Its Not The Effort You Put In That Counts, Its The Results You Get Out.“

"It's not the effort you put
in that counts, it's the
results you get out.“

The way you can spell out ideas,
charm people, seduce them and
bring them solutions
by communicating clearly &
efficiently
January 2009 release

© E.Pozzolini

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A message

He paused and looked over the crowd.
"You are not all going to die," he said
slowly. "Only two percent of you right
here today would die in a major battle.
Death must not be feared. Death, in
time, comes to all men. Yes, every man
is scared in his first battle. If he says
he's not, he's a liar. Some men are
cowards but they fight the same as the
brave men or they get the hell
slammed out of them watching men
fight who are just as scared as they
are. The real hero is the man who
fights even though he is scared.

Patton, George General of the 3rd US
Army
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My question to you is :

Are we overcomplicating the means (the
container) and oversimplifying the
message (the content) due to the fact that in
a short lapse of time we have to get our
message through, intelligible, homogenous,
pleasant , politically correct, etc, etcetera,
etcetera ?

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ONE POSSIBLE ANSWER

In any part of the world, in any language,
in any country

your behaviour, your actions, you yourself

be it in the business world, a theatre of war, an
ONG
Will be effective if it is made of a
cocktail of elements and follows some
elementary patterns as well as loose
guidelines such as... 4

beign

 Direct
 Endearing to your team
 Plausible
 Credible
 Respected not necesseraly loved
 Short
 Legible and transparent in your actions
 Firmly grounded on earth
 Real and Factual
 Intelligible
 Comprehensible
 Decisive and determined
 Out of the box
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 Sassy
(Pétillant
et
effervesc
ent)
 Sexy
 Spiffy
(Elégant)
 Jazzy
(Exubéra
nt)
 Mastera
ble
 Mustera
ble
 NOT
embedde
d into
mainstre
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thinking

In one word repeatable & memorable

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The magic formula for it to be
repeatable then to become memorable

 Clean & Clear
 Clear-cut
 To the point
 Simple but not stupid
 URBI & ORBI (Global and Universal)
 Understandable
 Unequivocal
 Idiot-proof (Bac -5 to X Mines)
 User-friendly but no simplistic babystuff

Yes. In one, simple, word: repeatable
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Imperatively it must be K.I.S.s. not K.I.S.S.

K.I.S.s. What do I mean ?

• No cinema, no Hollywood showbiz, no gizmo, no fanfare
• No mumbo jumbo, no chaff !
• No playing around with the snobbism of argot, lingo, the “intimate”
language of the selected few (the shining brigade)
• No “lone rider” attitude (riding into the sunset of glory à la John
Wayne or Shane)

I mean

POSITIVE & RESPECTFULL ATTITUDE, INTELLIGENCE IN
ACTION, BEING SMART, NOT LETTING YOUR EGO
INTERFERE WITH THE MESSAGE, GETTING THE USELESS
OUT OF THE WAY

Keep It Simple & short. Not Stupid, just simple, K.I.S.s.

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What you should put into a
presentation (my personal good salad mix)

a. Creativity and Fantasy
(Those who dare to dare, sort out inventive, non pragmatic,
brilliant solutions, excel in meetings)
a. Know-how
b. Preparation
(Be one in class when you create and manufacture your
presentation)
a. Stamina, character, leadership and charisma
b. Confidence and sense of being in control of the facts, the
data, the field, the subject, the topics, the possible issues

Evidently I omit knowledge. If you do not possess it….go
fishing

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Keep your feet on mother earth in preparing a
presentation
However, be always capable

 of bringing down to Earth up to 20 percent of the
Moon (the bright unconventional ideas and
solutions)
 of using an “x” percent of Mars if the tough gets
tougher (Si vis pacem para bellum)

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An example of a great presentation

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Seductive
To the point
Carismatic
At times painfull but clear
audio
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/jfkinaugural.htm

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Kennedy’s Inaugural Speech

January 1961
Full audio and written transcript

17/02/08

Vice President Johnson, Mr. Speaker, Mr. Chief Justice, President
Eisenhower, Vice President Nixon, President Truman, Reverend Clergy,
fellow citizens:
We observe today not a victory of party, but a celebration of freedom --
symbolizing an end, as well as a beginning -- signifying renewal, as well as
change. For I have sworn before you and Almighty God the same solemn
oath our forebears prescribed nearly a century and three-quarters ago.

