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August/September 2009
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News from Barbara Glanz
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Idea of the Month--"Create a Human Level Database"
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Where in the World Is Barbara?
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Outlining Your Life Story
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NEW SERVICE OFFERED --Hire Barbara to be the EMCEE at your next meeting!
I have just started doing some Emceeing for several large clients like Guideposts, and I am LOVING it! I have developed a "theme within their theme" for each of the general sessions for about five minutes that really facilitate community within the group. i have also requested that when I introduce someone, they tell me something fun and personal about themselves instead of all the "business" stuff that everyone already has in their binders. This, too, has added warmth and bonding within very diverse groups who often do not know one another. In groups that already work together, these additions have created a deeper trust level as well as a lot of fun, so the attendees become much more engaged in the meeting itself as well as developing a new level of community and sharing.
One of my strengths in presenting is that through my own authenticity and creativity, I am able to create a level of trust and caring as well as a sense of joy and openness. I have long seen this happen in my keynotes and workshops; however, I did not realize it would translate into Emceeing until I had the privilege of working with the Guideposts gathering.
Brian Porter, the President of Guideposts Foundation, said this about their national meeting,"The Guideposts Gathering in November was tremendously successful. Our emcee was Barbara Glanz, who did an outstanding job. We were grateful for the tone she set for each session by suggesting a theme or key words--Gratitude, Appreciation, Joy, and Enthusiasm." I truly was the encouraging spirit that brought everyone together .....and I loved it! ;-) It was my motto of "Spreading Contagious Enthusiasm™ in action.
Call us at 941-312-9169 for more information on this new service.
WEBINAR SERIES
Just like Barbara inspired "Johnny the Bagger®," she can encourage, inspire and engage your employees with many no cost or low cost, creative ideas to create workplaces of joy and caring. If your budget has been cut and you cannot hire outside speakers this year, here is an inexpensive opportunity for you to experience Barbara's enthusiasm.
Starting in November we will be offering an 8 session webinar series on "Spreading Contagious Enthusiasm™--Creating Workplaces of Passion, Purpose, and Productivity. These interactive, one hour sessions will occur once a month on the following topics:
* Introduction to the Research, Models for Understanding
* Ideas for CREATIVE COMMUNICATION
* Creating an ATMOSPHERE of joy, creativity and caring
* Ideas for APPRECIATION and recognition
* The Importance of RESPECT in the workplace
* Giving everyone a REASON FOR BEING
* Developing EMPATHY both inside and outside your organization
* Ideas to share ENTHUSIASM and celebration
You can sign up for the whole series or simply one webinar at a time. If you miss one live, we will give you a special code so you can view the video file on our website. We will be notifying you of dates in our monthly newsletter, in our blog, and on our website under "News."
Series Cost: $200 per person or $1000 per site (up to 20 participants)
Individual webinars: $25 per person or $150 per site (up to 20 participants)
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WHERE IN THE WORLD IS BARBARA?
AUGUST
4 Webinar on "Spreading Contagious Enthusiasm", 4:00 EST
5 - 10 Blowing Rock, NC
10 -13 Black Mountain, NC
13 - 16 Mastermind Group, Naperville, IL
27 - 30 Veteran Speakers Retreat, Boiling Springs, PA
SEPTEMBER
1- 2 US Travel Association, incline Village, Lake Tahoe, NV
11-14 Ken Blanchard Board Meeting, Cornell Club, NYC
15-16 Joint Commission, Rosemont, IL, Premiere Speakers
18 - 19 Kentucky Society for Human Resource Management, Lexington, KY
30 - October 1 Sacramento Human Resources Association, Sacramento, CA
OCTOBER
7 University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN
8 - 9 Hold, Dick's Sporting Goods, Pittsburgh, PA, Premiere Speakers
16 Hold, VASHHRA
NOVEMBER
4 UMB Bank, Kansas City, MO
5 - 8 Emcee, Guideposts National Meeting, Dana Point, CA
11 Carolinas Healthcare System, Charlotte, NC
14 Iowa Clinics, Des Moines, IA
18-19 Hold Terrabonna Medical Center
20-22 National Speaker's Association Winter Workshop, Presentation Nov. 21
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This idea is excerpted from Barbara's book, "CARE Packages for the Workplace--Dozens of Little Things You Can Do to Regenerate Spirit at Work", McGraw-Hill.
