Dynamic, exciting and highly motivational" are words audiences use to describe Bernadette Trujillo-Vadurro.  Bernadette is a professional speaker specializing in business related topics.  Her versatility in presenting to a wide variety of professionals from different backgrounds and from many different walks in life coupled with her interest in people and ability to provide customized presentations and exceed audience expectations, leaves participants excited, enthusiastic and ready to embrace important changes each time!  She has presented to organizations such as the Chrysler Corporation, American Express, US West, Farm Credit Services, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), US Customs, US Geological Survey, Public Health Service and many more.  Bernadette has presented programs in every State within the USA, including Alaska and Hawaii, (with the exception of Iowa).

Bernadette is a Magna-Cum Laude graduate from the College of Santa Fe and was chosen the Small Business Supplier in 1998 by the Rio Grande Minority Purchasing Council.  She was nominated for this prestigious award by the Los Alamos National Laboratory for her contributions in human development in the State of New Mexico.  Bernadette is the President of Speakers Live and has worked as a contract trainer for both Career Track and the National Seminars Group  Bernadette has co-authored two books, Motivational Leaders and The Service Path.  Bernadette writes quarterly business articles for the local newspaper The New Mexican. She has been named in Who’s Who World-Wide and Who’s Who in Business.

• Bernadette takes complex ideas, concepts and content and breaks it into subject matter that is practical, simple, easy to use and remember.  
• Bernadette Always Provides Customized Programs.
• Bernadette Delivers High Quality Program Results.
• Bernadette is committed to Your Audience Participants.
• Bernadette Has Integrity and is Reliable and Dedicated.
• Bernadette Has a Proven Track Record.

Brian Biro is one of the nation's foremost speakers and teachers of Leadership, Possibility Thinking, Thriving on Change, and Team-Building.  A major client who has had Brian back to speak several times offered perhaps the most on-target introduction about Brian’s impact when he said, “Brian Biro has the energy of a ten-year-old, the enthusiasm of a twenty-year-old, and the wisdom of a seventy-five-year-old.”  The author of internationally acclaimed bestseller, Beyond Success! which climbed to #71 on the Amazon.com top 100 — from over 2 million titles —  as well as The Joyful Spirit!, and  Through the Eyes of a Coach!, and Motivational Leaders,  Brian was rated #1 from over 40 Speakers at 4 consecutive INC. Magazine International Conferences.  With degrees from Stanford University and UCLA, Brian has appeared on Good Morning America, CNN's Business Unusual, and the Fox News Network and as a featured speaker at the Disney Institute in Orlando, Florida and for the prestigious Million Dollar Roundtable In Brian’s Breakthrough Leadership program you will discover, no matter what industry you’re involved in, you are in the BREAKTHROUGH business!  Every day you seek to breakthrough with customers to generate loyalty, satisfaction, and relationship.  The key to lasting success in business is breaking through with your own team members so they eagerly embrace personal responsibility, committed purpose, and leadership.

International author and national speaker, Liz Davenport, founder and CEO of Order from Chaos has been organizing individuals and companies for over 25 years.  Newspaper and radio columnist, quoted in USA Today and on MSN.com, Liz has a Bachelor of Business and a Masters of Adult Education.  Liz was honored by the SBA as the New Mexico Home Based Business Advocate of the Year.   Ms. Davenport can help other's get organized because she is by nature disorganized; she knows how the disorganized think and work.  Therefore she has designed simple, easy to use and maintain systems to aid others get and stay organized.  As she shared her work and listened to others, she began to see that most disorganized people encounter the same challenges.  Identifying these challenges and determining their remedies, Liz developed the Order from Chaos Six Steps to Organization, the unique and proven technology that distinguishes her as the nation's premiere organization specialist.
                                              
Since its development, Davenport's Order from Chaos has helped increase productivity and raises the bottom line for such companies as Coldwell Banker, Intel Corporation, New York Life, Sandia National Laboratories. Sprint PCS, University of New Mexico and the Veterans Administration.  Her fun and entertaining approach has been heard at seminars and conferences across the country.  Liz is the author of "Order from Chaos: A 6-Step Plan for Organizing Yourself, Your Office & Your Life" published by Random House.  It details the six simple steps that are core of the Order from Chaos system.

