Increasingly, leaders like you are facing language barriers, both within your global organizations and in front of audiences in presentations. With that in mind, I\u2019d like to share three quick lessons that I have learned.<\/p>\n
I recently returned from South America where I had the opportunity to keynote a large business conference in Colombia. (If you haven\u2019t been to Colombia, it\u2019s a great adventure.) Imagine this challenge, though: I don\u2019t speak Spanish \u2013 and the audience of hundreds of business leaders didn\u2019t speak a word of English. The other experts who presented at the event \u2013 from Spain, Argentina, Mexico and Colombia \u2013 were terrific and spoke Spanish, of course.<\/p>\n
The language barrier could tank my presentation, right?<\/p>\n
I humbly share that it didn\u2019t. Before my plane even touched down back on American soil, the meeting planner shared that I\u2019d made a powerful connection with the audience and\u00a0they<\/strong>\u00a0invited me back to keynote their next event<\/strong>.<\/p>\n How in the world did this happen, you\u2019re wondering?<\/p>\n Increasingly, leaders like you are facing language barriers, both within your global organizations and in front of audiences in presentations. With that in mind, I\u2019d like to share three quick lessons that I learned while preparing for my Colombian adventure in this brief video. I hope these tips will help you shine and make the most of your opportunity to\u00a0connect, convey, and convince\u00a0<\/em>any audience!<\/p>\n