Bill Stainton is a multiple Emmy Award-winning TV producer, writer and performer; a highly sought-after keynote speaker; and an internationally-recognized Beatles expert. Not bad for a kid who grew up behind a dairy farm in the Amish countryside of Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Today Bill blends the business smarts he learned from twenty years in corporate management with the show biz sparks he gleaned from working with people like Jerry Seinfeld, Ellen DeGeneres and Jay Leno to create riveting presentations enjoyed by audiences around the world. Focusing primarily on the areas of leadership, teamwork and innovation, Bill calls upon his background as a comedy writer to customize each keynote to each individual client.

So what's his background? For fifteen years, Bill was the executive producer of Seattle's legendary comedy TV show, Almost Live! (which also enjoyed a two and a half year run in national syndication on Comedy Central). Along the way, he won 29 Emmy Awards for his work as a producer, writer and performer. He's also written for HBO, NPR and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. In addition, Bill has authored nine corporate training programs in subjects ranging from Office Politics to Customer Service to Team Motivation. His programs are currently being used by hundreds of organizations, from IBM and Boeing to Paramount Pictures and the CIA.

Bill is the author of The 5 Best Decisions the Beatles Ever Made: A Handbook for "Top of the Charts" Success and a co-author of Humor Us: America's Funniest Humorists on the Power of Laughter. As either the opening, closing, or luncheon speaker for your next event, Bill sees his responsibility to your audience as three-fold:

• Give them something to think about
• Give them something to laugh about
• Give them a reason to say, "This is the best meeting ever!"

• The 5 Best Decisions the Beatles Ever Made...and Why You Should Make Them Too! : Business the Beatles' way? Why not? We've learned the success secrets of everybody from Bart Simpson to Attila the Hun. So why not take a few tips from four of the most successful people in modern history? Beatle expert Bill Stainton says their success wasn't just a fortunate mix of genius and luck-it was a function of conscious decisions. This presentation focuses on five of those decisions-The 5 Best Decisions the Beatles Ever Made-covering areas from leadership to teamwork to managing change. So get ready to laugh, get ready to play, and get ready to learn. Here come the Beatles!
  
  
• What a Great Idea!: Unlocking Your Innovative Smarts (An Interactive Breakout Session or Workshop for Your Conference) - In today's increasingly competitive business environment, as well as in more and more hectic personal situations, it doesn't pay to be "stuck in a rut." We all have to come up with new solutions to new-and old- challenges. But how do you learn to break old patterns? How do you learn to envision challenges as opportunities? How do you learn, in short, to "see things differently?" This interactive and highly entertaining workshop will put you in touch with your own unique sense of innovation and creativity. Using the tools of professional comedy writers, you'll learn how to look at situations differently and see possibilities that remain hidden to others. This workshop is very flexible, and can easily be tailored to fit time slots from twenty minutes to one hour.