As a college football coach, Bob Davies helped the athletes at Cal State Fullerton to tap into their potentials and win two conference championships.  Bob was also a coach of Olympic gold medalist, Jeff Blatnick, who overcame Hodgkin’s disease to win the gold at the 1984 Olympics in wrestling. Bob’s unique experiences of competing with poverty and negative influences enable him to share his strategies for success with us this evening. Bob is known as the performance coach.
                          
His education, professional designations and personal life experiences qualifies him as the definitive expert in the field of human potential.
He is the author of two books and several audio albums and videos. He is one of the pioneers of the E learning environment and has developed the worlds first on line interactive coaching portal!

Bob asks what the biggest roadblock to reaching your goals is. The answer is “you are!” An understanding of our evolutionary mechanisms such as the survival instinct of avoiding pain and seeking comfort makes it virtually impossible to be an elite performer without an intervention.

Bob will provide the audience with an understanding of the true concept of accountability and how to successfully compete with distractions, compelling priorities and procrastination on a daily basis.

Chip is a noted sales development expert and speaker to CEO’s, consultants, professionals and salespeople that prefer to sell without sounding like a salesperson. (Sorry, no car salespeople please.) His 18 years of sales experience includes prospecting and market development activities in more than 13 countries.

In 2000 Chip started the Sandler Sales Institute (Northern California) with emphasis in 5 areas:

• Prospecting strategies for reluctant salespeople, consultants and CEO’s
• Eliminating “unpaid consulting” while reducing the sales cycle
• Atypical pricing strategies to increase revenue/profit
• Candidate selection and on-boarding techniques for new rainmakers and sales consultants
• Advanced techniques for sales managers and managing partners

His entertaining stories and high energy style make for a humorous, interactive and educational experience at scores of trade associations and professional organizations on topics such as:
“Selling Secrets of the Trusted Advisor”
“Sales vs. Marketing: Understand the Difference - Deploy the Best Blend”
“Stop Cajoling and Start Coaching – Advanced Management Techniques for Sales Managers.”
“Behaving Famously – Prospecting Strategies for Professional Service Providers”

Ed Tate is a successful trainer, author, and international keynote speaker. As a trainer, he began with Career Track, the largest public seminar company. There Ed was frequently booked, working over 100 dates annually. Later, he became the Training Executive for the Denver Rocky Mountain News. Establishing the training department, Ed developed over 27 programs and trained over 1100 employees annually. In 2001, he led a transition team to merge the 145 year-old “Rocky” with its 125-year-old rival - the Denver Post – a merger that involved over 5000 people.

As an author, Ed co-wrote the book – Motivational Selling – Advice on selling effectively, staying motivated and being a peak sales producer. He is also a contributor to the books: Stories Trainers Tell, and The Seven Strategies of Master Presenters. Additionally, Ed co-produced the 6-CD audio album, Speaking Secrets of the Champions.

As a speaker, he’s pretty good! Out of 175,000 members from 70 countries, Ed won the coveted Toastmasters International 2000 World Championship of Public Speaking. He has spoken professionally in 46 states, ten countries and 4 continents. This international keynote speaker has earned a reputation as the “speaker who energizes, educates and entertains.”

A partial list of his clients includes: Astra Zeneca Pharmaceuticals, Dell Computer, Farmer’s Insurance, General Motors, Glaxo Smith Kline, Johnson & Johnson, Lending Tree.Com, Level 3 Communications, Nestle, State Farm Insurance, Verizon Communication AND VERITAS Software

Donna Fisher is a Corporate CEO, Certified Speaking Professional, best-selling author, and nationally recognized expert on how people can best communicate and connect with one another to create opportunities. Her programs are ideal for people who want to master the art of communicating with power, grace and dignity.

