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Archive for February, 2008

Smiling as a Second Language

Posted by Motivational Speakers: Brad Montgomery on February 24th, 2008

Or: Yes Brad, You Can Smile in Spanish.
NEVER UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF A SMILE
I spent three weeks with my family in Guatemala over the holidays. (What can I say? I have a great job.) I learned about a million things: Spanish, Poverty, Geology, and Food. […]

How To Choose Motivational Speakers

Posted by Motivational Speakers: Brad Montgomery on February 19th, 2008

Check with past clients.   Or… short of that… check for testimonials.  LOTS of testimonials.
Why is it important? If I were choosing among motivational speakers, corporate comedians, or humorists, the #1 thing I’d want to know is my speaker has a long list of happy clients, and DID THEY LIKE HIM?
Well, I’m pretty darned proud […]

Clown Nose Ruins Video Web Conference

Posted by Motivational Speakers: Brad Montgomery on February 15th, 2008

I was recently on a coaching call helping a fellow motivational speaker, William Reed beefing up the amount of humor he uses in his keynote speeches. What made it fun is that we did it via video conference.But what made it REALLY fun was that for a moment, the technology glitched and the video […]

Does the Air Force need Motivational Speakers?

Posted by Motivational Speakers: Brad Montgomery on February 11th, 2008

I’m just now back from Orlando, Florida where I spoke with about 950 members of the Air Force Sergeants’ Association. I love working in Orlando. And I love working with military audiences, but this group was a total hoot.
There were a long list of highlights. Here’s a few:
• Immediately before my […]

Microsoft Fires Motivational Speaker for Joking about Blackberry

Posted by Motivational Speakers: Brad Montgomery on February 6th, 2008

I’m kidding. But it was close.
Last week I was in Dallas, Texas speaking to a group of Microsoft Partner Account Managers. I was hired to facilitate a discussion on how to make their attitudes about their jobs more positive and therefore more productive. I had close to four hours with […]

Magicians can be fooled too

Posted by Motivational Speakers: Brad Montgomery on February 2nd, 2008

A Colorado magician pal just sent me this cool mind reading trick that seems to work better on the internet than it ever would be in person.
It’s cool.
What do you think? Is it magic? (No doubt a clever magician wrote it.)
Cheers!