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Ida Byrd-Hill is an urban economist, strategist and start-up founder seeking to spur the largest matriculation of TECH DIVERSITY women and people of color, both parents and students, into wealth through technology. ESSENCE MAGAZINE in its May 2010 article, Helping Our Children Achieve Excellence, states “Byrd-Hill is the very personification of Detroit's refusal to surrender.” EXPERIENCE As a NONPROFIT EXECUTIVE, where she created Automation Workz 4 U an OPEN IT SCHOOL and a Cisco Networking Academy training IT professional tradespersons and its marketing outreach, Automation Workz held at the North American International Auto Show to expose parents and their teens to the automation world so they will seek preparation and credentials to enter this ever expanding workforce. As a FINANCIAL ADVISOR where she grew a firm from 0 to 353 million in managed assets for 2200 individual clients and 10 corporate clients. She created SMART MONEY- Financial Fitness Course for 1000 hourly UAW/ Chrysler As a MORTGAGE LOAN OFFICER, where she guided 1,000,000 in loan volume monthly comprised of loans averaging $50,000 through the FHA, VA, FREDDIE MAC, FANNIE MAE underwriting process to closing. As an EXECUTIVE SEARCH CONSULTANT, aka “Headhunter”, she placed 72 attorneys in FORTUNE 500 companies and law firms specializing in the technical areas of patent, environmental, intellectual property, FDA. As a HUMAN RESOURCES PROFESSIONAL, she managed recruitment and employee benefits where she recruited all employee types She is the INVENTOR of Fluke – the wealth building game of accidental inventions, radical transformer of 5 urban public schools, the creator of the first cyber blended alternative high school catering to adjudicated youth in America - Hustle & TECHknow Preparatory High School. PRESENTATIONS She is a prolific engaging speaker, having presented at: • Women of Color STEM Conference 2017 The Science of Creativity Panel • Women of Color STEM Conference Partnership 2017 - Garnered 66,000 Facebook Live views • MEATA (Michigan Educators Apprenticeship and Training Association) Spring Conference 2015 • NABSE (National Association of Black School Educators) Annual Conference 2014 • Techweek Detroit 2015 • National Alternative School Conference 2014 • New York State STEM Conference 2014 • Inner City Economic Summit 2013 • iNACOL (International Association for K-12 Online Learning) 2010 • ISTE (International Society for Technology in Education) 2009 EDUCATION She earned a MBA Jack Welch Management Institute 2014 and a Bachelor’s of Arts Economics University of Michigan - Ann Arbor 1989. She possesses a FINRA, formerly National Association of Security Dealers, Series 6, Series 7, Series 63, Series 65, Former Michigan State Health and Life Insurance license. Certification Intro to Networking, Linux Programming AUTHOR of 8 paperback books.
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Nadine Riopel is a facilitator and connector extraordinaire. With a professional background in both the private and social sectors, she draws out the value in any group through purposeful, meaningful conversation between its members. She is the creator of PurposeFuel: a program that helps organizations achieve greater results through connection and purpose. She is also the co-founder of The Good 100 Experiment and the creator of the We Hate Networking Club. Nadine lives very happily in a heritage (read:old!) home in central Edmonton, Alberta with her young son and husband. In her spare time she enjoys rescuing fruit and making rugs out of old sheets.
$251 - $1,500
Bestselling author Jay Samit, is a dynamic entrepreneur and intrepreneur who is widely recognized as one of the world’s leading experts on disruption and innovation. Described by Wired magazine as “having the coolest job in the industry,” he raises hundreds of millions of dollars for startups, sells companies to Fortune 500 firms, transforms entire industries, revamps government institutions, and for three decades continues to be at the forefront of global trends. Everyone from the Pope to the President calls on Samit to orchestrate positive change in this era of endless innovation. Samit helped grow pre-IPO companies such as Linkedin, held senior management roles at EMI, Sony and Universal Studios, pioneered breakthrough advancements in mobile video, internet advertising, ecommerce, social networks, ebooks, and digital music that are used by billions of consumers every day. Combining innovation with commercial success, Samit is the consummate dealmaker; his list of partners and associates reads like a who’s who list of innovators, including: Bill Gates, Steven Spielberg, Steve Jobs, Reid Hoffman, David Geffen, Richard Branson, Paul Allen, and Pierre Omidyar. A proven trend spotter, Samit accurately predicts the future because he is constantly working with those who create it. An adjunct professor at USC, Samit teaches innovation at America’s largest engineering school and is author of the best-selling book Disrupt You! Master Personal Transformation, Seize Opportunity, and Thrive in the Era of Endless Innovation (MacMillan 2015). He is a regular contributor to the Wall Street Journal and host of its documentary series WSJ Startup of the Year. Samit frequently appears on ABC, Bloomberg, CBS, CNN, Fox, MSNBC, NBC and tweets daily motivation to the over 100,000 business professionals who follow him on twitter @jaysamit. An expert on transformational corporate change, Samit has been quoted in The New York Times, Harvard Business Review, The Economist, Businessweek, Forbes, Los Angeles Times, USA Today, Variety, Fast Company and TechCrunch. Samit is a change agent, who combines his bold vision and humor, to motivate audiences to become disruptors within their organizations. Samit gets people passionate about innovation, overcoming obstacles, and teaches them how to think bigger and embrace change. Samit motivates and delights audiences from Moscow to Mumbai, London to Las Vegas, Berlin to Beverly Hills, Toronto to Tokyo, Seoul to San Francisco, with compelling keynotes that leave the crowd wanting more. Samit provides disruptive solutions for such corporate clients as American Express, AT&T, Coca Cola, Disney, Ford, GE, Intel, Linkedin, McDonalds, Microsoft, Proctor & Gamble, Starbucks, Unilever, Zynga and dozens more. His keynote It’s Time to Disrupt You! is a high energy presentation on how to create and embrace change in any field. Samit delivers a speech that stays with the audience long after the conference has ended.
