What do I need to be successful?
Key Learnings
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Prepare for living in a new country by researching language, climate, living accommodations, social norms, etc.
Minimise culture shock by investing time to experience your new cultural surroundings and understand local customs.
Know how to present yourself in any situation in order to make positive impressions that help you stand out and build stronger professional relationships.
To give an effective presentation, there are three elements that you need to keep in mind: have a presentation plan, know your audience, and engage your audience.
Effective visual aids can help the audience remember your messages.
Visuals should be an aid to the presentation – not the focal point.
Improving your professional skills in different areas (attitude, behaviour and presentation) will strengthen your level of professionalism and make more positive impressions.
Professionalism takes effort, commitment, and application.
Left unresolved, personal conflict can seriously affect your performance on the field.
Once you know your own natural response and understand the style of the other person with whom you are in conflict, you can adjust your response in such a way that leads to resolution more quickly and effectively.

Have a presentation plan

As a presenter, you always need to keep the primary goal in mind – what do you want your audience to know, feel or do when they leave your presentation? With a specific end result in mind, you will be more able to outline and develop your presentation. When developing your presentation, there are four basic elements to keep in mind:

  1. Introduction
    The introduction should get the audience’s attention by opening a dialogue with them or piquing their interest. Ideas for effective introductions include, making reference to recent events, presenting a dramatic statistic, asking some key questions, or quoting a relevant anecdote or story.
  2. Key concept
    The key concept is the primary idea or purpose of the presentation and the common link that connects each element of the presentation – the key concept must be developed before any of the other elements of the presentation.
  3. Supporting facts
    You should develop approximately three supporting ideas – statistics, examples, stories, etc. – for each concept. Supporting facts give the key concept credibility and make the presentation more engaging. If you include statistics or quotes, give the source so your audience knows you have done your research.
  4. Conclusion
    The end of the presentation should recall the primary points of the presentation and give the audience a call-to-action.