Concurrent Seminars and Workshops

Tod Maffin’s workshops and seminars are energetic, fun, humourous, and packed with use-it-tomorrow information. His presentations are always customized to each specific group, using new research, live web links, industry-specific relevant examples and case studies, and done in close partnership with the meeting planner to ensure the presentation meets the exact goals needed.

“Tod’s presentation was absolutely great and the feedback has been very positive. Everyone really enjoyed him. I had heard Tod speak in Toronto a year ago and thought he was good but he was even better this time.”
– Real estate board, February 2008

MOST POPULAR: The IdeaBounce Q&A

The most popular seminar/workshop requested by conferences is to have Tod deliver a plenary keynote presentation, then host his always-enlightening IdeaBounce session — a smaller session answering questions about topics raised in the keynote, facilitating dialogue among delegates, and drawing out ideas and case studies from the gathered group.

Information Overload: The Six-Step Solution

Tod speakingWhatever happened to the paperless office? These days, it seems like the average executive does more email and voicemail replying than actual work. In this fast-paced interactive hour-long seminar, Tod will show your group his simple-but-powerful six-step solution that will help you tame information overload. Includes:

  • How to create a single in-box for all your faxes, voicemails, and emails
  • How to develop a simple email priorization system that automatically detects and files low-priority email away, yet can alert you to high-priority email immediately, even on your cell phone
  • Stay off spam lists forever
  • …and more.

Beyond the Double-Click: Secret Computer Tips That Will Give You an Extra 45 Minutes A Day

It’s a fact: Most professionals use only a fraction of their computer’s abilities. In this fast-paced, jargon-free seminar, Tod will demonstrate 25 secret time-saving tips that will save you 45 minutes each day. (Also includes extended Q&A time in the session, and Tod is more than happy to stay for as many hours or days as you feel necessary to meet one-on-one with delegates who have more specific questions. Delegates will also receive access to an online handout private web site which details all the tips provided, plus more.) You’ll learn such tricks such how to:

  • Quickly and securely set up a small computer network for your office, allowing employees to share documents
  • Determine instantly as soon as any web page you’re watching changes and highlight what changes have occurred
  • Put automated text like boilerplate contract text under a single key (i.e. press F12 and have the computer automatically fill in regular information)
  • Offload in-depth research to an Internet researcher — and have your results back within the hour
  • Keep spam and spyware off your computer forever
  • ….and 20 other tips you’ll wonder how you worked without