Communicreate President & Principal Michael T. Houghton provides motivational and informational seminars and presentations to colleges, businesses, and local, national and international organizations. He also participates as a speaker and moderator for panel discussions at wireless industry companies and trade organizations. Houghton both entertains and informs his audiences, blending his experience, expertise and insight with his special brand of humor.

Motivational Topics

Communicreate: Creative Solutions for Communication Challenges. There are challenges in life that are best solved with a blend of communication and creativity skills. Whether it's jump-starting a stalled career, launching a new business or product, dealing with difficult co-workers/employees and bosses, or handling a personal or professional crisis, this talk provides sound advice on how to develop creative, communication solutions.

The Care and Feeding of Work Horses. There are two major kinds of workers: work horses and show horses. The show horse gets carried and the work horse carries the load. But both can play a valuable role in organizations. The problem is that no one appreciates a work horse, until they have to replace one. Learn what you can do to keep your work horse employees happy and productive. And if you're a work horse, what you can do for yourself to survive and prosper.

Am I Missing Something. Has your career or personal life hit a brick wall? Well, if the Pink Floyd song is right, "All in all, we're just another brick in the wall," then you might be part of the problem. Learn how to identify the bricks from the wall --the problem from the challenge. Take charge of your own life. Hear how personal career planning and actions led Houghton from a dead-end job to his own international PR consulting practice, expanding his income dramatically, as well as his personal quality of life.

Public Relations Topics

  • News Media Relations for Dummies
  • Managing your Message
  • How to Build a Successful PR Roadmap
  • International PR: Beware of the Singing Fat Lady
  • Crisis Communication: Fire Prevention vs. Fire Fighting
  • The PR Concierge: Making the Impossible Possible
  • Don't Let them Shoot My Dog (Pitching to the Media)
  • Other Custom-Tailored Talks on Speechwriting, Internal and External Communication, Special Events Planning, and more!