the watch of time

More extensions of a booklet for consultants containing attention getting, and hopefully to some extent business generating, concepts; somewhat universal, but needing to be kept up-to-date…

• Travel dinner shows, allow dreams of bucket-list destinations to take centre stage, wherein the focus is on the destination, not the journey
• Golf pro clinics and tournament dinners, encourage a swinging time wherein any volatility issues apply personally, not to outside forces or events seeking positively spun explanations
• Snowmobile tours, provide some outdoor adventure during an otherwise indoor cocooning time of year, where a snow job is actually encouraged
• Career counselors, can encourage serious reflection on career paths and options, but if this impacts one’s personal aspirations it should be disguised from clients or prospects
• Phone habits, still have an important place in communication, notwithstanding social media, and should focus on probing with positive, open-minded language rather than just patching the cord
• Matching gift programs, can come across as more self-indulgently innovative if the concept shifts to contests in exchanging very similar gifts
• Portraits, can be touched up to enhance the end product more easily than many other forms of communication, which are being increasingly regulated
• Concert tickets, provide a good opportunity for a supplier to practice juggling, as one attempts to minimize costs while organizing a maximized experience for attendees
• Entrepreneurial breakfasts, have the immediate potential roadblock of usually being held in early morning, an anathema time for many to be sound of mind and sociable
• Professional networking, is an opportunity to practice a form of chess, in that one moves based on the value and inter-relationship of ‘pieces’, but has to allow for confrontations and slide-steps