A Little News…

G’day Gang.

Another week draws to a close and I hope yours has been a ripper.

Some News:

A Professional Speaking Workshop…

I am constantly receiving emails from people who want to do what I do; be a professional speaker. Like me, they have a desire to get in front of groups to share their knowledge and passion and hopefully, make a difference. Some want to share the health/fitness message, some want to be motivators, some want to be specialist educators and many want to work under the very large banner of professional and personal development. Obviously I can’t personally answer a squillion emails and I can’t privately coach hundreds of individuals towards their own speaking career but what I can do is share my thoughts, ideas and experiences via a workshop. Until recently, this is something I had not considered running at all. In fact, I still don’t know what the response to this concept will be but if emails, phone calls and general enquiries are an indicator, then it should fly.

Clearly I’m not going to turn anyone into a world-class speaker in three hours, but I will give participants a practical and realistic snapshot of what it takes to go from complete novice to paid speaker. I have been speaking professionally for over twenty years so why not benefit from my numerous mistakes? Among other things, I can teach you what not to do! Because I think this concept will work better with a smaller group, I have decided to limit numbers to thirty people irrespective of the response. If there is greater demand, we’ll simply run another workshop. Having said that, it could end up being me and three others in the room! Who knows? If there’s a demand we’ll run it. If not, I’ll spend the afternoon sitting on the couch and watching sport. As all alpha-males should.

When is it? Saturday October 4, 2 – 5 pm

Cost? $129.00

Where? Harper’s Personal Training (Lecture Theatre), 643 Nepean Hwy. Brighton

Booking? You can book on-line here.

I apologise to my interstate (and of course, international) readers but it’s just not viable or practical for me to run this type of workshop out of state (at this point in time). If you have any enquires you can call Johnny during business hours on (03) 9553 8857 or you can email him here.

Personal Training Summit!

For all you fitness bunnies…. The Personal Training Academy (Melbourne-based fitness educators) are running a two day conference for fitness professionals here in Melbourne this coming weekend (tomorrow). With some of the best Australian and international fitness industry educators coming to town it should be an amazing weekend of information, education and inspiration for anyone looking to develop themselves in this field. A friend of mine, who just happens to be the leading educator in the world in the area of kid’s fitness will be there. His name is Brian Grasso and he has flown out from the States just to present at this conference.

If you can make it along, he’ll blow your socks off. He’s an amazing teacher and presenter. I’ll be presenting tomorrow (Saturday) at 12.45 pm (for 2.5 hours) and I’ll do my best to ruffle as many feathers as possible. No shock there. My topic is “Beyond Personal Training” and I’m talking about where the PT industry has been, where it is right now, where it’s going and where I believe it should go. You can find out more about the summit by visiting the PTA website and if you call them today on (03) 9553 1818 and tell them you’ve come via this site, they will give you a very significant discount just for being a craigharper-dot-com reader (about 30%).

Enjoy your weekend.

Ciao. x