.Speakers Unlimited

- One of America's Oldest and Most Respected Speakers Bureaus.....Since 1971

- Over 15,000 "bookings" for over 500 different speakers

- We book speakers in ALL fee ranges - from $500 to $50,000

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"We have been 'booking' our speakers with SPEAKERS UNLIMITED for over 20 years. They have come through for us every time. We recommend them, without reservation."
- Mike Cochran, Executive Director / OHIO TOWNSHIP ASSOCIATION

Below are the in-depth websites of a few of the top speakers we represent:

For your convenience when searching these different speakers a NEW window will automatically open. To return to this screen simply click on the "X" in the upper right hand corner of that window. 

Business / Motivation Entertainment
John Amatt Jeff Allen (Comedian)
Kristin Arnold, CSP, CMC Lucille Ball/Lucy Ricardo (Suzanne Larusch)
Emory Austin, CSP, CPAE Mike Bishop (Comedy hypnotist)
Sheila Murray Bethel, PhD, CSP, CPAE Chris Bliss (Comedian)
Deb Bixler Ken Block (Master impressionist)  
Janelle Brittain, CSP Brad Cummings (Ventriloquist)
Scott Burrows Kay Frances (Humorist) 
Dan Burrus, CSP, CPAE Tim Gard, CSP, CPAE (Humor with a touch of message)
Jim Carroll Ken Groves (Comedy ventriloquist)
Jim Cathcart, CSP, CPAE Jason Huneke (Comedy Juggler)  
Capt. Gerald Coffee, CSP, CPAE Robert Ian  (Hypnotist/Magician)
Cheryl Cran Craig Karges, CSP (World renown mentalist)
Roger Crawford, CPAE Frank King, CSP (Comedian)
Cheryl Currid Mark Klein (Comedian)
Troy Evans Lt. Columbo (Comedian)
Mike Frank, CSP, CPAE Damian Mason (Comedy and/or Bill Clinton impersonator)
Patricia Fripp, CSP, CPAE Jan McInnis (Comedian)
Yossi Ghinsberg Jim Morris (Political Impressionist)
Warren Greshes, CPAE Brad Nieder, MD (Comedy and wellness advice)
Brian Holloway Valery Pappas (Singing impressionist)  
Ralph Hood, CSP Dolly Parton (Sandy Anderson)
Chad Hymas, CSP John Pullum (Comedy hypnotist/Mentalist)     
Cheewa James John Rathbone (Comedian)
Willie Jolley, CSP, CPAE  Lynn Roberts (Impersonator) 
Jack McCall, CSP John Slicer (Comedy magician)
W. Mitchell, CPAE Greg Steele (Comedy Hypnotist)
Cary Mullen The Passing Zone (America's Premier Business Jugglers)
Neal Petersen Charlie Thompson (Humorist)
Charles Petty, PhD, CSP CPAE
Charlie Plumb
Vince Poscente, CSP, CPAE
John Powers, PhD
James Ray, CSP
Rosemarie Rossetti 
Jeff Salz 
Barbara Sanfilippo, CSP, CPAE 
Greg Smith
Jim Stovall
Dr. Mike Thomson
Bryan Townsend, CSP, CPAE
Jeff Thredgold, CSP
Linda Treasure
Philip Van Hooser, CSP, CPAE
Peter Vidmar, CPAE
Dawn Waldrop
Curtis Zimmerman

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WE WORK WITH OVER 500 CELEBRITY SPEAKERS. 

 Be sure to contact us by phone or e-mail to discuss your needs and budget, so we can make the most appropriate suggestions for you and answer further questions.  Here are a few of the many celebrities with whom we work:

Jim Abbott - One handed former major league baseball pitcher.  All-American college pitcher.  Winner of 1987 Sullivan Award for Amateur Athlete of the Year.  Pitched a no hitter for the New York Yankees in 1993.  Dynamic motivational speaker.

Wally Amos - Founder of Famous Amos Cookie Company, author of four books, literacy advocate, dynamic motivational speaker

Thurl Bailey - Former star NBA basketball player, author, singer, dynamic motivational speaker

Alan Bean - One of America's most well known astronauts, pilot for the second landing on the moon in 1969

Todd Blackledge - Broadcaster for NCAA football games.  Quarterback for 1982 Penn State National Champions. Former NFL quarterback.

Dr. Ken Blanchard, CPAE - Co-author of "The One Minute Manager" and numerous other best selling books

Rocky Bleier - Former star running back at Notre Dame and following serious injuries in Viet Nam, went on to play for the Pittsburgh Steelers ........was one of the stars in their winning four Super Bowls

Terry Bowden - Former head football coach at Auburn University and present ABC television college football commentator.  Dynamic motivational speaker.