More than $10,000
Regan Hillyer is a Serial Entrepreneur, Global Thought Leader, Philanthropist and Mindset Coach. A resident of the world who travels the globe and spends most of her time between LA, Bali, Australia & New Zealand. She is the founder of Regan Hillyer International, a company dedicated to providing personal development and business training to men and women who have a big message they want to share with the world. Regan specializes in helping experts uncover their true message and launch powerful personal brands, helping them make a big impact and build a legacy. Regan has trained thousands of people, helping them build multiple six and seven figure businesses location free, using powerful mindset changing tools and cutting edge business development strategies.
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Bert Jan is CTO at OpenValue in the Netherlands and a software craftsman at JPoint. He focuses on Java, Continuous Delivery and DevOps. Bert Jan is a Java Champion, JavaOne Rock Star speaker and user group leader for NLJUG, the Dutch Java User Group. He loves to share his experience by speaking at conferences, writing for the Dutch Java magazine and helping out Devoxx4Kids with teaching kids how to code. Bert Jan is easily reachable on Twitter at @bjschrijver.
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As I look back, there may have been two defining times early in my life that helped shape who I am and what service I continue to provide today . At around the age of 10 in Sydney, Australia, I used to help my parents by serving customers in their small shop. And, at around 13, I received a book entitled "Your Brain and How to Use It". For over 30 years my focus has been involved in training and development within the corporate world - from multi-nationals to small businesses. With a fascination for people in how we think, how we perform, how we emote and how our lives can be made even more successful with engaging training, coaching and mentoring, I have continued to study and teach with even more passion as those early days. Retail, Manufacturing, Tourism, Government , Education, Logistics , Automobile, Call centres are some of the sectors I have been involved with. My training and teaching has taken me to 25 Countries to meet and work with thousands of people at all levels. Along the way , I have studied many methods and processes and I have had a preference to share "what works'' rather than to join the bandwagon of what popular fad happens to be flavour of the month. My training expertise includes the following : . leadership . management development . change management . supervisory skills . customer experience . emotional intelligence . applied NLP skills . public speaking . sales and sales management . coaching . business writing
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Dr. Cathy Greenberg, PhD, Author, Speaker, Consultant and ICF Certified Coach since August of 2007, has been named a worldwide authority on leadership and human behavior by all major business and financial news organizations, and by popular media outlets such as Fortune, Oprah Magazine and Working Mother. Named a “Top 100 Leadership Coach” by Executive Excellence Magazine she is an engaging speaker and business talk show host on Voice America: Leadership Development News. Her latest international best-selling book “Fearless Leaders: Sharpen Your Focus” (with TC North) features real life examples of success secrets from Special Operations Forces, Olympic and Sports Athletes, Humanitarians and Executives from across industries. She presents keynotes, workshops, webinars and teleseminars to share many success secrets from the book Fearless Leaders™ and how to quickly gain these skills. She has co-authored more than nine business books including “Global Leadership: The Next Generation” with Marshall Goldsmith. She also contributed to leadership titles such as ‘The Future of Leadership; Today’s Top Leadership Thinkers Speak to Tomorrow’s Leaders’, edited by Warren Bennis and ‘Leading Beyond Walls’, (The Drucker Foundation Series), edited by Goldsmith and Somerville. After serving as a partner in two of the world’s leading consulting firms, Computer Sciences Corporation and Accenture, Greenberg founded two new consultancies: h2c, LLC Happy Companies/Healthy People, sharing her proven strategies for “Happiness = profit”, and The Fearless Leaders Group, LLC. She is a also a Global Speaker to different associations & universities: Convenience Store/Fast Food/Petroleum Cancer Treatment Centers of America Genentec Novo Nordisk Phillips Lean In YPO/WPO Paychex h2c Bristol Myers Squibb Harvard Drexel University Governor's Conference for Women
