There’s no tip in this entry… just an ida to think about! Â :)
A librarian I know once told me that a book in the wrong place in a library may as well not exist. People can’t find it when they look for it. Â That means they can’t take it out, they can’t read it and they can’t discover what’s on the pages. Â Boring though it is, he said, the Dewey Decimal system is the lifeblood of being a librarian – it’s how books are located and, therefore, how the contents of those books is passed on.
I didn’t see the parallel until towards the end of our cup of coffee together.
Presentations are to most people’s work what the Dewey system is to the users of a library. Â No matter how good the book, if no one can find it, it’s wasted. Â No matter how good your ideas, if no one knows about them, they’re wasted.
I’m not saying a good delivery system means you don’t need good material, but without it, your material might never get taken out of the library… :)
Think about it – how long have you ever spent searching through your CD collection for something you knew was there? Â I’ll put money on the fact that you’ve done that – everyone has… and you found it, no doubt. Â The thing is, not only was it your CD collection but you already knew what was there. Â Would someone else have spent so long diligently searching for the right track for the moment? Â No. Â They’d have settled for the first track that they found which worked.
… or, more likely, gone to someone else’s collection! :)
How long do you think people will listen to your unstructured presentations? Would they even turn up? Â Life’s not just about what you know – it’s about how you present and communicate it. Â The best ideas get lost if they don’t have a Dewey System!
