Safety Speaker John Drebinger’s Weekly Newsletter

In this week’s newsletter:

- Safety and the New Year

- An update on my future speaking schedule – save money and have me at your site

while I am in your area

Safety and the New Year

I hope you are having an awesome year. Each January we get to reset the records and start with a clean slate.

One of the best kickoff speeches I heard from a plant manager was short and sweet. Congratulations were shared for achieving their best year ever in safety performance. They indeed had a lot to be thankful for as they had cut the number of injuries in half. They went from fourteen the previous year to only seven. That is quite an improvement and a reason to celebrate.

What I heard next told me how well that plant manager understood safety is a personal and corporate value. The manager elegantly said, “We had our best year ever unless you were one of the seven who were injured.” What a great truth that everyone needs to understand. The only successful year is when everyone is injury-free.

I want to thank all of you who have allowed me to be a part of your journey to zero injuries. I continue to hear from people who have heard my latest presentation, “Would You Watch Out For My Safety?” and read the accompanying book that it has had a major impact on how they watch out for themselves and others. We are about to go to our third printing in less than one year. Give us a call at 209-745-9419 and we can help your employees watch out for each other and enjoy it! Also when I speak at your location you can purchase the books at a significant discount.

Yours in Service,

John Drebinger

Places I will be speaking in the next few weeks

Call Diane Weiss at 209.745.9419 to have me come to your town.

Tuscaloosa AL, Kansas City KS, Halifax Nova Scotia, Pleasant Hill CA, McKittrick (Bakersfield) CA, Modesto CA

Save your-self significant dollars contact all safety motivational speakers directly!

If you do a Google search for the speaker you are looking for by their name you are likely to find their own website. This will save you money. If you are doing a general search for “safety speaker” for example make sure you click on a site that is their personal site as opposed to an agency or bureau.

There has been a trend recently that has changed the results you get when you are searching for safety motivational speakers. It can actually cost you money! The field of safety is unique because the top safety speakers speak at all the major safety conferences each and every year. Because of this companies have historically contacted safety speakers directly in order to book a presentation. The absolute best way to hire any safety motivational speaker is to contact them directly. The reason is that you avoid any speaker’s bureau or agency which is going to be charging a fee for their services.

Recently agencies called speakers bureaus have swooped into the safety market. Speaker agencies or bureaus will tell you that they do not charge you any fee but the reality is that you are likely to pay more. Why is that? Simple, if you call an agency or bureau the first thing they are going to ask you is, “what is your budget?” This is a perfectly appropriate question for them to ask as they don’t want to suggest safety speakers who are not in your budget. The industry secret they don’t want you to know is that once they are armed with that information they will suggest speakers that charge that budgeted amount even if a less expensive speaker would meet your needs. Even if the safety speaker they suggest does not increase their price to cover the commission the bureau charges them you will end up spending all your budgeted money.

Another way it can cost you money is that when you contact a speaker through an a bureau or agency they often will add enough to their fee to cover the up to 30% commission the agency is charging them. Therefore a speaker you could have hired at $8000 would possibly cost you $11,500. The bureaus will tell you that they do not allow this practice and they are sincere in this statement. However, every year I have interviewed other safety motivational speakers and confirmed that they typically quote an increased fee to bureaus who are inquiring on your behalf. After all why would they want to travel cross-country for 30% less than they normally earn.

It is important you contact the individual speaker’s office first as it is unethical for a speaker to quote you a price or schedule a booking if your name was given to them by a bureau. No speaker I know will go around a bureau that has brought them a client.

If you need help finding safety speakers I would suggest you call Diane Weiss at my office first (Phone: 209.745.9419) She can arrange to have me come to speak to your employees at our regular rate and if I am unavailable she will refer you to a speaker who will meet your needs. When she refers you to another speaker there is typically no commission to us as we do it to help you and quite frankly we want you to call us first when you are looking for a safety motivational speaker.

Yours in service,

John Drebinger

Safety Speaker John Drebinger’s Weekly Newsletter

In this week’s newsletter:

- Safety and the Unexpected

- An update on my future speaking schedule – save money and have me at your site

while I am in your area

- Website update information

Safety and the Unexpected

Having been a registered member of the Boy Scouts of America for over 49 years, I am very familiar with the slogan, “Be Prepared”. This last week, I was in Southern California working on our website. While I was there they had a record-setting windstorm. I know some of you live in areas where hurricane winds are more prevalent, but for Southern California these were some serious winds. As I write this almost one week after the storm, there are still people without power.

I can’t help but wonder how many of them were prepared. Did they have enough provisions to get through a prolonged period without power? I wonder how many people thought of the danger of using carbon monoxide if they chose to use camping stoves and lanterns indoors to provide light and cooking. Probably a good percentage of people were prepared because of the potential for earthquakes, yet I wonder if they thought of the safety issues brought on by a natural disaster or simply a storm.

I wonder how many people knew of the danger of downed power lines. I was amazed how many trees had fallen on Pasadena city streets. On my way home, I passed the remnants of a large tree that must have covered at least one lane of the freeway. What a surprise someone would have had if they were texting and suddenly came upon a tree in their lane.

What’s the point of all this? First, it is a good time to remind people of the advantage they have working for your company. Because they work for an organization that is committed to safety, they have a safety awareness that other people do not have. That safety focus protects them and their families even when the unexpected happens. I don’t think we discuss this enough. As a safety speaker, I make it a point when I give my talk to point out how lucky they are to be working with people who care about their safety.

Second, use this as a time to remind people of the importance of being prepared. Having safe emergency lighting, be it a flashlight or something fancy, could prevent a fall when getting help, which would make the situation even more difficult. You can think of what issues your people need to be prepared for and include it in your next safety briefing.

Have a Safe Christmas and Holiday Season.

Yours in Service,

John Drebinger

Safety Speaker John Drebinger’s Weekly Newsletter

In this week’s newsletter:

- Safety and the Holidays

- An update on my future speaking schedule – save money and have me at your site

when I am in your area

- Website update information

Safety and the Holidays

I hope you survived “Black Friday” safely. I don’t know how it was in your part of the world, but here in California there were some scary situations that happened. This creates what I call “Opportunity Teaching.” You can discuss news events at a safety meeting that illustrate a safety point. You could discuss the past events around Black Friday or you could discuss common hazards that come with the holiday season.

