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 […]

As a safety speaker I was driving south from Indianapolis through a beautiful portion of Indiana, I see a Chick-Fil-A off the highway ahead. I turn off the main road and see a young employee standing in the middle of the street directing traffic (coincidentally, it was a new store opening). When you watch someone […]

How Easily Can A Visitor or New Employee Find Their Way Around Your Site? As a safety speaker, I have the opportunity to visit many different work locations each year. Fortunately, my clients have me back year after year to do an entirely different presentation so I become familiar with their location. The challenge is […]

Backup Plans – A New Perspective As a safety speaker I get to spend many days traveling and fortunately I enjoy it. This is a good safety topic to share with your employees that will help them remain safe when they are on a business trip or help keep their family safe when away from […]

What Is A Blog? And Why Would I Care?According to Merriam Webster: Definition of BLOG: a Web site that contains an online personal journal with reflections, comments, and often hyperlinks provided by the writer; also : the contents of such a siteIn my case, you can find my blog at the bottom of the home […]

[tubepress video=”hU6zZ049XX8″] This year’s Washington Governor’s Safety Conference was held in Spokane, Washington. I had the privilege of giving the keynote speech as their safety motivational speaker. I was preceded by the presentation of awards to several attendees for saving lives. The following clip is a sample of how I opened the conference. In all […]

Leadership Support For Safety – Tuesday, November 22nd Is Your Leadership Prepared to Support Your Safety Efforts? In my talk, “Would You Watch Out For My Safety,” I point out how we have told people for years, “Be your brother’s keeper.” Yet, we don’t teach them how. In many ways, we do the same to […]

Thanksgiving and Safety Tuesday, November 15th Thanksgiving for Safety Performance In January, we celebrate the safety successes of the previous year and commit to a better year ahead. Next week, we celebrate Thanksgiving in the United States. This week will be a great opportunity to remind people to give thanks for the safety performance we […]

#10 Food – Thursday, November 10th I have noticed that many of the most successful safety meetings and kickoffs include food as part of the event. Conversely, I have seen people take a negative view to a meeting when they arrived and there was no food or beverage. I suspect that had to do with […]