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Eric Benhamou

Chairman of the Board of Directors of 3Com, Palm and Cypress Semiconductor; Founder, Chairman and CEO Benhamou Global Ventures

Eric Benhamou has enjoyed a meteoric career creating and growing high technology companies. A name synonymous with Palm, 3 Com, Bridgecom, Cypress and Real Networks, Benhamou's companies are leaders in almost all aspects of the world of technology. Having spent nearly 30 years building or running high technology companies, Mr. Benhamou has a long history of figuring out what customers really want and building companies and products that serve those markets. He’s been the featured speaker at the Conference on Education Technology, IDC, the Jordan IT Forum, INET: The Internet Global Summit; and Davos World Economic Forum where he joined other technology industry titans, including Michael Dell, chief of Dell Computer, Nobuyuki Idei, of Sony, and Paul Jacobs, of Qualcomm.

L. Paul Bremer

Presidential Envoy to Iraq, 2003-2004; Chairman, Bipartisan National Commission on Terrorism, 1999-2000; Ambassador to the Netherlands, 1983-1986; Ambassador at Large for Counter Terrorism, 1986-1989; Former Chairman and CEO Marsh Crisis Consulting; Former Managing Director Kissinger and Associates

Ambassador Bremer is one of the world’s leading experts on crisis management, terrorism and homeland security. His leadership role as Presidential Envoy to Iraq gives him a unique perspective on the war against terrorism as well as insights on how to be an effective leader during periods of change.

Richard Cheney

46th Vice President of the United States; Secretary of Defense; Congressman, House Leadership; White House Chief of Staff; Chairman and CEO of Halliburton

For over 40 years, Dick Cheney has served at the highest levels of the US Government and private sector. As White House Chief of Staff in the aftermath of Watergate and America’s withdrawal from Vietnam, Wyoming’s Congressman and a member of the House Republican leadership during the Reagan years, Secretary of Defense as the Cold War ended and America defeated Iraq in Desert Storm, CEO of Halliburton, and Vice President of the United States on 9/11 at the dawn of the Global War on Terror, Cheney has participated in many of the events that have shaped our nation for over four decades. Few Americans alive today can match the breadth and depth of his experience and service.

As a statesman, policymaker, businessman, and politician – who never lost an election in which his name was on the ballot--Cheney’s insight, experiences and knowledge are unparalleled.

Michael Chertoff

Secretary of Homeland Security, 2005-2009

Leader and statesman, Michael Chertoff came to the job of 2nd Secretary of Homeland Security with a background heavy with experience in fighting terrorism, having served as the head of the Justice Department's criminal division in the months after Sept. 11th. As Assistant Attorney General, he helped trace the 9/11 terrorist attacks to the al-Qaeda network, and worked to increase information sharing within the FBI and with state and local officials. In 2003, after Mr. Chertoff had proved instrumental in winning approval of the Patriot Act and other anti-terrorism measures, President Bush called him "a key leader in the war on terror," and turned to Mr. Chertoff in early 2005 to head the Department of Homeland Security. Overseeing the federal behemoth operating 22 agencies and 180,000 employees and facing the daunting task of managing the risk of numerous threats to America’s security, Secretary Chertoff implemented programs and capabilities that did not exist prior to September 11, to better equip the U.S. to deal with the threats of the 21st century across land, sea, and air.

Mario Cuomo

52nd Governor of New York State

Known as an intellectual, passionate, and challenging voice for democracy, social responsibility, and diversity, Governor Mario Cuomo reminds us of our collective American legacy.

Howard Dean

CNBC Contributor; Founder, Democracy for America; Chairman, Democratic National Committee, 2005-2009; Architect of the “50-State Strategy”; 2004 Candidate for the Democratic Nomination for President; Governor of Vermont, 1991-2003

Howard Dean's groundbreaking campaign for the U.S. Presidency and subsequent four years as Chairman of the Democratic National Committee have provided him with both an insider's view and a reformer's commitment to the economy, foreign trade policy and international relations. His 12 years as Governor and his Chairmanship of the National Governor's Association have given him a vast knowledge of domestic issues. His skillful stewardship of the party as Democratic National Committee chair began in 2005 and continued through the inauguration of President Barack Obama. As Chairman of the Democratic National Committee, Governor Dean made the Democratic Party competitive in every race, in every district, in every state and territory, while integrating national and state party operations and standing up for Democrats' core values. 