Christmas tree safety has several aspects. The electrical hazards of the lights and decorations on the tree are numerous. The fire hazard of a tree that gets too dry. The list goes on….

Outdoor decorations with cords all over the front lawn create a trip hazard. You can see that it doesn’t take much to come up with ideas. Interesting that these hazards are a part of many work places no matter what the season. So take this time to be timely and topical.

Toy safety comes to mind when I think of my two grandchildren. Remember to discuss how your college students will be coming home from school and going back after the holiday break. I fly my son back and forth or my wife drives back with him and then flies home. We just know that he will want to visit with as many friends as possible right up to the last day and driving 360 miles when your tired could be a disaster.

Have a safe Christmas and Holiday Season.

Yours in Service,

John Drebinger

Website Update Information

Sandie Gilbert and I have been working diligently on our website www.drebinger.com There will be some great improvements and tools you may use for free. Many more demo videos of my presentations will be on the site along with short videos you can use at a safety meeting free as a service from us. Keep checking the site and let me know what you think and if there are any changes that would be helpful to you.

Places I will be speaking in the next few weeks

Call Diane Weiss at 209.745.9419 to have me come to your town.

Tuscaloosa AL, Kansas City KS, Hailfax Nova Scotia, Pleasant Hill CA, Calipatria CA, West Lake LA, Concordville PA

Would You Like to Share This Article With Others?

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where they have been posted on my daily blog. When reprinting or emailing please include credit to: John Drebinger Presentations 209-745-9419 and www.drebinger.com

Outcome Based Presentations For Your Safety Kickoff

“Would You Watch Out For My Safety?”

We tell everyone that they should be their “brother’s keeper” and yet we don’t teach them how to do it. This presentation which accompanies my new book by the same title is designed to create a culture in your workplace where watching out for each other is the norm rather than the exception.

“Would You Watch Out For My Safety?” will:

• Give people the five reasons they should watch out for the safety of others.
• Explain the three reasons people fail to watch out for the safety of others and then give them a perspective that will allow them to overcome the obstacles that keep people from helping others.
• Give them specific techniques they can use immediately to share safety with someone else in a way both people will feel great.
• Finally the most important lesson of the presentation is showing people how to respond when someone watches out for their safety. This lesson ensures that people will continue to watch out for each other and will seek out ways to watch out for the safety of their fellow worker.

This presentation is so powerful that John has written a book by the same title that is provided for each attendee so they can review what they have learned and share it with their family and friends. It has been so well-received that we have already made our second printing of 5,000 copies only four months after our releasing the book.

For more information Call 209-745-9419

“Ensure Your Safety”

If you want people to take personal responsibility for their own safetyon and off the job this presentation is for you.

Your employees will learn:

• Why they need to take personal responsibility for their own safety.
• How to stay focused in order to ensure safe performance.
• How distractions impact their personal safety.
• How to regain their focus on safety when distractions get in the way.
• Why they want to avoid shortcuts for themselves and others.

Everyone will develop a positive association between safety and their job and understand how working safely directly benefits them and their families, today and in the future. Using magic, group participation, specific safety principles and universal truths, John will show the seasoned worker why they play a vital role in helping the “new guy” work safely by avoiding shortcuts and doing everything the safest way we know how.

John shows them why using the appropriate personal protective equipment ensures their safety even when machinery fails or human errors occur. This presentation covers safety from the time they leave home to driving safely back to their family at the end of the day.

His unique presentation breaks through the mindset of,  “We have heard it all before.”  His magic captures their attention, and the message they hear will make them take action resulting in fewer injuries.

For more information Call 209-745-9419

“Safety as a Value”

In this completely different program, John shows your employees how to improve their own safety by sending the right message via their actions and words at work and home.

Your Employees Will Learn:

• What their real values are.
• How to convey those values to their family and friends.
• Safety is a value for everyone.

The key to his insightful approach is the premise that safety must be a personal value, and that values don’t change when conditions change, even in tough times. John will help your people raise their expectations, vision, passion, and energy to work safely and make a safer and more productive workplace.

With new stories and magic, this presentation will help your employees continue their enthusiasm and focus toward another year of safety success!

What do you want from a safety presentation?

• People to walk out saying, “That was the best safety meeting they have ever attended.”
• Everyone to talk about the safety meeting long after it is over.
• You want all of the above and most of all you want to get results. It doesn’t matter if everyone loved the speaker, their message, and yet they don’t change how they work.

John Drebinger is the only top safety speaker specifically trained to deliver an effective message. In addition to his Bachelors degree in Speech he has been a member of the National Speaker’s Association for over 16 years and has attended seminars from some of the most effective communicators in the nation.

From the descriptions listed above you have already noticed something that separates John Drebinger from other professional safety speakers. As an author and speaker he has many different presentations he can do for your employees. To help you deliver your safety message John customizes each of his presentations to convey your theme and concepts. Unlike many other safety speakers who have only one speech or story to tell, John has developed presentations that build on each other to help you improve your safety performance.

Logistics

John can do multiple presentations during the day so that all your shifts can hear his outstanding message. Diane Weiss his marketing director can help you with your scheduling as she has worked with hundreds of companies over the past twenty-one years and knows what will serve you best.

John’s presentations can be done in virtually any location. If you can safely gather an audience he can get his message to them.

These presentations are designed for employee meetings with 45 minutes to 1-hour time available. Call 209-745-9419 today to reserve your date.

Is Your Leadership Prepared to Support Your Safety Efforts?

In my talk, “Would You Watch Out For My Safety,” I point out how we have told people for years, “Be your brother’s keeper.” Yet, we don’t teach them how. In many ways, we do the same to our leadership, whether it is the first line supervisor or the CEO of the company.

Over the years, I have seen safety teams promote teaching people how to work safely. They organize great activities that encourage and motivate people to take on safety as one of their personal values. On the other hand, they spend very little time helping their leadership to be successful safety advocates.

Several years ago, I was asked to develop a special program for the leadership of a corporation. The president of the company called the meeting (so you knew everyone was going to attend) at which I spent several hours. The content of the meeting included committing those who may not already understand safety as a value to embrace it. I also attacked the mistaken belief that “accidents happen,” which some people still believe.

Next, I taught how to make safety a value for them and those who work for and with them.  Not everyone is good at sharing values and also it is common for people who hold safety as a value to send mixed messages that confuse those around them.

