One of our greatest Bay Area resources for learning about current events and watching an array of talented, educational and inspiring speakers is the Commonwealth Club of California . We are lucky to have the Commonwealth Club of California right here in the Bay Area but many local communities offer similar live current events calendars. Tags: Examples of Powerful Speakers bay area Commonwealth And to add to their already hefty local presence is the launch of The Club’s online video channel . This channel is a members-only benefit.

A few weeks ago I received an interesting presentation from a young man in California who is, among many other things, interested in presenting information and telling stories with the aid of dots. His name is Jeffrey Monday and his blog is called Monday Dots. Below is an example of his work. He made this using Keynote

0160; That counterintuitive approach - called decoupling - was presented to California utilities, it worked and it's still working.  By documenting the success of this approach in the article "California Experiment," Brownstein shows how much of green isn't black and white.  How about this for a model for profit: Sell less, make more.  0160;

End of Year Party The The NSA/NC year ended on May 2nd with a final day-long meeting at the Sheraton Burlingame. I I handed over the gavel to our new president Karen Walker-Tunoa who had arranged with singer/comedian Lauren Mayer to toast me in song with a tribute to everything from my knowledge of social media to my love [...] ...Tags:

The Northern California Chapter of the National Speakers Association (NSA/NC) was founded in 1980. Ken Ken Braly was one of the founding members. He served as President in 1984-85. Ken is still active in NSA/NC and is also a member of the Pro-Track class of 2009 - taking his speaking career to the next level. The

This would not work for all professions due to fixed schedules (teachers and airline pilots come to mind), but it works for a lot of folks in design and software and other creative fields. Freedom The last time I had a real job was about six years ago in Cupertino, California. Below is a very interesting TED talk by my buddy Daniel Pink. In December Dan has a new book coming out called Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us.

This month’s contest theme is submitted by Sol Morrison from Santa Barbara, California. New Joke Contests are announced mid-month. New Cartoon Caption Contests are announced on the first of the month. The theme this month is Occupational Illness . 

The long day at TEDxTokyo (though it seemed short) felt just like being at TED in California...with The inaugural TEDxTokyo last Friday was an absolute success. In fact, it kicked some serious butt (oshiri). Sure, not all the talks were home runs from a delivery standpoint — but most were — and everyone on stage certainly made a memorable contribution that day.

September marks the start a new year of meetings for the Northern California Chapter of the National Speakers Association (NSA/NC). September marks the start a new year of meetings for the Northern California Chapter of the National Speakers Association (NSA/NC). NSA/NC September Meeting It kicked off with a “Wealthy Speaker Seminar” conducted by Jane Atkinson, who promised to share a “Proven Formula for Catapulting You To The Top 3%” of the speaking business. [...]

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