Conference Adventurer Gifts

'He gets like that at these out of town conventions.'

"It's clear to me that you want to go far with this company."

Inclusive speech

'I didn't do my homework because I forgot my user name and password.'

"Nervous about this morning's presentation?"

'Now Featuring Gas-Fired Microwave Campfires!'

The number one injury in today's workplace: severe bends caused by repeated exposure to deep-dive presentations.

Five doors: Push, Pull, Up High, Down Low, Too Slow.

"Everything you say (or don't say) matters. Choose your words and intentions carefully."

You are here.

'He's been brought in to save the company.'

'This is my kind of place. You knock bottles off a table with a baseball and get a prize instead of time-out!'

"I love these off-site business meetings."

"I don't think the guy with the business-card cannon has ever been to an actual networking event,"

'Unaccustomed as I am to public speaking...'

STRIP Hambone: Workers help is a hindrance

"We serve danishes because that's just how I roll!"

Free Range Employees.

"We're all in the same boat, except it's more like a life raft than an actual boat."

Creative Baby.

Responsibility and duties

Wearing a sales chart as a name badge.

"I've just about had it with these corporate retreats!"

Whack, Out of Whack.

"To think—this meeting, which turned into the perfect day, filled with spontaneous adventures that will become priceless memories, could have been an e-mail."

'Okay guys - lights out!'

"If the meeting goes on for longer than scheuled...I'm prepared!"

'Time management seminar. Start: five-ish.'

Office Park

"Hey! I can see the Empire State Building!"

'Let me present today's speaker.'

Unintelligible speaker at Subway Announcers Dinner.

'You think he overheard my last lecture on tax code revision?'

John couldn't help but think that his team had a different perspective on the event than he did...

'Welcome to Change Management 101. We'll start with some free falls.'