…excited to announce that I’m now exclusively represented by JLA Management.
It’s great timing as I’m being asked to present and perform at so many incredible events!
Do please contact Hannah Oldman on +442079072800 for further information.
United Nations Performance May 2019
I gave a presentation for the London Girl Geek Dinners 6th Anniversary event. For a brilliant blog post all about the event – along with an unfortunate picture of me and an angry bird, click here.
Meanwhile, my aim for the presentation was to use some of what I’ve learned from my experiences as a TV presenter and producer to help other people get their voices heard, whatever their walks of life.
During my talk, I repurposed some of the techniques in telling a story for television for use in real-world situations.
I used an example of one of my most recent features for BBC News as a way to illustrate the core elements of presenting ideas in an easily accessible manner.
Presenting Ideas Persuasively – LJ Rich
I was incredibly flattered that the original Girl Geek asked for my last slide to remain up so she could communicate her ideas to our audience using this technique!
After the speaking was done, something amazing happened – quite a few people came up to me after the speech to tell me that they were inspired! Inspired to pitch something at work that they knew they could do, or to try again to present an idea they had faith in but didn’t quite manage to convey it the first time.
Before I gave the speech, I remember thinking that if I could encourage just one person to have more confidence in their abilities, and act positively, I would feel like the presentation was a success – so this result was even more gratifying.
I had a few requests to stick the slides up online, so here they are – and GirlGeekDinners, thanks very much for having me!
The video I used for talking about presenting
This was Soooooo dangerous
So here I am, back from China. It was utterly fantastic and I promise to do a final post about the last part of the trip, which included Harley Davidsons, hiking down a cliff/up a mountain and Far East Electronics.
Right now, though, something more pressing beckons…
In fact, I am actually rather apprehensive about it….
…AAArrrgh!!! what’s that coming over the hill? It’s one of the most insane televisual tortures ever invented – lurking for 24 hours at a time – known as the TSV or Todays Special Value on QVC, this is the multiple-appearance-required featured-low-price-item repeated throughout the day from 0000 the night before to 2330 the night after.
I tremble mentally at the thought, and by the end of the night I may well tremble physically from caffeine overuse. Yes, Starbucks et al, rub your collective hands in glee as another addict publicly falls off the wagon with dismal regularity*.
This strange and barbaric practice requires complete and utter knowledge about one’s chosen consumer electronics product, combined with an ability to cope with sustained sleep deprivation and an unreasonable determination to get to the end of the day without a) saying something inaccurate on air, b) falling over and/or breaking stuff on air or c) swearing and/or stripping off on air. Needless to say, some manage it, and some don’t. The ones who don’t tend to end up on youtube**.
Do I look like this? Srsly?
Yes, dear reader, it’s not just one TSV I’ve been booked for on the 27th July, but two – the second being on the 31st. Thank goodness the products are nice techy ones, I’ll sneak some piccies on once the embargo is lifted.
So, until midnight on the 27th (i.e. Saturday night) I’m gonna get my head down and study hard. I will not watch any telly, I will certainly not attend any parties, and I’m definitely not going to do anything non-TSV related…
…Although I am accidentally holding in my paws front row tix for Batman on Friday at a very big cinema. Yes, I think it’s important for my research that I attend this movie for observational and research purposes.
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*Double Tall Wet Skinny Latte please. I fall off the caffeine wagon every morning when I realise there’s milk and tea in the house, then I imagine the sound the kettle makes when it switches on. This generally happens before my eyes are open.
**Yes, of course there’s a clip I’m thinking of. If you want to see it, leave a comment and I may be persuaded to post the offending link.
I’m sitting on set with Gary, the floor manager, with about 18 minutes till I go back on air! Talk about taking advantage of free wireless internet 🙂
I’ve decided to try and blog from more unusual places after I met someone whose cousin’s husband is currently aboard the NASA space station (you can see him here). As I can’t get into space right now, I thought I’d settle for a live television studio instead.
Studio 4 is, for once, warm – it’s usually closer to absolute zero here, due to some incredibly zealous air conditioning. I’ve just come from Central London to do a quick show about MP3 players and I’ll be going back out to a Brazilian club called Guanabara after I’ve packed up.
Wow, that sounds really exciting – it’s the first time I’m going out dancing in ages, so I’ll try and take a few pics of the place so you can see it too.
Right, James the producer has just said there are two minutes until I’m back on air, so I’d best get myself ready, and post like the wind… Rock and roll!!
LJ Rich 