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Has Success Eluded You Because You Eluded Failure?

Has success eluded you because you eluded failure? The Great Leadership blog posted an interesting article on the topic of failure. Read it. Let me know what your thoughts are on the list

7 tips for speaking up in meetings

Speak Schmeak: 7 tips for speaking up in meetings: "Meetings. We hate them, yet we have to go to them. There are too many, yet not enough. We even call them ourselves from time to time. And th..."

How Can I Fill Seats in My Seminars & Workshops

I thought you might enjoy this clip. You've put the work into planning a seminar (and the dollars). Now, make sure you have a plan to get people into the room. Give people a reason to show up!

Connect with the audience

Delivering a seminar program is a great way to promote your business. Before presenting you may want to do a little homework. My coach emailed me a list of questions that he felt would be useful when planning a strategy to connect with the audience. Plus this information will help you fill those seats.

Great list of questions:
1. Why are you interested in having me speak to your group?

2. What are the main interest areas of the audience? What is their pain?

3. Do they prefer lectures, discussions or group presentations?

4. What other programs have the organization sponsored over the past year?

5. What program received the most positive response? Why?

6. What was the least successful program? Why?

7. What is the audience expecting?

8. What does the audience already know about (your topic)?

9. Do they have opinions about (your topic), pro and con?

10. Will there be people in the audience who have international experience? If so, what kinds of experience?

11. How will my product or service benefit the group?

Oh yeah, here is a must ask question: What type of organization is it and what activities does it normally sponsor?


The Seminar Marketing Formula: How To Get The Butts In The Seats Of Your Next Workshop Or Seminar

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Task manager or people manager? Is there room for both in the organization?

Always the one looking for interesting article, I came across the article on the subject of management. The author brings up several good points that owners should think about.

Here's an excerpt from the article:

Many organizations fail to differentiate these subtle points. A shepherd cannot be given the responsibility of running a sheep farm. Running a sheep farm is a different ball game altogether when compared to taking the sheep for just grazing and brining them back to the shed.

Read "Who is the ideal manager..."

10 Ways to Get More Candid Feedback (and 5 ways if you really can’t handle the truth)

Looking to get more candid feedback? Dan McCarthy has posted 10 ways to get the feedback you need. The list includes:
#1 Ask a recruiter
#2 Take an assessment test

Jump over to Dan's blog to read the entire list. If you are brave and really want that honest feedback you crave, check out #10 on his list.
Let me know what you think.