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							Why Think Outside the Box When Everything Can be Found INSIDE?
Maxine Shapiro is a dynamic speaker and performer whose passion for freeing the
                     talent within has created an international demand for her
                     Inside the Box™ keynotes and training sessions. Mixing
                     laughter with learning, she reveals the building blocks of
                     improvisation and translates them to professionals in every
                     industry who are looking to tap into the wealth of ideas and
                     innovation just waiting to be discovered inside their
                     organizations, their teams and themselves.
                     Maxine is a 25-year veteran of the business world and
                     financial industry. She spent fifteen years at the Chicago
Board of Trade, building a strong foundation of business expertise. It was there
that she began seeing a need to change the channels of communication in
organizations. When she temporarily left the world of finance, she ranked 12th in
the country in the Customer Satisfaction Index while selling imported cars. As an
accomplished actor and comedian, Maxine performed regularly in Chicago's
vibrant off-loop theatre scene, and was a student of the Second City Improv Lab.
After moving to Dallas in 1995, she co-hosted a weekly financial radio show in the
fifth largest media market in the country. Her highly personal approach, blending
humor with down to earth analysis, brought her attention and praise from
business analysts and listeners alike. She moved on to North Texas Public Radio
station KERA 90.1 FM, continuing her savvy commentary on the daily
"Marketplace Midday.” She was also a regular guest on Public Radio International
"Marketplace Morning Report," one of the most widely heard business broadcasts
in the country. Her reporting on regional, national, and international business
practices and trends led to her bedrock conviction: that to remain competitive
and vibrant, American businesses and organizations must access their employees'
latent talents and free flow of ideas.
Maxine Shapiro motivates, entertains, and transforms groups through, highly
interactive, spontaneous, and powerful exercises. Her unique INSIDE THE BOX™
keynotes and workshops show people how that untapped wealth of thought can
be set free and how management can tap into it. The sessions actively engage
participants, raising productivity, allowing leaders to be more effective and
enabling teams to be more cohesive -- all while making for a healthier and
happier environment. Experience and learning go hand in hand.