We then discussed their role as a safety leader. Often, leaders who hold safety as a value, fail to understand that they are in fact the real safety leader. They mistakenly assume the safety department or team is responsible.

If you want to sharpen the safety leadership skills of your management team have me come to your site and do my talk, “Safety For Leaders.” You will be pleased with the level of commitment and the skill your leadership will have in communicating a great safety message.

Many companies who are bringing me to their site to speak to employees have me come a month ahead to meet with the leaders to help them make the upcoming event a success.

Yours in service,

John Drebinger

Would You Like to Share This Article With Others?

This newsletter is the 10^th in a series of ten on how to have an effective safety kickoff. If you would like to share any of these articles go to http://www.drebinger.com/?page_id=690

where they have been posted on my daily blog. When reprinting or emailing please include credit to: John Drebinger Presentations 209-745-9419 and www.drebinger.com

Outcome Based Presentations For Your Safety Kickoff

“Would You Watch Out For My Safety?”
We tell everyone that they should be their “brothers keeper” and yet we don’t teach them how to do it. This presentation which accompanies my new book by the same title is designed to create a culture in your workplace where watching out for each other is the norm rather than the exception.

“Would You Watch Out For My Safety?” will:
• Give people the five reasons they should watch out for the safety of others.
• Explain the three reasons people fail to watch out for the safety of others and then give them a perspective that will allow them to overcome the obstacles that keep people from helping others.
• Give them specific techniques they can use immediately to share safety with someone else in a way both people will feel great.
• Finally the most important lesson of the presentation is showing people how to respond when someone watches out for their safety. This lesson ensures that people will continue to watch out for each other and will seek out ways to watch out for the safety of their fellow worker.

This presentation is so powerful that John has written a book by the same title that is provided for each attendee so they can review what they have learned and share it with their family and friends. It has been so well-received that we have already made our second printing of 5,000 copies only four months after our releasing the book.

“Ensure Your Safety”
If you want people to take personal responsibility for their own safety on and off the job this presentation is for you.

Your employees will learn:
• Why they need to take personal responsibility for their own safety.
• How to stay focused in order to ensure safe performance.
• How distractions impact their personal safety.
• How to regain their focus on safety when distractions get in the way.
• Why they want to avoid shortcuts for themselves and others.

Everyone will develop a positive association between safety and their job and understand how working safely directly benefits them and their families, today and in the future. Using magic, group participation, specific safety principles and universal truths, John will show the seasoned worker why they play a vital role in helping the “new guy” work safely by avoiding shortcuts and doing everything the safest way we know how.

John shows them why using the appropriate personal protective equipment ensures their safety even when machinery fails or human errors occur. This presentation covers safety from the time they leave home to driving safely back to their family at the end of the day.
His unique presentation breaks through the mindset of, “We have heard it all before.” His magic captures their attention, and the message they hear will make them take action resulting in fewer injuries.

“Safety as a Value”
In this completely different program, John shows your employees how to improve their own safety by sending the right message via their actions and words at work and home.

Your Employees Will Learn:
• What their real values are.
• How to convey those values to their family and friends.
• Safety is a value for everyone.

The key to his insightful approach is the premise that safety must be a personal value, and that values don’t change when conditions change, even in tough times. John will help your people raise their expectations, vision, passion, and energy to work safely and make a safer and more productive workplace.

With new stories and magic, this presentation will help your employees continue their enthusiasm and focus toward another year of safety success!

What do you want from a safety presentation?
• People to walk out saying, “That was the best safety meeting they have ever attended.”
• Everyone to talk about the safety meeting long after it is over.
• You want all of the above and most of all you want to get results. It doesn’t matter if everyone loved the speaker, their message, and yet they don’t change how they work.

John Drebinger is the only top safety speaker specifically trained to deliver an effective message. In addition to his Bachelors degree in Speech he has been a member of the National Speaker’s Association for over 16 years and has attended seminars from some of the most effective communicators in the nation.

From the descriptions listed above you have already noticed something that separates John Drebinger from other professional safety speakers. As an author and speaker he has many different presentations he can do for your employees. To help you deliver your safety message John customizes each of his presentations to convey your theme and concepts. Unlike many other safety speakers who have only one speech or story to tell, John has developed presentations that build on each other to help you improve your safety performance.

Logistics
John can do multiple presentations during the day so that all your shifts can hear his outstanding message. Diane Weiss his marketing director can help you with your scheduling as she has worked with hundreds of companies over the past twenty-one years and knows what will serve you best.

John’s presentations can be done in virtually any location. If you can safely gather an audience he can get his message to them.

These presentations are designed for employee meetings with 45 minutes to 1-hour time available.

Tuesday, November 15^th

Thanksgiving for Safety Performance

In January, we celebrate the safety successes of the previous year and commit to a better year ahead. Next week, we celebrate Thanksgiving in the United States. This week will be a great opportunity to remind people to give thanks for the safety performance we have had over the last year. Also, remind people that even if you have had fewer injuries than the year before, it was still a bad year for those who sustained an injury.

Remember, even if you didn’t have a better year than last year, it is important to realize that without everyone’s commitment to safety there would have been many more people hurt and certainly more severe injuries.

It is also worthwhile to give thanks for close calls that were not injuries. Too often, people fail to appreciate that a close call or a property damage event could have been much worse if not for luck or the grace of God, depending on how you look at the world.

Being Grateful For Those Who Watched Out For You

Another area to recognize is to think of those with whom you work who watched out for your safety over the past year. Make sure you thank them for caring enough to watch out for you and say something or take action.

Thanks From John Drebinger

I am thankful for the privilege of writing this newsletter to help you prevent injuries on and off the job. I appreciate the time you invest in reading this and I am especially thankful for all of you who have contacted me during the year telling me how you have used the information you have gained from this newsletter.

I am also grateful for each and every one of you who have given me the opportunity to speak in person to your fellow employees. I know it takes a great amount of faith to bring in an outside speaker and I thank you for that trust.

I am thankful for each and every audience I have been in front of this year. Whether it was a room of one thousand or five people in a control room, I value each and every audience member.

I am thankful for those of you who will be bringing me to your site this coming year. I look forward to helping your people watch out for each other’s safety.

