A Safety Speaker Must Sharpen Their Axe There is the famous story of Abraham Lincoln telling the virtues of sharpening your axe before you begin a task. The essence of the parable is time invested in preparation makes the job go faster and easier. As safety speakers and safety professionals, have you ever considered what […]

Welcome to Part Two. This week, as a safety speaker, I will share with you the second half of my chapter on creativity from my book, “Mastering Safety Communication.” This week, I will discuss imagination and how to build it as a useful tool to help you discover solutions. Activities You Can Do To Improve […]

I have had the privilege of coaching many safety speakers over the past 24 years. My Dynamic Meetings Institute was created in 2001 to allow me to spend three, focused days with people who wanted to improve their presentation skills. Safety speakers who only spoke internally to their own employees as well as several top […]

Tomorrow, I fly to Hartford, Connecticut to speak to the people at Hallmark Cards. It is a reminder to me of the significance each of you has played in my life and my career. It was back in 90’s I took my business as a safety speaker national and Hallmark Cards was my first national […]

Creativity is the solution to most of your safety challenges. Creativity is how every safety procedure and device was discovered or invented. For a safety speaker and safety professional creativity is a vital skill. The myth is only some people are creative. The reality is creativity is a learned skill. This week and next, I […]

As a safety speaker, I get to fly quite often. While waiting for a flight, I was reminded of how important to be aware of “how” we tell people something. A gate agent was walking through a special section of the waiting area with the purpose of removing anyone who was not flying first class […]

Nothing Will Happen People don’t intervene and share safety with others when they don’t think an incident or injury is going to occur. In Chapter Seven in my latest book, “Would You Watch Out For My Safety?™” I share the following: “What do you think when you see somebody doing something hazardous? Let’s say I […]

How often do you thank the members of your safety team? Whether they are safety professionals or volunteers on your safety team or even people who have been appointed based upon their position in your organization, they are a special group of people. As a safety speaker, I always end any presentation to safety teams […]

Obviously, I would love to share one of my effective result-getting presentations with you and your employees; however, if you want to see what other safety speakers there are in the marketplace let me give you a few money-saving tips. First, if you call Diane Weiss, who exclusively books my presentations, she can give you […]

Have you ever given thought to how powerful the written word is? Safety speakers and safety professionals are primarily communicators. Understanding the tools we use to communicate is critical to our success. In our field, you often hear phrases such as, “walking your talk,” “being a safety example” and the ever popular, “actions speak louder […]