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SPECIALTIES: Peak performance training for golf, sport, business, overcoming test
anxiety for students and their parents, singers, dancers, and actors, stress relief coaching.
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 Performance Psychologist, Tony Piparo, Ph.D. has Masters degrees in Education and Kinesiology (the study of human movement) and a Ph.D. in Exercise and Sport Psychology. He earned the prestigious American Psychological Association’s 1993 Dissertation of the Year for his work on concentration and performance in sport, which has direct application to all achievement arenas and careers. (Travels from Wisconsin)
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SPECIALTIES: Job-seeking Skills, Corporate Etiquette, Voice-Over, Acting.
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 Bob McHone has been developing and presenting seminars and workshops for Fortune 500 Companies, Universities, Financial Institutions, Hospitals, Law Firms, and the Military throughout the United States for over twenty-five years. He has been spokesperson for radio and television commercials as well as...writer, producer, and narrator for industrial videos. He was the writer, director, and narrator for PBS documentary, “A Backward Glance Along the Way...Reflections of the Early South.” (Travels from North Carolina)
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SPECIALTIES: Associations, Aspiring Authors, Film Makers, Musicians,
Women’s Organizations
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 Cathy Brophy is the president of Warren Publishing, Inc, a full service book publishing company. Authors and musicians from all over the United States and Canada have come to Cathy for guidance while they write their ’book, songs or films.’ With over 20 years of publishing experience, Cathy is an award-winning publisher and singer/songwriter who has written six children’s books with William Morrow in NYC and four music CD’s. She has helped hundreds of people ‘find their voice’ and realize their dreams. (Travels from North Carolina)
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SPECIALTIES: Helping Leading Entrepreneurs in professional services, technology and
specialty schools develop strategies to get maximum value from their business.
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 Helping women entrepreneurs in creating business value that transforms their world. You’ve successfully started your own business and have created a comfortable lifestyle. What’s next? How do you get there? Chia-Li Chien shows you how to strategically innovate your business foundation and enable you to position your company to get the value you deserve. Born and raised in Taipei, Taiwan, Chia-Li (Pronounced Jolly) Chien came to the United States to attend college in 1988 at the age of 21. She blends elements of the rich Chinese culture (slightly influenced by Japan, which once claimed Taiwan as a colony) with American openness. As an entrepreneur, Chia-Li has experienced many of the issues that women business owners face. (Travels from North Carolina)
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SPECIALTIES: Knowing thyself (your mind); Stress & Resilience in toxic environments; How to overcome life’s curveballs; How to connect with anyone
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 Dale is a member of the National Speakers Association of Australia. He is Founder and owner of “Inception,”
Dale extracts the hidden thoughts you don’t even know you’re having and instills positive attitudes, values and behaviors to streamline your success. With a deep understanding of the conscious and subconscious mind, Dale shows how you can master the one thing you have most control over… yourself. (Travels from Australia)
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SPECIALTIES: Mind, Body, and Emotions
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 Dr. Dena Churchill is a Chiropratic Doctor and dynamic keynote speaker remembered for her ability to deeply connect with audiences through clarity, wisdom and humor. She is a wellness expert featured on shows like CBC's, Health Matters and ATV's Breakfast Television; and a global Demartini Method Facilitator. She is the author of the book entitled "Divinity in Divorce - The Power in Gratitude and Love." Her book explores how people going through divorce and other life crises can find healing, wholeness and wisdom. (Travels from Canada)
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SPECIALTIES: Women's Health, Sexual Well Being, Healthy Relationships
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 Dona is ANCC Board Certified as a Psychiatric Clinical Nurse Specialist and Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner. She is in private practice at Lake Norman, outside Charlotte, NC and treats many women for Adrenal Fatigue. Dona is also nationally certified by the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists (AASECT) as a Sex Therapist. Dona is the Past President of the North Carolinas Nurses Association and former board member of the Center for American Nurses, the national organization for workforce advocacy for nurses. She is the author of “When Benjamin Wants to Know: Family Conversations About the Facts of Life” and “Managing Menopause Beautifully – Physically, Emotionally, and Sexually.” (Travels from North Carolina)
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SPECIALTIES: Marketing Outside the Box, British Royal Family, An Englishman coming to America
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 Born in London, U.K. Eddie has been in the business world for fifty years. He has traveled to over sixty countries, hosted radio and television shows, written for magazines. He has even caddied in the “Open Golf Championship” at St. Andrews and played professional soccer. “Life is exciting” has always been his motto he has certainly lived up to that. At age forty one he left the U.K. for the USA he has lived here ever since. Educated at Penge County and South East London College Eddie has a degree in Marketing and Public Relations but it is the huge amount of experience that he has gleaned that makes him the interesting character that he is. (Travels from North Carolina)
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SPECIALTIES: Change Management, Sales and Marketing, Leadership,
Management Development & Bully Buster