Last but not least, I am grateful to Diane Weiss, Sandie Gilbert and my wife, Karen Drebinger, who handle all the arrangements so I can efficiently move around this world spreading the message of safety.

Thanks for what you do to get people home safely every day.

Yours in service,

John Drebinger

Would You Like to Share This Article With Others?

This newsletter is published every week.  If you would like to share any of these articles go to http://www.drebinger.com/?page_id=690

where they have been posted on my daily blog. When reprinting or emailing please include credit to: John Drebinger Presentations 209-745-9419 and www.drebinger.com

Outcome Based Presentations For Your Safety Kickoff

“Would You Watch Out For My Safety?”
We tell everyone that they should be their “brothers keeper” and yet we don’t teach them how to do it. This presentation which accompanies my new book by the same title is designed to create a culture in your workplace where watching out for each other is the norm rather than the exception.

“Would You Watch Out For My Safety?” will:
• Give people the five reasons they should watch out for the safety of others.
• Explain the three reasons people fail to watch out for the safety of others and then give them a perspective that will allow them to overcome the obstacles that keep people from helping others.
• Give them specific techniques they can use immediately to share safety with someone else in a way both people will feel great.
• Finally the most important lesson of the presentation is showing people how to respond when someone watches out for their safety. This lesson ensures that people will continue to watch out for each other and will seek out ways to watch out for the safety of their fellow worker.

This presentation is so powerful that John has written a book by the same title that is provided for each attendee so they can review what they have learned and share it with their family and friends. It has been so well-received that we have already made our second printing of 5,000 copies only four months after our releasing the book.

“Ensure Your Safety”
If you want people to take personal responsibility for their own safety on and off the job this presentation is for you.

Your employees will learn:
• Why they need to take personal responsibility for their own safety.
• How to stay focused in order to ensure safe performance.
• How distractions impact their personal safety.
• How to regain their focus on safety when distractions get in the way.
• Why they want to avoid shortcuts for themselves and others.

Everyone will develop a positive association between safety and their job and understand how working safely directly benefits them and their families, today and in the future. Using magic, group participation, specific safety principles and universal truths, John will show the seasoned worker why they play a vital role in helping the “new guy” work safely by avoiding shortcuts and doing everything the safest way we know how.

John shows them why using the appropriate personal protective equipment ensures their safety even when machinery fails or human errors occur. This presentation covers safety from the time they leave home to driving safely back to their family at the end of the day.
His unique presentation breaks through the mindset of, “We have heard it all before.” His magic captures their attention, and the message they hear will make them take action resulting in fewer injuries.

“Safety as a Value”
In this completely different program, John shows your employees how to improve their own safety by sending the right message via their actions and words at work and home.

Your Employees Will Learn:
• What their real values are.
• How to convey those values to their family and friends.
• Safety is a value for everyone.

The key to his insightful approach is the premise that safety must be a personal value, and that values don’t change when conditions change, even in tough times. John will help your people raise their expectations, vision, passion, and energy to work safely and make a safer and more productive workplace.

With new stories and magic, this presentation will help your employees continue their enthusiasm and focus toward another year of safety success!

What do you want from a safety presentation?
• People to walk out saying, “That was the best safety meeting they have ever attended.”
• Everyone to talk about the safety meeting long after it is over.
• You want all of the above and most of all you want to get results. It doesn’t matter if everyone loved the speaker, their message, and yet they don’t change how they work.

John Drebinger is the only top safety speaker specifically trained to deliver an effective message. In addition to his Bachelors degree in Speech he has been a member of the National Speaker’s Association for over 16 years and has attended seminars from some of the most effective communicators in the nation.

From the descriptions listed above you have already noticed something that separates John Drebinger from other professional safety speakers. As an author and speaker he has many different presentations he can do for your employees. To help you deliver your safety message John customizes each of his presentations to convey your theme and concepts. Unlike many other safety speakers who have only one speech or story to tell, John has developed presentations that build on each other to help you improve your safety performance.

Logistics
John can do multiple presentations during the day so that all your shifts can hear his outstanding message. Diane Weiss his marketing director can help you with your scheduling as she has worked with hundreds of companies over the past twenty-one years and knows what will serve you best.

John’s presentations can be done in virtually any location. If you can safely gather an audience he can get his message to them.

These presentations are designed for employee meetings with 45 minutes to 1-hour time available.

I have noticed that many of the most successful safety meetings and kickoffs include food as part of the event. Conversely, I have seen people take a negative view to a meeting when they arrived and there was no food or beverage. I suspect that had to do with previous meetings and expectations.

It seems there are regional differences. I know one Texas refinery that serves Kolaches (I hope I spelled that right) before the meeting. There are other regional favorites that are easy to hand out before the beginning of the meeting.

I think the most important factor is to be consistent with what you have done in the past. If they are used to having food or refreshments and you can’t provide them it is best to let them know ahead of time to eliminate disappointment. You can always exceed people’s expectations. Disappointment can really damage the results of a meeting.

Money, Budgets and Safety As A Value

Often, food is a budgetary consideration. It is important when looking at budgets to consider the real dollar investment of a safety kickoff. First, you have the time you and your team put in to make it a success. Unless you are a full time meeting planner, it means that you sacrificed some other task you and your team could have done for your company. Next, there is the cost of time that employees must take away from their job in order to attend your kickoff. Even for a short kickoff of one to two hours, people must leave their work location, transport themselves to where you are holding the meeting, spend time at the meeting, and then return to work. This is a real dollar investment of your company and it is a way I know the leadership is serious about safety being a corporate value.

There is a great quote that expresses commitment and dollars.

“For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.”

I understand money can be an issue. The key is whether or not your company invests its money equally amongst the areas they claim to be corporate values.

Corporate budgets do not have any room for waste. When you hold a safety kickoff you owe it to everyone to squeeze the most impact and results out of every dollar. The investment in a professional safety speaker like myself is nothing compared to the investment of employees’ and leadership’s time in attending and preparing for such a kickoff. This series of articles is designed to help you maximize your effectiveness even if you contact us too late to bring me in this season.  Better yet call today to set aside a date so that I can give you the best presentation your dollar can buy.

Dollars Are Invested In Safety and Have A High Return On Investment

For years, I have told safety professionals they should tell management how much profit the safety department generated for them. Leaders don’t get excited about savings; they get excited about profits. Do the math and let your leadership know how much more profit your company realized because of the outstanding results of the safety team. I would trade my fee any day for a percentage of the increased profit made by my clients because their people were safer after I spoke to them.

