SPEECH ONE:
What's hot ~ What's not ~ and What's next?
Where this industry came from ~ Where we are today ~ Where we are heading tomorrow
Who will win ~ Who will lose ~ Why ~ and What's next.
The wireless and telecom industry has changed dramatically, several times, over the last ten - twenty years. It is still changing today. And it will continue to change over the next ten - twenty years.
This is important to employees, to investors and to customers. Who should you work for. Who should you invest in. Who should you buy from. And why? These are serious questions we ask every day.
This is an important moment in the evolution of the industry. It is important to stop, and pull the camera back, and look at how this industry is changing. It looks very different from ten years ago. It is changing right now. Going forward it will look very different again.
Jeff Kagan will take you on a ride through this very exciting and rapidly changing industry. Kagan has been a wireless and telecom analyst for twenty years. Ever since the year AT&T broke up in the mid 1980's. He has grown up in this industry and has lived through several very different, and very interesting stages. He still follows the changing industry today, and plans to continue over the next decade or two.
Kagan shares his thoughts with reporters and is quoted in hundreds of news stories every year. Thousands over the last twenty years in newspapers, magazines, TV, radio and web based news. He talks about the news and announcements of the day. He talks about who is hot and who is not. He talks about who was leading yesterday, who is leading today, and who will be leading tomorrow . . . and they may all be very different.
The industry is changing. So are the companies. And the technologies. And the regulation. And the competition. So much change occurs so quickly.
How do you remain fresh going forward? How do you keep on the radar? There is so much confusion. So much excitement. So much opportunity. So many potholes to watch out for.
Kagan is one of the most well known analysts in the wireless and telecom industry. That means he participates in countless conference calls and meetings throughout the year. He follows companies and competition in wireless and wireline telephone, internet and television. That means he follows telephone companies, wireless and cellular companies, internet companies and ISP's, cable television and IPTV from the phone companies. He also follows companies who make wireless and wireline equipment like handsets and network gear.
He takes what he learns from all his travels, attending conferences, listening to conference calls among all the competitors, and looks at the changing industry, competitors, technologies and opportunities and shares insights with audiences.
With laughter and even occasional tears he tells it like it is. Whether you think something is funny or sad depends on you. . . who you work for. . . and what is happening in the industry at the moment.
The industry changes every few years. Ten years ago telecom looked much different. If you wanted a phone line, you called a phone company --- period. Today you can get a phone line from a wide variety of competitors using a wider variety of technologies from VoIP to wireless.
Ten years ago there was a separate local and long distance industry. The Telecom Act of 1996 changed the rules of competition and set the local and long distance companies against each other. That is what we thought the industry would look like going forward. It was for a few years, but the Baby Bells won and acquired the long distance giants. Long distance is not a stand-alone industry sector anymore.
Ten years ago competitors stayed in separate sectors like local, long distance, wireless, internet and television. Since then the walls have come down and the companies compete in all the sectors.
Ten years ago there were many more companies in the industry. There were 7 baby bells. Today there are only three. There were many long distance companies. Today they are gone There were many cellular carriers, but today there a very few, and they are wireless carriers on digital data networks, not the analog networks of the 90's.
Today the baby bells compete with new competitors. The cable television companies. They both offer big bundles of services and they both compete for the whole customer.
Competition is still changing. This is an exciting business. Who will be winning tomorrow? What technologies will we be using? What new regulations will we have to deal with? How will this ever changing industry look?
What big successes have we seen over the last ten years. What big successes are we seeing right now. How are they changing the industry. And the question that everybody wants the answer to. . . what's next?
Jeff Kagan will explore all this with your group. He tailors his talk depending on your group. Whether they be employees who need to be motivated, or want an accurate view of the industry. Whether they be your customers or whether you are having an industry meeting and want some impartial industry talk.
Give Jeff Kagan a call at 770-579-5810 or send an email to jeff@jeffkagan.com and start a discussion which will help you gain a better understanding of our changing industry, with all its challenges and opportunities.
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SPEECH TWO:
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Five years ago I had a STROKE which changed my life. I speak at meetings telling the story and teaching what I have learned and helping you take charge in your life and be the best you can be in your business and personal life.
A stroke in my 40's. It was never expected. After several
years of fighting to recover I am back, and better than ever, but
different. I will tell you a few funny things and even tell you a few things that
drive my wife nuts.
I SPEAK at meetings telling a motivational and inspirational true story of a
very special and happy life that was suddenly shattered and had to be rebuilt
over years through much laughter and many tears.
I now speak to groups about stroke and about preparing your life for those
just-in-case moments that can change everything in your life. Surprisingly
stroke brings the
most quiet and peaceful time I have ever experienced for the first few months. Then
months later when
your brain starts to re-wire itself begins the
recovery stage which last years and is both aggravating and inspiring. Then
finally I talk about the recovery
and eventual reconciliation with the new me. After the peaceful then scary ride through the most confusing time of my
life, I am back, better than ever, and wanting to talk! There are things you
want to know. There are things you need to know. Whether for yourself or someone
you love, you have to know.
If you want to listen, I will tell you and your group an amazing story. My story. Your story. I teach the
lessons I wish I knew before hand. To get my life in order. How to handle
success and how to prepare for the worst - just in case - while you have the
time - before its too late. I would do things much differently based on my experience.
I talk about lessons learned through the last five years. About what a stroke is
and what it does. About how to live your life to prepare for stroke or heart
attack or any other other injury or illness. About being strong and taking
charge and making the right moves before hand.
About 780,000 new stroke survivors every year. There are over 6 million stroke survivors fighting every day over the last several years. Plus their family and friends meaning at least 25 million Americans are touched by stroke. About how to understand and help if you have a friend or relative dealing with it. About what to expect and how to recover if it happened to you. About the terrible, wild ride that lasts years - which can have a happy ending. About how when you come back, you are different than before.
About rebuilding and becoming
stronger than ever. About teaching others and applying these lessons to your
life. About being the best you can be, and that is a lot better than you think.
About the power of the MIND and the BRAIN. They are different. About your
MIND being trapped inside your damaged BRAIN. About having a deeper understanding of
how we work. About living a happy and successful
life and sharing the goodness with everyone in you business and personal lives.
About taking charge of your life. About planning for life's huge bumps in the road
with the right investments, the right insurance, the right balance in your life.
About having the right relationships with your family and friends because you
never know when suddenly everything in your life can change.
The patient may look like they
are not all there, but they are there and cannot communicate with you. They need you to be compassionate and talk with them.
They are in there, somewhere. It just may not be that obvious at the moment. A person with
a stroke is the same person, a whole person, who is temporarily hurt and scared
and confused, but who can and will recover. And about the important role these
doctors and nurses play in their recovery.
I would be delighted to talk with you about speaking at your upcoming meeting, and tailor my remarks to your group.
Contact me to discuss.