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Event: Utrecht

Utrecht street with bicyclists

Today finds Tom in Utrecht, The Netherlands. He took these pictures on an afternoon walk upon his arrival there yesterday. It looks as if he's still enjoying lovely weather, while we're getting forecasts of more snow tonight in Boston.

The event of the day is a conference on The Future of Talent, and Tom has done a long and short version of his Talent50 for the occasion. You can download them here:
The Future of Talent Conference, Utrecht, The Netherlands
The Future of Talent Conference, Long Version

Cathy Mosca posted this on 03/23/07.

Comments

yes Holland is beautiful. The pics are really kewl.

I once did the AMS=>Utrecht=>Arnhem =>Deventor (Bridge to Far movie! :)...and it was an awsome experince.. I think everyone there has a bicycle and thats their main mode of getting from pointA to pointB !!

Posted by /pd at March 23, 2007 10:59 AM

Tom, I'm interested in the issue of 'Talent" with clients in this space, so downloaded your presentation. I don't mean to be disrespectful, but a 180 slide presentation?? and that's the short one?

Secondly, the font size and colored backgrounds actually make it harder to read what you have to say. I read your blog, so I know that the content of what you have to say is valuable, but this is just making it hard. Or do you do this because the presentation is long and you want to keep people's attention?

I've never seen you present so maybe it works really well, but as a posting online it doesn't.

Not sure if you are aware of this blog, but I think you might enjoy it: www.beyondbullets.com; the writer is an expert in effective PowerPoint presentations.

Regards,
David

Posted by david koopmans at March 23, 2007 4:26 PM

I just saw this quote and had to share it:

â€œExcellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude.â€

â€“ Colin L. Powell

I had to check the URL to see if was tompeters.com ;-)

Posted by Stephen at March 23, 2007 10:23 PM

"I've never seen you present so maybe it works really well."

It works really, really well--especially in a large auditorium. AV folks love it--which is my test. This is not a Web version, it's the real deal, that is all we post. 180 is about r4ight for 2.5 hours--as you see, there are but a few words per page.

Posted by tom peters at March 24, 2007 1:50 PM

Cathy / Tom - No comments at all on the piece in last weeks TIME Global Business spot on your former venture and Bluepoint? Just curious.

Posted by Eric Lapp at March 25, 2007 7:57 AM

Hi Tom, thanks for the tiny interview in Utrecht. I notice you don't talk about personal branding too much anymore these days, while my company is very succesful with it in the Netherlands. Have you lost interest in the topic? It works good for us.
Kind regards, Huub

Posted by Huub at March 25, 2007 5:03 PM