Get Motivated Seminar
Yesterday, my entire office (at least those of us who were not out of town) went to an all-day seminar called "Get Motivated." It was well done and included some big-time speakers such as the founder of Monster.com, Jeff Taylor, and the former major of NYC and former republican presidential primary candidate, Rudolph Giuliani. There was a little too much sales pitching going on for my taste, but I guess they have to pay for the seminar somehow (the tickets were cheap). One thing that surprised me was the amount of faith/spirituality (specifically Christian) that was presented. One of many commonalities among the many extremely successful speakers was a Christian life and a trust in biblical principles regarding finances. This probably did not sit well with all of the several thousand people in (though perhaps they reconsidered upon hearing the presentations). I enjoyed it; it was a perspective you don't often hear anywhere outside of church, i.e., from our very secular print, TV, and radio media. Anyway, to get back to the point, in hindsight, I'm not sure the seminar was worth it to Trinity (30+ hours total of unbilled time), but it is nice to know that we are willing to take a chance on something like this.