Gaye Lindfors
Gaye approaches life as a front row observer of celebrations, messy places, and you’ve-got-to-be-kidding-me! moments. Not afraid to poke fun at her own mishaps, she shares life and business lessons, hope, and humor from her own experiences: successful corporate and non-profit leader, business owner, a city girl with a small-town heart, caregiver, and self-proclaimed Chief Encourager.
Whether you’re working, volunteering, taking care of things at home, or showing up for your friends, your heart wants to feel alive. With her stories and the welcoming style and wit she’s known for, Gaye will encourage your heart, help you rediscover the joy in your everyday, and remind you that your life makes a difference.
Gaye led a human resources department that supported 11,000 airline employees, served as Special Assistant to a university president, and has an M.A. in Industrial Relations. She has served in leadership roles in associations, non-profits, and volunteer and professional women’s organizations. She is past-president of the National Speakers Association/Minnesota chapter, and was Regional Director for Christian Women in Media. Gaye is the author of several books, including “This is Livin’!” and “Getting My Ducks in a Row and Other Stories of Faith.”
Liz Uram
Liz works with organizations that want to equip their supervisors and managers with the skills they need to Communicate Like a Boss for results, impact, and influence. Whether she’s training onsite at a client location or speaking at a leadership conference, audiences get practical solutions to everyday leadership challenges they can apply in the real-world.
After 20 years of practicing, studying, and teaching leadership skills, she’s developed a set of tools that work. In fact, she’s written 4 books packed full of strategies leaders can implement to get real results, real fast. As a result of her work, supervisors and managers are prepared to anticipate and solve problems, develop and empower others to find innovative improvements, and attract and retain top talent.
She lives in Minnesota with her husband and enjoys golfing, gardening, and spending time with her family.
Bruce Christopher
Psychologist and humorist, Bruce Christopher, is America’s foremost “Enter-Trainer” today. He has earned this distinction because of his high-energy style and humorous presentation of his material. He is a licensed psychologist holding degrees in Professional Psychology and Interpersonal Communications from the University of Minnesota and the University of St. Thomas. Bruce has Enter-Trained audiences internationally because of his humorous approach to today’s hot topics which impact our personal, professional and practice lives. He combines excellent content with loads of laughter and contagious comedy.
He has been honored to speak at the Exclusive Million Dollar Roundtable Conference (three times!), the Royal College of Surgeons in London, the Mayo Clinic, and on the largest stage in the world.
His clients include: American Airlines, American Express, Best Buy, Blue Cross-Blue Shield, Boeing, General Electric, IBM, The IRS, Oracle, 3M, New York Life, State Farm, Texas Instruments, U.S. Navy, U.S. Postal, Wells Fargo and many others.
Bruce is a credentialed professional speaker and trainer, he is a member of the American Psychological Association, the National Speakers Association, and is a practicing clinical psychologist. He has earned the Certified Speaking Professional designation (CSP), which is the speaking profession’s highest merited international measure of professional platform competence. Less than 12 percent of speakers worldwide, currently hold this professional designation. He speaks over 100 times each year and is one of the most sought-after speakers in the Fortune 500 and at the most prestigious medical and dental conventions.
His mission is: “Laugh ’till you cry…Learn ’till you change!” “I was expecting a lecture, instead what I saw was more like a stand-up comedy show with great content!”
His best-selling keynotes consistently sell out to standing room only crowds at national conventions.
When you are faced with morale problems, communication conflicts, customer service issues, managing change, need for teamwork, or just a great time of laughter. . . this Psychologist is in!
Kat Perkins
Kat is a nationally recognized motivational speaker who can deliver her message to businesses, colleges, schools of all grade levels, corporate organizations, fundraisers, and leadership conferences of all types. Kat appeared on Season 6 of NBC’s The Voice and went all the way to the show’s finals on Team Adam Levine!
She can set the tone for people of all ages and each appearance comes with a musical performance!
