2011 Speakers
Donna Hanks
Sponsored by Western Dakota Tech
Donna Hanks uses her Power of Positive message to energize audiences, reduce stress on the job, and build enthusiastic teams. She uses fun and innovative motivational techniques to show audiences how to incorporate fun on the job to promote professionalism and enhance productivity. Donna teaches organizations how to create a culture where your employees celebrate being part of your company.
Tapping into the spirit of people and discovering what motivates them is the highlight of any of Donna’s seminars. People leave her sessions feeling better about themselves, their jobs, and their relationships.
Donna spreads her Power of Positive message to businesses and organizations around the region. She also is an instructor in Western Dakota Tech’s Business Management & Marketing program. She was named WDT Instructor of the Year 2008 and 2009 and won WDT’s Community Service Award in 2007. Donna earned a B.S. degree from Southwest State University and an M.S. in Administrative Studies with an emphasis in Organizational Leadership from the University of South Dakota.
Got Energy! is a fun, interactive session that challenges participants to analyze their day to day interactions and provides them with tools to implement positive strategies that will enhance both their work life and personal life.
Terry Fleck
Terry A. Fleck is a native North Dakotan who spent thirty years in the radio and television industry. Until recently, Terry was the General Sales Manager and partner with Pro Radio and the Director of Sales for Clear Channel Radio in Bismarck-Mandan.
Terry has retired from broadcasting to pursue a public speaking and consulting career. He has been conducting seminars and training sessions for over ten years, working throughout the United States and Canada. Terry is a Rotarian and Toastmaster whose hobbies include singing in the church choir, hunting and fishing. For Terry, the A stands for ATTITUDE!
Attitudes are contagious…is yours worth catching? High job performance is directly attributed to positive attitude. Terry will help you discover if your attitude is worth catching. If it needs adjusting, he has an action plan for you! Learn how to create a positive impact on attitudes, diagnose the cause of a negative attitude, clarify goals, get rid of clutter in your job, create new strategies, cure negative attitudes collaboratively and prevent them.
Dr. Jim Wand
Sponsored by Black Hills Federal Credit Union
Dr. Jim Wand is the owner of Wand Enterprises; an Illinois based entertainment agency that provides motivational yet entertaining presentations. Dr. Wand has has over 5,000 professional engagments to his name and has been helping individuals reach their potential for over 30 years.
His background a secondary school counselor and psychology teacher, college instructor, therapist, business owner, pilot, motivational speaker, entertainer and most importantly husband, father and grandfather equips him to help entertain and motivate others.
At an early age, he found that by “attaching humor” to any situation can help produce a more positive outcome. Laughter is a common thread that helps get one’s attention, relieves stress and creates a bond for everyone involved.
“A Journey Beyond Imagination”
This interactive presentation is engaging for everyone in attendance, and creates excitement, laughter and strategies to deal with everyday occurrences in a positive way.
During this session, he shows how to “unleash the power of the inner mind” as a source of “high octane motivational energy” that can be applied to almost any situation. Whether you want to break a bad habit, increase your energy levels, accomplish your goals or realize another dream, this session will have something beneficial to utilize on a daily basis.
Be prepared to laugh, learn and live life to its fullest during Dr. Wand’s fast moving, action packed hour.
Dan Clark
Sponsored by Black Hills Corp
Dan Clark is an internationally recognized Speaker and New York Times Best Selling Author. Dan has been the keynote speaker at the United Nations World Congress, conducted UN leadership training in Europe, Asia and Russia and has spoken for Fortune 500 companies, Super Bowl Champions and NASA.
Dan is the primary contributing author to the “Chicken Soup for the Soul” series and author of twenty of his own best-selling books, including his latest bestseller, Forgotten Fundamentals. Dan has spoken to over 4,000 audiences, more than 3½ million people, in all 50 states and 35 countries. Achievers North America and Achievers Europe named Dan one of the Top Ten Speakers in the World! He will leave us empowered with internal intensity, reenergized to dig deeper inside themselves with revitalized strength to do whatever it takes to succeed. Not because it is expected by others, but because it is demanded of themselves!
In addition to speaking and writing, Dan serves on the International Board of Governors of Operation Smile and on the National Advisory Board for OK Kids Charities.
