How to Add Humor to your Staff Meeting
Staff meetings are often misguided – a litany of bad things happening to good people. One by one, employees report on recent wrong-doings, lousy news, to-do lists, safety updates, cutbacks, or new red tape or government compliance regulations lurking at the back door. When you stack your agenda with too much content, it can dampen […]
How To Give a Team Motivational Speech to Boost Morale
Few leaders are exceptionally good at rallying the troops. They want results, but their words don’t inspire action. A team motivational speech will temporarily inspire teams. Yet, As stress continues to pile up back at work, the motivation will eventually fade. However, if a speech motivates action, it builds momentum that builds on itself. What makes any […]
Weak on Happiness, Strong on Gloom. How to Turn it Around
Human happiness has hit a roadblock. The World Happiness Report shows Negative Emotions are rising around the world. Many people drag themselves around in a state of blah discontent. We only have one life, and this is no way to live it! Most people operate in vague discontent. Everyone wants to be happy, but most people don’t […]
3 Steps to Put Difficult People in Their Place
Some people are hard to understand. It seems that they need to draw attention to themselves. They stomp and fuss if they don’t get their way, or get upset and lash out in an angry outburst. It’s tough to reason with them because they always seem to want it their way It would be fine […]
What is the Difference between a Plenary Speaker and Keynote Speaker?
If you are planning a meeting you might be wondering, do you need a Plenary speaker or a Keynote Speaker? What is the difference? I’ve served as a funny keynote speaker at over 90 events per year for over 23 years. Plenary and keynote speakers tend to be used interchangeably. Ultimately, they both address the entire audience […]
HOW MANY KEYNOTE SPEAKERS DOES MY EVENT NEED?
Are you planning your next big event? Along with the overwhelming rush of getting all the details and guest speakers in line, you may be wondering how many keynote speakers you need. This decision will dramatically impact your budget, so it’s best to decide early on. Live events need to push people past their day […]
How to Write a Safety Speech
Safety is thrust into the spotlight when someone gets hurt. You know safety is important, but how do you get everyone on board? Of course, you’re committed to safety, but when demands on your time and your people increase, it’s harder to keep it a priority. In a busy work environment, it’s easiest to keep […]
Motivational Speeches about Understanding the Upside of Down
Good judgment comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgment.”— Jim Horning Putting all self development instruction aside, when everything goes wrong the very last thing I feel like doing is being positive! “Look on the bright side,” others will say. Because it’s illegal to kill them, I have had to consider this fluffy inspiration […]
How to Give an Inspirational Speech in 5 Minutes or Less
Is it possible to motivate your team in under five minutes? Yes! People are more distracted than ever today, and they need short bits of inspiration to keep them focused. The biggest challenge most leaders have is they speak for too long, and the audience gets bored or distracted. Studies show attention is highest in the […]
How to Write a Motivational Speech using Rhetorical Devices
If you are planning a speech, and want to persuade others, it helps to brush up on the following rhetorical devices. Make your points memorable, and draw attention to good reasoning, with a well placed smattering of the following devices in your motivational speech: The Rhetorical Question Here you ask a question, where the answer is […]
