Wearing my standard silver, big belt buckle, spelling out “FUN” and my thin choker, hematite necklace was not a winning combination. What happened?
In Oak Brook just outside of Chicago, at the Oak Brook Marriott, I was presenting a session called Maximizing Return On Image to a [...]
Continue Reading →Will this vendor who is using my tagline in my community, use this opportunity to show their customer service or run over the small entrepreneur who is their target market?
My colleague, who is the president of another Washington State Organization, emailed me this online invitation below. They are using my tagline for their brand [...]
Continue Reading →Happy Lunar New Year!
It is the year of the metal tiger starting on February 14, 2010. In China it is year 4708. Having a tiger in the house is great protection against fire, theft and evil spirits.
Were you born in the year of the tiger?
Characteristics:
The Tiger is the proverbial King [...]
The idea of this “No Bull Soiree” event is to have fun and to get to know people without being pitched at. You will do business with people you like. Towards the end of evening, you will have a much stronger bond because you laughed, sang, danced or played together. At a normal event, [...]
Continue Reading →I was asked to coordinate Speaker’s Corner inspired by Hyde Park. Conferences can be passive and one big information dump on your head. Here is a fun idea to get people interactive, whether you are the speaker or the audience. It makes the halls feel like something is going on. Of course, this may only [...]
Continue Reading →Reduce the lag time between acts for a fast-paced show.
Eliminate every second that is unnecessary or boring. The other night, our international student from Korea asked us, his host parents to attend his event. He is the student planner of a talent show at his college. As responsible, caring, host parents, we attended. This [...]
Continue Reading →You are a meeting planner. The speaker demanded two wireless mics and a sound check 1.5 hours before the program. “That’s an extra $150 per wireless microphone, plus we now need to have the AV guy to set it up which is $75 an hour. Our other speakers don’t have these requests. She also requests [...]
Continue Reading →“I have never seen the sky so blue,” my exchange students from Macau and China discussed in awe as they stared at the sky streaked with clouds in the twilight hours. When we returned home I took them on the porch to sit close to nature.
I asked them “what’s the color of the day [...]
Continue Reading →How many times a day are you sitting listening to someone?
My guess is way too many. Generally speaking, the meetings we attend, we are held responsible for our actions. Meaning, we need to keep ourselves awake and interested. I believe this is the responsibility of the planner and the speaker to capture the audience [...]
Continue Reading →What does a stage show have to do with maximizing events?
I will tell ya. They have their standard operating procedures down -rock solid. Managing audience participation can be tricky. You never know what will happen. Will they show up or get stuck in the casino? Will your participants be boring? Controllable? Ask any performer [...]
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