Motivational Speaker William Gurstelle
William Gurstelle is the author of six best selling books including "Absinthe and Flamethrowers - The Art of Living Dangerously." He and his books are attracting an amazing amount of attention. Written up and discussed in the New York Times, Popular Science, Wired Magazine, NPR, and Discovery Channel, Bill has some big ideas and an important message to share.
Bill is a best selling author, licensed engineer, inveterate tinkerer, and professional speaker. Having sold more than 300,000 books, he is likely the most widely read author of "how-to" science books in the world. Besides his writing career, he is a producer and on-air talent for PBS' Make: Television and is a contributing editor and columnist at MAKE: Magazine.
Bill's programs benefit any group that uses, makes, designs, or improves technology. His message comes from a career spent exploring both the mainstream and fringes of technology.
Here's what your audience can expect from Bill's popular talks and workshops:
* a research-based approach to risk taking that empowers people to generate better solutions to difficult problems - (That's the art to The Art of Living Dangerously!)
* improved teamwork by enabling people to better understand and build upon coworkers' capabilities and ways of working
* new approaches to creativity and use those ideas to design better products and services
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Building Bridges
The ultimate in hands-on team building workshops! Participants cooperate to build clever wooden constructions. This ingeniously structured program...The Art of Living Dangerously
Has your team learned the art of living dangerously? For those whose business it is to make things skillfully, taking the right risks is essential....The ELRI Theory of Creativity
Creativity is the ability to think imaginatively, purposefully, and generate something of value. In this program Bill teaches participants to become...I am writing to let you know how much we appreciated the workshop you led, and the talk you gave, at the Gel 2008 conference here in New York City. You were a hit! Attendees said awesome and cool in their feedback on your workshop. We're looking forward to having you back. - Anne Briggs, Manager of Entertainment Programs, Sixth Star Entertainment and Marketing
Bill Gurstelle delights audiences with his love of making things. Bill understands that creativity and inventiveness relies on a maker space readily available with the tools to build what the mind conjures up, and his message was perfectly in tune with our audience's needs. - Leigh Estabrooks, Invention Educations Officer, Lemelson-MIT Program, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Bill is an engaging speaker who really connected with our audience. His presentations are informative and entertaining, and we're looking forward to working with him again in the future. - Dale Dougherty, General Manager, Maker Media Division, 0'Reilly Media
On behalf of Sixth Star Entertainment we would like to take the time to recognize what a fantastic job you do for us each and every time you speak for us. Your talks are lively, entertaining and thought provoking and are very well received by audiences! - Anne Briggs - Manager of Entertainment Programs, Sixth Star Entertainment and Marketing
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