Asia Professional Speakers Singapore (APSS) ran a 1 day event March 1st titled, “Raising Your Game, The Turnaround Is Here!”. The purpose was three fold:

1. We wanted to help local businesses... our clients, stop thinking recession and start thinking growth, success, profits. 

2. We wanted to conduct the first ASR in Asia (Association Social Responsibility
- I think we coined the term). Our lofty goal was to raise $50,000 for cancer care, not research but helping victims of cancer cope with the disease. This would be our way of giving back to the community that we work in and which supports us. 

3. To create a greater awareness of the profession of speaking and our association as the premier group to contact if you need a speaker or trainer. 

We dug in and with the goal to give 100% of every dollar collected to charity, we got EVERYTHING donated or sponsored including our 198 seat auditorium, Web site, design work for sites / eDMs (we had speakers, bookstores, jobs boards e-blast for us over 500k names) / printing / banners sponsored, banners and programme, lunch, tea breaks, goodie bags, florists to fill the auditorium stage, speaker’s products for sale (we sold 40 sets of our Success Package at $150 each), lucky draw and raffle prizes including a $3,000 holiday for 4, diamond bracelet, make-overs, seminar seats, a party afterward for our volunteers and 30+ volunteers. For the FEW misc. expenses, we sold exhibit tables and had a sponsor give us $800 cash. 

Results: We had a packed auditorium with extra seats in back that still were SRO. We made over $40,000 which we donated to an APSS member with cancer, the Singapore Cancer Society (SCS) and the Breast Cancer Foundation. Human Resource magazine attended and recorded several speakers videos which are now posted on the Web and all 7 speakers donating speeches and 2 emcees were cross exposed to each other’s clients. We even got a new member to sign up at the event and got many others interested in coming to our meetings. 

My bride and I attended Alan Yip’s Mind Edge ‘Funtastic Parenting Programme #2′ and were blown away. What an amazing course. I told Alan it was like a full year of child psychology in 4.5 hours.

Several BEHAVIOUR KEYS we learned also relate to managing our ‘children’ at work. So whether you are a parent, a manager or a group leader, here are some keys and quick solutions to put into practice NOW.

KEY 1: If someone’s behaviour leaves you annoyed or frustrated, that person is probably seeking attention. Hey… it’s better to get yelled at then ignored.

Solution: Do NOT give special attention to the behaviour. Find better ways to give them attention… catch them doing something right.

KEY 2: If you feel challenged, it’s probably a power struggle.

Solution: Strive to understand them… what they want and need. Then find a way to help them get it.

KEY 3: If you feel hurt by something said or done, their motivator is probably revenge.

Solution: Avoid retaliation! As Jim Rohn taught me years ago, “The best revenge in the world is massive success.” Strive to understand why they felt the need to hurt you or the group and take revenge. Sit down and talk to rebuild the relationship. Rise above he conflict. On the ‘high road’, you’ll never get stuck in the muck.

KEY 4: If you feel like giving up, chances are the child or employee is trying to escape or withdraw (unresponsive, won’t participate, avoids meetings and group activities, nose buried in the TV, computer, book).

Solution: They need baby steps to bring them back into the fold.  Acknowledge any positive efforts made with cards, notes, emails, text messages or possitive comments. If you can’t say something nice to this person or child, better to say nothing at all. Never give up!

For more information on Alan’s awesome programmes, check out his Web site:
http://www.mindedge.com.sg

Smile Maker: The Judge’s Revenge From When He Was a Boy

A traffic violator answering a summons in court for speeding was asked by the judge about his occupation. He said, “I’m a school teacher.”

The judge smiled and said, “I’ve waited for years to get a school teacher in here. Now go to that table and write, ‘I will not speed.’ 500 times!”

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If you have an interest in professional speaking or speaking professionally, I suggest you attend Asia Professional Speakers Singapore (APSS) Annual Convention Saturday 8th May. It will be AMAZING!

Register with the club secretariat

Ms Maureen Da Costa

O: 65-67779843 l M: 65-96855602

www.asiaspeakers.org

Time is LIFE! These amazing words by Dr. Alan Lakein, author of “How to Get Control of Your Time and Your Life” instruct us to change everything we are doing. If Time is LIFE, wasting time is wasting our very lives. Spending it on ‘junk food’ when a wholesome buffet of opportunity is before us seems tragic at best. Here are 3 Action Steps to get more out of your life:

Stop giving your life away to people who do not deserve it. Say “NO” to anything or anyone with requests not aligned with your priorities. This will not make you popular with some people but will greatly improve your quality of life.

Start every day with a detailed To-Do List to ensure your time is not wasted. Otherwise, every text message, email, phone call or interruption becomes your ‘priority’; taking away time and life.

Plan time for planning. No captain of a ship or airplane sets sail or flies without a clear destination in mind and a map of the most efficient route to take. Putting a few minutes into your day to plan your next day can transform your life from hectic and hellish to one that satisfies and soars.

Life is nothing more than time. Throw away your time and you throw away your ….

Smile Maker for the week: Who moved?

An elderly couple were driving in their old truck with a flat front seat. They spotted a young couple in a new truck with a similar seat, but the girl was sitting right next to the driver. The elderly woman remarked how romantic it looked and said to her husband, “Remember when we used to sit that close in this old truck?” The husband replied, “Well… I haven’t moved.”

Got comments or questions about time and stress management?  Just leave your comments here.

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