It's rare to find someone who is both a safety professional and an entertaining speaker and trainer, but Richard fits the bill. While his depth of knowledge and experience make for content-rich sessions (Richard spent ten-years as a safety professional in the Nuclear Industry), he also draws on his sense of humor and theater background to deliver presentations and training sessions that are truly enjoyable.His depth of knowledge also comes from his interactions with thousands of leaders in hundreds of organizations in a wide array of industries, including energy, manufacturing, chemical, construction, healthcare, technology, retail, food services, transportation, government and education. His diverse background and his experiences as a union and nonunion employee, line worker and manager, and now successful business owner, give him the insight to relate to people at all levels, from employees to CEOs, truck drivers to scholars.His credentials include numerous safety and technical certifications from various organizations including the National Safety Council (He has also been a keynote speaker at the NSC’s Annual Congress & Expo—the largest annual safety convention in the United States.) His weekly online magazine, Safety Stuff, first published in 1999, has over 16,000 subscribers and acts as a clearinghouse for the best ideas from safety professionals all over the world. He’s published several books on the subject – Spice It Up! 52 Easy Ways To Turn Your Safety Meetings From Bland to Grand and The Safety Leader’s Guide Book, Best of Safety Stuff volume 1 and volume 2 the popular Puzzle Pak: 25 Safety and Health Puzzles and 250 Super Bright Safety Meeting and Promotion Ideas! Richard has also created hugely successful company-wide training and promotional programs (such as the “It Can Happen To Me It Can Happen Today” video and training series for the retail division of BP and “The Safety Olympics” for Cabot Super Metals).