Safety and the Holidays by safety speaker John Drebinger

December 01, 2011

Safety Speaker John Drebinger’s Weekly Newsletter

In this week’s newsletter:

– Safety and the Holidays

– An update on my future speaking schedule – save money and have me at your site

when I am in your area

– Website update information

Safety and the Holidays

I hope you survived “Black Friday” safely. I don’t know how it was in your part of the world, but here in California there were some scary situations that happened. This creates what I call “Opportunity Teaching.” You can discuss news events at a safety meeting that illustrate a safety point. You could discuss the past events around Black Friday or you could discuss common hazards that come with the holiday season.

Christmas tree safety has several aspects. The electrical hazards of the lights and decorations on the tree are numerous. The fire hazard of a tree that gets too dry. The list goes on….

Outdoor decorations with cords all over the front lawn create a trip hazard. You can see that it doesn’t take much to come up with ideas. Interesting that these hazards are a part of many work places no matter what the season. So take this time to be timely and topical.

Toy safety comes to mind when I think of my two grandchildren. Remember to discuss how your college students will be coming home from school and going back after the holiday break. I fly my son back and forth or my wife drives back with him and then flies home. We just know that he will want to visit with as many friends as possible right up to the last day and driving 360 miles when your tired could be a disaster.

Have a safe Christmas and Holiday Season.

Yours in Service,

John Drebinger

Website Update Information

Sandie Gilbert and I have been working diligently on our website www.drebinger.com There will be some great improvements and tools you may use for free. Many more demo videos of my presentations will be on the site along with short videos you can use at a safety meeting free as a service from us. Keep checking the site and let me know what you think and if there are any changes that would be helpful to you.

Places I will be speaking in the next few weeks

Call Diane Weiss at 209.745.9419 to have me come to your town.

Tuscaloosa AL, Kansas City KS, Hailfax Nova Scotia, Pleasant Hill CA, Calipatria CA, West Lake LA, Concordville PA

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Outcome Based Presentations For Your Safety Kickoff

“Would You Watch Out For My Safety?”

We tell everyone that they should be their “brother’s keeper” and yet we don’t teach them how to do it. This presentation which accompanies my new book by the same title is designed to create a culture in your workplace where watching out for each other is the norm rather than the exception.

“Would You Watch Out For My Safety?” will:

• Give people the five reasons they should watch out for the safety of others.
• Explain the three reasons people fail to watch out for the safety of others and then give them a perspective that will allow them to overcome the obstacles that keep people from helping others.
• Give them specific techniques they can use immediately to share safety with someone else in a way both people will feel great.
• Finally the most important lesson of the presentation is showing people how to respond when someone watches out for their safety. This lesson ensures that people will continue to watch out for each other and will seek out ways to watch out for the safety of their fellow worker.

This presentation is so powerful that John has written a book by the same title that is provided for each attendee so they can review what they have learned and share it with their family and friends. It has been so well-received that we have already made our second printing of 5,000 copies only four months after our releasing the book.

For more information Call 209-745-9419

“Ensure Your Safety”

If you want people to take personal responsibility for their own safetyon and off the job this presentation is for you.

Your employees will learn:

• Why they need to take personal responsibility for their own safety.
• How to stay focused in order to ensure safe performance.
• How distractions impact their personal safety.
• How to regain their focus on safety when distractions get in the way.
• Why they want to avoid shortcuts for themselves and others.

Everyone will develop a positive association between safety and their job and understand how working safely directly benefits them and their families, today and in the future. Using magic, group participation, specific safety principles and universal truths, John will show the seasoned worker why they play a vital role in helping the “new guy” work safely by avoiding shortcuts and doing everything the safest way we know how.

John shows them why using the appropriate personal protective equipment ensures their safety even when machinery fails or human errors occur. This presentation covers safety from the time they leave home to driving safely back to their family at the end of the day.

His unique presentation breaks through the mindset of,  “We have heard it all before.”  His magic captures their attention, and the message they hear will make them take action resulting in fewer injuries.

For more information Call 209-745-9419

“Safety as a Value”

In this completely different program, John shows your employees how to improve their own safety by sending the right message via their actions and words at work and home.

Your Employees Will Learn:

• What their real values are.
• How to convey those values to their family and friends.
• Safety is a value for everyone.

The key to his insightful approach is the premise that safety must be a personal value, and that values don’t change when conditions change, even in tough times. John will help your people raise their expectations, vision, passion, and energy to work safely and make a safer and more productive workplace.

With new stories and magic, this presentation will help your employees continue their enthusiasm and focus toward another year of safety success!

What do you want from a safety presentation?

• People to walk out saying, “That was the best safety meeting they have ever attended.”
• Everyone to talk about the safety meeting long after it is over.
• You want all of the above and most of all you want to get results. It doesn’t matter if everyone loved the speaker, their message, and yet they don’t change how they work.

John Drebinger is the only top safety speaker specifically trained to deliver an effective message. In addition to his Bachelors degree in Speech he has been a member of the National Speaker’s Association for over 16 years and has attended seminars from some of the most effective communicators in the nation.

From the descriptions listed above you have already noticed something that separates John Drebinger from other professional safety speakers. As an author and speaker he has many different presentations he can do for your employees. To help you deliver your safety message John customizes each of his presentations to convey your theme and concepts. Unlike many other safety speakers who have only one speech or story to tell, John has developed presentations that build on each other to help you improve your safety performance.

Logistics

John can do multiple presentations during the day so that all your shifts can hear his outstanding message. Diane Weiss his marketing director can help you with your scheduling as she has worked with hundreds of companies over the past twenty-one years and knows what will serve you best.

John’s presentations can be done in virtually any location. If you can safely gather an audience he can get his message to them.

These presentations are designed for employee meetings with 45 minutes to 1-hour time available. Call 209-745-9419 today to reserve your date.