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 Edie Raether, MS, CSP, is a Change Strategist who has been a behavioral psychology expert and family counselor for 40 years. She provides answers with action-oriented, interactive programs of both prevention and intervention. Edie is an international speaker who has presented programs on five continents. Her inspirational books for children and adults have been translated into numerous languages. Edie has also been a college professor and talk show host for ABC affiliates. She is sharing the platform with such celebrities as Oprah, Deepak Chopra, Steve Jobs, Sir Paul McCartney, Marianne Williamson, Sir Richard Branson and many others. Edie provides interactive prevention programs for angry kids who bully, protection for kids who are bullied, and answers for parents and teachers seeking guidance to a serious problem that is responsible for many child and teen suicides. Edie’s coaching and training programs transform people from fear to empowerment and from anger to enlightenment. (Travels from North Carolina)
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SPECIALTIES: Sales team and Entrepreneurial sales training classes; Coaching; Keynote speeches at conferences
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 Elinor is quoted “I transformed my corporate sales status as a top producer due to my natural style of building relationships into Smooth Sale, LLC - a Sales Training Company. “ Her goal is to help others succeed more quickly and easily.Offerings include business retreats, inspirational talks at conventions, team sales training, entrepreneurial business development, private coaching. (Travels from California)
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SPECIALTIES: Vision, Action, Diversity
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 “The ability to see yourself in the future begins with the realization that the future starts in the present.” – Eric Bailey
Eric Bailey’s guiding principle can be summed up in a single word – vision. Whether creating a successful business or the life of your dreams, the outcome you truly desire is not something that happens magically. You need a clear picture of what it is and what it looks like. Eric has helped over 1.5 million people craft visions for themselves and their organizations and manifest these into reality! (Travels from California)
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SPECIALTIES: Keynote speeches, Seminars/workshops, Teleseminars, Group coaching, Small business marketing, Marketing for solo professionals, Book marketing, Social media, Online marketing, Publicity/public relations, start-up marketing, New business marketing
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 Gail Martin’s articles have appeared in over 40 regional and national publications. Martin is a Faculty Member for the WriteWellU Virtual Publishing Conference, an online instructor for MarketingProfs.com and PR Newswire and an Advisory Board Member for Smart Women’s Coaching Café. She is also an Expert On Call for 911MarketingHelp.com and the Microsoft Partner Edge Network. She is the host of Shared Dreams Marketing Podcast, and is the author of the Thrifty Author’s Guide to Launching Your Book (Comfort Publishing) and 30 Days to Social Media Success: Making the Most of Twitter, Blogging, LinkedIn and Facebook (Career Press) Gail Martin has nearly 25 years of marketing experience, and spent close to 20 years in corporate and consulting roles before launching DreamSpinner Communications. (Travels from North Carolina)
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SPECIALTIES: Hospice, Women’s Groups, Retirement Homes, Children’s Groups
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 Hunter Darden has been on an incredible journey of self-discovery following the deaths of all three of her siblings and her father. With a hurting heart, she made many poignant, powerful stops down the path toward healing and ultimate resolution. She arrived at a place of contentment, as she discovered that our lives are like a great tapestry. We must embrace the knots and learn from them. It only makes the gold and silver threads that much more beautiful...if you allow it for yourself. (Travels from North Carolina)
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SPECIALTIES: Education, Faith, Entertainment, Sports, Hospitality, Medical, Business, Voice Overs
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 Jeffrey has been the keynote and motivational speaker for more than 250 organizations since 2000. He is in constant demand as a voice-over artist, emcee, speaker, broadcaster and vocalist across the United States. For theatre and concert performances he has traveled to Germany, France, Austria, England and Wales. Jeffrey’s broadcast credits include work for CBS, ESPN, NASCAR, the PGA, the NBA, the Wall Street Journal and Focus on the Family. A twenty-one year veteran of theatre, radio, film and television, Jeffrey Griffin is currently one of the premiere voice-over artists in the United States. His impressive recordings include work for Ford, Coca-Cola, FedEx, PBS, John Deere and McDonald's. (Travels from North Carolina)
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SPECIALTIES: Appreciation marketing, networking, acting coaching
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 Jerilyn is the owner of JM Unlimited, Inc. and teaches appreciation marketing, follow up, and client retention to business owners, executives, sales professionals, and entrepreneurs using proven strategies developed through the online greeting card service, SendOutCards. She also provides leadership, accountability and motivational training to interested business builders. (Travels from North Carolina)
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SPECIALTIES: Customer Service. Professional Image
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 Born in Essex, UK, Julie is a former Nurse and went on to obtain a Teaching degree to combine her love of Health Care with Teaching. She had her own business in the North East of England, training in Health and Safety and Health Care subjects, in addition to being a visiting lecturer at Longlands College and consulting on a Youth Opportunity program. Julie has travelled extensively around the world. Her global experiences sparked her interest in Good Customer Service Practices, which has since become a passion for her. “I truly believe that everyone can make a difference in someone’s life and we should strive to be the best we can be.” “I like to say: Good Customer Service is all about Passion, Loving what you do and Caring about the people around you!” (Travels from North Carolina)
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SPECIALTIES: Profitability, Product Costing, Entrepreneurship, Start-ups,
Management Accounting, Government Grants Compliance, Business Process Design
and Infrastructure, Enterprise Resources Systems, Accounting Systems.
