Tag Archives: presentation

The answer to “How did you do that?!”

“In life, take credit for everything.” – Joel Bauer Sometimes you just can’t plan everything. It happens fairly regularly that during a presentation, I get lucky. Something unexpected will happen that will enhance a trick, or will make me appear even more ‘magical’ – as if I was in control of the situation the whole [...]

Create a Tribe

I’m a huge fan of Seth Godin‘s work. I downloaded his latest book, “Tribes“, ( audio book FREE from Audible.com ) so that I could listen to it on my Garmin Nuvi GPS while I drive. A few months ago, Seth asked his blog readers to send through a photograph of their face – I’ve [...]

Sharing is caring … & it makes business sense.

Recently I was asked to share my ideas, experiences & entertainment with the delegates of the 2008 Geratec Symposium, who were all actively involved in working in retirement villages & frail-care facilities or are in some way related to providing services to this industry. I suppose you & I don’t often think about where we [...]

Creating, Conveying, Collecting at the CTICC

I spent 2 days creating a crowd, conveying the message, & collecting the leads for my clients at the Franchising & Business Opportunities Expo at the Cape Town International Convention Centre. Even though the show ran until Saturday, I was only available in the afternoons for the first 2 days of the Expo (Thursday & [...]

Marcel is PSASA-approved

I’m pleased to announce that I have been accepted as a Professional Member of the Professional Speakers Association of Southern Africa! As a member, I will now be meeting regularly with other local professional speakers, to learn from their experience, knowledge & skills. Since I’ll be one of the youngest members, I plan to listen [...]