Did You Hear the News

One idea I have used a number of times is to start your session by reading something from that day's newspaper. It can bring a feeling of relevance to your topic if it is well done. So I looked up a story from today's news and found this at cbc.ca

"The average Canadian spends $100 on impulse buying every four days, while nearly one person in four spends that amount in just 48 hours, says Mackenzie Financial Corp., a mutual-fund company.

Mackenzie interviewed 1,500 people across Canada and found Canadians spend about $760 a month on unnecessary purchases, money that Mackenzie said could be saved, invested or used to get out of debt."

How I Would Use This
There are so many ways I could connect this story, but it needs to fit in with the topic of my workshop. The next workshop I am doing is in Vancouver and is a presentation skills workshop. Is there any way I can connect this article.

Just for fun, let's see if I can.

I think an approach I would make would be to read the article and draw a connection with how the money they have invested in coming to my course will take them a great deal further than if they had spent it impulsively. I would then go on to tell them that they hadn't only made a financial investment in this course, but they were investing in their own development. Professionals in today's world need to be able to present effectively and confidently and not impulsively.

My challenge for you is to find an article in the paper and see if you can connect it with the topic of the next workshop you are doing.