News of the Month 2008 suspended temporarily
but do read below if you have interest and time please. And if
you want current news send me an email at ThomLisk@TerrificSpeakers.com
or phone me at 614-841-1776. I can't be sure if anyone really
is reading this news below. Please let me know. Thanks!
News
of the Month --February 2008
You probably don't really care about our company or my personal
news of the month, at least until you know that I and my company
care about you. We really do!
Today is March 1, 2008 as I write this reflecting on this past
month, yes, but also considering the fact that 31 years ago today
I entered the world of paid professional speaking full time. I
had a great mentor who cared about me, his name: Carl Stevens.
Stevens is now about 83 years old and lives in Houston. I spoke
to him recently and told him I appreciated him--he gave me a quote
in the past month for my new book. Have you been blessed with
mentors that helped you along the way? Appreciate them!
Today is the anniversary of my fathers death, March 1, 1985. Have
you heard that poem about the dash? The dash between the date
a person is born and the date he dies. We all want to make a difference
with our lives, don't we? That is what our company and my life
is all about--making a difference by contributing to others in
significant ways.
You and your company may have done more significant things than
I and my company did this past month but we were on purpose and
mission towards significance. I remind us how very important purpose,
mission, and vision are for all of our lives.
"Without a vision the people will perish." Proverbs.
The past month motivates me to make changes so as to have a healthier,
happier, and holier balance of the year, with God's help. And,
we work and pray for a more prosperous future too; but we also
remember you don't find a U-Haul Truck behind a Hearst at the
cemetery.
Give today before it is too late. Please... give
us a chance to be of service, we will not let you down. Navigate
our website for speaker choices, better yet call or email us so
we can save you time and save you money and find you the perfect
speaker--one who really will make a difference in your organization
and the lives of your people. Thanks.
News
of the Month --January 2008
January 2008 was a challenging month in the business world in
the USA. The stock market had the widest swings up and down during
several days maybe in history and the biggest decrease to start
a new year in history. This is reported here as we reflect on
the month for our business to say first that we are very glad
the month is over! And that we did actually have a good month
in terms of gross sales and profits. PSBI is a for profit organization,
even though we work with lots of non-profit organizations, as
well as for profit companies, providing speakers, trainers, entertainers,
etc.
Before I focus a few comments about PSBI for posterity and my
readers consideration, allow me to again focus on the markets
worldwide as we do strive to be a worldwide company. As one example
of this effort, we have speakers who are based in places like
Costa Rica (South America), England, Australia, Hong Kong, South
Africa, Canada, etc. on our bureau website in addition to all
the terrific speakers based in the USA. We thank God how He has
allowed us to expand.
Exxon it was just reported earned 40 billion in the past year,
the most in the history of any company worldwide it is thought.
In our business we need to focus better on those who have money
to spend or invest in speakers. Concerns about a recession abound
yet largely due to two recent rate cuts by the Federal Reserve
the Dow which fell from 14,000 to 12,000 or slightly below, rose
700 points in one week, the last week of January. Things are looking
up!
TERRIFIC SPEAKERS can help you increase profits in 2008... ask
us for the best and right experts for any need!
The way in which this kind of business operates towards profitability
has changed as the worldwide web has become more mature. At one
time PSBI was able to generate Fortune 1000 companies hitting
our website at www.TerrificSpeakers.com and now it is more difficult
to get those kind of hits but we are on top of what to do and
how to do it (we contact them) to market our company and our services
and our speakers for paid bookings.
Change remains the most important word in our daily vocabulary,
and speakers that address CHANGE issues are some of the most popular
worldwide. We must keep investing towards the needed changes to
succeed and serve more and serve better going forward.
I am pleased to report our business was up about 20% in January
versus last year-2007-if all is consummated completely. We have
created some wonderful new clients and added a few NEW speakers
as "go-to" experts to our bureau website this interesting
month of January 2008. Part of that increase may be due to the
addition of Taylor Miller to our staff, so we are thankful for
her for many reasons. John Wagner continues to do a fine job in
our website work; an example: Home Page was expanded and improved
significantly in early January 2008. Please do see www.TerrificSpeakers.com
Your feedback is welcome, please.
Debt is not a problem for PSBI as it is for so many businesses
and individuals, we are pleased to announce. We have zero debt,
and pray that all who read this are as committed as we are to
avoiding debt of any kind. One of my closest friends and advisors,
Alan K. Mooney, believes we will have not just a recession--"unavoidable"--but
also a depression of worldwide magnitude within 24 months. Either
affects this kind of business ordinarily so we diversify in our
offerings and markets we pursue and suggest our readers do so
too as well as... GET OUT OF DEBT and stay out of debt.
Now... speakers we pledged to add to our bureau website (and market
them) this past month as "go-to" experts include women:
Janae Rubin, Helen Leonetti, MD, Denise Landers, Shelly Taylor-Smith
from Australia, Vicki Lazar, Susan Race, Jan Yaeger; men expert
speakers including... Mike Utley, Joe Cardone, Eric Pennington,
Curt Tueffert, Dr. Maurice Ramirez, Henk Botha, William Allen
Anderson. Rick Frishman, Richard Reynolds, Douglas Riggle, Dr.
Andrew Edelman, Richard "Ben Franklin" Fowler.
Kicking off a new year requires many new "go-to" speakers,
sometimes to replace others, and to get some momentum for the
new year. We are working hard to market and book these new speakers!
Welcome aboard!
News
of the Month --November/December 2007
As I write this on 12/31/07 I feel both relief that the year
has come to an end and a sense of apprehension that a new year
is about to begin. Know the feeling? Personally and professionally
I have a great deal to be thankful for as I reflect on all of
2007 including now the past two months. We must work, at some
times more than others, to increase our attitudes of gratitude!
The Law of Attraction says that we attract to
ourselves what we think about most of the time. Do you really
believe it!? This Law of Success has been popularized by the book
The Secret in the past year with the contributing authors who
are all speakers available from our speakers bureau at 614-841-1776.
We booked speakers who delivered some great programs in the last
two months of the year or will do so in 2008 so I would like to
applaud them first.
