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Lesson #2: Be Bold
“In fashion, you know you have succeeded when there is an element of upset,” said Chanel.

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Managing Creative People in PR
If men are from Mars and women from Venus, then most creatives come from a planet that is all their own. That is why they are so important. Easily crushed by convention and conformity they need to be nurtured. This poses a special management challenge. Adrian Maguire of online PR specialist, www.CLICKintoPR.com outlines ten things you should do and ten things not to do.
Connecting With Speakers
Mark Goulston writes: When following a presentation by an important person at a convention there is a call for comments or questions and there is dead silence, the last thing that speaker thinks is that he or she has been profound.
Obama and Friends On Stage - Implications for the Sales Force
There is a lot of buzz surrounding those who took to the podium this week at the Democratic National Convention - and Barach Obama hasn't had his turn yet. Once again, I will not make a political statement in this article - just a sales opinion.
Innovation minus Support = Zero Creation
There is an abundance of creativity in our world. Humanity is replete with inspirational people who have enormous value to contribute in their own ways - yet most are never seen or heard. As a collective society, we seldom encourage others to take a path of innovation because it's untested, risky, and breaks convention and related reputations.
The Little BIG Things
On July 28, 2004, I made my first Blogpost at tompeters.com. The topic was then-Illinois State Senator Barack Obama's speech to the 2004 Democratic Convention in Boston.

After 150+ Years, 3D Is About Ready to Come Home
Go to a content conference, convention -- heck any conference, any convention. What's the leading subject of conversation? OMG 3D movies are fantastic. 3D video games are so real. Did you hear what Sir Howard said the other day? Yep we're all going to have 3D TV by the end of next year...all of us!!! Gee and we're still paying for our big screen HD TV sets (all of them!). DreamWorks Katzenberg, Sony, Panasonic and "them" are hellbent to make certain you get the economy moving in the right direction. Don't get us wrong. This round of 3D movies are much better than the stuff of the 50s. Notice most of them are animated films? Easier to turn 2D into 2.5 or 3D movies. Games? Kids love em.

The Rise to Stardom of the 1913 Liberty Head Nickel
Thursday night in Orlando Florida at the United Numismatists convention with the Heritage auction featured rare coins but starred the 1913 Liberty Head nickel. This coin has a very interesting history behind it being it was the first coin auctioned at six figures. Which was in 1972 for 100,000 dollars the sale was brokered by Abe Kosoff. And the owner at that time was Edwin Hydeman the coin was sold to Worldwide Coin Investments of Atlanta. But at Thursday nights auction the coin was auctioned for a hefty 3.7 million dollars.
How to be an Audience Arsonist - Light a Fire of Possibility
A body at rest tends to stay at rest… - Sir Isaac Newton Sir Isaac got it right: a body at rest tends to stay at rest unless acted upon by an outside force. Want proof? Peek around the curtain at audience members listening to a dull, flat, run-of-the-mill speaker at your next convention. Those bodies aren’t moving. They’re at rest. In fact, some of them are asleep. An "audience arsonist" can overcome that inertia and light a fire that moves them to action. The value of any event – a global company’s annual gathering, a sales convention, association meeting or any other professional event – is in the information and attitude audience members take with them on those return flights home. An Audience Arsonist is unique. They have the ability to "light a fire" under an audience and move them to action. Learn how to do that.

Choosing the Perfect Opening Convention Speaker
Choosing the Perfect Opening Convention Speaker For Your Next Event: 5.5 Tips to Ensure Speaker Selection Success By Chip Eichelberger As an event planner you have a lot of balls in the air – everything from venue selection to AV set-up to accommodations to choosing the perfect speaker to launch that all-important convention. Sometimes, event planners overlook the importance of selecting the perfect opening speaker given all of the other items on the “to-do” list, but your opening speaker kicks off the event and sets the tone for all the activities that follow. Critical. So, how do you find the perfect opening speaker? Here are 5.5 tips to ensure a successful search.
Holidays + Shows + The Internet + Publicists = Lethal Mixture
Every trade show, conference, convention we get the feeling that we're still about as low as ambulance chasing lawyers -- about. Don't believe us? Hey we've been doing CES (consumer electronics show) for 20 years and the quality of the pitches, hustles has deteriorated because kids don't know enough to be creative!!!!!

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