William Donaldson

Member of President Obama's Economic Advisory Panel ; 27th Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission; Former Chairman and CEO, New York Stock Exchange; Former, U.S. Undersecretary of State

As one of the members of President Obama's high-profile Economic Recovery Advisory Board, and with his experience as Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, which is perhaps the most important rule-making authority for U.S. financial markets, William Donaldson is one of the most sought-after speakers regarding the current state of the economy and prospects for the road to recovery.

Joseph Grenny

Business Communication Expert; New York Times Bestselling Author

Joseph Grenny’s experience and research into the best practices of leaders and influencers has made him a leading industry expert in communication, behavior, organizational effectiveness, and corporate culture.

Karen Hughes

Counselor to President George W. Bush, 2001-2002; Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs, 2005-2007; Global Vice Chair of Burson-Marsteller

Karen Hughes is a senior strategist helping business leaders strengthen their corporate/CEO reputations, achieve business goals through effective communications and shape positive public and stakeholder perceptions. She has also been described as "the most powerful woman ever to serve in the White House" (Dallas Morning News) and "the most powerful public diplomacy czar in decades" (The Boston Globe). As Under Secretary of State, she traveled to more than 50 countries, meeting world leaders and reaching out to international audiences.

John Sculley

Former President and CEO of Pepsi; Former CEO of Apple Computer; High-Tech Entrepreneur and Venture Capitalist; Named "CEO of the Decade" by Financial News Network

John Sculley shares the business secrets that he used to catapult Apple and Pepsi to the most recognizable brand names in their categories.  John Sculley draws from his boardroom experiences to offer valuable insight into leading change, the new global marketplace and the innovative concepts companies are developing to transform business.

Peter Sheahan

Bestselling Author and World Renowned Speaker on Exploiting Business Trends and New Market Opportunities ; Expert in Gen Y Trends

Peter Sheahan has established a globally recognized brand as a leading expert in how the world's most effective organizations and individuals distinguish themselves from the competition instead of running with the pack. In the space of three years he built a multi-million dollar consulting practice attracting clients such as News Corporation, Google, Coca-Cola, L'Oreal and Ernst & Young.

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Ben Sherwood

Bestselling Author, The Survivors Club: The Secrets and Science that Could Save Your Life; Founder and CEO of TheSurvivorsClub.org ; Former Executive Producer of ABC’s Good Morning America and Senior Broadcast Producer of NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw ; Bestselling novelist & author of Charlie St. Cloud, which is now a major motion picture starring Zac Efron

In tough times, who bounces back and who doesn’t? After losing a job or home, who finds a new one and who gives up? After a devastating medical diagnosis, who beats the odds and who doesn’t? And perhaps most important: What do the world’s most effective survivors and thrivers know that we don’t? Ben Sherwood is a leading authority on the fascinating and surprising answers to these essential questions. With riveting true stories, cutting-edge scientific research, and his own adventures inside some of the world’s most elite survival schools, Sherwood reveals how to beat the odds and overcome almost every imaginable hardship. An award-winning journalist and the former executive producer of Good Morning America, Sherwood message is both informative and inspiring. Everyone is surviving something right now, he says. And everyone possesses at least some of the strengths necessary to overcome adversity. Do you have what it takes? Sherwood will help you discover the answer.

Nicholas Christakis & James Fowler

Authors of the Much Heralded Book, Connected: The Surprising Power of Our Social Networks and How They Shape Our Lives

Stacy Allison

First American Woman to climb Mount Everest; Author

Recounting the tales of her heroic mountain climbs, Stacy Allison's suspenseful, victorious adventure story is a primer for anyone who has ever faced a mountain, physical or metaphorical, and reached for its summit.

John Amatt

Everest Expedition Leader ; Author of Straight to the Top and Beyond

John Amatt knows about tough times and the value of struggle in bringing out the best in teams of people! After all, he was a leader of an Everest team, which suffered four tragic deaths in two unpredictable accidents before putting six climbers on top of the world. His experience on Everest taught him about the danger of falling into the trap of complacency and the importance of always questioning the status quo in seeking new ways of succeeding in a rapidly changing world. He is the perfect speaker to assist your team in navigating through the turmoil of today’s global economic crisis.

Michael Bergdahl

Author, What I Learned from Sam Walton: How to Compete and Thrive in a Wal-Mart World

When Michael Bergdahl speaks, people don't just listen. They learn. Experience, insight, and a powerful, personable presence combine to make Michael Bergdahl the must-have speaker for any business that's serious about competing in today's market. With an upbeat, high-energy style that entertains as it teaches, his presentations make complex business strategies and tactics easy to understand and apply.