Thanks to Frank Polowski, as only one example, who we booked for
the first time as he traveled to Alabama from his home in the
Buffalo, NY, USA area. This program was for a new client, Governor's
Office of Faith and Community Based Initiatives. As always we
hope to now book Frank more... and do more bookings for this client.
I work to make this happen today by the LAW OF ATTRACTION which
really is a good step one for any marketing effort.
Yours truly, Thom Lisk, has been speaking professionally now for
31 years as of 2008 and one of the first lessons of success I
learned from a mentor 30 years ago was what we then called...The
Law of Mental Magnetism. I attribute a lot of my success over
the years, or lack thereof, to the application of this principle
for success. Try it more... you will like it.
Many years ago I visualized myself, and prayed about it too, going
around the world as a speaker. Not knowing initially how that
would take place but having faith that it would I am now happy
to report that in the past two months humble me has been to
Australia and New Zealand--near "the end of the
earth"--to speak to eight groups, some with my wife Lorna.
I will not give many details here as these NEWS OF THE MONTH articles
are designed to benefit YOU my reader.
Who is my reader? You always need to know your audience whether
you are speaking or writing!
The reader of this NEWS OF THE MONTH may be speakers who are checking
us out. They want to know about the owner of this international
speakers bureau. Well, I am just like you... I am interested in
making a BIG difference with my life through better communications
and actions. I found I could help more people and sustain myself
better in the speaking profession by developing a pro speakers'
bureau as opposed to be a one-man band speaker. I and PSBI want
to team up with YOU.
You need me... and I and our company needs YOU. So...
Give us a call and/or email us and tell us more about yourself.
Maybe we have some clients who need what you can offer!!! (Now...
IF YOU WANT TO HIRE THE PERFECT SPEAKER... YOU CALL US TOO--PLEASE!)
God bless you and your family and have a happy, health, and holy--full
of integrity--NEW YEAR.
News
of the Month -- October 2007
Our international speakers bureau is more international than
ever as President Dr. Thom A. Lisk traveled to Toronto Canada
for the last work week of the month to serve some clients, drum
up more business, evaluate properties for a possible Speakers
Success Showcase in 2008 or 2009, and also Thom met with a few
speakers who are new to our bureau. (We have booked speakers for
travel in at least a dozen countries in addition to the USA.)
Bookings of speakers continues strong as we welcome several new
clients to our long list of illustrious organizations served.
We booked a Canadian speaker, Bill Clennan, to a University in
North Carolina, as a first example, and we booked a NY based speaker
for a new client in Alabama, a California based speaker for a
client in Nebraska, and a Washington state speaker for a client
in Pennsylvania. In Ohio, our home state, some new clients include
Chambers of Commerce, more associations, and both for profit and
non profit organizations.
If you represent an organization who needs speakers now or at
anytime... We can save you time and money securing the perfect
speaker. The speakers fee is the same (or less) from this bureau.
It is wise to purchase all your speakers from our speaker's bureau
and we can give you a dozen reasons why if you will but call us
at 614-841-1776 (or 800-705-0079 for people needing to schedule
speakers). We can help you pinpoint he best criteria for the best
speaker... speak@TerrificSpeakers.com
If you are a speaker and you want to expand your business send
us your materials but first email us with a little about yourself.
After more than 30 years booking speakers and serving as a speaker
himself, our President Dr. Thom A. Lisk can help new speakers
save time and save money. Dr. Lisk has recently completed the
book: The Complete Idiot's Guide for Success as a Professional
Speaker. The official release date is 7/08/08 and we are NOW taking
pre-release orders for this 300+ page success how-to guide for
$20+ tax + shipping = $27 (USA). Order your copy today by email
or phone... all major charge cards accepted.
This past month we have added new "go-to" speaker experts
to our bureau website. Under each TOPIC area we feature only a
few select EXPERT speakers. Clients usually look for speakers
based on TOPIC area or those with their specific industry experience.
So, one way to search our website for the PERFECT SPEAKER is to
go to the TOPICS page using the GOOGLE search engine to stay on
our site... if you do not find the perfect speaker realize we
have other speakers in our files, so please email or phone us
as we have evaluated hundreds more speakers for nearly any kind
of client need. Click TOPICS at the top or the bottom of this
page on the TOOL BAR and type in Cherie Carter-Scott, one new
speaker to our site, to get an idea of how this tool works.
If I personally can help you in anyway please email me or call
me. Thank you for your support. God bless you.
Thomas (Thom) A. Lisk, BA, LHD, CSE
President/CEO
PROFESSIONAL SPEAKERS BUREAU INT'L
Main Phone: 614-841-1776
Email: speak@TerrificSpeakers.com
News
of the Month -- September 2007
This month saw our company with a few new clients. Dr. Thom Lisk,
President of Professional Speakers Bureau Int'l, reports that
one of the most interesting bookings of the year was scheduling
a Woody Hayes look-a-like as a speaker for a client in Ohio.
Now, this month this Woody Hayes character speaker is featured
on our company Home Page. WHAT WOULD WOODY DO?
Woody Hayes was a one of a kind leader and Roger A. Thomas captures
his essence and gives applications for current problems.
Speakers who do characterizations are always an interesting and
unique twist for an event. We have provided clients people who
do George Washington, Teddy Roosevelt, Abe Lincoln and others--ask
for details by phoning 614-841-1776.
Now, for any other speaker in the world email us at speak@terrificspeakers.com
Thank you.
News
of the Month -- August 2007
The last week of the month Dr. Thom Lisk was in Washington DC
serving clients, recruiting speakers for our clients, and mostly
working on his current book project deadline on his laptop. Here
are some thoughts from and about our nations capital, and her
people, especially our great historic leaders. And, let's also
consider leaders for groups with needs NOW.
One day I had some time in between meetings as I was staying at
the Hamilton Crown Plaza that night near the White House. I took
my cell phone with me and went out for a jog and walk. Clients
or prospects requiring call backs came from the Caribbean, Alabama,
California, Illinois, Virginia, and Ohio, as I recall it a week
later. It was a hot day as I jogged on the sidewalk and street
(which is blocked to auto traffic) on both sides of the White
House--I was surprised that security did not seem tighter.