Her books, Power Networking, People Power, and Professional Networking for Dummies have been translated in 5 languages, recommended by Time Magazine and used as reference books in corporations and universities.

Whether it’s a national convention, regional sales meeting, or executive retreat, she brings to you an energetic platform style and personal commitment to provide energizing and information-packed programs. She is the president of Donna Fisher Presents, a provider of keynotes and trainings for corporate meetings, conferences and conventions, and CEO of HiHat Inc., a manufacturing and retail business for drums and percussion instruments. She is also the founder and designer for Soft & Luxurious custom designed wearable textiles.

Donna’s mission is to be a catalyst for people to communicate with power, grace and dignity, and connect with people to make a difference.

Who is Donna Fisher?
• International Author, four books translated in five languages
• Keynote Speaker, for people who want to connect and communicate powerfully
• Business Owner - training company, percussion store & wearable textiles product line
• Corporate Trainer, Fortune 500 companies across the country
• Award winning marketing rep with major corporation
• An introvert who learned how to network
• Certified Speaking Professional (CSP), one of only 147 women worldwide

Dr. Audrey Nelson is an internationally recognized consultant and seminar leader. She specializes in male-female communication, interpersonal skills, sexual harassment-discrimination, cultural diversity and conflict management.

Dr. Nelson’s professional background includes 10 years as a university professor in Communication and 25 years as a consultant and trainer for a wide variety of government and Fortune 50 and 500 companies in 48 states, Australia, Great Britain and Canada... Among them are Price Waterhouse, Lucent, AT&T, Honeywell, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Upjohn Pharmaceuticals, Pentax, U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Forest Service and U.S. Dept. of Justice. She has trained in 48 states, Australia, Canada and Great Britain.

She holds a B.A., M.A. and Ph.D. in Communication. She conducted post-doctoral work at Warnborough College in Oxford, England. Her book You Don’t Say: Navigating Nonverbal Communication Between the Sexes has been published in five languages. Her award-winning research is cited in such books as More Power to You and Communication Between the Sexes.

Dr. Nelson won the “Teaching Excellence” award at the University of Colorado, Boulder. She was designated “Woman of the Year” by the Business and Professional Women. She also served as President of the Organization for the Research on Women and Communication. She was awarded a grant from the State of California “Teaching and Learning Council” for her excellence in teaching.

A manager at US Sprint described her this way: “She walks the walk and talks the talk.”

Creating the Action Advantage and an ROI (Return on Innovative Intelligence), Edie Raether is an internationally recognized authority on breakthrough thinking as a business strategy to create a compassionate, competent, diverse culture. An expert on the neuroscience of success, emotional/intuitive intelligence, and innovation, influence, and persuasion, her transformational concepts – MindShift, FutureThink, LeaderShift and TeamThink- engage whole-brain performance for personal renewal, strategic positioning, and organizational change. As a keynote speaker, Edie has empowered over 3,000 professional associations and Fortune 500companies such as IBM, General Motors, JC Penney, S.C. Johnson, Oscar Mayer, the Marriott, Meeting Planners International, and entrepreneurial groups.
                              
An internationally acclaimed author, Edie’s books have been translated into numerous languages and include: Winning!  How Winners Think – What Champions Do, Why Cats Don’t Bark, Sex for the Soul, and Forget Selling! 12 Principles of Influence and Persuasion.  In addition to many audio and video Change Mastery programs, Edie has also co-authored several inspirational and business anthologies. 

Edie is an expert resource for hundreds of publications such as The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Prevention, Selling Power, INC magazine and Reuters.  Edie has also shared the platform with such celebrities as Tom Brokaw, Patch Adams, Art Linkletter and Bob Hope.

