Ed Tate, World Champion of Public Speaking, Returns to Denver

Aug. 9, 2011 - PRLog -- Ed Tate, long time Denverite, Toastmasters International World Champion of Public Speaking, NSA Certified Speaking Professional (CSP), and Certified Guerrilla Marketing Coach returns home to Denver this fall.

Ed has shared his expertise and insights in 46 states and 12 countries, and on 5 continents earning his reputation as the “speaker who energizes, educates, and entertains.”  The Institute of Management Consultants (IMC), Colorado Chapter, is proud and honored to have Ed join us September 9th at the Denver Athletic Club for a morning of learning and skill building.

Ed will present two distinctly different, but equally exciting programs for IMC Colorado members and guests. First, he will offer a Breakfast Program: How to Breathe Life into Business Presentations! Research shows that most people remember less than 10% of any message after 48 hours. According to USA Today, retention after a presentation is closer to 2% to 3%.  Ed will share his award winning techniques for opening and closing presentations, gaining and keeping an audience attention throughout your presentation, and tools to help increase recall and retention.  

After the Breakfast Program, Ed will help participants recession-proof their marketing in a 2.5 hour Workshop based on the best-selling marketing series of all-time: Guerilla Marketing. A Certified Guerilla Marketing Coach, Ed will provide tips and tactics for How to Out Market your Competition & Find Clients in Any Economy! Participants will leave with a strategic seven-step marketing plan they can put to use immediately to increase sales.  

Both events will be held September 9th at the Denver Athletic Club, 1325 Glenarm Place, The breakfast program starts at 7:15am and concludes at 9:00am; cost is $25 for members, $30 for guests, and includes a full breakfast.  Walk-ins and late registrants (after 9/7/11) pay $10 extra. The Marketing Workshop will begin at 9:30 am and end at noon; cost for members is $75, $85 for non-members.    A combined pricing option for Breakfast Program and Workshop is available. Please go to www.imcusa.org/coevents for more information and registration.

More about Ed Tate: Using the principles he teaches today, became the 2000 World Champion of Public Speaking. Out of 175,000 members of Toastmasters International, Ed won the coveted 2000 World Championship of Public Speaking—Toastmasters’ highest award.

In 2008, Ed earned the Certified Speaking Professional (CSP) designation by the National Speakers Association.  It is an honor bestowed on less than 10% of the speakers in the world. Also in 2008, Ed became a certified Guerrilla Marketing Certified Coach.

For over a decade, Ed Tate & Associates, LLC – a professional development firm, provides Keynote, Endnote presentations and workshops on Executive Communication Skills, Leadership and Sales Presentation Skills.

As a trainer, Ed worked with Career Track (the largest public seminar company at the time) where he was frequently booked for 100 presentations a year. Following Career Track, he became the Training Executive for the Denver Rocky Mountain News where he established the company’s training department. There, he created 27 programs and trained over 1100 employees annually. In 2001, he led the transition team that merged the 145-year-old “Rocky” with its 125-year-old rival, The Denver Post, in a merger that involved more than 5,000 people.

As an author, Ed co-wrote the book Motivational Selling – Advice on Selling Effectively, Staying Motivated and Being a Peak Sales Producer. He’s also contributed to Stories Trainers Tell and The Seven Strategies of Master Presenters. Additionally, Ed co-produced the 6-CD audio album Speaking Secrets of the Champions and the DVD Home Study Course: Energize, Educate and Entertain! How to Connect with Any Audience Any Time!


The Institute of Management Consultants (IMC) is the premier professional association and sole certifying body dedicated to individuals consulting to management.

IMC has earned the prestigious International Organization for Standardization (ISO) ISO/IEC 17024:2003 accreditation for its Certified Management Consultant™ (CMC®) certification process. IMC USA is only the third institute to gain ISO recognition which further substantiates the high professional standards and ethics IMC USA has set as a benchmark for its certification process.

IMC USA is the only U.S. entity to provide certification for individual management consultants.  The IMC Certified Management Consultant (CMC) designation is awarded to a select group of consultants (only 10,000 worldwide) who have demonstrated that they produce substantive results, adhere to the IMC USA canon of ethics, and manage their practices professionally. Visit http://www.imcusa.org/?page=IMCCOL

The IMC Colorado chapter meets the 2nd Friday of most months for breakfast, networking, an educational program, and peer support at the Denver Athletic Club at 1325 Glenarm Place.   Contact Rudy Miick, Membership Chairperson, at rudy@miick.com or 303 413-0400 for more information.