Les Brown, CPAE - One of the most dynamic motivational speakers in the world, author, former nationally syndicated TV talk show host

Catherine Crier - Court TV personality, lawyer, former judge, author, award winning journalist

Mort Crim - Former award winning network TV broadcaster, author of 3 books, eloquent speaker

Larry Csonka -Hall of Fame football player for the 3 time Super   Bowl winning, Miami Dolphins (in the 70's)

Tim Daggett - Olympic Gold Medalist in gymnastics

Mike Eruzione - Captain of U.S. Olympic Hockey team that won the Gold Medal in 1980.....the "Miracle on Ice"

Bob Eubanks -  Former host of "The Newlywed Game" and several other television game shows, former manager for several major singers.  His presentation and ability to do a "Newlywed Game" for your organization is extremely well received and includes video clips of some of the funniest guests from his original shows.

Roy Firestone - Master impressionist, TV host, entertainer. Has received 6 Emmy's. He has interviewed more than 3,000 celebrities. SI named him the "best interviewer in the business"

Steve Fraser - Olympic Gold Medalist in wrestling....Rulon Gardner's wrestling coach for ten years

LaDonna Gatlin, CSP, CPAE - Baby sister of the famous, Gatlin Brothers.  Incredible speaker and singer.

Rudy Gatlin - One of the famous Gatlin Brothers...speaker/singer

Mitch Gaylord - Olympic Gold Medalist in gymnastics

Stedman Graham - Entrepreneur, author, motivational speaker

Archie Griffin - Only two-time Heisman Trophy winner (college football)

Dr. Sanjay Gupta - CNN medical correspondent (limited availability)

Janet Guthrie - First woman to ever race in the Indianapolis 500

Kirk Herbstreit - Former quarterback at Ohio State University, present ESPN Television broadcaster for NCAA football (minimal availability during college football season) Only does Q/A sessions.

George Karl - Coach of Denver Nuggets in the National Basketball Association (minimal availability during pro basketball season)

Clark Kellogg - Former All-American basketball player at Ohio State University, former superstar pro basketball player and present TV broadcaster for NCAA basketball games

Tim Kurkjian - Baseball analyst and reporter for ESPN-TV on  ''Baseball Tonight" and "Sports Center"...author of ONLY A GAME. Senior writer for ESPN Magazine and ESPN.com.

Art Linkletter, CPAE - Television personality ("People are Funny"...."Kids Say the Darndest Things"), author of 16 books, dynamic speaker

Vince Lombardi, Jr. - Son of the famous football coach.  This Vince is a dynamic speaker, has a business and sports background, and is author of "Coaching for Teamwork" and "What it Takes to Be #1:  Vince on Leadership"

Jerry Lucas - Considered one of the 50 best college basketball players in history AND one of the 50 best professional basketball players in history, memory expert/author

Harvey Mackay, CPAE - Owner of one of America's most successful printing companies, author of several best selling business books, including "Swim with the Sharks, Without Being Eaten Alive"

Jeb Stuart Magruder - Most well known for serving as a top aide to President Nixon, author of two books, minister and speaker.....shares his candid insights on Watergate

Frank Maguire - Former senior executive at Federal Express, Kentucky Fried Chicken, ABC, and American Airlines

John Naber - Olympic swimming champion (four gold medals), TV swimming commentator, dynamic speaker

Howard Putnam, CSP, CPAE - Former CEO for Braniff Airlines and Southwest Airlines, Author - "Winds of Turbulence"....speaks on leadership, change, ethics

Kyle Rote, Jr. - America's most well known U.S. born male soccer star

Bob Richards, CPAE - First athlete to appear on Wheaties box and was on  it for over 10 years, two-time Olympic Gold Medalist, one of the most prolific motivational speakers of all time.

Rudy Ruettiger - He is the subject of the famous movie, RUDY, which focused on his dedication to play for Notre Dame.  He has authored 3 books and is in demand as a motivational speaker

Lyn St. James - Second woman to ever race in the Indianapolis 500, started 15 Indy 500 races. Sports Illustrated named her "One of the top 100 female athletes of the century"

Ron Shaw - Former CEO of $200 million per year company, former stand up comedian, excellent speaker on innovation and leadership

Tom Sullivan - Blind since birth, he is an actor, author of 8 books, singer, composer and athlete.  His life story was captured in the major motion picture, "If You Could See What I Hear"

Jim Tunney, CSP, CPAE - Referee in three Super Bowls, author of "Impartial Judgement" and "Chicken Soup for the Sports Lovers Soul"

Marilyn Van Derbur, CPAE - Former Miss America, incest survivor, one of the most prolific motivational speakers in history, author of "Miss America by Day"

