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BRUCE APPELSON
Bruce Appelson is an
independent management consultant, executive coach, facilitator, and
keynote speaker who has been helping some of America’s largest and most
complex organizations achieve their maximum potential.
Clients engage Bruce for his expertise in team building, virtual
teaming, sales training, collaboration, change management, preventive
health, leadership, conflict resolution, competency assessment,
performance management and executive coaching. They are enthusiastic
about his work. “Bruce used activities that physically brought the
audience to a realization of what he was talking about.” “…presented his
information in a way that will be remembered.”
Emory Austin
Emory Austin delivers value
in keynotes, presentations, and seminars. Her themes of leadership
development, customer retention, increasing market share, the
transformation of change into vision (and other topics) resonate in
audiences for years to come. Her exceptional gifts as a storyteller allow
her to explore anything and everything to stimulate productive imagination
and create the unique climate of fresh insights and understandings, on a
minute-by-minute occurrence.
Dr. Bertice Berry
No one defies stereotypes, generalizations or cliches more than Dr.
Bertice Berry. Growing up poor in Wilmington, Delaware, the sixth of
seven children, Bertice was told by a high school teacher that she
was "not college material". Fortunately, there was another teacher
who believed that she was destined for more. Berry applied to
several schools without any idea how she would pay the tuition if
she were accepted. The day her application arrived at Jacksonville
University in Florida, a wealthy benefactor called the Admissions
Department looking for a potential student "who could swim if they
had the right backing," and might sink without it.
Michael Broome
Michael Broome graduated
from Appalachian State University, where he designed his major on
the subject of leadership. He made a "D" in the only
public speaking course he ever took! Upon graduation he started his
own marketing business and in 1979 he began a speaking profession,
which has enabled him to address over 3000 audiences throughout
North America and the world. His clientele rank among the Fortune
500 and the associations to which they belong.
SCOTT BURROWS
Scott used his powerful success formula -
Vision, Mindset and Grit
during his entire life to maximize untapped potential, excel and surpass the
competition. He played college football at FSU under Coach Bobby Bowden. He was
a # 1 ranked kick-boxer having his last fight broadcast by ESPN. At the age of 19, Scott's life took a dramatic turn - he was a
passenger in a single car accident which left him paralyzed from the chest down.
Diagnosed a quadriplegic and confined to a wheelchair, Scott would not be
sidelined. He applied his formula of Vision, Mindset and Grit and went on to
lead a very rewarding and fulfilling personal and professional life.
Jack Canfield
One of America's leading experts in the development of human potential and
personal effectiveness, Jack Canfield is both a dynamic and entertaining speaker
and a highly sought after trainer with a wonderful ability to inform and inspire
audiences toward increased levels of self-esteem and peak performance. His
powerful talks and results-oriented seminars on achievement, motivation,
personal power, and the psychology of success bring about immediate changes and
long-term growth in all kinds of individuals and groups.
CHRISTINE CASHEN
Fasten your seatbelt
and enjoy the ride. Christine Cashen delivers a fast –paced, hilarious program
with useful content that makes her a sought after speaker worldwide. For more
than 10 years, she has jazzed an amazing variety of audiences throughout the
United States, Canada, South Africa and Australia. Christine is an authority on
sparking innovative ideas to handle conflict, reduce stress and energize
employees.
Capt. Gerald Coffee
A native of Modesto, California, Captain Gerald Coffee joined
the Navy in 1957 after his graduation from UCLA. He received his
navy wings in 1959, and served his country as a naval officer
for 28 years. For over seven of those years (1966 to 1973) --
one fourth of his career -- he served as a prisoner of war in
the communist prisons of North Vietnam.
LINDA
EDGECOMBE
Linda Edgecombe is an
internationally renowned award-winning humorous speaker, trainer and
consultant. She is a best selling author who energizes every room as
she leads people to loosen up, lighten the load and laugh. Her
audiences are motivated and shown how they can shift their
perspectives on life, work and themselves. Change has never been
this painless!
Susan Ershler
Susan’s record would be remarkable enough if it only detailed her business
achievements. During her 23-year corporate career, she has held a series of
increasingly responsible executive positions in the sales divisions of Fortune
500 companies. She led teams to sales records, beating quotas from $1 million to
$600 million. Ending as a vice president of sales for a multi-national
telecommunications corporation, she was responsible for their fast-growing
Internet division. She also worked at US WEST, United Technologies,
FedEx-Kinko’s, and GTE (Verizon).
SARAH FERGUSON
Sarah Ferguson first stepped on to the world stage in 1986 when she
married Britain’s Prince Andrew, second son of Her Majesty The Queen
and The Duke of Edinburgh. The Duke and Duchess of York have two
daughters, Princess Beatrice Elizabeth Mary of York (age 19) and
Princess Eugenie Victoria Helena of York (age 17). Divorced in 1996
after ten years of marriage the Duke and Duchess divorced remain
close friends and co-parents. The Duchess is widely admired for her “comeback spirit” – having
created a new life as a single working mother who successfully
balances motherhood with a demanding international career that spans
business, advocacy, publishing, broadcasting and film, philanthropy
and public speaking.
