Nicholas Bate

Extreme Presenting

The story so far:

You know what Extreme Sports are don't you? You may even be a practitioner. Here's a definition from Wikipedia:

"Extreme sport (also called action sport, adventure sport, and adventurous sport) is a media term for certain activities perceived as having a high level of inherent danger or difficulty and often involving speed, height, a high level of physical exertion, and highly specialized gear or spectacular stunts."

But you probably haven't heard of Extreme Productivity or Presenting or Wealth or.... Well, here's your chance:

"The Extreme Portfolio is a selection of Personal Enhancement Skills which allow a good to excellent practitioner of said soft skills e.g. presenting to move to a standard of outstanding or awesome by focusing on the absolute essentials of the skill, by working the high pay-off areas and ignoring some of the standard 'safety' but limiting practices. There is an incredible exhileration in getting it right as the practitioner is often flipped 'into the zone'. There is also a high level of risk if focus is lost or attention to detail is lost"

Extreme Presenting

Rule 1
Present unplugged. No technology. Just you and maybe a white-board or flip-chart.

Rule 2
Decide what action you want from the audience. Buy something? Agree something? Understand something? If there is no action, then send them an e-mail and save everybody's time.

Rule 3
Tell a story which encourages that action. Stories engage, reach deeper into the brain, are memorable and above all make the point rapidly and easily.

Rule 4
Do not leave the room until the action has been agreed.

By the way, Extreme Productivity is here.

Extreme Productivity

The story so far:

You know what Extreme Sports are don't you? You may even be a practitioner. Here's a definition from Wikipedia:

"Extreme sport (also called action sport, adventure sport, and adventurous sport) is a media term for certain activities perceived as having a high level of inherent danger or difficulty and often involving speed, height, a high level of physical exertion, and highly specialized gear or spectacular stunts."

But you probably haven't heard of Extreme Productivity or Presenting or Wealth or.... Well, here's your chance:

"The Extreme Portfolio is a selection of Personal Enhancement Skills which allow a good to excellent practitioner of said soft skills e.g. presenting to move to a standard of outstanding or awesome by focusing on the absolute essentials of the skill, by working the high pay-off areas and ignoring some of the standard 'safety' but limiting practices. There is an incredible exhileration in getting it right as the practitioner is often flipped 'into the zone'. There is also a high level of risk if focus is lost or attention to detail is lost"

Extreme Produtivity

Rule 1
You no longer carry a watch. You decide that whatever you are doing, you will be in that moment and not worrying about the previous meeting, nor worrying about the journey home. You will simply 'be here now'. When you need a time-check, there are plenty around.

Rule 2
You carry one 3 by 5 card each day, freshly created. It has a vertical line to divide each side of the landscape mode. One side is home/personal. One side is work/commercial. The Left-hand division is IN time (Important and Urgent). The right-hand division is ON time (Important and Investing). Complete them and work them.

Rule 3
All meetings are a maximum of 30 minutes. All meetings are standing up.

Rule 4
All decisions are followed by an immediate action.

Extreme Productivity

You know what Extreme Sports are don't you? You may even be a practitioner. Here's a definition from Wikipedia:

"Extreme sport (also called action sport, adventure sport, and adventurous sport) is a media term for certain activities perceived as having a high level of inherent danger or difficulty and often involving speed, height, a high level of physical exertion, and highly specialized gear or spectacular stunts."

But you probably haven't heard of Extreme Productivity or Presenting or Wealth or.... Well, here's your chance:

"The Extreme Portfolio is a selection of Personal Enhancement Skills which allow a good to excellent practitioner of said soft skills e.g. presenting to move to a standard of outstanding or awesome by focusing on the absolute essentials of the skill, by working the high pay-off areas and ignoring some of the standard 'safety' but limiting practices. There is an incredible exhileration in getting it right as the practitioner is often flipped 'into the zone'. There is also a high level of risk if focus is lost or attention to detail is lost"

Are you ready?

Join us tomorrow for Extreme Productivity.