A human behavioral expert, Edie has over thirty years of experience as a success coach, corporate trainer, psychotherapist, and professional speaker. She has also been a college professor, and talk show host with ABC. She is the recipient of the CSP (Certified Speaking Professional designation— the highest earned designation awarded by the National Speakers Association to fewer than seven percent of its worldwide membership.

Pamela will show your audience  how to:
- Tap into their personal power for greater effectiveness
- Communicate with authority for improved credibility
- Turn meetings from debate to dialogue
- Renew their vitality and sense of purpose
- Let go of sabotaging mind chatter & unaligned beliefs
Pamela provides inspiring presentations for associations who want to increase their audience membership and for their members who want freedom and security. Her customized training materials are focused on breaking societal and self-imposed rules that no longer make sense. It’s done in a way that benefits all of society. She delivers these services with integrity and professionalism in an entertaining way. 
With Pamela, you get an expert who delivers keynotes and trainings to groups throughout the United States, Canada, Australia and Italy. You get someone skilled and experienced in understanding what participants want.  She is a presenter who uses music, drama, and interaction. This makes it easier for your members to integrate new information and enjoy the accelerated learning process. They are engaged the entire time. Pamela is an expert who studies the effects of following rules that don’t make sense. These programs are designed to renew participant’s spirit. Audience members get free follow up call opportunities for one year.

Sue Podany is the "Communication Fitness Coach" and she can show your employees how to "flex" their communication muscles for enhanced performance and profits. As a result relationships will improve; employees will be more focused and will have more energy. Use Sue’s tips and techniques to help reduce those "cranky attitudes" and improve performance and strengthen teamwork.
Sue has a background in management, communication and health and is the President of EnergyWorks, past President of the National Speakers Assoc. LA chapter and past Chairman of the American Heart Association, West Valley Board. Sue has served on the boards of California Women Business Owners, Meeting Professionals International, Orange County and is a member of ASTD (American Society of training and development). Sue works with leaders to help them ignite their own performance and bring out the best in their employees. If you have conflict, negative attitudes, communication challenges or attendance problems, Sue can work wonders with your group. If your employees work like flashlights with dead batteries and need motivation, direction and training, Sue can work with your group to reenergize them and increase organizational effectiveness.

Donna Steffey is a performance improvement specialist, coach, consultant, radio personality and sought after speaker who has helped improve motivation, performance and output on five continents. She is an energizing presenter who balances just the right blend of information, activity, and humor into each program. Global organizations such as Allied Signal, Marriott International, Barclaycard UK, and the Royal Australian Air Force, found employees were more self-directed, customer service driven and mindful of their team participation after attending one of her programs.

Donna earned her BA in Education from the University of Illinois, and her MBA from Keller Graduate School of Management. She is an adjunct faculty member at Lake Forest Graduate School of Management and is a contributing authored for two books: Real World HR Strategies, and Real World Communication Strategies.

In addition to being a respected, competent and skilled trainer, Donna is a personal and executive coach, mentor and friend. She has a discriminating eye for detail and a total commitment to client satisfaction. Her clients love the way she communicates with them. They enjoy her warm, caring presence and respect her impeccable integrity.

Donna is a member of the National Speakers Association, where she won the Speaking Professional Award 1999 NSA-IL and has been a Board Member of Chicagoland Chapter of ASTD ,American Society for Training and Development, since 1998 and served as president of the largest chapter of ASTD in 2004. Donna has done humanitarian work spreading business knowledge to developing areas in China and Africa.

As an organizational consultant, Nic Smith specializes in accelerating his clients’ business performance by enhancing the effectiveness of their people. His work includes helping management teams identify and address performance issues through Whole System Mapping®; designing and delivering dynamic leadership development programs; and coaching executives to improve their performance. Nic Smith, a true globe-trotter, speaks and consults with major global organizations on leadership, cross cultural issues and personal change. For the past 18 years, he has helped organizations accelerate their business performance by developing the capability of their people.

