Ref: Harvard Business Review Jun 2013 Pg 121- Lessons from TED - Chris Anderson
1. Frame your story
2. Plan your delivery
3. Develop stage presence
4. Plan the multimedia
5. Putting it together
The link is at:
http://hbr.org/2013/06/how-to-give-a-killer-presentation/
Monday, September 9, 2013
1124. The angry young man
On Sep 6, 2013, I had a biting poodle who came in for the annual vaccination. "My dog keeps scratching and scratching," the wife said. I muzzled the dog, asking the owner to put in the muzzle. The dog stopped biting. He had very painful ears esp. the left one and had thining hairs on the left and right flanks. Hair loss on the elbows. "What is the cause of this skin scratching?" the wife asked.
"It is hard to know what is the cause," I replied. "There is a small area of crust on the left ear edge. It seems to indicate sarcoptic mange. Since you used Frontline, the mites could be killed but not all. So the only evidence was a 1-cum ear edge crustiness. Parts of the neck, muzzle and chest were hairless. I need to scrap the skin of the ear edge."
Skin scraping of one site showed no mites. Owners don't like another 2 sites to be scraped. Hair examination did not show fungus. I advised ear irrigation and clipping bald but to do a good job, I needed to sedate this poodle. The owners consented..
Inside the cage, the dog pulled away the muzzle strings and could now bite."Next time, tighten the muzzle after the owner had put it on," I said to Naing.
"You said to ask the owner to muzzle the dog," Naine retorted in a tone that suggested he would not be blamed.
"It is hard to know what is the cause," I replied. "There is a small area of crust on the left ear edge. It seems to indicate sarcoptic mange. Since you used Frontline, the mites could be killed but not all. So the only evidence was a 1-cum ear edge crustiness. Parts of the neck, muzzle and chest were hairless. I need to scrap the skin of the ear edge."
Skin scraping of one site showed no mites. Owners don't like another 2 sites to be scraped. Hair examination did not show fungus. I advised ear irrigation and clipping bald but to do a good job, I needed to sedate this poodle. The owners consented..
Inside the cage, the dog pulled away the muzzle strings and could now bite."Next time, tighten the muzzle after the owner had put it on," I said to Naing.
"You said to ask the owner to muzzle the dog," Naine retorted in a tone that suggested he would not be blamed.
1123. The boy bites his fingers
Sep 6, 2013
His finger nails were absent and I thought he had kept short nails. "He bites his nails," the mum said.
"Why do you bite your nails?" I asked this slim sun-tanned boy who studied in Primary Two.
"I don't know," he replied. "Could be boredom."
"Is he the only child?" I ask mum.
"Yes,"
"Have you consulted a child development specialist?" I asked.
"No. He had earlier bitten his nails in kindergarten but stopped later."
"How did you stop it?" I asked.
"By applying some nail paint so that he will not bite his nails."
"We do have such medication for puppies that suck their paws," I replied.
"Of course, the teachers kept a close eye on him. But now he is big and so I don't apply the medication on his fingers now."
"Is there a big bully in your class?" I asked this boy who was able to converse like an adult.
"No,"
"A boy who kicks you?" I asked.
"There is one. He will suddenly kick me from behind."
"Why don't you run away?" Mum asked.
"I don't run away because I don't know when he is going to kick me."
"What's his name?" I asked.
"Roy," the boy said. "Sometimes he is kind."
"A boy with two personalities? Kindness and cruelty towards you unexpectedly."
"Yes," he replied.
"Did you tell your teacher or your Principal about him?"
"No," he said.
"Where do you sit inside the class room? In front or at the back?"
"I sit at the back as I am quite tall," the boy said.."I will block the view if I sit in front."
"Does Roy sit at the back?" I asked.
"Yes, far back, far far back as he is noisy."
Is this bully stressing this gentle boy who learns taekwondo and has a yellow belt.
"Why don't you use taekwondo when he kicks you?" I asked.
"Taekwondo is for self-defence," he said.
"Are you home alone after school?" I asked since his father works overseas and his mum has to work too.
"Yes," he said.
Perhaps that is the reason he bites his nails. Being home alone and bored. Perhaps a dog or cat will be his companion.
"Dogs are messy," the mum said.
"How about a cat? A cat is clean and goes to her litter box to pee and poop." I said.
"Not at this time," mum said.
He has a hamster that he brought down for treatment today. The right elbow was itchy and red and hairless. So he did not want the skin problem to spread all over the body.
Is there a solution to stop nail biting? I saw a grown up doctor, a general practitioner with all his finger nails gone and the tissues abnormally lumpy. I could not figure why but this could be a case of nail biting from young in retrospective analysis.
