Mr Hyde's Other Notebook

Who's the most famous person I've worked with?

I get asked that question quite a lot.

Over the last decades Lynda and I have worked and toured with such well known artists as - James Taylor, Mark Knopfler, Johnnie Ray, Whoppie Goldberg, KC & The Sunshine Band and Demis Rousos. But no mention of famous names gets more of a reaction when I tell people I worked with Mr Squiggle.

Sorry to hear of the death of Squiggles creator Norman Hetherington this week.

 

Corporate Trivia Challenge

Always good to lock in the first show of the year. Just confirmed a Corporate Trivia event coming up in a few weeks. 

Sounds like part Teambuilding part Motivation will be required, but will know more after my briefing tomorrow.

http://www.Trivia.com.au

Motivate Your Memory

Is your Memory as good as it used to be?

One of the most popular modules at our TeamBuilding and Professional Development Workshops is our Motivate Your Memory session.

In the session we Guarantee to improve the memory skills of participants by at least 10%.
Some individual participants show increases of 30% - 40%. And this is just in a short session.

As most of our work is in the Corporate Sector, we often get asked by individuals if there
is a way that they could also learn these skills. Well, now there is!

We've put together a Mini Book that takes you step by step through several different techniques.

And at just $9.50 for a bunch of skills you can use for the rest of your life, we think its a bargain!  

PDF File with Automatic Download.    Full Details Here

How is your Memory?

One of the workshops we run at our Teambuilding events is a Memory Skills session. So I'm always on the lookout for new memory skills books. This is a great one that has only just come out!

NEW! From Gloo The Memory Company

 

              

 Packed full of juicy articles to save you time, boost your memory and help you tackle information overload. Plus bring a smile to your face! Over 170 pages of high quality, original content… real, practical, down to earth information you can use right away.

 

MEA

MEA is Meetings and Events Australia.

Formally known as MIAA, the Meetings Industry Association Australia, it represents nearly 2000 people involved in this diverse industry.

Meeting Planners, Speakers and MC’s, Tour Organisers, Venues, Production Companies and Professional Conference Organisers.

It publishes a comprehensive Who’s Who directory annually which can also be accessed Online.

Corporate MC Timothy Hyde, is a long-time member of this association.

Full details and information on the upcoming National Conference in Adelaide 5 - 7 April 2009

http://www.meetingsevents.com.au/

Goal Setting & Vision Workshop

Delegates at a planning retreat on the Gold Coast get hands on and Crafty exploring the qualities of their Business.

The Amazing Lynda

People are asking, what is The Amazing Lynda up to now that she isn't being chopped into pieces, floated in the air etc?...

We still work together doing the Corporate Trivia Challenge. Lynda puts the music and questions together and runs the technical side on the night. She also helps out in the Team Building events.
 

and what else....Lynda does the graphic design for our Ebooks  Sleight of Mind, The Worlds Greatest Puzzles etc. and our newest The Secret Notebook of Mr. Hyde, which is written for Magicians. She has also put together a CDRom on Bird Identification, A Bird in the Hand and is collaborating on a Bird Care Manual.

But what about spare time..Last year Lynda and her friend Robyn started a stall at the Mitchell Rd. Antiques Design Gallery, Alexandria Sydney. Specialising in Funky 1970's stuff.

You can also visit her blogs   Hyde & Seek (Games collection) & Bird Hyde (It's not all about Bird watching)

Example of our Team Building Exercises

The Lost Dutchman's Goldmine is a team building experience, it uses a large group game format, with planning, time pressure, goals and limited resources to explore themes of competition and collaboration. For more details timothyhyde.com

Voice Recognition Software

One of the activities I sometimes do at our facilitated team building events is to ask people what productivity and time-saving tools they have been using in the previous 12 months. People often develop little tricks or discover tools that makes their job easier but often don't get an opportunity to share these ideas with other team members.

At the last retreat I ran for the University of Newcastle one of the participants mentioned that she had been using Dragon Voice Recognition software over the last six months and had found it extremely useful.

So, I thought I would give it a try myself and this is my first post "hands free!"

Obviously there will be a steep learning curve but I will let you know of my progress.

Teambuilding & Creative Thinking Workshops Australia

A short Video showing segments of some recent Teambuilding Facilitations and Creative Thinking Workshops.

If you are interested in having an event like this for your team.... contact us