Dave Sherman has the distinction of being one of the only “professional icebreakers” on Earth.  He is the founder and President of Connection Pros, an organization that inspires people to be more comfortable, more confident and more successful when creating and developing relationships with others.  He is also the founder of the Sherman Training Center, a world-class training facility in central Phoenix that provides a wide variety of workshops that help people reach AMAZING levels of success.   He is the best selling author of 50 TOP TIPS, A Simple Guide to Networking Success, Breaking the Ice - 306 Great Conversation Starters, Elevating Your Elevator Speech, A Powerful Way to Answer the Question, "What do you do?" as well as numerous other CD and video programs. Before becoming a professional speaker and trainer, Dave used his vast business skills to help build a successful retail sports apparel business.  As the owner and founder of The Cap Company, Arizona’s Largest Cap Store, Dave was named a Top Ten Small Business Person of the Year by the Phoenix Chamber of Commerce, a Top Five Small Business Person of the Year by the Tempe Chamber of Commerce, as well as receiving the national Mass Mutual Blue Chip Award for Small Business Excellence.

Dave has had the pleasure of working with hundreds of companies and associations all over the world including Wells Fargo, Southwest Airlines, Merrill Lynch, Toyota, Smith Barney, American Express, Northwestern Mutual, Medtronic, and so many more, as well as over two dozen Chambers of Commerce all over the country.
Dave has lived in beautiful Scottsdale, Arizona since 1982, loves golf, international travel, all types of movies and his only real vices these days are Diet Mountain Dew and a good cigar.

MOST REQUESTED TOPICS:
Breaking the Ice
How to Meet More Pepole, Do More Business and Make More Money!!
It’s a known fact that people are much more comfortable talking to people that they know than trying to meet new people in an attempt to develop long lasting and potentially profitable relationships with them.  It’s this fear of initiating conversation with total strangers that is keeping your people from reaching INCREDIBLE levels of success. 

In this fast-paced, highly interactive, and incredibly fun workshop, your people will learn the tips, tools, and techniques necessary to feel more comfortable, confident and successful in any networking environment.  They will learn:

• How to attract HUGE amounts of new contacts and connections
• Exactly what it takes to create that connection with others
• How to overcome the fears and phobias of meeting new people
• What it takes to start an engaging conversation with just about anyone
• And SO MUCH MORE!!

Elevating Your Elevator Speech
How to create and deliver the perfect answer to the question, “What do you do?”
When people ask your staff the universal icebreaker, "what do you do?" how do they answer the question? Do they just babble out a series of random thoughts that don't make any sense to the people listening or do they have a powerful, well crafted marketing message that will grab people's attention, engage them in conversation and encourage them to want to do more business with your company? In this highly interactive, information filled, and totally customized workshop, your people will discover how simple it is to get more people to want more information about your products or services. They will learn:

• The three parts of a perfect elevator speech
• How to become R & R (Remembered and repeated)
• How to avoid some of the biggest mistakes
• And SO MUCH MORE!!

Living the Law of Attraction
How to start getting more of what you want and less of what you don’t! Imagine living a life where you can have almost anything you’ve ever wanted.  A great job, the perfect mate, plenty of money, and all the other things that make life grand. You can start living that life RIGHT NOW if you know how to apply a simple, yet amazingly powerful concept called the Law of Attraction.In this fast-paced, highly interactive, and incredibly powerful workshop, you will learn the tips, tools, and techniques necessary to start drawing in all of the things you’ve ever wanted in your life.  You will learn:

• What is the Law of Attraction and how to make it work for you
• How to develop your Universal Order Form so your dreams can become realities
• How to develop the best affirmations for you to hear every day
• And SO MUCH MORE!!