business. Comprised of 60 member states, UNCITRAL operates six working groups and aims to unify national trade laws through conventions and other outputs like model laws, guides, and seminars. These efforts help coordinate different legal systems, speed up international trade, increase economic growth, and improve living standards globally.
This document discusses microcredit in Italy. It provides background on Banco Popolare, one of the largest Italian bank groups. It then defines microloans based on the European Commission and notes they are loans under 25,000 for personal or business use. The attractiveness of microcredit to banks is also discussed. It outlines the objectives to analyze European and Italian microcredit market sizes and best practices. The methodology involved reports and interviews with leading microfinance institutions in Italy and Spain, as well as a global player. Two common business models are described - one involving banks partnering with non-profits, and one where banks issue microloans directly.
This document outlines the various risks faced by Royal Dutch Shell Plc. including capital market risk, market risk, credit risk, liquidity risk, country risk, political risk, property and liability risk, environmental risk, health and safety risk. It describes each risk type and provides steps Shell takes to manage risks such as using treasury standards, insurance, credit analysis, and limiting exposure to high rated counterparties. The board is responsible for overseeing risk management to protect profitability and ensure the company's long-term survival.
Your paragraph text_20250307_191630_0000.pdfjatv64344
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The hospitality industry is deeply influenced by social and cultural factors that shape customer expectations, service delivery, and overall business operations. Hospitality, which encompasses lodging, food and beverage services, travel, and tourism, thrives on human interactions. Understanding the social and cultural dimensions is crucial for businesses to create positive guest experiences, ensure inclusivity, and maintain a competitive edge in a globalized world. This paper explores the social and cultural perspectives in hospitality, focusing on their impact on service quality, customer relations, workforce diversity, and the adaptation of businesses to different cultural settings.
JARINZO TANABATAS SIX CAPITAL FORCES: A FRAMEWORK FOR STRATEGIC ADVANTAGEJarinzo Tanabata
油
Strategic Excellence: In the ever-evolving landscape of business, technology, and governance, traditional views of capital as a static resource no longer suffice. To maintain a competitive edge, organizations must not only accumulate resources but must activate, integrate, and orchestrate them in ways that align with long-term goals. Jarinzo Tanabatas Six Capital Forces offers a rigorous and pragmatic framework for achieving this level of strategic agility. By viewing capital not as a static accumulation but as an interconnected system of forces, Tanabata introduces a model that drives growth, innovation, and sustained competitive advantage.
In the same tradition as thinkers like Peter Drucker, who emphasized the importance of aligning strategy with organizational capabilities, and Michael Porter, who outlined the critical dynamics of competitive advantage, Tanabata offers a vision of capital that is fluid, responsive, and ever-adapting. His Six Capital Forces Intellectual, Social, Financial, Human, Structural, and Natural must be continuously activated, integrated, and orchestrated to yield real value. This approach aligns with the strategic and operational needs of organizations looking to excel in a volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous world.
Traditionally, capital was seen primarily as a static resource to be accumulated: assets, cash reserves, intellectual property, and human resources. But Tanabata's framework challenges this perspective by viewing capital as a dynamic force, a series of interrelated modalities that must be activated and integrated to drive sustained value creation. The success of modern institutions, corporations, and political bodies does not lie simply in their capital reserves but in their capacity to activate and orchestrate these reserves to deliver tangible, long-term results.
FIFA Friendly Match at Alberni Valley - Strategic Plan.pptxabuhasanjahangir
油
Let us make this match as the featured International friendly match between Team Canada and a popular World Cup-playing nation in Alberni Valley as part of the lead-up to FIFA 2026. This event will create global attention and drive economic and community benefits.
KCS Whitepaper - A Blockchain-Based Value Self-Circulation EcosystemKuCoin - Exchange
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A whitepaper is a document detailing a crypto project's concept, technical information, roadmap, and tokenomics.
KCS holders also form the core user group responsible for the growth of KuCoin.
At the same time, the development and growth of KuCoin provides KCS ecosystem.
Join - www.kucoin.com/r/af/rBWCSN4
KuCoin - Exchange - KuCard - physical Debit Card - International - Crypto
AI Safety in Parliaments: Latest Standards and Compliance ChallengesDr. Fotios Fitsilis
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Joint presentation by Fotis Fitsilis and Vasileios Alexiou at the International Workshop on Cybersecurity and Society (IWCS)
5 March 2025
Universit辿 du Qu辿bec en Outaouais, Canada
Profisee - HIMSS workshop - Mar 2025 - final.pptxProfisee
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Workshop presentation given at the HIMSS 2025 conference, featuring Martin Boyd from Profisee, Anna Taylor from Multicare, Brigitte Tebow from Azulity, and Camille Whicker from Microsoft
Australia's energy policy for heavy industries such as steel production are based on storing renewable energy as green hydrogen. However, steel production is energy intensive and green hydrogen is proving to be difficult to commercialise, let alone produce, store, and transport. The renewable energy link to Indonesia and Singapore, based on the plan for the Australian Renewable Energy Hub in the Pilbara, has been replaced by the idea that green hydrogen can be converted to green ammonia for transportation, and converted back to hydrogen on the other side. Again, the process is energy intensive. Add to the energy demands that will be created by data centres and artificial intelligence, the scaling up of energy production is unlikely to be met without nuclear. The green energy dream is unlikely to materialise and is proving unworkable.
Science Communication beyond Journal Publications WorkshopWAIHIGA K.MUTURI
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Science Not Shared is Science Lost: Bridging the Gap Between Research and Impact 鏝
In the heart of Africa, where innovation meets resilience, lies an untapped reservoir of scientific brilliance. Yet, too often, groundbreaking research remains confined within the walls of journals, inaccessible to the communities it seeks to serve. This February, I am thrilled to join the "Science Communication Beyond Journal Publications" workshop at the Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI) as one of the lead trainers. Together, we will unravel the power of storytelling, creative media, and strategic communication to amplify science's voice beyond academia.
Science is not just about discoveryit's about connection. Imagine a researcher in Kampala whose work could transform public health policy but struggles to translate their findings into actionable insights for policymakers. Or a young scientist in Nairobi whose groundbreaking study on climate resilience could inspire farmers but remains buried in technical jargon. These stories matter. They hold the potential to change lives and rewrite Africas narrative on poverty and development.
At this workshop, we will explore how scientists can collaborate with communicators to craft compelling stories that resonate with policymakers, communities, and global audiences alike. From podcasts that bring lab discoveries to life ァ to press releases that spark media attention and digital tools that democratize knowledge we will empower participants to make their research accessible and impactful.
This mission aligns deeply with my belief that Africa MUST change the way it tackles poverty. Science communication is not just about sharing knowledge; it's about driving action. When researchers effectively communicate their work, they empower communities with solutions rooted in evidence. They influence policies that prioritize sustainable development. They inspire innovation that addresses grassroots challenges.
Let us humanize scienceinfuse it with stories of hope, struggle, and triumphand ensure it reaches those who need it most. Because when science connects with people, it transforms lives.
To my fellow scientists and communicators: this is our call to action. Lets bridge the gap between discovery and impact. Lets co-create stories that not only inform but inspire action across Africa and beyond.
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