Think it, Plan it, Do it
Ignite Tampa Bay is still looking for great presenters for our upcoming event on January 19th. If you are still sitting around pondering why or what you should present take notes on this blog because we have a plan for you courtesy of one of our sponsors, David Harris of InteleLearn and the Future Founders Lab.
After talking to him about his work with kids in the Future Founders Lab, I decided to try and apply his principles to submitting and presenting a talk for Ignite. First, a little info on Future Founders Lab. The main idea: Kids are cool and they have great ideas. Instead of squashing that unfiltered creativity with standardized tests we should be encouraging them to turn their great ideas into realities by teaching them the principles of business in a way that they understand. The Future Founders Lab does exactly that, helps them take their untapped ideas and gives them the skills to take those ideas to market.
The basics are:
- Think it.
- Plan it.
- Do it.
A simple, yet sound concept that can be applied to submitting and presenting an Ignite talk.
1. Think it. Sit down and ask yourself, what am I really passionate about? What Ignites me? What do I enjoy doing that I want to share with the Tampa Bay community? What do I want to spark interest about or change? Once you find your idea, thought, passion, desire, project, ethos, mantra etc. Write it down. Now you need to think about how you will convey your passion and what call to action you want to leave the audience with -- what impression you want to leave on the community.
2. Plan it. Once you've decided on your topic and your call to action, you need to plan how you are going to convey your passion, how you are going to write up you submission (try reading our blog on tips for submitting) and how you are going to structure your presentation. Planning can involve watching previous Ignites on our YouTube channel or on the national Ignite YouTube (LOTS of great talks there).
3. Do it. Now you're ready to go for it! Submit your talk (here), put together an outline, create your slides and when you're selected to speak practice, practice, practice!
Easy enough right? Come on, it's only 5 minutes!
