JOE CALLOWAY [ BUSINESS SPEAKER] NEW BOOK — Be the Best at What Matters Most

What if you, your team, or your entire organization had absolute clarity about what was most importa...

STEVE WOZNIAK Co-Founder of Apple / Keynote Speaker

A Silicon Valley icon and philanthropist for more than thirty years, Steve Wozniak has helped shape ...

ROBERT B. TUCKER – Innovation Expert – New Video!

ROBERT B. TUCKER  Driving Growth Through Innovation Robert B. Tucker is president of The Innovation...

 

JOE CALLOWAY [ BUSINESS SPEAKER] NEW BOOK — Be the Best at What Matters Most

June 19, 2013 in Authors, branding speaker, business speaker, Business Trends Speakers, Creativity & Innovation Speakers, Customer Service Speakers, Featured Speakers, Motivational Speakers, speaker on change, Speakers for Business Groups

What if you, your team, or your entire organization had absolute clarity about what was most important, and that’s where all of your energy was focused?  Imagine the force multiplier of that kind of shared sense of direction, purpose, and priorities.

Be the Best at What Matters Most reveals the one essential strategy for business leaders, entrepreneurs and those who aspire to lead.  Simplify the way you think about your business.  Success isn’t about doing everything.  It’s about doing the most important things.

In a tough market, it’s tempting to look for shortcuts.  Reality check: There aren’t any shortcuts.  Be the Best as What Matters Most teaches that the way to create results, growth, and profit is to be so good at the basics that you are cutting edge.  What an audacious idea – outperform your competition on those things that create real value for your customer.  Through real-world examples, engaging activities, and though-provoking guidance, this book shows you how to:

  • * Constantly improve on just a few things that create the greatest value for the customer.
  • * Clarify expectations and build a culture around quality
  • * Replace random acts of “wow” with consistently excellent service
  • * Identify the areas of your business that have become too complicated and simplify them
  • * Discover what motivates your employees and colleagues most

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Instill yourself and your team with a shared sense of direction, purpose, and priorities by focusing on the most important things for your company’s success.  Be The Best at What Matters Most helps you clarify and simplify, and when you can do that, you can move mountains.

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STEVE WOZNIAK Co-Founder of Apple / Keynote Speaker

June 19, 2013 in Authors, business speaker, Business Trends Speakers, Celebrity Speaker, Creativity & Innovation Speakers, futurists, Speaker on Creativity and Imagination, Speakers on Innovation, Technology in Business

A Silicon Valley icon and philanthropist for more than thirty years, Steve Wozniak has helped shape the computing industry with his design of Apple’s first line of products the Apple I and II and influenced the popular Macintosh. In 1976, Wozniak and Steve Jobs founded Apple Computer Inc. with Wozniak’s Apple I personal computer. The following year, he introduced his Apple II personal computer, featuring a central processing unit, a keyboard, color graphics, and a floppy disk drive. The Apple II was integral in launching the personal computer industry.

In 1981, he went back to UC Berkeley and finished his degree in electrical engineering/computer science. For his achievements at Apple, Wozniak was awarded the National Medal of Technology by the President of the United States in 1985, the highest honor bestowed on America’s leading innovators.

In 2000, he was inducted into the Inventors Hall of Fame and was awarded the prestigious Heinz Award for Technology, The Economy and Employment for single-handedly designing the first personal computer and for then redirecting his lifelong passion for mathematics and electronics toward lighting the fires of excitement for education in grade school students and their teachers.

Through the years, Wozniak has been involved in various business and philanthropic ventures, focusing primarily on computer capabilities in schools and stressing hands-on learning and encouraging creativity for students. Making significant investments of both his time and resources in education, he adopted the Los Gatos School District, providing students and teachers with hands-on teaching and donations of state-of-the-art technology equipment. He founded the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and was the founding sponsor of the Tech Museum, Silicon Valley Ballet and Children’s Discovery Museum of San Jose.

Wozniak currently serves as Chief Scientist for Fusion-io and is a published author with the release of his New York Times best selling autobiography, iWoz: From Computer Geek to Cult Icon, in September 2006 by Norton Publishing. His television appearances include reality shows Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List, ABC’s Dancing with the Stars and The Big Bang Theory.

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ROBERT B. TUCKER – Innovation Expert – New Video!

