Mike Lipkin Materials Arrived...

A few weeks ago I noted on my blog how I had discovered a very cool motivational speaker named Mike Lipkin. I had e-mailed him and heard back from one of his grunt workers who noted that he could come to Kwantlen for $10,000 (his normal fee is about $15,000). I'd love to have the guy on campus, but I may counter-offer at say $5,000 and see where we land (somewhere in between). I'd look at charging $10 per Kwantlen student and $30 for community members and non-students. I already asked that if we had him, we do it at a time when he is already in Vancouver so that we would not have to pay his flight costs from Toronto. So that means I'd only have to find $3,000 if I sold out our conference centre that seats 200. I'm going to phone around and see if we can get sponsorships. We'll see.

Anyway, to get back on track --- in exchanging e-mails with the grunt worker, they offered to send me a package of information on Mike. And I received that package this week! They sent more product than I thought they would...

  • a copy of his DVD - "The Power to Persuade;"

  • a copy of his book "The Keeper of the Flame;"
  • a CD copy of his book (an audio-book version) "The Keeper of the Flame;" and
  • two information packages about the man himself - Mike Lipkin.

It's a dynamic speaker like Mr. Lipkin that Kwantlen needs. And it's why I really want to push for a dedicated events fee this fall. I'm thinking $4 - $5 per student per term would give the KSA approximately $80,000 to $100,000 per term wherein it could afford to bring speakers like Mr. Lipkin on campus.

So I'm going to see what we can do in terms of getting the school of business to sponsor this speaker, perhaps get a company such as Boston Pizza to help sponsor him. I'm sure we could sell out at $10 a ticket, if we approached and pushed this speaking engagement to the business students. Perhaps we could secure him for a day, where he speaks in Richmond in the afternoon and on Surrey in the evening.

We'll see!

- Steve

Mike Lipkin Materials Arrived...

A few weeks ago I noted on my blog how I had discovered a very cool motivational speaker named Mike Lipkin. I had e-mailed him and heard back from one of his grunt workers who noted that he could come to Kwantlen for $10,000 (his normal fee is about $15,000). I'd love to have the guy on campus, but I may counter-offer at say $5,000 and see where we land (somewhere in between). I'd look at charging $10 per Kwantlen student and $30 for community members and non-students. I already asked that if we had him, we do it at a time when he is already in Vancouver so that we would not have to pay his flight costs from Toronto. So that means I'd only have to find $3,000 if I sold out our conference centre that seats 200. I'm going to phone around and see if we can get sponsorships. We'll see.

Anyway, to get back on track --- in exchanging e-mails with the grunt worker, they offered to send me a package of information on Mike. And I received that package this week! They sent more product than I thought they would...

  • a copy of his DVD - "The Power to Persuade;"

  • a copy of his book "The Keeper of the Flame;"
  • a CD copy of his book (an audio-book version) "The Keeper of the Flame;" and
  • two information packages about the man himself - Mike Lipkin.

It's a dynamic speaker like Mr. Lipkin that Kwantlen needs. And it's why I really want to push for a dedicated events fee this fall. I'm thinking $4 - $5 per student per term would give the KSA approximately $80,000 to $100,000 per term wherein it could afford to bring speakers like Mr. Lipkin on campus.

So I'm going to see what we can do in terms of getting the school of business to sponsor this speaker, perhaps get a company such as Boston Pizza to help sponsor him. I'm sure we could sell out at $10 a ticket, if we approached and pushed this speaking engagement to the business students. Perhaps we could secure him for a day, where he speaks in Richmond in the afternoon and on Surrey in the evening.

We'll see!