Anthony Galie
Anthony has a
B.A. in Psychology from Rutgers University, he also attended Florida
Atlantic University for his Masters Degree.
In addition to his own practice as a psychotherapist, he has
published numerous articles in leading Trade and Industry Journals.
For over 18 years, he has helped motivate many of the country’s
leading corporations including Federal Express, Sears, Merrill Lynch,
National Association of Home Builders, Prudential, Harris Corporation,
Bell South, Pitney Bowes and has twice addressed the Million Dollar
Round Table.
Yossi Ghinsberg
Author
of "Heart of the Amazon", Yossi Ghinsberg is one of the most
exciting speakers you are likely to encounter anywhere today. Yossi's
message is universal and inspirational - his manner soothing and
reassuring, his style unassuming yet absorbing and most importantly, his
messages can be taken further.
Steve
Gilliland
Since the turn of the century, Steve Gilliland is one of the most sought-after
and top rated speakers in the country. Steve’s motto is: “If you take care of
people, the business will follow.” Implementing this principle, he has helped
people grow their business and expand their life by teaching them to rethink
their work, their relationships, and themselves. Organizations throughout the
world have grown more profitable by improving their #1 resource – their people.
Steve learned great compassion for people and commitment to a hard-work and
balanced-life ethic, at the knee of this highly principled Christian mother.
Sam Glenn
Who is Sam Glenn? Sam is creatively known as the “Chalk-Man.” At 6’7”, Sam
graduated from Xavier University on a basketball scholarship. After graduation,
he ran a business in a multi-million dollar industry, but saw it instantly
vanish before his eyes in a fire. Riddled with depression, he spiraled until he
was sleeping on borrowed floors and working as a nighttime janitor. Eventually,
a few small words took hold of him and motivated him to change his life, making
him the huge success he is today.
Amanda Gore
Amanda
Gore is one of Australia's most popular professional speakers. She holds a
degree in physiotherapy, a major in psychology and is a master
practitioner of neurolinguistics. She speaks on average at 150 conferences
a year has many different presentations and is very easy to work with.
She is the author of three books, several audio and video learning
programs, and a frequent radio and TV presenter.
Amanda also has a regular newspaper column.
Peter McLaughlin
A poll conducted by the Journal of
Business Strategy named Peter McLaughlin, along with Tom Peters and Peter
Drucker, as one of the top business speakers in the nation.
Peter is the president of McLaughlin Company and author of CatchFire: A
7-Step Program to Ignite Energy, Defuse Stress, and Power Boost
Your Career. He also co-authored, Mentally Tough: The Principles
of Winning at Sports Applied to Winning in Business.
Will Miller
Dr. Will Miller is one of America's
leading pop culture analysts. He has been Nick At Nite's resident
Television Therapist and the host of their "Why We Watch"
segments since 1992. Dr. Will's first book, "Why We Watch: Killing The Gilligan
Within" was published by Simon & Schuster in the fall of 1996.
Will is in great demand as a speaker to corporations across the United
States and Canada, addressing the effects of our pop culture on personal
growth, happiness and fulfillment. In fact, he was the highest rated
speaker ever to appear at IBM's prestigious Golden Circle event, and is
currently the spokesman for Microsoft's Carpoint project.
WES MOSS
Wes was born with a
heart for entrepreneurship, beginning several successful business
ventures in both high school and college. By his second year at The
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Wes was running a
franchised painting business with more than 20 employees and
finished as the top producer in the state of North Carolina.
After graduating with an Economics degree from Chapel Hill, he moved
to Atlanta, where he became a Vice President at one of the world’s
largest investment firms in just five short years. As a Certified
Financial Planner ™ Wes and his team manage more than $150 million
dollars for entrepreneurs and business owners.
John Powers
John speaks to over one hundred groups a year, which includes business and
professional people, educators, students and community groups. He has
spoken before such organizations as American Express, AT&T, Arco Oil,
the Chicago Buffs, General Dynamics, The International Association of
School Business Officials, Mutual of New York, The National Association of
Fraternity Advisors, Norwest Bank, Suimitomo Corporation, Sun Life of
Canada, Union Carbide, U.S. Steel and the United States Post Office. He is
the only speaker in the seventy-three year history of the seven thousand
member Million Dollar Round Table to speak twice in four years on their
main platform.
Wayne M. Sotile, Ph.D.
Clinical Psychologist Wayne M. Sotile, Ph.D., has counseled more than 7,000 high
performers and consulted with 400 leading corporations and health care
organizations. He has delivered over 4,000 keynotes to professional and lay
audiences worldwide, including invited addresses to the Million Dollar
Roundtable, the Entrepreneurship Institute, Conde Nast Publishers, State Farm
Insurance Co., AMA Leadership conferences, and numerous health care systems and
Fortune 500 companies. His high energy presentations empower audience members to
let go of what's holding them back, take charge of themselves, and make a
difference at work and home.
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