Other scenes of interest were statues of American heroes and monuments
of various types a short jog or walk away. if you have not been
in our nation's capital lately, take a few days, not just an afternoon,
and see the sights, learn the lessons from history. You and your
family or business will be better off for it! There are many prospective
clients based in DC who need terrific speakers.
When you look at history from a speakers viewpoint you realize
that most great leaders in USA history were great speakers or
shaped history due to the words they used. This would include
military generals who may have never gave a speech in an auditorium
of civilians but they sure knew how to direct, lead, and motivate
people to action steps towards goals.
A rather unique speaker we invited to be added to our bureau website
so that we could market him, and hopefully book him for paid engagements,
is Peter M. Small. He does a number of impersonations,
often called characterizations, of great leaders from the past...
people like Washington, Jefferson, and Roosevelt. Providing modern
day applications of the success principles these men lived by
and espoused can make for a most interesting speech.
Go to www.terrificspeakers.com for
any speaker need anytime.
You can find speakers easily by typing their name at the top of
the TOPICS page in the Google search engine. And, if you do not
find a specific person this way, then save time and save money...
call our bureau at 800-705-0079 or email us at speak@terrificspeakers.com.
If you do not know the speaker to ask for simply share with PSBI
your need and/or criteria and again we will save you time and
save you, the meeting planner, money in giving you several recommended
speakers--all experts in your areas of need.
If you are a speaker reading this NEWS OF THE MONTH and you want
bureau representation call us any afternoon at 614-841-1776, leave
a message if you miss us, or email us with material about yourself
at the same email address.
Now we have more news that could be shared however you are busy...
and so are we. Lastly...
We hope and pray you have a great upcoming month. May
every month be news worthy (positive and good happenings) in your
life, the life of your family, and the life of your business.
God bless you.
News
of the Month -- July 2007
New clients this month include the National Kitchen Bath Association
and Samford University where Dr. Thom Lisk served as the keynote
speaker at a three day "Excellence in Education" conference
for teachers. Professional Speakers Bureau Int'l has served Fortune
500 clients but also groups like Serving Seniors in Erie County,
Ohio, and everything in between. We specialize in certain markets
from time to time with select speakers--inquire for specifics.
Welcome to all new speakers to our bureau website (where this
is posted) @ www.terrificspeakers.com. Marketing speakers and
markets for speakers is challenging. We persevere due to strong
desire to make a positive difference in the lives of audience
members. Never forget... TERRIFIC SPEAKERS change lives and the
course of history.
July was the best month of the year in terms of gross sales posted.
We had some vacation time like much of America and it was interwoven
around three conferences attended. An extra day here or there
away from the office can be renewing and help us to remain enthusiastic
about serving clients and creating new clients.
Like my readers we enjoy family time for which we are most thankful.
The family of CEO Thom Lisk continues to grow with our five married
children having produced nine wonderful grandchildren. These precious
people provide added motivation--know the feeling? Lot's of enriching
family experiences made this past month personally memorable.
The world is an uncertain place as we move into August 2007 in
many ways. The economy is illustrated by the stock markets Dow
Jones average which in July hit a record of slightly more than
14,000. On 7/31/07 the Dow found itself up over 100 points early
in the day, and then down around 150 points by the end of the
day. This volatility causes indecisive ripple effects throughout
the business world affecting decisions. The Dow closed the months
of July at 13,212 yet the optimists still predict it to be at
14,500 by years end. We will see what happens!
Our male (home page) Speaker of the Month for August is one of
my favorite speakers, Tom Faranda.
He helps us understand the world and in his recent CD message
he provides about 20 significant trends and predictions that every
business leader must hear to prepare for the future. Getting to
the decision makers who can hire the great speakers we feature
on our company website remains one of our biggest challenges.
And, we can book almost any other speaker for almost any need--refer
people to us, please. Thank you.
Thom Lisk closed the month by giving an audio phone conference
seminar for a national audience of the hearing impaired on Tuesday
night July 31st. Hands on Relay System serves (due to federal
grant money) this population. The organization has booked five
different speakers from our company. Thom's message provided empowerment
and motivation to establish and reach written goals.
Re-evaluating mission, vision and goals are always a wise thing
to do while also rededicating oneself to serve more and serve
better today and in the days ahead. May God help us all maximize
our lives as we shed His light, love, and "success"
principles into hearts and minds around the world. May God open
new doors for service for us all, and give us that peace that
passes all understanding. God richly bless all our speakers, clients,
and support personnel.
News
of the Month -- June 2007
Months come and months go by and on the last Saturday of most
every month for 15 years now yours truly has met with men in a
Christian fellowship setting. As first I write this it is Friday
night late on June 29, 2007. Every Friday night since married
to my wife Lorna (and before) we have reserved Friday night for
a date night. Most of the News of the Months have been primarily
focused on business as this is posted on a business oriented website.
Just like YOU we work our businesses so as to provide for our
families and reach other personal goals in our lives while serving
our God.
Once we have our personal goals written down and internalized
they drive us and motivate us. Maybe this is why Webster's classic
definition of Motivation is, "That within the individual
that incites or impels him or her to action."
Friday nights! Saturday mornings! Sunday we always-- 100% of the
time -- go to Church. These kinds of devotions and faithfulness
tell you more about me and our priorities than any number of other
words. Two weekends in June 2007 we attended national Christian
leadership conferences so our Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays were
altered but every bit as meaningful. MOTIVATION?!--Yes!
How people invest their God-given time tells you more about them
than almost anything, don't you think? And, it has been said you
can look at someone's checkbook register to see how they spend
(or invest?) their money and tell a great deal about the persons
priorities in life too.
If we say we want better outcomes in our lives we simply have
to invest our time and invest our money (as well as invest our
talents!) in different and/or better ways, and we will get better
results.
We at PSBI spoke to several of America's top speakers this past
month... and we also worked with some of America's top companies.
Somehow all of this pales in comparison to the quality time I,
Thom Lisk--owner of PSBI--had with our nine (9) grandchildren.
Fathers Day was a BIG event for our family this year!
When I spoke for US Foods/Monarch Foods, Inc. (2nd largest Food
distributor in USA) in Chicago on Thursday 6/28/07 as their closing
keynote speaker at a three day conference I gave it my best in
dedication to my God, and to my son Todd Eric Lisk, now age 38.
