by Rick | Oct 12, 2012 | Blog, People Who Inspire Me
My wife is not only my best friend, but she is my biggest cheerleader. And she’s so beautiful a friend calls me occasionally because he’s convinced she lost her vision before we married. He keeps waiting for her to get it back. Hardy, har, har, har. She is funny,...
by Rick | Oct 10, 2012 | Blog, People Who Inspire Me
In 2010, I was at Auburn University visiting with Dr. June Henton, founder of Universities Fighting World Hunger, and Dr. Harriet Giles. I was there to explore the idea of hosting a conference in Kansas around the theme of hunger. Because of facilitation training I...
by Rick | Oct 1, 2012 | People Who Inspire Me
My audience hit the mental EXIT faster than a politician changing their vote. I’ve been a public speaker long enough to know when people check out. Usually it takes longer than five minutes before the first one nods off, but I lost one group early. I showed them...
