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Former Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback and four-time Super Bowl champion Terry Bradshaw will be the opening keynote speaker at the American Gem Society’s 2015 Conclave, the organization announced Tuesday.
Las Vegas--Former Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback and four-time Super Bowl champion Terry Bradshaw will be the opening keynote speaker at the American Gem Society’s 2015 Conclave, the organization announced Tuesday.
The 66-year-old Bradshaw was the first NFL quarterback to win four Super Bowls when he led the Steelers to victory in the 1970s. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1989.
Bradshaw currently serves as a commentator on Fox NFL Sunday and has had minor roles in a number of movies, including Failure to Launch and The Cannonball Run.
Joining the Hall of Fame quarterback as keynote speakers for Conclave 2015, which is taking place in New Orleans, are Steven Dubner, journalist, radio and television personality, and author of Freakonomics; Diana Nyad, who successfully completed the 110-mile swim from Cuba to Florida at the age of 64 and is now a sports broadcaster and author; and comedienne and business motivational speaker Connie Podesta.
Featured speakers include:
--Joel Zeff, national workplace expert, speaker, and author. He will speak on “The Tao of Ta-Da,” focusing on how to get the most out of work and life;
--Colleen Francis, who has been studying the habits of the top 10 percent of sales performers from a number of organizations for the last 20 years to create an acclaimed sales training system. She will be sharing her thoughts in “Nonstop Sales Boom: Powerful Strategies to Drive Consistent Growth Year After Year;” and
--Bryan Dodge, one of the most sought-after speakers in the country, will return to Conclave with a workshop on building successful teams.
Rob Bates, news director at JCK, will return as emcee.
“We are very proud to say that we are building on the momentum of a terrific Conclave in 2014, and we have carried that motivation over to our featured speakers in 2015,” said John Carter, chair of the Conclave Committee. “We thought it was fitting that since New Orleans will be our host city that our lineup should be of Cajun proportions. It will be big, bold, and like Mardi Gras--impossible to forget.”
The 2015 AGS Conclave is scheduled for April 22 to 25 at the Marriott New Orleans. For more information, contact the AGS membership department at 866-805-6500 or email ashah@ags.org.
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