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IT TOPICS in Business
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​Nowadays, business is about technology. Yet few business professionals have a strong technical background. Even tech professionals don’t understand every emerging trend. Managers in all functional areas of a company -- from marketing and HR to finance and customer service -- need to understand more about IT. How can it transform the products your company offers? What threats does it pose to your operations and customers? How can it allow you to do everything you do better?
 
In these keynotes, Mel uses his unique combination of skills as a seasoned tech expert and entertaining speaker to break down hard-to-understand concepts for a general business audience in a humourous way. Participants come away smarter and enlightened to new possibilities. It’s infotainment at its best!

Topics include:
What’s Big Data and Why?
  • What kind of data companies collect and what it can reveal
  • How to profit from big data
  • When is big data relevant
Internet of Things (IoT)
  • How did IoT evolve and what does it mean
  • How IoT has transformed some industries and what the future holds
  • Threats of universal connectivity
Cloud Computing
  • What’s a cloud, and where is it?
  • The great potential of cloud computing
  • Risks of relying on the cloud
Artificial Intelligence
  • A primer on AI and what it can do
  • Siri, Alexa and why your next assistant will be a bot
  • Where humans beat machines and where they don’t
Gamification
  • Why our minds like games
  • How gamification is changing how people learn and businesses communicate
4th Industrial Revolution / Industrie 4.0
  • Have we evolved from the 3rd into the 4th industrial revolution?
  • Technologies on the cutting edge (AI, robotics, 3D printing and more)
  • How businesses prepare for transformative change

CROSS CulTURAL Differences
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We all work and interact with people of different nationalities. But often, miscommunication over big and small problems turns into huge crises. All due to a lack of intercultural awareness. In this keynote address, employees learn that misconceptions, prejudices and stereotypes obstruct natural, logical dialogue. They’ll learn that cross-cultural differences are inevitable but being aware of rules and expected behaviours can break down barriers. 

Understanding Germany
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Understanding the German business mentality can be a challenge or a complete mystery to an Ausländer (foreigner). German culture is different in so many ways -- lifestyle, values, communication styles and business sense.
This witty, insightful presentation explains the cultural differences and communication issues between “your people” and the Germans they need to interact with on a daily basis.
“Mel Kelly is the missing spice to any event.  Entertaining, informative and funny, your audience is in safe hands with Mel at the helm." – Olivia Schofield, Top Woman Speaker World Championship of Public Speaking 2011