SPEECH TOPICS

From Locker Room to Conference Room: Building Successful Teams

From high school to the NBA, Marques has been on a winning team. Using what he’s learned during his years of playing professional basketball to a career professional in sports commentating —from his own experiences as well as from great coaches such as John Wooden—Johnson will cite personal examples and experiences and show how these same principles can be used to build corporate winning teams.

The Wooden Effect: Forming Qualities of Great Leaders

Not many can share the knowledge, wisdom and leadership obtained by legendary coach, John Wooden. As the first ever Wooden Award winner, Marques offers fruitful story telling and insights from his experience being lead by Coach Wooden.

Motivate Yourself and Your Team

Through overcoming countless negative experiences, Marques uses those experiences to make positive points. Marques invites the audience in by sharing personal stories to teach practices that have helped him become a master self motivator while learning how to motivate others.

Overcoming Tragedy: How to Endure and Persist

From growing up in south central Los Angeles, coping with the death of his young son, and overcoming addiction, Marques speaks to overcoming adversity like no other.

Nah, Nah, This Ain’t Raymond: Becoming an All Star Actor

With 30 plus years as a professionally trained actor, writer and producer, Marques is no stranger to the big screen. He appeared in films such as White Men Can’t Jump, Blue Chips, Speechless and Forget Paris, along with a myriad of TV shows including Castle, Boston Legal, Moonlight, LA Law, A Different World, Hanging With Mr. Cooper and The Sinbad Show. He has also served as an analyst since the late 1990’s and is regularly seen on Fox Sports and NBA League Pass, and analyst for Milwaukee Bucks telecasts on Fox Sports Wisconsin. In 2018, Johnson won an Emmy Award for his work on Bucks broadcast as the top analyst in the Midwest region. Marques continues to put his Theater Arts degree from UCLA to use by writing screenplays and short stories under his own production company, Point Forward Productions.