Speech of my life

November 17, 2006 @ 2:37 pm · Filed under Happy At Work, Speaking

Alexander Kjerulf presentingOne hour ago, I gave my best speech on happiness at work so far to 400 people from the The Directorate for Food, Fisheries and Agri Business here in Copenhagen. I’m sitting in a nearby café totally buzzing with the energy of getting up in front of a big crowd and totally kicking butt :o)

I tried out a completely new format for this presentation, one that involves music, clapping, high-fives, various exercises that are more meditative and of course some presentations by yours truly. It works. No, let me rephrase that: IT WORKS and I rock :o)

The feedback from the participants was amazingly positive. They especially remarked on the format, my energy, the topic (happiness at work, of course) and on the fact that it was accessible and practical.

I can’t wait to do it again, preferrably real soon!! MAN, I love being me.



12 Comments »

  1. Reinier Meenhorst / www.DJUST.nl Said,

    November 17, 2006 @ 2:53 pm

    I can so relate to that feeling after a succesful presentation/client meeting. Congrats on trying something new and being succesful at it!

  2. Michael Carøe Andersen Said,

    November 17, 2006 @ 3:58 pm

    Cool Alex, this post just made me smile :) All the power to you

  3. JACH Said,

    November 17, 2006 @ 4:23 pm

    Way to go!!!

    =)

  4. kareem Said,

    November 17, 2006 @ 7:06 pm

    Dude, this post made me laugh! Congrats! :D

  5. Paul Said,

    November 17, 2006 @ 8:49 pm

    I love it when that happens! Way to go… congratulations.

    Paul

  6. Andreas Said,

    November 18, 2006 @ 4:10 am

    Go go go go go go go go

  7. Anne Said,

    November 18, 2006 @ 5:00 pm

    Cool! ;-)
    It’s so Anti-jantelov to share that feeling – looove that!

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jantelov

  8. Jonas Haurum Said,

    November 19, 2006 @ 3:31 pm

    I can almost feel the energy… awesome :-)

  9. Alexander Said,

    November 20, 2006 @ 1:04 pm

    Thanks guys. You rock :o)

  10. Michael Wagner Said,

    November 23, 2006 @ 8:57 pm

    And here is the great thing I think I know about you Alex.

    If trying something new in your presentation had not gone so well; your world would not have ended, you’d look at it, tweak it, try it again and keep on inventing. And you’d still be happy!

    Am I right?

    Keep creating…rock and roll presentations,
    Mike

  11. Yep, that’s me :o) Said,

    November 28, 2006 @ 1:25 pm

    [...] This is from my kick-ass presentation last friday. [...]

  12. Alexander Kjerulf Said,

    December 8, 2006 @ 2:08 pm

    Mike: Minor fumbles: No problem. But can I share a secret with you: I HATE it when I screw up badly. When it happens I can beat myself up over it for days.

    And THEN I learn from it and move on :o)

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