Thanks for what you do to get people home safely every day.

Yours in service,

John Drebinger

Would You Like to Share This Article With Others?

This newsletter is the 10^th in a series of ten on how to have an effective safety kickoff. If you would like to share any of these articles go to http://www.drebinger.com/?page_id=690

where they have been posted on my daily blog. When reprinting or emailing please include credit to: John Drebinger Presentations 209-745-9419 and www.drebinger.com

Outcome Based Presentations For Your Safety Kickoff

“Would You Watch Out For My Safety?”
We tell everyone that they should be their “brothers keeper” and yet we don’t teach them how to do it. This presentation which accompanies my new book by the same title is designed to create a culture in your workplace where watching out for each other is the norm rather than the exception.

“Would You Watch Out For My Safety?” will:
• Give people the five reasons they should watch out for the safety of others.
• Explain the three reasons people fail to watch out for the safety of others and then give them a perspective that will allow them to overcome the obstacles that keep people from helping others.
• Give them specific techniques they can use immediately to share safety with someone else in a way both people will feel great.
• Finally the most important lesson of the presentation is showing people how to respond when someone watches out for their safety. This lesson ensures that people will continue to watch out for each other and will seek out ways to watch out for the safety of their fellow worker.

This presentation is so powerful that John has written a book by the same title that is provided for each attendee so they can review what they have learned and share it with their family and friends. It has been so well-received that we have already made our second printing of 5,000 copies only four months after our releasing the book.

“Ensure Your Safety”
If you want people to take personal responsibility for their own safety on and off the job this presentation is for you.

Your employees will learn:
• Why they need to take personal responsibility for their own safety.
• How to stay focused in order to ensure safe performance.
• How distractions impact their personal safety.
• How to regain their focus on safety when distractions get in the way.
• Why they want to avoid shortcuts for themselves and others.

Everyone will develop a positive association between safety and their job and understand how working safely directly benefits them and their families, today and in the future. Using magic, group participation, specific safety principles and universal truths, John will show the seasoned worker why they play a vital role in helping the “new guy” work safely by avoiding shortcuts and doing everything the safest way we know how.

John shows them why using the appropriate personal protective equipment ensures their safety even when machinery fails or human errors occur. This presentation covers safety from the time they leave home to driving safely back to their family at the end of the day.
His unique presentation breaks through the mindset of, “We have heard it all before.” His magic captures their attention, and the message they hear will make them take action resulting in fewer injuries.

“Safety as a Value”
In this completely different program, John shows your employees how to improve their own safety by sending the right message via their actions and words at work and home.

Your Employees Will Learn:
• What their real values are.
• How to convey those values to their family and friends.
• Safety is a value for everyone.

The key to his insightful approach is the premise that safety must be a personal value, and that values don’t change when conditions change, even in tough times. John will help your people raise their expectations, vision, passion, and energy to work safely and make a safer and more productive workplace.

With new stories and magic, this presentation will help your employees continue their enthusiasm and focus toward another year of safety success!

What do you want from a safety presentation?
• People to walk out saying, “That was the best safety meeting they have ever attended.”
• Everyone to talk about the safety meeting long after it is over.
• You want all of the above and most of all you want to get results. It doesn’t matter if everyone loved the speaker, their message, and yet they don’t change how they work.

John Drebinger is the only top safety speaker specifically trained to deliver an effective message. In addition to his Bachelors degree in Speech he has been a member of the National Speaker’s Association for over 16 years and has attended seminars from some of the most effective communicators in the nation.

From the descriptions listed above you have already noticed something that separates John Drebinger from other professional safety speakers. As an author and speaker he has many different presentations he can do for your employees. To help you deliver your safety message John customizes each of his presentations to convey your theme and concepts. Unlike many other safety speakers who have only one speech or story to tell, John has developed presentations that build on each other to help you improve your safety performance.

Logistics
John can do multiple presentations during the day so that all your shifts can hear his outstanding message. Diane Weiss his marketing director can help you with your scheduling as she has worked with hundreds of companies over the past twenty-one years and knows what will serve you best.

John’s presentations can be done in virtually any location. If you can safely gather an audience he can get his message to them.

These presentations are designed for employee meetings with 45 minutes to 1-hour time available.

#9 Scheduling – Tuesday, November 8^th

When Is The Best Time To Hold A Safety Kickoff?

Simple, any time all your people can attend. Now, I know logistically that is a challenge for some of you. Because of your operations, it is impractical to get everyone together all at one time. You need a big place to hold everyone. You would have to shut down operations.

Some companies actually do a safety stand down day where they do nothing but health and safety events. This is great if you can do it.

More commonly, safety teams schedule two to three meetings per day for one or a series of days in order to allow all shifts to attend. I am pleased to say I have done many presentations after 11pm at night so that we were able to involve the night shift. Making it possible for them to enjoy the same kickoff as everyone else does a lot for morale and lets them know you really care about them.

My marketing director, Diane Weiss, is an expert at scheduling and she can share with you the different ways our clients have made it possible for everyone to be a part of your kickoff. Not every speaker is willing to adapt to multiple shifts, but I can.

Also, location is not critical. I have spoken next to a turbine at a hydroelectric dam on the Columbia River. One construction supply company used a stack of sheet rock as a stage with rails. Turnaround or Outage lunchroom tents have served as my speaking venue many times over the years. One refinery rented chairs and used their firehouse to hold the meeting. I am sure you get my point. I can speak anywhere and as long as you get me in front of an audience, I can help them work safely.

Should Attendance at Safety Kickoffs and Meetings be Mandatory?

As with much of safety communication, congruency tells the real story. The answer for me is achieved by asking a follow-up question. Are your marketing meetings mandatory? If all your other departmental meetings are mandatory, and if safety isn’t, it sends the message that safety isn’t one of your company’s corporate values.

I actually prefer mandatory meetings, as that way I know no one will miss my message. It is so frustrating for me to be leaving a site heading for the airport and finding myself talking with someone in the parking lot who asks if I will be doing meetings the next day because they heard how great it was and now they want to attend.

