Power Points #1

Dan Kennedy is a man I admire. He teaches business fundamentals in marketing and copywriting (so I can give his due, I will always include his website when I mention him, which is www.dankennedy.com).

I admire Dan for many reasons, including the fact that he has a series of books called, "The No B.S." Series and another one called, "Brass Balls."

That Ultimate Officials -- no BS with a touch of Brass Balls.

FACT #1: Dan was kind enought to share power points from his hundreds of presentations to business leaders all over the nation. I will be adapting some of these power points.

FACT #2: I hate power point presentations at seminars and camps. Blah, blah, blah. My mother-in-law could read those power points to an audience.

*******THESE ARE REAL POWER POINTS -- Useful, to the point, and entertaining**********

NO SLEEPING HERE!

Hockey imitates life and vice versa. Talents learned in hockey can help in real life and vice versa.

Power Point #1: Power of "A Starving Crowd"

"Gary Halbert explains a starving crowd this way: if I offer to set you up in the fast food biz, with a hamburger joint, and you can have any one special advantage you want, what'll it be? A clown, special sauce, great burgers, a big ad budget? He says he'll take "a starving crowd.""

I experienced a "starving crowd" in hockey, particularly in Minnesota, in the mid-1990's for hockey officials. There were so many guys I came up through the program with that were great athletes and people. My regional camp in 1995 at the Western Regional produced an NHLer, 4 WCHA officials, 4 IIHF officials, and many, many other great USA hockey, high school games, tournaments and championships. We were "a starving crowd". We did what was necessary.

Too many officials today want everything handed to me. Makes me sick to my stomach. So, I am searching for "a starving crowd".

Do you have any experiences with officials who suffer from a sense of entitlement?