Bob Evans began speaking professionally upon return from his assignment as the CBS News Foreign Correspondent and Bureau Chief in Moscow in the then Soviet Union. Early activity as a speaker was in the Association and University marketplaces. But in responding to invitations and inquiries, he soon moved into the Corporate marketplace as well.

Evans is a member of the National Speakers Association (NSA), the largest organization of professional speakers in the world.

The NSA awarded Evans BOTH their CSP (Certified Speaking Professional) and CPAE (Professional Speakers Hall of Fame) – the latter considered the “Oscar” of professional speaking. Under 100 speakers hold both awards from the 4,000 member organization in its 30-plus year existence. Recipients include: Dr. Norman Vincent Peale, Art Linkletter, Earl Nightingale, President Ronald Reagan, et. al.

Evans has given up to 100 presentations a year in the United States, Canada, England, Switzerland, France, Israel, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia. He is currently active in the corporation, association, university, and convention meetings marketplaces. He is President and Founding Director of the The Global Trends Institute, engaged in tracking future trends both in the United States and worldwide.

Evans is the former Senior Associate of John Naisbitt, author of the best selling “MEGATRENDS” and “MEGATRENDS 2000.” At a meeting of the Southern Governors Association, Bob shared a platform with Naisbitt, who later invited Evans to became the Senior Associate of the Naisbitt Group. Bob had the assignment of giving speeches, background briefings, and executive presentations to Nasibitt clients. That led Bob into his own study and presentation of future trends projections.

Evans has also done “series” presentations for selected clients. For example:
IBM - Global Market Briefings three to five times a year for IBM’s Management Development Center (MDC) at corporate headquarters in Armonk, NY.
Cenex Land O’Lakes - A seven part Agribusiness series for regional customer meetings over the summer months.
CoBank - Eight regional annual customer meetings across the country.

He also has offered a concept of “Multiple Marketing” for contracted speeches. Having been invited for a major keynote speech at an annual meeting, he offers on the same meeting program additional presentations for:

In the Association market, ASAE (American Society of Association Executives)
invited Evans to present the opening keynote address for their international meeting in Bern, Switzerland. Evans was asked to present ASAE’s first international professional survey, “Association Trends in the 21st Century,” covering association executives in seven countries spread over three continents.

Robert Evans is an educational and entertaining professional speaker who is certain to surpass expectaions for your function, gathering, and meetings. Contact us to discuss the details of your arrangement, and take a look at all the people who have hired Robert in that past.