Alan Weiss is the only non-journalist to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Press Institute. He has authored over 60 books, which are in 12 languages. His clients have included Mercedes-Benz, Merck, Hewlett-Packard, New York Times, and over 200 others. He is one of two people in history to be elected into the Professional Speaker Hall of Fame ̈ and made a Fellow of the Institute of Management Consultants.