Category: speaking & presenting
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Creating a Culture of Success: Lessons in Reality
This is the text of the Tedx GuelphU talk I gave. You can view the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25pM0dgiquo It is the spring of 1996, I am about to graduate from university – outdoor recreation – studying to be a camp director. An opportunity opens up to interview to be the camp director at a small non-profit…
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1/4 turn of a screw…
Why do we wait? Why do we not question more often? For years we have had a door in our 1880’s farmhouse office that did not want to stay closed. Every time someone opened the outside door – the inside door popped open – it just would not stay. Then, just a quarter turn of…
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We are in the business of making memories.
We are in the business of making memories. When you get right down to it, summer camps are in the business of making memories, that is what we do. If you create good memories, campers come back; if you fail to create good memories, campers move on in search of a camp that can help…
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Consume, Synthesize & Create
If all we do is consume, then we have no way to contribute. Knowledge is important, but unless you use that knowledge to better the world you are wasting it. It is up to us, as leaders, to create a culture where people can bring forward new ideas and new connections from the knowledge that…
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4-H Ontario Conference Follow-up
So I just returned from two days the the 4-H Ontario Conference & Annual Meeting in Waterloo, ON. They had invited me to present my Actcreativityion (Creativity In Action) Workshop and my Bring Yourself to Every Moment Keynote. Thank you for having me. If you have come to find the promised book list you can…