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Demonicus Denied If you built a selling machine, to go out and stomp your competition, what would you put in it? Dr. Lucifer Demonicus almost succeeds, but then ...

Genesis This audacious slice-of-life mood piece sets the stage for a sensitive product or policy situation, e.g. a prescription drug intro.

Getting There "Holy comic book rip-off, Batman!" "Yes, Robin, The Meeting Master is at it again! But, what a diabolically clever way to present company problems and potgentials!"

Hustle! Neither the Internet nor e-commerce can eliminate the classic business building value of some good old fashioned get-out-and-hustle!

The Power of the Group Everyone's busy these days confirming their "individuality." Well, here's a unique way to remind people that their company works because people work together, as a group.

Priorities This satirical look at how your brain makes decisions is a marvelous means for introducing a review of your SALES or MARKETING or WHATEVER priorities..

Revelations! Your sales force will never forget this revealing visit to the celestial lair of The Great Guru! – the omniscient and seminal source of (your) information on sales and selling!

Signs & Symbols The reputation behind your logo doesn't run on automatic. Review the evolution and impact of these world famous (and infamous) signs and symbols – ending with yours.

Black-Belt Meeting Moves

Room Setups & Letdown

The Executive Roast

Qualifying Event Producers

Amplifying RFPs

Killer-Client Profiles

A Sales-Jock Requiem

Business Theater

The Agenda Juggle

Renovation vs Innovation

Meeting Machines

Themes vs Names

Meeting Master Triage

Anatomy of An Offer

ADA Low Vision Specs

Venue vs Virtual Meetings

A Case for Case-Histories

Speaker Contracts

Client Invoice Collections

Power for the Planners

Speaker Fee Negotiation

"Sound" Advice

AV Projection Tips

Your Audio-Visual RFP

New Business Proposals

Public Presentations

Music Licensing

Hotel Negotiating

Site Selection Checklist

Take A Fresh Look Help your (REPS) (CUSTOMERS) take a fresh look at (FILL IT IN) with these clever variations on a theme.

The 4th Dimension Is there really a 4th dimension? This intriguing element helps your audience find it, understand it, and use it to improve their personal and professional lives..

The Territorial Imperative This fascinating time-warp takes us back one million years to reveal the roots of today's territorial combat. A superb setup for your sales-turf conflicts..

The Master's Voice Excerpts from a diary – kept by impressionist master Eugene Delacroix – show us how he answered the question: "Will my success weaken future effort and innovation?"

The Professionals Been there? Done this? Maybe. But there's a good reason this classic concept has been around for 35 years. It works! Contains easy plug-in spots for your people and products.

The Source Deceptively simple (and quite poetic) this element makes an important point: Even the largest corporations are built on the power of "one sale at a time." Easily visualized with stock graphics.

The Unbearable Lightness of Being Harry Follow the rise and fall of this miserable misguided rep; whose obsession with being important forces him/her to discover how real sales importance is measured. Great lead-in for your take on sales importance.

Tomb of the Unknown Sales Rep Days of whine and poses for this wretched rep who committed seven deadly selling sins.

Tomorrow's World All about technology. A wonderful way to setup a speech, presentation, or breakout session on the problems and potentials of your new (or existing) technology.

Trials & Tribulations Problem causes and corrections revealed in this marvelous Kafka-like courtroom sketch. You provide the problem(s), as I provide the outrageous staging and judicial commentary surrounding it!

Winning More Than Once Most of us can win once, or once-in-a-while. But winning consistently (in sales) takes some special skills!

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