Originally from the UK, Nic has worked in over 35 countries and numerous cities, ranging from Seattle to Johannesburg, Buenos Aires to Abu Dhabi, London to Singapore and Mexico City to Sydney, his client list includes AT&T, Sun Microsystems, FedEx, Merck, StorageTek, QUALCOMM, Rubbermaid, Bank of America, Starbucks and Novell.
He holds a BA honors degree from the University of East Anglia in England and a post graduate Diploma in Management Studies. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Management Consultants in London and a member of the American Society of Training and Development and a certified facilitator for PDI Profilor, the Hogan Personality Inventory and Survey, and the Personal Strengths Strength Deployment Inventory.

Dynamic, exciting and highly motivational" are words audiences use to describe Bernadette Trujillo-Vadurro.  Bernadette is a professional speaker specializing in business related topics.  Her versatility in presenting to a wide variety of professionals from different backgrounds and from many different walks in life coupled with her interest in people and ability to provide customized presentations and exceed audience expectations, leaves participants excited, enthusiastic and ready to embrace important changes each time!  She has presented to organizations such as the Chrysler Corporation, American Express, US West, Farm Credit Services, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), US Customs, US Geological Survey, Public Health Service and many more.  Bernadette has presented programs in every State within the USA, including Alaska and Hawaii, (with the exception of Iowa).

Bernadette is a Magna-Cum Laude graduate from the College of Santa Fe and was chosen the Small Business Supplier in 1998 by the Rio Grande Minority Purchasing Council.  She was nominated for this prestigious award by the Los Alamos National Laboratory for her contributions in human development in the State of New Mexico.  Bernadette is the President of Speakers Live and has worked as a contract trainer for both Career Track and the National Seminars Group  Bernadette has co-authored two books, Motivational Leaders and The Service Path.  Bernadette writes quarterly business articles for the local newspaper The New Mexican. She has been named in Who’s Who World-Wide and Who’s Who in Business.

• Bernadette takes complex ideas, concepts and content and breaks it into subject matter that is practical, simple, easy to use and remember.  
• Bernadette Always Provides Customized Programs.
• Bernadette Delivers High Quality Program Results.
• Bernadette is committed to Your Audience Participants.
• Bernadette Has Integrity and is Reliable and Dedicated.
• Bernadette Has a Proven Track Record.

A trusted advisor who tells the truth with passion and focuses on solutions that produce outcomes for your organization, Jim Turner, Ph.D., is an expert who has been in the leadership roles where your people find themselves. He brings the challenges of leadership decision-making to life through a variety of stories and illustrations. His subtle humor helps bring home the point with a glow of hope and passion for tomorrow. Jim has worked with leaders in a variety of industries such as Seagate Technologies, American Airlines, Hewlett Packard, VHA Health, The Comptroller of the Currency, The Murphy Leadership Institute and with a variety of challenges to assist organizations and groups in the United States and Europe. He focuses on the critical leverage points that propel leaders and teams to high levels of success, often in challenging circumstances. Jim is the author of four books in Threat Assessment and 1 Delta Force Leadership Program. He has developed leaders for over ten years. He brings a wealth of practical leadership skills from having run the range of small consulting groups to a division of a healthcare company. Jim speaks to a variety of large and small groups. Jim's Delta Force Leadership Program drives the development of leadership teams that thrive and accomplish their mission while creating a real sense of community. Today, Jim is committed to developing courage in leaders and teams to assist them in achieving all of their goals. He is one of the founding staff members of U.S. Counterterrorist Group.

Over the past 25 years, Susan has taught a wide variety of subjects in communications, leadership, supervision, customer service, Total Quality Management and personal development. She has brought her unique blend of wisdom and wit to all 50 states and over a dozen countries. Her clients have included major manufacturers like General Electric, La-Z-Boy, and Novartis, state agencies in Michigan, Massachusetts and Pennsylvania, health care providers like The Veteran's Administration Hospital System and Methodist Hospital in Jackson, MS, and almost everything else from pecan shelling machine manufacturers to the travel and hospitality industry. Professional associations like the Institute of Management Accountants and American Association of Law Librarians have invited Susan back more than once.