Many dogs in Singapore bites their paws. All 4 paws. Some develop interdigital cysts. Why? Could there be mental or social reasons? Boredom? Home alone. Mites? Allergies? It is hard to say but it is quite a common situation. As for nail-biting boys, I will not know the incidence as I am a vet. Something must be done to stop this boy from biting his nails but what is the solution? I did advise the mum to ask the teacher to seat the boy in front at the corner so that he would not block the others and be away from Roy.
"Nail biting becomes pleasureable with time," I said to the mum. "It is important you consult the child behaviour specialist."
Will mum follow up? I doubt it and so the nail biting will continue to adulthood. Just like stool-eating puppies carrying on the habit to adulthood, not because they.
His finger nails were absent and I thought he had kept short nails. "He bites his nails," the mum said.
"Why do you bite your nails?" I asked this slim sun-tanned boy who studied in Primary Two.
"I don't know," he replied. "Could be boredom."
"Is he the only child?" I ask mum.
"Yes,"
"Have you consulted a child development specialist?" I asked.
"No. He had earlier bitten his nails in kindergarten but stopped later."
"How did you stop it?" I asked.
"By applying some nail paint so that he will not bite his nails."
"We do have such medication for puppies that suck their paws," I replied.
"Of course, the teachers kept a close eye on him. But now he is big and so I don't apply the medication on his fingers now."
"Is there a big bully in your class?" I asked this boy who was able to converse like an adult.
"No,"
"A boy who kicks you?" I asked.
"There is one. He will suddenly kick me from behind."
"Why don't you run away?" Mum asked.
"I don't run away because I don't know when he is going to kick me."
"What's his name?" I asked.
"Roy," the boy said. "Sometimes he is kind."
"A boy with two personalities? Kindness and cruelty towards you unexpectedly."
"Yes," he replied.
"Did you tell your teacher or your Principal about him?"
"No," he said.
"Where do you sit inside the class room? In front or at the back?"
"I sit at the back as I am quite tall," the boy said.."I will block the view if I sit in front."
"Does Roy sit at the back?" I asked.
"Yes, far back, far far back as he is noisy."
Is this bully stressing this gentle boy who learns taekwondo and has a yellow belt.
"Why don't you use taekwondo when he kicks you?" I asked.
"Taekwondo is for self-defence," he said.
"Are you home alone after school?" I asked since his father works overseas and his mum has to work too.
"Yes," he said.
Perhaps that is the reason he bites his nails. Being home alone and bored. Perhaps a dog or cat will be his companion.
"Dogs are messy," the mum said.
"How about a cat? A cat is clean and goes to her litter box to pee and poop." I said.
"Not at this time," mum said.
He has a hamster that he brought down for treatment today. The right elbow was itchy and red and hairless. So he did not want the skin problem to spread all over the body.
Is there a solution to stop nail biting? I saw a grown up doctor, a general practitioner with all his finger nails gone and the tissues abnormally lumpy. I could not figure why but this could be a case of nail biting from young in retrospective analysis.
Many dogs in Singapore bites their paws. All 4 paws. Some develop interdigital cysts. Why? Could there be mental or social reasons? Boredom? Home alone. Mites? Allergies? It is hard to say but it is quite a common situation. As for nail-biting boys, I will not know the incidence as I am a vet. Something must be done to stop this boy from biting his nails but what is the solution? I did advise the mum to ask the teacher to seat the boy in front at the corner so that he would not block the others and be away from Roy.
"Nail biting becomes pleasureable with time," I said to the mum. "It is important you consult the child behaviour specialist."
Will mum follow up? I doubt it and so the nail biting will continue to adulthood. Just like stool-eating puppies carrying on the habit to adulthood, not because they.
Sunday, September 8, 2013
1122. Update on "cat fur mites" - images v. illustrations for clients & medical records
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Saturday, September 7, 2013
1121. Contemporary Dance - SMU INDANCITY - Beyond 2013
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Friday, September 6, 2013
1120. To publish*****. Myanmar stories - Loss of diamond ring & Myanmar writers
On Sep 5, 2013, I visited Khin Khin Employment Agency in the afternoon. Khin Khin was shouting at her manager for submitting payment of her husband's tax in duplicate and thereby for being incompetent in his office work. She was wrapping something inside the tissue paper before discarding it into the dustbin.
"How much is it?" I asked as the shouting was so ferocious and loud. "$256," she showed me the tax statement which had a $256 (Credit). "The IRAS will not return the money."
"The IRAS does return the money if you write to them. Say you are desperate and broke. But it takes a few months to get the money back." It can become destructive shouting at the manager who makes mistakes. He said: "I was paying so that you don't get fined by the IRAS." That was the excuse. This manager does not want to admit his errors but would talk his way out.
I went to see another Myanmar lady to make contact with Myanmar writers since I wanted to start a E-publishing business and met a retired editor of the old Myanmar government press - "The Light of Myanmar" or some equivalent name.