The world is very different now. For man holds in his mortal hands the
power to abolish all forms of human poverty and all forms of human life.
And yet the same revolutionary beliefs for which our forebears fought are
still at issue around the globe -- the belief that the rights of man come not
from the generosity of the state, but from the hand of God.

We dare not forget today that we are the heirs of that first revolution. Let
the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the
torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans -- born in this
century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace, proud of
our ancient heritage, and unwilling to witness or permit the slow undoing
of those human rights to which this nation has always been committed,
and to which we are committed today at home and around the world.
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Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall
pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any
friend, oppose any foe, to assure the survival and the success of
liberty.

This much we pledge -- and more.
To those old allies whose cultural and spiritual origins we share, we
pledge the loyalty of faithful friends. United there is little we cannot
do in a host of cooperative ventures. Divided there is little we can do
-- for we dare not meet a powerful challenge at odds and split
asunder.

To those new states whom we welcome to the ranks of the free, we
pledge our word that one form of colonial control shall not have
passed away merely to be replaced by a far more iron tyranny. We
shall not always expect to find them supporting our view. But we
shall always hope to find them strongly supporting their own
freedom -- and to remember that, in the past, those who foolishly
sought power by riding the back of the tiger ended up inside.

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To those people in the huts and villages of half the globe struggling to
break the bonds of mass misery, we pledge our best efforts to help them
help themselves, for whatever period is required -- not because the
Communists may be doing it, not because we seek their votes, but
because it is right. If a free society cannot help the many who are poor,
it cannot save the few who are rich.

To our sister republics south of our border, we offer a special pledge: to
convert our good words into good deeds, in a new alliance for progress,
to assist free men and free governments in casting off the chains of
poverty. But this peaceful revolution of hope cannot become the prey of
hostile powers. Let all our neighbors know that we shall join with them
to oppose aggression or subversion anywhere in the Americas. And let
every other power know that this hemisphere intends to remain the
master of its own house.

To that world assembly of sovereign states, the United Nations, our last
best hope in an age where the instruments of war have far outpaced the
instruments of peace, we renew our pledge of support -- to prevent it
from becoming merely a forum for invective, to strengthen its shield of
the new and the weak, and to enlarge the area in which its writ may
run.

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Finally, to those nations who would make themselves our adversary, we
offer not a pledge but a request: that both sides begin anew the quest for
peace, before the dark powers of destruction unleashed by science engulf
all humanity in planned or accidental self-destruction.
We dare not tempt them with weakness. For only when our arms are
sufficient beyond doubt can we be certain beyond doubt that they will
never be employed.

But neither can two great and powerful groups of nations take comfort
from our present course -- both sides overburdened by the cost of modern
weapons, both rightly alarmed by the steady spread of the deadly atom,
yet both racing to alter that uncertain balance of terror that stays the
hand of mankind's final war.

So let us begin anew -- remembering on both sides that civility is not a
sign of weakness, and sincerity is always subject to proof. Let us never
negotiate out of fear, but let us never fear to negotiate.

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Let both sides explore what problems unite us instead of belaboring
those problems which divide us.

Let both sides, for the first time, formulate serious and precise
proposals for the inspection and control of arms, and bring the
absolute power to destroy other nations under the absolute control
of all nations.

Let both sides seek to invoke the wonders of science instead of its
terrors. Together let us explore the stars, conquer the deserts,
eradicate disease, tap the ocean depths, and encourage the arts and
commerce.

Let both sides unite to heed, in all corners of the earth, the
command of Isaiah -- to "undo the heavy burdens, and [to] let the
oppressed go free."¹
And, if a beachhead of cooperation may push back the jungle of
suspicion, let both sides join in creating a new endeavor -- not a new
balance of power, but a new world of law -- where the strong are
just, and the weak secure, and the peace preserved

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All this will not be finished in the first one hundred days. Nor will it
be finished in the first one thousand days; nor in the life of this
Administration; nor even perhaps in our lifetime on this planet.

But let us begin.

