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Greetings from one of the Greenwich 7
Wednesday, 19 December 2007 | posted by Matt_BC
General, Greenwich 2007
Hi World! I'm Armin from Switzerland and I also had the incredible and unforgettable chance of attending last year's Greenwich and World Economic Forum alongside some of my colleagues. Like Ben, I'm another alumni who will support you on your way to Davos. However, as I'll be stuck here with exams, I won't find time to come up to Guilford but I will certainly be able to spend an evening or so with the lucky few of you in Davos.
Let me just say that even though the project has a competitive element, there are no winners or losers! By being involved in this project, you have already demonstrated an impressive maturity through your Youtube message and will therefore be given the unique chance of building up a truly international and reliable network. Congrats to all of you!
If there's anything specific you want to ask, don't hesitate and post a comment!
I'm looking forward to seeing some of you and remain with best regards,
Armin
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20 December 2007
Hey Armin! Yeah man, I saw the video of you and the other guys on YouTube. Man, I was really impressed by your poise and composure in front of all of those people. Do you think you could tell us how you stay cool in front of a huge audience? Thanks.
Yunan Jin a.k.a AstroJin a.k.a Peter Pan
22 December 2007
Hi Armin, I really liked the project you started last year about the education fund.
To us going to Guildford, what do you think was the difference between your group and the others, what made you win?
22 December 2007
Hi Yunan!
In recent years an astronomically huge amount of books have been written and lectures been given about the topic of public speaking. Many of them are focusing on different aspects of public speaking, give a million of advice and therefore try to bring light into this mysterious thing called “communication”. In the end, however, I guess it’s simply practice that enables you to jump over certain fears. For now, it looks like you will be able to attend some “technical guru sessions” while being in Guildford and learn from professionals what you have to watch out while speaking or handling various means of media.
My experience from Davos was that even though the session took place in one of the major halls and the crowed was pretty big, it somehow felt smaller than it actually was. The chairs and the setting were very comfortable so it was easier for us to relax, listen and talk. Plus, I haven’t seen a camera which reduced the fear of being filmed and observed. Having Asania directing TV documentaries in South Africa, I’m sure she could give you some additional advice on how to stay calm.
Having seen your video on Youtube, I figure you must have had quite a lot of practice already and therefore won’t have any problems in Guildford and (possibly) Davos! Good luck!
Armin Stähli
22 December 2007
Ciao Mauricio
As I’ve already said, I don’t see winners and losers in this project. So instead of asking what made our group win I would ask which the most convincing elements were that our group was able to present. When looking at it from this perspective, I would say that our group had members with an amazingly broad experience in the education and development aid section. This certainly helped a lot. However, I wouldn’t want to reduce it to personal characteristics in therefore say in retrospective that most people have probably voted for us because we were best able to include their ideas in our project as well. In other words: the representation of 60 and not just six ideas at Davos was most likely the key to success. How well it worked is on the others to decide!
By the way, it’s great to be back in touch with you alumni07! I hope this helps answering your question.
I wish you a wonderful time while being in Guildford!
Armin