Admit it, you've always secretly wanted to be able to juggle - and Dave Finnigan wants to teach you how. But juggling is just his cover, what he really teaches is success. Dave is now making his talents available to associations, corporations and other groups primarily serving adults. Over the past 26 years Dave's alter ego, Professor Confidence, has visited more than 2,000 schools and summer camps in 42 states and 12 countries. He has personally taken over one million children gently and humorously through the steps from bumbling beginner to juggling mastery with slow-moving nylon scarves. Dave has put 40,000 miles per year on his 40 foot motor home traveling with his family from school to school and camp to camp. Because his daughter, Dorothy, is headed for Yale, and his son, Ben wants to go to a "school without wheels" Dave is changing gears to live in his new home of Celebration, Florida and to fly to work, speaking primarily to adult groups.

Powerful Hands-On Keynotes - When Dave works with a group, within 60 fun filled minutes every participant is guaranteed to learn to juggle with three nylon scarves; and they learn lots of bonus lessons along the way, such as:

• The power of creative silliness;
• How to drop that awful four-letter word, "can't";
• Ways to turn down the "worry and hurry" mechanism;
• How to take risks without fear of failure and the relationship between risk and reward;
• How to move from "Beginner Mind" to "Master Mind" in any task;
• How to become a juggler on the job handling multiple tasks with dexterity and skill;
•How to sweep your mind clear of clutter, shut off the chatter, and really focus.

Dave can present a keynote/ice-breaker that sets the tone for a fun and interactive conference, with the emphasis on learning. Participants start work together in teams of two to learn the skills, and at each critical juncture they celebrate the learning in ever growing teams, doubling in size at every step. Finally, once everyone has learned to keep three scarves moving, your entire conference population will perform a "mill" going around the room and congratulating one another for their accomplishments. Everyone gets to hug or high five everyone else as self esteem and group esteem soar!

Dave's program involves numerous risk taking exercises, which allow participants to release their hidden capabilities, accept challenges and stretch beyond previous self-imposed limits. Everyone participates and experiences that "Ah-Ha" moment when something complex and baffling suddenly becomes crystal clear. Appropriate background music helps with learning. Everyone gets hands-on experience juggling three nylon scarves, so participants can say "look what I learned at the conference" as soon as they get home.

Make Juggling Your Conference Theme - Dave's ambition is to provide all the services needed for your future conference organized around a theme such as "Juggling our Priorities," or "Juggling Family, Work and Community." He will provide his exciting opening, several concurrent human relations and confidence building workshops, a mid-conference energizer and a powerful closing event. He will help you to select appropriate names for your workshops around the juggling and circus theme and provide juggling and circus graphics that punctuate your promotional pieces and your conference program. If you wish to engage a dynamic juggling act for entertainment at a gala or social, Dave has over 4,300 jugglers in his database. Dave can even close by writing and presenting a humorous and insightful poem, punctuated by his own skillful juggling. This unique poem highlights conference themes and major points made by your participants during the conference. Samples of the poetry he has written and presented for various clients are available on request.

Dave has also written the two most comprehensive books on juggling, one for visual learners and one for verbal learners. The first, often called, "The Bible of Juggling" is The Complete Juggler, 576 pages long with over 1,000 line drawings, now in its tenth printing. It was first published in 1984 by Random House and is available in five languages. In 2002 Human Kinetics Press published Dave's new book, co-authored with his own children Dorothy and Ben, Juggling - From Start to Star, with much more text describing the learning process and with photos in place of line art. His two instructional video series (Juggletime for kids and Juggling Step by Step for teens and adults) have received two Parent's Choice Awards, and other eleven national video awards.

It doesn't matter how serious or lighthearted your group may be, Professor Confidence will fit right in. His Bachelor's degree from Cornell, his Masters in Public Health from Berkeley, his Doctoral work at the University of Washington, ten years working in East Asia in public health programs, and twenty five years running his own business have all helped prepare this dynamo for his humorous and enlightening work. Dave has taught over a million people to juggle and he won't fail with you and your group!