Nate Booth

Keynote Speaker; Author; Consultant

"A Group once stretched by a positive emotional experience and given practical and powerful skills never returns to its original size!" For over twenty-five years, Dr. Nate Booth has been relentlessly coaching others in the art of thriving in times of rapid change. Dr. Booth received his DDS degree from the University of Nebraska in 1971 and was in private dental practice for eight years. In 1983, he decided to switch careers and earned a master’s degree in counseling. His two best-selling books, Thriving on Change: The Art of Utilizing Change to Your Advantage and The Diamond Touch: How to Get What You Want By Giving People What They Uniquely Desire, contain compelling personal and business success strategies.

Gary Bradt

President, Bradt Leadership Inc.

Gary Bradt brought to life the tenets of the world-wide best seller Who Moved My Cheese? Now he steers organizations towards discovering the opportunities and grasping the advantages when they embrace change. With energy to burn, Gary Bradt inspires audiences to transform the stress of change into the satisfaction that comes with seizing new opportunities.

William J. Bratton

Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department; Former New York City Police Commissioner and Corporate Security Expert; Author of The Turnaround: How America's Top Cop Reversed the Crime Epidemic

When William Bratton was a year and a half old, his mother caught him directing traffic in the street out front of their Boston home. From that moment on, it seemed destined that he would become a cop. Credited with revitalizing New York City’s Police Force and effecting a 10% a year drop in crime, the management reengineering that Bratton undertook in all of his command positions earned him the sobriquet CEO Cop and allowed him to step right into private industry when he resigned. Today Bratton serves as the Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department. He is the author of Turnaround: How America’s Top Cop Reversed the Crime Epidemic.

Daniel Burrus

Leading Technology Forecaster and Business Strategist

Daniel Burrus is one of the world’s leading technology forecasters and business strategists, and is the author of six books, including the highly acclaimed Technotrends, which has been translated into over a dozen languages. He is the founder and CEO of Burrus Research, a research and consulting firm that monitors global advancements in technology driven trends to help clients better understand how technological, social, and business forces are converging to create enormous, untapped opportunities. The New York Times has referred to Daniel Burrus as one of America's top three business "gurus" in the highest demand as a speaker.

Lauren Bush

Co-Founder of The FEED Foundation; CEO, Creative Director, and Co-Founder FEED Projects

Lauren Bush is the CEO and Co-Founder of FEED Projects, a charitable company with the mission of creating good products that help feed the world. At the podium, Lauren speaks about philanthropy, hunger, and global issues.

James Canton, Ph.D.

Futurist ; Author; Visionary Business Advisor

Recognized as “one of the top presenters in the 21st century” by Successful Meetings Magazine, Dr. Canton is a highly sought-after keynote presenter. He has spoken to thousands of organizations on five continents. He is noted for his fascinating, informative, dynamic and entertaining keynotes.

Rolfe Carawan

Leadership Speaker ; Founder and CEO of Carawan Global Communications and Consulting ; Author

Rolfe Carawan is called the “Corporate Visionary with the Head of a CEO and the Heart of a Pastor." Living his mission to Relieve Suffering and Release Potential, Rolfe empowers his clients to increase bottom line profitability through creating and sustaining corporate unity. Motivational, Authentic, Compelling... Rolfe provides strategic, practical solutions that motivate his audiences to action and transform the companies he serves.

Jim Carroll

Futurist, Trends and Innovation Expert; Author ; Columnist

Organizations worldwide have turned to Jim Carroll for his unique insight into the key innovation strategies to ensure they can capitalize on fast emerging opportunities and achieve transformational growth despite economic challenges. BusinessWeek recently named him as one of the four world's leading sources for innovation insight and he has been featured as an innovation expert on the global CNBC series, The Business of Innovation. For over 15 years, Jim has been studying how companies can identify and exploit trends to anticipate and manage change, instead of being reactionary.

Dan Clark

Award-winning Athlete; Author

Dan Clark's story is a metaphor for the challenges any of us face. With humor, sensitivity and candor, he outlines the principles that supported him through the process of change - a process that he now understands is the process of growth.

