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Motivational speaker with the ability to duplicate success in clients. Specialties include non-profit fundraising development and leadership development training with a strong emphasis on customer service training skills. Certified SkillPath and National Seminars Training (NST) Trainer. A previous store owner with several years of retail/sales and performance experience. Strong presentation skills, and marketing savvy. Specializes in personalized consulting for presentation and leadership skills. Facilitates workshops to build confidence in interpersonal communications as well as leadership development seminars. Specialties: performance presentation consulting, professional singing, motivational speaking, employee training, customer service training, interviewing skills, leadership development
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Josh Levs is known to millions for his motivational speeches and leadership as a male advocate for gender equality and modern fathers. This follows 20 years of reporting to national and global audiences on TV, radio, and online. Now he has added author to his resume -- with the widely acclaimed book All In: How Our Work-First Culture Fails Dads, Families and Businesses -- And How We Can Fix It Together. One of the nation’s most booked speakers, he has delivered keynotes at dozens of major events and businesses, including Google, Twitter, the Bay Area Women’s Summit, the Power Shift Forum for Women in the World Economy, the Forward Technology Conference, GE, Barclaycard, and many more. He won a debate at the historic Oxford Union and has lectured at Yale, Harvard, Stanford, Wharton, and other prestigious universities. At the Texas and Massachusetts Conferences for Women, he co-presented with Liberty Mutual. Levs also moderates panels, interviews celebrities and hosts all kinds of events. Levs spent 20 years reporting for NPR, CNN, and the Voice of America, reaching some of the biggest audiences in all of broadcasting. On CNN, he was called “Truth Seeker in Chief,” “Mr. Reality,” and “Senior Everything Correspondent.” Named “one of the most social media-savvy journalists in broadcast news” by PBS, he helped pioneer the use of social media and new technologies in TV reporting. He has collected many of the biggest honors in his field, including six Peabody Awards, two Edward R. Murrow Awards, and awards from duPont-Columbia, the National Association of Black Journalists, and more. A scholarship was awarded in his name at Yale University, his alma mater. As a columnist and speaker, Levs shares his story of repeatedly achieving dreams that many people told him were impossible, and rising up against struggles -- including with his health and that of his wife and children. Through inspiring, humorous, heartfelt talks that often include video clips, Levs shares the keys to finding inspirations, overcoming obstacles, and bringing dreams to life. About his book New York Times columnist Charles M. Blow called All In “fantastic;” the Washington Post’s Brigid Schulte called it a “must read;” the Chicago Tribune called it “fascinating,” and Forbes asked in a headline, “Can This Man Get Corporate America To Rethink An Anti-Dad Culture?” It was named one of the top books of 2015 by NewsOne and won a Nautilus Gold award. The Financial Times named Levs one of the top 10 male feminists. U.N. Women named him a Global Gender Champion and tapped him to be a part of the HeForShe campaign. And the New York Times, in a front-page story, referred to him as “a pioneer.” Levs tells his own story of taking on a policy at Time Warner that prevented him from being able to care for his newborn, preemie daughter and sick wife. As a result of his legal action and the publicity surrounding it, the company revolutionized its policy. More info at joshlevs.com.
