The Morale Mechanic

A very good friend and speaking colleague of mine, Christine Clifford started something wonderful for people struggling with cancer. The Minneapolis based, The Cancer Club helps families cope with this horrible disease with grace and humor. Which is how Christine Clifford, CSP approaches everything in her life. A cancer survivor... 

They say an expert is never appreciated in his/her home town. That is why it was nice to get a little buzz from my hometown newspaper, The Des Moines Register. Writer Thomas Fogarty covered my presentation at what was then called the University Park Holiday Inn and did a nice writeup. In the piece he quotes: “Self depricating... 

One of the highlights of my speaking experience was the opportunity to write a piece for one of the most respected Insurance journals in the business. It is incredibly hard to be even considered for this and the process for getting the article in the journal is a long one that usually requires many rewrites. I only had to make... 

I was hired by The Principal Financial Group to do a series of 4 programs for the Greater Dallas Chamber of Commerce. The final program was a half day program designed to teach the ins and out of humor in the workplace. The previous 3 programs all were building toward this day as the attendees were numorous and very energized. In...