QUOTE FOR THE MONTH

"It is not length of life, but depth of life."

TRAVELS

Barbara recently returned from an around-the-world speaking trip covering three continents.  Since returning to the U.S., she has traveled to California, New York, Washington, D.C., and Branson, Missouri, for speaking engagements and the Guideposts Board Meetings, where she is a member of the Advisory Cabinet.

BOOKS AND ARTICLES

The story of “Johnny the Bagger™” will be reproduced in the book Loyalty is Love: How to Hold Clients Close for Life, written and published by Beverly A. Koehn, scheduled for release in May 2008.

ON THE RADIO

On April 2, Barbara was interviewed by Jim Turpin of WDWS Talk Radio 1400 in preparation for the 2008 Biennial Conference for Women at the University of Illinois, to be held in May. She is a presenter at the conference and will be speaking on “Integrating Work, Home and Family,” relating to topics in her book Balancing Acts—More than 250 Guiltfree, Creative Ideas to Blend Your Work and Your Life.

Barbara was interviewed on April 15 by Dave Warren of the Oasis Radio Network, discussing her books The Simple Truths of Service and The Simple Truths of Appreciation. You may hear her interview on www.oasisnetwork.org.

ON THE WEB

Bob “The Idea Man” Hooey has included an endorsement of the “Johnny the Bagger™” story and has included a link to the 3-minute version of the story on his website, www.ideaman.net. You can find the link in the archives, under “Give the Gift of inspiration.”

The Church of the Cove added a link about Barbara and “Johnny the Bagger™” to their blog. See www.churchofthecove.org/blog.

WHO IS BARBARA?

Barbara Glanz, one of fewer than 550 Certified Speaking Professionals worldwide, works with organizations that want to improve morale, retention, and service and with people who want to rediscover the joy in their work and in their lives.

 Using her Master’s degree in Adult Learning, she has spoken on all 7 continents and in all 50 states to organizations as diverse as Nordstrom, Honda, KFC, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Southwest Airlines, Bank of America, Kaiser Permanente, Hallmark, the US Dept. of Energy, Shangri-La Hotels, Merry Maids, Verizon, and the Singapore Security Police!  

She is the author of eleven books, including The Simple Truths of Service As Inspired by Johnny the Bagger (co-authored with Ken Blanchard); The Simple Truths of Appreciation; Handle with CARE – Motivating & Retaining Employees; What Can I Do? Ideas to Help Those Who Have Experienced Loss; Balancing Acts; CARE Packages for the Workplace; CARE Packages for the Home; and CARE Packages for your Customers.

Known as the business speaker who speaks to your heart as well as to your head, she lives and breathes her personal motto, “Spreading Contagious Enthusiasm™.”  She lives on the beach in Sarasota, Florida, and adores her grandchildren, Gavin, Kinsey, Owen, and Simon.

For more information, visit www.barbaraglanz.com.  Barbara can be reached at 941-312-9169; Fax 941-349-8209; or by email at bglanz@barbaraglanz.com.

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