Drawing on his award-winning career at Microsoft and ExecuTrain, his years as a Certified Hypnotist and that of being a father (yes, kids can provide incredible business lessons), Curt Skene will inspire his audience with ideas on how to find more business, create more opportunities, be more creative and have more fun. The fact that anyone may jump up and quack like a duck.... well, that would just be pure coincidence! In this presentation Curt will demonstrate the powerful role that the "Right Brain" plays in influencing business opportunity. The audience will learn how assumptions, perception, emotions and imagery can and will, impact your bottom line. Throughout the session Curt will introduce and present a number of insights and questions that he feels every business professional should be asking themselves. In this session the audience will learn:

• What drives personal motivation to succeed?
• How do assumptions, associations and perception impact buying behavior?
• What do people really buy?
• Creating WOW!
• Understanding that people buy with emotion and justify with logic.
• And much much more…

ABOUT CURT SKENE

Curt Skene is a seasoned business executive, a dynamic corporate educator and certified hypnotist who passionately combines his proven business background, with his hypnotic training to provide audiences with an "out of the box" approach to getting things done! His mission is to share his experience and expertise and show people "how they really can use their thoughts and knowledge to powerfully change their lives, business and improve their bottom line!” He is a man who walks his talk !

Curt spent 7 years at Microsoft Canada where he won worldwide recognition for his ability to grow his technical training business from $800K to over $20M in just five short years. He is the worldwide founder of many innovative programs one of which became a major Microsoft initiative (Skills 2000) that helped tens of thousands of unemployed people find new careers in the Information Technology industry. In 1997, Microsoft Corporation recognized Curt as their best Training & Certification Program Manager in the world.

In October 1998, Curt left Microsoft Canada to become President and Chief Operating Officer of ExecuTrain Canada, a 15 million dollar computer training business. In his first year Curt lead his Canadian team to winning four worldwide awards (in business excellence, sales growth (x2) and business leadership). No other country had ever accomplished that feat.

He is a showman at heart, known for his energy, engaging storytelling and interactive ways for motivate his audience.

For more info on Curt, click www.aahhah.com

To Summarize:

When: Tuesday January 20th, 7 p.m.

Where: New City Hall, Committee Room # 2

New City Hall is located at Bay and Queen in downtown TO. They are the two inwardly facing concave buildings - hard to miss.

Cost: Free to members of affiliated associations. Everyone else, $20 at the door, donated to Camp OOchigeas (www.ooch.org) a camp for children with cancer in Ontario.

To RSVP, email us at rsvp@torontotalks.org or phone (416)-595-7484 ext. 305. Seating is limited, so confirm early.