Minggu, 10 Mei 2009

How to prepare for a presentation

As an active member of an organization, you may have to present the organization in meetings by giving a presentation. Giving a presentation is not very easy. You may not have the experience if talking in front of an audience. Presentations are extremely important in creating an image of your idea. Even if you have an excellent idea, its acceptance depends on how effectively it is present. If you deliver and ineffective presentations, the changes of achieving your goals are limited. The following tips may heplp you avoid this situation.
Preparing for a presentations

Analysis
- Who is your audience?
- How many people are there?
- Is the occasion formal or informal?
- How much time do you have?
- What kind of response do you want?
- What do you hope to communicate ti this group?

The presentation
- select your main ideas and develop them.
- Arrange those ideas so that they develop into a logical conclusion
- Support each ideas with facts and explanations.
- Plan your content to fit the time allowed.
- Remember to summarize main ideas in the conclusion
- Prepare any props you need (e.g. whiteboard and markers, overhead projector)

The delivery
your appearance

- Dress comfortably but professionally.
- Keep your back staright, maintain goog posture.
- Use hand gestures only when stressing your point
- Be enthusiastic
- Pay attention to your body language
- Maintain eye contact with the audience

Your voice
- don’t speak too fast
- prounounce your words clearly
- project your voice so that the people in yhe back can hear you.
- Try not to use too many pauses or hesitations.

Some expressions to use in giving s presentations


Welcoming :
- good morning ladies and gentlemen
- welcome to…
- it’s very nice to see you all today.

Introducing the subject:
- I’m going to talk about…
- The title of today’s presentation is…
- This talk is…

Reffering forward :
- I’ll say mare about that in a moment.
- I’ll come back to that later on.

Reffering back :
- as I said/ mention earlier/ before…
- going back to what I said earlier…

moving on :
- that brings me to my next point
- let’s move on to the question of

reffering to visuals:
- as you can see from this diagram/graph/table…
- these figures show…
- if we look at this chart…

Giving examples:
- for instance…
- for example…
- Let me give you and example…

Inviting Question:
- Any question so far?
- Does everyone follow that?
- Is that clear?
- Does anyone know what…is?
- Are you familiar with…?

Finishing off:
- well, that was a brief overview of the subject.
- Well, I hape that has given you some idea of..
- Thank you very much for your attention

Tips On Good Grooming

Good grooming is and everyday must. Grooming is the way you care for your body. No one likes to look at—or live with – someone who looks like a person having just crawled out of bed. That’s way it’s important to take special care of the following features :

a. Hair, no matter what syle, should always be clean and well cut.
b. Especially for men, faces shoul be clean shaven, beards and mustaches neatly clipped.
c. Fingernails should be cut and clean. Ragged and bitten nails are ugly. All nails should be of equal length.

Almost as important as the grooming of your boy is the grooming of your clothes. Dressing is a personal style sometimes influence by trends in fashion expose in books and magazine. It’s your decision whether you want to keep up with the latest trends and wear fashionable clothes or remain traditional
Whatever you decide, there are some basics to remember.
a. the kind of clothes you wear must be appropriate with the occasion. Although most of your wardrobe probably cinsists of clothes for the office, or school, it might be useful to add some item for casual wear or evening attire.
b. Make sure you have a color scheme which suits your skin color and a collection of styles that flatters your build.
c. Be sure that shirts, blouse, pants, jacket, and other kinds of clothing have all their buttons, hooks, zippers, and other accessories in place.

Good Posture – the way you stand or sit – also indicates to the outside world how you feel about yourself and the things that you do. If you walk with your shoulders hunched, head lower, eyes cast to the floor, this attitude conveys—either correctly or not—that you are shy, not very out going, and that you do not have much self-confidence. On the other hand, if you sit up straight, with your shoulders back, chest out, eyes forward, others will get the impression that you are confident, possess a good image of yourself and have lost of self-respect.

The way you care for yourself, the way you dress, and the way you carry yourself create a certain impression on people you socialize with.

Kamis, 07 Mei 2009

Syair Untuk Sang Penguasa

Adakah kita generasi yang sama saja dengan moyangnya;
Penghuni negeri yang hanya melihat gagak sepanjang hidupnya,
Hingga kita selalu meratapi dunia
Tak ada sekumpulan manusia yang tak pernah berpisah
Betapa nasib para durjana, kaisar-kaisar penguasa, dan penimbun harta,
Adakah harta dan jabatan mereka kekal dan masih ada di tangan mereka?
Barang siapa merasa sempit dengan langit kehidupannya
Dia akan terus merasa sesak sampai masuk ke dalam liang kuburnya
Seakan mereka tuli saat diseru, dan tak pernah tahu bahwa
Menasehati mereka itu mutlak kebolehannya.

Cocokkah syair diatas untuk menggambarkan sebagian dari para penguasa di negeri kita?
atau diri kita?

GO TO HELL

Two men were on a plane on a business trip when a Muslim couple boarded the plane and were seated right in front of them. The two men, eager to have some fun, started talking loudly.

“My boss is sending me to SAUDI ARABIA”, the one said,
”But I don’t to go…to many Muslims there!” The Muslim couple noticeable heard and grew uncomfortable The other guy laughed,
“Oh yeah, my boss wanted to send me to PAKISTAN but I refused…Way to many Muslims!” Smiling the first man said,
”One time I was in IRAN but I HATED the fact that there were so many Muslims!” The couple figated.

The other guy responded,”Oh yeah…you can’t go ANYWHERE to get away from them…the last time I was in FRANCE I ran into a bunch of them too!” The Muslim couple glanced over their shoulders, noticeable irritated.
The first guy was laughing hysterically as he added,”That is why you’ll never see me Indonesia… WAY to many Muslims!” At this, the Muslim man turned around.”Why don’t you go to HELL?”, he asked,”I hear there’s not very many Muslims THERE!!”

