Dear readers,
It has been a while since my last post here at www.pedrocaramez.com
So many things happenned during this absence. My professional life had such an intense activity that something had to be left for another time.
July – my special month of the year – will have more fresh news from myself.
Last weekend, me and 10 other people became the first ever group of new JCI trainers in Portugal. The JCI Trainer course was FANTASTIC!
The amazing group of Portuguese JCI Trainers. Over 2 intensive days, we have outlined the major issues of any training program. Walter Labres, Ronald Govaaerts and Filipe Carrera combined forces to deliver the program and motivated everyone with an enthusiastic approach.
At the end, the certification was done and almost getting ready launch the first step toward the Certified Local Trainer status (CLT).
On the 17th of May, i will be attending the JCI Presenter course in Porto, Portugal.
Filipe Carrera (Head Trainer – JCI Portugal) will deliver this course. This is an excellent oportunity to learn more from presentation skills by a quality trainer.
The JCI Effective Presentation Course is a full day course that focuses on the concepts of creating and delivering an effective presentation utilizing visual aids and strong delivery methods with a mind towards understanding the audience. Participants practice presentations during the entire course.
JCI Presenter should be taken by all members who want to expand their presentation skills in order to make better project reports and intervene during chapter meetings.
Length: Full day Participants: Minimum 6 and maximum 20
Contents
Module 1 – Opening: Welcome and Introduction Session. Participants are welcomed to the course and will speak for the first time during this session to introduce themselves.
Module 2 – Presentation Types: Participants will now tell the audience about their most memorable experience. Participants will learn the many types of presentations they may have to make in the future and the characteristics of each one with emphasis on Project Reports.
Module 3 – Audience Analysis: Very short module about the need to know who they will speak to, what they know, what they should be told and what pre conceptions of prejudices the audience has.
Module 4 – Presentation Content: This Module will teach how to prepare the presentation content in an orderly format that will keep the audience’s attention to your message. Participants will receive the task to work on a presentation for the afternoon.
Module 5 – Effective Delivery: This Module will show the different techniques for an effective presentation delivery.
Module 6 – Presentations: Each participant will deliver the prepared presentation to the audience. Head trainer will make remarks on improvements and evaluations will be done based on the course content and how the participant applied it to the presentation.
Module 7 – Closing: Review of course and presentation of certificates. An open forum and course feedback will take place. Closing will explain next steps in JCI Training.
more info: www.jci.cc
This final week of April, the top 10 of Sport Twitterers has a breath ofr fresh air – Serena williams has hit the board. Last week, i previewed this rising star to come up the rankings. Serena added 34,000 followers in a single week. Only the top 4 have more added followers per week. The reason for this has to do with a more tweeting activity by Serena that has call fo the attention of the twitter nation.
At the front, the question is how long will it take for Shaq to have a round number of a million followers? My prediction is – 10th of May!! At the back of the top 5, George Hincapie falls to 10th and Basketball player – Baron Davis continues his move to the top of the rankings – 8th place!
Basketball is still the #1 Sport @ Twitter.
1. Shaquille O’Neal (Basketball) – http://twitter.com/THE_REAL_SHAQ – 846,233 (last week 773, 643) followers
2. Lance Armstrong (Cycling)- http://twitter.com/lancearmstrong – 744,124 (last week 687,060) followers
3. Tony Hawk (Skateboarder) – http://twitter.com/tonyhawk – 540, 429 (last week 483,948) followers
4. Paul Pierce (Basketball) – http://twitter.com/paulpierce34 – 216,217 (last week 168,746) followers
5. Michael Phelps (Swimming) – http://twitter.com/Michael_Phelps – 124,260 (last week 107,331) followers
6. Serena Williams (Tennis) - http://twitter.com/serenajwilliams. 44,456 (last week - 10,432) followers
6. Steve Nash (Basketball) – http://twitter.com/the_real_nash – 26,069 (last week 24,627) followers
7. Charlie Villanueva (Basketball)- http://twitter.com/cv31 – 23,198 (last week 21,955) followers
8. Levi Leipheimer (Cycling) – http://twitter.com/Levi_Leipheimer – 22,556 (last week – 20,602) followers
9. Baron Davies (Basketball) - http://twitter.com/Baron_Davis – 22,533 (last week 19,641) followers
10. George Hincapie (Cycling) – http://twitter.com/ghincapie – 21,403 (last week 20,859) followers
11. Andy Murray (Tennis) – http://twitter.com/andy_murray – 19,576 (last week – 18,770) followers
12. Chris Bosh (Basketball) - http://twitter.com/chrisbosh -18,093 (last week – 16,660) followers
For a complete list of athletes and teams on Twitter, visit http://www.sportsin140.com
More information: http://glowbrandingyou.blogspot.com/
Next month, i will be delivering a special seminar on Personal Branding with Esther Liska in Porto, Portugal.
