Sarah's FIVE STAR blog: May 2010

Thursday, May 20, 2010

Durwood Fincher, Mr. Doubletalk, will be on The Mike Huckabee Show this Weekend!

There are three degrees of connection in this story: Terry Fator, Mike Huckabee, and Durwood Fincher. After Durwood (Mr. Doubletalk) was on the Huckabee Show in March, he received a call from the Terry Fator Show (the Number One show on the Vegas strip) inviting him to Las Vegas.

Durwood zoomed out and met Terry Fator and his illustrious crew, went to the show with Terry’s mother and discovered in the process that they ALL are HUGE Huckabee fans. Thrilled, Durwood contacted Mike Huckabee to let the Governor know he had a standing invitation to Vegas from the loyal Fator fans.

So this weekend The Huckabee Show will be aired from The Venetian in Vegas, featuring ventriloquist Terry Fator, Mike Huckabee and our own Mr. Doubletalk. Please catch the show on Fox News at 8:00 PM Saturday night (EST); 8:00 and 11:00 PM on Sunday (EST). You won’t want to miss this chance for laughter and delight!

“Life is about connecting the dots, bringing good people together,” said Durwood. “And that’s no doubletalk!”

DURWOOD IS ON THE FIVE STAR SPEAKERS SHOWCASE IN CHICAGO - JUNE 24th! Come see him LIVE along with 15 other amazing speakers & entertainers! You can register for the Chicago Showcase at NO COST! Register now! For more information on the FIVE STAR Showcase, visit our website: www.fivestarspeakers.com/showcase.

About Durwood: Dubbed Mr. Doubletalk by Candid Camera's Allen Funt, Durwood Fincher has presented to thousands of audiences, bringing the house down every time as he orchestrates exquisitely bumbling interviews, balancing sense and nonsense, sprinkling key phrases midst gobbled words, not making a lick of sense. Yet people respond each and every time. Durwood Fincher is a master of good, clean comedy that points to the joy of life---we see blue skies as we laugh at ourselves in his doubletalk magic. To book Durwood for your next event, please go to Durwood’s website, doubletalk.com.

About the Book: Don’t miss Once You Step in Elephant Manure, Durwood's whimsical biography authored by Ed Grisamore. The book, which retails for $24.95, includes a DVD of classic doubletalk moments and vignettes from Fincher's past. Durwood Fincher's wild and wonderful stories have been captured and polished with Grisamore's heart, creating an inspirational tale of life and laughter.

Speakers Bureaus - This Pretty Much Sums it Up!

Want to know what it's like working at a speakers bureau!? Tim O'Shea and Kris O’Shea (The O'Shea Report) summed it up in this video they created. This video is HILARIOUS!!! It completely made my day!! =)

Tim O'Shea and Kris O’Shea are known as The Unconventional Convention Speakers and were named among the "Top 25 Hot Speakers" by the National Speakers Association!

Described as "Saturday Night Live for Business," The O'Sheas will get your attendees to look at the fast-paced, constantly changing world with a fresh, new perspective. Whether they present their insightful motivational humor keynote or daily convention coverage, The O'Shea Report will engage your audience with business relevance and hilarious insights on day-to-day challenges. They help your company/organization/audience handle change with humor! They are awesome!

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

FIVE STAR Spotlight - Issue 19, May 2010

FIVE STAR Spotlight - Issue 19, May 2010

SPRING SHOWCASE ANNOUNCEMENT: Dallas - June 17, 2010 and Chicago - June 24, 2010. REGISTER NOW!!
Hot Speaker: Jeff Havens – Unleash Your Inner Tyrant.
Entertainment: Jerry Mills - A globally acclaimed speaker who powerfully impacts people with his message and music.
Book Review: Dr. Larry Ohlhauser, M.D. - The Healthy CEO
Sports Celebrity: Eric Boles - Former NFL Player with powerful insights on Leadership, High Performance, Leading & Managing Change
Motivational Speakers Bureau Team Member: Layla Foxx-Zagorsky - Account Executive
Believe: Roddy Chong - Remarkably accomplished violinist who has toured with Shania Twain and Celine Dion at the same time. He also serves as "Master of Strings" for the Trans-Siberian Orchestra
Connect: Durwood Fincher - Dubbed Mr. Doubletalk by Candid Camera’s Allen Funt, Durwood is an insightful speaker, linguist and corporate entertainer whose specialty is being The Funniest Thing About American Business for over 25 years.
Inspire: Erik Wahl - a recognized artist and speaker who inspires corporations to achieve greater levels of organizational performance.
Grow: Robyn Benincasa - World Champion Adventure Racer, San Diego City Firefighter, Founder of World Class Teams, Flashover Seminars, and Project Athena Foundation, Motivation, Leadership, and Teamwork Speaker.
Celebrate: The Second City - Improv comedy company - cultivating a sense of humor in business.
FIVE STAR HAS SOMETHING TO TALK ABOUT: Introducing INDIVIDUAL FIVE STAR Blogs!

