Join Me on My Journey to Kitchen Show Live | A Back Seat Experience

[The_Kitchen_Guy]

...starting this thread.

And I'm sitting in the back seat of a car on my way to Kitchen Show Live.

 

[KimmyDarling]

Cool! Are you on a laptop or a PDA?

 

[pamperedlinda]

...starting this thread.

And I'm sitting in the back seat of a car on my way to Kitchen Show Live.

But, you didn't tell us what kind of car it is? I know you can't be in a Miata

Who is doing the Kitchen Show Live? Please pass on any great tips that you get.

Linda

 

[The_Kitchen_Guy]

Kim, I use a laptop with a broadband card. It's required for my "other" job but once you're connected to the celluar network, the fee is the same for 1 minute, 24 minutes, 1 hour or 24 hours, so why not do a little recreational computing, too?What kind of car? Gold. It was Vickie's car. Hey, they hogtied me, put a PC tote bag over my head and forced me into the back seat. (If you believe that, I have this land in New Mexico that would be a great investme...er...never mind.)The KSL was by Sue, a delightful lady from England. (I used to say I could listen to her accent all night and this was my chance!)The best tip I can pass along is that it's good to see how other (especially very successful) people do a show. I'm going to steal her opening. Why? Last week, I got to hear a great CLOSING for a show, and Sue's opening is perfect foreshadowing for closing. A really good feature article or column has a hook in the opening paragraph and a strong closing always goes back to the hook. (Dave Barry's columns are a perfect example of that technque.) A PC show is the same thing - you need a hook to get 'em to listen to you and you need a strong finish.Sue's opening uses an almost identical line to the closing I learned last week, so that's why I'm stealing it.Yeah, I know, I'm getting to it. The closing uses a line like, "Have you ever sat through a direct selling presentation like this one and thought, 'I could do that' or even, 'Not only could I do that, I could do better than he/she did,' but then went home and never did anything about it?" The opening I heard tonight was almost the verbatim line.

 

[lacychef]

I like that ending too You may have some of us cheffers stealing from you!

 

[The_Kitchen_Guy]

I like that ending too You may have some of us cheffers stealing from you!

I stole it in the first place.