Terry Paulson Bio
For your next conference or convention, bring in a proven, dynamic keynote speaker who will inspire your people to leverage optimism into attitudes and actions that produce strategic results! Terry's motivating message is exactly what your people need to get past the uncertainty and indecision of these challenging times and actually make constant change work to your strategic advantage. You get a fired up audience, and you'll look like a hero. More importantly, you'll see people implement what they have learned long after the conference is over.
Dr. Terry Paulson is a Ph.D. psychologist, an award-winning professional speaker, a national columnist, and author of the popular and practical books, "The Optimism Advantage," "They Shoot Managers Don't They," "Leadership Truths One Story at a Time," "Speak Like a Pro," and "Making Humor Work."
Terry delivers more "meat" per minute in a fun way than any other speaker you could hire. While having extensive experience in serving the healthcare, finance and insurance industries, his clients include everyone from small businesses and associations to huge corporations. Since founding Paulson and Associates, Inc. in Agoura Hills, California, Dr. Paulson has conducted practical and entertaining programs for organizations such as 3M, American College of Dentists, AHIMA, AMA, Amgen, AORN, Baxter, Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Boeing, Farmers Insurance, Federal Reserve Bank, HBO, IBM, IMS, Johnson & Johnson, Kaiser Permanente, NASA, Nationwide, SONY, Starbucks, State Farm, Wal-Mart, and hundreds of hospitals, government agencies, and numerous associations.
Dr. Paulson knows that his job as a professional speaker is to reinforce your strategic intent for the event. Terry will work with your executives and meeting planning team to make sure his program fits your organization and your situation. His unique, inspirational stories could be told by no one else. Your people receive a tailored program, that's fast-paced, fun, and relentlessly packed with usable information your people can put to work right away.
Dr. Paulson is a respected professional. He's a Past President of both the National Speakers Association and the Global Speakers Federation. He's an inductee into NSA's CPAE Speakers Hall of Fame, an honor given to fewer than 200 speakers worldwide since its inception in 1977. Terry's tasteful humor, practical content, and down-to-earth style have earned him a deserved reputation as one of the nation's best keynote speakers. He brings knowledge, enthusiasm, and a refreshingly unique approach to every presentation. Business Digest has called him "the Will Rogers of management consultants." Give Terry the opening keynote and kick off your event with a proven winner. Or have him as your closing keynoter and send your people out the door energized into focused action. Either way, your conference will be more successful, your people will thank you.