Cheryl Currid

President, Currid and Company

As one of America’s most respected computer industry analysts, Cheryl Currid offers a rare blend of business and technical insight. With many years of hands-on management and executive experience, she also brings in-depth knowledge of the inner-workings of computer and communication technologies. Her understanding of past, present and future technology trends gives her a unique position as a highly successful trend forecaster. Her ability to explain the importance of technology is unparalleled.

Jerry Della Femina

Legendary Adman; Founder, Della Femina/Jeary and Partners

Adman pundit, restaurateur, humor columnist …. Jerry Della Femina has been the man behind some of the best known brands in history. Joe Isuzu ….Meow Mix …Blue Nun Wine ……

Scott Deming

The Customer Service and Emotional Brand Building Guru! ; Bestselling Author ; Consultant and Trainer

Scott Deming is on a mission – to bring emotion, sincerity, caring and humanity back into customer service. Scott Deming is on a mission – to impact as many people and as many organizations as possible with a simple message and a tried and true process. Scott Deming is on a mission – to teach executives, management and staff that everyone is in this together. And finally, Scott Deming is taking his nearly thirty years of advertising and marketing experience and showing proof positive that RELATIONSHIPS RULE and building a BRAND through emotional experiences, not just great advertising is the key to SUSTAINABLE personal and professional success.

Harry Dent, Jr.

Renowned Economic Forecaster; International Bestselling Author ; Publisher, H.S. Dent Forecaster

Bestselling Author and Renowned Economic Forecaster Harry S. Dent, Jr., has observed economic trends for decades. As he first demonstrated in his bestselling The Great Boom Ahead, he has developed analytical techniques that allow him to predict the impact they will have. His most recent book entitled The Great Depression Ahead explains "The Perfect Storm" as peak oil prices collide with peaking generational spending trends by 2010. More importantly, he shows how the economy’s life cycle will affect life, business, and investment strategies throughout a person’s lifetime, including career opportunities and children’s educational costs. Dent delivers customized presentations that address what these aspects of the economy mean for each specific audience and what solutions are available for a better road ahead.

John Dvorak

Internationally Licensed Columnist, PC Magazine; Vice President of Mevio Entertainment

John Dvorak has been a major technology industry columnist for fifteen years. Today he's a one-man column factory and he's on radio and television as well. People read him for his biting wit, his inside intelligence and his sense of humor - unparalleled in an industry not known for laughter. The edge.com wrote, “If I were pitching his story to a Hollywood studio, I would describe him as Don Imus meets David Letterman."

Steve Farber

President, Extreme Leadership, Inc.; Best-Selling Author

Coaching and inspiring Extreme Leadership at all organizational levels is Steve’s passion, and he does so with a style that is part strategist, part social commentator, part comedian, and all energy.

Lisa Ford

Customer Service Expert ; Bestselling Author

Lisa Ford has over 20 years of experience presenting to businesses, associations and government. She designs content personalized for each audience and the challenges they face. Her presentations focus on customer service, leadership, teamwork and change.

Amanda Gore

World Class Motivator and Author

Animated and engaging, Amanda Gore uses her Australian wit to offer strategies for reducing stress, improving attitudes and increasing energy, creativity and productivity both at home and work. She inspires, cajoles, encourages and involves her audiences with humorous life lessons and fun-filled strategies that will put them on the road to a more rewarding life. Audiences leave energized with new ways to enhance their relationships at work and home, achieve balance in their lives, think in new and creative ways and reduce stress. The result is improved morale and performance, not to mention better leaders.

Adrian Gostick

Best-Selling Business Author ; Nationally Recognized Speaker

Adrian Gostick is the author of several successful books on employee engagement and retention. The Carrot Principle by Simon & Schuster has been a New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller, and The 24-Carrot Manager has been called a “must read for modern-day managers” by Larry King of CNN. In 2006, The Invisible Employee, from John Wiley & Sons also made the New York Times Best-seller list.

Peter Guber

Founder & CEO, Mandalay Entertainment

A passionate, humorous, and tireless motivator and speaker, Guber has dedicated himself to coaching current and future leaders about the importance of telling purposeful stories to propel their business success. Guber is the sponsor of e2e: A Day of Generosity, an annual conclave in which top business story telling experts and leaders share story telling best practices, brainstorm, and collaborate on bringing the MAGIC of telling purposeful stories to the people of enterprises everywhere.

