Jane Jenkins Herlong is a Sirius XM Humorist, international best-selling/award-winning author, professional singer, recording artist and award-winning professional speaker. A recent inductee into the prestigious Speaker Hall of Fame, Jane is one of the 232 men and women to be awarded this honor including former U.S. President Ronald Reagan and General Colin L. Powell. Jane also has achieved the distinction of Certified Speaker Professional by the National Speakers Association.
Jane’s newest international book, “Rhinestones on My Flip-Flops: Choosing Extravagant Joy in the Midst of Everyday Mess-ups,” is published by the Hachette Book Group and an Amazon best-seller and is a Silver Illumination Award winner and Indie Gold winner. Jane’s third book, “Bury Me with My Pearls” is also an Amazon Best-Seller and was awarded the Gold Medal in the Illumination Book Awards and Christian Small Publisher Book of the Year.
Her award-winning singing and humor are featured on Sirius XM Radio, Spotify and Pandora Internet Radio along with Jeff Foxworthy, Ray Romano and Jerry Seinfeld. She criss‐crosses thecountry sharing her “Sweet Tea Wisdom and Southern Fried Humor.” Jane has also spoken inNew Zealand and Germany and is fluent in four languages: English, Southern, Northern andLowcountry Gullah (gul‐la).
Jane’s keen sense of humor evolved from being labeled Dyslexic and constantly told, “You can’t do that!” Jane changed the word NO to NEXT and the rest is what dreams are made of.Audiences learn the healing power of humor when handling negative people and circumstances for more productive, positive living. Jane’s life stories and humor leave audiences with thesame message she lives- “prove people wrong and laugh while living your dreams.”
With a sense of humor and smart work, Jane traveled from the rows of her family farm to the runway of the Miss America Pageant all the way to performing at Radio City Music Hall. She graduated from college with the highest honors voted by her peers and continued on to graduate school. Her successes continued to pile up from there. Today, Jane travels around the world featured at speaking events in New Zealand and Germany as well as several venues around the United States.
Jane has also had the pleasure of sharing the stage with several noteworthy people such as Dr. Charles Stanley, General Colin Powell, Rudolph Giuliana and the late Charlton Heston.
Simon & Shuster Publishing House says of Jane: Jane Jenkins Herlong’s blend ofSouthern humor and folksy wisdom is just priceless. She deserves to be right up there with Anita Renfroe and Chonda Pierce- in some ways, she’s even better. The moresuburban and bland our culture gets, the more precious genuine Southern culture like this becomes.
Story is how we speak in the South and this book is loaded with sweet tea wisdom take-aways and Southern fried funnies! Jane’s shares three types of TEA and challenges her audiences to be SEASONED, STEEPED and STEAMED with original Southern humor and life-lessons.
In this session, attendees enjoy Southern Humor as Jane addresses:
The Perfect Fit! This keynote presentation has been popular in the agriculture, education and philanthropic industries and is perfect for women’s leadership, conferences, associations and customer service groups.
Keynotes for Popular Themed Events
A female comedian with Southern humor gets the attendees roaring with delight! The following keynotes / presentations have been well received by women’s group who plan themed events. If you have a different theme, special requests are welcome. All presentations are customized to fit the needs of the audiences.
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“Jane was wonderful…. Iloved the combination of humor and positive outlooks to enable you to make changes in your life.”
“I Learned to approach life with humor and a “can-do” attitiude.”
