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Al Walker
President of Al Walker and Associates, Certified Speaking Professional, Sales & Marketing Expert
Al Walker is president of Al Walker and Associates, Inc., a firm dedicated to helping businesses and individuals solve problems through professional speaking, training, and consulting services. Walker and his organization specialize in results-oriented training programs. They have conducted over 1500 training clinics, workshops, seminars, and programs for organizations from the United States, Europe, Canada, Mexico, and the Caribbean. Walker is known for his engaging, humorous approach to speaking.
Walker earned a business degree from the University of South Carolina. After graduation, he joined a residential building and development corporation. Within two years as head of sales and marketing, the firm became the highest dollar volume residential builder in South Carolina. During this period, Walker attended a Dale Carnegie course, which inspired his future career in training and developing people. He joined Dale Carnegie, sold and taught their programs throughout South Carolina for five years, and quickly became one of the top-rated instructors in the organization. In 1981, he founded his own company, Al Walker and Associates, Inc. His international client list includes IBM, Wal-Mart, BASF, NCR, BellSouth, and Westinghouse/CBS. Walker's articles on leadership, sales, customer service, and personal development have been published in professional journals worldwide.
Walker is a former Regional Vice President for Sales and Marketing Executives International, from which he earned the designation Certified Sales Executive. He has served on SMEI’s Foundation Board of Directors. He is a past president of the National Speakers Association (NSA) and has served as Chairman of the NSA Foundation Board of Trustees. He has earned the designation of Certified Speaking Professional from NSA and was inducted into the prestigious Council of Peers Award for Excellence Speakers Hall of Fame. This is the highest recognition in professional speaking and includes members such as Harvey Mackay, Ronald Reagan, Art Linkletter, and Zig Ziglar. Recently, Walker received The Cavett Award, the NSA’s highest and most cherished award, presented annually to the member who has rendered exceptional service to the speaking industry and the association.
Speech Topics
I love Change, You Go First
Lots of folks talka good game aboout how the world and everything around them is changing so rapidly and they'll even go so far as to tell you how you ought to be open to change, then when the first significant change comes their wey, they are the first to resist it, complain about itvalues enable us to handle change. Attendees will learn how to lessen the negative impact of change and quickly adapt to it. They will learn how to establish priorities and how to stay focused on those priorities to minimize feelings of being overwhelmed.
Leadership:
Following From In Front Al stresses the importance of servant leadership and the role it plays in overall organizational motivation. Each attendee will learn how to balance leadership style with the skills required to be an effective leader through three elements. They are taught coaching skills that enable them to help others move to higher levels of performance, what it means to be “tough minded" versus “hard minded”, and how to create the right climate for increased productivity.
The Serious Side of Laughter
The Serious Side of Laughter includes the top three resources everyone needs to add or keep laughter in their lives, examples of how various individuals recognize humor in their everyday lives, the healing power of laughter and how to add more fun to your life.
Selling Southern Style:
Selling Southern Style, the title of one of Al's upcoming books starts with looking at those things southerner's are prone to doing, saying, having and being and how we use those in the sales process. Since he is from the southern part of the USA, that's where it starts but quickly moves to and encourages the listener to look for the "prone to's" in their prospects and clients and adapt themselves to that culture, no matter where they are in the world, if they ever want to build a relationship and sell successfully.
Thinking Big & Living Large
Al pokes a lot of fun at himself, and at life when delivers the driving message that if you think big enough you will be guaranteed to have a larger life.Through stories and illustrations Al shares the common traits, characteristics, and values of Big time winners who have handled their difficulties through life in a Bigger more enriching way. Al will inspire your audience to tap more deeply into their talents, skills, and abilities in their community, job, and personal life so that they can live a Larger life. This program is perfect for those who want to think big, live large, and laugh all the way out of the room.
Service That Sells
Your attendees will learn about four important areas of customer service: product knowledge, the skills to sell the product, handling complaints with confidence, and the human relationship skills necessary to develop rapport with their customers
The Gateway to Excellence is as Big as a Barn
Many people settle for mediocrity not realizing that the difference between excellent and average is neither vast nor striking. In an entertaining and inspiring fashion, your group will gain the valuable insights to the small characteristics that make the big differences in anyone’s quest for excellence. Several groups have used a Farming or Western theme and this title to tie their theme and main message together.
A World Fit to Live In
Through humorous anecdotes and stories, Al delivers the driving message that in order for us to have a world fit to live in, we must first have a self worth living with and a philosophy to live by. Al defines exactly what it takes to have a "self worth living with" and how knowledge, skill, and attitude contribute to that goal.
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