Ellen Gustafson

Executive Director, Co-Founder, the FEED Foundation; Co-Founder, FEED Projects; Charter School and University Board member; Humanitarian, Activist, Social Entrepreneur

Ellen Gustafson is a sustainable food system activist and the Co-Founder and Executive Vice President of FEED Projects, LLC, a charitable company that creates good products that help FEED the world. She is also the Co-Founder and Executive Director of the FEED Foundation, a non-profit dedicated to ensuring healthful, nutritious food in school for all children as a first step towards a sustainable global food system.

Jeffrey Hayzlett

Social Media and Marketing Expert; Chief Marketing Officer & Vice President, Eastman Kodak Company, 2006-2010; Bestselling Author, The Mirror Test

Jeff Hayzlett characterizes big thinking. From creating innovative marketing strategies to appearing on NBC’s hit television show, Celebrity Apprentice with Donald Trump, Hayzlett reaches for the stars, in his career and personal life. Former Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) of the iconic Eastman Kodak Company, Hayzlett is a much sought-after speaker on topics ranging from worldwide business growth, communications, marketing, social networking and mobile marketing. He has become a "Celebrity CMO" according to Forbes Magazine, and organizations around the world are interested in the insights of this social media and marketing expert.

Vicki Hitzges

The Meeting Brightener

Looking for a speaker who’s fun? Has energy? Will make your audience laugh? You want Vicki Hitzges.

Mark Johnson

Chairman, Innosight ; Author, Seizing the White Space: Business Model Innovation for Growth and Renewal

Mark Johnson is Chairman of Innosight, a strategic innovation consulting and investing company. He has consulted to the Global 1000 and start-up companies in a wide range of industries—including health care, aerospace/defense, enterprise IT, energy, automotive, and consumer packaged goods—and has advised Singapore’s government on innovation and entrepreneurship.

Terry Jones

Founder and Former CEO of Travelocity.com

The story of the entrepreneur in the garage is well known. But how does one build a startup inside a huge corporation? How do you successfully innovate in large and sometimes bureaucratic organizations? Terry Jones started Travelocity.com as a department inside the multi billion dollar Sabre Corporation. Starting with an idea and a team of ten, he grew the department into a three billion dollar public company with over 35 million members and 1200 employees.

Robert Kriegel

Former Commentator for NPR’s Marketplace; Faculty Member at Stanford’s Executive Management Program and an Advertising Executive

Dr. Robert Kriegel’s bold, innovative “out of the box” strategies for keeping ahead of the changes and challenges in today’s dynamic work climate have made him one of this country’s most in demand business speakers. His customized speeches and programs inform, inspire and entertain. He will teach you how to develop and lead Change - Ready© people and organizations. You will learn how to round up sacred cows that cost money and inhibit change and new opportunities. He also outlines strategies for gaining the competitive edge by not competing but changing the game, leading customers not following them and rethinking rules, redefining roles and reinventing the game. Each of Dr. Kriegel’s presentations is individually designed to reinforce the objectives of your meeting, to address the specific challenges and concerns facing the audience, and to have practical “take home” value.

Ray Kurzweil

Renowned Inventor; Called “The Restless Genius” by The Wall Street Journal

TIME Magazine writes, “Kurzweil’s eclectic career and propensity of combining science with practical – often humanitarian – applications have inspired comparisons with Thomas Edison.”

Harvey Mackay

Founder and Chairman of Mackay Envelope Company; New York Times best selling author; Columnist

Filled with wit, wisdom and real-life stories, Harvey Mackay's talks immediately enrich your audience's personal and business lives. In presentations tailored to the specific goals of each group, Mackay shares the secrets of how to develop more productive relationships; survive the ever-changing job market, and outsell, outnegotiate and outmotivate the competition.

Chuck Martin

Top Business Strategist; New York Times Business Bestselling Author; Director of Research, MediaPost; CEO, NFI Research

Bestselling author and Business Strategist Chuck Martin has had his pulse on the latest management trends since first authoring Managing for the Short Term. Sharing the stage with President Clinton, Rudy Giuliani, Dr. Phil, and Lance Armstrong, Chuck Martin advises audiences and companies on how to best cope with today’s business challenges. CEO of international market research powerhouse, NFI Research, Martin overseas a global idea exchange and research engine with a network base of 2,000 senior executives from more than 1,000 companies in 50 countries, including: AT&T, GE, American Express, Deloitte & Touche, Microsoft, and IBM.

