Prosperous Project Management: So easy, Even a Caveman can do it...

Prosperous Project Management

Tips, techniques and pragmatic strategies for excellent Project Managers, Toastmasters and high personal achievers. Wayne Botha is a rare Project Manager, with passion for achieving results through Project Management, while improving inter-personal relationships, and developing Project Managers in the process. Wayne is a faculty member at Toastmsters Leadership Institute and Axia college of University of Phoenix.

Thursday, September 6, 2007

So easy, Even a Caveman can do it...

Dave Paradi's newsletter of Sept 4, 2007 arrived in my mailbox this week. Sign up for this informative newsletter right now, by clicking here.

Dave and I subscribe to the same philosophy when presenting with PowerPoint. You slides should be used to display photos and customized images, and your presentation is supported with stories.

Dave points out in this newsletter that cavemen implemented this philosophy 5,000 years ago with vivid cave drawings. Cavemen added to the drawings with stories of their hunting quests.

If cavemen were able to communicate with drawings on rock walls, imagine what cavemen would have been able to communicate if they had PowerPoint at their disposal. How do you "Undo" a mistake on a rock anyway? I guess you had better get it right the first time :)

Getting back to the point - 5,000 years ago cavemen proved that the best method of communication is customized images with supporting stories. I believe we should continue to use this philosophy.

Thanks Dave Paradi for sharing this piece of communication history with us.

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Name: Wayne Botha

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Wayne Botha is one of those rare people who can say he is a project manager, author and speaker and mean it. He is a past Area Governor for Toastmasters International and an enthusiastic Toastmaster. Wayne is a faculty member of Toastmasters Leadership Institute and has trained audiences in South Africa, Netherlands, Saudi Arabia and the USA. With an MBA in eCommerce, and a PMP certification, Wayne is sought out to speak at Toastmasters and Project Management conferences. Wayne's colleagues and friends often tease him about his South African accent.