Friday, May 14, 2010

Amilya Antonetti's NEW BOOK - The Recipe

Amilya Antonetti has a new book out, The Recipe. Amilya Antonetti has a very unique & cool story.When I met Amilya for the first time, she has a natural quality about her that is easily likable and makes you want to listen to her and hear her story. Here are the first few paragraphs of her bio that explain her best: Amilya Antonetti is a best-selling author and regarded as one of the most inspiring female business ground-breakers of our day. Her genuine David and Goliath story has touched millions. Featured on The Oprah Winfrey Show and in the best-selling Chicken Soup for The Soul books, her story has even become required study at many business schools. She is the founder of Amilya's Soapworks, an award winning green business pioneer who helped take green to mainstream, redefining the way American consumers shop and how the world's largest consumer products companies do business. Amilya was a working mom when her newborn son David began experiencing frightening symptoms that forced her to spend his first years in hospital emergency rooms, leaving her career to care for her son. Soon she discovered it was the side effects of toxic ingredients in many common household products unsuspectingly causing David serious harm. In that moment, she vowed to help families everywhere and reveal what she had uncovered. You can read her FULL BIO here.

Here is more about Amilya's new book, The Recipe: A Fable for Leaders and Teams: Success is a collaborative process where we come together to be better as a whole than we can ever be separately. The question is how? How do we find the right teammates? How do we find our place on the team? And, when it is our turn, how will we lead? Wouldn't it be wonderful if there was a magical recipe with all the right ingredients, the perfect utensils and easy to understand directions you could follow? It does not matter if you are running your home, launching a business, leading a division, or building an empire. Wherever you are and wherever you‘re going, you need your team.

More about Amilya Antonetti: She's an entrepreneur, an investor, a successful business woman and a Mom, but most of all, Amilya Antonetti is a leader who understands she is NOTHING without her team. Having launched and built successful companies and national brands, she shares her "can do" message in articles and blogs as well as on television and radio. Now she shares it with you in The Recipe.

Create an event your team will remember for years to come.
- Inspire Leadership in Every Level of Your Organization
- Energize and Empower Teams for Higher Performance
- www.Amilya.com/The-Recipe

Author and Book Combination Promo
- Keynote Fee: $12,500
Special limited time offer: Purchase The Recipe for your attendees, customers and employees at the $22.95 cover price from FIVE STAR & receive a $15.00 per copy discount off the Keynote Fee!!
CONTACT: FIVE STAR Speakers & Trainers to act on this offer NOW! 913.648.6484 or email at: FIVE STAR Contact From for Amilya Antonetti

ALSO - Amilya Antonetti will be on our FIVE STAR Showcases this June! She will be presenting on The Recipe and will deliver a 20-minute snippet of her keynote! You can preview her at either showcase - Dallas on June 17 or Chicago June 24. There is NO COST to attend our showcases. Along with Amilya, 15 other speakers/entertainers will be presenting in 20-minute increments to give a preview of what they talk about and their presentation style on stage! For more information on the Showcases (location, time, full line-up) visit the FIVE STAR website: Dallas Showcase - June 17th or the Chicago Showcase - June 24th

Ready to see Amilya at the Showcase?
Sign-up here at NO cost to attend: : Dallas Showcase Registration or the Chicago Showcase Registration.

The Healthy CEO Includes CD

Are you familiar with Dr. Larry Ohlhauser? He's a physician, author and global healthcare consultant transforming and empowering individuals and corporations with his strategy for taking control and responsibility for health and wellness.

He explains why initiating wellness programs within the workplace is wise & smart - and will pay-off in the long-term.

Being healthy & taking care of yourself should be your number one priority - but people always push it aside and act like it's more of an extra curcular activity to take care of yourself and it's something to 'cut' if you don't have 'time' during your day.

Dr. Larry Ohlhauser will explain why taking care of yourself is important. He is speaks to organizations of all sizes to explain the benefits! He is highly requested speaker as well as a 'replacement' if organizations cannot get Dr. Oz to come speak/present in front of their group.

ALSO - Dr.O will be on our Chicago Showcase on June 24th. He will give a 20-minute snippet of his keynote. If you'd like to preview him there - sign up to attend! There is no charge to come to our showcase and we'll feature 20 professional speakers & entertainers -- all presenting in 20-minute increments to give a preview of what they talk about and their presentation style on stage!

To attend the Chicago Showcase & see Dr. O live - go here to register at NO charge!
For more information about the Chicago Showcase & to see the full line-up of speakers/entertainers - you can go here!

[We have another showcase in Dallas on June 17th. Dr. O will not be at this one, but we will be featuring another 20 amazing speakers/entertainers! Go here to check out the Dallas Showcase & line-up]