It will be an opportunity to expand our concepts about several issues: impression management, personal branding, social media (facebook, twitter and linkedin), public speaking.
Come and grab your place! Participation is limited
This week, the top 10 of Sport Twitterers has new guys on board – At the front, no changes but at the back of the top 1o, 2 Basketball players move ahead – Baron Davis and Chris Bosh. This is all man table – only Serena Williams will try to come on up the board http://twitter.com/serenajwilliams. 10,432 followers
Basketball is still the #1 Sport @ Twitter.
1. Shaquille O’Neal (Basketball) – http://twitter.com/THE_REAL_SHAQ – 773, 643 (last week 657,183) followers
2. Lance Armstrong (Cycling)- http://twitter.com/lancearmstrong – 687,060 (last week 606,191 ) followers
3. Tony Hawk (Skateboarder) – http://twitter.com/tonyhawk – 483,948 (last week - 401,555 ) followers
4. Paul Pierce (Basketball) – http://twitter.com/paulpierce34 – 168,746 (last week - 105,252 ) followers
5. Michael Phelps (Swimming) – http://twitter.com/Michael_Phelps – 107,331 (last week - 77,276) followers
6. Steve Nash (Basketball) – http://twitter.com/the_real_nash – 24,627 (last week – 21,668) followers
7. Charlie Villanueva (Basketball)- http://twitter.com/cv31 – 21,955 (last week – 20,183) followers
8. George Hincapie (Cycling) – http://twitter.com/ghincapie – 20,859 (last week – 20,142) followers
9.Levi Leipheimer (Cycling) – http://twitter.com/Levi_Leipheimer – 20,602 (last week – 19,687) followers
10. Baron Davies (Basketball) - http://twitter.com/Baron_Davis – 19,641
11. Andy Murray (Tennis) – http://twitter.com/andy_murray – 18,770 (last week – 17,673) followers
12. Chris Bosh (Basketball) - http://twitter.com/chrisbosh -16,660
For a complete list of athletes and teams on Twitter, visit http://www.sportsin140.com
Today, i have co-organized the launch of a new BNI chapter in POrtugal, South Europe – BNI LETHES.
The event was gathered in Viana do Castelo – Portugal for a massive group of entrepreneurs, CEOs and managers of the District. The pure art of business networking was here for the very first time. Can you imagine moving more than 100 guests from a small city in Portugal at 6:45 a.m.?
The energy was incredible and at the end the group was excited to have witnessed such a performance in terms of attendance to this event. Next week, come and join us at Casa Melo Alvim for a special breakfast.
This week, the top 10 of Sport Twitterers has a few changes. Shaq extends the difference from Lance. Again PAUL PIERCE has the best performance of the week with more than 47.000 new followers, moving him to 4th place. Impressive! Levi Leipheimer slows the rhythm and moves down to 9th place.
1. Shaquille O’Neal (Basketball) - http://twitter.com/THE_REAL_SHAQ - 657,183 (last week - 585,657) followers
2. Lance Armstrong (Cycling)- http://twitter.com/lancearmstrong - 606,191 (last week - 546,183) followers
3. Tony Hawk (Skateboarder) - http://twitter.com/tonyhawk - 401,555 (last week – 349,749) followers
4. Paul Pierce (Basketball) - http://twitter.com/paulpierce34 - 105,252 (last week 57,301) followers
5. Michael Phelps (Swimming) - http://twitter.com/Michael_Phelps – 77,276 (last week 60,894) followers
6. Steve Nash (Basketball) - http://twitter.com/the_real_nash - 21,668 (last week 19,298) followers
7. Charlie Villanueva (Basketball)- http://twitter.com/cv31 - 20,183 (last week 18,392) followers
8. George Hincapie (Cycling) - http://twitter.com/ghincapie - 20,142 (last week 17,170) followers
9.Levi Leipheimer (Cycling) - http://twitter.com/Levi_Leipheimer - 19,686 (last week 18,637) followers
10. Andy Murray (Tennis) - http://twitter.com/andy_murray – 17,673 (last week 16,654) followers
11. Ivan Basso (Cycling) - http://twitter.com/ivanbasso - 10,130 (last week 9,581) followers
For a complete list of athletes and teams on Twitter, visit http://www.sportsin140.com
Today we the World’s Voice Day and believe it or not, i was speechless all day. Incredible!
