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On behalf of Florida Citrus Mutual’s Board of Directors, staff and our 8,000 members, we would like to thank you for giving an excellent presentation at the 2008 Florida Citrus Industry Annual Conference. It was very apparent you did your homework on our industry and made a conscious effort to craft your speech to address the issues we face. Your presentation was high energy, funny and motivational. The humorous anecdotes were spot on. There were a lot of smiling faces leaving the luncheon that afternoon. I’m sure many of our citrus growers took the message to heart as they went back to work in the groves across Florida. We also appreciate the fact you also took the time to “meet and greet” with our members, chat and pose for pictures. Make no mistake, this subtle gesture was noted by attendees.

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Motivational speaker Terry Bowden is the head coach at the University of North Alabama, an analyst for national college football radio broadcasts on Westwood One Radio, the co-host of “The Coaches Show” on Sirius Satellite Radio, and the host of a weekday ESPN Radio show in Central Florida.

After building winning football programs from the ground up at Salem College and Samford, he coached at Auburn University from 1993 to 1998. Terry is the son of legendary Florida State University coach Bobby Bowden, and the brother of Clemson University coach Tommy Bowden.

Terry Bowden, renowned as one of the brightest young minds in college football, joined ABC Sports as the college football studio analyst in August of 1999, and has continued on to his own daily ESPN Radio Show in Central Florida, weekly Coaches Show on Sirius Satellite Radio, analyst for the National College Football Game of the Week on Westwood One Radio, as well as featured columnist for Yahoo! Sports.com.

Bowden’s biggest accomplishments came while manning the sidelines at Auburn University from 1993 until 1998. While at Auburn, Bowden led the Tigers to an astounding 47-16-1 mark, as well as racking up three post-season appearances (1995 Outback Bowl, 1996 Independence Bowl and the 1997 Peach Bowl).

In addition, Bowden became the first head coach in Division IA history to lead his squad to an undefeated season in his first year at the school (1993). Bowden’s perfect season garnered him numerous Coach of the Year awards, including the Walter Camp, Scripps Howard, Football News, Toyota and the Paul “Bear” Bryant award presented by the Football Writers Association.

Prior to joining Auburn, Bowden served as head coach at Samford University from 1987-92. While at the helm, Bowden compiled a 46-22-1 record and rejuvenated a Division III non-scholarship program up to a title-contending Division I-AA program. In 1986 Bowden was on board at Akron, where he coached the quarterbacks under former Notre Dame head coach Gerry Faust. At the age of 26, in 1983, Bowden became the youngest head football coach in America when he was hired by Salem College in Salem, West Virginia. During the years from 1979-82, Bowden was a graduate assistant under his legendary father, Bobby, at Florida State University.

In 1978 Bowden secured his first coaching position at his alma mater, West Virginia, as a graduate assistant. Before making the transition to the sidelines, Bowden donned the Mountaineers uniform, earning two letters as a running back from 1977-78.

Terry's sample speech topics include:

Win with Teamwork: emphasize the importance of performing as a team.
Audacity: the belief that you can accomplish anything. To motivation employees to believe in themselves.
Motivating the Benchwarmers: emphasize the value of each and every person in the company.
You Can Make a Difference: inspire each person to understand their vital role in the organization and believe they have the power to postivity effect the organization.

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