Michael Aun

Podium Intro

Our speaker today is a man of varying background. As as successful businessman, he has presided over a real estate development firm, a construction business, a nationally-acclaimed family-owned restaurant and a very successful insurance practice with twenty two offices around the state of Florida.

As a writer, his popular column "Behind The Mike" has been syndicated in some sixty southeastern newspapers and periodicals for over a quarter century. He has co-authored four books, the latest of which was published by Dearborn Financial Publishing in 1996 titled "The Toastmasters International Official Guide To Successful Speaking." His other three books are The Great Communicators" and "Marketing Masters", published by Royal Publishing and "Build A Better You Starting Now!"

He has produced a dozen audio cassette learning systems, and a score of video training modules used by Fortune Five Hundred companies all over the globe. The author of hundreds of articles on sales, management, leadership, customer service, change, communication skills and relationship strategies, he has been speaking professionally since 1977.

Our speaker rose to international acclaim in 1978 when he won the "The World Championship of Public Speaking" for Toastmasters International. He won the coveted honor by defeating eight other speakers representing some 150,000 Toastmasters from the 65 country Toastmaster International speaking world.

He has since shared the lectern with Presidents Carter, Reagan and Bush as well as speaking giants Tom Peters, mark Russell, Tony Robbins, Art Linkletter, Paul Harvey, and the late Dr. Norman Vincent Peale.

In 1983, our speaker was presented the prestigious "earned" Certified Speaking Professional designation by the National Speakers Association, one of only 150 speakers in the world to be so honored at the time. In 1989, the 3,500 member National Speakers Association elected him to their Board of Directors.

Ladies and gentlemen, won't you join me in welcoming MICHAEL A. AUN!