What to say after the performance?
You're standing in the lobby of the theater...the audience is leaving and a few are staying behind to greet the [...]
What day is that job?
What day is that job? I had traveled across the country to deliver a workshop for a company that was facing a tough [...]
3 warning signs that your meeting is going wrong.
How many times has one of your meetings gone wrong? When a meeting goes wrong, it's as if no one is at the meeting at [...]
How Rebecca Solnit writes – might change the world
“Books are boxes” she said with a light in her eye, “I discovered them when I learned to read. Reading allowed [...]
7 Business Fashion Rules: Jeans at an off-site
Somethings about business never change....like the neck tie. Men still wear neck ties as a symbol of seriousness about [...]
Turn your Doodles into a Career
Can your doodles be a new career? Lynn Carruthers turned her doodling into a career and she can teach you how you can [...]
How connected are you and why?
These three men were sitting in the Austin Airport. I looked over at them and was struck by the sight. I imagined that [...]
What would you ask a stranger? On Stage?
Would you answer these questions on stage? In front of an audience of strangers? Have you ever cheated on a [...]
Howling At The Moon
Assignment: NRF speaker support. January 19, 2010 One of my favorite scenes in the movie Moonstruck is when the [...]
Creating the dramatic without the ‘drama’!
You need to engage and inform a group. It may be an internal group like new-hires or an external group like attendees at [...]
When you present: Who is it about? You or them?
When you make a presentation either live or written who is it about? For a clue, take a look at the first word of the [...]
The Weber Family Christmas Return
Phil, Naomi, Sally Sue and Bradley (a boy they know) are celebrating Christmas again! Did you miss them? The Brüka [...]
"Shots Fired"
Two police officers rushed over to me, “are you the one that called 911?” “Yes” I said. “I came out of the [...]
Shaking the gloved hand… on his way to Neverland.
Back stage at Disneyland is a special place. The limbo between the 'Magic Kingdom' and the real world. It is the area [...]














