This week on a call with one of my clients, I took the responsibility for the pre-call safety moment. As I have mentioned in previous newsletters, this was an idea I learned from this client last year. They, as many other companies, display safety as a value by beginning every meeting with a safety moment […]

Have you ever noticed certain laws go entirely disobeyed? Back in the 70’s when the speed limits were dropped to 55 mph across the United States, almost no one followed the law. Lately, I have noticed a similar phenomenon to the laws regarding hands-free cellular phone use and texting while driving. Just this Sunday on […]

I lived in Minnesota for three years back in the 70’s and with my travel schedule, I understand how brutally cold it is and has been across the United States this winter. I also know how quickly people will respond when the weather warms up in a few short weeks. Having been cooped up all […]

Website Updates We are excited to bring you the most current safety presentations aimed at your employees taking personal responsibility for their own safety and watching out for the safety of others. During the past two weeks, we have been updating the content of my website. We have kept the same design for continuity. Each […]

Actions Showing Safety Commitment I was going online to publish this week’s newsletter when I saw the coolest notice. “Due to dangerous weather conditions, our offices are closed today and we will have limited technical support available. Thank you for understanding.” As a motivational safety speaker I was thrilled with this commitment to safety. I […]

For the past 24 years, not only have I been giving fun, effective, memorable safety presentations, as a safety motivational speaker, I have been sharing with the safety community the, “how to’s” of result-getting safety speaking. It was Joe Kaplan of the Los Angeles Chapter of the National Safety Council who gave me my first […]

Do employees read my book, “Would You Watch Out For My Safety?”™? You bet they do! In fact, many companies who do not normally have meetings at which they could bring me in as a safety speaker, have ordered copies for their employees and they are very pleased with the results. I am also pleased […]

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 […]