One of the highlights of my year was delivering workshops to the incoming freshman at the International School of Business (ISB), Ho Chi Minh City.
I conducted 2 sessions of this workshop, each ~250 students. The title:
The Secret to Leadership & Personal Branding: Charisma!
This is a soft skills workshop that aims to:
Educate the students on the fundamentals of leadership
Discuss the various styles of charismatic leadership
Help the students understand and develop their personal brand
Guide them in writing their personal elevator pitch
Provide opportunities to speak in front of a big crowd
Inspire the students to improve their self confidence!
Teach tips and techniques for success in group projects
Help each individual student level up their charisma!
A secondary goal of any workshop of mine is — to have fun! People learn best when they’re having fun.
I try to keep things light and bring out the best energy of the attendees.
These sessions take place in the freshman orientation, so a lot of these students are coming to the big city from small towns, just beginning their university journey. Many of them are a little bit shy, but my goal is to help bring them out of their shell!
My workshop requires a great deal of interaction and participation —- the students stand up and sit down many times during my workshops!
They interact with each other and get to know each other, all while applying and practicing the skills that I’m teaching.
Ideally, every student in the room gets a chance to speak in my workshops — if they want to.
It’s great to see people who take the opportunity and stand up in front of their peers! Leveling up their charisma, just by daring to use their voice!
And extra special credit to those students that DARE to come up to the big stage! In front of nearly 250 people! Big audience, big energy!
I love this next image — the word Confidence in the background and such a brave young lady standing confidently delivering her speech!
Big high 5!
I provide opportunities for leaders to grow —- public speaking on a big stage can be super scary for most. It is sooo inspiring to see the students who dare to jump at the opportunity and establish themselves as leaders in their new university community!
I love seeing people LIGHT UP after they’ve crushed it on stage!
This is the 7th or 8th time I have delivered a version of this workshop.
Each time it gets better and better.
I do believe this was the best yet!
And judging by the response of the students, I think they found a lot of value in the workshop.
After the events, the reception is really warm!
It feels great to get such positive feedback from the students! Also, it feels amazing to see them posting about it on Linked.
This is the type of work that feels very meaningful.
Huge thanks to my wife, Van Bui for her fantastic event photography!
An even bigger THANK YOU to the entire ISB Event Staff, who always make me feel super welcome and put on a phenomenal show!
Special thanks to Dr. Khánh Ngô, (pictured below), Trong Nghia Ho and Mỹ Kim for inviting me back year after year and continuing to support this program!
