CHRISTMAS COMMANDOS MAKE YOUR YEAR-END EVENT A “TOTAL VICTORY”

Written by Boyd Hooper


CHRISTMAS COMMANDOS MAKE YOUR YEAR-END EVENT A “TOTAL VICTORY”

If you thought all of America’s best commandos were clearingrepparttar caves of Afghanistan think again. We discovered two real-life commandos that are busy clearing boredom from corporate Christmas parties of America. That’s right, a U.S.Army Ranger and a retired Green Beret group commander, have made it their mission to make your corporation’s year-end event a “Total Victory”! They call themselvesrepparttar 106250 Christmas Commandos. They will add spirit, enthusiasm—and a big dose of Christmas cheer and humor—that will make your corporate Christmas party one that employees will talk about inrepparttar 106251 year to come. At a time when most American corporations are nursing their wounds, counting their losses, and firing their accounting companies, a comic-laced, in-your-face, motivational year-end event has never been more welcome. Long ago, legendary Bob Hope used to take his USO variety show to soldiers abroad to raiserepparttar 106252 their morale. The Christmas Commandos bring their own brand of variety entertainment and morale-raising torepparttar 106253 corporate armies of America. With army cadence singing, that involvesrepparttar 106254 audience, dance routines, hilarious comedy sketches, and surprises galore,repparttar 106255 Christmas Commandos expertly camouflage a heart-warming and motivating year-end message that makes their engaging presentation so much more than just entertainment. Their mission is not only to celebraterepparttar 106256 hard-fought business battles ofrepparttar 106257 past year, but to rallyrepparttar 106258 troops forrepparttar 106259 missions inrepparttar 106260 year ahead. Many companies want to do something a little different and breakrepparttar 106261 mold by introducing a fun and relaxed atmosphere to their Christmas party and other events. Event planners are realizing that events have not only become an important PR exercise to promoterepparttar 106262 company itself, but also vital for in-house relationships and staff incentives. Those companies are now booking entertaining training likerepparttar 106263 Christmas Commandos. “Christmas isrepparttar 106264 perfect time for companies to give something back to employees as most organizations today realize that it's their people who makerepparttar 106265 difference torepparttar 106266 company and not their products. Making employees feel appreciated is more important than ever!” - APrepparttar 106267 Irish Sentinel Inrepparttar 106268 genre of giving back with purpose and creativity,repparttar 106269 Christmas Commandos’ powerful production hitsrepparttar 106270 target like a guided missile. Their high-energy motivational message is seasonally themed and strategically designed to deliver a humor-filled payload that will impact both head and heart. The unique variety show format will beguile and charm audiences with characters from Seuss books, movies, and real life—which in turn deliver a seasonal message that’s sure to capture every heart inrepparttar 106271 audience.

The Christmas Commando performance can include everything from appearances of squads of active uniformed commandos, improv skits, andrepparttar 106272 6’3 half ofrepparttar 106273 duo painted bright green doing a first-person rendition ofrepparttar 106274 classic Grinch story. Audiences will also find themselves highly involved as they become enlisted to participate in skits or to sing U.S. Army Ranger Cadence withrepparttar 106275 Christmas Commandos. “Audiences will not soon forget this presentation,” says Art Coombs, who has had previous experience with Commandos. “The Commandos and their presentation have a lasting impact. Where most corporate year-end events are quickly forgotten, these guys and their message will stay with your people well intorepparttar 106276 new year.” Besides inspiring and motivating your team of employees,repparttar 106277 Christmas Commandos have designed another event called “Grinch Giving” where corporations can sendrepparttar 106278 Grinch character intorepparttar 106279 community as their corporate ambassador of good will—a great PR move! Keith Barr, President of Echopass Corporation says, "I know people have hiredrepparttar 106280 Grinch to perform at hospitals, armed forces units, and local schools, but we hiredrepparttar 106281 Grinch as a way to show appreciation and give special recognition to our own people and their families. We set up a special family day where spouses and children came intorepparttar 106282 company sorepparttar 106283 entire family could sharerepparttar 106284 experience and make memories together. Our people still talk about that event and how much their families appreciated them working for a company with that type of mindset." Who arerepparttar 106285 Christmas Commandos? Kirk Weisler and Don Spradling both make their livings as professional speakers and consultants. Don is a senior consultant forrepparttar 106286 Franklin Covey organization and Kirk Weisler is most well known asrepparttar 106287 Chief Morale Officer ofrepparttar 106288 customer relationship management industry. While both have very impressive histories as platform presenters, their military background is even more impressive. There combined bio, which can be found onrepparttar 106289 Christmas Commandos website (www.teamdynamics.com/cc), reads like a who's who ofrepparttar 106290 Special Operations community, listing such accomplishments as Airborne Ranger and Special Forces qualifications, Commanding Officer ofrepparttar 106291 19th Special Forces Group, US Army Pathfinder, U.S. Army Jumpmaster, Master Parachutists ratings in several countries, unconventional warfare training, counter-terrorism, and 42 years of combined Special Operations military service.

The Feasibility Study and You: A Dynamic Duo

Written by June Campbell


You have a great new business idea. You've asked your friends and family for feedback and they gave you thumbs up approval. You've asked your existing customers if they'd have use for such a product or service and they've indicated they would. Lastly, you've done some soul searching and you know you're truly interested in this concept and haverepparttar commitment to stick with it overrepparttar 106249 long haul.

So far so good. Now it's time to do a feasibility study.

I can hearrepparttar 106250 resistance already.

"A feasibility study, you say? Isn't it something that CEO's of Fortune 500 companies fiddle with? What does it mean torepparttar 106251 owner of a small or home business like me?"

Consider: A feasibility study is research that gives you preliminary information regarding your business idea's potential to succeed inrepparttar 106252 marketplace.

It can meanrepparttar 106253 difference between success and failure. There are plenty of business ideas. Some of them will work. Some will not. We know that every year, scores of new businesses flounder and fail, despiterepparttar 106254 owner's hard work and enthusiasm. Sadly to say, one major reason for failure isrepparttar 106255 entrepreneur's willingness to commit to a favored idea without researchingrepparttar 106256 feasibility ofrepparttar 106257 concept. The demons battled here are internal ones: Loving an idea doesn't mean it's going to be a success.

Smart entrepreneurs knowrepparttar 106258 importance of doing initial research before investing time and money in starting a new business, or in developing a full-scale business plan.

This gathering of information isrepparttar 106259 feasibility study. It can be a complex, formal document used for attracting investors, or a simple page of notes to oneself. Regardless of which format you need,repparttar 106260 feasibility study should addressrepparttar 106261 following categories in detail:

a. The Product or Service Describerepparttar 106262 product or service. What is it? How and where will it be manufactured or produced? By whom? How will it be delivered to customers? In what way is it unique?

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