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Nikhil is a certified mindfulness teacher (CMT-P), people transformation facilitator, a coach & an OD practitioner. He is the Chief Mindfulness officer & founder of Mindwize, co-founder of Mindfulness Center of Excellence. At his core, he is an ardent exponent of mindfulness, emotional intelligence & empathetic communication to live, lead, connect, create & influence. Nikhil specialises in designing & executing programs for change management, culture & values, team effectiveness, interpersonal behavioral skills, coaching & capability creation, with a base of mindfulness. Through his work, he aspires to bring the humane back into human interactions. As a coach he is inspired by people & enjoys helping people maximise their potential. A believer in transformational leadership for value creation, he strives to create a learning environment & a growth mindset. Nikhil’s passion for people & change can be traced throughout his career where he has been known to focus on building relationships, creating high performing teams & bringing innovation & change. His 16 years of industry experience saw him drive multiple award winning global projects across industries with CXO level engagement. A graduate of GE’s leadership program, he takes pride in being customer first. As a part of IDEO community of practice he promotes human centred design in designing for change. Nikhil’s work has brought him multiple accolades including HR 40 under 40 for leveraging technology & innovation in Leadership & Org Development & 100 Top Global Training & Development Minds. He speaks at various industry forums & volunteers his time to help not-for-profits. Nikhil is a Vipassana meditator & has trained with various teachers over time & continues to learn under buddhist lama teachers. He works with both beginner & seasoned meditators to help them deepen their practice & connect mindfulness to their daily lives. He also conducts workshops & programs in Mindfulness.
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Jim was born and raised in Southern California. After attending CalPoly he entered the US Air Force first as a journalist/broadcaster and later as an officer and hospital administrator. After retiring in 1986 he and his family moved to Santa Barbara, California where he was an assistant hospital administrator, then a commercial real estate broker, followed by becoming a life insurance agent, bank trust officer for two banks and finally forming his own company, MainStreet Financial Planning, Inc. where he retired after 20 years. He now helps fee-only financial advisors and people working with advisors overcome procrastination and move ahead with financial plan implementation. He does not sell products, manage money or give regulated financial advice. His role is coaching.
$1,501 - $5,000
I've been blessed with an uncanny ability to solve marketing and business problems "on the spot". I'm a business and marketing expert who helps businesses get: * More Leads * More Conversions * More Transactions * Higher Prices * More Profits The books I've written include Amazon best seller, "Business Tips From The Trenches: How to Succeed In Business Without an MBA" and "9 Rules Business Prosperity in the New Economy" Two quotes attributed to me are: "Learn from someone who's been there, done that, and still does it.""Entrepreneurs made this country great and will make it great again. It's my life's purpose to help as many entrepreneurs success as possible." My passion is creating success for small businesses. We are the future of the world. This Is Who I Help I help small and medium sized business owners who have a burning desire to reach bold, bodacious goals. I use a success blueprint which never fails when the strategies are implemented. Helping small businesses grow is my passion. How I Help Businesses I provide private one on one coaching, facilitate mastermind groups for speedy success, create celebrity for you, and develop private client relationships so you can reach your marketing goals fast. My services include: * Mastermind Groups * Serve as part time CMO * Private Business Coaching * Private Client Programs * Marketing Strategies * Business Strategies * Small Business Marketing * Radio Interviews to create celebrity and media exposure * Monthly Marketing Summits (discussion groups) * Media Strategies Specialties: Mastermind Groups Marketing Strategist Business Strategy Direct Response Marketing Dan Kennedy Style Marketing Small Business Coaching "Interview the Experts" radio interviews Marketing Seminars Public Speaking Marketing Expert Private Client Programs
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During Deke’s career he has been provided a unique opportunity to gain a tremendous amount of insight into many fields having successfully pursued multi-sector career paths in banking, real estate and development and land conservation while serving on the boards of multiple nonprofits and foundations. Having served as Mayor of Augusta, Georgia for nine years Deke has developed the ability to identify the intersection points for business, government and the non-profit sector while strategically forming successful public/private partnerships. Being provided a total immersion learning experience in all of these sectors has given him a wealth of institutional knowledge that can provide value add to businesses, local governments, nonprofits and individuals through a unique perspective on how to properly manage outcomes from many different perspectives. He specializes in collaborative leadership and identifying the common ground that every sector can rally around in order to better benefit their communities and their own organizations as well. In simple terms he’s a creative problem solver.
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