Chapters Bookstore Welcomes Jerry Posner
Pittsfield - Chapters Bookstore welcomes renowned motivational speaker Jerry Posner to the event room for a discussion and book signing at 5:30PM on Thursday, October 23 Jerry is the author of Attention Late Bloomers: You're Right On Time, a motivational book for adults seeking inspiration and empowerment to improve their lives.Jerry Posner is a creative, dynamic speaker. Since 1994, he has given over 600 programs for guests at Canyon Ranch in the Berkshires and has inspired thousands of people who aspire to positive change in the workplace ... and in life.
Jerry also travels around the country as a speaker for conferences and as a trainer for many corporations and organizations. He is considered an expert in the field of customer service and is continually researching and developing new material for his presentations and seminars.
Combining humor, performance art and empowering content make Jerry's programs engaging and energizing. He possesses the rare ability to connect with, entertain and inspire audiences of all kinds!
Jerry was born in Newark, NJ and grew up in Teaneck, NJ. He graduated magna cum laude from Emerson College in Boston with a degree in mass communications. After college he worked as a recording engineer, radio producer and performed original music in Boston coffee houses (he still plays guitar, autoharp, dulcimer and ukulele). In the 1980s he worked as a stand-up comedian, program director for an all-comedy radio station in Thousand Oaks, CA (KMDY Radio) and produced and voiced "976-POSI" — a positive motivational telephone service in Los Angeles. In 1987, after a stint as creative director for an advertising agency, Jerry was hired to interview, train and motivate an international sales force working with military base exchanges.
Jerry moved to the Berkshire Hills of Western Massachusetts in 1990 where he founded and co-published The Positive Times magazine and hosted a weekly radio show, "Positive Radio." For the past decade, Jerry's primary focus has been designing and presenting the most effective, practical and fun motivational programs for his clients.