Vince Poscente knows a little something about focus, commitment, and defying the odds. At age 26, he decided to take up speed skiing and pursue it competitively. Only 4 years later, he was vying for Gold in the Winter Olympics.

Now an internationally sought speaker and consultant, Vince is the founder of Be Invinceable Group. With his infectious energy, warmth, and humor, Vince makes each keynote speech and consulting engagement as memorable as it is valuable.

Combining lessons from his remarkable Olympic experience with leadership insights from his highly successful business career, Vince has developed a series of proven strategies for attaining and sustaining peak performance, on both an individual and corporate level. Audiences learn how to apply his time-tested techniques to ignite their vision, execute their strategies, and eclipse their competition. Vince at a Glance (present and past):

• CEO of a business consulting firm
• Managing Partner in a Media/Communications agency
• Master's Degree in Organizational Management
• CSP, CPAE (Certified Speaking Professional, Council of Peers Award for Excellence)
• Board of Directors - Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame
• VP, Marketing, of North America's Largest Real Estate Investment Service
• Award-winning real estate sales with world's largest real estate company

Dr. Jeff Salz is an advocate of NOT taking the safe, secure and conservative path.  With a PhD in cultural anthropology, a Masters in experiential education and 10 years as a highly regarded university professor, Jeff presents a unique perspective on taking risks.  For the last 15 years, he has been safely guiding organizations through the turbulent seas of change and facilitating enhanced teamwork in organizations by helping them build 'cultures of authenticity'.  He creates the foundation for adventurous thinking in your organization.  It's not the adventure that only occurs at rarefied air that he talks about... it's the adventure that occurs everywhere, everyday.  Jeff shows audiences that our life must consist of adventure for a truly meaningful workplace.   How do you become the best in the business?  How do the best keep getting better?  Synthesizing ancient wisdom with contemporary cutting edge business models, Jeff inspires, enables and instructs you and your organization to become the best you've ever been!  Audiences learn:

• Easy times are our enemy - adversity is truly a gift – it wakes us up
• The journey of change is ceaseless – the real challenge is to face it with a joyful heart
• True success and vitality stem from the commitment to be the best you have ever been

• PhD in cultural anthropology
• Masters degree in experiential education
• 10 years as a university professor
• Guest adventure expert for CBS Early Morning Show
• Discovery Channel film maker and host
• Creativity consultant for The Lion King production team
• Best selling author, adventurer and explorer

Marsha has been called The Accountability Master because she dares people to take personal responsibility for their choices, success and life. She is original, unique, and a one-of-a-kind professional speaker and author who is also an accomplished shooter, award winning fisherperson and landscape photographer. She challenges every morsel of your beliefs while entertaining and enlightening. Marsha is the author of the award winning CEO of YOU: Leading YOURSELF to Success. In addition, she holds her MBA and is a former Executive Vice President of Westinghouse Financial American Directory Project.

Occupational Highlights/Previous Experience:
• President and CEO – MPS, Inc., a global speaking practice and training company
• Executive Vice President, Westinghouse Financial Services, American Directory Project
• Director, National Accounts, USWest/Qwest
• Regional Markets Manager, GTE Directory Company
 
High Profile Presentations sampling:
• American Express Will to Win Expo Keynote
• National Guard Keynote Educational Workshop
• The BONES Society, Inc. National Convention keynote
• Association of Accounting Administration – keynotes and concurrent sessions
• ColdStone Creamery Franchisee Expo Keynote
• Shea Properties 2006 Company Kickoff Keynote

Marsha works with companies and associations that want to create a stimulating environment for leaders and employees through personal accountability, challenged thinking and acceptance of change.

