Follow-up to follow-up

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Follow-up: Theodor Paleologu - "Creștinism și filozofie antică" (Biserica Șerban Vodă, 2018.05.27)

I enjoyed listening to a podcast with Theodor Paleologu.

During the interview, Theodor Paleologu mentioned the difference between being a leader and a follower.

It made me think – all this time, I’ve been doing follow-ups, this means I’m a follower.

And I enjoy it very much and think it’s adding some value.

But the leadership is the event itself.

I’m doing a follow-up (an article with videos & photos) to a leader (an event in which ideas are presented).

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Jurnaliștii mai au doar o săptămână să se înscrie la Premiile și Bursele Superscrieri

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Jurnaliștii mai au doar o săptămână să se înscrie la Premiile și Bursele Superscrieri

Jurnaliștii din presa locală pot obține burse în valoare de 2.000 de euro și mentorat

  • Tema Superscrieri din 2025 este sănătatea mintală pentru profesioniști din media și jurnaliști
  • Fundația Friends for Friends împreună cu Asociația Snoop vor acorda o bursă pentru jurnalism pe tema sănătății mintale
  • Jurnalistii din presa locală pot aplica pentru Bursele Superscrieri care sunt oferite in parteneriat cu Ambasada Regatului Țărilor de Jos în România

București, 23 ianuarie 2023: Jurnaliștii și alți profesioniști din media mai au 8 zile să se înscrie la cea de-a XIV-a ediție a Premiilor Superscrieri, organizate de Fundația Friends For Friends pentru a recunoaște cele mai bune materiale de presă ale anului 2024. De asemenea, tinerii jurnaliști din presa locală se pot înscrie pentru Bursele Superscrieri, având posibilitatea să câștige 2.000 de euro și suport editorial.

Premiile Superscrieri sunt oferite pentru nouă categorii de concurs: Investigație, Reportaj, Opinie & comentariu, Debut jurnalistic, Presă locală, Audio/podcast, TV&Video-jurnalism, Fotojurnalism (fotografie de news și fotografie documentară), Civic Influencers.

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AI and Baron Munchausen

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Leonorah Beverly - Discussion on the lake

Baron saves himself from being drowned in a swamp by pulling on his own hair.

Baron Munchausen – Wikipedia

There are limits to the human intelligence. We can only go so far.

Yet, people can create AI, a system that, in a few years, will likely be much smarter than even the smartest people who ever lived on Earth.

We are able to create something that is better than us.

Baron Munchausen was a fictional character with fictional deeds. Well, it seems humans have achieved fixing this.

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Variation

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I recently read about this, I think, in a book – people overrate the happiness brought by variation.

You go to an event, they have a Swedish buffet (Smörgåsbord (Swedish: [ˈsmœ̂rɡɔsˌbuːɖ] ⓘ, lit. ’sandwich-table’) is a buffet-style meal of Swedish origin. It is served with various hot and mainly cold dishes.).

A natural tendency is to taste from a lot of different foods, as they are all available.

But, likely, you’ll enjoy a few of them, and dislike much many more.

If you have to choose 8 pizzas for a party, you might pick 8 different ones. How about picking 2 or 3, with lots of repetition?

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Tip for presenters – take small breaks

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Tip for presenters - take small breaks

I see people speaking at conferences. Sometimes, they rush it—the moment they get an opportunity to talk on the microphone, they act on it. There is no break, no space.

Unfortunately, this isn’t an optimal solution. The best solution, in my opinion, is to take a small break. Don’t rush it. Take a small break prior to speaking, just for a tiny moment.

Even if it’s a large, important, event, you should take a break before speaking.

When you go from the back of the scene to the microphone, don’t rush it. Take a small moment of a break.

On the same note, speak a bit slower. Don’t rush it in.

Sure, in your mind, it’s easy to form an image of what you are about to say.

But, for most listeners, it’s important to be able to follow you. If you speak too quickly, you might be doing a poor thing.

OK, if you’re taking an exam in foreign languages, speaking quickly might prove that you know the language well.

Also, after making an important assertion, take a small pause.

But for the fun of it, take a break, take some breaks.

If you want to see a speaker doing this very well, consider watching a video with Jim Bagnola. (who is Jim, for me?)

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Aiming for #2

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Nick Kenrick - We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope... Martin Luther King, Jr.

In a famous book, “Positioning” by Al Ries, Jack Trout (Book Summary), which I read a long time ago, it is written something in the lines of: “Try to be first. If you can’t be the first, be the contender, but don’t fight the «big guy» on its direct field”.

For example, Pepsi positions itself not for Christmas & family, but for a new, trendy generation.

When I go to an event to film/photograph people, most of the other entities (people, companies) covering the event focus on the highlights of the event – the speakers, mainly. I can’t compete with them (they have a much larger audience than me), so I focus also on the audience. Another way to position myself is that if a big media brand tries to cover the main points, I position myself in a way that I cover the whole event in video, even if it’s less exciting to watch from the viewer’s perspective. If someone records a conference, I also record the Q&A session.

On the topic: What is Blue Ocean Strategy | About Blue Ocean Strategy.

Sometimes, it’s best not to be the best.

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