Probably, my situation has cleared in my mind the importance of the voice to our daily lives. As a teacher and trainer, i was incapable of delivering lectures to my students.
Have you ever seen anything like this before?
The Corporate Draft is an event for Fortune 500 companies, to draft (recruit) the very best leaders and managers in America. We must bring this concept to Europe! The Corporate Draft is an economic stimulus opportunity, using recruitment as its platform, with attending companies marketing their corporate strategies and economic responses to consumer, investor and labor markets.
Each corporate participante pays 30,000 USD for all Corporate Draft services include, very cost effective for the recruitment of any executive.
Check the Corporate Draft Gameday Program.
Another idea that brings the Sports expressions to the business world. Got to be an amazing experience!
This week, the top 10 of Sport Twitterers has a few changes. Shaq extends the difference from Lance. PAUL PIERCE has the best performance of the week with 42 thousand new followers, moving him to 5th place. Incredible! Steve Nash moves up to 6th place. New athletes are beginning to twit, so we will see a lot of action on upcoming weeks.
1. Shaquille O’Neal (Basketball) - http://twitter.com/THE_REAL_SHAQ - 585,657 followers
2. Lance Armstrong (Cycling)- http://twitter.com/lancearmstrong - 546,183 followers
3. Tony Hawk (Skateboarder) - http://twitter.com/tonyhawk - 349,749 followers
4. Michael Phelps (Swimming) - http://twitter.com/Michael_Phelps - 60,894 followers
5. Paul Pierce (Basketball) - http://twitter.com/paulpierce34 - 57,301 followers
6. Steve Nash (Basketball) - http://twitter.com/the_real_nash - 19,298 followers
7. Levi Leipheimer (Cycling) - http://twitter.com/Levi_Leipheimer - 18,637 followers
8. Charlie Villanueva (Basketball)- http://twitter.com/cv31 - 18,392 followers
9. George Hincapie (Cycling) - http://twitter.com/ghincapie - 17,170 followers
10. Andy Murray (Tennis) - http://twitter.com/andy_murray - 16,654 followers
11. Ivan Basso (Cycling) - http://twitter.com/ivanbasso - 9,581 followers
12. Tyson Chandler (Basketball) - http://twitter.com/tysonchandler – 5,075 followers
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Update (thanks to @valerotti)
It is official!
The book has hit the world and it’s now possible to buy at any major store - Amazon.
Dan brings some fresh air to the way we must see ourselves in this tough and competitive market. This is definately a must read and will go on to be a bestseller. All the best for you Dan. Visit this amazing webiste - http://personalbrandingblog.com/
After a few requests, i present you the top 5 sportsman on Twitter. I have found a place to make this hall of fame. Please, give me more names to add to this list. The list has been updated with the comments of the readers.
1. Shaquille O’Neal (Basketball) - http://twitter.com/THE_REAL_SHAQ - 521,988 followers
2. Lance Armstrong (Cycling)- http://twitter.com/lancearmstrong - 495,245 followers
3. Michael Phelps (Swimming) - http://twitter.com/Michael_Phelps - 54,822 followers
4. Levi Leipheimer (Cycling) - http://twitter.com/Levi_Leipheimer – 17,914 followers
5. George Hincapie (Cycling) - http://twitter.com/ghincapie - 16,489 followers
6. Charlie Villanueva (Basketball)- http://twitter.com/cv31 - 16,373 followers
7. Steve Nash (Basketball) - http://twitter.com/the_real_nash - 15,875 followers
8. Paul Pierce (Basketball) - http://twitter.com/paulpierce34 - 15,744 followers
9. Andy Murray (Tennis) - http://twitter.com/andy_murray - 15,624 followers
10. Ivan Basso (Cycling) - http://twitter.com/ivanbasso - 9,134 followers
As my twitter mania comes stronger, i have become more and more interested in the Twitter application to sport organizations.
