by Bruce Turkel | Dec 22, 2015 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
Sir Charlie Chaplin wrote the melody for the tune Smile in 1936 for his film Modern Times. The lyrics were added in 1954. Since then Smile has become a popular standard of the classic song book and has been recorded by everyone from Nat King Cole to Diana Ross, Tony...
by Bruce Turkel | Nov 24, 2015 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
This is a rant on the presentation of creativity and how it’s received by people who are not in the business of looking at new ideas. If you resemble any of these remarks—and you’ve sat with me lately—I’m sorry. It’s not you. It’s me. I WANT SOMETHING NO ONE’S EVER...
by Bruce Turkel | Nov 2, 2015 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
Do you remember the first time you ate sushi? I’m not talking about after the Japanese cuisine became a common choice in cities and suburbs but when sushi was still an oddity in the US and you were still a bit squeamish. “What??!! Eat uncooked fish? Me? Are you...
by Bruce Turkel | Oct 20, 2015 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
I’m sitting on a panel in a university auditorium listening to one of my fellow panelists talk about how to improve your image, the subject of our conference. I’ve already prepared my answer to the question asked by the group so now I’m looking up and out into the...
by Bruce Turkel | Oct 12, 2015 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
Sometime near the end of seventh grade I got my first report card with all As. This had never happened before because of my abysmal performance in phys. ed. It would never happen again because along with pimples and puberty, eighth grade introduced me to the...
