Jeff Havens is a speaker, author, and professional development expert who tackles leadership, generational, and professional development issues with an exceptional blend of content and entertainment. He is a contributing writer to Fast Company, Entrepreneur, BusinessWeek, The Wall Street Journal; and has been featured on CNBC and Fox Business. For more information, or to bring Jeff to your next meeting, contact Donna Buttice at Platinum Speakers Agency at 630.330.7533.
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Back to school is here! Parents are rejoicing and reflecting on the magic of our long gone school days. Playing the recorder and climbing the rope in gym class was so fun! But what if we did school activities as adults? That would be weird yet hilarious. Watch and enjoy! For more awesome YouTube videos, subscribe…
I make my living as a keynote speaker and corporate trainer, but I started my career as a high school teacher. (Well, technically I started my career bagging groceries at Kroger for $4.25 an hour, but I’m sure you’ll forgive me for leaving that off of my resume.) The transition was a natural one for…
Technology is awesome but it’s not everything. Remember when we wanted to learn things we had to go to a library? And look at those trees with words in them? What were those things called? I don’t remember. With such easy access to information, you’d think that learning is much easier and faster than in…
This article first appeared in the Jeff Havens e-mail newsletter. Want to be in the loop? Sign up here. I recognize that the title of this article is more than a little incendiary, and that’s completely intentional. I’m hoping it’s shocking enough that you’ll actually read this one all the way through. Because the next few…
Jeff Havens here! I’m handing the blog over to Amanda, the Marketing Director at the Jeff Havens Company so please enjoy her Floridian musings. This week my friend came to visit, and we spent the weekend doing my favorite activity of life – bargain shopping. It was the perfect opportunity, since I had just moved…
Jeff Civillico performs live daily at The Quad in Las Vegas from Jeff Civillico on Vimeo. I’m not the only entertaining person you can hire for corporate entertainment. Check out this video from my friend Jeff Civillico. You should definitely hire him for your event, just don’t volunteer to help him get on his unicycle……
By Frank Felsburg Jeff Havens here! If you’re tired of hearing my rants, today’s your lucky day because I’m giving the blog over to Frank Felsburg, the Sales Director at the Jeff Havens Company. Enjoy! Have you ever been in a job where the dreaded alarm clock blaring is the best part of your day? Because…
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I recently conducted a survey of my blog readers and they told me they want to see more blog posts about technology. This posed a challenge since I’m…well…challenged when it comes to tech, for example, I still don’t understand why a phone could possibly need a camera! Sometimes I even find technology can be down right…