The Presentation 2021.

The Presentation 2021:

Where we mis-understood public speaking?

 

Do you feel bore, when anyone speaks around, be it on videos or a person in front? How long would you love to listen to him/her? or would you feel like leaving the hall/class within 5 second of a presentation, I am sure you have had that experience at any given point in your academic and career life.

With the likes of Robin Sharma, Deepak Malhotra and Mr. Barack Obama, take the stage, expectation from the audience goes high. How would one forget the great orator, Jr. Martin Luther king, or perhaps the 35^th American president JF Kennedy, I am certain there would be a “Pin drop silence”, doesn’t matter if there were two or two billion people in front of them, once they began their say. 

Mr. Vedant, at 24, had a decent dexterity to communicate, and present anything to the audience, at the very young age, he had numerous accolades and award for his presentation admiration.

He even had co-founded a “The best speaker club” at his university where he along with some of his friend train his juniors and few seniors.

This is how you instill to present your ideas, the Co-Curricular Director of the university for ‘Leadership Development Program’, Mr. Bikram, showing his dissatisfaction at Vedant during the training process at the club.

Mr. Bikram had bagged 10 national best speaker award, international speaker award. A keynote speaker for various imminent event and activities, he runs three school and five different colleges, a big guy Mr. Bikram.

It is only Vedant who doesn’t like Mr. Bikram style of training, and the mediocre parameter set to evaluate “Public Speaking”, there were numerous incident where Vedant has left Bikram training session at the middle of the classroom. For that Vedant was detained from the university and many action was taken against him.

The club had a mission to spawn 50 solid speakers to compete with other schools presentator at the ‘best speaker award’ which is going to happen after 2 months. And Vedant was preparing 50 solid speakers for the competition.

We have an inter school best speaker award is going to be held after four days of time, Mr. Bikram announced the information to all the students of the school. He then particular asked to Vedant to report him as to how many speakers have been developed so far at what extent.

After the classes gets over, Vedant along with his few friends checked inside the Director room, Mr. Bikram made them sit.

As You all know that only four days left for the competition, and I need one good candidate from the whole school, and Vedant it is your responsibility to selected the one. Let me now who will be the one. Mr. Bikram wanted an urgent reply from Vedant.

Sir, I have just started my club, and I have given them a training schedule today, from tomorrow my training session are going to be commenced. I am not in a position to help you find the right one this point. But if you give me a permission, I can take this as a challenge.

For that you also need some additional training, and we have only four days left, said Mr. Bikram, Vedant in reply, sir I can knob without any training, making presentation sometime goes beyond training.

I am sorry, Vedant, I don’t want to take menace by sending you untrained. Said Bikram.

All I wanted is a trust from your end, sir, Vedant with a soft voice trying to plead his Director.

I will ask you one question, if you could satisfy me, I will be happy to send you, if not- then, I am going to train someone else.

The director posed an intimidating question in front of Vedant.

Vedant was not petrified to take any experiments that his Director going to throw at him. he said he was ok with whatever Bikram had to say.

What’s your philosophy behind the presentation? Bikram asked, he was surefire that, this must be out of the box question to Vedant, but in return. Vedant asks a simple question to Bikram that made him go Pindrop silence for a moment.

Vedant then replied, “A Pin drop Silence” is what a great speaker must aspire for, what mediocre speaker does is they just try to show their reward and accolades, great speakers aspire only for “Pindrop silence” doesn’t matter if there are 2 or 2 billion people snooping to them.

And I believe in “chasing Pindrop silence” than anything else. One day, I dream, when I speak, there would be a ‘Pin drop Silence’. Vedant replied.

His philosophy behind the presentation was greatly criticized by Mr. Bikram

A millennial like Vedant, teaching someone already a star, Mr. Bikram, a well-known presentator since decades, Bikram did not accept the fact that just grown up, tried to show up in front of him.

Mr. Bikram did not select Vedant for the competition, he perhaps doesn’t understand the Vedant philosophy behind the presentation.

A Pindrop silence was a real challenge for Mr. Vedant.

Mr. Bikram prepared someone he knew whom he thought had great presentation skills. But in fact the presentator was failed to make it. He was out from the first audition round. Mr. Bikram never made sound for any sort of presentation since then.

Mr. Vedant really worked hard for his team members at the club to develop the great speakers. But really never had that chance to demonstrate, Mr. Bikram on the other hand never appreciate to proffer a platform for Vedant.

25^th anniversary of school, Mr. Bikram at the stage – this was the worst speech ever by the president.

The next day, Vedant wanted to speak with Mr. Bikram.

I am sure you did not like the way you speak, did you?  Vedant said to Mr. Bikram, at the office after the class the next day. The ego can be felt all across the room from Mr. Bikram.