I think that is why I had a great outcome. I was giving the speech
for the hundreds of people in my audience, and also for this son
whom I want to be proud of me. Know the experience?
(Like you) I work very diligently to prepare and do my very best
for my client company and their people. I want to make a difference,
a lasting positive impact. And, to do such a great job that they
invite me back. We trust for great outcomes for those who heard
the message; and as a result, for me and my company to benefit
too, of course.
The President of the company (he introduced me to the audience:
Pat Mulhern--had some very kind things to say to me after my speech...
"Great message Thom!" He acquired autographed copies
of my most recent books.
Would you like a list of the clients that book speakers from our
company? Or, how about a list of speakers we have booked? Although
the lists need updated you can find these at the About Us page
on this website with another click to clients and/or to speakers.
See the tool bar at the top and bottom of our HOME PAGE at www.terrificspeakers.com
We can schedule any speaker in America for any group--phone 614-841-1776.
Save time and save money!
We at PSBI, and I personally, welcome your news. And, we welcome
your prayer support, and any other kind of support you care to
offer as we plan, hope, pray, and work to create more bookings
for more speakers than in the first six months of 2007--many more.
We want to add more top quality speakers to our bureau website.
Send your positive thoughts our way... our best thoughts go out
to YOU. God bless you and your family and your work.
News
of the Month -- May 2007
The Dow Jones tells us the stock market is soaring high--at
all time high 5/30/07. The Dow closed at 13,628. Now this is great
news for speakers because as the economy goes so goes our business
at times. Consumer confidence is high; we read about gasoline
prices at all time highs too near $3.39 a gallon this past week
nationally on average. Now we are a national company, and sometimes
we book speakers internationally, so we pay attention to what
is going on worldwide to serve YOU better.
The increased cost of gasoline, etc. can be bad news for meeting
planners as sometimes people may be less willing to travel to
events so less speakers get booked. We have solutions. One might
be a webinar or a tele-seminar where your people need not leave
the comfort of their office or home. As an example of this recently
a California based client booked five speakers from our bureau
to deliver five different one hour tele-seminars on five different
topics. The speaker also need not leave his office. Read on.
Dr. Lisk received a contract this month to write a new book which
will be complete and scheduled for publishing next May by Alpha
Books, a NY Publisher. This is in the popular series known as
The Complete Idiot's Guide. This one by President of PSBI, Thom
Lisk, will be called The CIG to SUCCESS AS A PROFESSIONAL SPEAKER.
Ask to receive an autographed copy. In this 25 chapter book shortcuts
to success for speakers will be given from careful research and
30 years of experience.
Many of the speakers featured on this great website are also authors.
SEE: www.terrificspeakers.com We consider adding a BOOK OF THE
MONTH feature to our BOOKS tab where currently only Dr. Lisk's
last two books are featured. But on individual speakers pages
you can sometimes find a book jacket picture or certainly listings
of speakers books. If you are an author and want to promote your
book on our site (which helps us also sell you as a speaker) please
let us know.
Shortcuts for Meeting Planners are also needed and provided by
our company as evidenced by our FREE service to send out demo
or preview tapes to meeting planners and/or committees or decision
makers searching for the best speakers. It never ceases to amaze
how people waste a lot of time (and time is money) searching for
speakers when all they need to do is contact our ONE-STOP SHOPPING
CENTER by email or phone to save time and save money AND locate
the perfect speaker.
Specific client references can be provided... simply ask for them.
Phone: 614-841-1776 or email: speak@terrificspeakers..com
YOUR SUCCESS is our specialty. Allow us to help you reach your
goals. Call or email us today. Thank you.
News
of the Month--APRIL 2007
Thinking about the Supreme Court can send shivers up your spine
sometimes, and ever state has a Supreme Court and then of course
we have the ultimate Federal Supreme Court. Dr. Thom Lisk gave
a TIME EMPOWERMENT seminar for over 130 people for the Judicial
College of the Ohio Supreme Court in Ohio this month. Many in
the private sector would agree that those in the public sector
need to utilize time wisely. This seminar crosses boundaries and
can be offered by Lisk for any group (profit or non profit, public
or private) as the material is very IMPORTANT for anyone interested
in increasing individual and group productivity. Huntington National
Banks previously benefited from this program, as only one example,
of a for profit client.
Phone or email us for details please. And...
Mental Health must be of interest to every human being and particularly
to teachers and those who influence and shape the lives of children.
On April 28th Thom Lisk traveled three hours to give a seminar
for the NW Community Action Commission at NW Community College.
THE NEW POWERFUL POSITIVE THINKING helped nearly 100 attendees
focus to serve families and communities better throughout a several
county area. Some attendees serve in the HEAD START programs and
others are Day Care workers, Pre-School Teachers, etc. Previously
Lisk has been hired to address all levels of educators from graduate
school to now the earliest levels. Clients, as examples, have
included The Ohio State University as a commencement type speaker
for graduate engineers, and seminars for principals sponsored
by the famous Martha Holden Jennings Foundation. Dr. Lisk hopes
for more similar opportunities to share his inspirational well-researched
power point
message. Inquire for more details please.
Most people have heard of Rotary International, the largest community
service organization in the world. Dr. Lisk spoke to an interesting
and exciting local Rotary club in April as his continued way of
"giving back" and "paying forward" as famed
OSU football coach, Woody Hayes, once put it. Thom has spoken
for Rotary Clubs as far away as Tokyo Japan and Manila Philippines
as well as Clinton OK and San Diego here in the good 'ole USA
as well as local clubs when he can work it into his busy schedule.
Usually Thom speaks from his books as with the Grove City Rotary
recently with a message from Noble Leadership(c). Lisk hopes to
continue to challenge and teach people to have ethical lives.
ETHICS is a topic Thom Lisk can share with your audience... hire
him before it is too late. Remember Enron and WorldCom. and...
Thom is President of PROFESSIONAL SPEAKERS BUREAU INT'L and most
of his work day is invested working with clients who need speakers
other than him but sometimes he is the correct choice. Also, as
evidenced by this TERRIFIC website we have 400+ speakers we proactive
market and files on 4000+ speakers. PLEASE... if you are a speaker...
please send us your current material. And... if you are a someone
needing the PERFECT speakers share your criteria or allow us to
help you define the criteria to create an awesome meeting. We
have been doing that for 30 years! Thank you.
