The End of the Up Experience Didn’t Leave Me Down

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The End of the Up Experience Didn’t Leave Me Down
By Gail Davis | Thursday, November 10, 2011

Okay, hokey title. But you get it. The Up Experience lived up to its name.

If this is all new to you, click here and here and here to get caught up on this event and the amazing speakers I was able to see. Almost 20 speakers in one day!

Dr. Brene Brown kicked off the last session with an Alumni update. This is interesting concept. Each year they bring back someone who has spoken at a previous UP and have them give an alumni update. Brene has a wonderful calm, soothing pace…

The audience was now primed for Ron White, another speaker booked by GDA. Ron, a two time national memory champion and record setter, brought his skills to the UP Experience with a jaw dropping presentation.

Ron worked the room and met over 100 people prior to his presentation. He then had these complete strangers stand, cover their names tags, and then he proceeded to remember all of their names. The audience loved it.

Earlier in the day Ron had spent time with 400 high school students who were participating in the Junior UP Experience. During that presentation, he memorized a 60-digit number. He had one of the students attend the later presentation with the number in hand and, more than four hours later, he recalled the number!!!

Ron is impressive and the point of his presentation is even more so. Ron is NOT a savant. He has no special gifts. He literally trained his brain to focus, create a file, take a picture, glue it into his memory bank, and review. Apparently it works.

The day ended with one of my all-time favorite speakers, Benjamin Zander. He is the conductor of the Boston Philharmonic orchestra and uses music as a metaphor for life and business. He is engaging, interactive, full of passion, and a real treat to listen to every time.

My hat is off to the organizers, Sheryl and Ernie Rapp. It is a great event and I am honored to be involved.

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Speakers mentioned in this blog:
Ron White
Ben Zander

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