Got boring data? Find an angle ... or a spin cycle

9/8/2013

Have you ever thought about using a washing machine to make your point?
It certainly worked out well for this TED presenter.

Rosling could have started off with a bunch of boring statistics. But he didn't. He made it personal by first connecting his message to his family history and then he brought in the data. As a result, he made his point, kept you entertained and clearly had a good time.

I will never look at my dirty laundry the same way again.

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Geni Whitehouse
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Co-founder of SolveServices.com a remote bookkeeping service for wineries.

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Originally from Greenville, SC, I now live in Napa, California.

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Read about my next book and evil plan - hatched on Pi day of 2011.

I am an accountant on a mission. I want to permanently remove the blight of BORING that has attached itself to members of my profession.

But the boring blight doesn't stop there. It's everywhere. I've found it in wineries (although it's a tad more palatable when served with alcohol), in science labs, even in Art museums. And technology people carry the "B" gene too. But the condition need not be fatal.

I lecture around the country to
accountants and technology
audiences and I have a ball.

I was a partner in an Atlanta CPA firm when I realized technology was
my true passion and I have been fighting the nerd versus geek battle ever since.

Through some stroke of absolutely amazing luck, I now find myself in Napa -- the most gorgeous, hospitable place imaginable.

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I am a graduate of the Jeff Justice Comedy Workshoppe and the Persuasive Speaker course taught by Speechworks. I highly recommend both of these organizations. I have also taken training from the amazing Lynda Spillane.

I am not unbiased, nor do I wish to be. I have done work for anyone and everyone in the software industry or the accounting profession. If I am not impressed by what you do or can't find an angle that is interesting or unique, I won't work for or with you. And if you are stodgy or boring, there are not enough dollars or even euros to make me help you.

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