jeff noel – Page 50 – Disney Creativity and Innovation Keynote Speaker

Priorities and Calendar gymnastics

Facebook post screenshot — Wow, roughly nine years ago in 2016.

empty Facebook friends list — Creative decision to not yet delete my Facebook account. Instead, i deleted (unfriended, but i like deleted better) all 27 Friends, all linked posts, and all comments on the posts remaining. These 27 people…we can text and call each other anytime. We’re family and a few lifetime friends from hometown and college. No Disney colleagues in this account, btw.

Calendar gymnastics is the phrase that inspired today’s posts.

i prefer prioritization gymnastics.

Since our priorities drive what’s on our calendar, it feels synonymous.

Perhaps calendar gymnastics’ original definition is “balancing and flexing all the stuff we want to do with all the stuff other’s want us to do”.

To me, the best way to do that is to be crystal clear on your prioritized priorities.

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When people say, home

Industrial sized dumpster on a residential street — i would never dare put my industrial sized dumpster partially on my neighbors property when i have so much road frontage.

6-second video: First day back after four days in Nebraska’s polar vortex. Note: To tell a story in my keynote, i use a slide of Cheryl, me, and Captain Hook. Sent this to the amazing client who booked me.

When people say…

With everything that’s coming at us (etc) it’s time to really focus on our priorities. Priorities have never been more important.

Never?

Ever?

May i just ask, “Are you serious?”

What do they mean “it’s time”?

Hasn’t it always been time?

Always.

Like always.

Seriously.

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i’m going to Walt Disney World, home

10-second video: Happy present moment at 3:39 PM. Heading to WDW.

10-second video: Snow in Atlanta at 5PM? Yep.

If i wasn’t a Disney Customer Service keynote speaker, i’d still be doin this.

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Game day, home

selfie with three people — Photo: A few minutes before i started my keynote. She’s in the very back row of tables, next to the exit doors. Heidi invited me to meet with her and her colleague-executive in the Hilton lobby to celebrate a great day. Got to meet her and her husband last night at their Company’s Suite in the Arena. Omaha played San Diego in women’s Pro Volleyball. Omaha won the National Championship in 2024’s inaugural season.

disney customer service speaker — Four slides in we all took selfies to “mark the moment”.

Football game on TV — At this point, the game ain’t over. Photo: Hilton lobby.

My final slide says…

DO SOMETHING GREAT

You should never share important, insightful info and not challenge the others to do what the final slide says.

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What’s the bottomline goal?

Convention Center hallways — 11:00 AM. Scouting out the “terrain” before tomorrow’s “Super Bowl”.

What’s the bottomline goal when i deliver a Disney Customer Service Keynote speech?

Excellence.

Excellence from me to the audience.

Excellence from the audience to themselves.

Excellence from themselves to the people they serve.

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