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KARL J. KRAYER, Ph.D. Karl J. Krayer received his Ph.D. from the University of Oklahoma, specializing in organizational communication. He is the President of Creative Communication Network, a full-service company offering speeches and presentations, training and custom consulting and meeting facilitation for individuals, groups and organizations. Karl is a nationally renowned speaker, author and consultant who works with corporations and associations who want to assess and improve competency, teamwork and communication. He also provides informative, dynamic and entertaining presentations and workshops for small businesses that want to increase productivity and profitability. Karl served on the faculties of Auburn and Texas Christian Universities before beginning a ten-year stint with Dr Pepper / Seven Up, Inc., as a Training Manager. He is a Past President of Dallas Chapter of the American Society for Training and Development, and was named its "Professional of the Year" in 1990. He is an active member of the National Speakers Association and the DFW Organizational Development Network. During 2001-2002, he served the National Speakers Association of North Texas as President. Karl's training and organizational development interventions at Dr Pepper / Seven Up yielded significant results for the corporation in productivity, profitability and return on investment. His internal consulting efforts were instrumental in leading work reorganization and process improvement changes for the corporation's Marketing and Marketing Services divisions. Since 1998, Karl has consulted and facilitated for many major organizations, including Nokia, Texas Instruments, Aegon, TXU Energy, Lucent Technologies, Cadbury Schweppes, Dal-Tile, Mary Kay, Hunt Oil, Citi, SAGE Telecom, Pepsi-Cola Bottlers, Lincoln Property Company, YUM! Brands, Texas Department of Transportation, and Child Health Care Association. Karl has served as an Adjunct Faculty member in the University of Dallas Graduate School of Management since 1998, teaching courses in Human Behavior in Organizations, Leading Change, Strategic Management, Projects and Teams, and Negotiation. Karl has presented addresses to conferences of more than 75 professional and academic associations and has written more than 50 articles in refereed trade, industrial and academic publications. In 1999, he published a chapter in a book in the National ASTD "In-Action" Series entitled Effective Leadership Programs, and in 2001, he published a chapter in an anthology entitled The Leadership Path, and in 2002, a chapter in The Communication Path. In 2003, his co-authored work, Organizing Change, was published by Jossey Bass / Pfeiffer / Wiley. His specialties include sales and influencing processes, competency assessment, management and leadership development, strategic planning, training and organizational development, communication and interpersonal relationships. Karl's featured workshop is "Manager-as-Trainer," designed to provide managers who are not professional trainers with the techniques and tools to develop their direct reports in order to improve competency and achieve organizational outcomes. His monthly First Friday Business Book Synopsis meetings at the Dallas Park City Club attract business professionals from throughout the DFW metroplex, and are now in their eighth year of existence. You can reach Karl at (972) 601-1537, via fax at (972) 980-0382, via mail at P.O. Box 38148, Dallas, Texas 75238, via email at karlk224@aol.com or on the world wide web at www.firstfridaybooksynopsis.com.