You know sir, speaker needs to see how much the crowd is listening to them with a great interest, if anyone doesn’t like the way one speak, they won’t listen, they would rather chat with the one side by them and that creates a noise, which is not a quality of a speaker.

How much you know about speaking? Mr. Bikram showed his annoyance to Vedant.

The don’t care how one speak, but I will always value speaker when they have something more than the speech.

It is when the crowd expect something great to listen from the speaker, then speaker achieve a ‘Pindrop silence’. May be you know better than I do. Vedant ended.

Mr. Bikram, is not going to value what anyone has to say about his weakness.

Mr. Vedant keep himself busy until something came up as a big event. Time to prove.

The scheduled inter-university ‘Best Speaker Award’ is round the corner, almost 50 affiliated colleges are going to participate, it is imperative that we need a magnificent team of presentator to fight the competition.

I am supposed to lead the team and participate as well. Said Vedant to his self-centered director.

The Director, in return decline Vedant interest to participate, Mr. Bikram had someone in his mind to get prepared for the leading competition ever.

After a long verbal combat with his Director, Vedant finally lost the hope for his participation at the upcoming event.

For two months, Mr. Bikram trained one of his student, which he sensed can do a prodigious job and perhaps bag the title for the university.

It was more like a competition against Vedant than with any other participants at the event.

50 different colleges, 50 selected participants from each college, out of which Mr. Bikram selected student’s weigh better, because Bikram training has never gone into vain so far.

Each college has put extra determination to outperform the Bikram student.

More than 1200 audience, guests, chief guest, participants, dignitaries from all walks of life and gamut were presented at the event.

Elegant host begins the session; participants were made seated at the waiting hall.

After the formal session ends, host announced the technical session.

Out of 50 different vibrant participants representing their respective college and institutions, Bikram college got 23^rd turn to present on their topic.

Audience vote and judges scoring was taken as an evaluation.

The first five presentators performance was found to be an excellent one, and a huge applause from the audience as well.

20 presentations gone by, Bikram heart beat was pounding every second since then. Finally, the turn was for a much awaited host college participant, Mr. Bikram 25 years of recognition in the field of public speaking and his student now going to take the stage.

Each audience with the excitement.

It was Mr. Vedant on the stage finally, everyone from the host was quite surprised to see him.

Mr. Bikram could not believe his eyes.

A twelve minutes long, a thought-provoking speech delivered. It was more than just a speech. Mr. Vedant at the stage. “A Pin drop Silence” even after Vedant finish his presentation.

The newspaper reporter tracked down Mr. Bikram, after the end of the event.

Vedant was your student, he indeed did an inordinate job, outperformed 50 other great speakers across prestigious universities. You must have trained him, what is your take on this? The reporter asked to Mr. Bikram.

Nobody could have judged his speech, ‘A Pindrop Silence’ from the crowd testified his knack to give novel profile and extent as to how we have misunderstood the “Public Speaking” so far at large. Bikram responded.

Author: Mr. Rajesh Prasad Bhandari

Program Director: BBA: Brixton College

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Quitter

 

Analytics, Think-tank and Elucidation:

The Quitter

 

Far from reality, we are hard reinforced not to quit on our dream, career, and passion, to have a never give up attitude, “if you quit more on what you are most passionate about, you will one day stop dreaming about your life”, we see this more on motivational quotes and videos that force to inspire people.

 But none of this has worked out in Rowand life, career, and future.

It’s really thought-provoking to comprehend how Rowand quitting demeanor had imparted a prodigious management message, where we most are nurtured up on never give up attitude.

Newly admitted, obviously had to create some new friends, when you are in a new school on your first day, Rowand left school in the middle of 7^th grade, and joined the new one.

I have never seen you before in my class, one of the teacher - subject science - asked Rowand in the middle of the class. Yes - sir, I just left my previous school, Rowand replied as quickly as he could.

Everyone in the classroom looked at Rowand with their eyes - wide - open, this was something novel for the rest of the students, Teacher with a lot of curiosity asked Rowand - why did you leave your 7^th grade at the middle of your academic year?

 Because I did not like the mathematics teacher, Rowand replied. Everyone laughed.

Fast forward four years later- During his college years, the science teacher wanted to know about the student’s future ambitions. He started, randomly, the classroom was filled up with, some doctors, engineers, pilots, and police officers. But Rowand had something else in his mind. He told, ambition kills people's dreams, their capabilities.

 The teacher looked surprised, and he asked why do you think so? It doesn’t work that way, having ambition is good but life has its own purpose for all of us. Rowand responded.

Rowand continued, Ambition keep changing, when I was at 5^th standard I told to my father that I want to become an engineer, 3 months later when I see the books of an engineer, my head swing, then I changed my ambition for a doctor, it was great till I found that becoming a doctor needs huge investment. I then stop dreaming about anything in life.

But I am confident I will find the one that I will be happy doing by quitting most where I think I don’t belong.  Uncommon Rowand surely had defies the rest of the dreamers.

