Whether it's a keynote address, on-site training, or a breakout session, you will be captivated by Susan Carnahan's enthusiasm for life. Her humor and talk-show style animate audience interaction with the how-to's of business politics today. She has a content-driven message delivered with a comedian style. With over 20 years of experience in advertising, sales, radio, and banking, Susan has turned her talent toward speaking and motivating, speaking to over 15,000 a year. Over the last 11 years she has addressed audiences and classes across the United States and Canada, from the Chickasaw Indian Reservation in Oklahoma to Kemper Insurance, Ford, Kodak, Ping, and Arizona Power. 

She wrote and recorded the audio cassette program, Leadership And Supervisory Skills For Women, and Self-Empowerment For Women. She has appeared in conference with Sally Jessy Raphael, Mary Kay Ash, Geraldine Ferraro, Jenny Craig, and Dr. Joyce Brothers. Susan has just finished filming a segment on CNN Live on "gender communication." Her articles on office politics and communication savvy have appeared in various professional trade publications and local papers when she speaks.

DOUG CARTLAND http://user.mc.net/~cartland/dc.html

TOM DOANE

Tom Doane is the founder and president of Performance Innovations Consulting Group, Inc., a firm with a strong reputation for delivering sustainable improvement in customer service, leadership development, team building, and work process evaluation. A Michigan State University graduate in Materials and Logistics Management, Tom started the firm in 1992 after a successful 8 year career as a consultant with Steelcase, Inc., one of the top 100 companies to work for in the country.

Tom has created performance improvements for organizations in many markets including; retailing, distribution, manufacturing, professional services and government. Client organizations are both large and small ranging from a 29 employee retail/wholesale store in Michigan to the Andersen Window Corporation, and the City of Raleigh, NC.

DOUG HANSON

Doug Hanson is a nationally recognized speaker and the founder and owner of Hidden Resources, a company committed to helping people and companies alike recognize the vast pool of talent and value that lies beneath the surface. 

Doug played football for Sam Houston State University, had try-outs with several professional NFL franchises and worked for ESPN televised sporting events. In addition to his busy speaking schedule, Doug is also an executive for Internet Pictures Corporation, (iPIX) a highly successful, $2 billion Internet company that is the world leader for on-line visual content. 

He has been a featured motivational facilitator and trainer for world-renowned speaker Tony Robbins' personal excellence seminars; Financial Mastery and Life Mastery University. At these events, as well as his own, Doug works with thousands of people through experiential initiatives to help them realize their full potential and achieve their personal best.

AB JACKSON

Ab Jackson has been a catalysis for change in organizations worldwide. His over 1,500 presentations in board rooms, on stage, and in training departments have provided life changing how-to’s for nearly 250,000 people. To understand "how-to’s" consider the two titles of his best selling audiocassette programs—How to Organize Your Life and Get Rid of Clutter (CareerTrack) and How to Manage Multiple Projects, Meet Deadlines, and Achieve Objectives (Nightengale/Conant).

He speaks on such varied topics as Making Better Decisions, Excelling as a Supervisor, Team Building, Reading Faster and Remembering More, and Humor in the Workplace.

The groups he has presented to, include; Inland Revenue of New Zealand, Thorn EMI of Great Britain, Cable and Wireless of British Virgin Islands, Farmers Insurance, MCI, VISA, Chevron, the cities of Glendale, California; Schaumberg, Illinois; Reno, Nevada; and Des Moines, Iowa, US Air Force, US Navy, VA Hospitals, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Tufts Veterinary School, and the State of Ohio Transportation Department.

Prior to his speaking career, Mr. Jackson worked in banking and insurance for 18 years. He also was a play-by-play sports broadcaster. He won the State of Arizona Humorous Speech Contest. Ab is an associate with Great Game Associates, part of the Great Game of Business. He is also president of Abstract Consulting.

Tim Gard is a nationally recognized humorist and authority on stress reduction through humor. During the last decade, Tim has delivered his entertaining and informative lectures before federal, state, county, civic and professional groups attending conferences both nationally and internationally. He has written numerous articles on stress reduction through humor, his seminars have been televised, and he is a frequent guest on TV talk shows.