Sean McArdle

Founder and Chairman, LifeAnswers, Inc.; Author, Customer Creation and The Winning Sales Call; Former Faculty Member, American Management Association

Touted as the “$100 Million Salesman,” Sean McArdle is a master motivator and speaker in the areas of sales, negotiation, strategic planning and personal development. His advice about what makes for a successful life and career come directly from his own experiences. His stories will take you on his personal journey from living under a bridge at 25 to negotiating some of the largest printing contracts in the publishing industry at 28.

Joseph Michelli

Highly Acclaimed Corporate Consultant; Professional & Motivational Speaker

Joseph A. Michelli, Ph.D., is an internationally sought-after speaker, organizational psychologist, and business consultant who has been described as “catching what is right in the world and playfully sparking people and businesses to grow toward the extraordinary.”

Will Miller

Former Host of Nick at Night’s Why We Watch; Comedian, Psychotherapist and Ordained Minister

America’s comedy clubs would probably be the last place you would expect to give rise to one of the country's leading cultural analysts, but that is exactly what happened in the case of Dr. Will Miller. However, at the same time Dr. Miller was working his way up to headliner status as a comedian, he earned four graduate degrees and was trained as a psychotherapist and ordained as a minister.

Ian Morrison

Author; Consultant ; President Emeritus, Institute For The Future

With his eye firmly focused on the horizon, futurist Ian Morrison looks at where we’re going and how to plan for the challenges and opportunities ahead. Using the present to discover implications for the future, Ian Morrison helps audiences plan for long-term success by identifying the driving forces shaping their destiny. Drawing on cutting-edge research and practical experience as a consultant in the field, Morrison helps audiences recognize the unexpected opportunities that transform an organization, an industry or a life.

Alan Parisse

Leading Speaker on Change, Leadership, and Selling in a Changing World

Rising from garbage collector to Wall Street executive, Alan Parisse uses his diverse life experience to deliver relevant messages on leadership, sales, and cycles of change to executives, managers, marketing and sales teams throughout the world. Alan’s audiences benefit from his sound business judgment, hard won expertise and practical solutions for dealing with reversals and taking full advantage of booms. He is an expert in change, leadership, selling and sustaining success.

JP Pawliw-Fry

The Leading Authority on the Impact of Emotions on Performance; President and Co-founder, IHHP; A World Renowned Speaker on the Topic of Emotional Intelligence

Dr. J.P. Pawliw-Fry is a thought leader on the subjects of leadership, performance and managing change. He is a performance coach to Olympic athletes and business leaders. He is President and Co-founder of the Institute for Health & Human Potential (IHHP), a recognized as a world leader in developing and delivering unique training programs in Emotional Intelligence to increase performance and leadership. JP is responsible for turning its research and development work into new ideas and models that can help individuals and organizations find an edge in a competitive world.

Howard Putnam

Former CEO of Southwest Airlines and Braniff International; Author of The Winds of Turbulence

Howard Putnam is the former CEO of Southwest and Braniff Airlines and Group VP Marketing for United Airlines. Howard is a business and motivational speaker, author, consultant, commentator, and online mentor on: Leadership, Customer Service, Change, Transformation and Ethics.

Nido Qubein

Business Consultant ; Author

Sharing his experiences - from first coming to the United States to scrambling to reach the top of his professions – Nido Qubein has become an inspiring business speaker who shows companies that success is possible in any situation. By believing in the best and dedicating hard work and perseverance, people and companies can achieve their best work, and become beacons of success in the business world.

Steve Rizzo

The Attitude Adjuster ; Authority on Personal Growth Strategies

Steve spent much of his own life learning how to pursue and achieve his own definition of success. Luckily for audiences worldwide, that definition has evolved to include showing others his blueprint for realizing their dreams and achieving personal excellence and professional satisfaction.

Mark Sanborn

President, Sanborn & Associates, Inc. ; Best-selling Author on Leadership, Customer Service and Extraordinary Performance

Whether it's sales, leadership, customer service, or improving individual performance...it's about turning the ordinary into extraordinary. These best-selling books by Mark Sanborn provide you with the strategies and tactics that make a lasting impact on your professional and personal life! Over 2,200 audiences — in every state and a dozen countries — have sought Mark Sanborn’s expertise. Why? Because he educates, informs and entertains so well while at the same time tailoring the message to his audience with such skill that they often think he must be one of them.

Tim Sanders

Former Yahoo! Chief Solutions Officer & Leadership Coach; Best-selling Author

Currently advising business and public leaders on next-generation strategies, Tim is one of the most in demand speakers on the conference and seminar circuit.

