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 […]

Motivational Safety Speakers Insight – Words Matter – Not Knowing vs. Not Caring You know what you mean when you write or say something. The question is does your audience or reader understand the same meaning you are trying to convey? Motivational safety speakers who want to get results must use the best word or […]

This blog post was sent to subscribers to Safety Speaker John Drebinger’s Newsletter back in January of 2017. Remembering American Heroes This evening, Friday, January 27, 2017, at 6:00 PM, I will be attending the 50th Anniversary Memorial Service for the Apollo One astronauts, Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee. Fifty years ago, these […]

Public Speaking, Is It A Skill Or A Gift? Safety motivational speakers like me have had people tell me how gifted I am as a safety speaker. Have you ever had someone say you are gifted at something? It is a nice compliment, however it conveys the belief that speaking well in public is something […]

Great Safety Speakers Are Aware of Manager’s Viewpoint and Needs As a safety speaker or safety professional most of our interactions in the field of safety are about persuasion. We need to persuade employees to embrace the latest techniques and equipment and policies, which will help them stay safe. We must persuade managers from the […]

Are Your Workers In A Trance? I studied hypnosis as a model for communication seeking out skills which would help me stand out above other safety speakers. In doing so I learned audiences go in and out of trance regularly. I remember sitting in the family room with my father watching television, sports in particular. […]

Safety Speaker Thoughts On Multi-Tasking and Safety We live in a world which has embraced the concept of multi-tasking. I suspect the belief was you could get more done if you did multiple tasks at one time. It does seem to make sense. After all, we all know we can be talking, giving a speech […]

Safety Speakers and Listening Skills Have you ever made a concentrated effort to listen to someone only to have them say, “You never listen.”? You are both frustrated and confused. What more could you possibly do to pay closer attention? In my book Mastering Safety Communication, (Click Here For Book) I have a chapter on […]

Safety Speakers Discover Management Safety Fails In my presentation, “Safety For Leaders,” I share ways leaders who are committed to safety can reinforce their safety message. As a safety speaker, I explain a few things they must do to avoid undermining their safety message. Leaders who value safety must be congruent. As a safety motivational […]