The other day I heard from a friend in Australia who reads this newsletter. It brought home to me the fact that with the Internet, the whole world is right there at our fingertips. I had an e-mail with photo attachments from a friend in China just two weeks ago. Until I went to the Far East to fight a war at the age of twenty-one, the farthest I had ever been from our home in … [Read more...] about Art Fettig, “The World At Our Fingertips”
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Children’s Sermons by Art Fettig
When I was a kid we never had children’s sermons in church. The only sermons we got as kids was “Keep quiet and stop wiggling.” Perhaps that is why I accept the challenge to deliver a children’s sermon a few times each year. I work harder on those little sermons than anything else I do. I have always felt this need to speak to everyone in a room so that they get a personal … [Read more...] about Children’s Sermons by Art Fettig
Aspiring Speakers by Art Fettig
My First Professional Speech I can remember the day I heard my first professional speaker giving a talk for our railroad group in Battle Creek, Michigan. His name was Herb True Ph.D. and that same day he put me on his team as a humor writer. That meeting changed my life. Many hundreds of times when I was out on the road giving speeches I was approached by members of the … [Read more...] about Aspiring Speakers by Art Fettig
Art Fettig: How Old?
"How old would you be if you didn't know how old you were?" Satchel Paige a legend in baseball as a relief pitcher said that and it gets a man a thinking. Satchel's career went on and on and on and on. I love that quote. Supposing our date of birth didn't give us away.? Sometimes now when I am out making a presentation I feel like the guy in that song singing, "I'm just a … [Read more...] about Art Fettig: How Old?
Art Fettig: Seeking Synergism
Synergism Did you ever dip into the meaning of the word “Synergism” synergism (noun) the interaction or cooperation of two or more organizations, substances, or other agents to produce a combined effect greater than the sum of their separate effects. Ever so often when I encounter that word I have a flood of good memories gushing into my mind. Take the years I worked … [Read more...] about Art Fettig: Seeking Synergism