Dr. Rick Brinkman

Dr. Rick is known for "Educating thru Entertainment". He combines stand up comedy and masterful story telling to create a memorable program. To say that Rick makes the learning process fun is an understatement. He says, "After 21 years straight of formal torture...ahh, I mean education I realized that the only things I remembered were the things the teachers got me to enjoy." And Rick took that learning very seriously. So much so that he has clients who will remember in detail, years later, a single story that he told.

"To this day, one year later, people are still talking about the seminar."
Harry Olsen, Josephine County Corrections

"I never thought a one day program could change communication habits that took a lifetime to develop, but it has been nine months and things are totally different around here."
Carolyn Strong, Tektronix

"It has been over a year, and people are still saying things like, 'Remember what Brinkman said'. You sure made it memorable."
Tom Burns, CSC

Dr. Brinkman has been a professional speaker since 1980. He does over 100 programs a year in 9 countries. McGraw Hill has published the book he co-authored called: "Dealing With People You Can't Stand" which has become a national best seller and has been translated into Chinese and Korean. His audio and video tapes, "How to Deal with Difficult People" have sold over 200,000 copies. He is also the author of Customer Service audio and videos and "Life by Design". In 1988 Rick was selected by the Tom Peters Group and CareerTrack as one of only 15 people in the country to present the In Search of Excellence and Thriving on Chaos programs.