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Saj-nicole Joni

By | 08/2011 | Authors, BUSINESS, Change, Communication, Corporate Culture, Courage, Globalization, Influence, Innovation, Leadership, Management, Moderators/Facilitators, Peak Performance, Strategic Planning, Strategy, Success, Sustainability, Teambuilding, Teamwork | Comments Off
Saj-nicole Joni speaks regularly to business audiences worldwide, challenging them to extend their thinking beyond their comfort zones and to stretch their understanding of what is possible. She presents audiences with hard truths that they need to work through, strategic dilemmas they need to understand, and leadership challenges that they will face. Her speeches are always interactive, thought-provoking, and hard-hitting. With expertise in the complexities of strategy, customers, markets, and global organizations, Saj-nicole’s industry experience includes pharmaceuticals and healthcare, financial services, technology, consumer goods, oil and energy, information and media, professional services, and telecommunications.

Saj-nicole Joni speaks regularly to business audiences worldwide, challenging them to extend their thinking beyond their comfort zones and to stretch their understanding of what is possible. She presents audiences with hard truths that they need to work through, strategic dilemmas they need to understand, and leadership challenges that they will face. Her speeches are always interactive, thought-provoking, and hard-hitting. With expertise in the complexities of strategy, customers, markets, and global organizations, Saj-nicole’s industry experience includes healthcare and pharmaceuticals, financial services, technology, consumer goods, oil and energy, information and media, professional services, and telecommunications. She also works with top leadership in non-profits and universities. Saj-nicole helps leaders innovate, grow, execute, and drive performance. She engages and challenges an executive’s best strategic thinking, viewing all sides of a business problem, testing multiple possibilities, even those at the boundaries of convention. Her insights and questions help executives recalibrate their strategies, better understand marketplace influences, and improve both their internal operations and competitive positions. Saj-nicole brings to this work over 25 years of executive experience, combining her talents and expertise as a strategist, senior business executive, mathematician, and performing artist. This combination makes her a sought-after thinking partner for an elite group of top executives whose global leadership has far-reaching impact. Saj-nicole is a highly-trusted inner-circle advisor, someone to go to for the unvarnished truth in critical situations. She helps leaders better understand risk and operational complexity, capitalize more effectively on important market opportunities, and make better decisions around bottom-line ROI/ROE for sustained financial performance. Read more…

Andrew Winston

By | 03/2011 | Authors, BUSINESS, Change, Consumer Trends, Corporate Culture, Energy, Environmental Issues, Future Trends / Futurists, Globalization, Innovation, Leadership, Management, Moderators/Facilitators, Strategic Planning, Sustainability | Comments Off
Andrew Winston

Andrew Winston is an accomplished, engaging speaker. He’s given keynotes and moderated panel discussions in front of audiences of all types and sizes, from small meetings of the top executives at a corporation to large conference keynotes in front of thousands of people.

Andrew is a globally recognized expert on green business, appearing regularly in major media such as The Wall Street Journal, Time, BusinessWeek, The New York Times, and CNBC. Read more…

Cheewa James

By | 01/2011 | BUSINESS, Change, HEALTH / WELLNESS, Inspiration, Leadership, Moderators/Facilitators, Motivation, MOTIVATION / INSPIRATION, Society & Culture, Spirituality, Work / Life Balance | Comments Off
Cheewa James

The magic of words has been a motivating force in the life of Cheewa James. As a professional speaker, Cheewa has worked with corporations and organizations throughout the United States. She specializes in balance in life and dealing with change. As a published author, she has explored the written word, writing for publications such as Smithsonian, National Wildlife, and newspapers in cities across the United States. She is a master storyteller. Enrolled with the Modoc Tribe of Oklahoma, Cheewa’s father was America’s first American Indian professional basketball player. Her book, years in the writing, MODOC: The Tribe That Wouldn’t Die, was released in 2008 and tells the spell-binding story of her own tribe. A former television anchorwoman and reporter in Oregon, Cheewa has received numerous regional and national awards in broadcasting including United Press International Awards and the prestigious National Golden Mike Award for Television Production. Cheewa brings you guidance and insight as you develop to your greatest potential and energize people in your organization. . Read more…

