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 Black 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." Within the next eighteen months, he has three new books scheduled to be published: "How to Keep the Promises You Make to Yourself," "Never Walk a Road that Doesn't Lead to Your Heart" and "How to Talk so People will Listen; How to Listen so People will Talk."

John Powers earned a Ph.D. degree 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 show including Oprah and Today. John has received two Emmy awards for his work in television. John's business background includes producing his own musical for four years, raising capital of over a million dollars and daily coordinating the efforts of over two hundred artistic, financial, sales and marketing people.

In 1988, he founded the Powers of Motivation Institute and since then has worked with over a thousand major corporations and national associations to provide programs on how to succeed in a changing world.

John Powers does his homework. Before each presentation, he conducts extensive research into his clients' organization, its internal workings, needs and goals. He and his staff at the Powers of Motivation Institute work with the client to make that meeting the best one the client has ever had.

Presentation Topics

• Laughing All the Way to the Bank
• How to Keep the Promises You Make to Yourself
• Lions Walk Softly So They Can Listen
• Passion: Do What You Love, Love What You Do
• The Customer is Always Right...Wrong...But They are Always the Customer
• If I'm Odd, Does that Make Us Even?
• How to Talk so People Will Listen; How to Listen so People Will Talk
• Learning is for the Birds...The Ones Who Want to Fly

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