AFTERBURNER SEMINARS - Imagine your team running through a tunnel into a room filled with sandbags, parachutes, the sound of jets - with real United States Fighter Pilots there to shake their hands and get them started on one of the most powerful seminars ever developed.

Welcome to Afterburner Seminars, a cutting-edge training program designed to help your company achieve victory in today's business world. Led by men and women Fighter Pilots who are themselves successful business people, they come to your site ready to put your team through an action-packed program that motivates, educates and entertains.

At Afterburner Seminars, they know that "Business is Combat." Whether your team participates in a high energy, interactive Afterburner Day or enjoys a Keynote Address, let Afterburner Seminars show your "Fighter Pilots" how to:

•   Improve Teamwork
•   Streamline Communication
•   Develop New Leadership Skills
•   Eliminate Task and Information Overload

Find out why some of America's top companies are rating Afterburner Seminars "the best we've ever seen."

"Even four months later, people are still talking about Afterburner. Plan, execute and debrief are terms we hear around the office now." Sprint Corporation

"Not only was it the highest rated segment of our annual meetings, but our store managers have begun to apply what they learned on a day to day basis." The Home Depot

"Having been involved with many "team building" type exercises before, I can honestly say yours was the most relevant, practical, entertaining and thought-stimulating program I have seen." IBM Credit Corporation

"Not only was your program the highest rated segment of this year's annual retreat, it also surpassed any of the outside training resources we have utilized in the past." Deloitte Consulting

BRUCE BERG - Before you can teach excellence, you must first experience it! Consultant, trainer, and professional speaker Bruce Berg knows what excellence means in today's business world. He also knows how to continually set the standard in a changing marketplace, particularly when it comes to leadership, teambuilding and customer service.

Bruce knows from experience you are either gaining customers or losing them on a daily basis. Forget about customer satisfaction; Bruce Berg is satisfied with nothing less than "Customer Elation."

Thirty years experience in merchandising, marketing and managing culminated into the "excellence experience" of a lifetime as Bruce Berg achieved notoriety within The Home Depot organization. His promotion from Vice President of Merchandising to President of the Southeast Division in 1991 was particularly notable on many fronts: his divisional presidency was only the second for the company, it was the only division to have two separate entities under one president, and it was the largest division both geographically and in store count. Under Bruce Berg's leadership, the Southeast Division led the company in profits for many years.

Retirement from The Home Depot in 1998 and the rewards of a successful career have afforded Bruce the ability sit back and enjoy his favorite hobbies which include deep sea fishing and golf. But…Bruce is not one to sit back. Instead, he chooses to share with others the lessons of his experience. Loved by some…respected by many, Bruce Berg was, is and will always be a leader.

Whether in a one-hour keynote presentation or a half-day training program, Bruce Berg teaches from experience:

• Customer Elation
• Teambuilding for Excellence: "The Internal Customer"
• Managing in Difficult Times
• Achieving Strategic vs. Tactical Results
• Leadership: "How to Get People to Walk through Fire and Make It Their Idea"

"Bruce Berg was quite a find thanks to The Speakers House. His "real world" experience and his approach to achieving the ultimate customer experience for The Home Depot were extremely well received by our audience at General Motors and Cadillac. I am sure that all of our participants would welcome the chance to hear Bruce speak again."
Neil Boyle, Maritz Performance Improvement Co.

DAN CLARK, CSP - Have you experienced the difference between a "professional presenter" and a "professional speaker?" Dan Clark explains the difference this way:

• A Professional Presenter. The audience is drowning in their personal or professional lives, and the presenter merely describes the water. His ego imagines the audience is there for him, so he whips off "speech A" thinking the presentation is what makes him credible, interesting and entertaining.

• A Professional Speaker. The audience is drowning and the speaker is there for them, to reach out physically and emotionally with real hope, experience and tangible life preservers that will bring them to shore. Because he has done something to warrant the privilege of the platform, he is credible, powerful, strong, interesting and naturally entertaining. A speaker does more than yell theory from the beach. He teaches his audience to swim like he swam!

Dan has spoken to over 2.5 million people in all 50 states, throughout Canada and in 15 countries in Europe, Asia and the former Soviet Union. Dan's incredible story and million dollar business has been featured on over 300 national radio & television programs and in "Esteem" and "Entrepreneur" magazines.

Dan is the primary contributing author to the New York Times Best Selling series, Chicken Soup for the Soul and author of his own Little Souls - Best Night Out with Dad. He is also the author of Puppies For Sale which was made into a motion picture filmed at Paramount Studios starring Jack Lemmon.

Dan's seminar and keynote topics include: Inspiration/Humor, Team Building/Winning/Unity, Change/Leadership, Sales/Customer Delight.

CAPTAIN GERALD L. COFFEE - Captain Coffee, U.S. Navy (Ret.), is an inspiring example of the power of the human spirit to survive and triumph over the most adverse circumstances. He was shot down in early 1966 while flying a combat mission over North Vietnam. The next seven years became his personal renaissance as he served as a prisoner of war in the communist prisons of North Vietnam.