Frank Luntz

By | 01/2011 | American Affairs, Authors, BUSINESS, Communication, Consumer Trends, Election Analysis, Future Trends / Futurists, Moderators/Facilitators, Music/Radio/TV/Movies, Political Analysis, Political Media, POLITICS / WORLD AFFAIRS, Pollsters, Strategy | Comments Off
Frank Luntz

More media outlets have turned to Dr. Frank Luntz for focus groups and consulting than to any other political pollster, making him one of the most honored political and communication professionals in America today. In addition to having worked with ABC News, NBC News, PBS, the BBC, Newsweek, U.S. News and World Report and The Wall Street Journal, Luntz has written and supervised more than 400 surveys for political and corporate clients around the world. Luntz understands that there’s no better way to get employees on board than by letting them hear directly from their customers. Read more…

Mark Jeffries

By | 01/2011 | BUSINESS, Communication, Emcees / Hosts, Influence, Moderators/Facilitators, Motivation, Negotiation/Strategy, Networking, SALES / MARKETING | Comments Off
Mark Jeffries

The “hard sell”—persuading aggressively—is how most organizations and people do business. Mark Jeffries offers “soft” skills that work better–a valuable toolbox of innovative communication ideas designed to help you grow your business profitably by improving the way your people communicate, network, negotiate, and connect with clients and colleagues at this challenging time. From building and maintaining valuable relationships to the subtleties of word power and the secrets of planting ideas, accumulating payback credits and encouraging meeting etiquette, Jeffries shares how Read more…

David Hobbs

By | 01/2011 | Auto Racing / Motor Sports, Automotive, Broadcasters, BUSINESS, Celebrities / Media Personalities, ENTERTAINMENT, Moderators/Facilitators, SPORTS | Comments Off
David Hobbs

Former racing driver David Wishart Hobbs was among the 1969 F.I.A. list of graded drivers, an elite group of 27 drivers, who by their achievements were rated the best in the world. David Hobbs’s natural speed and engaging personality eventually took him around the world, racing in every major championship for the sport’s top teams in the era’s most iconic race cars: Formula 1 for McLaren, Honda, and BRM; sports cars in the Ford GT40 and Mirage, the Ferrari 512M, Porsche 917s and 956/962s. He raced IMSA Camel GT for BMW, finished fifth in the Indy 500 for McLaren, won championships in Formula 5000 and Trans Am, and even led the Daytona 500 in a NASCAR stocker. He is most closely associated with Le Mans, where he raced 20 times and finished third on two occasions. Hobbs was inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America in 2009. David Hobbs has spent the last half-century as one of the sport’s most popular figures on both sides of the Atlantic. In addition to the driving skills that propelled him to success in an astonishing array of machinery, out of the car David is upbeat, personable and often hilarious. Though he won more than his fair share, David’s self-deprecating stories about the times he “coulda, woulda, shoulda” are what make him a popular speaker for a variety of audiences. His commentary style, mixing fragments of the good ol’ boys (“she done blowed up”) with British slang (“mind the klag, lad”) and a host of hilarious, if politically incorrect, dialects, have molded the racing vocabulary of his legions of fans in America. His ability to address the human side of the sport, the physical and mental challenges, as well as the funny, frustrating, and sometimes tragic elements of racing life have made him a staple in American television since his first broadcast with CBS in the early 1970s. The witty Brit currently can be seen as a commentator on FOXSports’ Speed Channel. Read more…

Bob Varsha

By | 01/2011 | Auto Racing / Motor Sports, Broadcasters, BUSINESS, CELEBRITIES, Celebrities / Media Personalities, ENTERTAINMENT, Journalists, Moderators/Facilitators, Music/Radio/TV/Movies, SPORTS | Comments Off
Bob Varsha

Bob Varsha is one of the leading on-air personalities for the SPEED automotive network. Currently the host of SPEED’s live coverage of Formula 1 racing and the Barrett-Jackson collector car auctions, Varsha’s 30-year career in radio and television has included appearances on every major network, covering sports ranging from World Cup skiing to the 24 Hours of Le Mans to the cycling’s Tour de France. In a 10-year association with ESPN Varsha handled a diverse selection of sports, including gymnastics, track and field, boxing and the X Games, in addition to a wide range of motorsports. A former practicing attorney and national-caliber marathon runner, he has developed a valuable perspective on both sides of the sports equation, both as an athlete and a broadcaster. Through it all, he has developed a talent for storytelling, as well as a high level of professionalism. Read more…

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