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Anne Taylor is an award winning international speaker and trainer. She helps you understand the importance of body language in effective communication. Providing proven strategies and tools that drive organizational and service delivery excellence. She demonstrates how small changes can be transformative for leaders. Effectively altering how you respond to your audience and how your audience responds to you. We are Always Communicating. As the CEO of Anne Taylor Realty, Inc. in Atlanta Georgia, Anne uses her 30 years in sales and customer service to weave stories that inspire as well as encourage change. A love of travel and of service has taken Anne from her hometown of Moulton Alabama to Asia and Africa. A graduate of the University of Tennessee with a BS in Communications, Anne thrives on her work with incarcerated and domestically abused women. Change Your Attitude, Change Your Performance
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Communication is like mixing up chemicals. Sometimes it creates exciting discoveries... sometimes it's fruitless... sometimes it just blows up! Robyn Hatcher, communication expert and author, knows successful communication is the life blood of any thriving organization. Robyn's cultivated a winning formula to transform weak communication skills into potent business gold. (Cause blow ups can be messy and costly!) Her 15 plus years in the entertainment field as a professional actress and film and TV writer plus her experience as a certified Neural Linguistic Programming practitioner, give her a powerful combination of fun, creative tools and solid scientific research. Now, as owner and CEO of SpeakEtc., she delivers brain science hacks to help business leaders like you, command a room; galvanize your team and become the catalyst for change your business needs. Robyn has transformed the careers of thousands of business leaders through corporate programs, private coaching, and interactive presentations. Fortune 50 -500 companies and brands such as Allstate, Deloitte, Hewlett-Packard, AXA, and UBS are a few notables on Robyn's rich list of clientele. Her first book, Standing Ovation Presentations(Motivational Press, 2013), contains a unique communication-style system called ActorTypes. and was named on Forbes.com as one of 2015's Top 100 Coaching Books. Audiences can't get enough of Robyn's interactive dynamic programs. She inspires. She invigorates. She leaves you with tangible skills you can apply the very next day. If you need a dynamic, interactive, engaging, program for your staff or conference that entertains, informs and inspires - I'm your gal. [email protected] *** 646.470.2360 “…But when Robyn walked up and turned to face us, she exuded presence and power without sacrificing warmth and authenticity, Unlike many public speaking professionals, she was free of any affectations or mannerisms that felt forced and artificial.”- Linda Lowen, About.com "Talk is Cheap, Communication is Priceless" - Make your event PRICELESS!
$1,501 - $5,000
Critically acclaimed Chicago-based writer Fern Schumer Chapman has written several award-winning books. Her memoir, MOTHERLAND -- a Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers selection, a finalist for the National Jewish Book Award, and a BookSense76 pick -- is a popular choice for book clubs. Her two other books, IS IT NIGHT OR DAY? and LIKE FINDING MY TWIN, are used in middle school classrooms. In 2004, the Illinois Association of Teachers of English (IATE) named Chapman the "Illinois Author of the Year." Twice, Oprah Winfrey shows have featured her books. IS IT NIGHT OR DAY? explores immigration, Americanization, and identity formation through a little-known program that rescued 1,400 youngsters from the Holocaust. LIKE FINDING MY TWIN showcases how 8th graders reunited two Holocaust refugees. Teachers Guides aligned to the new Core Curriculum State Standards are available for all three books at www.fernschumerchapman.com. Fern Schumer Chapman gives many school speeches each year, sharing these amazing stories with students. Her next book will be released in September 2016. As a journalist and reporter, her work has appeared in many publications including the Chicago Tribune, Forbes, The Forward, The Washington Post, U.S. News & World Report, Fortune, USA Today, and The Wall Street Journal. A graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a master's degree from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism, she has taught magazine writing and other seminars at both Northwestern and Lake Forest College. Recent press: March 13, 2016 - WGN Radio, "After Hours" with Rick Kogan http://wgnradio.com/2016/03/14/like-finding-my-twin-fern-schumer-chapmans-literary-connection-with-her-mothers-past/
