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Disney Institute on the horizon

Life is funny.

Disney Institute is funny, in a weird way.

In a week, i’ll be there all week.

This is gonna be cool.

Why?

How could it not be?

After 11 years since retiring, maybe one DI colleague is still there. His name is Ben Reed.

It will be (unusually) fun to know what i know, and no one will know what i know.

Note: If you’ve never worked in this space, presenters have a habit of feeling like a rock star. And, presenting themselves like a rock star. Why? Because they sound like someone who ‘wrote the book”. Someone who has lived a life others aspire to.

The truth: They haven’t. Not even close. It’s a privilege to know this “insider information”.

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You never see this

4-second video created to share with business colleagues. Lee’s window is a traditional stop. Lee, Dan, and Jody always receive a short “thinking of you” video text.

You never see these types of colleague or client videos.

Of course, Family and friends receive these too.

Why?

Because they are meant for a small audience, a specific person, or handful of people.

How often do i record and send these?

“All the time”.

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Heretics, thankfully

Dream Golf book
Gift from a client.
page from a book with one sentence highlighted in yellow
First page of the introduction. Yellow highlighted sentence. Watch the two-minute video to hear more heretical talk…

Heretics, thankfully.

Heretic soundbites inspiring me to share them here…

If you think people are coming here to play golf, you are out of your friggen mind.

There are Links courses and then there’s everything else…

As different from each other as a Caddie is from a golf cart.

Forgettable, formulaic designs. Pretentious clubhouses. Signature holes. Golf carts on paved paths that make you feel like a token in a giant board game.

Regard your work as though it will still exist 500 years from now. Is that too much to ask? Anything else would have been too little.

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It was amazing

Magic happens when you live admirably. Just yesterday we (Disney) repeated as the 4th most admired company in the world according to Fortune.

It was amazing.

At least three times my client said that.

In roughly five minutes between other people coming in and out of the conversation as the session concluded.

Later a text:

The team keeps talking about the presentation and YOU!!

To which i text back:

Wait, what? i’m just a messenger. Walt’s genius deserves the credit for the architecture. PS. Thank you.

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Client call questions

Client call questions:

  1. Who’s the audience
  2. Why Disney and this topic
  3. What do you want the buzz to be
  4. Conference theme & why
  5. How does topic support theme
  6. Greatest success past year
  7. Biggest unsolved challenge last year
  8. Budget
  9. Add ons

Logistics:

  1. Date, time, venue
  2. How many
  3. Seating
  4. Agenda
  5. Who introduces me
  6. If i start late, when should i end
  7. AV check
  8. Contract
  9. Recording
  10. Media
  11. Payment
  12. Feedback
  13. Testimonials
  14. Future opportunities
  15. Anything else

How’s that for a little behind the scenes look? It’s not the Magic that makes it work, it’s the work that makes it Magic.

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