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Dave Lieber    

Speaker, Columnist & Yankee Cowboy Humorist

Dave Lieber is an international speaker, author, and founder of WatchdogNation.com. An award-winning columnist for The Dallas Morning News, where he is known as The Watchdog, Lieber advocates for consumer rights and emphasizes strong customer service. He educates audiences on how to effectively tell business stories to increase profits, performance, communication skills, and employee retention. With his expertise in business storytelling, he teaches how to enhance brand presence and boost sales through strategic storytelling. Lieber has been recognized as one of America's top storytelling experts, offering a storytelling formula that is applicable across various messages, leading to immediate and measurable results.

Lieber is a Certified Speaking Professional who combines comedy and storytelling to engage audiences. His diverse experiences, which include living in a nudist colony for a newspaper story and solving a murder, contribute to his motivational and engaging speaking style. His speech titled "If a New Yorker Can Make it in Texas, Imagine What You Can Do!" shares personal challenges and experiences adapting to life in Texas. He frequently serves as a master of ceremonies at annual award banquets and convention dinners, known for his ability to keep audiences captivated.

In addition to his speaking career, Lieber has worked as a columnist for over 40 years, focusing on keeping readers engaged and informed. His book "Dave Lieber’s Watchdog Nation: Bite Back When Businesses and Scammers Do You Wrong" has won two national book awards for social change. Through his columns and talks, he fights to expose corruption and uses stories to inspire positive change. In 2019, he won top prize in the nation's largest column-writing contest sponsored by the National Society of Newspaper Columnists. Dave Lieber's unique customer service program leverages his experiences and research to teach businesses effective customer service strategies that foster strong relationships and customer loyalty.

Speech Topics

Become a Citizen of Watchdog Nation

Bernard Madoffs are everywhere. There's nothing funny about getting hurt by a scammer or your bank or a credit card company. But if anyone can get you to laugh at these heartless institutions and show you how to beat them at their own game, it's The Dallas Morning News Watchdog columnist Dave Lieber. His Watchdog Nation®, shows Americans how to bite back and win. His inspirational and informative talk is based on his new book - Dave Lieber’s Watchdog Nation - winner of two national book awards for social change. He shares the latest information you can't find anywhere else on scams and corporate thievery.

"Customer Service Like No Other"

In today’s world, a business owner or employee can’t afford a bad day, a bad hour or even a bad moment. The world is watching and little incidents get magnified into big crises. Watchdog newspaper columnist has experience on both ends of the equation, as both an exposer of wrongs and also the victim of today’s modern world. He’ll show you how to remember that every moment counts. Every moment, especially the bad ones, are an opportunity to build customer loyalty that lasts forever.

Your Story Blows Me Away: How to be the Ultimate Communicator

Once you needed a website to attract, engage — and sell. That’s no longer good enough. Today you need to tell your story. Dave Lieber works with you to find your best stories and shows you how to share them with the world so your audience listens, cares — and, ultimately, believes in you.

If a New Yorker Can Make it in Texas, Imagine What You Can Do

Dave's most popular story about how he struggled to fit into Texas is a tale that everyone can relate to and find a piece of themselves in. At first, he didn't know if chicken-fried steak was chicken or steak. He didn't know which was the front end of a cowboy hat. He didn't even know who Garth Brooks was. But he overcame his struggle - thanks to a dog who hated him and a women's club that rescued him. You'll laugh, then cry - and in the end, the message of fitting into any new environment, new job or any new and challenging situation is a story of laughter and inspiration that audiences everywhere describe as truly memorable.

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