Lunch Versus a Dedicated Meeting

Safety and the messages you want to get across are far too important to stack on top of lunch unless the presentation is done after or before everyone has eaten. The distractions are just too great. Have I done luncheon presentations? Yes, but I know they are less effective than they could be. Once again, it speaks of the value your leadership puts on safety. If there isn’t time to do it right then everyone understands that safety takes a back seat to everything else.

Call Diane to find out the best schedule for your safety kickoff at 209-745-9419.

Would You Like to Share This Article With Others?

This newsletter is the 9^th in a series of ten on how to have an effective safety kickoff. If you would like to share any of these articles go to http://www.drebinger.com/?page_id=690

where they have been posted on my daily blog. When reprinting or emailing please include credit to: John Drebinger Presentations 209-745-9419 and www.drebinger.com

Outcome Based Presentations For Your Safety Kickoff

“Would You Watch Out For My Safety?”
We tell everyone that they should be their “brothers keeper” and yet we don’t teach them how to do it. This presentation which accompanies my new book by the same title is designed to create a culture in your workplace where watching out for each other is the norm rather than the exception.

“Would You Watch Out For My Safety?” will:
• Give people the five reasons they should watch out for the safety of others.
• Explain the three reasons people fail to watch out for the safety of others and then give them a perspective that will allow them to overcome the obstacles that keep people from helping others.
• Give them specific techniques they can use immediately to share safety with someone else in a way both people will feel great.
• Finally the most important lesson of the presentation is showing people how to respond when someone watches out for their safety. This lesson ensures that people will continue to watch out for each other and will seek out ways to watch out for the safety of their fellow worker.

This presentation is so powerful that John has written a book by the same title that is provided for each attendee so they can review what they have learned and share it with their family and friends. It has been so well-received that we have already made our second printing of 5,000 copies only four months after our releasing the book.

“Ensure Your Safety”
If you want people to take personal responsibility for their own safety on and off the job this presentation is for you.

Your employees will learn:
• Why they need to take personal responsibility for their own safety.
• How to stay focused in order to ensure safe performance.
• How distractions impact their personal safety.
• How to regain their focus on safety when distractions get in the way.
• Why they want to avoid shortcuts for themselves and others.

Everyone will develop a positive association between safety and their job and understand how working safely directly benefits them and their families, today and in the future. Using magic, group participation, specific safety principles and universal truths, John will show the seasoned worker why they play a vital role in helping the “new guy” work safely by avoiding shortcuts and doing everything the safest way we know how.

John shows them why using the appropriate personal protective equipment ensures their safety even when machinery fails or human errors occur. This presentation covers safety from the time they leave home to driving safely back to their family at the end of the day.
His unique presentation breaks through the mindset of, “We have heard it all before.” His magic captures their attention, and the message they hear will make them take action resulting in fewer injuries.

“Safety as a Value”
In this completely different program, John shows your employees how to improve their own safety by sending the right message via their actions and words at work and home.

Your Employees Will Learn:
• What their real values are.
• How to convey those values to their family and friends.
• Safety is a value for everyone.

The key to his insightful approach is the premise that safety must be a personal value, and that values don’t change when conditions change, even in tough times. John will help your people raise their expectations, vision, passion, and energy to work safely and make a safer and more productive workplace.

With new stories and magic, this presentation will help your employees continue their enthusiasm and focus toward another year of safety success!

What do you want from a safety presentation?
• People to walk out saying, “That was the best safety meeting they have ever attended.”
• Everyone to talk about the safety meeting long after it is over.
• You want all of the above and most of all you want to get results. It doesn’t matter if everyone loved the speaker, their message, and yet they don’t change how they work.

John Drebinger is the only top safety speaker specifically trained to deliver an effective message. In addition to his Bachelors degree in Speech he has been a member of the National Speaker’s Association for over 16 years and has attended seminars from some of the most effective communicators in the nation.

From the descriptions listed above you have already noticed something that separates John Drebinger from other professional safety speakers. As an author and speaker he has many different presentations he can do for your employees. To help you deliver your safety message John customizes each of his presentations to convey your theme and concepts. Unlike many other safety speakers who have only one speech or story to tell, John has developed presentations that build on each other to help you improve your safety performance.

Logistics
John can do multiple presentations during the day so that all your shifts can hear his outstanding message. Diane Weiss his marketing director can help you with your scheduling as she has worked with hundreds of companies over the past twenty-one years and knows what will serve you best.

John’s presentations can be done in virtually any location. If you can safely gather an audience he can get his message to them.

These presentations are designed for employee meetings with 45 minutes to 1-hour time available.

A great safety kickoff comes from the creativity of you and your team. This is another area where you also increase your participation by involving others. In my blog http://www.drebinger.com/?page_id=690 I did a series of suggestions of how to add something unique to your safety meeting.

Some thoughts on creativity:

• Creativity is the key to discovering new solutions.
• Creativity is learned.
• Creativity improves with practice.
• Look for models of creativity such as Walt Disney, Stephen Spielberg, George Lucas, etc.
• Begin by believing it might be possible.
• Or at least believing it’s not impossible.
• Ask yourself empowering questions.
• Help others to be creative.

Examples of Creativity that add to a meeting:

• Give-aways
• Themes such as making the Kickoff like a game show, seasonal ideas, doing the Kickoff as if they were all on a flight and you were giving an Airplane Safety Briefing
• Music
• Safety Slogans
• Safety Posters
• Clothing with Safety slogan
• Candy Bars with Safety Slogan Wrappers
• Skits that convey a safety message

What You Need to Know About Safety Slogans

I was speaking for one company and as we entered their meeting room, the first thing I saw was a giant four feet tall by twelve feet wide safety banner. It was one of those with grommets that you can post outside on a chain link fence or between posts. As I looked around the room, all the walls had similar banners presumably from previous years.

This was a great idea and a great use of old safety banners. The only problem was the first banner I saw was an example of a well-intentioned but incorrectly written safety slogan. The banner said, “Accidents happen in the blink of an eye!” Obviously, meant to convey that an injury could happen very quickly and unexpectedly. So, what could possibly be wrong with that? Let me print more of what it actually looked like.

ACCIDENTS HAPPEN

In   the  blink  of  an  eye!

The problem was the predominate message was, “Accidents Happen.” You would agree it is not the most useful belief. I explained everyone who walked into the room received the message unconsiously that accidents happen, which takes prevention and personal responsibility out of the equation. Happily, they removed the banner and threw it away a few minutes later.

