Sounds like .. Stage Time
Did you ever play Charades? Charades is a game that anyone can play, anwhere, anytime. Look up the rules and tips before you try this at home, to make sure that you keep the game fair.
Essentially, Charades consists of pantomines. You act out a word or phrase without speaking and your audience responds until someone in your audience guesses the word or phrase you are thinking of.
Opportunities come disguised to us. I got an email in the last few weeks asking for Project Managers to volunteer services for a team that needs Project Management training, but cannot afford expensive training courses. Members of this team need basic training in Project Management skills to manage a few simple projects. With my Project Management Professional (PMP) certication issued by Project Management Institute (PMI), I was one of the handful of local Professional Project Managers sought out to provide this training. (There are only about 250,000 PMP's in the world)
The first thought in my mind was sparked by Darren LaCroix's mantra "Stage Time, Stage Time, Stage Time". As I read the request for volunteer Project Management (PM) services, the email was saying to me "This sounds like stage time".
In fact, the volunteer opportunity is not only stage time to present in front of people, it is also PM time. I get to share my passion for Project Management with this team of people and I will be sharing the virtual stage with other PMP's who are also volunteering.
Going further, there are other types of Stage Time than standing on a stage in front of people. For example, PM time means that the more you practice Project Management skills, the better you will get at it. Organizing Toastmaster club events sounds like Leadership "stage" time to me.
Please comment and share your thoughts. How do opportunites disguised as volunteer efforts come to you? Organizing a contest for your Toastmaster club? Speaking at your place of worship? Volunteering to be editor of your District newsletter for publishing "stage" time?
What sounds like stage time to you?
Essentially, Charades consists of pantomines. You act out a word or phrase without speaking and your audience responds until someone in your audience guesses the word or phrase you are thinking of.
Opportunities come disguised to us. I got an email in the last few weeks asking for Project Managers to volunteer services for a team that needs Project Management training, but cannot afford expensive training courses. Members of this team need basic training in Project Management skills to manage a few simple projects. With my Project Management Professional (PMP) certication issued by Project Management Institute (PMI), I was one of the handful of local Professional Project Managers sought out to provide this training. (There are only about 250,000 PMP's in the world)
The first thought in my mind was sparked by Darren LaCroix's mantra "Stage Time, Stage Time, Stage Time". As I read the request for volunteer Project Management (PM) services, the email was saying to me "This sounds like stage time".
In fact, the volunteer opportunity is not only stage time to present in front of people, it is also PM time. I get to share my passion for Project Management with this team of people and I will be sharing the virtual stage with other PMP's who are also volunteering.
Going further, there are other types of Stage Time than standing on a stage in front of people. For example, PM time means that the more you practice Project Management skills, the better you will get at it. Organizing Toastmaster club events sounds like Leadership "stage" time to me.
Please comment and share your thoughts. How do opportunites disguised as volunteer efforts come to you? Organizing a contest for your Toastmaster club? Speaking at your place of worship? Volunteering to be editor of your District newsletter for publishing "stage" time?
What sounds like stage time to you?
posted by Wayne Botha @ 4:33 PM
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