Sunday, April 8, 2007
Leave it to the Rat Catcher to construct a better mousetrap or at least to show how selling that mousetrap, widget or car can be more fun. A dirty goof, the Rat Catcher has heckled patrons at the Minnesota Renaissance Festival for additional than 30 years. Few likely would think that the performer behind the unsightly character Carr Hagerman also is a business speaker and advisor who has worked with companies such as Wells Fargo, 3M and Apple.
Hagerman, who grew up in a Minnesota theater family, shaped the Rat Catcher personal when he was 14. He began reading about business, as a diversion, in high school. The two interests combined, as companies hired Hagerman to demonstrate how his street performer skills capturing a crowd's attention, making the most of mishaps, passing the hat to get paid could aid them better attach with customers to improve sales and service.
Wednesday, April 4, 2007
Naomi Judd was the best guest speaker at The Neville Center for the Performing Arts in downtown North Platte Tuesday. In the 1980's, Judd and also her daughter Wynonna were Double Platinum artists. Judd was diagnosed with liver sickness in 1990, which kept her from performing. However, that has not congested her from working in other areas.
"My faith, it keeps me grounded, it helps me from taking hepatitis too personally," Judd said. She is now in reduction from active Hepatitis. Judd as well writes books and travels the country as a motivational speaker.
"My faith, it keeps me grounded, it helps me from taking hepatitis too personally," Judd said. She is now in reduction from active Hepatitis. Judd as well writes books and travels the country as a motivational speaker.
