Mr Hyde's Other Notebook

100 Days left!

 

Yep, it's that time of the year again!

Long term readers of this blog know that every year I take part in the 100 Day Challenge.
It helps me focus on what I should be doing and what things I should be avoiding.

Join me!  Click the banner for full information and to download several goal setting resources.

Is this the worlds best puzzle?

We are having a lot of fun with this.

Download and printout your own copy         http://www.ZebraPuzzle.com

Timothy in Hospital again

Actually, I was on assignment, up at the shiny new Mater Hospital in Newcastle. They are very proud of it and rightfully so. It's bright and full of light and I ran a fun half day creativity and problem solving session for their Department heads up there.

This was my 3rd session for the Little Company of Mary Healthcare group. What a great bunch they are too.

 

 

Impossible

"Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing."

Muhammad Ali

The 100 Day Challenge

Goal Setting doesn't need to be a long and laborious process

Just ask yourself these 4 questions...

1/ What should we be doing this year?

2/ What should we stop doing this year?

3/ What should we do differently this year?

4/ What should we keep doing this year?

Answer those 4 honestly and you are half way there.

I've had a few questions come in about our new book Motivate Your Memory, so I thought I'd cover them here.

Firstly, Who is the target Audience?  Well the book is suitable for and aimed at a wide range of people.

Students, Teachers, Speakers, Sales Professionals, Trivia Buffs are just a few.

But importantly, I hope the readers are people who have in the past seen adverts for highly priced Memory Courses or Books, were interested, but didn't want to invest a lot, just to see if it worked for them!
(Note - we do not try and upsell you to a more expensive course after you read this book. We do actually list a few other resources and a few free options!)

Is there much theory?   NO! We teach the technique and motivate you to put it into practice.
Once you see that it does work, you may like to find out more, but you don't need to.

Do I have to be clever to benefit from this?  No, you just have to be willing to give it a try.
In fact, I suggest in the book that you buy it and then try and teach the skill to someone else. Perhaps a student at school or someone entering the workforce.

Remember the book comes with a money back guarantee and is just $9.50

PDF File with Automatic Download.    Full Details Here

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

Continuing our series of Extracts from our "White Ideas Paper"

Seven Successful Strategies
to make your next Conference Job easier

 

An Ideas Paper for - Professional Conference Organisers
Meeting Planners, Association Executives, Conference Committees

Idea Generation!

Another approach that I have offered to some of my clients in the past is a short Facilitated Brainstorming Session aimed specifically at developing ideas for a Conference.

Part of the TeamBuilding and Professional Development services we offer is a Keynote & Workshop on Creative Thinking / Problem Solving and there are several exercises we commonly run that are perfect for Conference Idea Generation.

The way to get “great ideas” is to generate a “lot of ideas” and then evaluate their feasibility with your budget and aims.  A facilitated session can really fast track this process.

This can be conducted at a Conference Planning meeting with the Committee, Staff and PCO present. If I am onboard with a Conference, especially a multi day event this session is a complementary addition. Talk to us about the details.

Note 1 – Some of the techniques we cover in the short session, you will be able to use yourself on other projects.

Note 2 – We also offer a free Brilliant Brainstorming guidebook that you can use yourself. Go to the Resource page at

http://www.timothyhyde.com

or give our office a call and we will send you a copy.

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If you would like to download the complete "White Ideas Paper"
you can do so via the    Resource Page

 

Continuing our series of Extracts from our "White Ideas Paper"

Seven Successful Strategies
to make your next Conference Job easier

 

An Ideas Paper for - Professional Conference Organisers
Meeting Planners, Association Executives, Conference Committees

Boosting Attendance Numbers

 

As with the Sponsors crying poor, Delegates are also now increasingly questioning the value they get out of events in terms of both time and money. They ask “What’s In It For Me?”

Web 2.0 strategies like Blogs, Podcasts and Video Blogs are increasingly being employed to spell out in succinct terms exactly what delegates will benefit from the whole event and more specifically, individual sessions.

A short message delivered via Video Clip or Podcast from the Conference Director is a great start, highlighting some of the features and benefits of the event.

More effective again is the different guest speakers highlighting the key learning points that delegates will gain by their attendance. This precisely answers the WIIFM question and will go a long way towards boosting numbers!

Recently I have been asked to assist in the production of these short segments, by interviewing the speakers either by phone, skype or live, and then editing the material down and helping making it accessible on the web. Past attendees can also be interviewed, highlighting what they got out of the event and how it has helped their business.

There are many different ways to do this with minimal costs. You will also find that many Speakers are now well set up to record their own short Video or Audio segments. Links to these “teasers” can then be either included in the Conference Info Packs / Website or forwarded directly to association members and potential delegates via email.

Free hosting sites such as Google Video and YouTube can also be used, especially if your event has open registration. Google increasingly loves Video and displays these clips in it’s search results. They stand out amongst the text results and do get a high click through rate. A person searching for specific information may well become a delegate if they see that your event provides the answers they are looking for.

Having the MC “project manage” this exercise also has many advantages. He or she gets involved earlier in the conference planning process, gaining an understanding the overall “big picture” and also builds rapport with the individual presenters which helps smooth the actual running of the event and in preparing linking material.

