Not For Auctioneers Only
I’ve watched Kathy Kingston turn low interest groups into high donors at auctions for schools, arts groups, charities, and other non-profits. She is a master auctioneer, and a great entertainer…
Thought Leadership Workshop 2011
The Thought Leadership Workshop was so successful and so much fun that I’m scheduling another for October 19-21, 2011 at The Breakers in Palm Beach. We’ll have another guest with…
Berlin
I’m in Berlin for the first time in 48 years, having first visited as an exchange student to Finland during the height of the Cold War. As opposed to the…
The Million Dollar Consulting® Mindset for Consultants
We often talk of “thinking big” without bothering to determine what that entails. Herein, some suggestions: 1. Keep asking “Why?” to find the buyer’s larger objectives. “We need a developmental…
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 01/31/11
January 31, 2011—Issue #72 This week’s focus point: Apple has gone beyond “product” and has become a framework within which it offers a variety of personal and professional technological life…
Contribute to My Newest Book
Million Dollar Referrals will be published by McGraw-Hill later this year to join my “Million Dollar” franchise books. I’m looking for contributions titled “My Greatest Referral.” What was a dramatic…
Would You Life To Be In My New Book?
I’m finishing Million Dollar Referrals for McGraw-Hill and would like to include examples of “my greatest referral.” If you send me about 500 words as a Word attachment to an…
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 02/07/11
February 7, 2011—Issue #73 This week’s focus point: The most important change agent in any organization is the leader, no matter at what level. The Egyptian uprising (and other demonstrations…
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 02/14/11
February 14, 2011—Issue #74 This week’s focus point: “Don’t be defensive” is an overused admonition. It’s okay to be defensive about your values and beliefs when they are threatened. It’s…
Million Dollar Referrals
An excerpt from my new book to be released by McGraw-Hill in a few months: I was introduced once to a top client team by their boss who had hired…