4 Reasons Why Marcello Wows Everywhere (and AU)! Jason Boehning If you’ve been to a conference in the past four years that had anything to do with Autodesk Revit, then chances are, you have heard of Marcello Sgambelluri. Why? Because he has been voted a top speaker in 9 conferences since 2012! Preparation One of the things I saw over the past year is the amount of time Marcello puts into preparing a presentation. Some of the content he presents takes him over a year So what is it that makes Marcello so intriguing? to formulate. Much of Why does he have so many people determined to this is due to the fact make it to one of his sessions at AU, RTC, or other that he seeks to present BIM/Revit conferences? I’ve actually heard people things that have never say things like, “He gives out awesome ribbons,” been done before. In “He jumps up and down and gets real excited,” any given session, you “Everyone attends because they think he’s a Ninja may see 3-6 examples Turtle,” or—one of my favorites—“He glows, like or new ideas, but he has he’s glow-in-the-dark!”. probably gone through Marcello is a good friend of mine, and I’ve had the 30-60 iterations before he settled on what you privilege to get to know him over the past couple years. This past year, we worked together to create saw. He wants to make sure he has everything learning content for Dynamo to be a part of the covered and worked out CADLearning products. before it is presented. I’m not writing this just to sing the praises of my Autodesk University good friend, or to point out that a top speaker at was so impressed all these conferences has collaborated to create a CADLearning product. I want to share my understanding of what draws people to him and how he adds value to his students so that we, as speakers, teachers, and trainers, can improve. And I don’t mean to limit this to only people who present on a regular basis. All of us who take the time to help others can use this advice. I hope to give you an inside look at how Marcello’s preparation, passion, creativity, and character have made him one of the most notable speakers in the AEC industry today. 8 www.cadlearning.com