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Communications Director,
International Association for Counterterrorism
& Security Professionals
Craig O. Thompson
SPEAKER
AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR ANTI-TERRORISM
EXPERT
&
BUSINESS DISASTER CONTINUITY
PLANNER
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CONTACT:
BrightPub@aol.com
www.keynoteR-central.com
www.Omar-Thriller.com
www.IACSP.com
or
Professional Speakers Bureau International (see
below)
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"It's no longer a question of if we
will experience
additional NBCRW attacks on our
homeland.
Now it's only a question of how
they will be carried out. "
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Keynotes,
Workshops, Lectures, Seminars
Book Signings and Readings
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PROFESSIONAL
SPEAKER and
CONSULTANT
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"America lacks, today, a clear plan for informing, preparing, and
coordinating our citizens and public health infrastructure for the
possibility of natural and man-made disasters...including the
possibility of terrorist attacks on our homeland."
Keynoter and Workshop Leader, Craig O. Thompson
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How
prepared is your business to reopen
immediately after a natural or man-made
disaster? Will your
customers/clients,suppliers/vendors still
be there? How immune is our homeland
against terrorist attacks? Regardless of
all your good efforts, your business may
have to close due to a hurricane, an
earthquake, a wildfire, a severe storm, a
flood--or a terrorist attack.
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Statistics
indicate that at least 43% of
businesses
never reopen following a local
disaster...
29%
of those that reopen do not last over two
years for lack of a
plan!
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Source:Institute
for Business & Home
Safety
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How do you control the possible impacts of
a natural
or man-made disaster on your business or
community?
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A captivating and high-energy platform
speaker and educator, Craig 0.
Thompson offers his insights through
serious, lively--and always
stimulating--presentations at national
conventions, seminars and
"getting-down-to-business" workshops.
Customized, content-oriented subjects
range from terrorism and NBCW (Nuclear,
Biological, Chemical Warfare) to how to
protect our families, businesses, and
infrastructure. Thompson also presents
motivational, time-management, and
decision-making keynotes, workshops, and
seminars for colleges, universities,
business leaders, educators, and other
professionals. Or he will speak of the
subject of writing a book, as he provides
advice for budding writers.
Thompson has been a featured
monthly speaker/author in the bi-weekly
Radio/Television Interview Report
magazine ...considered to be the bible for
over 4000 savvy talk-show hosts and
producers across the country. He has
appeared "coast-to-coast" on radio
stations from New York to Los Angeles--and
worldwide from Venezuela to New
Zealand--many national talk-show
interviews lasting as much as 3 hours or
more. In addition to numerous regional and
nationally syndicated radio interview
appearances, his keynote speech, titled
"The Terrorist Cell Game"--delivered in
Washington, D.C., and broadcast on C-SPAN
August 11, 2001, predicted major
terrorist attacks on our homeland. The
keynote, delivered among high government
and international officials, was featured
on C-SPAN Channels 1, 2 and 3.
As
the communications director for the
International Association for
Counterterrorism & Security
Professionals, a regular "expert"
correspondent for Washington, D.C.'s
WMAL-ABC Radio Charlie Warren Show--during
Attack
on
America--Craig
O. Thompson has provided over 300
radio/television and print interviews
to media organizations around the
world.
His
interviews have included extensive
discussions on counter-terrorism and NBCRW
on Clear Channel KFI, Los Angeles' Lee
Klein Show (Where, on September 10,
2001, he predicted future major attacks on
American soil in a 3 hour discussion
with Mr. Klein...and was rebooked
September 16th for 3 additional hours);
the Mitch Albom Show from Detroit;
Premier Radio Network's "Late-Night
Coast-to-Coast With Art Bell" show (4
appearances, totaling 11 hours of
discussion, following the events of
September 11, 2001)--Download and
listen to archive audio at www.ArtBell.com
for September 18, 2001 with Guest Host
Barbara Simpson and/or September 24, 2001
with Host Art Bell; two hours of
discussion and nationwide phone calls on
the Joan Rivers Radio Show
Thursday, September 13, 2001 (rebroadcast
on Wednesday, September 27, 2001); plus
interviews with The Dallas Morning News,
The New York Times, Glamour Magazine,
United Press International, and countless
talk/news, music and other stations
interested in his expertise and in his new
novel on terrorism.
Craig
O. Thompson's
goal
is to help businesses and communities
reduce economic losses, damage to
property, deaths, injuries, and human
suffering caused by natural and man-made
disasters. And he is able to motivate and
train participants in a manner that is
conducive to the client's objectives,
while maintaining a relaxed, yet
informative, setting.
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- MEMBER:
- Communications
Director, International Assoc. of
Counterterrorism & Security
Professionals
- Association
of Contingency Planners
International
- Institute
for Business & Home Safety
- International
Platform Association
- Washington
Independent Writers; Project: Vote-Smart;
Nuclear Threat Initiative;
Support, Business Executives for National
Security
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A versatile speaker, Craig's fees are extremely
competitive. As an educator, he will
focus on your theme and target what you need for
your business, trade association,
Chamber of Commerce meeting, or special event. He
comes prepared, utilizes
audience interaction to demonstrate important
points, and guarantees he will
maintain the attention of your audience. Each
program is tailored to meet
your needs as Thompson customizes special
hands-on
and/or handout material for each
event.
