Greg Bennick
Featured Keynote Programs
BUILD A BETTER NOW™
Focus. How do we regain it, and why do we lose it?
If you want to build a better future, build a better now®. Greg shares insights about managing constant distractions in a world that pulls us in every possible direction.
This keynote presentation is about rediscovering our focus and recognizing its relationship to self-esteem. When we find focus, it allows us to be able to work even better together as a team.
Some key takeaways from the Build a Better Now® keynote:
• Recognizing the reasons we lose our focus
• Reconnecting to our purpose and reason for doing the work we do
• Appreciating the team we’re a part of and celebrating a feeling of shared vision
• Understanding the connection between focus and our individual and team self-esteem…and then enhancing that
When we FOCUS. And when we focus on our process and supporting those around us, opportunities are everywhere.
(Perfect for any organization hoping to change the perspective and focus of its group toward potential, inspiration, and empowerment.)
FAIL BETTER
Don’t Be Afraid to Drop the Ball! (What We Learn From Failure About Success)
Greg is fascinated by gravity as a metaphor: by dropping objects he learns constantly to FAIL BETTER. The Seattle Times called him “A juggler of objects and concepts.” What do you learn about success from a path where the journey is filled with mistakes and failure? You learn focus and courage. Greg shows you the way. (Perfect for any group looking to enhance positive mental attitude among their team members and looking to laugh throughout a presentation)
ENVISION AND EXPAND
Changing the World Without Having a Clue
Want to change the world in which you work and live but aren’t sure how? Want to transform your workplace environment and implement new ideas? Learn how one line from the movie “Raiders of the Lost Ark” inspired a lifetime of creativity and action even amidst self-doubt. Learn about failing better, growing together, and making dreams a reality. (Perfect for any group with a CSR focus, those interested in change and transformation...and also for colleges / universities)
CHANGE
Managing the Unexpected
Change is an inevitability, and as long as we are in the right mindset, we will be ready for anything and prepared to take action. As a juggler for almost thirty years, Greg is an expert at change: every ball flies in a different direction. How do we manage change? What perspectives to we need? Using laughter and entertainment as a vehicle, Greg delivers answers to these important questions in his incredible keynote. (Learning points include new perspectives on ‘dropping the ball’™ and failure; how to continue even in the midst of setbacks; and perspectives on the creative process itself and the peaks and valleys it brings.)
TEAMWORK
An Individual Experience
The success of any organization is dependent on how its people work together. In this keynote, Greg uses his proven techniques of audience participation to demonstrate how effective we can be when we work together. but from the perspective of knowing ourselves. How can we transform being let down by others in the past to being inspired to try again in order to work together effectively? Teamwork demands vigilance, patience, commitment, and determination. Most importantly, its teamwork WITH the people we serve not in opposition to them that yields truly sustainable alliances. (Learning points: self esteem and its role in our interactions; from where do interpersonal conflicts emerge; and how to resolve those conflicts when they flare up.)
LEADERSHIP
To Listen is to Lead
We often think of leaders as having powerful voices, but the best and brightest leaders are actually the greatest listeners. We explore, through audience participation and laughter, the core concepts of being an effective listener as part of a team and how that leads to outstanding leadership. Greg’s real life experience with leadership includes the World Leaders Project, an initiative Greg started that had him meeting face to face with world leaders to discuss dynamics of power, control, and effective balance. You need a speaker who talks the talk and walks the walk. And one who can be funny in the midst of important ideas. Greg is all of those in one.