This is not the only incorrectly worded banner I have ever seen.

You must be cautious when choosing a safety slogan or even drawing a safety poster. Too often you can send the wrong message.

Special Free Service To You My Subscriber

As a service to my readers, I will be glad to review your safety slogans by email if you send them to me at john@drebinger.com  I should be able to get back to you within a week. Also, give me a phone number I can reach you at with best time to call if I need clarification.

Of course, I would love to give one of my outstanding presentations customized at no extra cost to fit right in with the theme of your kickoff. Just call Diane Weiss and she can set everything up for you.

Also, I am available to do a presentation skills seminar for your safety team. This all day seminar includes instruction on how to develop great safety slogans.

Would You Like to Share This Article With Others?

This newsletter is the 8^th in a series of ten on how to have an effective safety kickoff. If you would like to share any of these articles go to http://www.drebinger.com/?page_id=690

where they have been posted on my daily blog. When reprinting or emailing please include credit to: John Drebinger Presentations 209-745-9419 and www.drebinger.com

Outcome Based Presentations For Your Safety Kickoff

“Would You Watch Out For My Safety?”
We tell everyone that they should be their “brothers keeper” and yet we don’t teach them how to do it. This presentation which accompanies my new book by the same title is designed to create a culture in your workplace where watching out for each other is the norm rather than the exception.

“Would You Watch Out For My Safety?” will:
• Give people the five reasons they should watch out for the safety of others.
• Explain the three reasons people fail to watch out for the safety of others and then give them a perspective that will allow them to overcome the obstacles that keep people from helping others.
• Give them specific techniques they can use immediately to share safety with someone else in a way both people will feel great.
• Finally the most important lesson of the presentation is showing people how to respond when someone watches out for their safety. This lesson ensures that people will continue to watch out for each other and will seek out ways to watch out for the safety of their fellow worker.

This presentation is so powerful that John has written a book by the same title that is provided for each attendee so they can review what they have learned and share it with their family and friends. It has been so well-received that we have already made our second printing of 5,000 copies only four months after our releasing the book.

“Ensure Your Safety”
If you want people to take personal responsibility for their own safety on and off the job this presentation is for you.

Your employees will learn:
• Why they need to take personal responsibility for their own safety.
• How to stay focused in order to ensure safe performance.
• How distractions impact their personal safety.
• How to regain their focus on safety when distractions get in the way.
• Why they want to avoid shortcuts for themselves and others.

Everyone will develop a positive association between safety and their job and understand how working safely directly benefits them and their families, today and in the future. Using magic, group participation, specific safety principles and universal truths, John will show the seasoned worker why they play a vital role in helping the “new guy” work safely by avoiding shortcuts and doing everything the safest way we know how.

John shows them why using the appropriate personal protective equipment ensures their safety even when machinery fails or human errors occur. This presentation covers safety from the time they leave home to driving safely back to their family at the end of the day.
His unique presentation breaks through the mindset of, “We have heard it all before.” His magic captures their attention, and the message they hear will make them take action resulting in fewer injuries.

“Safety as a Value”
In this completely different program, John shows your employees how to improve their own safety by sending the right message via their actions and words at work and home.

Your Employees Will Learn:
• What their real values are.
• How to convey those values to their family and friends.
• Safety is a value for everyone.

The key to his insightful approach is the premise that safety must be a personal value, and that values don’t change when conditions change, even in tough times. John will help your people raise their expectations, vision, passion, and energy to work safely and make a safer and more productive workplace.

With new stories and magic, this presentation will help your employees continue their enthusiasm and focus toward another year of safety success!

What do you want from a safety presentation?
• People to walk out saying, “That was the best safety meeting they have ever attended.”
• Everyone to talk about the safety meeting long after it is over.
• You want all of the above and most of all you want to get results. It doesn’t matter if everyone loved the speaker, their message, and yet they don’t change how they work.

John Drebinger is the only top safety speaker specifically trained to deliver an effective message. In addition to his Bachelors degree in Speech he has been a member of the National Speaker’s Association for over 16 years and has attended seminars from some of the most effective communicators in the nation.

From the descriptions listed above you have already noticed something that separates John Drebinger from other professional safety speakers. As an author and speaker he has many different presentations he can do for your employees. To help you deliver your safety message John customizes each of his presentations to convey your theme and concepts. Unlike many other safety speakers who have only one speech or story to tell, John has developed presentations that build on each other to help you improve your safety performance.

Logistics
John can do multiple presentations during the day so that all your shifts can hear his outstanding message. Diane Weiss his marketing director can help you with your scheduling as she has worked with hundreds of companies over the past twenty-one years and knows what will serve you best.

John’s presentations can be done in virtually any location. If you can safely gather an audience he can get his message to them.

These presentations are designed for employee meetings with 45 minutes to 1-hour time available.

Announce logistical details during the first morning.  Emergency information, exits, restrooms, food, or anything else pertinent to your kickoff.

Cell Phones & Pagers

There are creative ways of asking people to turn off cell phones, such as theatre announcements using old movie cuts, jokes, skits, etc. Then announce to please turn phones and pagers off. Provide cell phone and pager breaks so your people may check their messages and voice mail during the breaks.

Breaks

Announce to your audience how and when you are going to take breaks. Let them know if they are scheduled or will be taken when the presenter feels they are necessary.

PA Systems – Make Sure You Can Be Heard

Use a microphone for all questions or comments. Be sure to repeat all questions from the audience so everyone can hear what was asked.

Questions

Encourage people to feel free to ask questions anytime during the presentation.

There are several different formats for handling questions. If having people raise their hand during a video or a person’s talk is difficult, let people know they can write their questions down and hand them in at the breaks. This also allows for those too shy or intimidated to ask a question. Please have them put their name on the card so you can get clarification if necessary. Never mention their name from the card when reading the question out loud. To encourage questions, ask a few people to submit questions ahead of time and then begin by calling on them. Make sure you give them a copy of their question back so when you call on them they have it. Also suggest to people during the meeting to write down questions in note form so when the microphone gets to them, they haven’t forgotten their question or comment.

Tell people, “Feel free to ask a question anytime.” This wording is important! Too often I hear people say, “Feel free to INTERRUPT anytime with a question.” The word interrupt has too many negative connotations and is by nature something people will avoid. You are subliminally telling them not to ask questions because since they grew up their mom, dad and teachers have always told them not to interrupt. Your invitation will not overcome that programing.

