
Comprehensive Bio of
Sam Horn
Sam Horn
is known as America’s Intrigue Expert.
She is an award-winning communication/creativity consultant with a
20 year track record of results with an international clientele
including Fortune 500 Forum, Young Presidents Organization,
Hewlett-Packard, NASA, Kaiser Permanente, National Governors
Association, KPMG, Boeing, Intel and Capital One. She was selected
(along with Tom Peters, Seth Godin and Jim Collins) to be a featured
speaker at INC Magazine’s annual 500/5000 convention honoring the
top entrepreneurial organizations in the country.
A partial list of credentials includes:
* Top-rated
speaker at two International Platform Association
conventions.
Meeting
planners and audiences praise Sam’s presentations for being full of
innovative, real-life ideas they can use immediately to reap
real-world results. As Jessica E. Bassett, VP, Legg Mason said,
"Having planned numerous conferences over the past 15 years, I have
experienced the gamut of presenters. Without a doubt, I can
confidently state that Sam Horn's talent rests among the best. I
have witnessed an immediate difference in our attendees following
her sessions that is nothing short of amazing."
* In-Demand Consultant.
Sam has helped thousands of
entrepreneurs and organizations
crystallize
attention-grabbing ideas and approaches that helped them break out
vs. blend in.
As John Jantsch (Fortune’s #1 blogger on small business) said, “Sam
is a seriously
creative thinker who has taken what, for some, is mind-boggling work
and turned it into a system on how to create memorable names,
core marketing messages and slogans. She has created a
wonderful set of tools that will help you construct one-of-a-kind
ideas.”
*
A respected author of 6 books from major
publishers
which have been favorably reviewed in
Publishers Weekly, Chicago Tribune, Washington Post and
Investors
Business Daily. Her most recent book POP! Create the Perfect
Pitch, Title and Tagline for Anything introduces 25 original
techniques on how to interest anyone in anything in 30 seconds or
less. It is endorsed by Seth Godin (Tribes), Jeffrey Gitomer,
(Little Red Book of Selling) and Ken Blanchard (One Minute
Manager) who said it is a, “Inspiring guide to getting heard,
getting remembered, and getting results.”
*
An in-demand media resource
who’s been interviewed on National Public Radio,
BusinessWeek.com,
on every major tv network (NBC, ABC, CBS, FOX) and on Jay Leno’s
Tonight Show and To Tell The Truth, where she and her Tongue Fu!® team stumped the panel.
*
Official Pitch Coach for Springboard Enterprises
which has coaches women entrepreneurs to receive more than $4
billion in venture capital. Dawn Stackhouse of MSNBC said,
“You were the perfect person to have on our elevator pitch
segment.” Sam helps entrepreneurs design and deliver winning
pitches and proposals that close deals, land contracts and raise
funds.
*
Originator of trademarked communication methodology.
Sam
created Tongue Fu!® (what to say – when you don’t know what
to say). Executive Book Summaries said “Tongue Fu!® is
a gold mine for anyone who deals with the public; Sam Horn has added
to the legacy of ideas on how to deal with people left by Benjamin
Franklin, Abraham Lincoln, and Dale Carnegie.”
*
16-time Emcee of the world-renowned Maui-Hawaii Writers Conference.
Sam has worked alongside many of the world’s most famous authors,
screenwriters, agents, editors and directors including Mitch Albom,
Frank McCourt, Ron Howard and Jacquelyn Mitchard. She is thanked in
hundreds of books by grateful authors who say, “I couldn’t have done
it without you.”
Testimonials from Meeting Planners
about Sam Horn’s Presentations
“A
thousand thanks for bringing your provocative and powerful program
to our group. Our audience felt they received extremely valuable
information presented in an exciting, interesting and entertaining
way." - Shirley Gilbert & Pat Erwin, Hewlett-Packard
"It appears you are a very consistent speaker. As usual, you were
at the top of our audience poll, scoring an 'excellent' rating - 97%
to be exact."
- Luvie Owens, CEO, International Platform Association.
"Congratulations on attaining such high praise from our group.
They have shown a bias against non-industry presenters over the
years, but your presentation challenged that. It was loaded with
practical advice."
- Michael Sarka, CMP, Executive Director of the Vacation Rental
Managers Association
"My staff thoroughly enjoyed your excellent presentation. I want to
share just one of the compliments: 'By far the most informative
communications class I've ever attended. Ms. Horn is a dynamic
speaker who captures the audience and places emphasis on practical
subject matter’." - Lt. Cmdr. T.J. Concannon, Commanding Officer,
MEPS, U.S. Navy
"Never have I witnessed such positive comments regarding a presenter
at a state conference. Attendees said you really directed your
program to and for us."
- Steve Yager, Indiana Association of Public School
Superintendents
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Sam Horn,
America’s Intrigue Expert
Author/Speaker/Consultant
~ California Office
P.O. Box 6810 Los Osos, CA 93412-6810
Phone (805) 528-4351 Fax
(805) 528-2581
Office E-mail
info@samhorn.com
E-mail
Sam Horn at sam@samhorn.com
POP! Create the Perfect Pitch, Title and Tagline for Anything
(Perigee - Penguin, '09)