Captain Coffee's military decorations include the Silver Star, two awards of the Legion of Merit, the Distinguished Flying Cross, two Bronze Stars, the Air Medal, two Purple Hearts and the Vietnam Service Medal with 13 stars. He is the recipient of the George Washington Honor Medal presented by the Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge, and the National Speakers Association's highest award for excellence in speaking. He is a highly respected observer and commentator on current political, economic and social issues who sees most problems in terms of opportunities yet to be seized by "heroic leadership yet to emerge."

"Beyond Survival" is a moving account of Captain Coffee's incredible experience form capture to ultimate release. His faith - in himself, his fellow man, his country and his God - was the key to turning an unbelievably difficult and potentially devastating experience into an opportunity for personal growth and triumph. His inspiring story contains a universal message: we each have the capacity to go beyond survival as we meet the physical, emotional and ethical challenges of our personal and professional lives.

DR. KEVIN FREIBERG - Dr. Freiberg is the president of San Diego Consulting Group, Inc., a professional speaking and consulting firm dedicated to equipping leaders for a world of change. For over ten years SDCG has been focused on helping business leaders better understand the impact of their attitudes and behaviors on organizational performance and on their own sense of life satisfaction. The firm's speaking engagements and targeted consulting assignments are always pursued with two major objectives in mind: to create a better, healthier, and stronger organization and to help people live bigger, richer, more fulfilling lives.

Some speakers inspire…other inform…Kevin does both! Known for his passion and sincerity, Dr. Freiberg is an accomplished and exciting platform speaker. He delivers a hard-hitting message loaded with fascinating stories and real-life examples that will vividly reinforce your objectives. Your audience members will not only leave remembering the critical points in his presentation, they will also develop a sense of hope for the future and a clear picture of the change they can make to assume more responsibility for their business and personal success. Bottom line: A captivating message with unforgettable content packaged in a fast-paced delivery that will energize your audience.

Dr. Freiberg has made a career out of learning, writing and speaking about the qualities of extraordinary leaders. He has a deep sense of intellectual curiosity and a commitment to life-long learning that keeps his message fresh. He has challenged corporate leaders around the world to create unmatched productivity, legendary customer service and sustained profitability by becoming faithful, devoted, hardworking servants of the people they lead. When people matter and results count, Dr. Freiberg brings you sound business solutions that can be translated into concrete actions.

"If you take time to read only one business book this year, I strongly encourage you to read NUTS!" From the NUTS! foreword by Tom Peters.

JOEY REIMAN - Who can imagine asking a million dollars for an idea? To many, firing nearly all your clients and streamlining your staff from 150 to 15 is inconceivable. What about giving your staff 60% of their salaries as bonuses! And what company can survive without pitching business? When word got out that Joey Reiman was reinventing the advertising paradigm, some said, "This time he's really done it," while others said, "It's about time." But ask Joey Reiman what he thinks and he will tell you that the marketing pendulum is swinging away from the next best ad. In his words, the world has become ad rich and idea poor.

In June 1995, Joey Reiman's BrightHouse, the world's first ideation corporation was born. Based on the premise that ideas will be tomorrow's currency, BrightHouse breaks through the conventional wisdom of marketing and offers the world's largest companies a revolutionary way of thinking. The BrightHouse team has received top-level assignments from The Coca-Cola Company, Coty Perfumes, Georgia-Pacific, Hardee's, Holiday Inn, The Home Depot, Southern Company and The United Kingdom. Appointed to spearhead Atlanta's bid for the 1996 Olympic Games, Joey was named Best Big Idea Person by the Atlanta Business Chronicle four years in a row. And he has won more than 500 creative awards in national and international competitions, including The Cannes Film Festival.

Joey also received an apprenticeship under renowned Italian film director, Federico Fellini and wrote the off-Broadway musical, Discovery: The True Story of Christopher Columbus. He is the author of the bestsellers Success: The Original Hand Book and The Best Year of Your Life. Make It Happen Now! Joey has just completed Thinking for A Living, a groundbreaking, paradigm-shifting book that establishes the value of an idea.

Joey is a dynamic speaker with unparalleled energy and passion. He won't stop until the audience is energized with new ideas.

L. DOUGLAS KEENEY - Doug Keeney has produced over 65 television documentaries, authored or co-authored a dozen books and founded both Atwood Keeney, a documentary television production company and Avion Park, a publishing label.

Doug's first full-length documentary profiled the air war in the Persian Gulf and became something of a cult film among military pilots. It was placed on display at the National Museum of Naval Aviation for an unprecedented six years and remains the only gulf war history offered by the Smithsonian's Museum of Air & Space. His books include Day of Destiny, Tragedy at Sea, Fire in the Sky, No Easy Days, Nine Men in a Bunker and Secret Messages.

