More Praise for
The Hamster Revolution
for Meetings

“Overwhelmed by meetings? Double your productivity with this fast, fun, and effective read.”
—Marshall Goldsmith, author of What Got You Here Won’t Get You There

“Practical, powerful, and easy to apply!”
—Betsy Myers, Chief Operating Officer, Barack Obama Presidential Campaign

“Take control of meetings and get more done!”
—Jack Forestell, Vice President of Marketing and Analytics, Capital One Financial

“A must-read business book! Grow your productivity, network, and career with these bold, new meeting techniques.”
—Keith Ferrazzi, author of ’Never Eat Alone

“Loved it! Effective meetings and a ton of time saved. Brilliant!’
—Beth Behnke, Director, Human Resources, Venoco, Inc.

“Go green! Boost virtual meeting results and reduce your carbon footprint!”
—Gus Kellogg, Chief Executive Officer, Greenleaf Biofuels

“Real-world meeting ideas that reclaim time and increase your treasure.”
—Garry Ridge, CEO and President, WD-40 Company

“Join the Hamster Revolution and unleash your strengths!”
—Marcus Buckingham, author of Go Put Your Strengths to Work

“Who can’t identify with Iris? Get meetings under control with these clear, intuitive, and easy-to-implement tools.”
—Kate Sohl, Senior Manager, Training and Communications, Information and Business Solutions, Cubist Pharmaceuticals

“Become a virtual meeting virtuoso!”
—Stewart Levine, Esq., author of Getting to Resolution and coauthor of Collaboration 2.0

“A very useful book for meeting in the information age!”
—Svend Hovmand, Chairman Emeritus, Crossville Inc.

“Relevant, easy-to-apply meeting ideas that will help you escape the hamster cage!”
—Shawn Snyder, Development Consultant, Avnet

“Read this book and revolutionize your meetings!”
—Mike Nation, Senior Vice President, Colorado State Bank and Trust

“Simple, elegant, and essential meeting tools. You’ll use them every day.”
—Kurt Gering, Senior Training Manager, GreatCall, Inc., creator of Jitterbug

“Fantastic! End meeting insanity and reclaim fifteen days a year.”
—Noah Blumenthal, author of Be the Hero: Three Powerful Ways to Overcome Challenges in Work and Life

“Loaded with clever ideas for powerful meetings.”
—Scott Wozniak, Leadership Coach and Consultant, Chick-fil-A

Mike Song

For Mom and Dad. Your amazing love, inspiration, insight, and sacrifice will shine forever in my heart.

Vicki Halsey

For my precious Rick, Nick, and Jake and my transformative Blanchard family.

Tim Burress

In memory of George. Thanks for your simple words of wisdom and never-ending laughter.