by travelingsalesman
I was looking over information on the upcoming STAFDA show and saw their list of “Session Speakers”. These speakers will be speaking on Sunday, November 12 which I think is the first day of the show.
David Avrin – “Blink and they’re gone” – author of It’s Not Who You Know, It’s Who Knows You!
Eric Chester – author of On Fire At Work: How Great Companies Ignite Passion in Their People without Burning Them Out
Jill Geisler – author of Work Happy: What Great Bosses Know and also has a podcast Q&A: Leadership and Integrity in the Digital Age
Jason Young – After 10 years in senior management with Southwest Airlines, Young launched LeadSmart, Inc. to develop successful corporate cultures for forward-thinking companies. His clients include Starbucks, IHOP, Tyson Foods and Southwest Airlines
Thomas Schoenfelder Ph.D. – senior vice president, Research & Devlopment at Caliper Corporation, has over 20 years of experience in high-impact performance improvement initiatives, organizational diagnostics, assessment design, intervention implementation and evaluation.
Then, on Tuesday, November 14, Alan Beaulieu president of the Institute for Trend Research will look at recent economic trends and provide a three-hour update on the economy. I know the Beaulieu brothers do presentations at NFDA meetings and also some regional fastener association meetings so that is a familiar name to some in the fastener industry.
I wonder if the Fastener Community would attend these types of presentations if they were offered at one of our industry trade shows? Would we have the interest or do we prefer industry specific topics?
These STAFDA speakers do not really focus on industry specific topics. The speakers are not aimed at the construction market or tools or special fasteners. They seem to be more about corporate culture, selling and leadership.
I pulled out my copy of the program from the Vegas Fastener Show, AKA the International Fastener Expo and took a look at the speakers. Pac-West offered a session “Trunped! What Does It Mean for the U.S. Economy”. And WIFI offered “Working With the World”, which I believe focused on (…)