What a kick and a privilege to be asked by longtime friend, Karen Cortell Reisman, to speak to my peers at the National Speakers Association’s influence18 conference in Dallas. 
Plus, then be interviewed and asked, “What’s most important to the individuals we serve?”
https://tinyurl.com/NSAinfluence18Blackman
The background: two huge segments from the Berlin Wall that fell in November, 1989. 12 feet high. 4 feet wide. 11,905 pounds.
Literal and figurative reminders of life’s barriers and breakthroughs.