Hey, it’s me, Solemen, I sit at the front bench of our classroom, nice to meet you Solemen, it is really nice of you that you approach me, Rowand with a beautiful smile in his face. It was his first week at the newly joined college.

You said you want to be a professor of the university, when the teacher asked at the classroom, I wish you all the very best, and don’t give up on your dreams, Rowand advised to his new friend, Solemen.

Solemen with a passionate smile and confident, you know, I always dreamt of becoming a professor of the university. I don’t think anything can stop me.

I really love the way you carry confidence with your new-found dream. I hope you are going to stick with regardless of circumstances. Rowand replied passionately.

To drag a conversation, Rowand wanted to make something clear with Solemen.

Tell you what Solemen, I don’t know how you see your career and future, but I have my own perspective looking at life and career. If you see someone incredibly success, he will say I was passionate about it since my childhood, and I never give up on my dreams that’s  why I am here.

But he has forgotten the fact that, does he even know where he will stand at this point in time? I am sure no successful people are astrologists. Steve job never knew he is going to die at 52, nor even he knew about where apple will have reached that point. Or Zuckerberg could have had billions of users. He kept experimenting with his ideas.

Now if you ask Jeb Bezos, he will unquestionably reply, I always dreamt of building an empire. The fact is, he is made a billionaire by the customers and employees, surely not by his plan and so call dreams.

I think a career is a series of experimentation. The plan doesn’t have any meaning in my life. why do we need to plan, when we are going to keep changing as per the situation, experiment with your new-found knowledge, and see if u can grow? If u think, things are sucking out of your life, then quit, don’t justify to anyone why you should be working longer than you should and even wasting your time.

Find the next. Life has its own privilege.

Giving up like this would never going to help you in life, be passionate about what you exactly want, Solemen rejoined to Rowand’s rare perspective, as they both came out from their college.

I will show to the whole world, how I am going to achieve my dream.

How would you even know what is going to happen the way you got to see your life 20 years from now? Rowand responded to Solemen at his desperately instilled dream since childhood. Do you even know which job may attract you when you grow up? I hope you need some time to perceive life slightly differently. Rowand retorted.

Quitting did not end at school and college life for Rowand, he indeed quit many of his job with a hefty salary. Nobody knows what Rowand was chasing for? if he was chasing for something big in life or he wanted something small and be happy, if he doesn’t feel to have belonged, finding the next option is what he does.

After quitting many of his job, he finally got a job at one of the biggest company in the world, it was nice for him for 6 and a half months. The hiring manager called Rowand for an exit interview.

You seem to have a great offer from your previous company, despite that you did not bother to quit. Why you did so? Any reason. One of the HR Manager at the exit interview asked to Rowand. I did not quit because the job was hard, I quit because I quickly figure out the job was not for me. And the same thing I realize before a year passed by here in this company. Rowand replied.

What you don’t like about our company? Despite paying you a hefty salary, with the sophisticated corporate culture, I don’t understand why you taking such a decision. The other one of the panel of HR individual put forward a query to Rowand. I did not see anything wrong in the company but working for six months make me understand that, I am not made for the numbers or codes to write for my life long period. I assume I am not meant for anything of this. May be perfect for the rest of my team, just doesn’t appeal to me, I am sorry I wasted company times and investment in me.

Rowand never seems to stop quitting, maybe he was chasing for something that he most passionate about.  he himself doesn’t know about his likes and interest, but what we can understand about his quitting habit is he is surely a good person to figure out what he doesn’t like early in his life so that he could quit on something he finds where he doesn’t belong, but the question is till when Rowand is going to quit. Even Rowand does not have the answer to respond to the people matters for his life.

Rowand on the other hand wants to experiment with his career and life. Or perhaps a smarted quitter the world has ever seen and heard.

22 years later, Rowand had a presentation for his research paper at a 3-Star-Hotel. A three-day conference for a published paper, the last day, the owner of the hotel wanted to meet Rowand and his team member for a thanksgiving.

As Rowand and his team were waiting for the owner at the hotel lobby, Solemen from the back, started to greet all.

 Solemen and Rowand both of them could not believe their eyes.

You are the owner of the Hotel!! How did it happen? It’s a long story, the plan did not work, dropped out amid graduation, said Solemen. Indeed, it must be a long story, replied Rowand.

And how about you?  - finally, it’s you who became a University Professor? How it happened.

Rowand in his own style.  It is a very very elongated story, my friend.  Let’s - go - grab some coffee together and dialogue.

So what is your future plan? Rowand asked Solemen, as both of them were enjoying each sip of coffee. Solemen with a great sense of humor.

Sometimes, you did not even know things outside your ambition and passion are perfect for you. A diverse perspective will not only persevere, he/she will be good at finding what is not meant for them- quit early- and find the one by abolishing the worst to touch out the best.