Charlie Plumb Speaking Fee, Schedule, Bio & Contact Details

Charlie Plumb

Former POW Leading Others to Turn Adversity into Assets

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Fee Range

$20,000

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Los Angeles, California, United States

Charlie Plumb

Biography

Captain Charlie Plumb graduated from the Naval Academy at Annapolis and went on to fly the F-4 Phantom jet on 74 successful combat missions over North Vietnam. On his 75th mission, with only five days before he was to return home, Plumb was shot down, captured, tortured, and imprisoned in an 8 foot x 8 foot cell. He spent the next 2,103 days as a Prisoner Of War in communist prison camps.

During his nearly six years of captivity, Charlie Plumb distinguished himself among his fellow prisoners as a professional in underground communications, and served for two of those years as the Chaplain in his camp.

Since his return home, more than 4,000 audiences in nearly every industry have been spellbound as Captain Charlie Plumb draws parallels between his P.O.W. experience and the challenges of everyday life. He has shared his message to an even wider public through appearances on Good Morning America, Nightline, Larry King Live, and The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer.

One of the most sought-after achievement speakers of his time, Charlie Plumbs presentations are as he is, sincere, straightforward, humorous, and tailored to motivate each specific audience he encounters. His insights on how to cope with the difficulties as well as the opportunities in life have a positive impact on those who hear his message, those who read his books, and those who come to know him as a friend.

Captain Plumb's Military honors include two Purple Hearts, the Legion of Merit, the Silver Star, the Bronze Star and the P.O.W. Medal.

Charles Plumb spoke at an operating room nurse's meeting I attended several years ago. Of all the speakers I have heard through the years, I can honestly say that none have had a more lasting impact on me. I have shared his wisdom with family, friends, and co-workers. Unforgettable

St Elizabeth Hospital

I was recently privileged to see and hear Capt. Plumb in person. I must say, he is by far the most gifted, inspiring speaker walking this planet! I thought I had “seen everything and heard everything.” I sat there dumbfounded hearing this man’s heroic story – and understanding how my life is better because of the lessons he learned. I consider getting the chance to hear his message, in person, one of the greatest privileges I have ever had, and probably ever will!

U.S. Cellular

My whole life was changed by Captain Plumb’s inspiring talk about choices and attitudes! I came to our meeting ranked 37th in my area; within the year, I was the “2nd Top Performer” in my company. God bless!

Bank of Montreal

We continue to receive excellent feedback on the conference – significantly because what many have described as your powerful, life-altering presentation

MetLIfe

I have heard thousands of speakers including: professional athletes, business motivational speakers, persons of the cloth, professional comics and entertainers. Charlie’s talk touched me like no other ever has.

Pennsylvania Workers Compensation

Hearing Charlie speak about adversity being a terrible thing… to WASTE, and the position of ‘parachute packer’ taking many forms, has changed my current ‘imprisoned’ thoughts into feelings of inspiration. I want to thank him for motivating me to move forward, kick down the mental prison walls, and start packing parachutes.

Medtronic

I just attended Charlie’s presentation – it was a superb testimonial on overcoming adversity and keeping on keeping on! Thank you, Charlie, for sharing and for helping me to be a better servant to my clients and to my firm.

Raymond James, Ltd.

2 weeks later and Charlie's impact can still be felt across all attendees. We do an internal survey each year to solicit feedback on what we could better for the following year. Between that survey and in person/emailed comments from attendees, Charlie was by far, the star of this conference. And from a conference organizer's point of view, he was amazing to work with, so kind and easy going. He made our job easy.

BAE Systems

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