Full Presentation Example

All right.

So just to set the scene very quickly let’s imagine there are 30 to 40 people in a relatively small place.

There’s a little stage.

I walk up on the stage I’m going to give my presentation about the value of travel.

No slides.

I’m just gonna go through my outline.

But I could have slides.

I probably would.

This were a real situation.

OK.

So I walk up on stage just by show of hands who here thinks that travel is more than just a vacation.

Who here.

OK so about half of you about half of you think that when you go on a trip you’re getting more than just relaxation.

Today I want to talk about what I feel is the the actual value of travel and why traveling can really teach us new things open our minds and give us genuinely meaningful experiences.

And the first thing really is is about where we get ideas.

Being exposed to new things is an extremely important part of travel.

Seeing things that you’ve never seen before.

But for example when I first went abroad I actually traveled to India.

I’d never travel abroad before.

And India is a very different country than the United States where I’m from.

So I plan to study study yoga.

I went over to India and it was just so different the smells the sights the sounds the language everything was just so different that it shocked me at first.

I was in a state of shock but after a day or two when it started to become comfortable all those sites and smells and sounds began to get comfortable and I became curious about each one.

And by speaking to local people I was able to learn about what people thought and I learned that what people thought was different than what I thought my opinions and their opinions were different and that I realized is the beautiful thing about being human that we’re all different.

We have our own viewpoints and each viewpoint is unique and really interesting in its own way.

Now another important part for me about travel is experiencing food and of course when I was in India I was able to explore a lot of different cuisines that I had never imagined before.

I cannot tell you how important it has been for me to be able to experience all of the different cuisines that I’ve tried in my life whether it’s in China Thailand India other parts of Asia Europe Africa even.

And now that I’m back in the U.S. and not really traveling so much that’s become part of who I am because I’ve been opened up to the possibilities of cuisine and food.

Now I feel like I need it.

It’s part of me.

So I have to go out here.

I live in New York.

I have to go out every week and find Chinese food one day Ethiopian food the next Indian food the next Mexican food the next.

It’s part of me now.

It’s an it and it’s an incredibly valuable part of myself.

Now beyond just gaining new insights into how other people think into other cultures really broadening our minds whether it’s religion or for example how people eat food exploring cuisine travel also gives us the opportunity to step out of the grind the daily routine and when we do that a couple of things happen.

One is that we start to see our own routine differently.

Whenever I travel somewhere and I’m gone for a while and I come back everything that I thought was boring before I left is suddenly new and fresh and I begin to appreciate the details of my normal life even more.

For example I often travel to China when I come back.

I think I’m in New York New York is cool little interesting food we have here all my cats are here my cats are wonderful my wonderful wife is here.

This is all great but sometimes sometimes.

Before I leave when I’ve been doing the same thing day after day it can begin to lose appreciation for that but also when you actually go somewhere else you’re somewhere new or somewhere you’ve never been.

That as I mentioned culture shock can immediately put you into another state of mind another frame of mind.

And that’s where inspiration happens.

I found many of my best ideas when I’ve been thrown into unexpected situations when something I didn’t expect to happen happened.

And when you’re traveling everything that happens is generally unexpected.

You might encounter someone new you might see a mountain and it’s so beautiful that you get an idea or you appreciate nature differently.

It’s getting out of the routine that often shocks us into new insights and new appreciation for the world around us.

I think it’s a beautiful thing and I think that’s often where a lot of the value of travel is missed and people don’t really think about it when they are on a very relaxing vacation and they’re sitting by the pool doing nothing.

There’s nothing wrong with that but when you’re when you’re out of the routine and you’re exploring you can see things differently.

And on top of both of those things.

Just travelling and meeting people is extremely valuable in itself.

At the very least travel is a fantastic way to build a global network.

I mean think about it.

If you meet people and make friends in countries around the world even in your own country different places around your own country you’re going to expand your network.

And that doesn’t mean you should take advantage of people but it means more possibilities open up for you in the future.

So for example I went to Japan with my friend who I’d met on another trip living in Japan said to me Hey you’re coming to Japan.

Well you can just stay with me I’ll take you around the city.

So I stayed with that person for a week.

He took me around the city.

We had a lot of fun together.

And then that same person came to visit me in my home stayed with me in my home and I took him around my city.

And that kind of exchange is beautiful because you deepen relationships but you also then can get for example a deeper look into the local area because they know it better.

If you’re by yourself traveling well you know you can read a tour book but the person who lives there is is going to know much more about it.

The best places to eat the best places to visit the best places to have fun.

They’re going to do a lot more about the local place.

Now from personal experience I would recommend when you travel stay in places like bed and breakfasts or maybe even hostels because you have the opportunity to meet other travelers and you might then have experiences that you never expected to have.

I once was staying at a hostel and met a couple of girls and they were kind of afraid to go out because it was getting dark.

And I said Oh well I can I can go out with you.

And so they felt safe to go out with me.

And because of that we ended up having this crazy adventure the next day actually where we went to the zoo and I would never have done that if I hadn’t.

That very interesting experience I would have never had that experience had I not met them.

I might have I don’t know gone to a coffee shop and done some work.

It would have been very boring.

Right.

So the unexpected things often come when we meet new people.

Those new people can get us out of our shell.

So the next time you’re planning a trip don’t book a five star hotel.

Don’t stay by yourself and sit by the pool and read.

That’s fine to do sometimes.

Next time why don’t you try to have an adventure go somewhere crazy stay at a weird bed and breakfast make new friends do something you’ve never done.

Try new food.

You’re going to have experiences that are going to stick with you for the rest of your life.

Thank you very much.

All right.

So we’ve covered how to give a presentation the dos and don’ts talked about how to engage and how to make a hook.

We’ve talked about how to make an outline very important.

And I’ve given you an example presentation that I did not prepare before that I gave directly from my outline as a test to see how good my outline was.

And you can do it too.

Doesn’t have to be perfect.

Mine wasn’t perfect but if you do this more and more and you get used to it it gets more and more comfortable.

So when you need to give a real presentation and you have two weeks to prepare it’s going to be easy.

You can spend your time looking for cool pictures for your team instead of worrying about what to talk about because the outline part is not that hard.

So to practice this I’d like you to choose a topic like travel life lesson you’ve learned the value of choosing your major in university.

Then create an outline just like we did in this lesson and then give your presentation recorded or give your presentation to a friend and recorded listen to it again and get feedback from from your friend or you can get a group of friends.

Even better practice this if you get good at this.

Wow.

If you can get good at giving presentations and making outlines you are powerful.

Good luck.