"Nido has mobilized our team members to aspire to act in an uncommonly extraordinary fashion to differentiate ourselves in an industry where doing so has a favorable impact on our customers. When service and relationships distinguish Benco as a value added dental distributor, Nido's message heightens our awareness that it is important to provide a remarkable experience as we uniquely deliver value smile after smile. Team members commented that Nido was the best speaker we have ever had. He did a fantastic job in personalizing his presentation as if he prepared it specifically for Benco. The standing ovation says it all."
-Benco Dental"Your presentation was so very much on target for our audience. I greatly appreciate that you were able to weave our theme into your discussion. Our attendees liked your presentation very much and are using quotes from it in their discussions. Probably the most positive reaction from a keynote speaker I have hired in many years. Thank you for an outstanding presentation that really hit the core of what our conference was about."
-Intermec Technologies"The good and the bad with Nido’s presentation is it was by far the best presentation we have had at this event and we have had great presenters that everyone loved and got a lot from. We just do not know what we can and what we have to do to meet or hopefully exceed our members’ expectations for next year. You need to let your clients know they will have a hard time getting a better presenter than Nido. We need to start looking now for next year as I am very concerned with this challenge. Thanks for all that you do for our organization."
-TAG National"Nido’s program was perfect and was exactly the type of program we look for to kick off our conference. It included just the right amount of serious message, humor and motivation. Nido was terrific and really made an impact on our minds and our hearts! His message is thought-provoking and will inspire all that hear him speak."
-Mechanical Service Contractors of America"Nido was a wonderful addition to our event. He is a very personable speaker! All of our people were impressed with his stories and how they related to both work and family. Several of them came to me and gave me positive feedback. We are a very numbers/results driven bunch and his input about running the university as a business was very impressive. I have a great appreciation for the years of passionate living it takes, to create life experiences that produced the hour and a half we spent together."
-Platinum Corral Restaurants, LLC"Thanks so much for your willingness to be with us today. You were most impressive and have generated good thought process to get our team energized!"
-Platinum Corral Restaurants, LLC"Nido captivated a large and astute group of commercial real estate brokers from across the nation at our company's national sales conference. His message is inspiring and universal, and is delivered with polish, passion and humor. One of our brokers read Nido's book on the flight home and said, 'this is the only book a salesperson will ever need.' Our large audience is not easily impressed, but I can honestly say that Nido walked away with 600 new friends. "
-Sperry Van Ness Commercial Real Estate"You were the highlight of our annual convention in Savannah. This was my eighth convention, and I have never had the privilege of hearing such a wonderful speaker. You are truly the best! Thank you for sharing time with us and touching our lives."
-North Carolina Association of Realtors, Inc."Nido did an amazing job and no one moved during his entire presentation. He received a standing ovation and I feel sure our attendees took away valuable information and were motivated to bring new ideas to their businesses. Nido is the consummate professional and a pleasure to work with and I am so glad we were able to share him with our attendees this year!”"
-North Carolina Association of Realtors"The business of hiring speakers and having their contributions further the objectives of a given meeting is often 'hit or miss' in spite of advance planning and effort. However, Nido has been 100% reliable. His remarks have been perfectly tailored to our audiences and have hit the mark with a direct bull’s eye every time!"
-Growmark"Nido did an outstanding job and his message was definitely on target for the event. I had never heard Nido speak and I was very impressed with him. The general consensus (hands down) was his fee was money well spent! Thank you for helping us to have a successful event!"
-Better Business Bureau of Northwest North Carolina"Nido, My thanks to YOU for being everything (and more than) you promise! That's not always the case in the world of professional speakers. Imagine promotional material that is actually TRUE!!"
-Action For Children"I wanted to thank you for the outstanding presentation you gave to our group last week in Atlanta, Georgia. Your message was very inspiring, entertaining and very motivational. I was personally inspired by you to really look at my business and find the 'paths we need to pave' in our organization. I spoke to a lot of our attendees and each felt that you were our 'best speaker ever', and this was the event’s twenty-second year! Thank you again for sharing your experience and insights with our customers and employees."
-Linc Network"In my 30 years of managing conventions and meetings, I’ve never heard a better speaker than you. And, I’ve never met a nicer man with whom to work. You were a huge hit with all of our attendees and your message could not have been more timely."
-Sir Speedy, Inc."We were late in booking Nido which made it difficult to arrange a pre-event call and we had to send our company plane to pick him up, in order for him to even be at our event....and if we had only known what an amazing speaker he was, we would have bent over farther! He was easily rated the best speaker at our meeting…and that's after hearing him on the first night when lots of folks were jet-lagged and he spoke after dinner!! We could not have been happier or more impressed. Truly an amazing human being. I hope we can work with him again one day. Thank you on behalf of our senior leadership group."
-O-I"Nido was refreshing, thought provoking, as well as entertaining. He held our group's attention from beginning to end and left them all with smiles on their faces. "
-Wausau Insurance Companies"Nido exceeded my expectations! He embedded my organization's challenges in his presentation. His passion and enthusiasm were uplifting. I will be using him again. "
-Wausau Insurance Companies"The workshop was unbelievable. The feedback from our members was outstanding. Thanks to Nido for making us look good to our members! He was really wonderful and such a great person to know and work with."
-Greensboro Merchants Association"Thank you for your kind words. I cannot begin to tell you what a tremendous impact your portion of the convention had on everyone. If I had to target one area that I personally benefited from the most, it would have to be the time listening to the wisdom that you had to share with all of us. I am anxious to get into some of the materials that you have developed. Do you get to Dallas at all? I would like very much to have the opportunity to talk to you about other ways that we might be able to utilize your services. We have a family home in Highlands. We will be there for a brief trip in July. Perhaps we could get to Highpoint to meet with you. Thank you again. "
-Snelling Professional Services, LLC"Nido was a fascinating speaker. What a great individual to kick-off the conference! I expected another "motivational speaker" - he was a doer that speaks!"