News
of the Month--March 2007
This month our marketing committee for Professional Speakers
Bureau Int'l (Thom Lisk--President) added some exciting and interesting
NEW speakers to our bureau website at www.terrificspeakers.com
. These people may not be new speakers but are new to being one
of our bureaus "go-to" speakers and this translates
into special features for them, and extra efforts to market them
for paid bookings as speakers, seminar leaders, trainers, entertainers,
or whatever the case might be. We can help you with any need for
any speaker (nearly) and we also proactively market certain terrific
speakers on an ongoing basis. Consider:
Stewart Levine (author)... Douglas A. Lewis, JD, MBA, PhD... Ida
Greene, PhD...Neil Pflum...Jim Hodges as General George Washington...Mike
"Antarctica" Pierce... Sheila Kessler, PhD... John Eckberg...
Robert Kuchera (ha ha ha)... Sheryl Rousch (featured on Home Page
April 2007)... David Hunter... Kevin Brown (author)... please!
An easy way to find these speakers, or any speaker now featured
on our web site, is to go-to the TOPICS
PAGE and use the Google Search engine on the top of the page
while making sure you stay on our bureau website... type in the
specific speakers name. OR...
See the long list of TOPICS on the MASTER TOPICS PAGE and go to
the topic(s) you are wanting and click on the specific topic.
This will take you to an alpha list. Since we are blessed with
so many terrific speakers on www.terrificspeakers.com you can
then find speakers on both sides of the alpha listings under the
topic areas of interest. OR...
Simply use the email link at the bottom on almost any page on
this terrific website and EMAIL US YOUR CRITERIA NEEDED at speak@terrificspeakers.com
and we will respond quickly and OFFER YOU SEVERAL OPTIONS or asking
you a few questions first so as to help SAVE YOU TIME AND SAVE
YOU MONEY... guaranteed!
Now... a few of our new featured clients (confidential list) who
worked with Thom Lisk and our company recently include:
Chamber of Commerce Executives of Ohio... Nebraska School Board
Association... American Association of Service Coordinators ...
Liberty National Bank... Highland County Board of Realtors...
Ohio Supreme Court Judicial College... Olivet Nazarene University...
Community Action NW Ohio... Heartland Banks... Mt. Union College...
may we add your organization to our list soon?
The prior list is only found on this page on our website although
on the ABOUT US page--see link on
main menu --you can find a CLIENT
LIST that needs updated with these and many other clients
(click through to it when you see the hyper link on the ABOUT
US page where it says clients).
Please phone or email us with your recent news... or old news
is welcome too. Thank you.
News
of the Month--February 2007
Our company started the month with our President, Dr. Thom Lisk,
giving a speech at Mt. Union College in Alliance Ohio. In case
you are not familiar with Mt. Union College there most visible
and note worthy claim to fame is winning the Division III national
football championship game again closing the 2006 season. Everyone
must know that the Ohio State Buckeyes, the #1 team in the nation,
was defeated soundly by Florida University from Gainesville. Dr.
Lisk also spoke near the campus of Florida not long ago, and one
of our companies inquires in February was from OSU for a commencement
speaker this June.
Your company, like every company, needs a mission statement. Many
companies have a written vision statement too that draws them
towards becoming collectively their best. In February our company,
PSBI, served all the Chambers of Commerce in Ohio by appearing
with a booth at the Chamber of Commerce Executive Organization
(CCEO) annual winter conference. We had four speakers at this
conference and we are working to develop more business with Chambers
around our home state. Go Bucks.
Most of our business, however, the past ten+ years has been outside
of Ohio. As one example, Dr. Lisk traveled to San Diego for nearly
a week in February 2007 to work at several locations and with
several organizations. While working there he also took time to
interview or meet with some speakers our speakers' bureau did
not yet represent. We are pleased to add three or four new speakers
to our website at www.terrificspeakers.com due to these meetings.
Please ask about our "go-to" speaker experts.
The last Tuesday of this month Dr. Lisk attended his CEO braintrust
group meeting. He has been a member of this group for more than
five years meeting now at Alan K. Mooney's offices, in his executive
board room. To this meeting attend business owners from various
non competing businesses. These CEO's serve as Board members for
each others small to medium sized businesses and help one another
with wise business decision making. If you see changes in PSBI
it could be due to the collective wisdom gained in these meetings.
Many businesses as well as companies have many challenges these
days. That same Tuesday the China stock market retreated 9% and
this affected world markets including the Dow here in the USA
that declined about 3/5%.
We live in a global economy in 2007 and what goes on in Europe
or Asia or Australia or South America or the Middle East can dramatically
affect business and our people here in the USA. Our company and
our President Dr. Thom A. Lisk works diligently to understand
markets and business and people worldwide and respond to needs,
and make adjustments to our business and lives accordingly. By
interacting with people from various cultures worldwide we think
we can help YOU more than ever.
So... next time you need some wisdom from a speaker, trainer or
strategic thinking or planner... contact us at 614-841-1776 or
simply email us at speak@terrificspeakers.com
We can provide a futurist, an economist, entertainers... you name
it. We work to help you identify the criteria for your speakers
for your important meetings before offering a diagnosis and prescribing
the perfect speaker for you. Sometimes we give you many choices
but if asked we can help you make the best choice. After 30 years
in the business as of March 1, 2007 our experience can help meeting
planners avoid BIG mistakes. Contact us today! Thank you.
News
of the Month --January 2007
This month is a teaching about goals and success, not simply
news.
New Years resolutions come and go, as do months and years, and
we evaluate what kind of progress are we making towards our pre-established
GOALS. What you are your goals? A goal by part of the definition
is written down. "Success is the progressive realization
of any pre-established and written goal," wrote Earl Nightingale
years ago however we have yet to find a better definition of SUCCESS.