One point to watch out for obviously, is to make sure the Presenter does address the topic / learning points he promised! This is also something the MC or Program Director can double check diplomatically before the presentation.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

We will be posting a short version of this Ideas White Paper over the coming weeks,
but if you would like to download a Full Copy, you can do so via our Resource Page

http://www.timothyhyde.com/resources.html

 

Your Goals for 2010 - Ask yourself these 4 questions!

Goal Setting doesn't need to be a long and laborious process

Just ask yourself these 4 questions...

1/ What should we be doing this year?

2/ What should we stop doing this year?

3/ What should we do differently this year?

4/ What should we keep doing this year?

Answer those 4 honestly and you are half way there.

Motivate Your Memory - Part 2

I've had a few questions come in about our new book Motivate Your Memory, so I thought I'd cover them here.

Firstly, Who is the target Audience?  Well the book is suitable for and aimed at a wide range of people.

Students, Teachers, Speakers, Sales Professionals, Trivia Buffs are just a few.

But importantly, I hope the readers are people who have in the past seen adverts for highly priced Memory Courses or Books, were interested, but didn't want to invest a lot, just to see if it worked for them!
(Note - we do not try and upsell you to a more expensive course after you read this book. We do actually list a few other resources and a few free options!)

Is there much theory?   NO! We teach the technique and motivate you to put it into practice.
Once you see that it does work, you may like to find out more, but you don't need to.

Do I have to be clever to benefit from this?  No, you just have to be willing to give it a try.
In fact, I suggest in the book that you buy it and then try and teach the skill to someone else. Perhaps a student at school or someone entering the workforce.

Remember the book comes with a money back guarantee and is just $9.50

PDF File with Automatic Download.    Full Details Here

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

Meeting Planners & PCO Ideas - Part 6

Continuing our series of Extracts from our "White Ideas Paper"

Seven Successful Strategies
to make your next Conference Job easier

 

An Ideas Paper for - Professional Conference Organisers
Meeting Planners, Association Executives, Conference Committees

Idea Generation!

Another approach that I have offered to some of my clients in the past is a short Facilitated Brainstorming Session aimed specifically at developing ideas for a Conference.

Part of the TeamBuilding and Professional Development services we offer is a Keynote & Workshop on Creative Thinking / Problem Solving and there are several exercises we commonly run that are perfect for Conference Idea Generation.

The way to get “great ideas” is to generate a “lot of ideas” and then evaluate their feasibility with your budget and aims.  A facilitated session can really fast track this process.

This can be conducted at a Conference Planning meeting with the Committee, Staff and PCO present. If I am onboard with a Conference, especially a multi day event this session is a complementary addition. Talk to us about the details.

Note 1 – Some of the techniques we cover in the short session, you will be able to use yourself on other projects.

Note 2 – We also offer a free Brilliant Brainstorming guidebook that you can use yourself. Go to the Resource page at

http://www.timothyhyde.com

or give our office a call and we will send you a copy.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

If you would like to download the complete "White Ideas Paper"
you can do so via the    Resource Page

 

Meeting Planners & PCO Ideas - Part 4

Continuing our series of Extracts from our "White Ideas Paper"

Seven Successful Strategies
to make your next Conference Job easier

 

An Ideas Paper for - Professional Conference Organisers
Meeting Planners, Association Executives, Conference Committees

Boosting Attendance Numbers

 

As with the Sponsors crying poor, Delegates are also now increasingly questioning the value they get out of events in terms of both time and money. They ask “What’s In It For Me?”

Web 2.0 strategies like Blogs, Podcasts and Video Blogs are increasingly being employed to spell out in succinct terms exactly what delegates will benefit from the whole event and more specifically, individual sessions.

A short message delivered via Video Clip or Podcast from the Conference Director is a great start, highlighting some of the features and benefits of the event.

More effective again is the different guest speakers highlighting the key learning points that delegates will gain by their attendance. This precisely answers the WIIFM question and will go a long way towards boosting numbers!

Recently I have been asked to assist in the production of these short segments, by interviewing the speakers either by phone, skype or live, and then editing the material down and helping making it accessible on the web. Past attendees can also be interviewed, highlighting what they got out of the event and how it has helped their business.

There are many different ways to do this with minimal costs. You will also find that many Speakers are now well set up to record their own short Video or Audio segments. Links to these “teasers” can then be either included in the Conference Info Packs / Website or forwarded directly to association members and potential delegates via email.

Free hosting sites such as Google Video and YouTube can also be used, especially if your event has open registration. Google increasingly loves Video and displays these clips in it’s search results. They stand out amongst the text results and do get a high click through rate. A person searching for specific information may well become a delegate if they see that your event provides the answers they are looking for.

Having the MC “project manage” this exercise also has many advantages. He or she gets involved earlier in the conference planning process, gaining an understanding the overall “big picture” and also builds rapport with the individual presenters which helps smooth the actual running of the event and in preparing linking material.

One point to watch out for obviously, is to make sure the Presenter does address the topic / learning points he promised! This is also something the MC or Program Director can double check diplomatically before the presentation.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

We will be posting a short version of this Ideas White Paper over the coming weeks,
but if you would like to download a Full Copy, you can do so via our Resource Page

http://www.timothyhyde.com/resources.html