Wednesday, April 27, 2005
Take Your Kids To Work: Show and Tell!
Officially, the national date for "Take Our Daughters And Sons To Work®" is on the fourth Thursday in April. This year, you can take your children to work on Thursday, April 28, 2005.
But what, actually, to do? The official site recommends an exciting set of activities.
But whatever you do, make sure you get photo aproval from parents or guardians if you decide to use any pictures or videos you take in your corporate presentations, PR, or videos.
And here's a fun idea: have children draw pictures of what inspires them most about your special day together. They'll love it! And you not only get to post and enjoy the pictures when they go home, but you also just might actually be able to use their drawings in corporate presentations and videos!
I'm thinking about a PowerPoint presentation I created for a highly technical organization that sells a complicated product. I used some of the children's drawings as transition pieces to help the sales people "show and tell" a more simplistic story about the company's products and their organizational culture....without talking down to their C-Level executive audience.
So, even if your organization DOESN'T participate in the "Take Our Daughters And Sons To Work®" program, think about a child's point of view as you're preparing a highly technical presentation for C-level executives. You can emotionally connect with your audience when you "show and tell" your organization's commitment to family and community. And by making your product seem less complicated, you can warm up your audience to you...and your product line. ¶ 4/27/2005 04:48:00 PM
Officially, the national date for "Take Our Daughters And Sons To Work®" is on the fourth Thursday in April. This year, you can take your children to work on Thursday, April 28, 2005.
But what, actually, to do? The official site recommends an exciting set of activities.
But whatever you do, make sure you get photo aproval from parents or guardians if you decide to use any pictures or videos you take in your corporate presentations, PR, or videos.
And here's a fun idea: have children draw pictures of what inspires them most about your special day together. They'll love it! And you not only get to post and enjoy the pictures when they go home, but you also just might actually be able to use their drawings in corporate presentations and videos!
I'm thinking about a PowerPoint presentation I created for a highly technical organization that sells a complicated product. I used some of the children's drawings as transition pieces to help the sales people "show and tell" a more simplistic story about the company's products and their organizational culture....without talking down to their C-Level executive audience.
So, even if your organization DOESN'T participate in the "Take Our Daughters And Sons To Work®" program, think about a child's point of view as you're preparing a highly technical presentation for C-level executives. You can emotionally connect with your audience when you "show and tell" your organization's commitment to family and community. And by making your product seem less complicated, you can warm up your audience to you...and your product line. ¶ 4/27/2005 04:48:00 PM