June 18, 2013 in Authors, business speaker, Business Trends Speakers, Creativity & Innovation Speakers, Growth Speakers, speaker on change, Speakers for Business Groups, Technology in Business

ROBERT B. TUCKER 
Driving Growth Through Innovation

Robert B. Tucker is president of The Innovation Resource (TIR), and an internationally recognized leader in the field of innovation. Formerly an adjunct professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, Tucker has been a consultant and keynote speaker since 1986.

His pioneering research in interviewing over 50 leading innovators was published in the book Winning the Innovation Gamein l986. Since then, he has continued to publish widely on the subject, including his international bestseller Managing the Future: 10 Driving Forces of Change for the New Century, which has been translated into 13 languages. In Driving Growth Through Innovation he identified the emerging best practices of 23 innovation vanguard companies. And in his latest work, Innovation Is Everybody’s Business, Tucker interviewed 43 innovation-adept individuals from multiple industries and all levels of organizations, and teaches the personal skills necessary to become an innovator in this hyper-competitive world.”

As one of the thought leaders in the growing Innovation Movement, Tucker is a frequent contributor to publications such as the Journal of Business Strategy, Strategy & Leadership, and Harvard Management Update. He has appeared on PBS, CBS News, and was a featured guest on the CNBC series The Business of Innovation.

The Innovation Resource, based in Santa Barbara, California, is a consulting firm devoted exclusively to assisting companies seeking to improve top and bottom line performance via systematic innovation. Tucker is a much sought after keynote speaker at conventions, company management meetings, and industry conferences. Clients include over 200 of the Fortune 500 companies as well as clients in Europe, the Americas, Asia-Pacific, and Australia.

 

 

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Business Trends Speakers & Business Visionaries

June 18, 2013 in business speaker, Business Trends Speakers, Economy Speakers, energy issues, futurists, Growth Speakers, Speakers for Business Groups

Business Trends Speakers  Collaborative Agency Group works with a wide array of Trends Experts, Futurists, and business Visionaries.  Our Renowned Thought Leaders are perfect for large conferences and smaller meetings.

 

Brian Beaulieu Speaker BRIAN BEAULIEU is an economist with ITR, the co-author of the book, MAKE YOUR MOVE, and sought after keynote speaker by corporations and associations. Brian Beaulieu provides economic forecasts with 96% accuracy so companies can improve their performance and profits.

 

Gina Bianchini Speaker - The Founder of Mightybell, the Co-founder and former CEO of Ning & Technology Entrepreneur. GINA BIANCHINI - The Founder of Mightybell, the Co-founder and former CEO of Ning & Technology Entrepreneur. Gina Bianchini founded Mightybell in late 2010 as a way to unlock the potential of real life experiences to be even more interesting, engaging, and active. Prior to Mightybell, Gina was the founder of Ning, the largest social platform for the world””s organizers, activists, and influencers to create unique social experiences online.

 

Alexander Blass Speaker ALEXANDER BLASS - Grand Prize Winner, Top Innovator of the Year Award, Entrepreneur, Innovator, President and CEO, Alexander Blass International. He is the inventor and founder of person-to-person giving technology on the Internet–lauded by the media as the “eBay of Giving” (Mercury News) and “Facebook Meets Pocketbook” (Baltimore Sun).

 

Ian Bremmer Speaker IAN BREMMER - President, Eurasia Group, and Expert on Global Politics and Risk Management. Bremmer created Wall Street’s first global political risk index, and has authored several books, including Every Nation for Itself: Winners and Losers in a G-Zero World, which details risks and opportunities in a world without global leadership. He also wrote the national bestseller, The End of the Free Market: Who Wins the War Between States and Corporations?

 

Robert Bryce Speaker ROBERT BRYCE - Author of Power Hungry: The Myths of “Green Energy” and the Real Fuels of the Future. Robert Bryce””s articles have appeared in dozens of publications including the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, National Review, Washington Post, American Conservative, The Nation, Counterpunch, and The Guardian.

