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5 Questions to Ask About Your Next Meeting
Every meeting provides an opportunity to learn important things about the people who attend. Here's what to watch for:
Is it planned?
Effective leaders always begin with clearly defined goals and then prepare plans for achieving them. They...
"A Professional's Mind Set To Making It Online"
Does the seasoned professional have a "leg up" on the rest of us? Not necessarily. People who have had distinguished professional careers in other businesses may have a distinct advantage over the masses if they are common sense smart, but they...
Business Innovation – Radical and Disruptive Innovation
One of the most interesting aspects of creativity and innovation is the relationship between incremental and radical change.
Creativity can be defined as problem identification and idea generation whilst innovation can be defined as...
Creativity and Innovation Management – Personality Testing
Whilst tests measuring the creative or innovative personality exist, there are a number of inherent flaws. Some are noted below:
a) Whether a creative or innovative type exists at all is highly contentious. Creativity can be defined as...
Discover Your Creativity
You have a choice. Do you want to be constructive and positive in a unique way? Or do you want to be destructive and negative in a unique way? History has proven the futility of the latter goal. So lets focus on your unique capacity to better...
How to Help Adults Learn Best
How to Help Adults Learn Best Three Keys to Help Them Stretch!
"Everything must be made as simple as possible, but not one bit
simpler." -- Albert Einstein
Here's something for you to try. (C'mon, I'll wait for you to
get out of your...
SO YOU CAN'T STAND THE PERSON IN THE NEXT OFFICE?
What to do? There is someone at work you really have difficulty liking. It may be mild or it may be on your mind long before you get to the office in the morning. This can have a devastating effect on your day, not to mention on your career....
The Goals of Leadership Coaching and Partnerships
Webster’s Dictionary describes a “partner” as an ally or an association built around common interests and goals.
A partnership denotes a joint venture, a relationship built on equal status (rather than inequality). Mutual consent and...
The Magic Word
This magic word has helped thousands, no, more like millions of people achieve success in one form or another throughout history. It makes sense, once you know the word. Thomas Edison's name would not be written in the history books had he not...
The secret is in the details!
Do you present your product or service with enough details? You may be so familiar with it that you don't realize an outsider may not even "get it". The secret is in the details!
This holiday season, like many other people (at least according...
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Make a Lasting Impression
Whether you are building a small business or are part of a large organization, here is a simple suggestion for creating an impression that will carry with it long-lasting value for years to come (corporate events, seminars, trade-shows, social gatherings, local events – wherever you want to create an impression).
I attended a trade-show shortly after Desert Storm and met General Schwartzkoff and had my photograph taken with him. I was a vendor and was not suppose to be a part of the photo op. But for some reason as they were setting up the prop, the General asked me to join him for a photo. I did; he signed the photo (which was also not a part of the deal); I returned to my booth. Each time I look at that picture I am struck as to how much I remember the experience. No thought is given to what I was wearing, how my hair looked, the smile, or those few extra pounds.
I guess this could be sounding like an endorsement to spend thousands of dollars to bring in a celebrity for a photo op. But nothing is further
from the truth. My focus is on the word “experience”. It does not take a celebrity to create an impression, experience, or lasting memory. That can all be accomplished with a simple digital camera, an inexpensive photo printer and a little bit of creativity to set the right tone. The idea is to attract attention and create interest and getting people to participate in “getting a little crazy” can do that. The key is to develop a theme for what type of photo you want to take and then have some fun with it taking the focus away from “the photograph” and putting it on “the experience” which is where the lasting impressions reside.
With a few simple techniques, you can get these photos to come out right the first time every time, not leaving the photo op to chance. You give people a GREAT EXPERIENCE while attracting a ton of interest creating “Lasting Impressions”.
About the Author
Jeff Gustafson, The Funographer, is the author of the eBook "Funography - Turning Your Passion for Photography into Profits"
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