Andrew Savitz

Former head of PricewaterhouseCooper's Sustainability Business Services practice; Author, The Triple Bottom Line - How Today's Best-Run Companies are Achieving Economic, Social and Environmental Success

In a survey of 900 global corporations released by PricewaterhouseCoopers, 80 percent of CEOs said they believe "sustainability" is or soon will be vital to the profitability of their company, and 71 percent said they would consider sacrificing short-term profits to move their company towards sustainability-a sure sign that the world's leading CEOs see it as the corporate model of the future. Andrew Savitz has been called “the man who wrote the book on sustainability.” This former head of PricewaterhouseCooper’s Sustainability Practice and best-selling author of The Triple Bottom Line is an expert on how executives and companies can do well by doing good. His speeches are dynamic, living events, full of insights and humor, in which Savitz helps executives and companies create a blueprint to find their way to a sustainable, profitable future in today's daunting era of environmental and social accountability.

Arthur Sculley

Partner, Sculley Brothers, LLC; Author, B2B Exchanges: The Killer Application in the Business-to-Business Internet Revolution

The New Economy has sparked a revolution in the way that business buy and sell products from each other. In his speeches, Arthur Sculley analyzes the nature of the revolution that is occurring in B2B transactions and how technology continues to revolutionize the procurement, pricing, and distribution of goods and services.

Larry Selden

Professor of Finance and Economics (Emeritus), Graduate School of Business, Columbia University; Senior Fellow, Management, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania; Founder & Managing Director, Selden & Associates

Conventional wisdom holds that the customer is always king (or queen), but not all customers are created equal, according to Larry Selden. In fact, some may be hurting your business (e.g., people who phone customer service lines thousands of times in a single year). In his speeches Professor Selden shows how businesses can thrive by researching which customers are making them the most money, which are losing them the most money and then developing a customer-centric plan to create the greatest profit. For corporate leaders, middle managers, or small business owners, Selden offers a breakthrough plan to delight their best customers and drive shareowner value.

Jack Shaw

Author, Surviving the Digital Jungle and Doing Business in the Information Age

The author of two influential books on e-business, strategy, processes, and technology - Surviving the Digital Jungle and Doing Business in the Information Age - Jack Shaw helps organizations increase revenues, cut costs, improve service, and maximize productivity by using technology to enable winning business strategies.

Robert Tucker

Author of Driving Growth Through Innovation and Managing the Future; President, The Innovation Resource

Tucker is a much sought after speaker at conferences and company convocations. Clients range from Fortune 500 companies to national and international trade associations. He has been a consultant to Taiwan's Economic Development Ministry and the Japan Marketing Association and has traveled to every continent to share his ideas and strategies with global business leaders.

Rob Waldman

Leadership Consultant; Author

Rob “Waldo” Waldman delivers the message of maximizing performance in competitive environments. Known as “the Wingman”, he teaches organizations how to build trusting, revenue producing relationships with their employees, partners and customers while relaying his personal experiences as a combat decorated fighter pilot and businessman. He makes a striking parallel that is memorable and exciting and brings fighter pilot energy and passion into each story and illustration.

Jay Walker

Entrepreneur and Technology Pioneer; President, Walker Digital; Founder, Priceline.com

Jay Walker is a technology pioneer who turns new ideas into BIG opportunities. Whether it’s changing the way consumers buy groceries and airline tickets (priceline.com) or changing the way old line companies approach their businesses, Walker and his team have invented over 600 proprietary business systems that solve problems in industries ranging from travel to defense to retail to restaurants to vending to publishing to gaming and entertainment.

Bruce Weinstein

The Ethics Guy®

Bruce Weinstein, Ph.D., The Ethics Guy®, has a simple purpose in life: he wants to enrich your appreciation of ethics in everyday life and to help you make the best decisions possible. He writes the column, Ask the Ethics Guy, for BusinessWeek.com.

Desi Williamson

Motivation Expert; Bestselling Author; Entrepreneur

Desi Williamson has mastered the art of empowering people. The results of his insightful, motivational keynote, half day or full day presentations ignite teams that are much more inspired to raise their standard of performance, a culture that cultivates and develops better leaders and a fundamental organizational shift that fosters being a master of change rather than a victim of circumstances.  Desi gives his audiences the inspiration and tools necessary to succeed regardless of circumstances or conditions.

 

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