People Helping People

Last night I went to a benefit concert sponsored by Chilis restaurant and St. Jude Children's Research hospital. It was at the Wormy Dog and featured Cody Canada (Cross Canadian Ragweed), Charlie Robison and Seth James. It was a cool event and I purchased some sweet items at the silent auction. Chilis does a great job supporting the work, research and outreach that St. Jude provides to all children who hear have to hear those 3 dreaded words, "you have cancer". Keep in mind that once a child is diagnosed with cancer St. Jude takes care of everything from travel to treatment at NO charge to the family.

Today you have an easy way to help. Go to a local Chilis restaurant and just eat! 100% of the money made today will be donated to St. Jude!!!

http://www.chilis.com/EN/Pages/home.aspx

www.stjude.org

If you can't make it to Chilis and want to help you can simply text "HOPE" to 90999. This will donate $5 to St. Jude. You can do this anytime!

Nevada FBLA/DECA Advisor academy!

Spent the weekend in Las Vegas, NV with 70 local advisors from all over Nevada and great times were had by all. I did an opening keynote and 2 breakout sessions. The day was structured around two main things; 1) getting advisors excited about the upcoming year and 2) tips for facilitation and debriefing workshops.

I shared a thought with the teachers that I wanted to pass along to you... "You have a direct impact on a child's future just by showing up each day and physically being present." The main question is this; who wants to just show up. I would hope that each day and in every situation we don't just show up but show up on purpose and with a purpose. For all those advisors who wanted to know how to get some great music to play in their programs follow these instructions:

1. Download and install iTunes.
2. Once inside iTunes, go to the iTunes store.
3. Click on Music along the top. (where it says music, movies, TV show, etc...)
4. Scroll to the very bottom of the page and you will see some links under "more to explore." Click on iMix.
5. In the search field type in "yournextspeaker." No spaces.
6. This will get you both a fast and slow play list.

Enjoy and remember to keep your music and material Clean, Powerful and Positive.

Your first step is their first hope.

My DJ company, "Your Choice Entertainment" is excited to be working with St. Jude Research Hospital. Check out the link...

Your first step is their first hope.

O-H....I-O!!!

I just returned from a trip to Columbus, OH where I had the privilege of working with 500 amazing FFA members at the 2010 Ohio C.O.L.T (Chapter Officer Leadership Training) conference. I had an amazing time and the Ohio FFA organization www.ohioffa.org should be commended for the caliber of students they have. On Tuesday evening I spent a couple hours with the State officer team helping with presentations and facilitation training. Wednesday morning was 3 full hours of fun and growth with chapter officers and members from all over the state.

Want to thank the 15 Ohio state officers on a job well done. They were fully committed to being involved and interacting with the students. This was my first time working with the Ohio FFA association and gave me a chance to work with a legend in the FFA world, Dr. Steve Gratz. I have known Dr. Gratz at a distance since 2002 and having the chance to work with him directly showed me exactly why he is one of the most respected men in the nation when it comes to FFA and the development of our youth.

Special thanks and congratulations to Katy Endsley! She was my contact for the event and was not able to attend as she and her husband welcomed their second child into the world! Congrats, Katy...

Off to Vegas for 20 hour round trip to work with Nevada FBLA and DECA advisors!!!