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BILL RANCIC – Lessons from a Mega-Entrepreneur: What It Takes To Turn Your Small, Struggling Business Into A Major Success

June 17, 2013 in Authors, branding speaker, business speaker, Celebrity Speaker, Creativity & Innovation Speakers, customer service, Customer Service Speakers, Growth Speakers, Motivational Speakers, speaker on change, Speaker on Creativity and Imagination, Speakers for Business Groups

Lessons from a Mega-Entrepreneur: What It Takes To Turn Your Small, Struggling Business Into A Major Success

During this session, mega-entrepreneur Bill Rancic will walk you through what it takes to turn a small business into a thriving, ultra-profitable BIG business. He”ll share with you key characteristics of successful entrepreneurs and how to avoid the most common mistakes business owners make that hold them back from achieving their objectives — and he”ll deliver solid, usable advice based on real-world experience.

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Award-winning personality Bill Rancic hosts the successful nationally-syndicated television show, America Now, and serves as co-executive producer with his wife Giuliana Rancic on the top-rated reality show, Giuliana and Bill. The duo will also share hosting duties for the upcoming NBC prime time program Ready for Love, scheduled to debut in December 2012.

Bill’s unique life experiences as an entrepreneur, best-selling author, television personality and restaurateur of the popular Chicago restaurant RPM-Italian chain have given him the opportunity to travel the world and experience different lifestyles and numerous cultures.

Nearly a decade ago, Bill burst on the scene as the first-ever winner of the NBC hit show The Apprentice. With tremendous experience that ranges from Main Street to Wall Street, Bill has had a first-hand look at peoples” personal and professional codes, choices, values and behaviors. Addressing the many challenges individuals face, Bill directly relates his discussions to the corporate arena and explores important topics, such as working professional relationships and surviving the daily ethical challenges in business.

A published author of New York Times best-selling book, Bill wrote You”re Hired: How to Succeed in Business and Life and Beyond The Lemonade Stand, Most recently Bill and Giuliana co-authored the best-seller I Do… Now What where the duo share secrets to everlasting love and understanding.

Bill believes that it is necessary for successful people to give back to the community, and he demonstrates this in his volunteer work. He serves as a national spokesperson for the Starkey Hearing Foundation (SHF) to help the organization on its mission to change the social consciousness of hearing and health care. Much of his efforts have been focused on helping those in Haiti after the devastating 2010 earthquake. In addition to SHF, Bill is a Spokesperson for the Mercy Home for Boys & Girls, a Chicago-based organization that betters the lives of children and families in need.

Throughout his career, Bill has been blessed with opportunities to meet many leaders in business and politics and has seen the world through the eyes of others. He is a cultured man, with strong messages of leadership, entrepreneurship, dedication and volunteerism.

 

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RAM CHARAN – Business Expert & Author of OWNING UP The 14 Questions Every Board Member Needs to Ask

June 17, 2013 in Authors, business speaker, Creativity & Innovation Speakers, Featured Speakers, Growth Speakers, Leadership speakers, speaker on change, Speakers for Business Groups, Speakers on Innovation

Your world as a director has suddenly changed. You’ve seen members of other boards take the heat when their companies imploded. The managements of Lehman Brothers, Bear Stearns, Merrill Lynch, and Washington Mutual clearly failed, but so did their boards. Now the board of every company beset with problems is coming under scrutiny.

The pressure is on. Your board must own up to its accountability for the performance of the corporation. Governance now means leadership.

Ram Charan Book

Boards must change their modus operandi to address the new and complex issues that are emerging. These include:

  • Ensuring liquidity in the context of the global financial crisis.
  • Setting CEO performance targets in a very uncertain economy.
  • Assessing strategy and enterprise risk under extreme volatility.

So what should boards do now? What should they be talking about in their meetings and executive sessions? What decisions must they make? How assertive must they be regarding company priorities and operating goals?

In Owning Up, business advisor and corporate governance expert Ram Charan answers these and other burning questions on the minds of directors and business leaders. He describes best practices that are emerging in boardrooms he has observed firsthand. And he provides practical recommendations on a range of issues, from compensation to dealing with external constituencies. Wisely attuned to the human side, he confronts the need for some boards to refresh their composition and for others to rebalance their board dynamics.

Directors, CEOs, general counsels, and operating executives will find in this book the guidance they need to meet the new and rising standards for corporate governance in this demanding business environment.

 

RAM CHARAN 
A highly sought after business advisor and speaker famous among senior executives for his uncanny ability to solve their toughest business problems.

 

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JOHN HASSE – Leadership Secrets of the Jazz Masters!

June 14, 2013 in Authors, Featured Speakers, Health Care Speakers, Leadership speakers, Motivational Speakers, Unique Ideas

Keynote Leadership Secrets of the Jazz Masters – Live for a healthcare client…perfect for hospital events, association conferences and corporate events! 