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Customized
Keynote &/Or Workshop Program
Topics:
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- How to
Create a Business Disaster Contingency &
Recovery Plan
- "NBCRW" and
the Terrorist Cell Game (What it is and what it
isn't)
- Unprotected
Border Crossings By The Numbers
- How to
Provide a Safe and Secure Environment for Malls,
Businesses, and Other Public Places
- Ten Things
Families and Individuals Can Do to Prepare for
Potential Disasters
(also useful for tornadoes, hurricanes,
earthquakes, etc.)
- How to
Become an Advocate for Safety in Your
Community
- How to Write
the Novel Within You
- How to Make
Decisions That Move...in Time (includes
Time-Management)
- Motivational
Workshops for Educators, School District
Administrators & Staff
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What
clients have to say:
"Mr.
Thompson's presentation was not only timely but
informative. It addressed the threat
of biological terrorism that soon materialized on
the east coast. Such a discussion by a noted
speaker and author is ideally suited to college
audiences across the country."
G. E. Miranda,
PhD.,
El Camino College
"I found your
keynote to be extremely informative and inspiring.
Others agree, you are
the best speaker in years...well worth the
investment."
D. Steele,
President
Planned Investment Co.,
Inc.
"Spellbinding
would not be too strong a word for the attention I
gave and could see others
giving to your talk. You offered us some very
sobering insights and presented them in a
businesslike way. I was inspired by your ending
with words of hope."
J. Cooney,
Our Lady of Greenwood Church
"Mr.
Thompson's speech was well received, and he was
evaluated as an excellent public
speaker by our members."
David Pearl,
CEO and Director General
IPA
"Your keynote
address was one of the most important we have had
on this campus. It was
invaluable advice."
R. Wilson,
Associated Students, UCLA
Credentials:
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- B.S
& M.A., Education, Northern Arizona
University
(Minor: Political Science)
- Twenty-five
years business owner, educator, consultant,
keynote speaker, and writer
- President
of a successful international marketing firm and
a publishing company
- Author
of historical suspense-thriller OMAR: A
Novel and the upcoming The Terrorist Cell
Game
- ABC-Radio
Expert Correspondent on Terrorism-WMAL
Washington, DC
- First
18 year-old to volunteer and serve in the U.S.
Peace Corps (Project Ceylon)
- Nominated
to the Carnegie Hero Foundation: courage in the
rescue of accident victims
- Past-President
of two regional trade associations
- Speaker,
U.S. State Department, at the request of the
Vice President
- Who's
Who in the South and
Southwest,
24th and 25th Editions
and Who's Who in Entertainment
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Craig
O. Thompson is also an accomplished,
award-winning novelist and Winner:
International Benjamin Franklin Silver
Award
for "Best New Voice--Fiction"
OMAR: A Novel is an historical
suspense-thriller
called "More Faction Than Fiction" and
"A terrifyingly credible novel of suspense
and
intrigue."
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Critical
Reviews:
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"Craig O. Thompson's OMAR forecasts
tomorrow's headlines. The proliferation of nuclear,
chemical, and biological weapons, materials, and
know-how is the number one national security threat
to the United States. This well-researched fiction
is a timely window into potential disasters for
unprepared nations."
U.S. Senator,
Richard G. Lugar
Member, Senate Select Intelligence Committee and
Foreign Relations Committee
"Given the
terrorist threats both to our homeland and to our
citizens abroad...this deep ocean adventure
thriller could not be more timely."
Henry H.
Shelton,
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
(Ret.)
"(Omar)
provides an interesting depiction and a realistic
account of activities that readers will enjoy."
Thomas E.
White,
Secretary of the Army
"....Thompson
is an authority on terrorism and uses his knowledge
to add a frightening, in-the-headlines sense of
reality."
Rich
Gotshall,
Indianapolis Star
"...Omar is a suspenseful and
thrilling novel of esclating global terrorism...a
shocking, action-packed, highly recommended
page-turner filled with suspense and plot twists to
the end."
Jim Cox,
Editor
The Midwest Book Review
"Deep ocean adventure in the
tradition of Clive Cussler."
Charles
Pellegrino
New York Times Bestselling Author of
Dust
"...a story of this magnitude
is mind boggling...I can't wait to see it on the
big screen!"
Captain Jim L.
Willsey
Deep-sea Treasure Hunter
La Nuestra Senora de Atocha
Treasure
"....I found
that this book really stayed with me....The fact
that (Thompson) predicted such terrorist attacks
gives (him) legitimacy as an expert, and the way
that (he) wove the facts with the
narrative only added to it."
Jeffrey
Marks,
Writer's Digest
"Undersea
salvage, the wreck of the Titanic, and
diabolical terrorists bent on nothing less than
total destruction of the western world collide on a
stage of global proportions in this page turning
action adventure from newcomer, Craig O.
Thompson....Written before the 9/11 attacks, this
book is chillingly accurate in its depictions of
terrorists, their actions, plots, beliefs and
ruthlessness. Thompson's writing is top caliber,
immediately putting him on a square playing field
with the genre's top purveyors. The detail, put
into the technology and background, is woven
seamlessly with the narrative that lends it
credibility and adds to the plot, without bogging
the reader down with incessant techno-babble and
vague concepts. An extremely engaging read that
firmly establishes an exciting newcomer in the
genre."
N.M.J,
Rapport Magazine
The Modern Guide to Books, Music and
More!
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