Bill Butterworth
Award Winning Communicator, Expert on Change; Humorist on Life and Work Issues
Bill Butterworth is an award-winning speaker and author with nearly 40 titles to his name. Bill’s extraordinary ability to blend humor, storytelling, wisdom and practicality has resonated with a wide range of audiences across the globe. For close to 30 years Bill has traveled full-time speaking to hundreds of audiences, including Fortune 500 clients such as Microsoft, Walt Disney, Ford, Chrysler, Bank of America, and Verizon, as well as over 50 professional sports teams in the NFL, NBA, and Major League Baseball. Beyond speaking, Bill has authored over three-dozen books as a writer and a ghostwriter. His latest contribution is a book entitled Everyday Influence. Other authored titles include such classics as Balancing Work and Life, Building Successful Teams, The Short List, and The Promise of the Second Wind. Before his speaking and writing career took shape, Bill taught at the college level for thirteen years and was a counselor for six years.
Bill Butterworth’s extraordinary ability to blend humor, story-telling, wisdom and practicality has made him one of the most sought after speakers in venues throughout North America. Many consider him the #1 humorist/expert on life and work issues. Through his wit, warmth, insight and realism, he brings help and hope to his audiences everywhere.
Bill taught at the college level for thirteen years and was a counselor for six years prior to his current passion for motivating men and women in the workplace. Because of his remarkable abilities, Bill was awarded the Hal Holbrook Award by the International Platform Association, whose past and present members include Mark Twain, Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Elizabeth Dole and Bob Hope. They consider him one of the select few to be named a Top Rated Speaker.
For over thirteen years, Bill has traveled fulltime speaking to audiences as small as 18 and as large as 18,000. With groups like Disney, Ford, American Express, Daimler-Chrysler, Nortel, Digital Equipment, Young Presidents’ Organization, and the National Football League, Bill’s client list reads like the Who’s Who of corporations, associations, educational agencies, and professional sports teams.
As a highly regarded author, Bill has written over a dozen books, both under his own name and as a ghostwriter. Bill's book When Life Doesn't Turn Out Like You Planned, is a bestseller, Butterworth Takes a Vacation, is a fun-filled look at life, and Butterworth Gets His Life Together, is a hilarious, yet thought-provoking look at what it really takes to live a balanced life. They range from psychology to self-help issues, to the autobiography of one of the Dallas Cowboys. He has been a columnist, an editor and has written scripts for Warner Brothers.
Bill taught at the college level for thirteen years and was a counselor for six years prior to his current passion for motivating men and women in the workplace. Because of his remarkable abilities, Bill was awarded the Hal Holbrook Award by the International Platform Association, whose past and present members include Mark Twain, Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Elizabeth Dole and Bob Hope. They consider him one of the select few to be named a Top Rated Speaker.
For over thirteen years, Bill has traveled fulltime speaking to audiences as small as 18 and as large as 18,000. With groups like Disney, Ford, American Express, Daimler-Chrysler, Nortel, Digital Equipment, Young Presidents’ Organization, and the National Football League, Bill’s client list reads like the Who’s Who of corporations, associations, educational agencies, and professional sports teams.
As a highly regarded author, Bill has written over a dozen books, both under his own name and as a ghostwriter. Bill's book When Life Doesn't Turn Out Like You Planned, is a bestseller, Butterworth Takes a Vacation, is a fun-filled look at life, and Butterworth Gets His Life Together, is a hilarious, yet thought-provoking look at what it really takes to live a balanced life. They range from psychology to self-help issues, to the autobiography of one of the Dallas Cowboys. He has been a columnist, an editor and has written scripts for Warner Brothers.
Topics:
- The Only Constant is Change
- Great Traits of Successful Teams
- Balancing Work & Life
- Everyday Influence
- You Can Be An Ideal Leader
- Promise of the Second Wind
- Exceptional Customer Service
- The Short List (In a life full of choices there are only four that matter)
- Building Successful Teams
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