Through keynotes and workshops, Marsha’s profound solutions guide groups to make significant changes with the ability to take risk, be more flexible, make better choices, and focus on important targets.
• Increased productivity and cooperation
• Maximized profitability
• Decreased expense and turnover
With optimism as a key component, retention, loyalty, trust and integrity are refined.

Cary Mullen, Olympian, World Cup Champion and Canada’s “Rudy on Skis,” currently holds the World Downhill Speed Record for skiing 97 MPH (151 KMH) down the world’s most famous ski course in Kitzbuhel, Austria. Cary was a non-prodigy, an underdog, who placed last in his first World Cup race. He followed a Process for Success™ to go from ‘worst to first’ and to ultimately become a two-time Olympian and World Cup Champion.

Cary’s quest to be the best in the world led him to research the drivers and determinants of human success and achievement. By studying top producers for over 20 years, Cary discovered an intentional process that the best in the world follow repeatedly. His Process for Success™ has benefited thousands of individuals and hundreds of organizations in their pursuit of greater results. The WIN Factors™ along with other key strategies are all uncovered in his must-read book, HOW to WIN - Achievement, Success & the Results YOU Want.

Cary passionately shares his ‘champion insights’ around the world taking his audiences on an incredible run that leaves them energized and shows them HOW to WIN in their pursuit for EVEN Better Results.

Fast Facts:
- World Cup Downhill Champion
- Two-Time Olympian
- World Downhill Speed Record Holder
- Hall of Fame Inductee
- Author – HOW to WIN
- Leader - High Performance Technologies
- Former General Sales Manager - Dale Carnegie
- President - Real Estate Investment Co

Teamwork, trust, and communication are unending challenges as teams grow and change. What makes Gregory Lay’s presentations unique and effective are the focus and understanding he delivers on the political process, re-directing self-serving behaviors, uncooperative attitudes, office gossip, and disrespect for customers into habits that build teamwork, trust, and communication with influence.
Gregory is good at his job because he has created the principles of Working PoliticsTM from his own actual ‘front line’ experience as well as the work he has done with hundreds of clients.
Every organization deals with internal politics, and Gregory has worked successfully with educational, financial, health care, retail, manufacturing, government, and non-profit sectors in building better habits and systems at both individual and organizational levels.

Patricia Fripp, CSP, CPAE is an award-winning speaker, author, sales trainer and in-demand speech coach. Her speech-coaching clients include corporate leaders, celebrity speakers, well-known sports and media personalities, ministers, and sales teams. Meetings and Conventions magazine named her "One of the 10 most electrifying speakers in North America." She delivers high-energy, high-content, and dramatically memorable presentations. Steven Covey's Executive Excellence magazine named her "One of the top 50 consultants, trainers, speakers, authors and professors who cover the Seven Dimensions of Excellence." Kiplinger's Personal Finance says, "Patricia Fripp's speaking school is the sixth best way you can invest in your career."
Before becoming a full-time speaker, Patricia enjoyed a successful career in a service industry for 24 years. She owned two highly successful businesses that included training both service and sales personnel.
Patricia first received payment for speaking and training in 1976. Since 1980 she has spoken to at least 100 groups a year, many of them repeat engagements. This includes Fortune 100 companies and major associations worldwide. The over 4,000-member National Speakers Association elected her the first female President in 1984. She has won or been awarded every designation given by NSA, including the Hall of Fame and the Cavett Award, the highest honor and considered the Oscar of the speaking world.
Patricia is the author of two books, Get What You Want! and Make It, So You Don't Have to Fake It!, and coauthor of Speaking Secrets of the Masters and Insights into Excellence.

