The speaker at a seminar encouraged the audience to take initiative and show leadership by standing on their seats and cheering loudly. While this may not be true leadership, the variety of ways people can derive confidence and improve themselves is interesting, such as accepting one's faults and strengths.
The Black Cross Nurses, founded in the 1920s, was a large organization that provided aid to natural disasters while also holding conferences that were inclusive and engaging, featuring vaudeville shows, fashion shows, and hands-on educational sessions. They were able to create a culture within a culture, a movement within a movement.
The speaker is rambling incoherently about some store experience and phrases it as a life lesson, stating that he doesn't want to bother anyone by not buying anything.
Steve Magnus talks about how people generally dislike questions about themselves and are drawn to definitive answers, while discussing his approach to strength programs with a hesitation to include anything that challenges individuals.
In this episode, two of the co-founders of Shopify, Tobi Lütke and Daniel Weinand, reminisce about the early conversations that led to the creation of the Build-a-Business competition, which aimed to incentivize entrepreneurship and promote the use of Shopify. The competition offered a $100,000 grand prize to the store with the highest sales, and has since become an integral part of the Shopify brand.
The speaker suggests having a segment to discuss successful projects made from duct tape or other improvised materials in a community to encourage members to feel included. He also references an interesting fact about the history of hundred dollar bills.