-Brim HealthcareChange
Change is an eternal concept. In today's competitive marketplace, organizations must be able to grasp the reigns of change to ride it to a successful future. Many people are afraid to alter their behaviors, but it often proves more threatening than challenging.
Nido Qubein transports audiences on a journey through business examples from his careers as a university president, business leader, corporate executive, and public speaker. He talks about change in an enlightening and transformational way so that audiences actually want to change for the better! Whether it is reculturing an organization or changing the mindset of an individual, this topic is as popular and timely as ever.
Transforming and Re-culturing In Challenging Times
In six short years, Dr. Qubein led High Point University through a massive transformation that skyrocketed enrollment from 1,450 to 4,100 students, increased the number of faculty from 108 to 260, and expanded the campus from 92 to 310 acres – all in the midst of the worst economic disruption in the last half century. The university invested $700 million in academics (including the founding of three new schools), student life (47 new buildings), scholarships, and athletics. How did they do it? President Qubein insists it’s all about defining a clear vision, planning a solid strategy, employing practical systems, and focusing on consistent execution. In this keynote address, he’ll outline the fundamentals that anyone can use to travel the journey from success to significance, to inspire a team towards extraordinary performance, and to render outstanding value. Come to listen and learn from a national leader with a moving life story.
From Success to Significance
Out of adversity emerges abundance. Difficult times often are filled with opportunities. Dr. Nido Qubein came to the United States as a teenager with little knowledge of English and only $50 in his pocket, yet ended up a mega-success story. Today, he is president of a leading university, chairman of a national retail company, and a director of two New York Stock Exchange corporations. He will share his own story, and his ideas and strategies for succeeding through even turbulent times. This dynamic, authentic, entertaining speaker delivers a powerful, inspiring message on finding focus, balance and meaning in business, and in life. You’ll leave this presentation entertained, and inspired to be impactfully innovative.
Achieving Peak Performance
This presentation will show you how to prepare your employees for high productivity and your company for maximum profitability. Learn how to grow a well-trained, educated and motivated team. Dr. Nido Qubein makes an important point: Teaching people skills without giving them a vision for a better future—a vision based on common values—is only training. He goes beyond dictionary definitions to show that yesterday’s thinking looks at the tasks people perform today and asks "How can we train our future employees to do these things?” Tomorrow’s thinking looks at the kind of people needed to execute corporate strategy and finds ways to educate employees to become those kind of people.
How To Sell, Serve and Succeed
To sell effectively in today’s ever-changing, competitive world, one must master sales skills and behavioral knowledge. Dr. Nido Qubein teaches both with humor and audience involvement. He focuses on the Law of Identification (when something becomes personal it becomes important; treat every customer as if you’re about to lose them) and teaches participants to ask penetrating questions (how must this person feel first so that this person will buy from us?). Dr. Nido Qubein emphasizes: Prospects don’t want to buy your product; they want to buy the product of your product. Remember: Your service and product must be better than your competitors and your customer must readily acknowledge that.
If I wanted to Buy What You Sell, Would I Buy It From You?
Why should people do business with you? How easily can someone else imitate what you do? Do your customers think of you first? Dr. Nido Qubein shares dynamic principles for personal and corporate achievement. It doesn’t matter how much you know or what you can do. What matters is what your customers and colleagues believe and perceive you can do for them. Do they understand and value what you are offering? Your positioning reflects other people’s confidence in your ability to do whatever you do with professional competence and expertise-how much they trust you to meet their needs. Your positioning is the way people feel about you and your work; it’s about the way you make them feel when doing business with you. Dr. Nido Qubein shows your audience how to "position” for maximum results using a practical approach and a professional strategy.
Communicate Like a Pro
Communicating effectively with people, inside your company and beyond, is a minimum-requirement skill in our ever-changing global marketplace. This presentation is designed to help your audience develop the communication skills required and to wield them with power and effectiveness. They’ll learn not only the basics, but many of the finer points Dr. Nido Qubein has picked up during a long and successful career as a professional speaker, author, and advisor to top executives and to successful companies, including specific strategies used to "connect” for persuasion and results. To date he has written a dozen books, delivered thousands of speeches, and showed millions the art of effective communication. Entertaining and educational. An audience favorite!
Dr. Nido Qubein came to the United States as a teenager with little knowledge of English and only $50 in his pocket. His journey has been an amazing success story. The Biography Channel and CNBC aired his life story titled A Life of Success and Significance.
As an educator, he is president of High Point University, an undergraduate and graduate institution with 4,300 students from 40 countries. He has authored two dozen books and audio programs distributed worldwide.
As a business leader, he is chairman of the Great Harvest Bread Company with 220 stores in 43 states. He serves on the boards of several national organizations including BB&T (a Fortune 500 company with $185 billion in assets), the La-Z-Boy Corporation (one of the largest and most recognized furniture brands worldwide), and Dots Stores (a chain of fashion boutiques with more than 400 locations across the country).
As a professional speaker, Dr. Qubein has received many distinctions including the Golden Gavel Medal, induction into the International Speaker Hall of Fame, and as the founder of the NSA Foundation in Arizona.
He has been the recipient of many honors including The Ellis Island Medal of Honor (along with four U.S. presidents), The Horatio Alger Award for Distinguished Americans (along with Oprah Winfrey and Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas), the DAR Americanism Medal, the Order of the Long Leaf Pine, Sales and Marketing International's Ambassador of Free Enterprise, Leadership North Carolina Governor's Award, and Citizen of the Year and Philanthropist of the Year in his home city of High Point, North Carolina.