FolioSpeak: Speakers
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John Baur and Mark SummersCreators of International Talk Like A Pirate Day (September 19th). Cap'n Slappy and Ol' Chumbucket share their salty and sea-worthy slant on language skills, fashion as a statement, attitude, and success – straight from the pages of Pirattitude: So You Want To Be A Pirate? Here's How! and its soon-to-be-released follow up. TOPICS: AUTHOR, CREATIVITY, ENTERTAINMENT, HUMOR, TEAM BUILDING |
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Marti BarlettaBrand guru, consultant, and author of Marketing to Women and PrimeTime Women, shares the wealth. If you are missing the key woman buyer component to business success, Marti's pointers are easy to apply, are based upon years of research and personal application, and delivered with energy and humor. As she wrote with Tom Peters in "Trends," Marti provides focus on the essentials of "recognize, analyze and capitalize." TOPICS: AUTHOR, ENTREPRENEUR, SALES & MARKETING, WOMEN IN BUSINESS |
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Esther BlumEsther says Eat, Drink and Be Gorgeous – and you can believe her! If you think that a Dietitian lives to say "no, no, no," you will love to hear that food is your friend when you use it to your advantage: Esther dishes on how to fend off colds, flus, hangovers, and many other health-challenging conditions. If your mission is to add some health to your life and make it as enjoyable as possible, this is one presentation you don't want to miss. TOPICS: ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE, AUTHOR, HEALTH & FITNESS, LIFESTYLE |
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Brendon BurchardBrendon asks that you consider the premise that Life's Golden Ticket opens the gates to the potential of happiness through a journey of magical personal growth and change. Life coach, leadership speaker and change management consultant, "Burchard has" – in the words of Jack Canfield – "captured the heart and soul of life's journey. Through this rich and inspiring fable, he helps us pause, stand above our lives, and see the subtle signs of how our story is unfolding." Take advantage of a guided tour with this fascinating and powerful speaker! TOPICS: AUTHOR, CHANGE, COMMUNICATION SKILLS, ETHICS & VALUES, INSPIRATION, LEADERSHIP, MOTIVATION |
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Mary CantandoMore than 15.6 million U.S. women are business owners, and each week 1,600 more join their ranks. In The Woman's Advantage, she states bluntly that fewer than 5% of women business owners generate more than $1 million in annual revenue – and then she tells you how to be one of them. Mary is a successful and in demand speaker, author, and consultant forcefully rallying the power and potential of women business owners. An entrepreneur for nearly 20 years, she speaks from experience as a successful sales and marketing expert, and works with other women as a generous mentor. TOPICS: AUTHOR, ENTREPRENEUR, SALES & MARKETING, WOMEN IN BUSINESS |
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Robert HicksRobert leads you through the Battle of Franklin – one of the most deadly, and now nearly forgotten, battles of the Civil War – through his New York Times bestseller The Widow of the South. Hicks, who was instrumental in restoring the manor house in which the drama unfolds, is also a key player in battlefield reclamation, and a firm believer that fiction is a means to promote understanding and a profound relationship with the past.Hicks will release a new book in early 2008: A Guitar and a Pen – a collection of short stories by country music songwriters. "It's a pretty dang impressive A List group of songwriters, but even more so are the stories themselves", says Hicks, and once you see the list, we think you will agree. Some of them speak of lost love, some of them are hilarious. But all of them are Exhibit A in the case that the songwriter is the ultimate short, short story writer. TOPICS: AUTHOR, HISTORICAL PRESERVATION, INSPIRATION, MUSIC |
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Janet Hirschenson and Jane JenkinsJanet and Jane have cast some of Hollywood's most memorable movies – Beautiful Mind, When Harry Met Sally, Jurassic Park, The Da Vinci Code, and on and on – if you only wanted to hear the inside stories that hit the cutting room floor when they were writing A Star is Found, that would make for an entertaining and unforgettable experience. But do you want to know what makes a great cast, whether for a movie or in your work place? (If you think, for instance, that Good Will Hunting would have been a better movie with Damon and Affleck in opposite roles, you almost got your wish) Spotting emerging talent in Westwood is no different than creative succession planning in Silicon Valley. TOPICS: AUTHOR, ENTERTAINMENT, HOLLYWOOD, HUMAN RESOURCES, WORKPLACE ISSUES |
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Barbara KlineBarbara "...knows more secrets in Washington than the CIA", according to Ann Compton, and if misery does need company, let Barbara's cautionary and hilarious tales of "power" child care soothe your stretched out nerves. Founder and President of White House Nannies and author of a book by the same name, Barbara is a non-partisan parental rescue and sanity promotion force for good – who has seen it all and shares only the good and funny. Have the names been changed to save reputations? You be the judge. There is one question you must answer for yourself: Career? Family? Sanity? When life gets tough, just pick two out of three. When you must have it all, Barbara's cautionary tales will provide the GPS – guaranteed parental success – for navigating the nanny questions. TOPICS: AUTHOR, ENTERTAINMENT, ENTREPRENEUR, LIFESTYLE, WOMEN IN BUSINESS, WORKPLACE ISSUES |
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Joanne Koenig-CosteMore than four million Americans suffer from Alzheimer's disease; as many as twenty million are estimated to have close relatives or friends with it. In her book Learning to Speak Alzheimer's, Joanne – a nationally recognized expert and an advocate for patient and family care – sets out an approach that can revolutionize the way we not only perceive but how we LIVE with Alzheimer's. "No one is better suited to ‘speak Alzheimer's' than Joanne Koenig-Coste," says to Dr. Dennis J. Selkoe, from Harvard Medical School. Never have we so badly needed the positive, forward-thinking and practical approach Joanne brings to her book and to her audiences. TOPICS: AUTHOR, HEALTH & FITNESS, INSPIRATION, LIFESTYLE, WORKPLACE ISSUES |
