Secrets to Successful Safety Day Events As a safety motivational speaker, I have attended hundreds of safety day events. I know some of you will be planning quarterly safety meetings, year-end meetings and many of you are planning ahead for safety kickoffs for 2025. I thought I would share some elements I have noticed contribute […]

Driving Fatigue As a safety motivational speaker, I have taught the principle called “Opportunity Teaching.” This is where you take advantage of events in the news locally or internationally to teach a safety point. This week, an opportunity to discuss a safety issue occurred from watching the television show, America’s Got Talent. If you haven’t […]

Safety Motivational Speakers – Keep Your Facts Straight – Your Credibility Is Showing Safety motivational speakers often use stories they have heard or found from many different resources. When you send an email or tell a safety story, people used to just take your word for it. Now with smartphones and tablets in their hands, […]

How many safety directions can you state in the positive? Back in 1976 before I became a safety motivational speaker, I learned a very important principle of effective communication. The most effective instructions or direction you can give someone is when you state it in the positive. I later learned the same rule applies to […]

As a safety motivational speaker I learn so much from my audiences. While people were arriving for my presentation last week at the National Safety Council’s National Congress I was visiting attendees to my session. Someone in the room made a coughing sound and I asked if they were OK. We then discussed we often […]

Safety Speaker Tip – Questions and Improving Safety Focus Have you ever considered the value of questions to get people thinking about safety? Have you ever realized that questions linger in someone’s mind long after you have asked them? As a safety speaker I learned years ago that questions I ask during my presentation have […]

Safety speakers often talk about focus and it’s role in safety. I’m sure you have told employees how important staying focused is to being safe. Distractions can set people up for an injury. Focus is also important when you are looking for safety solutions. When you are writing a safety lesson or talk, creating a […]

Safety Motivational Speaker John Drebinger Reminds You –  As I was driving around town, I noticed the fireworks displays are ready for providing fireworks to our local families. This week would be a good time to remind your employees of the importance of safety off the job. As a safety motivational speaker I am always […]

Safety Speakers Understand the Importance of Communication Skills Training Safety speakers as well as everyone knows how important it is to do everything we can to make the workplace safe. Corporate expenditures are huge to remove hazards, improve procedures, engineering safety into our processes, and on and on. Very few people or organizations invest in […]

Safety Speaker Tip – Using Peer Influence To Your Advantage I once heard someone say if you want to lead people, find a parade and step in front of it. Have you ever been frustrated by wondering how to win over EVERYONE to your new safety initiative, program or procedure? As a safety speaker I […]