Speakers
This year NARPM® has selected General Session speakers that are sure to be a hit! Come learn and laugh with us in Dallas with Dennis Snow, Linda Larsen, Dr. Mark G. Dotzour, and Lt. Colonel (Ret) Kevin Sweeney.
Dennis Snow
Dennis Snow has a passion for service excellence and has consulted with organizations around the world on the subject. Dennis’ customer service abilities were born and developed over 20 years with The Walt Disney World® Company. In his last year with Walt Disney World, Dennis’ leadership performance was ranked in the top 3% of the company’s leadership team. Dennis, now a full-time speaker, trainer, and consultant is dedicated to helping organizations achieve their goals in the areas of customer service, employee development, and leadership. He is the author of the book, Lessons from the Mouse: A Guide for Applying Disney World’s Secrets of Success to Your Organization, Your Career, and Your Life.
Linda Larsen
Linda Larsen, CSP is an international keynote speaker and author, is passionately committed to helping people upgrade their thinking, improve their communication and increase their bottom line. But more than that, she is willing to do whatever it takes to get her message across and make it stick. She’s been accurately described as “Lucille Ball meets Dr. Phil”— creative and funny with very useful information. Linda’s passion and spontaneous humor stem from over 20 years as a professional film, television and stage actress. Her experience and training (a Bachelor of Social Work and a Master of Fine Arts) give her the unique ability to combine the entertaining, dynamic aspects of live theater with practical, high value content to produce lasting, positive changes. Her critically acclaimed book,
True Power, is the riveting and true story of how she was kidnapped and held at gunpoint by an escaped convict for over 5 hours. Her escape, and the positive, practical strategies she used to rise above one of life’s most potent challenges led Investor’s Business Daily to feature her in its Leaders & Success column. Linda is the author of five video programs and two audio programs, including the best-selling
12 Secrets to High Self-Esteem.
Dr. Mark G. Dotzour
Dr. Mark G. Dotzour is the Chief Economist and Director of Research for the Real Estate Center at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas. He earned his Ph.D. in the Department of Finance at the University of Texas at Austin in 1987 and served as Associate Professor of Real Estate and Finance at Wichita State University for 10 years. As Chief Economist, he is currently doing market research to monitor how global and national trends are likely to impact residential and commercial real estate markets. Prior to his academic career, he was president of Gleneagles Development, Inc., developing residential subdivisions in Wichita, Kansas. He also served as president of Dotzour Inc., Realtors, which was a residential brokerage firm in Wichita. He has been at the Real Estate Center since August, 1997. Since then, he has published 77 articles in magazines and given over 945 presentations to more than 140,000 people. His research findings and comments have been published in the Wall Street Journal, Money Magazine, USA Today and Business Week and was a guest on the Jim Lehrer Newshour on PBS. Dotzour recently has made presentations at national meetings for NAIOP, ICSC and NAR. He also regularly makes presentations to CCIM, BOMA, IREM and SIOR chapters around the country. He also makes regular presentations to bankers, CPAs , foundations and wealth managers as well as state and local government officials. The son of a former golf professional, he currently plays to a 15 handicap. If pressed, he will confess to being an ardent fan of Star Trek. He considers William Shatner to be one of the finest actors, writers and singers of our generation.
Lt. Colonel (Ret) Kevin Sweeney
Lt. Colonel (Ret) Kevin Sweeney is the only person to have ever landed a KC-135, the military version of the Boeing 707, after the 2 engines on his left wing were ripped off in flight during a night combat mission in Desert Storm. What in life is more inspiring than saving the lives of fellow airmen? That is exactly what Lt. Colonel Kevin Sweeney did and for that heroic feat he was awarded the United States Air Force Distinguished Flying Cross. This legendary Medal is awarded for “heroism or extraordinary achievement while participating in an aerial flight.” He has also been an Executive at a Fortune 50 company, a major software company and an all- conference collegiate athlete. He is the author of 2 books:
Pressure Cooker Confidence: How to Lead When the Heat is On and
Conversations with The Colonel: Lessons in Life, Leadership and Wisdom.
