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Consulting Skills for IT Pros
Ruven Gotz
Ruven Gotz
Toronto
@ruveng
spinsiders.com/ruveng
Intro - Animated
London, UK Johannesburg, SA Sydney, AU
Canada’s biggest commercial SharePoint conference
Buy the Book (or Kindle):http://amzn.to/JnxlcC
This presentation is excerpted from this book, authored by me, with contributions from Michal Pisarek and Sarah Haase
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We are often working in dangerous environments
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Someone has ‘sold’ your stakeholders
Reality: The waters can be rougher than expected…
…but the results can make it worthwhile
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What makes it so difficult?
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Dealing with humans in tough circumstances
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Soft skills
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Listening
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Honesty
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Humour
PowerPoint Presentation Skills
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They can read the slides, or they can listen to you…
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• The first things you need to know are:– Keep it simple
• Use simple words to state your concepts• Don’t over-clutter your message• Too many words are hard to comprehend
– The problem with too many words is that, to make them fit, you have to shrink them really small, which can make them hard to read for the attendees
This.is Especially trueFor code
– Make it look great• Find great imagery• Follow well established design principles• Use a combination of fonts that work well together
– Plan appropriately• Give yourself plenty of time to brainstorm• Get all your ideas down• Hone your message• Give yourself plenty of time to practice so you can be
smooth
– Present well• Don’t read your slides• Speak clearly• I hope you haven’t tried to read all this fine print – it’s
meant to be a joke
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Oops, I went to far, let me back up…
Confused
Bored
Engaged
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Help for scribblers
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Avoid: Clipart, low-rez, stealing, crazy animation
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Avoid: Images that confuse rather than support
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The best books I’ve read on presenting
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIABo0d9MVE
How do we get to this happy state?
You have got to get everyone onto the same page
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Yes! A bridge!
Odds of success?
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The key to shared commitment is Shared Understanding
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Visual tools are a great way to get to shared understanding
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We will cover visual tools that assist with shared understanding
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Let’s start with Mind Mapping
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Building a simple mind map
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Using a mind map for navigation
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Using a mind map for prioritization
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Discovery workshops
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Using a mind map for taxonomy
Dealing with Wicked Problems
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Dialogue Mapping
Facilitation & Mapping
Shared Display
Notation (IBIS)
Dialogue Mapping
http://cognexus.org/
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A very simple example IBIS map
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Real example
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Wireframing with Balsamiq
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Process mapping
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This stuff is hard
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Social complexity makes every problem ‘wicked’
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Getting to shared understanding is crucial
Visual tools with shared displays can help
Ruven Gotz@ruveng
spinsiders.com/ruveng
Tools Mentioned:- Mindjet MindManager- Balsamiq Mockups- BizAgi Entry Level- Microsoft Visio