Consider a man who started a financial services company in Chicago, grew it to 400 employees in three years, then sold it and opened a bookstore in Vermont ... after appearing on NBC's Seinfeld for two seasons.

Todd Hunt did not do any of those things.

But he worked for a financial services company in Chicago ... shopped at a bookstore in Vermont ... and watched Seinfeld on NBC every Thursday.

As an executive at Ogilvy & Mather, one of the world's largest advertising agencies, Todd learned the "inner workings" of communication. Additional jobs with an insurance administrator, direct marketing company and ad department of a major retailer confirmed what he had suspected all along - people have to communicate every day! In 1991, he started his own successful business, The Hunt Company, a marketing agency in Chicago.

Working with trade associations, retailers, non-profits and financial companies, Todd sold insurance, credit accounts, trade shows, seminars, theater tickets, memberships and other products and services to consumer and business audiences.

One day he discovered that people would pay him to tell funny stories about sales, customer service, leadership and change that he garnered during his years in business. So now he does! Using humor and sensibility, he demonstrates how we can all communicate better, become more successful and make more money.

Program
• Communication Bleeps and Blunders in Business
  An insightful look at improving communication with employees, customers and suppliers to win more business ... with dozens of of everyday examples that will leave you chuckling in recognition. Todd Hunt is that rare speaker whose style and humor keep audiences riveted, while demonstrating the power of communication in our lives. His stories of how to order chicken and pizza are comedy gems in themselves, but also illustrate one of his many communication keys: "where is your listener coming from?" Murmurs of "I never knew that" ripple across the room during his refresher course on the "the eight words most often abused in the English language." And people invariably drive back to their offices and change their voice mail greetings, lest they sound like one of his hilarious real-life examples.