Six Reasons to Book
David L. Smith

An Interview
with David L. Smith

A complete,
bureau-friendly press kit

Let me take this opportunity to thank you for your presentation, "Profit and Peril in the Third Millennium." Our audience of electric utility senior executives was particularly interested in your observations from a historical perspective, taking them through the megacycles of the human enterprise and the history of the U.S. stock m arket. Your predictions for the next turn of events in the market were "eye-openers," and, together with the present market volatility, caused significant discussion for several days. We particularly appreciated your efforts to customize the presentation to fit the interests of our members. By doing so, your message was effective in driving home your points.

Mr. Smith has spoken for us several times, and he always brings his best game, never disappoints. He's a great educator as well as speaker whereby everyone walks away saying how much they learned while no one walks away wondering what he was trying to say. His two-hour presentation was very well received by all attendees as evidenced by the following comments taken from the speaker evaluation (on which he received 4.9 out of a possible 5 rating):

Your well-researched presentation on NAFTA was right on the mark. I received many positive comments about the presentation from our members. They particularly enjoyed the customized links you created between NAFTA and the corrugated box industry, creating excellent take-home value.

I wish to personally thank you for being a valuable part of the recent AAPL Annual Meeting. Those in attendance were impressed with the quality and timeliness of your presentation. Please accept our sincere gratitude for responding to our speaking request in such an eloquent fashion.

Your assessment of the U.S. economy and its impact on our industry was most thought- provoking. Your use of graphics to demonstrate the key indicators was magnificent and it clearly communicated to our audience so that even the most naive amongst our group could comprehend what the numbers seemed to indicate. We had numerous comments from our participants on how well you were able to analyze the large amount of information and present it in such a concise manner. On June 9, 2004 you made great progress toward removing the stigma surrounding economics as "the dismal science." Congratulations!

Those of you who heard David Smith speak last year and kept track of his predictions know that he was 1,000% correct. Of all the speakers we have had over the past three years, Mr. Smith was probably the most well received and requested for a return.

Your gift to link current cyclical economic trends to winds buffeting our industry, along with specific short- and long-term tactics to successfully adjust for global factors uniquely met our needs. The results of our evaluation feedback forms in combination with the lively Q&A session following your presentation underscore the delivery of a service to our membership that was timely and valuable. Add NLGI I to a long list of very satisfied clients.

Thank you for doing a terrific job and the LINC conference. As you can see from the evaluations, you were the top-rated speaker for the event. The audience enjoyed and found value in your presentation.

The participants in the "Managing Your Money Seminar" rated your sessions "excellent and superb." Many, in response to the question "What did you especially like about the program?" answered: "David Smith."

Great to have you on the program again. We invite you back because you do such an outstanding job. You cannot know the satisfaction I feel when I add you to the program and know from experience that the attendees will be very pleased.

It was great to begin the agenda with such an effective speaker. . . I'd say you were a hit! The comments I overheard indicated that conference participants were very impressed with the practicality and relevancy of your presentation.

It was a pleasure to have such an energetic and dynamic speaker appear at our conference. You should be especially pleased with the results of our survey, as you were rated among the top speakers at the conference.

Our sincere gratitude for the terrific job you did in presenting at our dinner meeting last night. The overall program rating was excellent. It was truly a compliment to you for one participant to say: "The best speaker ever!" Among some of the other comments: "Informative. . . timely. . .easy to understand. . . great meeting. . . really important subject for all of us today. . . excellent program and speaker."

Your presentation entitled "Cyclical Investing" was the highest-rated educational session. Our conference conducted a total of 27 educational sessions, so receiving the highest rating is an outstanding accomplishment.

Copies of the testimonial letters are available on request.