Jo’burg Chapter Meeting

Dear Colleagues, Members and Friends,

It is Speaker Factor time, and our contestants are getting ready to level up and compete in a five-minute duel of brilliance. We all know those opening lines set the tone for the entire speech and to help us along the way, we have a special guest all the way from the Netherlands.

Chris Fenning makes it easier for us to communicate at work. He helps experts talk to non-experts, teams talk to executives, and much more. Chris’ practical methods are used in organisations like Google and NATO, and have appeared in the Harvard Business Review. He is also the author of multiple award-winning books, including The First Minute, that has been translated into 15 languages, and 39 Ways to Make Training Stick.

In his talk The First Minute, we will learn how to craft short, specific messages and get these benefits:

• Quicker updates
• More clarity
• Less confusion

So come along to see our range of upcoming champions and even if you are not competing, come learn from a master of crafting that first minute of your next conversation.

Steve Johnson
Jo’burg Chapter President