Speakers
Woody
Klein
Woody Klein is an award-winning newspaperman, magazine editor
and writer, and historian for the past 50 years, having interviewed
world-famous figures, including three U.S. presidents, The Rev.
Dr. Martin Luther King, and Vaclav Havel, president of Zcech.
In recent years, as editor of the Westport News, he and the paper
were nominated for a Pulitzer Prize for its series on domestic
violence in our town. The paper was also judged to be the best
weekly in America in 1996 by the Suburban Newspaper Association.
Woody Klein's experiences include corporate communications executive
at IBM and press secretary to the late John V. Lindsay, mayor
of New York. He is the author of Westport, Connecticut, The Story
of New England Town's Rise to Prominence; Lindsay's Promise, A
Personal Account; Let in the Sun, the anatomy of an East Harlem
slum.
ph: 800-237-7203; email: motivjkr@aol.com
Judith Marks-White
Speaker/Humorist, National First-Place Award -Winning Columnist,
11 years; Judith writes a highly reknowned "Best Humorous Personal
Column." She sees the New Millennium through her own funny glasses
regarding: Shopping, Gardening, Male Menopause, Home Maintenance,
Writing & Marketing of Humor, spiced with quips such as: "Help!
I'm Turning Into My Mother!".
ph:
800-237-7203; email: motivjkr@aol.com
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Alan Abel
An internationally known writer and media personality, Alanhas
been turning people's lives around for the past twenty years.
He believes we can use humor and style to achieve successful outcomes
from otherwise difficult situations, such as collecting debts
without litigation or obtaining start-up capital without assets.
Alan Abel has made national television appearances on The Today
Show, Good Morning America and Saturday Night Live. He is the
author of How to Thrive on Rejection. Erma Bombeck says, "The
imagination and sheer guts of Mr. Abel are pure delight."
ph:
800-237-7203; email: motivjkr@aol.com
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Mikki
Williams
is one of the most highly entertaining and masterful motivational
speakers to get long-term sales results. "Pyromania: How to Set
a Fire Under Yourself" is her most requested presentation. She
demonstrates how to keep conversations going and elicit hard-to-get
information; how to invite openness in people; how to manage yourself
better and have more time. With experiences of incredible challenges
in her life, Mikki Williams is an inspirational role model.
ph:
800-237-7203; email: motivjkr@aol.com
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Bob Picozzi
is an Emmy Award winning sportscaster, a play-by-play announcer
whose work has been seen on ESPN, Madison Square Garden Network,
SportsChannel New England, SportsChannel Philadelphia, Home Team
Sports, the BIG EAST Basketball Network, and the Atlantic 10 Football
Network. He has covered 3 Super Bowls, 6 World Series, 6 NCAA
Basketball Tournaments, and 8 Stanley Cup Playoffs, French Open
Tennis. His knowledge of the sports world and television industry
enable him to relate humorous stories of challenges overcome by
sports stars.
ph:
800-237-7203; email: motivjkr@aol.com
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Diane
DiResta
presents "Communication Skills - Listening With Power." Diane
teaches with interactive activities how to understand your own
and others' styles of listening so that sales persons can respond
more effectively. She also brings raves with another dynamic presentation:
"Common Sense Marketing Tips."
ph:
800-237-7203; email: motivjkr@aol.com
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Terry O'Connor
New England Sportscaster, speaks on "Business of Sports - Contracts,
Loyalty" and "How Sports Relate to Life". O'Connor was the color
commentator for the N.I.T. tournament for both FNN Score and WTXX
Channel 20, and for Prime Network's coverage of championship basketball.
He was the interviewer reporter for NBC's coverage of the Notre
Dame-DePaul college basketball game in Chicago. Initiator of the
first statewide TV broadcast of all Fairfield University basketball
games, O'Connor hosted the first television basketball talk show
by a Division I college coach in New England. O'Connor is the
color commentator for Yale University basketball, host for the
Celtics Wrap-Up Show, is the play by play announcer for the University
of New Haven football. Terry O'Connor who has his own radio talk
show can be heard on WICC on Basketball Report, and on Press Box
on WTWS Channel 26.
ph:
800-237-7203; email: motivjkr@aol.com