John Hasse SpeakerJohn Hasse Leadership Secrets of the Jazz MastersJohn Hasse Keynote

 

Leadership Lessons from the Jazz Masters

In today””””s swiftly changing business environment, success is captured by the masters of innovation: those who find creative ways to lead, address challenges, and sprint to the head of the pack. The lives of the great jazz masters are rich with lessons that can teach us how.

Because improvisation is the heart and soul of their art, jazz musicians are among the most consistently creative professionals of our time. In improvising their music night after night on the bandstand, they take calculated risks to produce creative results. And the musicians must be ever-resilient in the moment and over time: this music””””s history has been about inventing and accommodating rapid change.

In a well-illustrated presentation, Smithsonian curator, author, jazz pianist, and NPR commentator John Edward Hasse shares secrets from the lives of jazz masters that can inspire and benefit people in business.

You will learn:

How the jazz musician””””s art – rehearsing, jamming, improvising, and keeping things fresh – can be applied to business

How, as a young man, Louis Armstrong revolutionized American music and taught everyone new ways of practicing an old craft

How Duke Ellington developed his secrets for finding, stimulating and retaining individual talent

How Ellington””””s affirmation of diversity can inspire today””””s business leaders

How Miles Davis continually reinvented himself as an artist throughout his career

How Miles dealt with major change in and out of the workplace

How Miles taught – and learned from – the young people he hired

How Ella Fitzgerald successfully navigated major changes in public taste

How the most brilliant jazz masters have thought “outside the box” and created new paradigms

God Bless America: American Songs of Patriotism

Music commands a unique ability to stir our deepest emotions, to comfort us in times of grief, to express our deeply held values, and to bind us together in shared experiences. American songs of patriotism poignantly express our indomitable national spirit. Our patriotic songs suffuse us with love of country, with the pride of a nation, with reverent gratitude, and with hope.

Take a fascinating and moving tour of America””””s best, most celebrated patriotic music with Dr. John Edward Hasse, curator of American music at the Smithsonian””””s National Museum of American History (home of one of America””””s greatest symbols, the world-famous Star-Spangled Banner flag).

You””””ll hear definitive recordings of such all-American pieces as “The Star-Spangled Banner,” “America,” “America the Beautiful,” “The Battle Hymn of the Republic,” John Philip Sousa””””s “The Stars and Stripes Forever,” Woody Guthrie””””s “This Land Is Your Land,” and Lee Greenwood””””s “God Bless the U.S.A.” Accompanied by colorful slide images, Hasse present the stories behind these beloved and meaningful songs. You””””ll find out, for example, which anthem was originally a drinking song; which song initially created a scandal because it was considered unpatriotic; and which of these songs was written in direct opposition, in fact as an antidote, to another?

The hour crescendos with Irving Berlin””””s “God Bless America,” to which everyone is invited to sing along. You””””ll leave American Songs of Patriotism with a heightened appreciation of the power of song in expressing what is beautiful and great about the United States of America.

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CAM MARTSON – Generational Expert & Author of Generational Selling Tactics THAT WORK

June 14, 2013 in Authors, business speaker, Cam Marston, Creativity & Innovation Speakers, Featured Speakers, Leadership speakers, Sales Speaker, speaker on change, Speaker on Creativity and Imagination, speaker on generational issues, Speakers for Business Groups

All your customers like the same type of service, right? And all your products should be sold the same way to all prospects, right? And the reasons you like your product and service are the same reasons your buyers should like it, right? Wrong!

What your sales team doesn’t know about Gen Xers, Boomers, Matures, and Millennials impacts the bottom line. Each generation’s differing values creates differing expectations for what makes a quality sales or service experience. In Selling Across Generations, thought leader Cam Marston reveals the four generations’ sales and services biases and provides simple, easy-to-execute ideas for reaching each.

  • Author has a winning track record with his previous book, Motivating The “What’s In It for Me?” Workforce
  • Unique in preparing you and your sales team to sell cross generationally, not just to one generation or another

Cam Marston book

Highly energetic and engaging to read, Generational Selling Tactics That Work is full of immediately actionable ideas for each generation so you can sell confidently and deliver superb service to each of these unique demographics.

 

CAM MARSTON 
expert on the Generations, author and columnist

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MIKE RAYBURN A captivating keynote artist with a presentation completely unlike any you”ve ever seen! Having been called “the World”s Funniest Guitar Virtuoso”

June 14, 2013 in balanced living speaker, Entertainment, Humorist Speakers, Motivational Speakers, speaker on change, Speaker on Creativity and Imagination

Mike Rayburn uses his astounding guitar creations, uproarious songs, and veteran presentation skills to encourage, challenge and inspire his audiences to leap beyond their perceived limitations. He can focus his program completely on entertainment, depending on your needs. Mike draws from a wealth of life experience as an adventurer, business owner, comedian, world-class guitarist, author, philanthropist, husband, and father, to deliver a presentation which is motivational, hilarious, and musically amazing!

Just to set foot on the stage at Carnegie Hall is a career moment for any performer. Mike Rayburn is one of a handful of people in the world to become a regular headliner at Carnegie Hall and to have recorded a live “Mike Rayburn at Carnegie Hall” CD . However, Mike performs most often for the world”s leading corporations and associations, doing more than 100 presentations every year. Some clients have booked Mike as many as 10-12 times! His program is so unique he has been featured in USA Today, Newsweek, Billboard, Gig, Programming, American Entertainment, and Successful Meetings magazines.

 

 

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C-Suite Level Speakers

June 13, 2013 in Authors, business speaker, Creativity & Innovation Speakers, Customer Service Speakers, geoff colvin, Growth Speakers, Leadership speakers, speaker on change, Speaker on Creativity and Imagination, Speakers on Innovation, Speakers on the Economy

C-Suite Level Speakers  Collaborative Agency Group works with a wide array of business leaders and C-Suite Executives from different industries and backgrounds. Our Renowned Thought Leaders  are perfect for large conferences and smaller meetings.

 

Michael Bergdahl Speaker author and turnaround specialist MICHAEL BERGDAHL - author and turnaround specialist. Bergdahl worked in Bentonville, Arkansas for Wal-Mart, as the Director of “People” for the headquarters office, where he worked directly with Wal-Mart’s founder Sam Walton.

 

Gina Bianchini Speaker - The Founder of Mightybell, the Co-founder and former CEO of Ning & Technology Entrepreneur. GINA BIANCHINI - The Founder of Mightybell, the Co-founder and former CEO of Ning & Technology Entrepreneur. Gina Bianchini founded Mightybell in late 2010 as a way to unlock the potential of real life experiences to be even more interesting, engaging, and active. Prior to Mightybell, Gina was the founder of Ning, the largest social platform for the world””s organizers, activists, and influencers to create unique social experiences online.

 

Marcus Buckingham Speaker - MARCUS BUCKINGHAM Author of Four International Best Sellers Including Now, Discover Your Strengths & First, Break All The Rules, Expert on Leadership & Management Practices MARCUS BUCKINGHAM - Author of Four International Best Sellers Including Now, Discover Your Strengths & First, Break All The Rules, Expert on Leadership & Management Practices. Once you””ve broken all the rules and launched your career by writing an instant classic management book, what do you do for an encore? If you””re Marcus Buckingham, you dedicate yourself to understanding what makes world-class managers tick, bottling it, and sharing it with the world.

 

Ram Charan Speaker - A highly sought after business advisor and speaker famous among senior executives for his uncanny ability to solve their toughest business problems. RAM CHARAN - A highly sought after business advisor and speaker famous among senior executives for his uncanny ability to solve their toughest business problems. Over the past decade, Charan has captured his business insights in numerous books and articles. In the past five years, Charan””s books have sold more than 2 million copies. These include the bestseller Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done and Confronting Reality, both co-authored with Larry Bossidy, What the CEO Wants You to Know, Boards at Work, Every Business Is a Growth Business, Profitable Growth and Boards That Deliver.

 

Geoff Colvin Speaker - Senior Editor-at-Large, FORTUNE Magazine and Author, Talent is Overrated GEOFF COLVIN - Senior Editor-at-Large, FORTUNE Magazine and Author, Talent is Overrated. Geoff Colvin is an award-winning thinker, author, broadcaster, and speaker on today””s most significant trends in business. As FORTUNE’s Senior Editor-at-Large, he has become one of America””s sharpest and most respected commentators on leadership, globalization, wealth creation, the infotech revolution, and related issues. 

 

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