Monday, October 6, 2008

From Nisswa - Monday afternoon member reactions

Becky Pomorin of the Millenium Hotel in Minneapolis appreciated what speaker Dan Domagala of Russell Herder had to say about marketing this morning.

"He was talking about commercials and said not to focus on 30-second ones but rather, to look at the 'nano-second' ones, a five-second pitch, so our message is completely focused."

Mark Salter of Forius Busines Credit Resources shared a couple insights he has gained so far from the Good to Great Conference here. One came from Linda Hutchinson at this morning's session about teams.

"She gave me a simple model for planning any successful project which focuses on 'What, so what, and now what.' It really keeps the focus on the end user of the project."

Salter said another take-away was "realizing that one of the most valuable things we can say about our business is not on our business card." That realization came in an afternoon exercise at Dr. Cheryl Leitschuh's first session about getting and maintaining peak performance.

Finally, Mary Detloff of the Minnesota Society of Professional Engineers said she's been enjoying the conference, and the chips and salsa served during today's afternoon break. From her point of view, "The great thing about being at conferences like this is that you can regroup and refocus on things you know you should do but you never get to because you don't have time in the office. It's sort of a kick in the pants."

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