In your hands, my fellow citizens, more than mine, will rest the final
success or failure of our course. Since this country was founded,
each generation of Americans has been summoned to give testimony
to its national loyalty. The graves of young Americans who answered
the call to service surround the globe.

Now the trumpet summons us again -- not as a call to bear arms,
though arms we need -- not as a call to battle, though embattled we
are -- but a call to bear the burden of a long twilight struggle, year
in and year out, "rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation,"² a struggle
against the common enemies of man: tyranny, poverty, disease, and
war itself.

Can we forge against these enemies a grand and global alliance,
North and South, East and West, that can assure a more fruitful life
for all mankind? Will you join in that historic effort?
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In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been
granted the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger.
I do not shrink from this responsibility -- I welcome it. I do not believe
that any of us would exchange places with any other people or any
other generation.

The energy, the faith, the devotion which we bring to this endeavor will
light our country and all who serve it.

And the glow from that fire can truly light the world.
And so, my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for
you; ask what you can do for your country.
My fellow citizens of the world, ask not what America will do for you,
but what together we can do for the freedom of man.

Finally, whether you are citizens of America or citizens of the world,
ask of us here the same high standards of strength and sacrifice
which we ask of you. With a good conscience our only sure reward,
with history the final judge of our deeds, let us go forth to lead the
land we love, asking His blessing and His help, but knowing that here
on earth God's work must truly be our own. 21

Glossary from the Inaugural speech
of President Kennedy
• Deed une bonne action
• Foe ennemi
• To pledge jurer
• Twilight crépuscule
• To stay the hand patienter ou se retenir (depending on context)
• Anew de nouveau
• To belabor se disputer verbalement, insister lourdement sur quelque
chose
• Forebears aïeux
• A hardship épreuve dans l’adversité
• To split asunder se fendre/se rompre
• Bonds lien/liaison avec qqn
• To outpace devancer qqn (to go beyond in action or performance)
• To unite to heed écouter/recevoir le commandement, prendre garde
• Engulfed se engouffrer
• To cast off se défaire de, se débarrasser de
• To burden accroître la pression sur qqn
• An endevaour une entreprise
• Year in and year out année après année
• Writ may run
• To tap accéder
• To shrink ne pas se dérober/reculer devant
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Did JFK

• give his inaugural speech with a Power
Point support ?

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Did JFK

• Articulate well his words and create a vivid
image in the mind of the audience ?
• Master his language, tone, emotions ?
• Instil in his audience a vibrant sense of
challenge and inspiration, i.e.: “the sky has
no limits” ?
• Picture a possible dream on earth?
• Use roman rhetorical style in his speech?
• Inspire with words future deeds ?
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How did he do that ?

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Now then

 What did this speech make you dream of ?
 Did it give you an imaginific sense and
representation of a reality ?
 Did it make sense ?
 Would it have encouraged you in joining the
JFK team ?
 Did it make you feel you wished you were there in
that cold morning of January 1961 ?

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Questions
Would you be able to repeat this message and present it to
an audience ?

Would words you would employ be so powerful and capable
of generating a tangible sense of imagination without the use
of images or pictures, the gimmick so often in cinematic
pervasive “Kindergarten baby-stuff” presentations?

Are you ready to use the sound of an argument and
not the argument of sound?

Are you ready for the use & implementation of
Dialectics and Positive Rhetoric ?

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My question remains
Are we overcomplicating the means and
oversimplifying the message due to the
fact that in a short lapse of time we have to
get our message through, intelligible,
homogenous, pleasant , politically correct,
funny, colourful, etcetera, etcetera, etc… ?

A possible answer will follow

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Step ONE : Say what you do

Step TWO : Do what you say, and make the audience
know it

Step THREE : Bring to market & sell your wares, sell what you say
and do.

No Sales Ticket = not a successful presentation

No short cuts, take the long way if so required, cover uncharted
territories, build a dream with facts well anchored to mother earth.
Pick from the moon a few cobbles of fantastic, ingenuous and
constructive ideas.
Not overly crazy mind you

Your presentation will then be effective, perceived as such, from the
heart, intelligent, well constructed and articulated, informative,
inspiring, repeatable, unboring and innovative. 29

Good luck and now on to work

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