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Philip LermanPhilip shares his personal crusade to refocus his life and become the best dad he could possibly be in Dadditude: How A Real Man Became A Real Dad. No question what the priorities were when he left the demanding career as the co-executive producer of America's Most Wanted to focus on a three-year-old with a Beatles haircut. Sleepless, in tears, and beset by the fears of parenthood, Lerman discovered that somewhere between strict discipline and unconditional love lies... Dadditude. TOPICS: AUTHOR, ENTERTAINMENT, HUMOR, INSPIRATION, LIFESTYLE, WORKPLACE ISSUES |
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Steve McKeeA successful sports writer and editor at the Wall Street Journal, Steve learned that he had serious cardiovascular disease at the relatively young age of 52. When Steve was 16, he'd watched his father John (a lifelong smoker and workaholic) die of a heart attack. What force is it that can bring into play the powerful pull of love across the empty years? In "My Father's Heart." McKee sets out to find the man who died before the son could know him. In so doing Steve McKee learns the lessons of love, forgiveness, and finding oneself. TOPICS: AUTHOR, HEALTH & FITNESS, INSPIRATION, LIFESTYLE, WORKPLACE ISSUES |
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Barry MoltzBarry has founded and run businesses with a great deal of success and failure for more than 15 years, and he can tell you that there is no proof in the conventional business wisdom that says that we can learn lessons in failure. Sometimes failure just stinks – unless it comes with real learning possibilities, and serves as a personal wake-up to challenge your existing basic business belief system. Success and failure are outcomes (think "happiness" and "sorrow") in the lifecycle of business. Repetition is inevitable; overall process matters far more than any single event or outcome. Moltz demonstrates that developing the resiliency to "bounce" through these cycles determines who ultimately will succeed. Using real life business examples in Bounce!: Failure, Resiliency, and Confidence to Achieve Your Next Great Success, Barry shares how, with true business confidence, we can face our fears, let go of shame and failures, use all our choices, be better risk-takers, and define our own brand of success. TOPICS: AUTHOR, ENTERPRENEUR |
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Beth MurphyBeth has trained her documentary film maker's eye on some of the most pressing human issues we face, and brings us the stories of the courage of others to show us a path to our own strength. In Beyond Belief, she follows the aftermath of the fall of the World Trade Center as two of the 9/11 widows, Susan Retik and Patti Quigley, decide that "widow" will not be their legacy, and they reach out to help other war widows: these the impoverished widows in Afghanistan. If you have wondered what happened to those who loved and lost someone on September 11, 2001 after the events of that day, how Susan and Patti reclaimed their identities is a wonderful place to start. Another of Murphy's projects is Fighting for Our Future: a Lifetime Television for Women feature, and a companion book of the same name. The author captures the struggles of young women with breast cancer in the Young Survivors Coalition – not only their fight against the disease, but their solidarity, support, and hope to sustain all victims until a cure can at last be found. Murphy's Breast Cancer Legacy, produced for the Discovery Health Chanel and hosted and narrated by Meredith Baxter, shares the stories of women facing down their family health legacy. TOPICS: AUTHOR, FILM MAKER, HEALTH & FITNESS, INSPIRATION, WOMEN IN BUSINESS |
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Jared Shapiro and Brad EmbreeJared and Brad have taken a long hard look at becoming successful in Going Corporate: Moving Up Without Screwing Up, and they are here to tell you that it is not a good idea to be "yourself" at work. And probably not one of your college friends, either. Make no mistake – and trust them you will – the pitfalls in the corporate world are there for a reason. Overflowing with anecdotes and advice about making your way in that brave new real world where success means you pay your rent and failure is not an option, read it from front to cover before that first interview. Share it with your roommate. Jared and Brad will regale you with the "research" stories that enable them to answer such pithy questions as 'why not to listen to your Walkman in the elevator' and 'where to pass gas.' Really. TOPICS: AUTHOR, CREATIVITY, ENTERTAINMENT, HUMOR |
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Charles ShieldsCharles faced the same questions from his students every year he taught the novel To Kill A Mockingbird to high school classes. Like the public at large, his classes wanted to know what had become of the author – Nelle Harper Lee – why she had never written another book, and whether the characters in the famous novel were drawn from people in her own life. What he discovered is that he would have to write his own book: Mockingbird: A Portrait of Harper Lee. Shield's young adult book about Lee, I Am Scout, will be out in Spring 2008. Both books not only provide insights to Ms. Lee's classic work, and include study guides and discussion questions about To Kill A Mockingbird. A contributor to the National Endowment of the Arts' Big Read, Mr. Shields has appeared in front of audiences large and small throughout the United States, sharing the story of the story of Harper Lee. TOPICS: AUTHOR, INSPIRATION |
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Lucinda WierengaLucinda "Sandyfeet" Wierenga makes her living creating and building the most beautiful sandcastles you have ever seen (just check out the pictures in Sandcastles Made Simple: Step-by-Step Instructions, Tips, and Tricks for Building Sensational Sand Creations). She can work with your organization and deliver the one-of-a-kind activity that everyone wants to be a part of, putting the fun back into teamwork. TOPICS: AUTHOR, ENTERTAINMENT, TEAM BUILDING |
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