If you haven't yet heard of Guy Kawasaki, author, entrepreneur, and social media expert, let me share with you some of the wisdom he imparted to the National Association of Independent Schools at their annual conference. His topic was titled "The Top 10 Things I Wish You Would Teach Students So I Don't Have To." In their report on his presentation, NAIS shared Guy's list:
1. Teach students how to figure out anything by themselves.
2. How to explain anything in 30 seconds.
3. How to do a one-page report.
4. 10-20-30 rule of PowerPoint (Create a maximum of 10 slides in a PowerPoint presentation; deliver it in 20 minutes; the optimal size font is 30 points).
5. Optimal length of an e-mail is five sentences, without an attachment.
6. How to survive a meeting (basically you get what you want out of the meeting and then you park your brain).
7. How to run a meeting (start on time, end on time, involve as few people as possible).
8. How to work as a group (the solo brilliant person doesn’t work in business).
9. How to negotiate win-wins.
10. Learning is a process not an event. It’s a lifelong process that is not limited to school.
The article went on to say, "What our schools do should prepare people for living. Part of living is working. But generally speaking, we’re preparing people for life, not work."
Read the entire article here. I'm gonna go work on explaining things in 30 seconds. That's a tough one for me.
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