Opening General Session with John Powers
Friday, January 28, 2005
11:00 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.
Location: Regency Ballroom, West Tower/Gold Level

Laughing All the Way to the Bank!

By understanding and using Positive Energy you enrich both your personal and professional lives. When you focus on positive energy, you harvest such benefits as: joyously meeting the challenges of constant change; becoming a better leader, team player, communicator, negotiator, problem solver and creative thinker; and reducing both your physical and emotional stress, just to name a few. Come see John Powers and he will provide a number of simple but effective suggestions on how to immediately begin enriching your life in positive ways. He will also teach you how, on a daily basis, to be your own motivator, your own inspiration.

Presenter: John Powers, professional speaker and author
John Powers stands-out as one of the best in the business. His entire career has been one of effectively communicating with audiences. Prior to his speaking career, John created and produced the Broadway musical, "Do Vlack Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up?" which is presently playing in over a dozen cities. He is the author of four best-selling books, the most recent being, "The Junk Drawer, Corner Store, Front Porch Blues"

John Powers earned a Ph.D. in communications from Northwestern University and was a professor of speech & performing arts at Northeastern Illinois University. He has created and hosted a PBS series on how to be an effective public speaker and has hosted several interview specials for PBS. He has been a guest on hundreds of radio and television shows including Oprah and Today. John has received two Emmy awards for his work in television.

2005 Conference Program Table of Contents

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