The 2023 News Can be Good or Bad – It Depends on Your Vision As a national association keynote speaker with a particular interest in small business, I know that the topic of vision has never been more important than it will be in 2023. How do you personally see the coming year?…
We Need Our Associations, We Need One Another As a motivational speaker on resilient associations, I was naturally interested in the 2022 Global Meetings and Event Forecast as reported on November 9, 2021 by Janeen Christoff for American Express Travel. Some numbers that came out from the forecast were that: “Two-thirds (67 percent) of…
Now, more than ever, Every Business Must Be Resilient As a motivational resilience speaker with a passion for small business, I know how tough it has been. My background as a small business owner, manager and consultant, made me aware of what every small business employee knows: the pandemic may be hindsight for several…
Now, More Than Ever, Associations Must Engage Members In my role as an association keynote speaker, I know that now, more than ever, associations must re-engage their members. Association membership has been in trouble for quite some time, and membership loss and membership engagement with those organizations have worsened during the pandemic. In February…