Motivating and inspiring your audience members to action!

Gary Hernbroth, Chief Motivating Officer at Training for Winners, has been recognized by his clients as a dynamic and engaging professional speaker for over 15 years. He has built his reputation as a sought-after speaker with an impressive 90% re-booking rate through his enthusiasm for his topics, coupled with his humor and real-world approach to simplifying the complicated and being able to really connect with his audiences.

He also works diligently to get the back-story, nuances, buzzwords, and challenges facing the various industries he speaks to. He interviews key players, board members, or anyone else in an organization/association who is made available to him, in the name of customization.

He has addressed groups from 10 to 600, ranging from business executives, owners, CEO's, association executives, managers, salespeople, front-line staff, and university students. He has been a featured speaker for industries as diverse as the meetings and hospitality industry, owners of health care facilities, hotel owners/operators, PGA TOUR tournament directors, association executives, credit union executives, physician recruiters, water technologies, woodworking manufacturers, electronics materials distributors, fire chiefs, large and small corporations, and health club franchises.

National organizations such as The American Society of Association Executives and Meeting Professionals International have such confidence in Gary's abilities to make an impactful presentation that instead of the usual procedure of selecting a speaker to fit into a pre-determined topic discipline, they call upon him first and allow him to develop the presentation, which he then works to fit into the event's theme or desired goals.

Gary's clients overwhelmingly compliment him on his ability to speak directly to their group in a customized manner -- the result of his energetic work beforehand to learn about the group, its industry, nuances, trends, conference theme, goals, etc. He runs no ads and 95% of his business is referalls and word-of-mouth...proof that he can inspire, educate, or entertain (or all 3!) a very diverse audience.

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Gary has teamed up with legendary Oakland Raider lineman John Vella for a special presentation available to groups -- "Creating, Growing, and Re-Positioning Your Brand"

John Vella, an All-American offensive lineman at USC, played on a winning Rose Bowl team and was drafted by the Oakland Raiders, where he played for the Silver & Black from 1972-79. His Raider career included winning an NFL Championship under coach John Madden in Super Bowl XI over the Minnesota Vikings. Recently, ESPN named that Raider team's offensive line, with Vella as a season-long starter, "THE BEST offensive line in the history of the NFL" (pictured at left).

After his playing days, Vella built his own business (a sporting goods & memorabilia store) called "Vella's Locker Room" in the Bay Area. He knows what it is like to be expected to perform at high levels as part of an established, winning brand, and also to do the same on his own, as an individual with an unknown brand.

This session/workshop (which can be fully customized for your group) focuses on what it is like fulfilling a succesful individual role on a top-branded organization with high expectations on performance, then transitioning to building a new personal brand from the ground up. It also focuses on the elements that go into preparation, competition, overcoming losses, and keys to winning.

This program appeals to both entrepeneurs/small businesses and also members of larger organizations. Designed to be interactive with the audience, it can be customized and delivered in any format from a 60-minute presentation to a half-day workshop.

All speaking fees are customized.

Gary is greeted by Joni Johnson, CTP,TMP, national sales manager, and Carol Torricelli, CMP, director of sales for the Virginia Tourism Corporation, to their VA-1 Conference in Alexandria, VA. Gary developed and delivered a half-day "Strategies to Compete in Today's Market" sales workshop for sales professionals attending the conference.

Gary is joined by fellow speaker Roger Dow, President & CEO of the U.S. Travel Association, host Robin Carson, Executive Vice President/Managing Director of Kingsmill Resort, and Rick Eisenman, CAE, Executive VP of the Virginia Assn. of Hospitality Sales & Meeting Professionals, at the group's annual conference recently held at the beautiful Kingsmill Resort in Williamsburg, VA. Gary presented a workshop on using lessons from the leaders of the Civil War to develop and carry out a sales action plan, and Mr. Dow gave a presentation on the state of the meetings industry.

meetings and travel industry.

Pictured at the recent NACE (National Association of Catering Executives) Reno-Tahoe Chapter program held at Harvey's Lake Tahoe: Sabina Carrillo and Nancy Stoltz of Creative Coverings, Michael Brock-Alexander of CORT Event Furnishings, and Gary, who presented the educational program "Personal Branding: The X Factor That Can Make or Break Your Success."

NACE Chapter President Robin Eissinger of Harvey's wrote -- "Gary, you delivered one of the best presentations to our chapter thus far! A great topic with relevant information that we could all apply to our lives, both personally and professionally. Thank you! We have already been asked by several of our members when they can expect to have you present to the chapter again..."

Gary poses with credit professionals in the giftware industry after delivering the kick-off keynote presentation & workshop "Learning From Each Other" at their recent annual GAIN Educational Conference in Mesa, AZ. In the peer-to-peer learning workshop, participants put together puzzle pieces at each table for every new idea and insight uncovered during their discussions with each other, then strung them together for a chain of over 200 pieces -- lots of brainpower at work so early in the morning!

GAIN meeting'planner Donna Mosteller (4th from right), commented that "Where most speakers have a canned presentation, Gary gave our members the customized tools they needed...it was great to hear the session full of conversation and laughter. He made the presentation fun and gave us terrific momentum for the rest of the conference. I've already referred him to another group as a speaker."

Gary is joined by the ISES (International Special Events Society) Napa-Sonoma Chapter's board of directors at its recent educational event at the historic Culinary Institute of America at Greystone (St. Helena, CA). Gary was the featured speaker, presenting his topic "Personal Branding -- The X Factor That Can Make or Break Your Success."

A partial list of previous speaking engagements includes: