Seth Godin
Seth Godin is a bestselling author, entrepreneur
and agent of change.Godin is author of six books
that have been bestsellers around the world and
changed the way people think about marketing,
change and work. "
Guy Kawasaki Guy Kawasaki is a managing director of Garage
Technology Ventures, an early-stage venture capital
firm and a columnist for Entrepreneur Magazine. Previously, he was an Apple Fellow at Apple
Computer, Inc. Guy is the author of eight books including The Art of the Start, Rules for
Revolutionaries, How to Drive Your Competition Crazy, Selling the Dream, and The Macintosh Way.
Tom Peters
Tom Peters is considered one of the most influential
business thinkers of our age and has been hailed
as the guru of gurus of management. His
unconventional views led 'BusinessWeek' to call
him, 'business’s best friend and worst nightmare,'
but he has managed to successfully convey his
ideas to top managers, the media and the public at
large.
Bert Decker
Bert Decker is a major figure in the communications
field. He has been on NBC's Today Show many
times as their communications expert, often
commenting on the Presidential debates. He is the
author of the best selling book "You've Got To Be
Believed To Be Heard" and "Speaking With Bold
Assurance" as well as video and audio programs
such as "High Impact Communication" and
"Creating A Powerful Presence" for Nightingale
Conant.
Garr Reynolds
Garr Reynolds is the founder and director of Design
Matters Japan and the author of the Presentation
Zen website. Garr spent most of the '90s as a
"salaryman" in Japan with Sumitomo Electric before
working as a marketing program manager at Apple
in Cupertino where he refined his simple, visual,
engaging approach to presentations.
Jerry Weissman
Jerry Weissman is the world's number one
corporate presentations coach. His private client list
reads like a who's who of the world's best
companies, including the top brass at Yahoo!, Intel,
Intuit, Cisco Systems, Microsoft, Dolby Labs and
many others. Mr. Weissman founded Power
Presentations, Ltd. in 1988. One of his earliest
efforts was the Cisco Systems IPO roadshow.
Sally Helgesen
Sally Helgesen
As the world's brand-name expert on women's
leadership and a leadership development consultant
for organizations, Sally Helgesen delivers keynotes
and seminars at corporations, associations, non-
profits, and universities all over the world. Her
bestselling The Female Advantage: Women's Ways
of Leadership was the first book to focus on what
women have to contribute to organizations rather
than how they need to change and adapt.
Marti Barletta
A top-rated professional speaker who provides a
unique combination of gender expertise and hands
-on marketing experience, Marti Barletta is the
author of Marketing to Women and Trends (co-
author Tom Peters). She is also President of The
TrendSight Group, a Chicago-based consulting and
training firm that helps companies boost sales and
share by tapping into the buying power of women.
Susan Willett Bird
The "Queen of Conversation," Susan Bird is an
international speaker and "Experiential Marketing
Advisor" to companies like Accenture, American
Express, and the New York Stock Exchange.
Author of The ABC's of Authentic Conversation, she
wows audiences with the power of word-of-mouth
marketing to create social networks of employees
and customers that can shape a company's future,
and she deconstructs the tools-from blogs to buzz-
that make it happen. Founder and CEO of Wf360,
the company behind Brandversation™, and
MainEvent™.
Gail Evans
An acknowledged expert on women in the
workplace, Gail Evans' career has spanned from
Capitol Hill and the White House to CNN. After
retiring as Executive Vice President of the CNN
Newsgroup in 2001, she has devoted her time to
writing and speaking globally about the issues of
gender in the office. Evans is the best-selling author
of Play Like A Man, Win Like A Woman, one of the
most successful and influential books ever written
about women in the workplace. She also authored
She Wins, You Win. With session titles including
"Play on the Women's Team", "It's All Your Life",
"The Rules of the Game: 101" and "It's Not Just a
Man's World", Evans shows how female
professionals can "Love the Game".
Connie Glaser
The country's leading expert on gender
communications and cracking the corporate
leadership code, Connie Glaser is a syndicated
columnist and best-selling author of Swim with the
Dolphins, "a new navigational map for women on
their own terms." With her trademark humor and
insights, she has appeared on the Today Show,
CNN, and NBC Nightly News. A dynamic speaker,
Glaser has keynoted at women's conferences
around the world, with clients including FedEx,
Deloitte, Johnson & Johnson, Morgan Stanley, and
the U.S. Navy.
Margaret Heffernan
Both an entrepreneur and a leading expert on
entrepreneurship, Margaret Heffernan has risen to
top positions in large corporations and built new
businesses from scratch in both the U.S. and
Europe. She lectures widely on the subject of
entrepreneurship in both established and new
companies. Her book, The Naked Truth: A Working
Woman's Manifesto, was cited as one of the best
career books of 2004; her new book, How She Does
It: How Women are Changing the Rules for
Business Success, will be published by Viking in
2007.
Bev Kaye
One of the world's leading authorities in career
issues in the workplace, Beverly Kaye is Founder
and CEO of Career Sytems International. Having
spent years researching corporate strategies for
developing, engaging and retaining knowledge
workers, her ground breaking career development,
talent retention, workplace satisfaction and
mentoring programs have been implemented by
Fortune 500 companies worldwide.
Susan RoAne
Known for her dynamite sense of humor, Susan
RoAne is a sought-after professional speaker and
author of the classic best-seller How To Work a
Room® as well as The Secrets of Savvy Networking
and What Do I Say Next? Her diverse client list
includes Pfizer, Salomon Smith Barney, Federal
Executive Board, Price Waterhouse, The Hispanic
Chamber, the NFL, Hershey, Time Warner
Women's Network and Yale University. Known as
The Mingling Maven®, RoAne has shared her
message on CNN, NBC, CNBC, The Canadian
Broadcast System, The Today Show, Australia and
on radio throughout North America.
Jeri Sedlar
Senior Advisor to The Conference Board on Mature
Workforce Issues, and co-author of the best-selling
book DON'T RETIRE, REWIRE!, Jeri Sedlar has
emerged as the national expert on the "The New
Way To Do Retirement." She works to leverage
employees' wants for new purpose, passion and
work possibilities in retirement with employers'
goals for continued profitability and global
competitiveness. Sedlar has been a guest on The
TODAY SHOW and CNN, and has been featured in
The New York Times and Wall Street Journal. With
session titles including: Engaging and Motivating A
Mature Workforce, Aligning Employer Needs With
Worker Wants and Rewiring For An Active
Retirement, Sedlar is a thought-leader on
"retirement risk and reward" from the employer and
employee perspectives.
Robyn Waters
Known as the Trendmaster, Robyn Waters is an
international speaker, author, and "hired gun"
visionary for corporations. Author of The
Trendmaster's Guide: Get a Jump on What Your
Customer Wants Next and The Hummer and The
Mini: Navigating the Contradictions of the New
Trend Landscape, Waters was featured by Fast
Company as one of the top-20 "Creative Mavericks"
in its June 2004 "Masters of Design" issue. Former
Vice President of Trend, Design, and Product
Development at Target, she helped a small regional
discount chain become a national fashion
destination now better known as "Tarzhay." With
session titles including The Trendmaster's Guide,
Trend/Countertrend: The Power of Paradox and
Design with Heart, Waters inspires audiences with
her unique message that simplifies and demystifies
the art of trend tracking.
