Minnesota Speakers

The best-selling author of nearly 50 sports books, Ross Bernstein is an award-winning peak-performance business speaker who's keynoted conferences on four continents for audiences as small as 10 and as large as 10,000. Ross has spent the better part of the past 20 years studying the DNA of championship teams and his passion is helping organizations perform like CHAMPIONS.

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David Horsager is a business strategist, keynote speaker and author of the National Bestseller The Trust Edge: How Top Leaders Gain Faster Results, Deeper Relationships, and a Stronger Bottom Line. Combining humor, illustrations, and memorable stories with research and insight, Dave sheds light on the confusion and misconceptions surrounding the cornerstone of personal and professional success.

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Kit's presentations help people work together better and get more done in less time. The benefits from Kit's presentations include increased productivity, enhanced customer service (internal and external customers), and effectively applied emotional intelligence.

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Theresa Rose is a nationally-acclaimed energy expert, authentic inspirational performer, award-winning author, and champion of women and women-led organizations, helping others to engage, empower, execute and expand into their Bigness. Oh yeah, she's also a hardcore hoopdancer!

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It is rare to find a true Renaissance man anymore, but that's just that you get with Ben Utecht. Ben has always chased his dreams, finding his way from a small river town in Minnesota to a Super Bowl championship field. Whether it was becoming a world champion in football, singing with major symphonies, serenading Muhammad Ali on his 70th birthday, or stepping into a national advocacy role, Ben has found success in many realms. He honed his already keen public speaking skills at the University of Minnesota, where he graduated with a degree in communications and even started a master's degree in sports management before being swept up into the NFL.

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Tim Gabrielson will inspire you with his words, entertain you with his breathtaking comedy and magic, and show you how to make small choices that result in a big difference. Whether your audience is comprised of owners, managers, or the front line staff, your group will walk away invigorated and equipped to infuse the Lemons to Laughter culture into their businesses and their lives.

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As a high performance coach, Cindra works with business leaders, entrepreneurs, elite and NFL athletes, and high performers to help them reach their best more often. Her focus has been on helping others master the mental strategies necessary to live and perform to their potential. The foundation of Dr. Kamphoffʼs work is based on her signature program Master Your Mindset and her Top 10 Traits of High Performers. Her Top 10 Traits outlines the differences between successful and less successful people and is based on her work with elite athletes and research in performance psychology.

Scott Schwefel, CSP, has worked with over 1000 organizations who now leverage new communication strategies to increase sales, profits and productivity, all using the universal language of color. By age 30 Scott Schwefel founded what became Minnesota's largest technology training company, Benchmark Computer Learning, and then sold his stake in that company for more than a million dollars in 2003. His company was named one of the 50 fastest growing private companies in Minnesota in 1997 and 1998, and he was named to Minnesota's 40 under 40 list of successful top executives in the year 2001. Scott used the universal language of color to grow his sales, build his leaders and create high performance teams.

Over the past 20 years, Diane Amundson, CSP, has worked with over 300 organizations and has conducted over 1000 presentations. Her experience has helped hundreds of businesses and employees resolve conflict, improve communication, and increase workplace productivity. Diane is a Certified Speaking Professional (CSP) with the National Speakers Association.

Kate Larsen, a Master Certified Coach, is an executive coach and seasoned facilitator and speaker with over 24 years of experience. Kate partners with professionals and executives to best combine their business acumen, with common sense and street sense to be more effective in achieving results and more engaging to work with and for. Known for her direct, focused, yet gentle approach, Kate provides companies with fast, bottom-line results. Kate's keynotes and breakouts spark enthusiasm and engagement that clients have said last far longer than their events and training.

Award winning speaker and business owner, Chris Heeter, is out to create a wild revolution in the workplace. As a wilderness guide for over 28 years, Chris has led and worked with countless teams, helping them literally and figuratively, find their way as a group and as individuals.

John Graci is an author, consultant, and leadership adviser with more than 20 years of management experience in production, office, union and non-union environments. Graci's folksy and tell-it-like-it-is approach comes across as refreshing and riveting, and will have leaders on all levels of business grimacing in guilt knowing they might be practicing management without a license. John is a frequent keynote speaker on change, motivation and communication for Fortune 500 companies, national conventions and SHRM chapters across the Midwest. He has been recognized by VIP's for teaching management skills that instantly improve the work environment.