Professional Speakers

Lincoln, Nebraska native Juli Burney, keynote speaker and author, has been selected from a nationwide search to be featured in Discover Your Inner Strength, a highly successful book series from Tennessee based Insight Publishing. The book features best-selling authors Stephen R. Covey (Seven Habits of Highly Effective People), Brian Tracy (Million Dollar Habits), and Ken [...]

Sportscaster Jerry Schemmel, “The Voice of the Denver Nuggets” has another life, an experience which some may not be aware of. Yousee, Mr. Schemmel is also a hero. On July 19, 1989, Jerry was on of several passengers on United’s flight 232, which originated in Denver, bound for Chicago. But the plane never made it [...]

Most Olympians start out in their sport early on. Before they’re in high school, most have already had years in their sport. Vince Poscente was one of those determined to defy the odds. At 26 years of age, he began pursuing speed skiing competitively. A mere four years later, he was chasing (and winning) the [...]

Looking for the future? No need for fortune tellers, gypsies, prophets or oracles. If it’s worth talking about, chances are good that Dr. James Canton is already filling us in. Nicknamed Dr. Future, James Canton has been predicting important future trends for the last 30 years. The Economist magazine acknowledges him as one of the [...]

Roy Firestone has won seven Emmy awards, seven Cable Ace awards, and critical acclaim for his work in broadcast journalism. His style and methods in interviewing, honed by more than five thousand interviews of all kinds, including nearly every major sports figure of our time, has been lauded as well. Pulitzer Prize winner and columnist [...]

When we think of the Economy, we see it as relevant to our daily lives. When we think of Economics, though, it’s apt to say that we think of it as obscure, unclear, as “the dismal science.” Few are terribly interested in the subject. That is, unless Gene Stanaland is the speaker. Dubbed the Will [...]

When people say that Frank Maguire has walked with giants, they’re understating. From founding FedEx Worldwide, to heading up programming at ABC Radio Networks, to consulting for Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson, to acting as second in command to Colonel Sanders (of KFC fame), Frank Maguire has done more than walk with [...]