Peter Vidmar, CPAE - Olympic Gold Medalist in gymnastics...see his complete website above

Pat Williams - Senior Executive Vice-President of Orlando Magic, author of 37 books, dynamic motivational speaker

Zig Ziglar, CPAE - One of the world's most well known motivational and sales speakers, author of 14 books

and MANY more.....just give us your goals, budget, location and past speakers..... so we can make appropriate suggestions

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One of our specialties is speakers whose fees are $3500 or under
click here for catalog - more speakers $3500 or less

(In a few cases, if the speech is out of the speaker's home state, the fee may be over $3500)

Call us for details AND to have us send you our catalog on 112 speakers whose fees are $3500 and under....... but following are some of the names of reasonably priced speakers we work with closely, most of whom are featured in the catalog.

SPORTS: 

Larry Barnett - former long time American League baseball umpire
Earle Bruce
- former head coach for Ohio State University
Jay Burson - former star basketball player for Ohio State University
Bill Conley - former assistant football coach for Ohio State University
Coach John Cooper - former head football coach at Ohio State University
Coach Gerry Faust - former Notre Dame head football coach                      Greg Frey - former quarterback for Ohio State University
Archie Griffin - only two time Heisman trophy winner in college football
Shawn Harper
- former pro football player
Bill Hosket - former All-American basketball player & star pro player
Jim Karsatos - former quarterback for Ohio State University
Tim Kurkjian
- ESPN baseball commentator
Jim Lachey - former All American football player and All-Pro football player
Al Oliver - former all-star major league baseball player
Jack Park, CPA, CSP - expert on Ohio State University football
Dr. Lea Ann Parsley - Olympic silver medalist in Skeleton (winter Olympics)
Sam Rutigliano - former head football coach for Cleveland Browns
Dick Schafrath - former star football player & All-Pro for Cleveland Browns
Ron Stokes - former star basketball player for Ohio State University

PEOPLE SKILLS (with Humor):

Harvey Alston Dr. Robert Lawson
Kristin Arnold, CSP Dave Leedy
Brian Blasko Dr. Jay Lehr
Bruce Boguski Rick Metzger, CSP
Dr. Stephen Boyd, CSP Dr. Johnny Miller, CSP
Barbara Braham John Mincy
Ben Brooks Jeff Moyer
Melissa Buchanan Steven Newman
Tod Buchanan Kordell Norton
Dave Caperton Richard Paul
Kerry Patric Clark Jon Petz
Sylvana Clark Dr. Kay Potetz
Roselyn Connor Randall Reeder (as Will Rogers)
Connie Dieken, CSP Carol Ritz, CSP
Patrick Donadio, CSP Pam Schuck
Dr. Stephen Douglas Dr. Scott Sheperd
Dr. Charles Dygert, CSP, CPAE Rob Sherman, JD
Cea Cohen Elliott David Austin Sky
Joan Fox Walter Smith
Mike Frank, CSP, CPAE Dr. Tom Steiner
Debbie & Mike Gardner Phil Stella
Jim Getty (as Abraham Lincoln) Dr. Mike Thomson
Melvin Gravely Dr. Darryl Tukufu
Gary Griesser Dr. Nancy Utterback, CSP
Dr. Ray Guarendi Richard Vail
Devon Hansen John Wagner                                       
Dr. Jep Hostetler Dawn Waldrop
Wayne Humphreys, CSP Edith Washington
Ted Janusz Gail Wenos, CSP, CPAE and Ezra
Kay Keller Marion Wikholm
Fran Kick, CSP Otis Willams, CSP
Gail Bossert Klink Steve Wilson, CSP

HUMORISTS -- ENTERTAINERS:

Luther Beauchamp Mel Helitzer
Mike Bishop Patrick Henry
Ron Dentinger Ralph Hood, CSP
Dave Dugan Mark Klein
Mary Faktor Keith Matheny
George Fields, CSP J. R. Selders
Eric Gnezda John Slicer
Ken Groves Barbara Smith "The Hat Lady"
John Gunter "The Singing Sheriff" Charlie Thompson
Clyde "The Cajun" Harris, CLU Bryan Townsend, CSP, CPAE

Note:   CSP = Certified Speaking Professional (earned through the 3800 member, National Speakers Association)  Only 500 speakers in the world have attained this designation.

CPAE = Speaker Hall-of-Fame (awarded by the 3800 member, National Speakers Association) Only 180 speakers in the world have received this recognition.

Only 100 speakers in the world have both, CSP and CPAE

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Speakers Unlimited

P.O. Box 27225 - Columbus, Ohio 43227

Contact us by phone 614-864-3703, fax 614-864-3876 or e-mail at Mike@SpeakersUnlimited.com for more details on any of these speakers