- Steve

My Fine Is: $480

This is fun to do. Just read the "offense" and if you've done it, you owe that fine. Keep going until you've read each "offense" and added up your total fine. When you are done, post it in your notes. Change the header to "My fine is $........" You don't have to confess your answers, just the amount of your fine. Smoked pot -- $10 Did acid -- $5 Ever had sex at church -- $25 Woke up in the morning and did not know the person who was next to you -- $40 Had sex with someone on Facebook -- $25 Had sex for money -- $100 Ever had sex with the a Puerto Rican -- $20 Vandalized something -- $20 Had sex on your parents' bed -- $10 Beat up someone -- $20 Been jumped -- $10 Crossed dressed -- $10 Given money to stripper -- $25 Been in love with a stripper -- $20 Kissed someone who's name you didn't know -- $0.10 Hit on some one of the same sex while at work -- $15 Ever drive drunk -- $20 Ever got drunk at work, or went to work while still drunk -- $50 Used toys while having sex -- $30 Got drunk, passed out and don't remember the night before -- $20 Went skinny dipping -- $5 Had sex in a pool -- $20 Kissed someone of the same sex -- $10 Had sex with someone of the same sex -- $20 Cheated on your significant other -- $10 Cheated on your significant other with their relative or close friend-- $20 Masturbated -- $10 Done oral -- $5 Got oral -- $5 Done / got oral in a car while it was moving -- $25 Stole something -- $10 Stole something worth over more than a hundred dollars -- $20 Had sex with someone in jail -- $25 Made a nasty home video -- $15 Had a threesome -- $50 Had sex in the wild -- $20 Been in the same room while someone was having sex -- $25 Had sex with someone 10 years older -- $20 Had sex with someone under 21 and you are over 27 -- $25 Been in love with two people or more at the same time -- $50 Said you love someone but didn't mean it -- $25 Went streaking -- $5 Went streaking in broad daylight -- $15 Been arrested -- $5 Spent time in jail -- $15 Peed in the pool -- $0.50 Played spin the bottle -- $5 Done something you regret --$20 Had sex with your best friend -- $20 Had sex with someone you work with at work -- $25 Had anal sex -- $80 Lied to your mate -- $5 Lied to your mate about the sex being good -- $25

Tally it up and Title it..."My Fine Is: "

another day...

I rested yesterday cause I was feeling ill. Later in the day I did a lot of ironing yesterday. I was in the habit of washing my shirts but just hanging them... so I had all these shirts that were clean but wrinkled. So now I have a large assortment of shirts to chose from. I made waffles for dinner. The girl I left because she was taking too long on Friday night to get ready tried calling me twice yesterday, but did not leave a message. I still feel bad for what I did, but at the same time she needs a kick in the pants --- if people are kind enough to give you a ride somewhere, don't waste 45 minutes getting ready... or at least say you'll need that much time before you leave the car to go inside and get your stuff. Some of my friends think I need my head examined, cause I'm too easy going and nice to her - I guess it seems that I'll do anything for her and maybe she expects that.

Today... I don't know what I'm going to do. I need to get some cleaning and organizing done - in both my room and elsewhere in our apartment. I'll try and do a little of both. Right now, I'm updating my DVD database with some titles I purchased on Friday.

I also want to do some KSA stuff if I get the chance. I really want to update some of our procedures so I can bring them forward for adoption. We've been slowly re-adopting our procedures, but have not done that in awhile.

I wish it was sunnier outside. The weather sucks right now...

That's about it for now...

- Steve

I'm feeling like an ass today because I've been feeling ill since last night. I feel like a ton of bricks hit me. My muscles are aching, my stomach is a little off and I have a BAD headache. Because of this I'm burning bridges? Or at least letting others down.

I got frustrated waiting for a friend last night - we had gone to the movies and she was going to see her sister and I was going to give her a ride there. But she had to get some stuff from her house. I opted to wait in the car, thinking it would encourage her to be quick and I'm sure I told her I really wanted to get home, so I could rest. And time went by. And by. And by. I spoke to two friends on the phone during this wait. Finally, 45 minutes later, I just left. I phoned her sister and told her that I had left and why. Her sister seemed understanding. I just got frustrated with waiting - cause I've waited before.

Today, I was supposed to attend a friend's show, but I'm not feeling up to going out. Even though I haven't even met this person yet, I feel bad cause I want to meet her and I want to see her show.

And I want to have my window open but someone is jack-hammering somewhere nearby and it's driving me nuts... but the air conditioning in my room absolutely sucks so it gets warm in here quickly... it's not comfortable to say the least.

Now my Mum is bugging me to do some housework, which I’m not up to doing.

Bleh. Today feels like it’s the day from hell.