Category: Dear Son

Four under-used speaker tools

Disney Keynote Speaker Jeff Noel speaking at TEDx
This keynote speech example uses all four.

Four smart speaker tools rarely used: audience involvement, pregnant pauses, questions, personal stories.

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Make your mind a complete blank

Main Street at Disney in the rain
Make Main Street a complete blank (empty) during the day. What? Rain sure cleanses the outdoor population.

A blank canvas is an artist’s greatest gift. i was a blank canvas for an artist that had yet to be birthed.

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One of 4 competencies

Disney Institute class sign
This one was cool because i got to be a student, after 15 years of delivering this signature Disney Institute (DI) topic. Sean redesigned it in 2014 and we (DI) needed an audience to alpha-test it.

It was a great complement at the start of a 15-year Disney Institute (DI) speaking career to hear the DI leader say, Jeff, you are a competent incompetent.

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Best way to fail

Mickey Mouse coin
Huge fan and believer in “slow and steady wins the race”.

Innovation gurus promote failing faster. Forge your own path, fail smarter not faster, fail when the stakes are low.

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Mental junk drawer

Walt Disney quote poster
Clutter suffocates dreams.

If your desk drawer is cluttered, your mind will be too.

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