There are some people who seem as if they were born to be on television and Connie Dieken could certainly be included in that very exclusive group. She started her career in 1980 at Indiana University helping to finance her college education by writing promotional copy for the PBS station there. That led to opportunities as a talk show host and sports reporter, though not paying nearly enough to give up the waitressing job that was paying for her studies in broadcast journalism. The hard work paid off, as Dieken was recruited by two TV networks by the young age of 24. She moved to New York City, signing on at ABC News as an assistant to the network news correspondents. She next moved to an NBC affiliate to join a morning show as a consumer reporter. It wasn't long before she was substituting for the show's host and reporting on every newscast, even getting time on NBC stations across the country.

An NBC News head hunter liked what he saw, and in 1984, Dieken found herself at the NBC owned-and-operated station located in Cleveland, WKYC-TV. She served as weekend anchor, consumer reporter, and hosted the syndicated "Strictly Business" program. In a very short time, Dieken was upped to three daily newscasts, at 5, 6, and 11 PM, making her one of the few women in the country to anchor two full hours of evening news. Over the course of nearly a decade, she would be pared with more than a dozen co-anchors, weathercasters and sportscasters. Even with all that success, Dieken made tough decisions to turn down offers from stations and networks coast to coast to spend more time with her children instead of pursuing a very successful career as a news anchor and voice-over artist.

But Cleveland's ABC affiliate, WEWS, saw the opportunity to sign Connie to a more family-friendly schedule, pairing her on the legendary Morning Exchange with co-host Fred Griffith. She left TV-5 in 2000 to devote all her working hours to her very successful voice-over career and launch her own training and development business called On Point Communication. She works with business professionals to get their messages across more effectively in sales, presentations, interviews and other communication opportunities. Dieken has developed more than 50 communications courses and authored a wide range of media on the topic.Plus, Dieken can be seen and heard in TV and radio programs, commercials and marketing campaigns across the US. She also continues her association with WEWS hosting non-news programming.

In her long and continuing communications career, Connie Dieken has won dozens of professional honors, as well as the respect and admiration of those whose lives she's touched through her efforts.