Sumber : Dari adikku " Anidya" yang lupa sumbernya....

Harmoni diri

Saat syahadatku sebatas ucapan
Saat shalatku sebatas gerakan
Saat shaumku sebatas kewajiban
Saat zakatku sebatas keharusan
Saat hajiku sebatas kebanggaan
Saat itu pula
kesia-siaan terbesar ada pada diriku

Saat Islamku sebatas pakaian
Saat imanku sebatas ucapan
Saat ikhsanku sebatas pengetahuan
Saat itu pula
ada penipuan terbesar dalam diriku

Saat kematian dianggap hanya cerita
Saat neraka dianggap hanya berita
Saat siksa dianggap hanya kata
Saat itu pula
kesombongan terbesar ada pada diriku

Saat takdir dianggap tak mungkin
Saat hidup kembali dianggap mustahil
Saat Tuhan dianggap nihil
Saat itu pula
kedurhakaan terbesar ada pada diriku

Bukankah aku memiliki pendengaran,
penglihatan dan hati
maka harmoniskanlah semuanya Ya Rabbi
semata hanya untukMu..

FAMILY = (F)ATHER (A)ND (M)OTHER, (I), (L)OVE, (Y)OU

~ DO’A UNTUK ORANG TUA ~
(Diambil dari syahifah as-Sajjadiyah)

Ya Allah,
Rendahkanlah suaraku bagi mereka,
Perindahlah ucapanku di depan mereka.
Lunakkanlah watakku terhadap mereka dan
Lembutkanlah hatiku untuk mereka.

Ya Allah,
Berilah mereka balasan yang sebaik-baiknya
Atas didikan mereka padaku dan
Pahala yang besar
Atas kesayangan yang mereka limpahkan padaku,
Peliharalah mereka
Sebagaimana mereka memeliharaku.

Ya Allah,
Apa saja gangguan yang telah mereka rasakan,
atau kesusahan yang mereka derita karena aku,
atau hilangnya sesuatu hak mereka karena perbuatanku,
jadikanlah itu semua
Penyebab rontoknya dosa-dosa mereka,
Meningginya kedudukan mereka dan
Bertambahnya pahala kebaikan mereka dengan perkenan-Mu, ya Allah
sebab hanya Engkaulah yang berhak membalas kejahatan
dengan kebaikan berlipat ganda.

Ya Allah,
Bila magfirah-Mu telah mencapai mereka sebelumku,
Izinkanlah mereka memberi syafa'at untukku.
Tetapi jika magfirah-Mu lebih dahulu mencapai diriku,
Maka izinkahlah aku memberi syafa'at untuk mereka,
sehingga kami semua berkumpul
Bersama dengan santunan-Mu
di tempat kediaman yang dinaungi kemulian-Mu, ampunan-Mu serta
rahmat-Mu.

Sesungguhnya Engkaulah
yang memiliki Karunia Maha Agung,
serta anugerah yang tak berakhir dan
Engkaulah yang Maha Pengasih Diantara semua pengasih.

****
Mari kita kenang dosa kepada orang tua kita.
Siapa tahu hidup kita dirundung nestapa karena kedurhakaan kita.
Karena kita sudah menghisap darahnya, tenaganya, airmatanya, keringatnya.
Istighfar, istighfarlah
Barangsiapa yang matanya pernah sinis melihat orangtuanya.
Atau kata-katanya sering mengiris melukai hatinya, atau yang jarang
memperdulikan dan mendoakannya.
Percayalah bahwa anak yang durhaka siksanya didahulukan didunia ini.
Istighfar yang pernah mendholimi ibu bapaknya.
Astaghfirullahal Adhiim
Astaghfirullahal Adhiim

Flek Wajah

Berdasarkan pengalaman nih, wajahku banyak fleknya….
Flek wajah merupakan bercak coklat muda/tua/abu-abu atau kehitaman, pada wajah dengan bentuk titik-titik atau melebar, biasanya simetris, akibat pigmentasi kulit yang berlebih.

Apa penyebabnya timbul flek??

Satu
Factor keturunan. Berapa orang pada usia lebih dari 30 tahun mempunyai bakat untuk timbul flek wajah.

Dua
Prose menua. Makin tua usia seseorang, flek wajah makin nyata terlihat.

Tiga
Factor sinar matahari. Ultraviolet pada matahari mengakibatkan flek yang tersamar menjadi lebih jelas terlihat.

Empat
Kehamilan dan obat hormonal. Pada kehamilan dan penggunaan pil KB/suntik/susuk, akan meningkatkan hormone yang memicu produksi pigmen kulit sehingga timbul flek wajah.

Lima
Pemakaian kosmetik yang berwarna dan wangi dalam jangka waktu lama dapat mengakibatkan timbulnya flek.

Pencegahan Flek Pada Wajah

1. Perlu perilaku yang menganggap ‘matahari adalah musuhku’ yaitu bila melakukan kegiatan antara jam 7-17 (seperti menunggu bis, naik motor, olahraga pagi siang, berkebun, mencuci, dan menjemur pakaian di teras.dsb)
a. tanpa pelindung, maksimal 15 menit
b. dengan pelindung tabir surya/topi/paying maksimal 30 menit. Bila suatu hari melakukan kegiatan dibawah matahari tanpa pelindung selama 2-3 jam, keesokan harinya flek kembali menebal.
2. hindari pemakaian obat hormonal untuk KB, pilihlah KB cara lain.
3. hindari penggunaan kosmetik yang wangi dan berwarna untuk jangka waktu lama
4. tetap memakai krim malam dan pagi setiap hari walaupun flek sudah tersamar/hilang.

Sumber: Estetiderma