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“Yes, but it’s a wet cold …”

Heading out to Sioux Falls, South Dakota, this morning to kick off Behind a Wizard’s Curtain: The 2011 Radio Advertising Workshop. It’s, umm, kinda chilly there. I’ve got fleece packed and flannel packed and some polar bear food, and I’m ready to go. In truth, they’ve been great, and I’m excited. They’ve done all the [...]

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Strategic Planning Made Simple

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A few days back, I gave a couple presentations in Valparaiso, Indiana, and I had about ten minutes of extra material on strategic planning tacked onto the end of a talk I give on Managing Change. I’m playing with some new screencasting equipment, and I learned - among other things - that I probably shouldn’t [...]

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Hanover, Indiana

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Well, they’ve got to pick some place to take the Fall pictures for calendars. My guess is they choose Hanover College on the banks of the Ohio River. This is the view from the college President’s front yard. I had a chance to speak yesterday to some amazing not-for-profit organizations at the inaugural Regional Governor’s [...]

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The Civic Lessons: A Keynote Sneak Preview

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Hope all is well. I’m on the road to speak a couple times this week. I’m writing from the simply beautiful Hanover College on the banks of the Ohio River in Indiana. Then, I’ll head over to Springfield, Illinois to speak to about a thousand volunteers on Thursday. (All that just to set up this [...]

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Give A Wittle Bit

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“This is my fwend Scotty.” The boy’s friend (and ours), Uncle Scotty, gets up around 4:30 every morning to be best buddy to about 40 or 50,000 of his closest friends. He’s been in the conversation for the best morning show in America many times over, and he’s a busy, busy guy. Lots of people [...]

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Managing Change From The Inside Out

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Why is change so hard? Why do those who’d benefit the most usually put up the most resistance? Have you ever been in a situation where you desperately needed a change? For years, I’ve been doing a small talk about how to more deftly dance with change. After being invited to speak to The Illinois [...]

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Answer Questions As Asked

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Last night I was a teacher - dispensing lessons learned to a group of incredibly bright young women from Stephens College. One sage piece passed on was simply to answer questions as asked. Simple, right? If someone asks you what time it is, you don’t tell them how to build a watch, you tell them [...]

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All The Difference

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Poor young ladies … Tonight, a group of students from the venerable Stephens College will get together and listen to a rapidly-graying, slightly-addled, hyphen-loving-father-of-two babble on about the lessons of a misspent youth. Why would they bother? They’re being offered free pizza and stuff. And maybe, just maybe, one or two of them might read [...]

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My Aquatech Keynote Review in Four Words

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