Speeches & Stories

5 Keys to a Successful Home Office
This is a popular topic because from when they are born, through school to their first job, people are told were to sit and work. But positioning matters and who knows that? Business owners, chief executives and great athletes!. But it's a skill anyone can learn to boost their performance and sense of accomplishment. Our talks explain how people react to their surroundings and how to create empowering workspaces.
Strategic Timing
For millennia the smartest people in society have studied natural cycles to successfully lead their organizations and society. Whether you are planning a new productk a marketing campaigns, a conference, or the many personal celebrations that bring joy to our lives, timing matters. This speech explains the cycles described in the 'It's All in the Timing Calendar', and offers a look at what is coming in the future.
Napa, A Case Study of Success of Positioning & Timing
How did this little valley, with a small population, once considered the ends of the Earth, become a major wine producer and tourist destination? It all comes down to a synergistic relationship between location and timing. It makes a very revealing and entertaining talk that admittedly, goes better with a glass of wine in front of you.

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5 Keys to a Successful Home Office

2024 marked thirty years that we have been writing, speaking and consulting on and environmental design. Considering the extreme diversity of spaces we have consulted on who would have thought that the home workspace would become so essential. While we continue to consult on building sites, homes and businesses, we think people need to pay more attention to the space they often have the most control over, the home workspace. It is one of the few places where their own input carries the most weight and where they can most powerfully affect their personal creativity, productivity and satisfaction with their accomplishments. That's what our book and speech are about. We are based in Napa, California, at the top of the San Francisco Bay. We work throughout the Bay Area, as well virtually around the world and we periodically travel to major conferences. Under the Books tab you'll see the part of Cuore Libre Publishing Catalog which includes books Ergonomics and our very modern version of Feng Shui. You can reach Ralph directly Pacific Time Zone via phone or text at 707-235-2364, or email him at ralphdeamicis@gmail.com. Or use the form.
Napa, A Miracle of Location & Timing
Napa is one of the world’s most famous wine regions, but how did it become that? It's location at the top of the bay, on a navigable river, at a time when steam launches made it accessible, combined to shape Napa's fate. It is a place of abundant sunshine, fertile soil and hot mineral springs! Once the home of a massive population of grizzly bears, and an enterprising tribe known for their ferocity, it has attracted fortune hunters and winemakers from around the world. National and local events have raised it up and knocked it down, and then phoenix like, it has risen again. These stories about how Napa evolved were selected from the book, Wine Country in Shorts, the Stories of Napa and Sonoma, by Ralph and Lahni DeAmicis, storytellers, speakers and filmmakers. The stories were collected over twenty years during their time as popular guides and tour book authors. They are the ultimate insiders who present a wonderfully revealing picture of how Napa became such a remarkable place. Ask us about our Team Building and Business Skill Talks! Check out our tour and travel BOOKS!

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