What’s wrong with motivational speakers?
Nothing. I love them. (I am one!) But if you take a group of sophisticated, well-educated adults and ask them what is wrong with motivational speakers you’ll get a long list of perceived problems. “They all say the same thing. ” “We’ve heard it before. ” “It doesn’t apply to me.” The irony is that often the folks who need motivation the most are the first ones to complain about motivational speakers. That brings up a real problem; how do you take this same group of sophisticated, well-educated, been-there-and-done-that adults and remind them of things that they need to know but may not want to hear? How do you motivate them? For me the answer lies in a really fun program that uses humor and magic tricks to get people to relax, laugh and listen. If we can get them wiping their eyes with laughter while they grab-their-sides from laughing so hard we can also get them to listen to a few points of wisdom.
