Grateful lessons learned

I wouldn’t call myself a disobedient child, however in our family there were three little darling young ladies and one spirited, often devilish little girl. No matter how naughty I was, Daddy never hit me. He couldn’t. His swollen arthritic hands carried so much pain; it really would have “hurt him, more than it did me”. Instead he taught me that when you do good things, good things happen to you. Read more

Leaving Los Vegas - No easy task

My flight was to leave Vegas at 11:15 a.m. The airport shuttle was late picking me up at Planet Hollywood and then took his sweet time stopping at three other hotels before dropping me at the airport at 10:45 a.m.  I raced to get my boarding pass and then hurried threw security. I managed to get the gate attendant to move my seat from 24D to 12A.  At least I’ll be getting off the plane a few minutes earlier in Cleveland.  With only a 20-minute wait between connections I didn’t want to miss my flight to Syracuse.  It been a long work week and I was eager to come home. Read more

Motivation and humor on Syracuse morning radio

Central New Yorker’s have been waking up with Gary Dunes and the Morning Crew for years. In fact Gary has been on the air since 1982 in the Central New York market. Last week he introduced a new member of the morning crew, Motivational Humorist and author, Yvonne Conte. She joins Gary every Wednesday at 7:15am in a weekly segment called, ‘The Humor Advantage Motivational Moment with Yvonne Conte’. Read more

Carol Baldwin speaks at the Corinthian Club

Pink was the color of choice at The Corinthian Club in Syracuse last Wednesday afternoon.  Flowers, ribbons, desserts and more all adorned with the light fluffy color of pink.  The special luncheon speaker was breast cancer survivor and Syracuse native, Carol Baldwin. Read more

Hillary Clinton attends my clients ribbon cutting ceremony

Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton joined Tig Gilliam, CEO, Adecco Group North America; Maggie Brooks, Monroe County Executive; and other Adecco executives, and local leaders at the ribbon-cutting Read more

3rd Annual Woman Against MS luncheon

National Multiple Sclerosis Society Upstate NY Chapter features motivational humoris Yvonne Conte at annual luncheon in Syracuse, NY on Friday, September 26, 2008 at Justin’s Grill at 11:30AM. Read more

Yvonne Conte - video

Here’s a short video where Yvonne talks about the advantage of adding humor to your life and changing your perceptions. Read more

Office Clown - The new business tool

The bottom line got you down? Your tax collector at your door?? Summer rain storms got you in a flurry? Just hold on to your tummy, and if you don’t have one just hold on to the person next to you, and laugh, laugh, laugh! Read more