Before the New Year arrived I had been considering new projects. A couple of years ago I stepped outside my comfort zone and wrote a book. That book was on the subject of public speaking. Then I wrote another book about winter road trips and watching major junior hockey league games. If you’re interested you can find those books on Amazon worldwide, and in a few Coles/Indigo stores in Atlantic Canada. Here is a link to Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Mr-Jim-Kokocki/e/B083D741FK
Next Project Options
For next projects I have been considering writing a couple
of new books. I want to adapt the
public speaking book for the information technology field, where I began my
career. I continue to see talented IT
professionals struggle to explain their work in language relevant to their
audience, the people who use their products.
Better skills and processes around communication and assessing an
audience can help IT professionals.
I also want to write about the monthly columns I wrote for
The Toastmaster magazine when I served as Toastmasters International President
in 2015-2016. I don’t want to simply republish
the columns but instead I want to write about the strategy behind each of these
columns. When we communicate either verbally or in written format we need to
have an objective for the communication.
With each column I prepared I was working to influence and motivate behavior
of Toastmasters members. For this reason
I think this book will be relevant to others serving in senior leadership
positions.
And the third project relates to communication
coaching. I enjoy planning and
delivering keynote style speeches and coaching others to develop and shape their
keynote projects. I’ve done quite a bit
of this one-on-one and for the new project I want to document my process and
work with a cohort of people who want to develop their keynote product. This should be very valuable to the cohort participants
for learning an approach, and then discussing and sharing of their content, and
their ideas and strategy in the cohort. I know I will also learn from and enjoy their
interaction.
Step Outside The Comfort Zone
The cohort project is outside my comfort zone, and therefore
the one I will act on first. Two years
ago writing and producing a book was outside my comfort zone. Now it’s time to
step outside my comfort zone again.
What is your first project for the New Year?
I have been delaying my Chartered Accounting final exams from years. This year project is to clear 1 group of ICAI finals.
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