Speakers
 Keynote Speaker
Mark Scharenbroich
Motivational Business Speaker
Mark Scharenbroich (pronounced "Sharon-brock") uses his unconventional approach, knockout humor, and personal stories with universal appeal to focus on the relationship side of creating results, connecting people to people, management to front line, team member to team member, and company to customer.
Part motivational speaker, part thought-provoker, and pure entertainer, Mark Scharenbroich makes this a don't-miss event. He tells engaging stories, delivers relevant messages, and weaves in an ensemble cast of memorable characters, á la Las Vegas headliners. Plus, the guy is hilarious.
Mark's Nice Bike principle (illustrated with a story which involves half-a-million Harley-Davidson bikers, lots of black leather jackets, one beige rental car, and the sincere recognition of what's really important) brings home the value of acknowledging, honoring and making connections that move people.
Mark's messages
- Improve employee engagement,
- Help people to embrace change,
- Enhance team collaboration,
- Fuel the passion to serve others, and
- Create meaningful connections.
His approach is unconventional, and he provides you with an unforgettable experience. Having performed in front of 3,500 audiences, Mark's credentials include an Emmy award, induction into the National Speakers' Association Hall of Fame, membership with the prestigious Speakers Roundtable, and several international film awards for writing and performing.
While earning a degree in mass communications at St. Cloud State University in Minnesota, Mark wrote, directed and performed in a comedy troupe called Mom's Apple Pie, which won the state talent competition after sharing the stage with a HUGE butter carving of Princess Kaye's face and a prize 1,527-pound Holstein named Elsie. The group performed together throughout the Midwest in the '70s, and when it disbanded, Mark went solo and combined his comedy training with motivational speaking.
Mark was hired by Jostens – the leading manufacturer of class rings, yearbooks and graduation products – to speak to their customers throughout North America. In 1981 Mark was featured in a film called "The Greatest Days of Your Life … (so far)." The movie featured Mark speaking to a packed audience of high school students and was seen by over a million viewers worldwide. It earned him the Golden Apple and Silver Screen film awards. Mark also went on to earn an Emmy award for his ABC television special, "Doin' Great," in 1995.
Currently, he's writing his first book about the Nice Bike principle, entitled (what else?) Nice Bike: Making Connections that Move People. Mark and his wife of thirty years, Susan, have partnered in Scharenbroich & Associates since 1984. They reside in their home state, the frozen tundra (except for three weeks in July) of Minnesota.
Fraternal Speaker
Joseph J. Annotti
President and Chief Executive Officer
National Fraternal Congress of America
Joseph J. Annotti joined the National Fraternal Congress of America (NFCA) as President and Chief Executive Officer on March 31, 2008.
With more than 20 years experience in association management, Annotti joined the NFCA after serving as Senior Vice President of Public Affairs for the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI). At PCI, he was responsible for the overall management of the association's public affairs and media relations activities, and develops and delivers public policy messages on the association's key issues to the trade, business and consumer media.
Prior to joining PCI, Annotti served as Vice President of Marketing Communications for American Business Insurance, a major national insurance broker. He spent more than eight years with Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of California as Vice President of Public Affairs. He has authored a variety of articles for insurance and business publications and has made presentations on media relations and grassroots political advocacy to groups across the country.
Annotti lives with his wife, Jody, and their two sons in Golf, Illinois.
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