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Alicia Cole is listed among “25 of the Nation’s Best Practices in Patient and Family Engagement” by the Caregiver Action Network. Honored by President Obama in a national address for her advocacy work, Alicia now serves on the Presidential Advisory Council for Combating Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria (PACCARB). Appointed to a four year term by Secretary of Health & Human Services, Sylvia Burwell, Alicia was selected as a Co-Lead for the Stewardship & Prevention Working Group of that esteemed council. Her comeback from barely clinging to life in 2006 as the survivor of multiple antibiotic-resistant hospital infections, near-fatal sepsis and necrotizing fasciitis (flesh-eating disease) fuels her passion to save others from the anguish and suffering she endured. The battle to save her life following routine fibroid removal included: six additional surgeries; nine powerful antibiotics; nine blood transfusions; near amputation of her leg; an open abdomen for three years, and ten years of weekly aftercare. While bedridden and recovering, Alicia, with a talk-to-type program, began using social media to share her experience and advocate for quality improvements in healthcare. She helped co-sponsor and lobbied successfully for passage of two California laws for infection prevention education for health care workers and public reporting of hospital infection rates known collectively as “Nile’s Law” (SB158, SB1058.) In 2016, Alicia was one of five to receive the prestigious Humanitarian Award from the Patient Safety Movement at its Global Summit. The other recipients were President Barack Obama, Vice-President Joe Biden, Senator Barbara Boxer, and German Professor Kai D. Zacharowski, MD, PhD, FRCA. Alicia currently serves on the Patient & Family Executive Council for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Partnership for Patients 2.0. She also sits on the Environmental Services and the Education & Awareness Sub-committees of the California Department of Public Health’s HAI Advisory Committee. In between doctor’s appointments, the former Ohio State Alum returned to school and obtained a Post-Graduate Certificate in Healthcare Management & Leadership from UCLA School of Public Health. She also earned a Patient Safety Certificate through the American Society for Healthcare Risk Management’s annual Learning Academy. For more on Alicia go to www.AliciaCole.com.
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Connie Pheiff is the founder of the Pheiff Group, Inc., an award winning entrepreneur, advocate for women and a world class Leadership Speaker, Coach, Author and Podcast host of Activating the Power of Women.
$5,001 - $10,000
My co-founder and I founded Instant Impact 6 years ago with the mission of making careers at startups and SMEs accessible to graduates. We were founded by graduates, for graduates, a small business recruiting for other small businesses. That ethos has enabled us to understand meet the needs of our clients and candidates, and we’ve gone from strength to strength as a result. Since we were founded, we’ve worked with over 250 of the UK’s most entrepreneurial companies and placed over 1,000 graduates into exciting opportunities. There have been a lot of lessons learned along the way, both about running a small business and the recruitment industry. We are now at the forefront of excellence in helping our clients attract, recruit and retain the very best talent and I’ve got many frontline learnings and best practise to share on the topic. If you’re looking for speaker to share knowledge on finding and securing talent, recruiting and growing a team and retaining talent, get in touch.
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North Wales resident, Terri Levine, aka The Business Mentoring Expert, has made the Top 10 list in the World's Top 30 coaching "gurus", and was the top female "guru", as recently announced by Leadership Gurus.net. The Top 30 coaching "Gurus" were judged to be the "cream of the crop" of the worlds most influential coaching professionals, excluding sporting coaches. The criteria used for selection included the application of their own coaching principles to achieve superior results with their clients and their organizations and also demonstrate positive influences globally. Nominees were ranked according to their ideas, their presentation style, their coaching results, their impact locally, nationally and internationally, the quality of their publications and products and services, and most importantly, public opinion. Leadership Gurus.net surveyed some 22,000 business people including academics, MBA's and business people around the world and combined the results with their own person public opinion poll. Receiving over 1,000 votes, Dr. Levine, a well known business coach and mentor, made the top 10 for demonstrating excellence in coaching. She specializes in helping businesses double their revenues in 12 months. She has worked with over 5,000 corporations in nearly every industry. Her real passion is helping business owners earn the money they deserve while helping them find time to enjoy it.
