I recently saw the movie Little Miss Sunshine which features Greg Kinnear as a character who is a motivational speaker totally down on his luck. Throughout the film, he desperately tries to sell his “9 steps” success method, and, though his steps are good in theory, but this guy is a total loser.
The movie […]
In this podcast episode we return to a visit with Minnesota motivational speaker Mark Sharenbroich.
Mark tells us the story about when he stopped an old man in Illinois for directions, he asked the man, “How long will it take to get there.” The man answered that, “It’s 91 miles, but how long it […]
…. the wind out of the hurricane!
Another exerpt from the lawyer and minister who are writing about the hurricanes that hit Louisiana and Mississippi coasts.
You Know You Live on the Gulf Coast when…
Hurricane Katrina - Mississippi Response: Friday: Hurricane humor 1
* You see your uncles, aunts, cousins, brothers and sisters […]
On the way back working for a teachers in-service for a bunch of educators and teachers, (I love being a education motivational speaker!)I got caught in a freak storm that shut down Colorado’s main highway. As the hotels were already full, I ended up in a Shelter (small church) opened by […]
What are corporate magicians? And Why do you need one?
I got a call today from a very nice woman who had some excellent questions about my use of magic in my job as a professional speaker.
I ended up giving her a short course on corporate magicians and what sets them apart, and it […]
Don Cooper is a fantastic speaker and wonderfully funny man. He recently was quoted in the National Speakers Association newsletter.
Check out this exerpt about the value of humorists:
“What’s a laugh worth?
Selling a topic like sales, marketing or customer service is relatively easy. Those subjects translate straight to the bottom line, so […]
My pal Tim Gard just submitted this to a newsletter! Great job Tim.
(The following is an excerpt from an aricle in the NSA Humor Peg newsletter.
So how do you sell the value of humor to a client? Why would someone pay for a humorist vs. a content speaker?
“I […]
Do YOU think humor has a place in business? I sure do. Check out this excerpt form a humor newsletter from Humorist Roz Trieber.
“Research demonstrates there is a significant correlation between humor and leadership effectiveness (Priest and Swain, 2002). Organizational culture, in the military and elsewhere, supports the use of humor by leaders […]
I’m on the plane coming home from a date with the ID Potato Shipper Growers Association. (Yup, potato industry folks really needed a humorist motivational speaker… their industry is going through some HUGE changes.)
I loved the date… the folks were nice. The potato humor was fast and furious (no… I’m not […]
Dateline: Ft. Collins, Colorado I just got back from Colorado’s premier magicians convention called Magic in the Rockies. What a blast. Colorado magicians converge on three days of tricks, lectures, and laughter. A couple of my favorites were comedians […]
