Bob Pike CSP, CPAE Speakers Hall of Fame is Chairman/CEO of the Bob Pike Group and has consulted on training and performance improvement since 1969 with organizations like IBM, AT&T, Hallmark Cards, the USMC, The Joint Military Agency, Microsoft, Pfizer, and more. He is the author or co-author of 29 books, including the best-selling Creative Training Techniques Handbook and Dealing with Difficult ParticipantsMore than 125,000 trainers on five continents have attended his 2-5 day train-the-trainer workshops.

John W. Newstrom, PH.D. is a Professor Emeritus of Management at the University of Minnesota Duluth, and a self-styled funologist. He is the coauthor of more than a dozen books including the popular Games Trainers Play . He coauthored numerous articles on fun work environments, including "Making Workplace Fun More Functional,"  and "Making Work Fun: An Important Role for Managers."  He and Bob Ford published the popular book, Leading With A Laugh: 101 Funny Stories with 300 Serious Lessons for Managers, Trainers, and Speakers.

Robert C. Ford,.Ph.D. is a Professor of Management at the University of Central Florida.  His widely used text ,Managing the Guest Experience in Hospitality, is a pioneering resource for enabling organizations to adapt Disney-based practices to create a fun and satisfying guest experience.  Along with his coauthors (including John Newstrom), he conducted a major research study on fun at work for the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), and has published numerous articles and papers on the subject.