It all started back in the winter of 2011, when I decided that I needed a good physical challenge, and a friend told me about theTriAdventure: a challenge to conquer a 3 km swim, 15 km run, 15 km canoe and 140 km bike over a weekend in August. It sounded like an arduous feat, but when I discovered more about this awesome charity, I was pumped! Since then, I have been competing in triathlons and my life has never been…
Author: David
Planning The Perfect Event
We’ve been to events that make us yawn and yearn for the comforts of our sofa and a glass of wine in hand. On the flip side, events that are planned and executed with great attention to detail make an impact, with the guest walking away with a lasting impression of your brand. HAVE A VISION. It is important to really be able to picture the event; walking through it one step at a time will give you the clarity…
Turbulent Times
Onboarding. It’s Like Raising a Baby.
“Diaper backward spells repaid. Think about it.” ~ Marshall McLuhan You might have heard the popular sentiment among child-rearing experts that “the years before five last the rest of their lives.” The theory is that a baby’s earliest experiences of their upbringing and environment is a major determinant of how actualized, happy, and effective she ultimately becomes. The first weeks and months for a hire in a new job are similarly formative. Those of us who’ve worked at a company…
The EDGE to Great Training
Many of us have been to training programs that have left us invigorated and excited to take on the next big challenge. On the flip side, we have been to those sessions that require an intravenous drip of caffeine for a presenter whose Powerpoint presentation is killing us softly…one slide at a time! So what is does it take to captivate your audience? Here are four key actions broken down into steps to give you the EDGE at your next…
Be Still And Listen
“Be still and listen [to yourself]” Iyanla Vanzent said over and over again to the 8,500 life seekers at Oprah’s Lifeclass on Monday night – David and I included. Those words went from my brain straight to my heart. This afternoon, I went to the library [as I do every Saturday] and grabbed Annie Leibowvitz’s Pilgrimage, a coffee table book of photographs that she took of landscapes and rooms because she recognized that she was seeing the world and various…
The California Contributor
Hello from sunny Hollywood, California. Let me first congratulate David Graham on the launch of EDGE 3, and say how excited I am to join his team as the California Contributor. I first met David at sea back in 1993. I was a young actor not long out of his teens teaching kids about the history of ship travel and the marvels of the night sky aboard the SS Majestic. David was The Majestic’s cruise director and supervised the training…
Welcome to EDGE 3
What is YOUR edge? Are you cutting edge? Are you living on the edge? Have you taken that step over the edge? EDGE 3 is about stepping out of your comfort zone and pushing the boundaries to a place that makes you feel excited, alive and even a bit scared. There is an absolute thrill in conquering your fears and a joy in proving to yourself that you can do it. Conquering that fear could be climbing a mountain, presenting…