President, R. King & Associates www.sportyking.com
Greater Chicago Area
- Current
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- VP Education at WAO Toastmasters Club 771880
- Board President at WYTEC
- Motivational Speaker at Chicago Department of Senior Services
- President at R. King & Associates (Sole Proprietorship)
- Past
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- VP Education at Toastmaster Club 771880
- Midwest Region Classfied Ad Sales Manager at The Wall Street Journal
- Account Executive, Classified Advertising at The Wall Street Journal
- Education
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- American InterContinental University
- Ithaca College
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Sporty King’s Summary
Sporty King is a Conference Speaker who works with people who want to help others feel good about themselves and their contribution to the bottom. An expert on Life, Leadership and Literacy... he uses his gift of manipulating the English language to deliver positive words and thoughts to help people feel good, believing...
• that winning is personal (W.I.N. - What I Need). As we each understand our personal win we become a more valued part of any team.
• you have to be U.G.L.Y. (Unique, Gifted, Lovable You). There's something about you that no other person has that adds your piece to this puzzle of our existence.
• you have to enjoy this roller coaster of L.I.F.E. (Lessons Intended For Everyone).
• that we hear the same messages over and over... only the messenger changes... and we don't get the message until our messenger delivers it.
Imagine sharing that message with your students, parents, sales staff, conference, and meeting attendees. Sporty has had over a quarter of a century to practice and perfect practical proactive leadership skills that you can use to energize and remind…
• your students to achieve academic superiority, and become productive members of society by staying in school and developing the skills & character necessary to be successful
• your parents of the key role they play in giving children direction
• your salespeople to increase business by competing with themselves
• your members to enhance their interpersonal and communication skills for personal and professional growth
• your team to have confidence… they are good, not lucky
• your staff that Customer Service pronounced slowly states "Customers Serve Us"… thus it behooves us to also treat one another as valued customers.
Jack of all Trades… Master of None? Not really!!!
Which life would you deem unimportant???
Sporty King’s Specialties:
Conference Keynote... Session Facilitator...
M.L. (Master of Listening... a step above an MC)
Get your winning message delivered!!!
Sporty King’s Experience
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VP Education
WAO Toastmasters Club 771880
(Professional Training & Coaching industry)
2008 — Present (1 year )
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Board President
WYTEC
(Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
January 2004 — Present (6 years )
Westside Youth Technical Entrepreneur Center (WYTEC) is an Intel Corporation Computer Clubhouse to foster technological creativity in youth. I help raise funding to maintain programming.
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Motivational Speaker
Chicago Department of Senior Services
(Professional Training & Coaching industry)
1997 — Present (12 years )
I've created and facilitate "The Golden Brick Road" program at 5 "Seasoned" Citizen centers around the city... reminding seniors to continue to laugh, learn and live their lives to the fullest. We stress the point that they are not getting senile... they are exercising thier right to forget. And that's all they have to remember... ;-)
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President
R. King & Associates (Sole Proprietorship)
(Sole Proprietorship; Myself Only; Professional Training & Coaching industry)
1994 — Present (15 years )
Sporty King is a Conference Speaker with a message for adults that resonates with young people. Sporty inspires people to understand success while enhancing their interpersonal and communication skills. He uses his gift of manipulating the English language to deliver positive words and thoughts to help people feel good as the key to getting the most out of their personal and professional lives
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VP Education
Toastmaster Club 771880
(Professional Training & Coaching industry)
2009 — 2009 (less than a year)
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Midwest Region Classfied Ad Sales Manager
The Wall Street Journal
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; DJ; Newspapers industry)
1988 — 1994 (6 years )
Inspired and trained 5 office, 17 people staff on telemarketing and presentation skills; marketing; teamwork; goal setting; responsibility and ethics... in accordance with company guidelines
Monitored completion of tasks and growth of individuals in maintaining company standards
Designed, created and marketed annual regional special Recruitment advertising section. -
Account Executive, Classified Advertising
The Wall Street Journal
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; DJ; Newspapers industry)
1984 — 1988 (4 years )
Sporty King’s Education
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American InterContinental University
BA , Marketing , 2003 — 2005
Superior presentation skills, ability to interface at all levels of management, innovative, multi-task oriented.
Computer/Internet literate. Extensive travel throughout United States; also Canada, Europe, and the Caribbean. -
Ithaca College
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Sporty King’s Interests:
Best used as a Conference Keynote + Concurrent Session Speaker to help make good conferences great, and great conferences maintain their level. A passionate and charismatic speaker
Sporty King’s Groups:
• Toastmasters International
* Chicago Association of Minority Recruiters (CAMR)
• Westside Youth Technical Entrepreneurial Center (WYTEC)
• Boys & Girls Clubs of Chicago
• Bolingbrook Park District Community League Basketball
• National African American Speakers Association
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Speak for Hire Preview Call Series
Sporty King’s Honors:
• 1996 - finished as one of the Top 9 speakers in the world at the Toastmasters International World Championship of Public Speaking
• 1999-2001 - appeared weekly on WGN/TV’s nationally syndicated Minority Business Report, delivering inspirational messages about business and life
• 1975-2004 - The Wall Street Journal (7 promotions, 8 job titles): started as a messenger in NYC... transferred to DC as a Salesperson... served final 6 years in Chicago as a Regional Sales Manager before retiring
Sporty King’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- consulting offers
- expertise requests
- business deals
- reference requests
