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4 Reasons Corporate Event Planners Should Rethink After Dinner Speakers
After Dinner Speakers: Time for a Change? Here’s something I’ve never really understood: the tradition of speaking after dinner.
Bill Walton – Sports Icon and Motivational Speaker
BILL WALTON spoke at a dinner event last week for Irving Place Capital in Las Vegas. The next morning I woke up to this email in my inbox: “It was an amazingly, spectacular event with Mr. Walton . Our customers and guests were blown away with his genuineness — intelligence — outlook on life and compassion toward others — and their “one and lifetime” opportunity to meet a living legend.”
Legendary Sports Motivational Speaker Joins DN
Basketball legend, famed broadcaster, philanthropist and sports motivational speaker BILL WALTON has a great story to tell. Bill’s story . . . Inspires audiences with tales from his improbable life and career Offers lessons in leadership from the championship coaches he played for, including the legendary John Wooden Recounts the rocky road to recovery after catastrophic spinal collapse changed his life
A speaker walks into a hotel . . .
“You know how to ‘take’ the reservation – but you don’t know how to ‘hold’ the reservation – and that’s really the most important part of the reservation.” – Jerry Seinfeld If you are a Seinfeld fan, you might remember this great scene from the episode where a car rental agent tells Jerry that she doesn’t have a car for him, even though he has a reservation. (here’s a link to the 36-second excerpt that says it all)
Mike Abrashoff Heroics – Drives 4 Hours on 15 Minutes’ Notice to Help a Bureau in Need
This story is so good I had to share.
The new rules of sales: is cold calling dead? David Meerman Scott thinks so!
“The way people buy has changed – and the rules to engage them have, too. Seller beware – if you want to grow business and generate attention for your products or services, you ignore this trend at your own risk.” – David Meerman Scott
A Strange Thing Happened in Springfield, Massachusetts Last Month
There’s a huge regional state fair over the Massachusetts border from Connecticut where I live. It’s called the Eastern States Exposition. It’s a three week affair that finished its run in late September. I’ve been going to it since i was a kid.
If you don’t know Bob, you should read the stuff he’s saying!
A few months ago David Meerman Scott turned me on to the extraordinary music industry blogger Bob Lefsetz. Since then I’ve become a die-hard fan of his brilliant observations, biting wit and a keen understanding of the profound ways digital has transformed the music marketplace and 21st century life. Whether it’s live shows, radio airplay; streaming music, breaking new artists, whatever – Lefsetz commentary on an industry rife with uncertainty and change is entertaining and thought-provoking.
