Simplify!
For the past month or so, my family has been planning a yard sale.
I don't know what that means to you, but after having several of them, it means a lot of work, for a minimum payout. Sounds fun, eh?
Well, yesterday we held (hopefully our last) yard sale.
We followed a successful plan:
Look at everything obvious in our home to decide if we needed it.
Looked in the hidden areas, boxes, storage and closets.
Labeled, separated, organized, priced.
Advertised well. Played on benefits of coming to our sale.
Got up early! Before the early-birds descended. 5:30 am. Ugh.
Negotiated and had the philosophy to get rid of stuff, not to get rich.
It worked. We cleaned up clutter, met neighbors, had lots of people. As a bonus,...
Have you Polled your Audience lately?
My youngest son just started High School. Trying to get him to tell me something (anything!) about school, I asked him what the coolest technology they were using in his classes. Technology is his favorite discussion, and I saw him "bite the line".
"They have this cool way to do quizzes in Math!" he quickly responded. "We all have electronic devices that have buttons we push for multiple choice or true/false questions." He went on to tell how the teacher can quickly see on a monitor what the scores are and if the class "captured" the concept or if she needs to go over it again.
Now that's cool!
Wouldn't it be great to poll your audience about things like this? Where...