You can have goals for all area of your life, of course, as
Dr. Lisk teaches in one of his books where he explains synergism
for life planning and more success. Visualize it as eight spokes
on a wheel equal-distant apart all intersecting in the very center
of the circle or wheel of life. Label the eight spokes in your
preferred area of priority as they are: Family, Financial, Physical/Health,
Spiritual, Career/work/business or vocation, social, recreational,
mental or intellectual, spiritual. We must all keep growing in
all areas of life, Dr. Lisk owner of PSBI asserts; or if re-regress
in any one area before you know it that neglect of one area can
and probably will affect some or all of the other areas of life.
Think about it!
Now, ask yourself also what is at the center of your life? Too
often at the center are the wrong motives or ego or worse. What
is your driving passion and purpose? Define it and write it down
as your personal mission statement and/or the purpose for your
life which is carried forward as you pursue goals in all eight
areas of life.
Sure, some areas of life demand more of the 168 hours we all
have every week, but don't neglect any area if you want a balanced
and healthy and happy life. How you invest your time (don't just
spend it!) through your own decision making process, especially
your discretionary time, will determine largely who you become
3, 5 or 10 years from now. We know the old saying, "You are
what you eat." Well, you are (even more importantly) WHAT
YOU THINK ABOUT MOST OF THE TIME.
Henry Ford, the great industrialist and automotive Founder said,
"Thinking is the hardest work you will have to do! That is
why more people do not engage in thinking more often!"
Please... think with me about your future. Sometimes in thinking
about the future I have conditioned my first thoughts or response
to be, "God not my will but your will be done." God
gave us a free will to make plans and carry them out. However
remember what the wisdom of the ages says from the book of Proverbs:
"The mind of man (or woman) conceives his plans but the Lord
directs His steps."
Let's submit our plans to our all wise God this year and trust
Him for great results! Of course, we have to do our part to serve
more and serve better. I am a Paul Harris Award recipient from
Rotary International. There motto is, "Service above self."
Also in Proverbs we can read, "He who serves best profits
most."
May I suggest you target this future month and year to simply
serve more and serve better... serve more people who really are
the so-called right people, and do so better, and in my experience
(which is extensive) you will prosper more.
May God bless you and prosper you and give you decision making
for generating great health of mind, body and soul!
For without our health it is hard to be all that we can be and
do all that we can do and eventually have more of what we want
to have. Please ask others to read this message--print it out
and share it with others if you can. Thank you.
News
of the Month-- December
2006
Many businesses have their best months of the year in December,
especially retailers. If they do not, then the year can be a failure.
Over the years we have done a little business with Wal-Mart, JC
Penney, Macy's and some other large retailers. In our personal
lives we often invest more time in our personal pursuits in December
for family reasons and we are no exception. It is our families
that often motivated us to perform better in our businesses, we
need to remember that all year long as we strive to invest time
wisely. We have found in the business of professional speaking
what we do in December may determine how much business we do in
the first quarter of the New Year. To make it happy from a sales
and profit standpoint we need to lay the groundwork in December
if not before. Plan your work and work your plan is an old adage
to remember.
Here are two quotes from program Dr. Thom Lisk gave in December
2006:
"Dear Thom: Thank you for speaking to our Chamber Safety
meeting (with 150 attending). Your program was entertaining and
interesting to our guests, and we received positive feedback from
the group. It was a pleasure to meet you, and I will not hesitate
to call you with future speaking needs."
Mary H. Charney, C0-Chair Safety Committee, Ross Pike Chamber
of Commerce
"Thank you for taking the time to teach a class for our
Board of Realtors. The class was well attended. The evaluations
completed by our members indicate that they were very satisfied
with your (Thom Lisk) course. It was a great pleasure to work
with you and I look forward to working with you in the future."
Caryn Pachelieff, Membership & Education Director, Toledo
Board of Realtors
Now, our speakers' bureau continues to book many speakers in
addition to Dr. Thom Lisk. We are gearing up to promote our bureau
website more in 2007. Please recommend everyone see and save:
www.terrificspeakers.com And, remember we may be adding new speakers.
Email us from the link below or on any page for any speaker or
trainer or entertainer need.
We will save you time and save you money and insure you have
the perfect speaker in 2007 or any year you need a speaker. HAPPY
NEW YEAR!
News
of the Month -- November 2006
Are you in the habit of reflecting on the past month at the end
of the month so that you can be better and do better in future
months? This is one of our purposes in writing NEWS OF THE MONTH
every month which is posted to my personal pages monthly as a
White Paper on our company website. Who is the best forward thinking
goal setter and goal achiever you know?
Can you improve in your daily disciplines and habits for accomplishing
more with your life? This idea and challenge was a part of the
message given this past month by several speakers booked by our
speakers' bureau including: Reed Polk, Deborah Thomas-Nininger,
and the company owner, and author of this article, Dr. Thom-Terrific
Lisk.
But first rather than focus on the future (even though the New
Year will soon be upon us) let's reflect on the past and remember:
"It is not what you want (or need) that motivates you, but
rather why you want it." All motivation is or must be personal.
Motivation comes from within you, whereas inspiration comes from
the outside. So, when I went to my first cousin's funeral this
month the words and images external to me inspired me to take
my short life more seriously. It hit me deeply inside.
The images including those at the graveyard not far from where
both sets of my grandparents and my father are buried inspired
me to look within and find motivation to prayerfully make sure
my own life is right before God. Know the experience?
One week after the funeral my ninth grandchild was born, Gavin
Mitchell Jones. How does one properly express and contrast a death
with a new life? I firmly believe in life eternal as promised
by the Christian church. And, I also firmly believe in the promise
of a new born child who, regardless of dna programming, can become
great with the right combination of environmental shaping, education,
positive expectations, etc. I long ago gave up on lucky breaks
in life but rather now work prayerfully to make my own luck, how
about you? I once saw a Church marquee that read, "Luck is
God's predestined appointments".
As I reflect back upon this past month nearly every good thing
that happened to me and/or to my company was due to pre-planning,
hard work, treating people how I would like to be treated, and
other "principles of success" implemented, or so it
would seem on the surface. When digging deeper one must realize
and admit it is the Grace of God who allows us to have success.
Life is short. On Thanksgiving Day we had much to be thankful
about the most important of which was our wedding anniversary
on the same day this year, 11/23/06; in addition to the birth
of that ninth grandchild, we had all of them and their parents
to our home for a feast of celebration on Sunday 11/26/06. Most
people agree: Family motivates!!!
