Searching for special ways to raise employee morale? Here are several special days you can celebrate in the month of October.
ConfidenceCenter.com’s Weekly Newsletter – Sept. 17, 2013
Only 2 more weeks till World Smile Day – Friday Oct. 4th.
Since October is also Story Telling month, it’s a great time to tell stories about things that make you smile. (See today’s morale booster about Story Telling Month.)
Word and Quote of the Week
*** Respect ***
*** “Leaders who win the respect of others are the ones who deliver more than they promise, not the ones who promise more than they can deliver.”
– Mark A. Clement
Trivia Question of the Week
Q. How many stars were on the U.S. Flag in 1958? (Answer at the end of this newsletter.)
Employee Morale Activity
Special Days to Celebrate in October
Story Telling Month
This is a month to captivate yourself and others with stories.
Children aren’t the only ones that love to listen to stories. Adults are captivated by stories, too. Telling stories connect people in many ways. The story teller gets to express emotions that he or she may not feel comfortable expressing in normal conversation. Everybody listening shares the excitement, suspense, humor, pride, joy, etc. that the story teller expresses. Listeners may relate part of the story to their own lives, thus helping them deal with a similar situation.
Courage Stories
* Co-workers share stories of challenges they overcame, and how they did it. These can either be workplace challenges or personal courage experiences.
Smile Stories
Since October 4th is world Smile Day, tell stories about things or events that have made you smile. Give everyone a “Smiley Gift” of a mouse pad, mug, magnet, sheet of stickers, etc in our online store at:
http://www.zazzle.com/confidencecenter*
* Share stories about favorite vacations, hobbies, interests, etc.
* Families can tell stories about relatives in past generations.
* Tell stories about your happiest memories, your most embarrassing moments, or about interesting people you have met.
Halloween Stories
* Make up scary stories for Halloween. One person starts a story and the next person continues it, each person saying one sentence.
More Special Celebrations for October
NATIONAL BOOK MONTH – For lots of great ideas for celebrating National Book Month go to http://www.nationalbook.org
HEALTH LITERACY MONTH – Health literacy is about the entire process of exchanging healthcare information.
www.healthliteracymonth.com
NATIONAL BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH –
www.nbcam.org
NATIONAL DISABILITY EMPLOYMENT AWARENESS MONTH – To foster the full integration of people with disabilities into the workforce.
NATIONAL POPCORN POPPIN’ MONTH –
www.popcorn.org
POLISH AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH – a national celebration of Polish history, culture and pride. Web has activities and posters for your group or workplace
– www.polishamericancenter.org
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH-
www.ncadv.org
Special Event Days To Celebrate During October:
5 – FRUGAL FUN DAY -Visit this website for great ideas on how to have fun for $5 or less –
http://www.frugalfun.com/frugalfundayideas.html
4 – WORLD SMILE DAY-
www.worldsmileday.com &
http://www.smileycollector.com (you can’t help smiling when you visit this site)
6 – 12 – MENTAL ILLNESS AWARENESS
WEEKhttp://www.psych.org/public_info/
6 – 12 – FIRE PREVENTION WEEK – To educate the public on how to stay safe from fire.
www.nfpa.org/FPW/index.asp
7 – NATIONAL CHILD’S HEALTH DAY
13 – 19 – WORLD RAINFOREST WEEK –
www.ran.org
16 – NATIONAL BOSS DAY
20 – SWEETEST DAY, Third Saturday in Oct.
24 – UNITED NATIONS DAY
27 – MAKE A DIFFERENCE DAY –
www.makeadifferenceday.com
31 – HALLOWEEN
Answer to This Week’s Trivia Question
Q. How many stars were on the U.S. Flag in 1958?
A. Forty-eight
Joke of the Week
More Simple Truths
1. Evening news is where they begin with ‘Good Evening,’ and then proceed to tell you why it isn’t.
2. To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism. To steal from many is research.
3. You do not need a parachute to skydive. You only need a parachute to skydive twice.
4. A bus station is where a bus stops. A train station is where a train stops. On my desk, I have a work station.
5. I thought I wanted a career. Turns out I just wanted paychecks.
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(c) Copyright 2013 Harriet Meyerson.