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 Lea Strickland, BA/CMA/CFM/CBM/GMC, is president of F.O.C.U.S. Resource, Inc. and founder of the Technovation Entrepreneur program, helping entrepreneurs turn their ideas into businesses by effectively commercializing scientific discoveries. She has more than 20 years of experience in operational leadership in Fortune 500 and Global 100 companies, including Ford, Solectron and Newell Corporation, regularly sharing her extensive first-hand knowledge via interactive sessions and presentations at a wide range of industry events. In an average year, Strickland leads 40 workshops and webinars in 30 states, Canada, and Mexico on business strategy topics and is one of the most prolific women entrepreneurs on the business speaking circuit. (Travels from North Carolina)
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SPECIALTIES: Fitness, Women Empowerment, Family
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 LeAura Alderson is a mother of two internationally adopted, home-schooled children, and partner with her husband, Coleman Alderson, in domestic and international real estate investing, venture capital, and owner of My Trainer Fitness LLC. A dynamic and fit baby boomer, healthier today at 51 than at 21, LeAura is passionate about bringing ideas to life, especially when it helps others. Inspired by her success at reversing bone loss—osteopenia—and resolving chronic back pain through exercise, LeAura created the My Trainer Fitness line of products that place the power of the professional in your hands™ with do-it-yourself personal training workouts. LeAura is also a public speaker and has appeared on national and local TV in addition to being feature in national and regional magazines. (Travels from North Carolina)
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SPECIALTIES: Speaker, Writer and coach. Media awareness, Small business
development, adversity and visionary consultant.
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 Mark McIntosh is a Missouri native - The Show Me State – He has discovered in a lifetime of learning and leadership via athletics, television, radio, business and relationships that life's a fascinating roller coaster with many dips along the way. In an encouraging, thought-provoking and entertaining way via speaking, writing and consulting, he encourages others - despite the challenges - to play like champions in the game of life: home, work and elsewhere. His speaking, writing and consulting - you could call it coaching - are in honor of the great mentors he's had throughout life. He taps into their wisdom and shares some of his thoughts in encouraging others to achieve healthy and productive success. He believes the venues change but, usually, the strategies are the same. (Travels from Colorado)
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SPECIALTIES: Helping women build and grow multimillion-dollar businesses
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 Mary Cantando ~ As a featured speaker, author, columnist and consultant, Mary Cantando engages audiences throughout the country with her insight and understanding regarding the power and potential of women business owners. She's developed The Woman's Advantage series of products. An entrepreneurial executive since 1989, Mary is a recognized authority on women’s business initiatives. Having personally closed sales of up to $50M, Mary is a respected sales and marketing expert who has helped countless women entrepreneurs develop new, successful revenue streams for their enterprises and serves as a trusted mentor and advisor. Mary is a member of the National Speakers’ Association and presents at regional, national and international events focused on the recognition and development of women business owners. (Travels from North Carolina)
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SPECIALTIES: Physician/Dental/Company Strategy Retreats, Teambuilding Seminars, Communication Workshops, Leadership Training and Customer Care Professional
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 Merikay H. Tillman, M.S. is the owner & CEO of COACH MKay Companies, LLC based in Greensboro, North Carolina. Her mission is to act as a catalyst to help individuals and organizations create positive change to reach new heights in professional and personal performance. Through her coaching strategies and facilitative seminars, Merikay inspires you to create an action plan of success that generates results. The professional development programs are fresh, entertaining and energetic. She incorporates real world examples from regional and national organizations she coaches around the United States. Ms. Tillman is a certified Dale Carnegie® instructor (Travels from North Carolina)
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SPECIALTIES: Training and development within the workplace; Diversity and gender differences; public speaking
