by Bruce Turkel | May 26, 2014 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
When I was a kid growing up on Miami Beach, the public service announcements we saw regularly were about the evils of littering and the dangers of silos and rock pits. Because of the constant brainwashing I received, I am a virulent anti-litterer. So much so that when...
by Bruce Turkel | May 18, 2014 | Branding, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
Are you mature enough to remember when radio was a significant influence in your life? I wasn’t old enough for the golden age of radio – Amos N Andy, The Thin Man, Tommy Dorsey, and the like – but for me radio was the soundtrack of my childhood in the sixties and...
by Bruce Turkel | Apr 13, 2014 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
You’d have to be living under a rock not to notice that the Catholic Church has gone through some cataclysmic shifts of late. From the horror of “pedophile priests” to Pope Francis’ refreshing reframe, the seemingly immovable institution has changed plenty. But...
by Bruce Turkel | Mar 28, 2014 | Uncategorized
I love daring and bold concepts, especially when they work. Recently I was introduced to The SEED Foundation. 17 years ago SEED’s founders looked at the expensive elite boarding schools available to privileged kids and thought, hmmm… “Why shouldn’t there be FREE...
by Bruce Turkel | Dec 31, 2013 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
Rabbi Mitchell Chefitz told me a wonderful story about a presentation he made at a program for Jewish cub scouts. Chefitz had all the boys sit around a circle with a big tom tom in the center. He would beat a particular rhythm on the drum and then ask the boys who...
