Is There A Hole In Your Bucket List?, Who’s Comfort Zone Are You In?, Front-Row Service, Why Settle For The Balcony?
Marilyn Sherman is a dynamic public speaker, author, and coach known for her powerful message, “Whose Comfort Zone Are You In?”. Through her motivational speeches, she has inspired thousands of people to step outside their comfort zones and take risks in life and business.
Marilyn spent the first part of her career as a motivational speaker for top companies, including McDonald’s, Hewlett-Packard, and Walt Disney World. In her early years as a speaker, Marilyn dealt with her own fears and insecurities about being on stage. However, this only fueled her drive to help others take on their own fears and reach their goals.
Throughout her career, Marilyn has written several successful books. Her bestseller, “Whose Comfort Zone Are You In?”, is a practical guide for people to break out of their own comfort zones and achieve their goals. She has also written “Why Settle for the Balcony? How to Get a Front-Row Seat in Life” and “Front-Row Service”, which both discuss the importance of attitude and service in business.
Marilyn’s success as a public speaker has not gone unnoticed. She has been featured on many media outlets, including CNN, Fox News, and The Wall Street Journal. She has also been awarded the Certified Speaking Professional (CSP) designation, an honor only given to the top speakers in the industry.
Aside from her speaking engagements, Marilyn spends her time coaching and mentoring others. She helps people overcome their fears and achieve their goals, both in their personal and professional lives. With her infectious energy and inspiring message, Marilyn is a force to be reckoned with in the world of motivation and public speaking.
Marilyn is the founder of UpFront Presentations has dedicated her 25+ year career in motivating and inspiring audiences across the country. She is a highly sought-after keynote speaker and author who is driven to move her audiences out of their comfort zone and into the front-row of their work and personal lives. Her engaging and fun personality makes Marilyn the perfect choice, even for audiences that are often hard to motivate. She is hired to engage audiences with stories of hope and inspiration along with practical tools to immediately implement when they leave the conference.
Marilyn is best known for customizing her keynotes to each audience, with attendees often saying “She was speaking directly to me. I needed that message today.” She also often hears, “Wow, she is so much more than a motivational speaker!”
Marilyn was inducted into the National Speaker Association’s CPAE Speaker Hall of Fame, one of 182 members in the world who hold this designation.
Marilyn is also the author of three motivational books including “Is There A Hole In Your Bucket List? “, “Whose Comfort Zone Are You In?”, and “Why Settle for the Balcony, how to get a Front-Row Seat in Life”.
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Thank you Marilyn for your time, energy, and most importantly, sharing what you love with us! Some comments: “I really came away thinking about my work differently, I want to be as effective as I can be. The keynote speaker and the personal accountability to be a better, more highly effective leader was excellent!’ Thank you again Marilyn for inspiring others to be better than they were yesterday!
On behalf of Boston Market Corporation and our national catering sales team, I want to thank you for your outstanding motivational program “Whose Comfort Zone Are You In?” Your program was the highlight of our national sales meeting. Our team enjoyed your sense of humor and I heard many great comments: She was great…inspiring…that was awesome….and certainly motivating! I also appreciate how easy it was to work with you and your organization! Thank you for your professionalism; we were extremely pleased with your services. I would highly recommend you and your programs to anyone I know that is looking for a motivational speaker!
You were a pleasure to work with from the early planning stages of the webinar all the way to the post webinar follow-up. The information is your speech and the additional reference material you provided were both fascinating and timely. Our only regret is that we didn’t have more time with you. I look forward to working with you in the future.
Marilyn – thank you for a fabulous workshop! We are very energized with tools to be successful in life, i.e. having a vision, overcoming obstacles (excuses) and having set goals.
Your talk was inspiring to all of us and we truly learned and relearned some key insights from you.
The entire conference was an enormous success, but many people commented specially on how outstanding, motivational, and thought-provoking your presentation was. We believe all who saw you were deeply inspired and benefited greatly from your expertise and guidance!
Just a note to thank you for your fine effort the other night at our annual meeting. Your presentation was dynamic, informative, and in talking to some of the managers afterwards, they all said they enjoyed it.
Wow! Your were truly amazing at the SFM conference in Montreal. Your talk on getting a ‘Front-Row Seat in Life’ was right on target and so pertinent for our audience. I don’t recall any other SFM closing keynoter who received better reviews (or attendance) than you. Our members really connected with your message. Your presentation will go down in history as truly inspiring.
Thank you so much for presenting to the McDonald’s Global Internal Audit department. We received wonderful feedback on both sessions: ‘Marilyn’s presentation was impressive’ ‘Wow – Marilyn has so much enthusiasm in her presentation skills that it’s contagious!’ ‘I was so empowered to take charge and change some things in my life’ ‘I found Marilyn’s presentation very interesting and alive. She is a great speaker, knows how to keep our focus and attention.’ ‘I absolutely loved the presentation!’ We hope to work with you again.
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