by Reid Walley | Jul 9, 2017 | Business, Marketing |
Big congrats to Lindy Hobbs and Danny Castillo from P2O Hot Pilates & Fitness on raising $9,726 (exceeding their $7,500 goal) during their first annual fundraiser for Make-A-Wish foundation of Northeastern California and Northern Nevada for 5-year-old Bryant....
by Reid Walley | Jul 5, 2017 | Business Coaching, Life Coaching, Testimonials |
“Reid has been a large factor for the growth, efficiency, and culture of my company. His value has come in many different forms: From helping to clarify our strengths and weaknesses to refining our operations, to inspiring me to achieve more than what I thought...
by Reid Walley | May 22, 2017 | Public speaking, Public Speaking Tips, Toastmasters Speech Contests Lessons Learned |
In a Toastmasters speech contest, you can disqualify yourself by going under-or-over-time! Toastmasters’ International (inspirational/motivational) speech contest allows you to speak for 5-7 minutes – with 30 seconds of leeway. IE: you’re technically good...
by Reid Walley | May 22, 2017 | Life Lessons, Personal Development, Public speaking, Toastmasters Speech Contests Lessons Learned |
Has your favorite sports team ever lost? Losing is part of the game. All hail the game! I lost this weekend’s District 39 Toastmasters International speech contest at the District level (round 4 of 6). Didn’t even place. And when the top-three...
by Reid Walley | May 9, 2017 | Business Coaching |
Seventeen years ago, I got my first paid website design project – a trucking & warehouse company based in Sparks, NV. They wanted new photos of their trucks, warehouse, and offices. Naturally I hired a professional photographer a couple of weeks in advance....
by Reid Walley | May 3, 2017 | Public speaking, Public Speaking Tips |
One of my competitors at the 2017 Toastmasters Division-level International Speech Contest froze for an excruciating 45 seconds in front of everybody. Then they tried to regain their place, managed a few single-word restarts, but continued to sputter for another 15...
by Reid Walley | Apr 10, 2017 | Public speaking, Public Speaking Tips, Self Confidence |
“I don’t want to waste everybody’s time.” This was Joy’s answer when I asked her what was going through her mind when she stopped speaking after only 30 seconds – when she had a full 60 seconds available to her. “I couldn’t...
by Reid Walley | Apr 4, 2017 | Life Lessons, Music |
April 3, 2017, I presented my 2017 Toastmasters International Speech Contest speech for the first time out loud in front of my Capital City Toastmasters club. Plenty of rough-and-tumble mistakes, including a totally botched opening. It was awesome! You can view the...
by Reid Walley | Mar 25, 2017 | Life Lessons, Music, Productivity |
Fired up iTunes, started playing a favorite dance tune from Nightmares on Wax’s Boiler Room mix that pumps up my creativity and productivity – and realized: I bet I can make a few minor adjustments with the Equalizer. The same is true in life. You don’t...
by Reid Walley | Mar 17, 2017 | Instagram, Marketing |
Goal: Use Instagram’s 10-image Gallery function to market services How to: Create 6 custom images and turn them into a 6-panel Instagram Gallery Use Canva to create 6 graphic images for Instagram. Download finished image files to computer. From computer, upload...
