Laugh All the Way & Discover the Secrets to Achieving Success
There are a lot of performers who make people laugh. There are a lot of speakers who give solid principles for achieving success. Jane does both.
She is also one of the few female authors who is also a humorist and a professional singer.
Bring the crowd to their feet with someone who is more than just a female motivational speaker!
- Funny Southern Humorist
- Award-Winning & Hall of Fame Speaker
- SiriusXM Comedian
- Recording Artist & Award-Winning Professional Singer
- Award-Winning & Best-Selling Author
What do you get when Jane Jenkins Herlong steps out on center stage? Well, sit back and relax because you are gonna laugh out loud as you are served with a tall, cool glass of sweet tea wisdom and a silver platter of southern fried humor.

In today’s fast-paced, competitive society, we can allow the wheel of misfortune and stress to control our thought and actions. When we don’t address it and find ways to overcome it, we find ourselves:
- lacking motivation
- losing productivity
- expressing unhealthy emotion
- losing our sense of humor
From the rows of the family tomato farm, to the runway of Miss America, performing at Radio City Music Hall and beyond, Jane Jenkins Herlong, C.S.P., C.P.A.E. knows a thing or two about the trials and tribulations life brings.
Jane is dedicated to empowering audiences with her secrets to achieve success through humor, honesty and hard work. These lessons led her to overcome her struggles of having dyslexia, being bullied and called homely, rejected from colleges and more.
As a well-respected and enjoyed female motivational speaker, Jane ensures that all audiences laugh out loud as she dishes out the most essential lessons in life and business. Using that sweet, Southern voice of hers, Jane inspires folks to:
- Use humor to overcome hardship
- Shift their mindsets to the positive
- Increase productivity
- Deal with difficult people
- Laugh through unexpected challenges
- Say “NEXT!” when people tell you “NO!”
- Achieve success by living their dreams
Energize your next event and give your attendees the tools to say, “NEXT!” when told “no!” with the female motivational speaker that leaves a long-lasting impression filled with pizazz, personality and positivity! Jane is the perfect fit for:
- Keynotes
- Opening or Closing Events
- Luncheons or Dinners
- Women’s Groups & Church Events
CSP—Certified Speaking Professional

The Certified Speaking Professional (CSP) designation, conferred by the National Speakers Association, is the speaking profession’s international measure of professional platform competence. Only 232 women worldwide have earned this designation.
The CSP designation is earned through demonstrating competence in a combination of standards:
- Professional platform skills
- Professional business management
- Professional education
- Professional association
Speakers must be members of NSA or another GSF organization for at least three years and complete a rigorous application process to earn the CSP designation.
Jane is also an award-winning singer and recording artist. She has performed the National Anthem at Radio City Music Hall, as well as for the Cincinnati Reds, Atlanta Hawks, and numerous college football and basketball games across the U.S.
CPAE Speaker Hall of Fame®

National Speakers Association (NSA) established the Council of Peers Award for Excellence Speaker Hall of Fame® to honor professional speakers who have reached the top echelon of platform excellence.
Admission into the CPAE Speaker Hall of Fame® is a lifetime award for speaking excellence and professionalism. Inductees are evaluated by their peers through a rigorous and demanding process. Each candidate must excel in five categories: message, presentation/delivery, experience, professionalism and collateral material.