Meeting Planners Have a Lot at Risk and Speakers Need to Understand It I recently was a motivational speaker for a audience of 500 Foster Case Workers in Austin, Texas and my client came up to me afterwards and told me that one of his many jobs was to manage risk and now that the program…
I just got back from Texas where I was the motivational speaker for a group of social workers for the Child Protection Services. These are the good people who look out for kids who need it most: kids in physical danger. They oversee way too many cases of abused and neglected kids, and do their…
I was recently working as an Emcee for a huge technology conference in Texas. They wanted me to be both a motivational speaker and a master of ceremonies. It was a fun date, it was (happily) well received. (By the way, check out my current avatar on the right. Yes, it’s a lumpy guy w/…
If you think levity and lightheartedness are important to corporate America, join the crowd. In particular, join the folks at Microsoft Finance North America. I worked with this group recently in Seattle, Washington and, like most of my favorite clients, I learned at least as much from them as they learned from me. (Read the…
