Kevin E. O'Connor, CSP is a veteran ACPE faculty member who specializes in physician executive leadership, innovation and organizational development. Kevin is a specialist in educating and coaching professionals who are charged with leading their professional peers. He works with Physician Executives, their peers and their staff, as well as their lay colleagues for greater effectiveness in team development, leading initiatives and professional presentations. His major areas of focus are leadership, influence and development of fellow professionals.

Kevin O'Connor speaks professionally and works with 95 corporations and organizations per year. His clients include: The American College of Physician Executives, Allstate Insurance, Motorola, Amgen, Novartis, Takeda North America, ISTA Pharmaceuticals, Sanofi-Aventis, United States Air Force, the United States Army, Boston Consulting Group, Baker and McKenzie, McCarthy Builders, the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education, GATX, Abbott Labs, Rockwell Electronic Commerce, the Financial Planning Association and other high tech and manufacturing and service corporations throughout the United States, Canada and the world.

Kevin is the author of five books, his latest being Speak Up: A Woman's Guide to Presenting Like A Pro (co-authored with Cyndi Maxey, CSP) published by St. Martin's in New York. His previous book, Present Like A Pro: A Field Guide to Mastering the Art of Business, Professional and Public Speaking, covered the topic of professional presentations specifically for EXPERIENCED executives. He is currently working on another book on influencing those who do not report directly to you.

Kevin is active in the field of blindness and visual impairment being a past president of the National Association for Parents with Children Who Have Visual Impairments (NAPVI) and has contributed to four books on the subject.

• I Know You Can't Read This But - Kevin's presentation on how to make a greater impact (much greater) when you speak (no matter the topic or audience).
  
  
• Living and Working with (Sometimes) Difficult People - Kevin looks at cooperation and conflict on working teams, and how to resolve conflict with communication.
  
  
• The New Art of Leadership - It's You! A discussion of how great communications skills are at the heart of great leadership skills.
  
  
• Speak Up! How Men Evaluate Female Presenters...And What to Do About It - A look at the perceived differences in communication between men and women, and how to to navigate these waters in the workplace.