Blog by Safety Speaker John Drebinger – Page 17

Never Pre-Qualify to the Negative by Safety Speaker John Drebinger

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Never Pre-Qualify to the Negative What he meant was you should never (and I do mean NEVER) begin a safety talk or presentation with a negative comment about that speech or presentation, no matter how true or accurate. This is one of those concepts, which may best be taught by...
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Safety Speaker John Drebinger’s Update on Last Week’s Article

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Update On Last Week’s Article Last Wednesday morning, I arrived home and pulled into my driveway and while my wife and I were listening to an interview on the radio I began to check my email on my iPad. The first one I saw was a reply to last week’s...
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Water Safety Tip by Safety Speaker John Drebinger – Summer is Here

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Water Safety Tip - Summer is Here by Safety Speaker John Drebinger As a safety speaker I love all the great ideas I pick up from my clients. I mentioned a few weeks ago before every meeting including conference calls one of my international consulting clients begins with a safety...
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Learning Is State Dependent – Safety Speaker John Drebinger

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Thanks For A Great Week What a great week! First, as a safety speaker I had the privilege of giving a keynote presentation for the Enform Petroleum Safety Conference in Banff, Canada. What a great event! I was able to share my keynote version Would You Watch Out For My...
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Driving Under the Influence Unknowingly? by Safety Speaker John Drebinger

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How Often Has Someone You Love Driven Under The Influence Unknowingly? My wife and her friends love to go wine tasting. I am the perfect chauffeur as I don't drink and never have. This way no one has to give up anything to be the "designated driver." As I drove...
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Using Humor to Share Safety – by Safety Speaker John Drebinger

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Just last week, I was visiting friends in Southern California. My friend was driving in Hollywood and suddenly a car made an unexpected lane change in front of us. My friend commented on how stupid the driver was and then proceeded to close the distance between us. This didn’t make...
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A Tribute to Astronaut Heroes by safety speaker John Drebinger

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Using Events or Anniversaries to Teach Safety Events and anniversaries of events can both serve to commemorate people and be a safety discussion point. Sunday January 27th, 2013 was the anniversary of the Apollo One fire where Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee died on Pad 34. And Monday...
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An Open Letter To President Obama by safety speaker John Drebinger

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Sharing Safety On The Highest Level - An Open Letter to President Obama To read the entire letter read on. A few weeks ago, I was speaking at Spirit AeroSystems in Wichita. A previous copy of my newsletter discussed elements of that visit. What I did not share with you was...
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Attention Span & Your Audience – Safety Speakers Newsletter by John Drebinger

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Attention Span and Your Audience I have been doing a lot of work on YouTube setting up the videos you can use for training. As a student of communication, I noticed an interesting phenomenon - the ads on YouTube videos. There are advertisements on some YouTube channels before videos play....
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Where To Find Daily Safety Topics by Safety Motivational Speaker John Drebinger

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Where To Find Daily Safety Topics As a safety motivational speaker I have observed one of the most common challenges safety leaders face is what topic to cover in a weekly safety talk. There are some great resources out there and in the next few weeks my daily blog will...
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