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 Since 1984, Ms. Donaldson has been President of her own company. The central focus is training and development within the workplace. She is dedicated to delivering the highest quality training programs on time and on budget. Clients include Kaiser Permanente, Rockwell Collins, Northwestern Mutual Financial Network, and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care. Mimi constantly updates her variety of courses, most recently diversity and gender differences. Mimi is co-author of Negotiating for Dummies, an international bestseller that has been translated into six languages and has sold over a million copies. Her second book was Bless Your Stress: It Means You’re Still Alive! Her latest book Necessary Roughness: New Rules for the Contact Sport of Life focuses on leadership, teamwork, and successful gender communication. (Travels from California)
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SPECIALTIES: Diversity, Leadership
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 Morris Morrison was born in New York City. Shortly after his birth, Morris was left orphaned by the death of his mother and father due to drugs, alcohol, and a life lived in the streets of New York. Morris grew up in a community where drug and alcohol abuse was prevalent and where many people were faced with difficult circumstances to overcome. Despite the challenges that Morris faced at an early age, he continued to stay focused, driven, and passionate about being successful in life-placing education high on his list of priorities. Morris received his Bachelors Degree in Psychology from Fairmont State University and his Masters Degree in Business (HR/Labor Relations) from West Virginia University. (Travels from North Carolins)
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SPECIALTIES: Associations, Women’s Organizations, Keynotes.
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 Peggy Collins is a professional speaker, trainer and author. Her book, Help is Not a Four Letter Word; Why Doing It All is Doing You In, published by McGraw Hill, has become her life mission: changing the culture that says “asking for help is a weakness” to “asking for help is a strength”. Since 2008, she has been interviewed on 92 radio shows, 4 television shows, and her book subject has appeared in 18 magazines and publications including: The New York Enterprise Report, The Huffington Report, Real Simple, Global Woman, and The Small Business Digest. She’s a proud member for eighteen years of the National Speakers Association and has been designated by MPI (Meeting Professionals International) as a Platinum Speaker. (Travels from North Carolina)
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SPECIALTIES: Inspiring and nurturing young people to become successful
entrepreneurs, Motivational Speaking
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 Sabirul Islam is a UK Teen-Trepreneur, global motivational speaker and author and founder of the bestselling book: “The World at Your Feet” and “Teen-Trepreneur.” With a vision to want to achieve success as a young entrepreneur, Sabirul Islam, an ordinary East London teenager who grew up witnessing crime and violence within his community, made the jump to setting up a web design business at the age of 14. Having run the web design company for a period of 2 years and generating a healthy income whilst still in school. Sabirul took a step forward to become a junior trader at the age of 16, having been given the opportunity by Merrill Lynch to learn how to trade whilst in New York. Now aged 20, Sabirul‟s vision to inspire young people has expanded to a global scale having reached out to millions of people across the UK, Europe, USA, Nigeria, South Africa & Japan with the Inspire1Million world tour following from May 2011. (Travels from London, UK)
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SPECIALTIES: Entrepreneurial Best Practices, Customer Relations, Business Planning
& Analysis Referral Relations, Branding & Positioning Internet Marketing,
Corporate Image & Identity Strategic Involvements,
Awards & Recognition Public Relations, Competitive Analysis Ideal Target Profiling,
CRISP Principle® Next Level Strategy, Synergized Goal Setting Resource Management
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 Sherré DeMao is founder, President, and Chief Marketeer of SLD Unlimited Marketing/PR, Inc., a full-service branding, marketing consulting and strategy firm she established in 1984. A published author, Sherré released her second book entitled, “50 Marketing Secrets,” in 2010. 50 Marketing Secrets guarantees you will learn ways to approach your marketing strategy, make better and more productive marketing decisions and implement tactics your competitors will not. The CRISP Principle®, originated by Sherré as a proprietary approach to marketing for small business, is at the heart of the book. Sherré writes the monthly Savvy Business Owner column in Business Today and is a contributing writer with articles appearing in Enterprising Women Magazine, Women Entrepreneur, Entrepreneur.com, FoxBusiness.com, Yahoo Small Business and Business Inside. Her first book, “My, Myself & Inc.- A Synergized World, An Energized Business, Living Your Ultimate Life,” was named a Top Business Shelf pick by Midwest Book Review in 2009. (Travels from North Carolina)
