🎇This 4th of July, I spent my weekend….cleaning my garage.
Click to see a video of the result https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1AaxFUZmFX/
🚗My garage is such a metaphor for life. You save things in there. You forget about them. Your life changes so you don’t need them anymore. But they continue to take precious space.
😤When you do need something, you had to step over all the other stuff to get it. That’s even if you can find it. I have spent countless hours opening boxes looking for that 1 item.
🏆What are the benefits for 24 hours of work?
🪶Lighter – After 3 SUVs full of donations, I can now store all my Engaging gear in my garage.
🔍Transparency – I now store everything in clear containers so I can see what’s in every box.
🏎️Faster – I can now pack for an event in one half of the time.
💍More Engaging – NOW, I like spending time in this space!
⁉️What cleaning do you need to do? What’s one simple step you can take to get started?
-John Chen
-John Chen
CEO, Engaging Virtual Meetings
Your experts in engaging virtual and hybrid meetings
—INVITATION—–
You are personally invited to The Engaging Retreat. 10/28/25-10/30/25
If you a speaker, planner or leader who wants to be more engaging, CLICK to join this community.
https://evmconference.eventbrite.com?discount=evmjohn
Tickets are:
FREE – Livestream
$97 VIP – Zoom
$997 IN-PERSON – complete with video recording, coaching, after-hours networking and all food and beverage
—UPCOMING CALENDAR—–
7/19/2025 Canadian Association of Professional Speakers BC Members Summer Social
5:00pm-9:00pm PST
Click https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/caps-bc-members-summer-social-tickets-1248476559999 to register.
7/26/2025-7/29/2025 – National Speakers Association Influence
Scottsdale, AZ
I will be the LaughNSA Producer, Host of API+ NSA, Host for NSA NW Influence Dinner, Host for Jam Night
https://influence.nsaspeaker.org/
7/28/2025 – Facilitator for Tony Robbins Global Youth Leadership Summit High-Tech Scavenger Hunt
San Diego, CA
https://www.thetonyrobbinsfoundation.org/programs/youth-leadership/tony-robbins-global-youth-leadership-summit/
8/16/2025 – NSA NW Confab with Lisa Ryan – Smiling and Dialing
Mercer Island, WA and Virtual
9am-12pm PST + Optional Lunch
I will be the Producer and President
https://nsanorthwest.org/content.aspx?page_id=4091&club_id=372276&item_id=2600840
8/23/2025 – NSA NW Happy Hour and President John Chen Birthday Celebration
12pm-5pm
Shoreline, WA
https://nsanorthwest.org/content.aspx?page_id=4091&club_id=372276&item_id=2620980
9/13/2025 – Florida Speakers Association
Ft. Lauderdale, FL
https://www.floridaspeakers.org/
10/19/2025 – 10/22-2025
The Presentation Summit
The BEST place to learn how to make your presentations even better.
I will be the Main Producer and Speaker
https://betterpresenting.com/summit25/
10/28/2025 – 10/30/2025 – The Engaging Retreat 2025
If you want to learn how to be more engaging as speaker or an event planner, this is your retreat to bring you NEW ideas.
The first 50 to register in-person get 5-minutes on stage with coaching and 4-camera video returned to you.
Bothell, WA and Virtual
https://evmconference.eventbrite.com?discount=evmjohn
11/5/2025 – 11/6/2025 NSA Activate
NSA’s Virtual Conference!
https://activate.nsaspeaker.org/
11/15/2025 NSA NW Confab with Legendary Speaker Patricia Fripp!
Mercer Island, WA and Virtual
9am-12pm PST + Optional Lunch
https://nsanorthwest.org/content.aspx?page_id=4091&club_id=372276&item_id=2607859
11/18/2025 – 11/20/2025 – Association for Financial Counseling & Planning Education Symposium 2025
Phoenix AZ and Virtual
I am the Virtual Emcee
https://www.afcpe.org/symposium/
