Be Different or Be Dead

by Roy Osing

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Quotable Quotes….

‘I had trouble putting this book down. In these challenging times this is exactly what business leaders need to weather the storm. BE DiFFERENT or be dead by Roy Osing is bang on for sales people, marketing executives, entrepreneurs and owner operators. Learn from Roy…I did!’
  - Dr. Peter Legge, CEO/Chairman/Publisher Canada Wide Media Limited

What are attendees saying about the BE DiFFERENT Seminars? Check out participant feedback. 

Events Itinerary…

November 15 - Canadian Association of Movers Conference, Keynote Address, Toronto, Ont

October 6 - BE DiFFERENT or be dead Growth & Survival Webinar Series - Strategy Creation Segment 11:30-12:30 AM PACIFIC  
Oct 13 - BE DiFFERENT or be dead Growth & Survival Webinar Series - Marketing Segment 11:30-12:30 AM PACIFIC  
Oct 20 - BE DiFFERENT or be dead Growth & Survival Webinar Series - Sales Segment 11:30-12:30 AM PACIFIC  
Oct 27 - BE DiFFERENT or be dead Growth & Survival Webinar Series - Serving Customers Segment 11:30-12:30 AM PACIFIC  

September 23 - Meetup Event Fraser Valley Social Media Group, 7 pm, Langley, BC

June 15 - BE DiFFERENT or be dead: Grow your Business and Dominate your Competiion Workshop Event, Terminal City Club, Vancouver BC, 6pm - 8pm
June 22 - BCAMA Senior Executive Program. Speaker and Facilitator, “Success Through Adaptability: Leading in Times of Constant Change”, Vancouver, BC
June - 22 - CWCC PMI 2010 Conference, Vancouver, BC. Check Roy’s Blog Post for the Conference

May 7 - “BE DiFFERENT: The Key to Stayin’ Alive” Keynote Address, British Columbia Association of Broadcasters Annual Conference, Victoria, BC

March 4 - BE DiFFERENT or be dead: Growing and Marketing Your Business for Success, Great Canadian Van Lines Seminar, Vancouver, BC
March 9 - Students in Free Enterprise, SIFE Simon Fraser Workshop, BE DiFFERENT or be dead Practices to Build Your Business and Dominate your Competition, Vancouver , BC

January 13, 2010 - Book presentation Village Books, Bellingham, Washington 700pm
January 13 - Interview on Northwest Cable Network, Seattle Washington 815 Pacific
January 13 - Interview with the Bellingham Journal, Bellingham, Wash.

‘The Calgary Public Library’s customers were won over by Roy Osing’s direct, no-nonsense style and the timeliness of his subject. Attendees came away with practical information and renewed energy to face the challenges of today’s market’
  - Nancy MacKenzie, Customer Service Manager, Calgary Public Library

December 1 - CBCRadio Early Edition Show Vancouver BC.
December 2 - 1 hour LIVE FREE on-line Webinar Virtual Book Tour BE DiFFERENT or be dead Practices in Roy’s book
December 10 - Interview on Insight on Business Radio, Des Moines, Iowa, USA

November 6 - Seminar for People’s Trust Company, Vancouver BC
November 16 - Seminar, IABC/BC Vancouver Sun Speaker Series, Association of Business Communicators, Vancouver BC

October 21 - Terminal City Club Executive Seminar, Vancouver, BC
Oct 21 - Keynote address to North Vancouver Chamber of Commerce Annual General Meeting 530pm PST
Oct 22 - NBC King5 Morning News Interview, Seattle, Washington
Oct 22 - Late Night Conversations Show on blogtalkradio with Allan Holender 8pm PST
Oct 23 - Book Presentation and Signing Barnes & Noble Booksellers, Northgate Mall, Seattle Wash 7:00pm PST
Oct 27 - Interview Global TV Morning News Vancouver, 820am PST

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September 2 - Intervew FM 96.1 ‘Caribbean Express’ Show 1000 am PST
Sept 3 - Vancouver Public Library, Vancouver BC 7-9 pm
Sept 3 -  CBC Radio BC Almanac Show 1235 - 100 pm PST Vancouver, BC
Sept 2 -  Multicultural Fairchild Radio Caribbean Express program 10am PST Vancouver, BC
Sept 5 - Book Signing, Chapters, Langley, BC

July 12 - The Brad Brooks Show, CKNW, Corus Radio Network, 7-8pm

‘I’m so inspired by the book that I cleaned out the entire stock at Chapters and gave a copy to every board member at our planning retreat’
  - Mark Startup, President & CEO, Retail BC

June 2 - CFRB Radio, Bill Carroll Show, Toronto Ontario
June 2 - Book Presentation & signing, McNally Robinson, Don Mills Ont
June 3 - Canadian Better Business Bureau Workshop, Toronto, Ontario
June 9 - Interview CHNL Radio Kamloops, BC
June 9 - Chamber of Commerce, Kamloops, BC
June 9 - Interview CFJC TV Kamloops, BC
June 9 - Book signing Chapters, Kamloops BC
June 11- Chamber of Commerce, Prince George, BC
June 16 - CBC Radio One Wild Rose Show Calgary, AB 1130 am PST
June 18 - Calgary Public Library, Calgary AB
June 18 - Corus Entertainment Customer Seminar, Calgary AB
June 18 - Book signing, DeMille Business Bookstore, Calgary, AB
June 23 - Chamber of Commerce, Nanaimo, BC
June 23 - Book signing, Chapters, Nanaimo, BC
June 23 - CBC Radio All Points West Show, Victoria BC, 410pm
June 23 - Book signing, Chapters, Victoria, BC
June 23 - Book signing, Bollum’s Books, Victoria, BC