It will not be easy to get writers' work translated to English but she could do it. As to how good she is, it is hard to say as she does not have the track record. If a person has the track record, I cannot afford her services anyway. So it is a chicken and egg situation. Which comes first, the chicken or the egg? We had a good discussion. No high profile authors. The legal contract, the copyrights, the royalty payments and the connections. She knew a publisher in Yangon and would talk to him.
Khin Khin phoned to say she would be going home as she had lost her diamond ring. She was much upset. This ring could be worth some money as it had around 20 diamonds but I would not know the actual costs. Later her manager came to say she found it. Inside the dustbin beside her desk.
Fortunately she thought of rummaging there. I did see her wrapping something inside the tissue paper while she was scolding the manager and I presumed it was rubbish, not a diamond ring! "Finding the diamond ring means I have not been dishonest in my life," she commented later. She is a devotee to Buddha and had a picture of Buddha and flowers on the wall above her desk. "I don't relate how honesty is related to Buddha but if you believe, it must be true."
"How much is it?" I asked as the shouting was so ferocious and loud. "$256," she showed me the tax statement which had a $256 (Credit). "The IRAS will not return the money."
"The IRAS does return the money if you write to them. Say you are desperate and broke. But it takes a few months to get the money back." It can become destructive shouting at the manager who makes mistakes. He said: "I was paying so that you don't get fined by the IRAS." That was the excuse. This manager does not want to admit his errors but would talk his way out.
I went to see another Myanmar lady to make contact with Myanmar writers since I wanted to start a E-publishing business and met a retired editor of the old Myanmar government press - "The Light of Myanmar" or some equivalent name.
It will not be easy to get writers' work translated to English but she could do it. As to how good she is, it is hard to say as she does not have the track record. If a person has the track record, I cannot afford her services anyway. So it is a chicken and egg situation. Which comes first, the chicken or the egg? We had a good discussion. No high profile authors. The legal contract, the copyrights, the royalty payments and the connections. She knew a publisher in Yangon and would talk to him.
Khin Khin phoned to say she would be going home as she had lost her diamond ring. She was much upset. This ring could be worth some money as it had around 20 diamonds but I would not know the actual costs. Later her manager came to say she found it. Inside the dustbin beside her desk.
Fortunately she thought of rummaging there. I did see her wrapping something inside the tissue paper while she was scolding the manager and I presumed it was rubbish, not a diamond ring! "Finding the diamond ring means I have not been dishonest in my life," she commented later. She is a devotee to Buddha and had a picture of Buddha and flowers on the wall above her desk. "I don't relate how honesty is related to Buddha but if you believe, it must be true."
1119. Crib for the Spitz puppy?
On Sep 4, 2013 8 pm, the Caucasian owner asked me a few times as I stared blankly: "Where do I buy a crib?" He had come to take his 6-week-old puppy back home. He came in the afternoon as his puppy had fallen down when carried and could not walk normally. "No damage to the spines," I told him about the X-ray results. He wanted an X-ray which was done in the afternoon.
As it was closing time, I drove him to Toa Payoh Central to buy the crib as advised by Dr Daniel. This is the first time I hear of "crib" and I presume it is a playpen or crate in doggy terms. Each vet will use his or her own term. "Crib" is an infant bed and I guess it may be used for puppies too.
"There is one Pet Lovers' Centre shop in Toa Payoh HDB hub," I drove him there since he was unfamiliar with Toa Payoh, having resided in Selegie Road downtown. He had worked in Singapore for the past 5 years. "How are you going to carry the crib since you have a puppy and his medication?" I asked. "It is best you just confine the puppy in a small bathroom."
"The puppy sleeps in my bedroom," he said. "I will use some chairs to make a confined space for him." So he did not need to buy a crib. I dropped him at the taxi stand opposite the Public Library. He thanked me and said: "You are the first Singaporean to be kind to me." That surprised me as he had been working here for 5 years and there must be Singaporean employees in his office. I presumed his boss was one of those abusive types as he said he would be self-employed.
As it was closing time, I drove him to Toa Payoh Central to buy the crib as advised by Dr Daniel. This is the first time I hear of "crib" and I presume it is a playpen or crate in doggy terms. Each vet will use his or her own term. "Crib" is an infant bed and I guess it may be used for puppies too.
"There is one Pet Lovers' Centre shop in Toa Payoh HDB hub," I drove him there since he was unfamiliar with Toa Payoh, having resided in Selegie Road downtown. He had worked in Singapore for the past 5 years. "How are you going to carry the crib since you have a puppy and his medication?" I asked. "It is best you just confine the puppy in a small bathroom."
"The puppy sleeps in my bedroom," he said. "I will use some chairs to make a confined space for him." So he did not need to buy a crib. I dropped him at the taxi stand opposite the Public Library. He thanked me and said: "You are the first Singaporean to be kind to me." That surprised me as he had been working here for 5 years and there must be Singaporean employees in his office. I presumed his boss was one of those abusive types as he said he would be self-employed.
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