Stories from the road and stuff I make up

Halloween Lessons Even For Hailed Presenters & Planners

Who would have guessed that Halloween is the 2nd most celebrated holiday in the US, just behind Christmas? REALLY!? What possibly could have changed over the last 20 years to have it supersede even Thanksgiving and Easter? What once was only for kids – now gets us all wrapped up in parties, decoration, pumpkin carving, special food …

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A hotel app allows business travelers, even Keynote Speakers, to network with other hotel guests?

As a Keynote Speaker and NOT your typical motivational speaker, I rack up miles in travel. I’m a USA Today “Road Warrior” contributor at times and found this request quite interesting . . . and maybe disturbing. It is heralded as “New app creates pop-up social networks at hotels”. Meaning, as a traveler, keynote speaker or vacationer other people could communicate with you, simply because, you are staying in the same hotel. Really?

What would you tell yourself, at age 21, knowing what you do now?

“Duker”, a 21 year old student, came up to me after I presented a closing keynote for a national association today. He was there representing his fathers software company. Thankfully, he was very complimentary and I appreciate the #ExceededMyExpectations tweet 🙂 He asked me a question that caught me off guard – and I love …

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