Learned something really cool from a conference call I was on last night with Joel Bauer. Joel is a friend of Martin Howey, CEO of Topline Business Solutions and Martin had him on as a guest last night. Martin and I have been close friends since 1979 and I listened to the call ... reluctantly ... as a favor to him. Lucky for me!
Joel stated quite persuasively that the more senses you involve in your communications with others, the greater your impact. The goal is for your recipient to "see-hear-feel" your communication. Joel recommends using a simple digital camera (He recommends the Canon SD400 - 30 frames a second) to shoot and send emails with short movie clips of yourself speaking to your contacts. They will see you ... hear you ... and feel the impact of your communication, and because you're involving so many senses, Joel says you'll be amazed at the impact it will have on them. I agree.
Check out one I sent Martin Howey this morning, thanking him for hosting Joel last night on his conference call. This was done with my digital Samsung Digimax S500 camera. I then saved it to my computer through the USB cable that came with the camera. I then imported it into MovieMaker which came free with my Windows operating system. MovieMaker reduced the avi file from 135 megs down to 928kb wmv file to play in Windows. Wow!
Because the file was so small I was able to attach it to an email and send it right away. Joel Bauer also shared informaton on a free service by Google where you can upload your movie clips to their site where they will host them for free and send emails to your recipients with links for downloads. Amazing. Check out their link: www.video.google.com
Here's my Video Card ... done earlier this morning: MartinConferenceCall
I highly recommend this idea to you of using your digital camera to enhance your communications. Don't have a digital camera? Get one!
Remember to "keep it fun and get more done!"
