Facts About Fred
- He's the only sales and marketing specialist who has spoken to and consulted with so many interior design professionals, and who has also worked with showrooms, design centers and manufacturers.
- He has provided presentation skills training and media coaching for major corporations, government agencies, trade groups and other organizations.
- He has developed sales and marketing training programs, marketing plans, and public relations programs for organizations around the country.
- He has conducted "Guerrilla Selling" programs nationwide.
- He has organized national speaking and press tours for companies, has appeared in numerous promotional videos and has hosted TV and radio talk shows.
- He has been featured in such media as NBC-TV, Newsweek Magazine, Entrepreneur Magazine, The Washington Post, National Public Radio, Franchising World Magazine, and others.
- The Berns Bureau, the Washington, D.C. news service he founded and ran for 15 years, provided coverage for more than 5,000 print and broadcast news outlets worldwide.
- He founded "International Toot Your Flute Day," (Oct. 4), listed in Chase's Calendar of Annual Events.
- He's a Chicago native who has traveled around the world, and once rode his bicycle 4,500 miles across America in 90 days through 10 states.
- He and his wife Ellen, and their son, Zachary, have lived in Louisville, CO. since 1995.