Create a Human Level Database
THE IDEA:
Companies have databases on employees that contain business level information--education, previous experience, training, etc. I suggest that you create a database that contains interesting things about your staff on the human level.
THE IDEA IN ACTION:
* Collect information about all employees such as:
-- Special hobbies such as woodworking, furniture refinishing, crafts, cooking
-- Special interests such as bridge, golf, theater, or horseback riding
-- Do they speak another language?
-- Do they play a musical instrument or sing?
-- Do they like to draw or cartoon?
-- Where have they traveled?
-- Where did they got to school?
-- Areas where they have lived
-- Books, movies, and music that they like
-- Favorite sports and sports teams
-- Organizations and support groups to which they belong
-- Any other significant life experiences
You might even want to include spouses' hobbies and interests.
TIPS FOR IMPLEMENTATION:
This becomes a terrific way to network internally. From this data can spring informal internal classes (sharing their hobbies and interests), travel groups, and even a company chorus or band. People can find others to help them out with problems both at work and at home, and the company will discover resources it never knew it had. Best of all, employees are considered as whole persons, not just as workers!
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Last weekend I was asked to do a session at the Veteran Speakers Retreat in Boiling Springs, PA. It is a select group of 60 people who have all been very successful in the speaking business-precious people such as Charlie Plumb, who was a prisoner of war in Viet Nam for 6 years; Bob Orben, who was the speech writer for JFK; Norm Rebin, a Statesman from Saskatoon, Canada; Naomi and Jim Rhode, who have founded several successful companies; Bubba Bechtol, who is a headliner at the Grand Ole' Opry; George Morrissey, Lou Heckler, Al Walker, Don Thoren, Tony Alessandra, Jim Cathcart, Emory Austin, and Michael Aun who are all in the Speaker Hall of Fame; Ralph Archbold who is known as Ben Franklin; Gil and Esther Eagles who own a wonderful speaker's bureau; Gayle Carson, the "Spunky Old Broad;" Bill Johnson, the first Executive Director of the National Speaker's Association; and good friends such as Scott and Melanie Gross, Annette Dubrouillet, and Gloria Jones, all
of whom have made such a difference in this world. It was a special honor to be asked to
attend.
For my session, I asked everyone to do an exercise which involved thinking about the "story of their life." I asked them:
* What would be the title of your life story?
* What would the chapters of your life story be?
I read them this quotation:
"THE PAST HERALDS THE FUTURE: the lines that you see in your past will guide you in discovering your mission. As you recall your personal story, you will be recounting the deep work of your soul and you will gradually become aware of inner calls often left unheeded or forgotten. To remember means to re-member or to 'reassemble what had been dismembered or dispersed.' Remembering or going back over your story allows you then to 'reassemble' into a coherent whole the pieces of the puzzle of your life: scattered memories, unfulfilled desires, abandoned projects, and so on. Bit my bit, you will grasp hints of your mission which, like the stitching on a piece of cloth, appears and then disappears throughout your story.
When you have finished reconstructing your past, you will examine your passions, your tendencies, your persistent interests, your dreams - realized or abandoned. You will then be better able to recognize your soul's impulses and efforts as it strains to give birth to its mission."
John Monbourguette,
"How to Discover Your Personal Mission"
Although we did not have much time to spend on the exercise, I got lots of good feedback from people. We heard words in the titles like "metamorphosis," "epiphany," "journey," "mistakes," "recovery," "crash landing," "emergence," and "commencement." One person even told me that the title of his next book came from the session!
I would encourage everyone spend some time thinking about these questions and then share your outline with family members or close friends. We all need to step back from the busyness of our daily lives and survey, both personally and professionally, what our life story has been. Only then can we look to the future with new understanding and wisdom and find our legacy and mission for the time we have left on this earth.
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