Tagged as ‘Military’

Everybody Likes a Bit of Raving
By Brad Montgomery
Posted in Military, Raving Fans, Recent Audiences on 14 August 2009
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I recently worked in San Diego, California for a group of teachers from the Department of Defense called STARBASE.  It was a cool group of educators tasked with getting “at risk” kids fired up about math and science.   It’s not a military group, but these “schools” are mainly on military bases, so there are plenty [...]

Help a Soldier — First Class Style
By Brad Montgomery
Posted in Military, Motivational Speakers, Random Humor Musings, happiness on 21 July 2009
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This amazing story about good humor (and good grace) from one of my motivational speaker friends, Barbara Glanz.
In short, the story is about how civilian travelers voluntarily gave up their first class seats to the soldiers flying on board a commercial airliner. It’s hard not to feel good about it.
Check out this excerpt:
…Another young [...]

Military Humor – Air Force Squeaks?
By Brad Montgomery
Posted in Military, Motivational Speakers on 10 December 2008
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I was a motivational speaker at an Air Force event a while back.  If anybody deserves a visit from a humorist, it had to be that group.  Check out this very cool, very makes-me-feel-awesome letter from one of the folks in the audience:
Brad,
 
I am sure that you dont remember me but we met two years [...]

Uncle Sam Needs A Laugh Too!
By Brad Montgomery
Posted in Military, Recent Audiences on 8 August 2008
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The military Uncle Sam that is!
I’m not gonna get into whether or not the current war is a great idea or not. But, one thing is certain: our men and women in the military are worthy of the utmost respect. They sacrifice a lot for their families — and us — and place [...]

ARMY humor? Yup, humor in leadership
By Brad Montgomery
Posted in Cool Stuff You Can Do At Home, Military, Tips for Speakers on 29 September 2005
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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 [...]



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