Hal Becker is a nationally known expert on Sales, Customer Service, and Negotiating. He
conducts seminars or consults to more than 140 organizations a year. His client list includes
IBM, Disney, New York Life, United Airlines, Verizon, Terminix, AT&T, Pearle Vision, Cintas,
and hundreds of other companies and associations.

At the age of 22, he became the #1 salesperson among a national sales force of 11,000, for
the Xerox Corporation. Six years later in 1983, he survived terminal cancer only months after
launching Direct Opinions, one of America’s first customer service telemarketing firms that
facilitates more than two million calls per year with offices throughout the U.S.A. and Canada.
In 1990, Hal sold Direct Opinions to devote time for consulting and presenting lectures around
the world.

Hal is the author of “Can I have 5 Minutes Of Your Time?” which is now in its 21st printing
and is used by many corporations as their “Sales Bible.” He has also authored three other
best sellers including “Lip Service,” one of the nations foremost books on customer service,
and “Get What You Want,” a fun, upbeat and fresh approach to negotiating. Hal’s latest book
on sales is titled the “Ultimate Sales Book.”

He has been featured in publications including The Wall Street Journal, Business Week, Inc
Magazine, Nations Business and hundreds of newspapers and Radio/TV stations around the
world, and is currently syndicated in over 45 newspapers and magazines.

Hal has received the Toastmasters International Communication and Leadership Award. He is
one of only eight people in the world to be given this honor.

In 2010 Salesgurus.net voted Hal as one of the “World’s top 30 Professional Sales Trainers”
Inc. Magazine has voted Hal as one of the nation’s top speakers in the Area of Sales and
Customer Service. He is also a CSP, or Certified Speaking Professional, which is the highest
earned designation presented by the National Speakers Association. The CSP award has
been given less than 500 times in the past 25 years.

Hal’s civic involvement is quite diverse. He is a past Chairman of the Better Business Bureau
and The Solon Chamber of Commerce, and has served as a trustee or president of the
following organizations: March of Dimes, Council of Smaller Enterprises, University of Akron
Business School, Cleveland Health Museum/Natural History Museum, Montefiore Nursing
Home, Sales & Marketing Executives of Cleveland, Healthy Cities Ohio and The Chagrin
Valley Chamber of Commerce.

He has been inducted into The Cleveland Heights High School Distinguished Alumni Hall of
Fame, and is recognized as 24 Notable Alumni of John Carroll University.

After battling terminal cancer, Hal founded the Cancer Hotline, a non-profit organization that
provides support and assists cancer patients and their families. He donates proceeds of his
books to this cause.

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