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INTEL VIETNAM, JABIL, SAIGON TMC, UEH MASTERING THE ARTS OF ABC:

APPEARANCE, BODY LANGUAGE, CONVERSATION

• Why Appearance Matters?1

• Body Language: Non-Verbal Comm. 2

• Conversation: Your Brand3

• Control Your Life: 3Ms4

• Outline Your Speech in 5 Minutes5

• Key Take Away – Call to Action6Goal: Ticket for 3rd M

Jimmy Thai, DTMSeptember 19, 2014

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Meet the CoachTransformational Leader: Jimmy Thai, DTM came to America as a refugee in his 20’s, empty-handed with no education or English language. His first job was a school janitor. Today, he’s cracked the “Bamboo Ceiling” becoming a VP of a Fortune500 company and offered keynote speech/seminars on the American Dream.

Effective Communicator: In 2010, Jimmy Thai, DTM was placed in the top 18 speakers of Toastmasters International’s World Championship of Public Speaking, an annual competition with 25,000+ contestants from 106 countries, with his speech "10 Seconds to the American Dream". He’s earned the highest award, Distinguished Toastmaster, and founded Leadership Foundation Academy to develop Mind-Body-Heart leaders. He teaches kick-boxing at Rancho YMCA.

Jimmy Thai, DTM held MBA, MSEE, BSEE degrees from UCSD, California State University, Federal Executive Institute, and Defense Systems Management College.

He was on ABC10 News, VNTV, and featured in international magazine Toastmaster, professional publications San Diego Metropolitan and San Diego County Times, and business Academy for Public Speaking.

Jimmy performed in front of 2,000 people at the 2010 World Championship of Public Speaking Semi-Finals and came in 2nd place.

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P1: Appearance Exercise 1: 4 Corners

• Instructions– Select 4 people– Instruct the learners– Watch the outcome– Ready to engage

(Warm up with 20)

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Discussion• Why him/her?• Perceived power?• Can influent?• Take-away– Tall– Male– White – Well dressed

Tip #1: Like the person you see in the mirror every morning. If you don’t, change it.

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P2: Body Language

Ksenia Afanasyeva, was winding up a near flawless routine during the 2012 Olympic Women's Team Competition, when on the final pass - she suffered a major fall. Her team mates and coaches are displaying dramatic body language signals of fear, sadness and empathy.

What do you think happened?

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Your Body vs. Your Mouth• 93% of communication is

_____________ .

• What is Body Language?– E (culture differences)– F– G– M– P– Smile

• What is Vocal Variety?– Volume– Tone– Pace– Pause

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Conversation Killers• Filler words: be aware of

“umm”, “ah”, “like”, “so”, “you know”. Tip: Clicker

• Rambling. Tip: 1-minute limit

• Boring, mumbling. Tip: Listen to news program

• Interruption and not listening. Tip: smile likes ESL

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Exercise 2: Guessing Game

• Instructions– Form a team of 2– 1 guesser: P1– 1 listener/give clue: P2

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Discussion• What is your best BL attribute?• What can you improve?• What is your best VV asset?• What is your CK?• Take-away as a learner– 1:– 2:

Tip #2:• Keep a clicker by your phone and click yourself every time you use a filler word.• SMILE: Best way to improve your “FACE” value

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P3: Conversation/ContentYour Message, Brand, Stories

• What makes you stand out?• What do you stand for?• What apple are you?• Why people care about your message?

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Branding: Learn from the Best

• MLK and “_____________”

• Top 5 brands

• Your brand?

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Exercise 3: Your Tagline

• Instructions– Define your “brand”– Fit in a business card– Less is more– Find a partner and

“Hello” with purpose

I, Jimmy Thai, make the world safer and help

people live their dreams.

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Discussion• Do you know YOU?• Will you be the Blue apple?• Why not?• Take-away– 1. You– 2. Your brand– 3. Your training

Tip #3:• Use your tagline/brand whenever, wherever possible.• Good trainers practice breathing daily for 5 minutes.

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P4: Control Your Life with 3Ms:“Made – Master – Matter”

• Made it – Where most of you now• Master it – Where you’d to be in 3-5 years• Matter - What impact you can have

Example: From janitor to teacher to dream maker with One Body Village to save children from sex trafficking

• Stories connect 6 human emotions:– Love/Hate– Desire/Fear– Happy/Sad

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TIP #4• Find a Mentor that you’d like to become• Think about the less fortunate

No exercise and discussion

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P5: Outline Your Speech in 5’Think Fast – Decide Faster

Prepare a speech in 5 minutes “Talk to the Hand”:– Your message: a WOW opening– Story 1: Point 1– Story 2: Point 2– Story 3: Point 3– Strong closing: Call to action

No exercise and discussion

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TIP #5

Speed Thinking: 1. Write the challenge - 2. 9 Solutions in 2 Minutes – 3. No do-over right/wrong – 4. More solutions

Challenge:

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CALL TO ACTION• How to find a mentor and help the less fortunate?

– Story “Poor man and a Lottery”– 5 Compassionate Leaders in the audience (30 minutes

of one-on-one coaching on Sat AM)

• Make an appointment• Final words: “Complete the Circle of Life”

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Summary and Feedback• Review your expectations

– Have we met or exceeded?• Feedback

– One best lesson:

– One most challenge:

– Can we use your feedback on print, website? (circle one) Yes/No– If “Yes”, your name:

– Phone #: Email:

• Your one Action Item– I will _____________________ by ___________.– I will contact Jimmy for feedback by __________.

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Coach: Jimmy Thai, DTM 

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