Professional speakers often play the role of coach, guide, friend, provocateur, and nudge. If they ask an audience, "what is wrong?" then they bring them down. Instead they usually ask, "what is possible here?" and "who cares?" This engages the creativity of your audience. Margaret Wheatley reminds
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This is a good time of year to do a "baggage check." What do you own that is dated and useless? What do you hang on to that is hurtful and defeating? Do you worry about future events that have or may not happen? Do you agonize over losses? Do you keep reliving past hurts and traumas? Dr. Lloyd Thoma
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I owned a professional speakers bureau for 13 years and learned what meeting planners look for in hiring speakers. Now it is almost 2008 and some things have changed. Here is the "inside scoop." The number of meetings is up, lead time for bookings is shorter, meeting durations are shorter. (so fewer
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