Ron Culberson is a regular guy who has never climbed Mt. Everest, won an Olympic medal or survived a hundred days in the desert living on bugs and a single cup of water.

However, he's had a successful career as a front line staff member, middle manager and senior leader. That's why he can relate to the real people in your audience who work every day striving to be successful.

Ron IS the right guy for an enlightening and engaging presentation. He has been captivating audiences for 20 years and has reached over 120,000 people in more than 1,000 organizations. He engages the audience with great content, inspiring stories, and hilarious humor.

Ron is a regular guy done good. He began his career by working with people at the end of their lives as a home care social worker at Hospice of Northern Virginia (now Capital Hospice). After several years, he was hired as Manager of Counseling Services where he ultimately supervised 26 staff that included social workers, chaplains, and bereavement counselors. He worked hard to create a thriving department while at the same time creating an environment in which his staff had fun.

For the last two years of his hospice career, Ron served as Director of Quality Service, a senior management position. After being trained at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, he developed and managed the first quality improvement and customer service program for Hospice of Northern Virginia. This program was instrumental in training staff in customer service and preparing the organization for regulatory certification.

Ron is funny. Period. From his graduate thesis on the relationship between humor and depression to over 1,000 humorous presentations, Ron has been studying and teaching about the benefits of humor since 1984. He believes that there is more to humor than a punchline and that when coupled with a foundation of excellence, humor can help us manage stress, reduce conflict, become more creative, improve problem solving, and ultimately achieve a higher level of productivity and contentment in life and work. He not only teaches this concept, his funny presentations demonstrate it.

Ron is the author of Is Your Glass Laugh Full? Some Thoughts on Seeing the Humor in Life and My Kneecap Seems Too Loose: 365 Random Thoughts to Inspire Deeply Shallow Thinking. His newest book, Do It Well. Make It Fun.: The Key to Finding Balance During Times of Stress, Adulthood and Death will be released in the Spring of 2012 He is a contributing author to Humor Me and Chicken Soup for the Nurses Soul II and also writes a regular column, Funny Side Up, at Patch.com.

Ron has been speaking professionally since 1996 and has spoken to more than 120,000 people in over 1,000 organizations. In 2012, he will become the president of the National Speakers Association. He delivers programs for all types of organizations but has significant experience with healthcare, education, and government organizations.

• Do it Well. Make it Fun. - Based on Ron's upcoming book by the same name (Spring 2012), this hilarious presentation shows staff that good is really just average and that success requires excellence. He also teaches managers how to create a work environment in which staff want to work. Ultimately, he helps staff and managers understand that excellence combined with humor leads to an even greater level of success.
  
  This program includes the following three areas of focus and may include the topics listed under each area:
  
  
  • Success Through Self Improvement (Attitude, Focusing on the Present, Integrity, Skill Development, Wellness, Aging)
  • Success by Improving Relationships with Others ( Communication, Teamwork, Conflict, Presentation Skills, Friendships, Marriage, Parenting)
  • Success by Making the Processes in Life and Work More Effective (Work Environment, Process Management, Meetings, To-Do Lists, Email, Hobbies, Volunteering)