RedPropeller Speaker’s Blog

Congratulations to Rocky Bleier, winner of the 2015 Rare Life Heroism Award! The award is sponsored by Eagle Rare Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey and given in recognition of individuals who exhibit courage, leadership, survival, devotion, character and heroism. Eagle Rare will donate $5,000 to Bleier's charity, Beating the Odds Foundation.

Ron Culberson, Ken Futch, Christine Cashen, Scott Halford and Brad Montgomery were inducted into the CPAE Speaker Hall of Fame at the National Speaker’s Association’s annual convention in San Diego, CA last month. The National Speakers Association also awarded their CSP designation, which demonstrates competence in platform skills; business management; [...]

Brian Walter, Randy Gage, Mikki Williams, Waldo Waldman and Jeff Salz! This is the highest award there is given by the National Speakers Association for excellence. CONGRATULATIONS also to Scott Friedman for being presented The Cavett Award.  Scott certainly deserves The Cavett.  He has given to the speaking industry more [...]

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Caught in the dog days of summer? Need a cool breeze and a pick-me-up? Here are 13 Big Ideas from Mark Sanborn that can positively shape your lives and businesses. 1. Be quick or be dead - Everything moves faster now, in commerce, entertainment, data, technology, you name it. The [...]

You have a great product. Its world changing. You’re passionate about it, and positive it will make all the difference for your client. You’re delivering a great sales pitch and you’re sure the closing will bring success…but they’re not buying. So where’s the disconnect? According to Bob Pritchard, business expert [...]

Excuse me. Hello? I'm sorry to interrupt, but did you know 28% of your day is taking care of tangents related to interruptions and on average you're only spending about 11 minutes of your day focusing on something before being interrupted? Annoying, right? And worse, it's bad for productivity. Jeff [...]

Occasionally we stumble across a real gem of insider information. In an industry where relationships are everything, knowing who the influencers, movers and shakers are is practically a golden foot in the door. Successful Meetings and MeetingNews ran this list of their picks for the 25 people who had the [...]

Jeff Davidson, The Work-Life Balance Expert® and author of Simpler Living and Breathing Space knows you’re stressed and going in fifty million different directions. He wants you to know you don’t have to be. He recently gave an interview where he addressed questions on how one can find a work-life [...]

Wildly popular and an industry leader, Mark Sanborn has made a career out of spreading the secrets of successful leadership. Now, he tells the truth about leadership like you've never heard it with his new presentation Leadership Lies and the Truths that Transform. In this program Mark will teach you [...]

In my work with entrepreneurs, athletes, business leaders and other highly successful people, I've noticed that extraordinary achievers often share common characteristics and traits. While the following list isn't exhaustive, it highlights some of the key attributes of those who are among the very best at what they do. This [...]

The Tattered Cover in Denver is one of the largest independent bookstores in America. Founded in 1971, it has hosted live  readings by such famous writers as Julie Child, J.K. Rowling, Garrison Keillor, and three U.S. presidents. The bookstore came under attack when owner Joyce Meskis refused to release the [...]