By booking Kat’s Fearless campaign, you can expect an inspiring experience about finding your passion, taking leadership and working with others, developing a positive attitude, and working toward your dreams. In schools, she focused on how to stay strong against bullying, as well as finding your passions, dreams, and setting goals. Your audience will leave the event with a sense of confidence, some laughs, music, and a full heart!
Kristen Brown
Kristen Brown is The Energy Phoenix! She is a keynote speaker and bestselling author, a luminary who redefines the energy of leadership in the modern workplace.
Drawing from her transformative experiences as a young widow, combined with 15 years in corporate leadership, Kristen’s keynotes have revolutionized workplace dynamics for giants like Microsoft, General Mills, Target, and many more.
With a Master’s in Integral Theory and a suite of wellness certifications, she presents a holistic blueprint for achieving unparalleled work/life synergy, resilience, and results.
Kristen’s influence spans media from Forbes to “Live with Kelly” and as one of only 360 active Certified Speaking Professionals globally, Kristen promises a keynote experience grounded in fun, expertise, and energy.
With her, your attendees don’t just observe; they rise!
Andrew McCrea
Farmer and rancher…nationally syndicated television and radio broadcaster…popular speaker…it’s a unique combination that captivates and challenges audiences to action. Since 1996 Andrew McCrea has traveled the nation, producing the “American Countryside” features that are heard each day on over 100 radio stations and XM satellite radio.
He’s conducted interviews in all 50 states and on six continents talking to people from all walks of life – Emmy and Grammy winners, All-star athletes and even the world’s rooster crowing champion! He continues to actively manage and work on his family’s farm and ranch in northwest Missouri where he checks cattle on horseback and still runs the feed truck, planter and combine. His blend of humor and real-life strategies for living life with purpose inspire groups to action. He has provided leadership programs for groups from coast-to-coats, addressing audiences of over 10,000 people.
He believes in building strong communities. He is the vice-chairman of the Community Foundation of Northwest Missouri, a three-term elected member of the school board and past chairman of the Missouri Beef Industry Council. Andrew is also a certified lay speaker, a role that brings him to speak at many churches on topics of faith. He resides in northwest Missouri with his wife and two children.
Tim Gabrielson
Tim has been performing and speaking for over 30 years. He originally became in-demand nationally for his riveting show combining clean humor and highly-skilled magic. It didn’t take long to gain the attention of agents and producers alike-which landed him fill-in spots for Vegas headliners before acquiring his own room at The House of Blues in Mandalay Bay on the Vegas Strip. During that 18 years and thousands of shows, “overnight” success, Tim realized, that his humor was touching and changing lives by allowing people to see beyond their immediate hardships. So, for the past 10+ years, he has been infusing his highly-entertaining show with a powerfully simple and applicable take-away message about starting each day with Gratitude, choosing your Attitude, changing your Behaviour, and creating Enthusiasm. (G.A.B.E)
Stevie Ray
Stevie Ray has been a noted keynote speaker and trainer across the country for over 30 years (he is older than he looks). An expert in human interaction, he helps leaders and employees handle difficult situations. His most requested subjects are leadership, teamwork, customer service, persuasion and influence, professional networking, and presentation/speaking skills.
Stevie is unique in the speaking field in that he uses no PowerPoint/Keynote slides, and does not deliver a speech from behind a podium. Since his goal is to impart new skills that can be used immediately in the workplace, his sessions are highly interactive; using hands-on exercises that teach valuable techniques. Besides his work as a speaker, Stevie has been a professional entertainer, and has performed with such stars as Paula Poundstone, and “Weird Al” Yankovick. So, his sessions are laugh-filled as well as informative. A common comment from audiences is, “I never laughed so much and learned so much at the same time.”
Stevie is a nationally syndicated columnist for the Business Journal Newspapers, and is the author of a dozen books. In his free time, he is a beekeeper, volunteers recording books-on-tape for the blind, has studied seven martial arts and hold black belts in four of them.