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Mary Boone
Mary Boone is president of Boone Associates, a consulting firm located in Norwalk, CT. She speaks, coaches, and consults to individuals and organizations about how they can improve their performance through innovative approaches to communication and collaboration. Boone's fascination with communication in organizations is a 20-year passion. As the head of her own consulting firm, she not only coaches individual executives on their personal approaches to communication, but she also helps them achieve enhanced organizational results through her consulting, speeches and training.
 
 
MICK FLEETWOOD
Mick Fleetwood, legendary drummer and co-founding member of Fleetwood Mac was born June 24, 1947 in Cornwall, England.  He began his professional drumming career at the age of 16 and has remained at the forefront of the music industry for over 40 years.  In 1967, Fleetwood, along with Peter Green and John McVie formed the original Fleetwood Mac, a band that subsequently became one of the leading blues bands of that era. A later incarnation of Fleetwood Mac including Stevie Nicks, Lindsey Buckingham and Christine McVie released the band’s 1977 multi-Grammy Award winner RUMOURS, which remains one of the biggest selling albums in music history. In 1998 Fleetwood Mac was inducted into the Rock n’ Roll Hall of Fame.  From 2003 through 2004 the band once again embarked on a world tour and released their critically acclaimed album “Say You Will.” Mick and his band, Fleetwood Mac, plan to continue making great music long into the future.
 
 
MICHAEL GELB
Michael J. Gelb is the world's leading authority on the application of genius thinking to personal and organizational development. He is a pioneer in the fields of creative thinking, accelerated learning, and innovative leadership. Gelb leads seminars for organizations such as BP, Nike, Merck, IBM, Microsoft, DuPont, and YPO. He brings more than 28 years of experience as a professional speaker, seminar leader and organizational consultant to his diverse, international clientele.

 
 
Keith Harrell
Keith Harrell personally has experienced success and failure in the game of life. While growing up in Seattle, Washington, he aspired to become a professional athlete. Keith learned about the importance of a positive attitude, improving performance, teamwork and the art of competition on and off the court. Today, he maintains that same winning edge in life because of one important journey - the desire to be his best! Two decades later, Keith is helping his clients to realize their competitive advantages and achieve their personal and professional success.

 
 
Dewitt Jones
Dewitt Jones is unparalleled in showing people how to bring their creative vision into reality. He is one of America's top professional photographers, a creative genius in his field. He's led an inspired life, celebrating "what is right with the world." Embracing this attitude has taken him to soaring heights in both business and life.
 
 
John Kao
John Kao is known as an authority on the intersecting subjects of corporate innovation and transformation, digital media’s impact on the enterprise, and the future of business. He was a professor at Harvard Business School for fourteen years, where he developed and taught courses on innovation and entrepreneurship in the MBA, AMP, PMD, and executive programs. He was a visiting professor at the MIT Media Lab and also served as chair of the 45th International Design Conference in Aspen (IDCA), which took up the challenge of reframing design in light of new business needs. For three years, he also served as academic director of the “Managing Innovation” executive program at Stanford University. He previously taught at Yale College and the University of Copenhagen, and is currently a visiting faculty member at the US Naval Postgraduate Institute in Monterrey, California.
 
 
Jeff Tobe
Certified Speaking Professional, Jeff Tobe’s credentials are impressive.  Insider Magazine recently dubbed him “The Guru of Creativity”.  As one of the most sought after speakers in Corporate America, Tobe has earned this title through his trademark presentations, “Coloring Outside the Lines™”.  Jeff is the Primary Colorer at Coloring Outside the Lines.  He believes in the power of creativity to manage the change that is inevitable with innovation and to look at what one does from an entirely new perspective.  He helps participants not only to cope with transition, but to creatively embrace and thrive from it. 
 
 
ERIK WAHL
Erik Wahl’s success as a speaker and unique understanding of vision traces back to his training as an artist. He holds a Bachelors degree from the University of San Diego where he studied both art and business. After first working in the business world and playing with his art, he now plays in the business world by working with his art. He has founded The Wahl Group, a consulting firm specializing in helping organizations identify and implement breakthrough thinking to achieve extraordinary results. Erik’s special blend of warmth, humor and experience helps audiences identify their unchallenged roadblocks to success. He is passionately committed to helping businesses explore new levels of vision and performance through creativity.

 
 
Joel Zeff
Joel Zeff is an award-winning comedian, creativity speaker, actor and writer based in Dallas, Texas. He has been entertaining professionally for more than 10 years, and performs more than 250 shows each year across the country for corporations, special events and comedy clubs.

 

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