by Bruce Turkel | Apr 4, 2012 | Uncategorized
Creative designer David Kustin was sitting comfortably behind a steaming cup of coffee at our conference table. He was starting to tell me about his background and how he got into the branding business. “I’m a South Florida native,” he said. (I’m a South Florida...
by Bruce Turkel | Oct 11, 2011 | Uncategorized
I read an interesting article in October tenth’s New York Times titled, Victory Lap for Fox and Hannity. This paragraph stopped me: “… Fox is the envy of the media industry for its popularity, and perhaps too for its consistency — something that Mr. Hannity embodies,...
by Bruce Turkel | Apr 19, 2011 | Uncategorized
Last Thursday I gave the worst presentation of my life. I wish I were exaggerating for the sake of this blog, but I’m not. I was truly awful. I was showing work I’m proud of and talking about new concepts we’re excited about but I wasn’t scoring any points with the...
by Bruce Turkel | Mar 20, 2011 | Uncategorized
I’ve been lucky enough to meet lots of you at the different conferences and presentations I speak at every year. Because I spend so much time travelling to and from the speeches, I spend an inordinate amount of time on airplanes. Because I don’t like to waste time on...
by Bruce Turkel | Feb 10, 2011 | Uncategorized
Usually when I speak at corporate conferences and ask “who wants to get on stage?” I need to volunteer people. After all, few corporate types think they’re paid to enjoy themselves and have a good time. But when I spoke to my first faith-based group at Collinson...