Facing the Challenge of Change
From the moment Wayne Messmer takes the stage, he connects with the audience, inspiring them to take the journey of life "with your eyes open."

Drawing from a storied career as a broadcaster, singer, actor, author, and successful businessman, Messmer delivers a timeless message of hope and resilience, connecting with the audience on multiple emotional levels. He speaks with conviction of passion, the fight for survival, and overcoming adversity while facing our fears. Wayne utilizes his unique skills as a master storyteller, combining wit, humor and music to create multiple entertaining and memorable moments and life lessons.

Citing his personal life experiences, captured in his critically-acclaimed book, The Voice of Victory, (available as an audiobook) Wayne engages and empowers the audience by inviting them to forge their own chosen path. In doing so, he cites the setbacks and comebacks, the tragedies and triumphs we face with the challenges of change.

A singular event in April 1994 had a dramatic impact on Wayne Messmer's life. He brings the audience into the moment with him sharing the details of his powerfully spellbinding story. Wayne recounts the step-by-step process that he took as well as the challenges that followed to ultimately lead him to the "miracle comeback" to sing again, against all odds. He also shares his profoundly intimate experiences of his journey to freedom through healing and the power of forgiveness.

Messmer, the businessman dives deep behind the scenes from his many years, as a sports and entertainment personality and businessman, to share valuable lessons that he learned in his distinguished career. He identifies the common attributes of champions whom he has met along the way who have achieved and maintained sustainable levels of excellence until such moment that they put on their own "Championship C.A.P." challenging the audience to do the same.

One Man's Journey to Freedom Through Healing and Forgiveness
Wayne Messmer shares the accounts of his true-life story, as told in his inspirational and critically-acclaimed book The Voice of Victory, canvassing Wayne's rise to fame as the premier singer of the National Anthem, his career as a broadcaster, speaker, and sports personality and his near fatal experience of being shot in the throat during an armed robbery attempt.

The audience takes the journey through Wayne's career highs and the challenges that were thrust upon him during an incredibly difficult period in his life. Citing moments of doubt and frustration along the way, the master storyteller describes how he broke out of the darkness and onto the road of his triumphant comeback. Wayne's message speaks of his recovery from adversity by focusing on hope, dedication to following a dream and overcoming what appear to be the overwhelming odds, gaining strength by tapping into a foundation of faith, family and friends.

As the dramatic tale unwinds, the audience is "Messmer-ized" by the presence of a constant and singular thought throughout the process, of not just "getting well," but evolving into a distinctively more profound state of "being better."

Audiences are asked to take inventory of their own lives to discover their very special gifts, and they are then challenged to use them, respect them and share them.

Nobody Ever Said It Was Going to Be Easy
Based on the core values of Faith, Family and Friends, Wayne Messmer walks the talk in this powerful multi-media presentation using words and music to dive deeply into the essence of taking responsibility for the roles in which we have been cast in our lives. He also looks squarely into the eye of the near fatal challenge he was forced to face in his own personal life.

In telling his gripping true-life story of having been shot in the throat in a senseless act of violence in 1994, Wayne presents his journey to freedom from that fateful night… to a prison visit… to the road that ultimately led him to use his God-given and re-gifted Voice of Victory to sing at the 2016 World Series at Wrigley Field for two games of the Cubs Championship.

Wayne powerfully describes the difficult challenges that he faced during the process of having to move past anger, hatred and wanting revenge and the work it required to arrive at a point of freedom through healing and forgiveness. The presentation moves the audience out the darkness and delivers the message that the only antidote for revenge is forgiveness.