by Bruce Turkel | Feb 10, 2014 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
The flight to San Juan was scheduled to leave at 7:25 AM, so my mental math looked something like this: “Want to get to airport an hour early, that’s 6:25 AM. Thirty minutes to get to airport, that’s 6:00. Half an hour to get ready, gotta get up at 5:30. ”...
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...
by Bruce Turkel | Nov 4, 2013 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
In 2008 we pitched a piece of business that we really wanted and needed. The new business effort was a hard-fought battle and after numerous presentations our potential client told us the committee had narrowed it down to us and one other agency. The problem was we...
by Bruce Turkel | Sep 10, 2013 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
I don’t usually use this space to rant. I try to be thoughtful, even-tempered, and even a bit circumspect in what I write about here. But today I’m typing this post with my teeth firmly clenched together and my fingers smacking the keyboard. A few months...
by Bruce Turkel | Aug 6, 2013 | Branding, Bruce Turkel, Keynote speaking, Marketing & Advertising
We all believe that one thing causes another. Newton’s third law of motion states: “For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.” The Byrds sang Pete Seeger‘s interpretation of a passage from the Book of Ecclesiastes: “For every thing, (turn...