Tim believes that sharing his own good humor and enabling people to develop a Comic Vision of their own is a very natural, effective and fun way for people to deal with, and even avoid, the sometimes intense personal and professional stress encountered every day. Tim's audiences quickly discover that using his methods at work and at home enabled them to use humor as a skill.

Since 1984, Michele has inspired the attitudes and actions of more than 20,000 people throughout the United States. She has designed and conducted 1000's of motivational workshops on a variety of topics ranging from attitudes and time management, to leadership skills and strategic planning.

Regardless of the type of audience she is working with, Michele has the ability to connect with each participant...inspiring them with practical solutions for positive change. As the founder and president of The TRAINERS Group, Inc. (TGI), Michele is an author, speaker and training consultant. She has written the best-selling book, Attitude: The Choice Is Yours, produced two training videos, Attitude: A Little Thing Makes a Big Difference and Serving Your Customers a Can-Do Attitude and developed the Attitude Learning Kit and Activities to Enhance the Good, Bad and Ugly Attitudes.

Ruby is an award winning motivational speaker, trainer, and performance consultant with a valuable message for all ages. Through her customized training business she helps employees tackle the customer service challenges they face every day. She has combined her 20 years as a successful coach, teacher and front line supervisor to become an inspirational speaker. Ruby specializes in the field of recreation and parks and focuses her training on customer satisfaction.

Ruby works with Parks & Recreation Associations across the United States.

VILIS OZOLS www.ozols.com

To teach leaders you must be a leader! From sports to business, coaching to management, Vilis Ozols is a leadership expert.

When you ask Vilis about his biggest accomplishments, he has quite an impressive - and amusing - list to recite. Not only does Vilis hold a marketing MBA, he modestly claims to mix the world's best margaritas.  He's a former international volleyball player on the Canadian Jr. National Team, and a former Pro Beach Volleyball Tour player. Vilis has spoken in all 50 states, 9 Canadian provinces, 8 countries and 3 continents.

The same intriguing combination of humor and ability makes Vilis an outstanding speaker. With an executive background in training, sales, marketing and customer service, Vilis arms his programs with real-world experience. And he tempers his intensive skill-packed presentations with just the right touch of wit.  Vilis truly delivers entertaining, high impact and high content information customized to your needs.

Mike Schlappi is a much sought after motivational and inspirational speaker and is the founder of the business, Attitude Therapy. 

Mike is a world class wheelchair athlete.  He has participated in the past three Paralympic Games as a member of the United States Wheelchair Basketball Team.  Mike earned gold medals in Seoul in 1988 and Barcelona in 1992 and a bronze medal in Atlanta in 1996.  He will once again represent the US at the 2000 Paralympics in Sidney, Australia. 

LAURA STACK  www.laurastack.com

Energy, Passion, and Focus are the words most commonly used when people describe their experience with Mike Staver.  He maintains a speaking and consulting calendar of over 120 engagements per year. Michael's audiences consistently rate his programs and delivery over a 9 on a 10 point scale.

Mike's commitment to his clients is evident in the content and delivery of his message. The message is centered in his fundamental belief that "each person and every organization ahs the potential to achieve any result to which they are committed." Mike builds on the truth that each woman or man has within them the power to live a life of purpose, productivity, and peace of mind and that those people who do so, influence organizations and people in powerful and positive ways.

Bernadette Trujillo-Vadurro is a trainer and President of Leading Edge Training, a seminar company that produces full multimedia seminars guaranteed to "knock the socks off" any audience. Bernadette draws on her rich work experiences as a Consultant, Lobbyist, Medicaid Auditor, Personnel Administrator and Bureau Chief. Bernadette started her business in 1989 as a seminar speaker and brings more than fifteen years of training development and presentation experience to benefit you. She has provided training seminars, keynote presentations and workshops for professional audiences nationally. Bernadette is hailed for her highly interactive and informative approach that maximizes audience participation and ensures greater information retention.