Speaker Report WHEN CRIME PAYS Sometimes the most arresting speakers are the ones who learned a lesson the hard way, paid their dues, and now teach audiences a thing or two about behavior and motivation By Kinley Levack kinley.levack@nielsen.com Anyone who saw Catch Me If You Can knows just how compelling—even likable—a criminal can be. Frank Abagnale, played by Leonardo DiCaprio in the 2002 film, first rose to infamy as a con man before finding success as a speaker following a five-year stint in prison. Although he made the category more popular, Abagnale is by no means the only speaker with a dark past. Former SUCCESSFUL MEETINGS DECEMBER 2007 mimegasite.com 43
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