Amit Sharma: Company General Use

Reflection: Storytelling

Challenge:

The challenge I had was to deliver a technical informative session to non-technical  colleagues. I’m an electrical engineer working in a massive oil and gas organization.  The department I worked on decided to have “knowledge sharing” sessions and I was  selected. I had to deliver a presentation about the country’s electrical grid network  to non-engineers which is quite the challenge since they do not have the basics in the  field.

Selection:

I selected Storytelling as I think it is one of the best available options to deliver the  subject presentation. The presentation will have to be smooth, non-complex,  interesting and easy to follow; thus, the selection.

Application:

First of all, while I was developing the presentation, my main goal was that the  audience will understand EVERYTHING. I didn’t want to explain a certain function or a  piece of information, that I might think it is easy and intuitive, but the audience  wouldn’t get it. So, I started developing the presentation slides showing visuals step- by-step telling a very “zoomed out” information then diving a little bit in and  explaining the details. Since I work in oil and gas company, instead of presenting and  telling that 5 MW is transferred here, I’d said a power equivalent to 200,000 barrels of  oil had been transferred in the form of power through these lines etc.

Insight:

For the above specific application, I really had learned that selecting complex  complicated words doesn’t make your presentation or work smarter, it is just complex  and complicated! When talking to an audience, talk in a storytelling approach which  would attract the audience attention which is ultimately the goal. The material was  presented to audience of approximately 100 colleagues, and I honestly got a very nice  feedback, people got interested and were asking questions. To be frank, storytelling  the electrical grid made it more fun and audience comprehended more information.

Approach:

The approach used is definitely adequate and helped me big time to overcome the  aforementioned challenge. If I had to select another approach for the same particular  challenge, I would say visualization is an appropriate tool too. People tend to  comprehend and get things faster when visuals are available.


Amit Sharma : Company General Use Reflection : Storytelling Challenge : The challenge I had was to deliver a technical informative session to non - technical colleagues . I ’m an electrical engineer working in a massive oil and gas organization . The department I worked on decided to have “ knowledge sharing ” sessions and I was selected . I had to deliver a presentation about the country ’s electrical grid network to non - engineers which is quite the challenge since they do not have the basics in the field . Selection : I selected Storytelling as I think it is one of the best available options to deliver the subject presentation . The presentation will have to be smooth , non - complex , interesting and easy to follow ; thus , the selection . Application : First of all , while I was developing the presentation , my main goal was that the audience will understand EVERYTHING . I did n’t want to explain a certain function or a piece of information , that I might think it is easy and intuitive , but the audience would n’t get it . So , I started developing the presentation slides showing visuals step- by - step telling a very “ zoomed out ” information then diving a little bit in and explaining the details . Since I work in oil and gas company , instead of presenting and telling that 5 MW is transferred here , I ’d said a power equivalent to 200,000 barrels of oil had been transferred in the form of power through these lines etc . Insight : For the above specific application , I really had learned that selecting complex complicated words does n’t make your presentation or work smarter , it is just complex and complicated ! When talking to an audience , talk in a storytelling approach which would attract the audience attention which is ultimately the goal . The material was presented to audience of approximately 100 colleagues , and I honestly got a very nice feedback , people got interested and were asking questions . To be frank , storytelling the electrical grid made it more fun and audience comprehended more information . Approach : The approach used is definitely adequate and helped me big time to overcome the aforementioned challenge . If I had to select another approach for the same particular challenge , I would say visualization is an appropriate tool too . People tend to comprehend and get things faster when visuals are available .