Now in closing (with much more that could be written) I feel compelled
to add a NEW FEATURE to my pages on our website. Let's call it:
CHRISTIAN HAPPENINGS. Soon it will be 30 years the owner (yours
truly) of this speakers' bureau has been, by God's grace, attempting
to live his Christian life in such a way that he makes a difference,
a positive impact for good in our society, through seminars, speeches,
etc.
Like many of you who visit our website my effort has included
through membership in a local church where I currently teach twice
a week. However, also in the case of Thom Lisk, I have spoken
in many settings often for free or a reduced fee to share Christian
Truth.
As we approach March 1, 2007 (the 30th anniversary of Thom's entering
this business of marketing and giving speeches and seminars) we
hope to have Thom giving more Christ centered messages, and helping
others to do so too. So read about it by clicking on CHRISTIAN
HAPPENINGS from Thom Lisk's personal pages on this website, only
if interested (after 12/11/06). Thom plans to continue to give
his secular or business based seminars and speeches, but maybe
more church based programs too.
We will continue to offer any speaker that clients or prospective
clients might want, we never discriminate, and we can not, we
remind our visitors, control the messages of the independent contractors
whom we offer via this website. If asked Thom Lisk and his staff
will offer suggestions as to which speakers to choose based on
the criteria of each client, and help you in your decision making
process for free. Think about it!
With soon 30 years experience marketing and booking speakers,
and delivering speeches and seminars himself I (Thom Lisk) must
have some rich insights that can help you or anyone make better
choices when it comes to finding the perfect speaker. (And, we
help speakers, if asked, deliver more perfectly tailored messages.)
So... phone us or email us (link below) today to save time and
save money, and save the problems associated with having hired
a bad or inappropriate or unprepared speaker. Thank you.
News
of the Month --October 2006
Oklahoma City, OK... have you been there recently? As the keynote
speaker for 400 people on 10/24/06 my arrival the day before allowed
for time to visit the site of the tragic 1995 federal building
bombing. Remember that? 168 people were killed. But good came
out of that tragic incident. More later on that but first and
briefly...
No More Excuses! This was the title of Randy Snow's message at
the OK City conference. The OK Dept of Vocational Rehabilitation
booked four different keynote (90 minutes) speakers from our company
for the conference that took place this month with humble Thom-Terrific
Lisk as one them--I received a standing ovation at the conclusion
of my custom tailored message.
Three hundred and eighty people were introduced to and heard a
Dr. Thom Lisk in Piqua Ohio in early November where he spoke to
The Council of Rural Service Programs. David A. Givens, HR Director,
wrote in part afterwards as follows. "Thom was truly an inspiring
speaker. Our theme for the day was Building on Your Success, and
Thom's focus was on customer service. Throughout the time that
he spoke to us his presentation was: Inspirational, Motivating,
Challenging, Effective. I sincerely recommend that if you need
a motivational speaker, Thom Terrific (Lisk) is the person to
talk to (to hire)."
Wisconsin was also visited by Dr. Lisk when he gave a customized
half-day seminar for the annual meeting of a large for profit
business, Team Schierl, near Stevens Point, WI. Have you been
to this part of the country? North Central Wisconsin is beautiful
in early October. And the setting for this event was outstanding
as Thom focused to help these 100 branch managers develop: more
teamwork, communicate better, serve customers better, solve management
problems, focus on mission and goals better, get motivated, increase
sales, and become better trainers themselves. Power point slides
and handouts used and provided.
The Ohio Supreme Court's Judicial College has been one of our
clients, but not recently, so we were pleased when Thom Lisk was
asked to present to their Board of Trustees on 10/26/06. Thom
prepared hand out materials galore and gave each of ten people
present a FREE book to help them in their decision making process
as they are asked to endorse and help promote three Time Empowerment
for Stress Reduction type one day seminars that are scheduled
for 2007. This is a seminar given by Dr. Lisk that many an organization
could benefit from--please inquire for details.
Welcome to other new clients this month as well as new speakers
or those booked for the first time by the bureau owned by Thom
Lisk. Speakers featured on our bureau website are reminded to
update us with new material when it becomes available. On our
About Us page on this website with another two clicks you can
find a partial list of speakers booked and some clients served.
Professional Speakers Bureau International has been blessed to
be able to function in many roles of service for many different
organizations, truly, of all types. As Thom Lisk approaches his
30th anniversary of entering the speaking profession (start 3/1/77)
it is an appropriate time to reflect briefly, but not to rest
on our laurels, but to redouble our efforts to serve more and
better. We will not bore you with the history of Thom Lisk or
the company here, but we will assert that this is not just 30
years of haphazard experience, but rather we have 30 years of
wisdom gained, due to the grace of God, so we can help others
succeed.
That is the bottom line... your success. We do not operate on
borrowed capital, that is great, so our expansion has been limited
in some ways, but really we feel we are only limited now by having
more loyal staff members. So... we are praying that we can refocus
our company mission, vision, and purpose in such a way that we
can attract and retain more key people to help us build our company
ASAP only because we want to (again) serve more and serve better.
Will you agree with us in prayer? Thank you. And... if you can
offer any other ideas and help to insure and protect our growth
please let us/me know ASAP.
News
of the Month --September 2006
September was a great month for both our bureau and for the owner,
Thom Lisk, personally. We always placed others needs ahead of
our own, as it must be in a service oriented business like ours,
so first I think about the clients booked through Professional
Speakers Bureau (phone: 614-841-1776) recently. Clients are quite
diverse from all spectrums of society and the business world,
and all over the USA (mostly). Arizona to Washington DC saw us
providing speakers this past month. We added a new person to our
staff this September, Kassaundra Frisque, so as to serve clients
better, and more of them (we hope).
Having good and qualified staff people can free me--Thom Lisk--up
more to go and give more seminars and speeches myself, and this
is one of my major goals, quite frankly. This month I traveled,
as one example (so as to not bore you or have you think I am trying
to simply impress you) to W. Palm Beech, Florida where we spoke
both Friday night 9/15/06 and gave a Leadership seminar for people
from all over SE Florida. That seminar was carefully customized
and motivational with each participant receiving one of my 365
page books to assist them during and after the seminar. They claim
they will invite me back again soon--we will see.