‘If you’re looking for the book that will change your business, you’ve found it. Roy will help you break your business into manageable parts and then make every part work. You’ll be able to measure the value of the book by counting the number of dog-eared pages, highlighted sections and notes in the margin.’
  - Brad Brooks, Host of The Brad Brooks Show, The Corus Radio Network

May 1 - Studio 4 Fanny Kiefer TV Interview, Vancouver, BC
May 2 - Book signing, Chapters, Broadway Ave, Vancouver, BC
May 7 - Book signing, Chapters, North Vancouver, BC
May 7 - Forum for Women Entrepreneurs BC, Vancouver
May 8 - Book signing, Chapters, Robson St, Vancouver, BC
May 14 - Chamber of Commerce, Whistler, BC
May 26 - Chamber of Commerce, Abbotsford, BC
May 27 - Chamber of Commerce, Langley, BC
May 31 - Book signing Chapters, Strawberry Hill, Surrey, BC

April 2 - Marriott Maui Ocean Club Sales Team, Lahaina, Maui
April 19 - BC Therapeutic Touch Network, Vancouver,BC
April 21 - Vancouver Board of Trade, Vancouver, BC
April 27 - 0930-1000 Interview on CKNW Bill Good Show Corus Radio
April 28 - Chamber of Commerce, Richmond, BC
April 29 - Corus Entertainment, Vancouver, BC
April 30 - Chamber of Commerce, Vancouver Kitsilano

‘All I have to say is Your Book is Awesome.  It sure changed the way I look at business. You made a difference to me. If there is anything I can ever do for you please let me know’
Jason “NitroMan” Rite, President & CEO, NitroLube Lubricants Canada Corp.

March 5 - Chamber of Commerce, Kelowna, BC
March 30 - Marriott Maui Ocean Club Marketing Team, Lahaina, Maui

February 17, 2009 - Chamber of Commerce, Squamish, BC

BE DiFFERENT or be dead Current Events

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STRATEGIC FACILITATION

Looking for an experienced & skilled professional to facilitate your Planning Session? Call Roy and get Proven processes AND Unique content. 

“I had the opportunity to hear Roy present content from his book BE DiFFERENT or be dead; an experience which resulted in an epiphany moment for me. As a speaker myself, I am always hoping to encounter great insights and wisdom, and this single talk exceeded these expectations. There are always small pieces to the puzzle of business success that one wishes to acquire, and let’s just say Roy helped me find some very important center pieces.”
— Dr. David Chalk, Creative Director of The WOWFactory.ca, Vancouver BC
 

 

BE DiFFERENT or be dead Growth and Survival Series

Join me for my October 2010 Webinar Series that will “go deep” on my Practices that will help you thrive and survive these challenging times:
Strategy Creation
Marketing
Sales
Serving Customers

A nice overview presentation of my BE DiFFERENT Stuff. Slides with audio. Click here for the Kordari Business Success Stories Feature

An interview with Idea Mensch.com, a site “Featuring people with good ideas from all over the Internet”.

Small Business Delivered.com now publishing my Blog Articles for Entrepreneurs. Check them out

Join me at The League of Kickass Business People for Articles and other cool stuff.

“Roy’s concept of the ‘only’ statement is immensely powerful, and gave me a new perspective for my own company brand promise. If you have the opportunity to hear Roy live, consider it a distinct privilege. This book is a must read for those who seek success in the 21st century.”
— Dr. David Chalk, Creative Director of The WOWFactory.ca

 

Check these BE DiFFERENT VALUE OFFERS

TASTER SEMINAR

Add a personal dimension to your experience of reading the book by bringing it to life with author Roy Osing as he presents a custom, two hour sampling of the BE DiFFERENT Practices it contains. It’s an experience you won’t soon forget.

CUSTOM WORKSHOP

If you are anxious to learn more about a specific Practice, you can probe and examine it deeply with Roy in this half-day, interactive learning experience that is customized to meet your specific needs. You choose the material and Roy does the rest!

STRATEGY CREATION

The ultimate BE DiFFERENT experience: engage a team of people in your organization for three days and come away with a Distinctive Strategy for your overall organization, marketing, sales and service teams. And, go home on day four and be able to execute it!

ORGANIZATIONAL ASSESSMENT QUIZ

An automated tool intended to tell you where your organization sits on the BE DiFFERENT continuum. Are you well along to adopting BE DiFFERENT principles or are you just beginning the journey? Have some fun and find out.

 

ASK ROY

Are you interested in a BE DiFFERENT point of view on an issue you are dealing with in your organization? This Virtual Consulting Service is your chance to ask a question or describe an organizational problem to Roy and get his comments, opinion and suggestions. 

 

READER CONNECT

This is your opportunity to weigh in on a BE DiFFERENT topic or to share your experiences with Roy. As you read the book, make notes and share them. Who knows: your organization might make the next edition!