The Video: My First Presentation on Innerpreneurs

July 13, 2009 in My Journey | What's On My Mind · Written by Tara Joyce · Follow Me on Twitter

The Scene:

Anxious 74/365

A small auditorium of 100 business men and women in a business park outside Lisbon. Most are Portuguese entrepreneurs and venture capitalists.

I am on the Entrepreneurship panel with three other speakers. A mayor passionate about sustainability from Ericeira, Portugal and two bio-technology innovators.

The Speech:

I was more dynamic live, where you could see my slides too. They really drove the presentation. And it distracted the viewer from my nervous rambling.

My intention was to highlight why people (specifically the business community) should care about innerpreneurs.

Tara Joyce @ Venture Capital IT 2009 from Gesventure on Vimeo.

Take a chance on me:

It was my first professional speaking opportunity. On an untraditional business topic that very few people know anything about. When all they knew was my words, Gesentrepreneur took a huge chance by inviting me to speak. I’m just some Canadian geek girl with a blog and weird ideas. I am so grateful to them for believing in me, and the innerpreneur idea. I hope my appreciation is evident in this article I wrote for the Founder, Franciso Banha.

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  • http://twitter.com/peacefulwarrior Stephen Grant-Jones

    I think you did inner-credibly well :)

  • http://www.openthedoor.ca/ jamie

    I really enjoyed your talk. Both you and your topic are very engaging. Your passion for this new way of doing business is clear. I love the idea of no more either/or thinking!

  • http://www.openthedoor.ca/ jamie

    What a great talk on innerpreneurship, Tara. Your passion and commitment comes through. I love the stand you take for no more either/or. Yes!

  • http://www.elasticmind.ca/innerpreneur Tara Joyce

    Thank you, Stephen. It was an amazing experience for me and one that I
    learned much from. If I have another opportunity to speak, I have many
    ideas of how I can improve. My first order of business will be to
    cultivate more calmness of mind. I thought I was calm when presenting
    but the video shows that I still have much work to do in that aspect.
    I am so grateful for the experience to grow.

  • http://www.elasticmind.ca/innerpreneur Tara Joyce

    Thank you, Jamie. I am so pleased to hear that my passion was evident
    and that you connected with my message.

  • http://twitter.com/elleniccoc Joana Nóbrega

    So wonderful to read your words…
    I & We do believe in your ideas & the way you live them, truly inner.
    Great talk Tara.
    J

  • http://www.elasticmind.ca/innerpreneur Tara Joyce

    Thank you, Joana. If not for you, I would never have had the
    opportunity. You have given me amazing support and I am so grateful.

  • http://rawfoodswitch.com Nathalie Lussier

    Woo! I love it. I am so glad you highlighted this post and video, I really enjoyed watching it and seeing how you explain innerpreneur. Yahoo! :D

  • http://www.elasticmind.ca/innerpreneur/ Tara Joyce

    Aw, thank Nathalie! I look forward to seeing you on Monday.