Topics: International Speakers Bureau, Inc. |
Fee Range: $5,001 to $10,000 (fee note) |
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 Biography: Mort Crim is the creator and voice of the award-winning radio series, Second Thoughts, airing on more than 900 radio stations worldwide. The ninety-second motivational essays reflect Mr. Crim's belief that the world needs a break from the violent and the bizarre stories that dominate the news media today. He is also the creator and host of a five-minute live daily newscast ~ Mort Crim News You Care About ~ broadcast on the Liberty Broadcasting Network. In 1995 he was awarded the Gold World Medal as Best Radio Personality at the New York Festivals International Radio Awards, and the following year received the Festival's Silver Medal for Best Humor Writing. In 1999, Second Thoughts received The Communicator Award of Excellence (the top honor) and Award of Distinction. The Michigan Association of Broadcasters inducted Mort into their Michigan Broadcasting Hall of Fame in 2002. He holds a Master's Degree from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism and was an original inductee into Medill's Hall of Achievement. Mr. Crim draws on his knowledge of the human condition gained from more than 35 years of broadcasting experience. Mort has covered major news events from the Newark riots to the Apollo moon landings, the Lyndon Johnson presidency, the Yom Kippur war and the collapse of the Soviet Union. He has been a broadcaster for stations from California to New York City and for five years was a national correspondent for ABC Radio. His was the voice that described Neil Armstrong's landing on the moon for the national ABC radio audience. Additionally, he was the permanent vacation substitute for Paul Harvey from 1980 to 1984 and, in the role, was heard several weeks each year on more than 1,200 radio stations. Mr. Crim was Senior Editor and Anchor of the evening news at WDIV-TV (NBC) in Detroit from 1978 to 1997. He has been outspoken on the need to elevate the news from the sensational to the truly significant. He believes human achievement and heroism should be given more airtime to balance the reports of human failures and tragedy. His evening newscasts have twice been named by United Press International Best Local TV Newscast in America. Mort is the author of six books and currently is Chairman of Mort Crim Communications, Inc. He is a licensed commercial pilot and flies his twin-engine plane to meet tight business and speaking schedules. As a professional speaker, Mort draws from the thousands of interviews he's conducted during a lifetime in journalism to show his audience that happiness and success are never a matter of life's circumstances. With stories of personal courage and triumph, Mort shares the lessons he's learned from people who have truly found the secret to leading a happy life. |
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Programs: Maybe It's Not Just Your Spouse Who Doesn't Understand You: How Poor Communication May Be Sabotaging Your Business. Mort is a professional broadcaster with more than three decades in the news business. He's also the founder of a successful communications company that teaches corporations how to tell their story, both internally and externally. His clients include many of the nation's top "Fortune 500" companies. In this speech, he explains with personal authority--and humor--how to get your message across, clearly and accurately. How to Hold It Together When the World Is Falling Apart In this speech, Mort addresses head-on our rising fears over terrorism, a sagging economy, war, and threats of war, not to mention the personal challenges we face on the job and in our relationships. The One Secret Every Happy and Successful Person Knows There's a common denominator of happy and successful people: they give of themselves. Mort, who's interviewed thousand of people, insists he's never met a truly happy person who didn't serve others. Second Thoughts on Second Chances When our marriage, job, business and even our health fails, more often that not there's the chance to begin anew. And when it seems there's no chance to start over, we can create the opportunity if we know how. Everything I Really Need to Know I Learned at the Airport A rated commercial pilot, Mort uses flying stories to chart a course for effective living. The message: "Always fly the plane. Don't ever become just a passenger." Great advice in the cockpit ? and in life. How to Be As Terrific As Your Dog Thinks You Are Who sticks by you unconditionally and loves you non-judgmentally? Your dog, of course. As Mort tells us, once we adopt those endearing canine traits we become as terrific as our dogs thought we were all along. (Also available in book form.) Good News For A Change Mort knows that our world is full of problems. But for every widely reported scandal, there are countless individuals whose stories don't make it to the 11:00 news: people whose courage and compassion serve as an example to us all. |
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