On a personal basis I am about to be a grandfather again. Since
I expect to live to age 105 like my grandmother, I feel too young
at only 56 to have soon my ninth grandchild born. But I tell you
my joy over pending event due 11/6/06 is more important to me
(shh...don't tell them) then serving our many clients. I remind
us all...
...it is not what we want it is why we want it that motivates
us all! What do you want and why do you want it?
Answer that question and write down your goals, and figure out
how to reach those goals, and you will find yourself more motivated
in life, regardless of age or your situation. I guarantee it!
Please call or email us if we can be of service... we consider
it a privilege. We offer many value added services that are best
described on the phone so call us at 614-841-1776 or if a client
who can book a speaker at 800-705-0079. Thank you. You must be
terrific!
News
of the Month --August 2006 GIVING--SERVICE
What do you love to do more than anything... in your work life?
We all have things we love to do, I suppose, in our personal lives
whether they are hobbies or spend quality time with our families,
as examples, but here I am thinking of our work lives.
For me it is giving seminars or speeches--I love it so much I
would do it for FREE... and sometimes have. Like as an example
recently I drove 90 minutes in the morning to speak at a Rotary
Club for free at there 7am meeting. "Service Above Self"...
this is the Rotary motto... a great motto to live by. But...
We all need to get a return on investment (ROI) for the way in
which we invest (don't just spend it) our time. Warren Buffet
or Bill Gates--two of the world's richest people (notice I said
people, ladies, not men)--are programmed, I assure you to think
about getting an ROI even though you might read about their philanthropic
efforts.
As the President of this national and sometimes international
speakers' bureau it is true we book lots of paid great speakers
and I may briefly mention a few that we have booked or who did
bookings for our company this month. First, however I want to
say that one personal work highlight for me this month was giving
a "great!" seminar sponsored by the LOGAN AREA COUNTY
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. I have given hundreds of such seminars over
the past 29 years however this one held at Liberty Hills Golf
Club is noteworthy in many ways.
Yes, Realtors and co-sponsors all benefited and we had a profitable
day with a couple dozen of my autographed books being sold to
audience members. But the proof of the benefit is that I have
several interested in inviting me to speak to other groups if
I follow-up, follow-up, follow-up (three keys to success which
I teach along with hundreds of other blueprint keys).
Speakers who are featured here on our bureau website at www.terrificspeakers.com
will tell you that referrals from satisfied clients represent
some of the best kinds of business. I need you help! And, we need
your referrals... please realize that. If you can refer people
to us in anyway by phone or to this website and they book any
speaker including the chief janitor, Thom Lisk, you will find
a nice referral gift coming to you after the event is complete.
We all must stay focused on giving... as well as serving. Only
then do we get more of what we truly want and/or need in our lives
for ourselves and our most cherished loved ones. God help you,
I pray, to serve and benefit others more and better in the months
ahead.
News
of the Month --July 2006
To show you the diversity of Thom Lisk's work in July one of
the highlights of his service to mankind was his attending two
classes for a total of about 24 classroom hours. A speaker who
does not continually educate him or herself is not a great speaker.
Each of the two course he took required written papers after some
careful research.
However... You can have one or two Ph.D.'s and still not be a
truly great and caring speaker. What makes the difference?...
from a speaker like Thom that sustains himself as a paid speaker
for now over 29 years and a speaker that seems "hot"
or in demand this year for some reason like a best selling book
or some unique in demand topic? Thom is still looks and acts young,
energetic, empowering,and offers cutting edge and unique workable
ideas.How does Thom Lisk do it?
MOTIVES. Your motive makes all the difference in the world as
to what level of success you have and how long you have that success
in any area of human endeavor. Thom Lisk's motive from day one
as a speaker, trainer, educator, motivator, keynoter, or seminar
leader has been, first, to bring God's light and love to the people
to whom he is privileged to serve as a speaker. Because Thom really
cares about people, that is why "he is very effective",
people say. When we stop caring about people, regardless of your
business, it is time to renew yourself... or hang it up!
July 2006 was the best gross sales month for speaker booking revenues
in two to three years for the company Thom founded. This increase
even though he took the last week of June off and the first four
days of July off, as well as extra time off for the Masters level
classwork mentioned above during the month. (Business was doing
great before June too. What is the secret?)
Abe Lincoln said, "The Woodcutter who stops to sharpen his
axe will cut more wood." Think about it! If you want to cut
more wood--be more productive--you need to sharpen your tools
on the best speakers possible based on your budget and other criteria.
If Thom Lisk is not the perfect speaker for you his company will
provide the perfect speaker--guaranteed! Ask us how we guarantee
your next meeting or training sessions are 100% on target by calling
614-841-1776 or email Thom @ speak@terrificspeakers.com
The highlight booking for July is the VA Health Care Systems who
booked six one day seminars. A recent national business magazine
reports that Veteran Administration run hospitals offer some of
the very best medical care in America and maybe the world. These
six customized seminars are just what the doctor would order for
any group of nurse managers and other hospital administrative
managers in a health care setting. You improve medical care when
you improve the people who deliver medical care. You can ask for
more details. Thank you.
News
of the Month --June 2006
Dr. Lisk was the keynote speaker June 22, 2006 for the Alabama
City/County Management Association. The audience included 150
of the top city and county government officials in the state including
Mayors, City Managers, County Commissioners. The well researched
message entitled EMPOWER YOUR TEAM FOR SUCCESS was customized
to meet the needs and challenges of this diverse group of professional
managers.
Held at Peridido Beach Resort in Orange Beach, AL the meeting
planner, Mignon Bowers recommends Dr. Thom A. Lisk to any meeting
planner needing a motivational keynote speaker for an important
meeting.
Dr. Lisk provides many value added services when he is hired
as a speaker or seminar leader. This program was two hour in nature
with lots of humor, overheads or powerpoint slides, and audience
interaction. Thom interviewed several of the participants before
the event to insure he delivered material that was on target.
The overall theme of this conference is FOCUS ON PROFESSIONAL
MANAGEMENT. If you want your management team to focus better...
call Dr. Thom Lisk @614-841-1776 today for more details about
how he can serve your organization.
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