Questions In or Out of Meetings

You have often heard, “There is no such thing as a stupid question.”  Well, I wonder if that is true.  We, as trainers or presenters, may not think the question is a stupid one but that is looking at it from our viewpoint. Think like your audience! If the person asking or thinking of a question thinks it’s stupid, then to them it is and they won’t ask it.

Some Tips For Dealing With Questions:

• Have them write down questions so no one will know they

asked the stupid question.

• In asking an audience questions, too often we leave them without being able to answer or not giving enough time to develop an answer; therefore we shut them down.
• Questions asked of an audience should be pre-framed or simple enough to cover with an answer right away.
• Ask questions of the group but always call on individuals for answers.
• Never go fishing for answers when people don’t know answers (when audience keeps getting it wrong it kills audience participation).  It teaches them not to raise their hand.
• Make sure whenever possible that you help the audience succeed if you want to continue the specific behavior.

Kickoff or Celebration Team Members

Let people know who to contact on your team if they have any special needs which you can help with. Many teams wear a distinctive shirt that allows them to stand out in a crowd. This also builds team spirit and is a nice way to thank them for all their extra work.

Some Other Kickoff Tips

• The magic of one word – using name tags. Calling people by name is very powerful.
• Preferred seating arrangements. Make sure people can see and hear.
• Insist that all speakers use public address systems – some people are hearing impaired.
• Use your physiology to convey passion.
• Remove any podium – let your audience see you.
• Take breaks as the audience needs them. Your experienced workers may need more restroom breaks than their twenty year old counterparts.

One of The Best Reasons To Work With John Drebinger

I have a little secret weapon that makes my clients meetings and kickoffs a smashing success. It is the person who has been doing my marketing for the past twenty-one years. Diane Weiss has more knowledge of how to have a successful safety kickoff or meeting than anyone else I know. She has helped many people with their first meeting and even those who are seasoned professionals have told me how much help Diane was to them.

The real bonus is Diane’s expertise doesn’t cost you a dime more. So join the hundreds of safety teams that have told me upon my arrival that Diane was indespensible to their success. Call her at 209-745-9419.

Would You Like to Share This Article With Others?

This newsletter is the 7^th in a series of ten on how to have an effective safety kickoff. If you would like to share any of these articles go to http://www.drebinger.com/?page_id=690

where they have been posted on my daily blog. When reprinting or emailing please include credit to: John Drebinger Presentations 209-745-9419 and www.drebinger.com

Outcome Based Presentations For Your Safety Kickoff

“Would You Watch Out For My Safety?”
We tell everyone that they should be their “brothers keeper” and yet we don’t teach them how to do it. This presentation which accompanies my new book by the same title is designed to create a culture in your workplace where watching out for each other is the norm rather than the exception.

“Would You Watch Out For My Safety?” will:
• Give people the five reasons they should watch out for the safety of others.
• Explain the three reasons people fail to watch out for the safety of others and then give them a perspective that will allow them to overcome the obstacles that keep people from helping others.
• Give them specific techniques they can use immediately to share safety with someone else in a way both people will feel great.
• Finally the most important lesson of the presentation is showing people how to respond when someone watches out for their safety. This lesson ensures that people will continue to watch out for each other and will seek out ways to watch out for the safety of their fellow worker.

This presentation is so powerful that John has written a book by the same title that is provided for each attendee so they can review what they have learned and share it with their family and friends. It has been so well-received that we have already made our second printing of 5,000 copies only four months after our releasing the book.

“Ensure Your Safety”
If you want people to take personal responsibility for their own safety on and off the job this presentation is for you.

Your employees will learn:
• Why they need to take personal responsibility for their own safety.
• How to stay focused in order to ensure safe performance.
• How distractions impact their personal safety.
• How to regain their focus on safety when distractions get in the way.
• Why they want to avoid shortcuts for themselves and others.

Everyone will develop a positive association between safety and their job and understand how working safely directly benefits them and their families, today and in the future. Using magic, group participation, specific safety principles and universal truths, John will show the seasoned worker why they play a vital role in helping the “new guy” work safely by avoiding shortcuts and doing everything the safest way we know how.

John shows them why using the appropriate personal protective equipment ensures their safety even when machinery fails or human errors occur. This presentation covers safety from the time they leave home to driving safely back to their family at the end of the day.
His unique presentation breaks through the mindset of, “We have heard it all before.” His magic captures their attention, and the message they hear will make them take action resulting in fewer injuries.

“Safety as a Value”
In this completely different program, John shows your employees how to improve their own safety by sending the right message via their actions and words at work and home.

Your Employees Will Learn:
• What their real values are.
• How to convey those values to their family and friends.
• Safety is a value for everyone.

The key to his insightful approach is the premise that safety must be a personal value, and that values don’t change when conditions change, even in tough times. John will help your people raise their expectations, vision, passion, and energy to work safely and make a safer and more productive workplace.

With new stories and magic, this presentation will help your employees continue their enthusiasm and focus toward another year of safety success!

What do you want from a safety presentation?
• People to walk out saying, “That was the best safety meeting they have ever attended.”
• Everyone to talk about the safety meeting long after it is over.
• You want all of the above and most of all you want to get results. It doesn’t matter if everyone loved the speaker, their message, and yet they don’t change how they work.

John Drebinger is the only top safety speaker specifically trained to deliver an effective message. In addition to his Bachelors degree in Speech he has been a member of the National Speaker’s Association for over 16 years and has attended seminars from some of the most effective communicators in the nation.

From the descriptions listed above you have already noticed something that separates John Drebinger from other professional safety speakers. As an author and speaker he has many different presentations he can do for your employees. To help you deliver your safety message John customizes each of his presentations to convey your theme and concepts. Unlike many other safety speakers who have only one speech or story to tell, John has developed presentations that build on each other to help you improve your safety performance.

Logistics
John can do multiple presentations during the day so that all your shifts can hear his outstanding message. Diane Weiss his marketing director can help you with your scheduling as she has worked with hundreds of companies over the past twenty-one years and knows what will serve you best.

John’s presentations can be done in virtually any location. If you can safely gather an audience he can get his message to them.

These presentations are designed for employee meetings with 45 minutes to 1-hour time available.