Most sports-related media i have seen, have a Twitter account but they will make massive overload tweets to your dashboard. This week, i found StatTweets! You can follow just the US teams from many sports, and can interact with each account to retrieve team and player stats dynamically. Let’s give Robbie (@StatSheet) some feedback about this project.
For all speakers, lecturers and overall people dedicated to training, coaching, sales among others, there are amazing new technology mini-projectors or Pocket Projectors that will create an enormous impact on your presentations.
AIPTEK V10 Cinema
3M Micro Projector
OPTOMA PICO POCKET PROJECTOR
Nowadays, my addicted activitiy on the web is Twitter. It’s so fantastic how a small thing can have such a huge impact on your daily lives. What i really like about it, is the possibility to hear and read relevant information provided by a group of fantastic people. But we must follow a few rules so we won’t have a Twitter overdose.
Photo credits: http://zeroinfluence.com
Problogger gave me a few ideas.
This week, i have participated in the IPAM event – Sports Marketing 2009 featuring a great world class reference in sports marketing – Dr. Bill Sutton. I had the chance to meet him and he was very happy for this opportunity to come to Portugal.
Robert Fernandez from Brazil brought us his thoughts on Sports Marketing from the Brazilian point of view. There were many touching points about the vision of sport as a means of communication.
At the start and at the end of this impressive conference, Bill Sutton delivered an enthusiastic speech with a lot of calls for action for the Portuguese sport marketeers. The climax for the presentation happened during the demonstration of the Phoenix Suns Virtual Locker Room. This strategy seemed unreal just a few years ago and now it is a real multi-million dollar service.
After a long day of work, Albion’s 3-minute animated movie Based on Mark’s book, More Than Money.
“The Good Life” takes you to a chance meeting between an MBA and a fisherman on a small island. As the MBA tries to teach the fisherman about business, the fisherman teaches him about life. Take a moment of your time to listen.
Today, i started my twitter thing… after so many comments.
In fact, it’s quite easy and brings a lot of curiosity on who is going to follow you.
I am choosing some interesting people from the world of public speakers among others. Let’s see if i will become a Twitter fan.
As a sports fan, twitter will be the next big thing for sport organizations. Brian Gaynor has published recently a list of 25 ways to twitter for sport organizations (read here).
1. Create exclusive event offers – “tweet up events”
2. Alert fans about special game day vip experiences
3. Distribute community initiative alerts
4. Drive awareness for sponsor promotions
5. Provide behind-the-scenes access to athletes and team Personnel
6. Offer team news and information
7. Implement flash mob marketing tactics
8. Provide up-to-the-minute injury updates
9. Offer updates on ticket specials and new ticket packages
10. Enhance online fan engagement tactics
11. Promote viral marketing efforts
12. Provide game alerts, previews, and recaps
13. Release positive, controlled public relations messaging
14. Leverage arena personalities
15. Provide play-by-play game coverage
16. Offer trash talk / team challenges
17. Provide unique team facts
18. Develop an avid, online fanbase
19. Reward fan engagement
20. Provide away game discounts and information for fans
21. Use as an online forum for fan feedback
22. Support in-game entertainment features
23. Announce new personnel hires
24. Promote text messaging initiatives
25. Link team social media extensions
As European Sport organizations are concerned, Twitter is becoming a tool to consider. In a glance, i show you a couple of organizations:
AC MILAN – http://twitter.com/ACMilan
FC BARCELONA – http://twitter.com/f_c_barcelona
HOFFENHEIM – http://twitter.com/Hoffenheim
LIVERPOOL FC – http://twitter.com/LFCTV
Organized by IPAM Matosinhos, the Sports Marketing International Conference – Sports Marketing 09 – will be held on March 25th in Oporto Alfândega Building, at Oporto. Its aim is to become a noteworthy event for the development, opinion and debate of sports marketing.
In the conference there will be national and international field experts that will present us some studies about sports marketing and its new tendencies which will infer the thoughts, the knowledge and the exchange of different experiences. For the 1st time in Portugal, William Sutton (check his biography) delivers an excellent lecture about the world of sports marketing.
Please, this is a must attend Conference! I will be there!
Tim Ferriss Andrew Dlugan Sports Networker
