30 Years of Attendance. One Day of Engagement.

“I’ve worked in this district for 30 years and gone to every day of training and education and I have NEVER EXPERIENCED ANYTHING LIKE what we did with Roger. It was HELPFUL NOT JUST PROFESSIONALLY BUT PERSONALLY as well. AMAZING.”

— 30-year staff attendee · full-day workshop, Abbotsford School District

Then one day, something made them sit up and take notice.

Here is a question I ask from stage. How much information goes in one ear, crosses your brain pan, and falls out the other ear, onto the carpet, never to be remembered again?

Between 85% and 90% of what you hear doesn’t stick. You heard that right. 85% to 90% falls out of your head and lands on the carpet, never to be remembered again. What’s the point of all this information if it’s just gonna fall out of your head?

Think of all the experiences this relates to: conferences, staff meetings, workshops, retreats, webinars, keynotes, seminars… Multiply that across a career — real days, real hours, real budget left on the floor. What a waste!

It wasn’t just charisma. It wasn’t just a better speaker. What they’re describing is something different.

That different thing they’re describing is a superpower called ENGAGEMENT.

Engagement isn’t a mood in the room. It’s a power you create by focusing on the elements of engagement.

Connection time. The first activity at the beginning of any of our sessions is to change people from attendees to PARTICIPANTS. Most of the time, when people come to conferences, they sit in their chair ✅ they’ve attended. Mission accomplished. Really?!?!

PARTICIPANTS — that means when you show up & walk into the room, that’s when your job starts, because the more present you are in it, the more you get out of it.

When we pre-quiz people before teaching them the important stuff, the quiz actually tells the brain, “Hey, pay attention to this. This stuff matters.” It primes your brain to grab on and remember. Our pre-quiz is always fun and dynamic, which gets people laughing with their teams (ENGAGEMENT!) We build competition in here as well, because that gets a whole other group of people ENGAGED! 👏

PLAY is everywhere in every session we do — every keynote included. Play is a superpower that can turbocharge both our brains and our bodies. As Dr. Stuart Brown of the National Institute for Play puts it:

“Nothing lights up our brains like play.”

And that’s exactly what we want in these sessions: brains that are lit up and powerful, potent, and ready to do whatever comes next.

Movement. Getting people to move is what I do all day. Two of Roger’s Rules sit underneath it.

• Movement is Necessary — your brain absorbs only what your bum can endure. 😂
• Misery is Optional — do what you need to do to be present. (Example: if your leg hurts, stand up and stretch it out. If you’re falling asleep, get up and do some movement. If you have an important phone call to take, take it, so you can come back and put your head back in the game.)

So why movement? Because Presence Creates Power. This runs through all of our work.

Hive Mind Time. This is where we pull everything together and get the group to focus on the TOP 2 OR 3 THINGS THEY WANT TO BRING BACK TO THEIR LIFE. (All of Roger’s sessions help professionally and personally.)

It’s essential to move the most important learnings into the 10% that people do remember. Most keynotes end with applause. Roger’s keynotes end with accountability & change — and a lot of applause. 😂

Sessions also end with a growing recognition in each person and group that ENGAGEMENT IS A PRACTICE. INTERNAL POWER IS A PRACTICE. Neither is a one-off. It’s something you have to keep working on — but you’re motivated now, because you see how valuable it is, how powerful it is, and how much difference it can make in your life.

A 30-year attendee is one kind of proof. Here are others offering theirs.

“Our Better Together Engagement Workshop with Roger and Engagement Unlimited was an ASTOUNDING TRIUMPH! … We observed a significant SURGE IN ENGAGEMENT throughout the Region, with many attendees embracing higher leadership roles within our Union and some even advancing to management positions with their employers. … What an INCREDIBLE OUTCOME from a single day-long workshop.”

— Robert MacDonald · Director, BC/Yukon Region · PIPSC, 11 years and counting

“I HIGHLY RECOMMEND Roger Haskett to speak at your next event. I believe he is ONE OF THE VERY BEST IN THE INDUSTRY. His ability to get the higher level of engagement from every one of our participants was REMARKABLE.”

— Jeff Kissinger · PMI Grand Rapids · 3 events

Somewhere in YOUR organization is the person who has sat through every session for a loooong time.

Let’s make the next one the one they still talk about.

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