Extraordinary feats by ordinary people, is the theme of Mr. Keeney's most popular speech. Over the years of interviewing hundreds of D-Day soldiers, test pilots, WWII fighter aces, Persian Gulf War pilots, famous athletes and ordinary corporate employees, Mr. Keeney saw a common thread emerge between the individual and the feats. More often than not, says Keeney, extraordinary feats are accomplished by the most ordinary of people when the individual has a sense of duty. Chuck Yeager, who broke the sound barrier, ascribes his remarkable feat not to courage or extraordinary flying talents (both of which he has), but to duty. It was his job as an Air Force pilot; it was his duty.

Doug teaches that when corporations and organizations imbue the individual with a sense of duty, the employee(s) deliver extraordinary results. How do you induce duty? How do you hire people with a sense of duty? How do you make duty perform for you? Keeney provides a list of the benefits received by the organizations that nurture duty concluding that it is a lifetime commitment, given and received, by those who act out of duty.

BRIAN TRACY - Brian Tracy is one of America's leading authorities on the development of human potential and personal effectiveness. He is a dynamic and entertaining speaker with a wonderful ability to inform and inspire audiences toward peak performance and high levels of achievement.

He addresses more than 400,000 men and women each year on the subjects of personal and professional development, including the executives and staff of IBM, Arthur Andersen, McDonnell Douglas and The Million Dollar Round Table. His exciting talks and seminars on leadership, sales management and personal effectiveness bring about immediate changes and long-term results.

Brian has a B.Comm, an M.A. and is the Chairman of Brian Tracy International, a human resource company based in San Diego, California, with affiliates throughout America and in thirty-one countries worldwide. He has had successful careers in sales and marketing, investments, real estate development and syndication, importation, distribution and management consulting.

Brian has traveled and worked in over 80 countries on six continents and speaks four languages. He is an avid reader in management, psychology, economics, metaphysics and history, and he brings a unique perspective and style to his talks. He has the remarkable ability to capture and hold audience attention with a fast-moving combination of stories, examples, humor and concrete, practical ideas that get results-fast.

DR. DENIS WAITLEY - Denis Waitley is one of the most sought-after keynote speakers in the nation. He has inspired, informed, challenged and entertained audiences for over 20 years, ranging from "Fortune 500" top executives to professional associations.

Dr. Waitley has counseled winners in every field from Apollo astronauts to Superbowl champions, from sales achievers to government leaders. During the pat decade, he served as Chairman of Psychology on the U.S. Olympic Committee's Sports Medicine Council, responsible for performance enhancement of all American Olympic athletes. Currently, American Olympians competing in the Sydney 2000 Games attend his video training seminars.

With over 10 million audio programs sold in 14 languages, Denis Waitley is the most listened-to voice on personal and career achievement. He is the author of 12 non-fiction books, including several national bestsellers. His audio album, "The Psychology of Winning" is the all-time best selling program on self-mastery.

"Denis Waitley's life has placed him in the position of the "best there is" at getting employees to think and act like owners." Tom Peters, co-author In Search of Excellence

"His material is so fresh and so vital to the kind of change we must all undergo to succeed in this whitewater world of today." Stephen Covey, author The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

"Denis Waitley has always been one step ahead of all of us. With his new program, he leap frogs even further." Pat Riley, Head Coach, Miami Heat, NBA Team

PAT WILLIAMS - Pat Williams was raised in Wilmington, Delaware, earned his bachelors degree at Wake Forest University, and his master's degree at Indiana University. He has a doctorate in Humane Letters from Flagler University. He is a member of the Wake Forest Sports Hall of Fame after catching for the Deacons baseball team, including the 1962 Atlantic Coast Conference Championship team.

Pat spent seven years in the Philadelphia Phillies organization, two as a player and five in the front office and three years in the MinnesotaTwins organization. Since 1968 he has been affiliated with National Basketball Association teams in Chicago, Atlanta, Philadelphia, including the 1983 World Champion 76ers, and now the Orlando Magic which he co-founded in 1987 and helped lead to the NBA finals in 1995. Twenty of his teams have gone to the NBA play-offs and five of them have made the NBA finals. In 1996, Pat was named as one of the 50 most influential people in NBA history by a national publication. He spearheaded the birth of the Orlando Miracle, Orlando's entry in the WNBA.

In his NBA career he has traded Pete Maravich, traded for Julius Erving, Moses Malone, Penny Hardaway, and won three NBA Draft lotteries, including back-to-back winners in 1992 and 1993. He also drafted Charles Barkley, Shaquille O'Neal, Nick Anderson and Mike Dunleavy and signed Billy Cunningham, Chuck Daly, Matt Guokas and Carolyn Peck to their first professional coaching contracts.

Pat, a disciple of the late Bill Veeck, is considered to be one of pro sports' most zany and flamboyant promoters.

Pat and his wife Ruth are the parents of 19 children, including 14 adopted from four nations, ranging in age from 14 to 28. At one time, sixteen of his children were all teenagers. Two of his sons are in the United States Marine Corps.

Pat is one of America's top motivational, inspirational, and humorous speakers, and has addressed employees from most of the Fortune 500 companies. He also has been a featured speaker at two Billy Graham Crusades, in Chicago and Syracuse.

Pat is the author of 17 books, the most recent being Ahead of the Game, his long awaited autobiography