As people were gathering for the meeting, Ami, the safety professional who had brought me to their site as a safety speaker, thanked one of the employees for being at the evening session. The employee replied, “Management ‘Strongly Recommended’ we attend.” By the tone of his voice, he made it clear his leadership was doing […]

Effective Presentations Are Memorable As you know, as a safety speaker, I use magic during my presentation. I do this for several very important reasons. First and foremost is to make the meeting more effective and to ensure my audience remembers what I share with them and also takes action on that information. Secondly, it […]

A couple of months ago, as a safety motivational speaker, I had the privilege of teaching my full-day communication course, “Mastering Safety Communication” at the National Safety Council Congress. I began that class and my two breakout sessions the following two days by asking questions of my audience. As part of the communication class, I […]

As I have mentioned before, in addition to being a safety motivational speaker, I am a member of the Academy of Magical Arts, Hollywood Magic Castle (www.magiccastle.com). It is where I have learned many of the magic tricks I use as a safety speaker, to keep meetings fun and effective. Several years ago, I had […]

In last week’s newsletter, I told a story of an employee directing traffic at a fast-food restaurant opening. As a safety speaker I thought about that incident. It made me think about the thoughts of the managers at the local store and even at the corporate office if he had been hit and injured while […]

As a safety speaker I was driving south from Indianapolis through a beautiful portion of Indiana, I see a Chick-Fil-A off the highway ahead. I turn off the main road and see a young employee standing in the middle of the street directing traffic (coincidentally, it was a new store opening). When you watch someone […]

As a safety speaker I look for safety illustrations in everyday life. A warm Friday in August and I am enjoying the privilege of visiting EPCOT at Walt Disney World in Florida. One of my favorite things to see is the “American Adventure”. One person in our party has an electric convenience vehicle, ECV, so […]

 Nervousness and Speaking I love being a safety speaker, I love my audience and I love the impact I have on their lives. I have always enjoyed being in front of an audience. Sunday morning during a special announcement at church, I was reminded not everyone is as comfortable speaking in public. The gentleman making […]

How Clear Is Your Communication? My newsletter this week talked about effective signage. I suggested you test your directional signs out with someone who is not familiar with your operation. In giving this further thought, I realized we should occasionally do the same with our written and oral communication. How many times do we communicate […]

Review from today’s presentation in Snyder Texas “He was awesome !!!!!! So glad we got him. All the hands loved him and they even went back and were talking about him all day. Houston was real impressed… Thank you for helping me make this a very successful safety shut down. I will use him again […]