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SPECIALTIES: High schools, Colleges, Community and Business organizations, Houses of worship, Rehabilitation facilities, Career centers, youth organizations
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 Steve Olsher is “America’s Reinvention Expert.” His methodology blends ancient wisdom with revolutionary lessons from modern thought leaders. These teachings, combined with his unique exercises and singular approach to realizing permanent, positive change, form a proven system for ultimate achievement. An in-demand media guest, Steve has appeared on ABC, FOX TV, and more than 200 radio shows including Lou Dobbs, Jim Bohannon, and Mancow. His book, “Journey To You: A Step-by-Step Guide to Becoming Who You Were Born to Be” was named “Self-Help Book of The Year 2010” by USA Book News (Travels from Illinois)
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SPECIALTIES: Motivational and Entertainment
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 If you believe that dreams can come true you‟ll want to get to know Tammie Davis, now an up and coming Nashville Recording Artist and songwriter from Lincolnton, N.C. Tammie served as a U.S. Marine Musician and pianist while stationed at Marine Corps Base Quantico, VA. Since 2009, Tammie has received numerous nominations for the Carolina Music Awards Female Country Artist of the Year and was named the Queen City Music Award for "Female Country Artist of the Year‟. In addition to her Music Row debut, Tammie's music has been added to Pandora Radio, several overseas playlists, and countless internet stations. (Travels from North Carolina)
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SPECIALTIES: Family Consultant; Church Groups; Nursing Homes; Organizations
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 Trust–Understanding-Respect-Nurtured-Inner-Peace.Over 20 years of spreading encouragement, joy and hope to these special people, as well as their families, Turner 'TURNIP' has become a desired keynote speaker at many conferences and care facilities, where he is able to share his passion for helping families learn to interact with their amazing loved ones. Beyond the fear of Alzheimer's, Turner gifts his everlasting message...his message is love. Loving /The Turnip Way/ is truly for everyone! His published books include "Turnip Everlasting", “Love Spoken Here” and “What’s In a Name?” (Travels from North Carolina)
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SPECIALTIES: Helping organizations turn setbacks into comebacks, customer service training, Introduction to professional speaking.
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 Willie Jolley is a world-class award-winning speaker, best-selling author and multimedia personality. In the January 2010 issue of Success Magazine, Willie Jolley was hailed as the 'Comeback King.’ He earned this title for successfully helping Ford Motors avert the need to accept bail out dollars! He was named “One of the Outstanding Five Speakers in the World” by Toastmasters International. Less than 50 speakers worldwide hold that honor! Former winners include Nelson Mandela, Christopher Reeve, Margaret Thatcher and Colin Powell! Willie Jolley is the author of several international best-selling books including “It Only Takes a Minute to Change Your Life!” and “A Setback Is A Setup For A Comeback.” (Travels from Washington, DC)
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SPECIALTIES: Business processes, Business Process Automation and Technology.
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 Richard Brodeur is a life-long entrepreneur who has a solid track record for fostering successful businesses. He built and developed Celco Software where he established a reputation as an industry leader in internet café management software. The company’s innovative product drew international attention and was eventually sold to Swedish investors in 2006. Richard was also instrumental in the industrial automation and electrical engineering company Celco Controls Ltd. The company’s industrial plant controls were so successful that a portion of its interests were purchased by a private New York equities firm. Richard was Celco Controls’ CEO until early 2011 and continues to serve on its Board today.
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SPECIALTIES: Healthcare, Medical and Dental Industries.
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 Sam Bierstock, MD, BSEE = 'Dr. Sam' is a Nationally Recognized Healthcare Informatics Expert. Founder, Champions in Healthcare, LLC. Past Chief Medical Officer for IBM, and Healthlink, Inc. Professional Musician, Song Writer and Entertainer, Author and Featured Speaker and a Board Certified Ophthalmic Surgeon. Dr. Sam Bierstock is a nationally recognized expert in healthcare informatics and electronic medical records. His insightful views have been featured in the Wall Street Journal, on National Public Radio and in scores of featured appearances on national television and radio shows, and in the national printed media.
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