lead from the front of the room

Lead from the front of the Room

We shared what we knew

We read from slides like these

Our audience left confused

I wish I knew what I was

supposed to get from that !

Should you Lead From the Front?

50/50 chance

When you don’t:

It’s a roll of the dice about whether or not

You are actually leading your audience to do what you want them to do

People Connect With your Information

Coach

Mentor

Teacher

Me

• Run Social Change Diva- A leadership development firm

• I focus on the structure of the content and secondly design

• Ran annual conference for over 1000 attendees

• Recruited speakers and coached them on their presentations

What I know for sure is that

• The Material

• The Audience

• The Format

if you focus on:

You will lead from the front of the room

Material

• Sift through, what is nice to know vs .need to know

• Make it digestable, gain influence

The Material

You will have too much information

• Edit it by asking yourself:

– If they don’t understand this then what I am telling them does not make sense

– If they do not know

how to do this, then they will not be able to do this

Be relentless in asking:

What is nice for them to know

VSWhat do they need

to know

The Audience

Find out the answers to

these questions

• What do they know about your topic

• How are they going to benefit (WIIFM)

• Why are they interested in this subject

But, most importantly

What do you want them to THINK or be able to DO

When they walk out the door:

What do they know about your

topic

• Is this completely new• Is this a refresher• Is it too basic

How do I benefit from this OR What is in it for me?

(WIIFM)

The benefits you state (confidence, more skills, Money, love of your life)

+Their own

conclusions

Why Do I (insert name) Care?(Hint: make it personal)

•If you know something about them, this is the time to show it .

•Relate to them

• Give some common knowledge, assumptions or applications about what you are telling them

Make it Personal

What are the 3 things you want them to do or know?

1. 2.3.

When they walk out the door,

The Format The “Best” Format

• Information Transfer

• Awareness Building

I want them to KNOW

something

• Skills Building

• Professional Development

I want them to DO

something

Information Transfer

DefinitionTo inform the learner. Teaching participants about a subject.

Information Transfer

To inform the learner. Teaching participants about a subject.

FormatLecture and Q & A

Awareness

To get people’s attention or raise their awareness about an issue, topic or concern.

Awareness

Format•Lecture•Q & A•Self Report- “ When I came in I was ____, but now I am ____.

To get people’s attention or raise their awareness about an issue, topic or concern.

Skills Building

To teach a task or specific technique. Learners develop specific, oral, written or physical skills

Skills Building

• Format– Lecture – Hands-On- Activity– Demonstrations and Drills

To teach a task or specific technique. Learners develop specific, oral, written or physical skills

Professional Development

To increase the learners knowledge as it relates to non-technical aspects of his or her job.

Professional Development

To increase the learners knowledge as it relates to non-technical aspects of his or her job.

• Format– Brief Lecture– Discussions– Group Activities– Action Plans

If you:

Get to know your audience ahead of time and tailor your materials to what they need to know

AND If you deliver information in a format

that is easy to follow and immediately applicable;

THEN

lead from the front of the room?

YOU WILL

My offer

• Office Hours Thursday and Friday

• Brief Blueprint coming out soon

• One on One Coaching

My info

• Ericka@Socialchangediva.com • www.socialchangediva.com• Twitter handle: socialchngediva

Thank youReady to Lead?