An insightful speaker, Jeffrey Hansler can open an event—setting the tone: he can close an event—tying everything together: he can re-energize your group at a mid-way point, run a breakout session, and deliver a program that will get them on their feet. Attendees say, "I know that I can put that idea into practice!" You can count on Jeffrey for a great program and a memorable presentation.  His ability to translate organizational objectives into entertaining, absorbable and memorable programs is constantly validated by the feedback of clients. He is proud to serve those who are excited about their future, and what they have learned. The subtle use of games, metaphors, interactive exercises and memorable stories make learning fun. Implementations of key concepts are easily recalled when they are needed most.
Jeffrey earned his degree from UC Irvine in psychology with a minor in biochemistry. His career began with Apple Computer in 1980 where he was one of the top sales representatives in the nation.  Since then, he's lead several small companies to double and triple digit growth as a senior executive. He developed a successful international distribution company. He has been a professional trainer, speaker and president of Oxford Company since 1992.
Jeffrey Hansler was awarded the CSP (Certified Speaking Professional) designation at the National Speakers Convention in Dallas, Texas in 2001.  His client list includes AT&T, Lexus, General Mills, PacifiCare, Alaska Airlines, Chrysler, Agfa Bayer, Perkin-Elmer, Vans, Itochu, Allied Van Lines, Nokia, and Disney.

John Reddish is founder and president of Advent Management International. John works with, and speaks to, leaders who want to master growth, transition and succession.
Areas of expertise are: strategic, succession and operational planning; turnaround; governance; ISO and QS 9000 based Quality Management; ISO 14000 EMS, marketing and market research; trading relationships; intellectual property management, small business valuation, financing and investment banking; and, targeted systems improvement.
He is listed in: The International Directory of Distinguished Leadership, International Leaders in Achievement Second Edition, Who's Who in Finance and Industry, Who's Who in the World, Who's Who in Public Relations International, Who's Who in Sales and Marketing, Who's Who of Emerging Leaders in America, and in the 1978 edition of Outstanding Young Men in America. He is a director of the Chester County International Trade Council, Pac-Strapping, Inc., and is a former director of the Kennett Symphony of Chester County, the Chester County Development Council and New York Theological Seminary.

Whether you're planning a keynote presentation, breakout session, seminar, all day workshops, or multi-day training, you want the best presentation possible for your attendees. Combining a diverse background of marketing, business, technology, and entrepreneurship, with a passion for teaching and platform dynamics, guarantees a program that your audience will identify with. Mike blends knowledge, humor, and technical competency before audiences of 5 to 5,000 people, in both National and International locations, Mike delivers programs on marketing, business development, e-commerce and related technologies. He's listed in the "Who's Who In Professional Speaking" and his skills have earned him recommendations from organizations like the Harvard School Of Business, The University of California, The National Speakers Association, The Los Angeles Public Library, hundreds of colleges and universities, and over 250 radio talk shows nationwide as one of the leading authorities in his field.  His ability to blend knowledge, humor, and technical competency brings him before audiences of all sizes and interests over 200 times a year in over 40 states and six foreign countries.  He is Past President of the Greater Los Angeles Chapter of the National Speakers Association, and has been awarded their Gold Microphone award for speaking excellence.  Much of his ability to identify, empathize, and instruct his audiences is based on a variety of successful positions that he's held in his 30 years of experience. These include marketer of goods and services, aerospace program manager, Fortune 500 engineering director, vice president of operations for one of the worlds’ largest toy manufacturers, and extensive travel.

Dynamic, empowering, and inspirational, Sofiah Ngoran has worked nationally and internationally as a trainer, educator, speaker and coach for the past 10 years.   She has taught and coached business and communication skills, team building, diversity, creativity, innovation and success strategies in a variety of business, academic and organizational settings.  Sofiah infuses intuition, innovation, intelligence, wisdom, motivation and her knowledge of business to affect organizational, professional and personal change.  Some of her clientele include Pacific Bell, ICF Kaiser Engineers, Heald College, City of Oakland, Santa Fe Community College, Santa Fe School District, American Business School, Consumer Credit Counseling Service and Vista Volunteers. Sofiah is a member of American Society of Training and Development and a pending member of International Coaching Federation.