Craig Valentine, MBA, an award-winning speaker and trainer, has traveled the world helping people get remarkable results through leadership, communications, and change. Known as the Champion of Change, he is a professional speaker and has spoken in the United States, Taiwan, Canada, Jamaica, Qatar (Doha), England, Bahamas, Hong Kong, China, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Australia, India, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, South Africa, Japan, and Ireland giving as many as 160 presentations per year.
\nCraig is the author of the Amazon.com #1 Bestseller, World Class Speaking In Action.<\/p>\n
He is also the 1999 World Champion of Public Speaking for Toastmasters International, winning out of
\nmore than 25,000 contestants in 14 countries. He has used his success formulas to:<\/p>\n
\u2022 win Salesperson of the Year (3 times) for Glencoe\/McGraw-Hill\u2019s Mid-Atlantic Division
\n\u2022 become an award-winning management trainer for one of the most prestigious and largest
\nseminar companies in the United States (averaging an industry-leading 5.85 on a 6.0 rating
\nscale)
\n\u2022 produce sales years of 233%, 157%, and 152% of goal for Glencoe\/McGraw-Hill
\n\u2022 sell more than $8 million in educational resources in a single year
\n\u2022 win the Rising Star salesperson award as a rookie with Glencoe\/McGraw-Hill
\n\u2022 Direct a highly-successful employment academy for homeless men in Baltimore City and
\nachieved a 100% job placement rate for the program\u2019s graduates
\n\u2022 win Events Manager of the Year for the National Small Business Council
\n\u2022 win a Congressional Achievement Award from the United States Congress for excellence in
\ncommunications
\n\u2022 earn the Distinguished Alumni Award from Johns Hopkins University
\n\u2022 receive hundreds of speaking awards from Toronto to Taipei
\n\u2022 help the United Way of Central Maryland exceed its $45 million fundraising goal in the year
\n2000 by training their Loaned Executives to present with influence
\n\u2022 Run an employment academy for homeless men in Baltimore City. During his tenure, Craig
\nand his team had a 100% job-placement rate.
\nCraig is the President of The Communication Factory, LLC, which is an award-winning company that helps people present with impact.<\/p>\n
Craig Valentine is the author of the groundbreaking book, The Nuts and Bolts of Public Speaking, Co- Author of the book, World Class Speaking, and contributing author for the books Guerrilla Marketing on the Front Lines, Success Secrets of the Social Media Marketing Superstars, The Speaker\u2019s Edge, and Guerrilla Marketing Remix. He has an MBA from Johns Hopkins University and he is certified as a Co- Active Coach and a Guerrilla Marketing Coach.<\/p>\n
Craig is also the Founder and Co-Founder of two successful small businesses that are each highly profitable even in this economy.
\nMost recently, Craig became the co-author of the Amazon.com #1 bestseller, World Class Speaking In Action.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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