Seventy percent (70%) of my annual business is with repeat clients. The State Bar of California has used me for three programs every year since 1983! My relationship with clients lasts for years.
 
     I offer truly customized presentations. Many speakers claim to customize their programs, but that usually means using the client’s name in the opening remarks and making reference to a few officers. When I say I customize … I customize, doing specific research into an organization, its needs and objectives and weaving my research through the fabric of my presentation.
 
     I am dependable. Since 1975 I have contracted for well over one thousand engagements and have canceled only twice; once when the entire northwest was fogged in and the second time for a death in the immediate family. If you contract me I will be there!
 
     My programs are practical. No pie-in-the-sky theories, but good hard usable material the participants can digest and put to immediate use. If you want someone to talk about how many angels can dance on a pin…it’s not me, I will tell you how to make the pin, how to price it, market it and distribute it while keeping the work force motivated and enthusiastic.
 
     Competent! Perhaps this should have been the first reason I cited because you should expect your presenters to be authorities in their field. Unfortunately, too many meeting planners find too late they have hired someone who is only giving a warmed-over book report on the latest fad! I hold a Ph.D. and have been a practicing psycho-therapist since 1973. I have been the vice-president of a university as well as the vice-president of a bank. My presentations are fresh and factual.
 
I am easy to work with. My job is to make the meeting planner look good and I know I can accomplish that goal by presenting a dynamite program that is not offensive to any segment of the audience. I fly coach class and will work with the meeting planner’s budget and do not present a take-it or leave-it fee demand. I even bring an extra "multi-purpose" program with me in case another speaker is unable to attend and the meeting planner needs a last minute substitute.
 
      Last, but NOT least, I entertain while I speak. I have been called an "edu-tainer" and "funtastic" for my ability to keep an audience alert and attentive while I present. I am no talking head, but rather an energetic and motivating speaker who even uses professional stage magic to illustrate key points. My philosophy is simple: when people open their mouths to laugh … I shove in food for thought!