Danielle Kennedy epitomizes the excellent speaker because she has truly lived a deeply rewarding life. A mother of eight children who has managed to raise and educate them through college. Married at nineteen she returned to school to receive her bachelors degree in theatre communications when she was in her thirties. At age forty-five she returned to graduate school and attained a masters degree in professional writing at the University of Southern California.
All of these babies and education happened in the midst of her becoming one of the leading straight commissioned salespeople in the world. Her legendary sales career propelled her into the speaking and sales training field. She has written seven best-selling books.
In 1994 Sales and Marketing Executives International named Danielle their international "Ambassador of Free Enterprise." The first woman to receive such an honor. She was inducted that year into the Sales and Marketing Executives Hall of Fame along with the CEO of Sears and AllState Insurance. Her lifelike picture is permanently displayed in the Sales and Marketing Executives Hall of Fame at Enterprise Square in Oklahoma City.
Danielle has spoken in every state in the U.S., hundreds of cities and in such countries as England, Ireland, South Africa and Australia. She has also appeared on numerous talk shows and been featured in major newspaper and magazine articles.
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