Motivator: He speaks to over one hundred groups a year, which includes business and professional people, educators, students and community groups. He has spoken before such organizations as American Express, AT&T, Arco Oil, the Chicago Buffs, General Dynamics, The International Association of School Business Officials, Mutual of New York, The National Association of Fraternity Advisors, Norwest Bank, Suimitomo Corporation, Sun Life of Canada, Union Carbide, U.S. Steel and the United States Post Office. He is the only speaker in the seventy-three year history of the seven thousand member Million Dollar Round Table to speak twice in four years on their main platform.
 
Media: He has been a guest on literally thousands of radio and television shows
  
Personality: Throughout the country. He has appeared on such national shows as Oprah, Today and Tom Snyder. In addition, he wrote humorous commentaries for NBC Television and hosted his own talk show, "Powers Up." Currently, Powers is writing and performing one-minute spots on how to be an effective public speaker for WYCC-T.V. in Chicago. He is also writing and hosting six motivational television shows for PBS Television.
 
Business Person: He produced his own musical, "Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up?" for four years, raising capital of 1.8 million dollars. He is also the president and co-founder of the Powers of Motivation Institute.
  
Author: He has written four books (The Last Catholic in America, Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up? The Unoriginal Sinner & the Ice Cream God, and The Junk Drawer, Corner Store, Front Porch Blues). His books have sold over a million copies. His writings have also appeared in numerous magazines among them Readers Digest, Chicago Magazine and the Chicago Tribune Magazine.
   
Playwright: He is the author of the Broadway musical comedy, "Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up?" which is presently playing in over a dozen cities throughout the United States. In addition, he wrote and performed his own one-man show, "Scissors, Paper, Rock." Before it even appeared on stage, he adapted it as a television special, "Going Home." Powers has received two regional Emmy awards for his work in television.
   
Educator: John taught for many years on the elementary, junior high and university levels. He has also worked in public television. John continues to teach by speaking to thousands of teachers every year. He holds a Ph.D. degree from Northwestern University in the field of Communications.
 
 
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