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Tom Nix the founder of Nix Check Cashing, one of the largest alternative financial services providers in California, has served the needs of communities for over four decades and has received numerous awards and letters of recognition. He sold the company to Kinecta Federal Credit Union for 45 million dollars in 2007 creating an opportunity for true over the counter traditional banking in underserved communities. His book, Nixland My Wild Ride in the Inner City Check Cashing Industry, tells a great story through a series of true tales that are sometimes funny and sometimes gripping and shares the many lessons he learned along the way. Tom is a dynamic public speaker with an interesting, entertaining, and inspirational small business success story. He shares many lessons learned during his 42 year small business career, a lifework that included equity partnerships with Western Union, SunAmerica, and Union Bank. Most importantly, Nix shares what he calls “Life’s Key Concepts” that include powerful mindset techniques anyone can use to create a more happy, healthy, prosperous life and achieve personal goals well beyond expectation.
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Jason Schenker is a top-ranked financial market forecaster as well as a futurist. He helps private companies, public corporations, central banks, and industry groups understand financial market risks -- and the future technology changes that can impact individuals, industries, and professions. Since 2010, Bloomberg News has ranked Mr. Schenker one of the most accurate “Bloomberg Best” financial market forecasters in the World in 40 different categories, including #1 in the world for his forecast accuracy of U.S. jobs, Brent and WTI crude oil prices, natural gas prices, gold prices, platinum prices, palladium prices, copper prices, aluminum prices, nickel prices, zinc prices, tin prices, the Euro, the Pound, the Swiss Franc, the Russian Ruble, the Brazilian Real, Chinese Yuan, and six other categories. For almost 15 years, Mr. Schenker has been a Keynote Speaker. He has written four books that have become #1 Best Sellers on Amazon: Jobs for Robots, Commodity Prices 101, Recession-Proof, and Electing Recession. He also wrote the books Robot-Proof Yourself and Be the Shredder, Not the Shred. He is editor of The Robot and Automation Almanac, which is compiled annually by The Futurist Institute. Mr. Schenker also founded The Futurist Institute in October 2016, for which Mr. Schenker has created a rigorous course of study that includes The Future of Work, The Future of Transportation, The Future of Data, The Future of Finance, Futurist Fundamentals, The Future of Energy, The Future of Leadership, and The Future of Healthcare. Mr. Schenker is also an instructor for LinkedIn Learning, for which he has released a course on Corporate Finance Risk Management. Mr. Schenker holds a Master’s in Applied Economics from UNC Greensboro, a Master’s in Negotiation from CSU Dominguez Hills, a Master’s in German from UNC Chapel Hill, and a Bachelor’s in History and German from The University of Virginia. He also holds Certificates in FinTech and Supply Chain Management from MIT. Mr. Schenker holds the professional designations CMT® (Chartered Market Technician), CVA® (Certified Valuation Analyst), ERP® (Energy Risk Professional), and CFP® (Certified Financial Planner). He is also a Certified Futurist and Long-Term Analyst (FLTA). Mr. Schenker is currently completing a certificate in Cybersecurity at Carnegie Mellon University. Based in Austin, Mr. Schenker is a one of only 100 CEOs on the Texas Business Leadership Council, a group that advises Texas elected leadership at the state and federal level. He also sits on multiple boards and is a Governance Fellow of the National Association of Corporate Directors. Mr. Schenker is on the advisory board of Hidden Star, a non-profit focused on helping low-income, minority, and disadvantaged entrepreneurs start and succeed. Mr. Schenker is also a director of the 2018 class of the Texas Lyceum, a non-partisan, non-profit that fosters business and policy dialogue on important U.S. and Texas issues.
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Lea Woodford is the founder & CEO of Speaker Life Media and a seasoned speaker since 2007, helping speakers, coaches, and entrepreneurs get seen, heard, and booked. A TV and radio host, celebrity interviewer, and keynote speaker, she founded the platform after realizing that speakers lacked a single resource for building a genuine media presence. From the stage, she speaks on branding, mindset, and getting off the content-creation hamster wheel. Through Speaker Life Magazine, the Speaker Life Podcast, free visibility resources, and the annual Speaker Life Summit in Scottsdale, Arizona, she helps thought leaders turn expertise into opportunity, guided by one principle: covers and features are earned, never purchased.
$5,001 - $10,000