Tracy Johnson has been recognized as one of Americas leading programmers by broadcasting industry organizations such as Billboard, Gavin, Radio & Records, Network 40 and more.

Johnson was honored as "Best Programmer in America" in a poll of industry experts in Radio Ink magazine. Johnson's programming and management accomplishments have been achieved by recruiting, developing, showcasing and establishing a "partnership" for success with top air talent. Now he is doing a keynote and a exclusive masterclass at RADIODAYS 09.

Keynote : The art of managing creative talent

Tracy Johonson will prepare and present a lecture on the art of managing creative talent, how to bring the best out in them and he will present a presentation about creating powerful, emotional audience engagement on the air.  

He will focus on the ways to understand the audience, entertain them through the ability to tell stories and by targeting the entertainment toward many different emotions.  It will include practical and useful steps to encourage, coach and motivate talent.  It will also include information on how to evaluate and improve current performance without causing the personalities to feel threatened or defensive.

Exclusive masterclass : How to create emotional, powerful moments on the air.

Tracy will be giving a exclusive masterclass for 30 people only where he will focus on creating emotional, powerful moments on the air.  He will focus on the ability to create entertainment that appeals to the listener, rather than creating content that is more interesting only to the host.  In this presentation, Tracy will include specific examples of how to appeal to the audience's emotions through the art of developing personality, role, character and improved story-telling.