Speakers

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February 28, 2008 - Pete Nelson

Pete Nelson is recognized as one of North America’s top sales and marketing strategists. He is the founder of Everywhere Woman Media, LLC., which includes the revolutionary marketing & branding agency www.EverywhereMarketing.com that creates business makeovers for women entrepreneurs. He is also the creator behind the popular sales training program Selling In Color.

His company's distinguished client list ranges from hundreds of women entrepreneurs and small business owners to leading organizations such as Allergan, Marriott Hotels, Data Systems Worldwide (DSW), Ricon Corporation, NOVAtime, UCLA, and the U.S. Department of Commerce.

Before founding Everywhere Woman Media, LLC., Pete was the CEO of The Valeo Group, a marketing consultancy and sales training firm. Prior to that he enjoyed a successful career as an award winning sales executive, sales trainer, and held senior management positions with start-ups as well as Fortune 1000 firms, such as EarthLink, one of the world’s largest Internet Service Providers.

Along with being the co-author of the book, Success Under Fire: Lessons for Being Your Best In Crunch Time, Pete is also a popular international speaker, who has delivered programs to over 30,000 professionals, during the last eight years, across North America and Europe.

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March 27, 2008 - Women CEO Roundtable

Meet the CEO's...

Tricia Neves is CEO of Hiring by Design, and a leading certified behavioral and values analyst. She is a recognized leader in teaching companies how to select, attract and retain the best talent for their organizations. Outside of developing and overseeing her company’s innovative hiring solutions, Tricia also creates and delivers personal development courses for employees to increase their skills and their value to their company.

Susan Johnson is the CEO of Susan’s Healthy Gourmet, the company that pioneered fresh, nutritionally balanced, and calorie-controlled meals that are individually prepared and packaged and delivered to your door. Currently Susan's Healthy Gourmet employs a full-time kitchen staff of 20+ to produce over 250,000 meals a year, with each order customized for its clients. Future plans include expanding the service through shipping to those areas unable to be serviced locally.

Suzanne Spurgeon is the CEO & Founder of Women Media Pros, an executive training firm, specializing in media training, presentation, public relations and crisis communications training for women professionals and business owners. Suzanne is an Emmy Award winner and the former Vice President & LA Bureau Chief for CNN and is credited with restoring confidence and productivity of CNN’s Los Angeles Bureau. As the network’s first female domestic bureau chief she mentored other women journalists involved in crisis coverage plans and investigative reporting efforts at CNN.

Vani Kumar is the CEO of The Suit Closet. Not long after graduating Magna Cum Laude from the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising, Vani developed the concept, brand and business model for The Suit Closet, a one-stop retail shop for women professionals seeking affordable name-brand suits. Today The Suit Closet is a growing brand offering over 1,200 women suits, in all sizes, brands, styles and shades.

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April 24, 2008 - Randall Bell

Randall Bell is one of the nation’s foremost experts in the fields of crisis management, strategic planning, and damage economics. He is the author of Bottom Line Results: The 10 Strategies for Achievement.

As an applied economist, Randall has gained global recognition by helping governments, businesses and individuals deal with the impacts of crimes, environmental and natural disasters.

Randall has been retained by government and business to work through many of the nation’s toughest challenges, including the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center, Flight 93 Crash Site, Katrina Hurricane, Heaven’s Gate Mass Suicide Mansion, Bikini Atoll Nuclear Test Sites and many crime scenes such as O.J. Simpson, Versace, and JoBenet Ramsey.

A highly sought after voice in the media, Randall’s career has been profiled widely, including the Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, People Magazine, U.S. News & World Report and every major network, including 20/20, CNN, Entertainment Tonight, Court TV, Extra and The O’Reilly Factor.

Through his research, Randall has uncovered some rules about failure and success – how our level of “strategical fitness” can create disastrous results or great achievement. On March 27, during his must attend seminar, you will learn first-hand how Randall has organized these experiences into a visual and fascinating presentation, where he leads you through his hands-on involvement with high profile crises.

Randall is the CEO of Bell Anderson & Sanders LLC. A graduate of the Anderson School of Management at UCLA Randall is credited with pioneering the field of damage economics and developed the methodologies that were later incorporated into federal guidelines. Randall founded and directed the Real Estate Damages practice at PricewaterhouseCoopers, the world's largest consulting firm, and today sits on the advisory board of Bureau of National Affairs in Washington DC.

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May 29, 2008 - Michelle Price

Michelle Price is a highly sought after New Media strategist and a leading voice for women entrepreneurs. With Web 2.0 leading the way for both men and women owned businesses around the globe, Michelle’s expertise is in high demand for her unique and innovative strategies that support companies to harness the power of social media and Web 2.0 strategies.

She is the secret weapon behind many successful business leaders and marketing makeovers. In fact, her very first client, mega-entrepreneur John Assaraf, went from unknown author to popular cultural hero in less than 18 months. Mr. Assaraf is now a featured teacher in the wildly popular movies The Secret and Pass It On and has a major 3 book deal with Simon & Schuster.

Michelle brings to both her clients and audiences she speaks to a unique and highly sought after specialty inspiring and teaching women business owners to discover, attract, secure and maintain clients through profitable follow-up systems that immediately boost your website’s visitor response, build online marketing momentum for your services and info-products and make a "quantum leap" in your Internet marketing effectiveness.

Prior to her career as a woman business owner and consultant, Michelle spent over 10 years as a Continuous Improvement (a.k.a. Six Sigma) facilitator and instructional designer in healthcare administration at a Top 25 U.S. academic healthcare center specializing in IT and infrastructure. In fact, just one project she worked on saved $1M in staffing costs, increased productivity and improved customer service.

Michelle is the founder of A Third Mind Interactive, currently writes the popular blog New Media Mastermind and is the New Media Director for Everywhere Woman Media. She is a vocal and passionate supporter of women entrepreneurs and is a member of the National Association of Female Executives. In 2005 she was nominated for the Top 25 Black Business Women in America award.

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June 26, 2008 - Ann Convery

Ann Convery, M.A., is a speaker, seminar leader, coach and author who has worked with former Los Angeles mayor Richard Riordan and top professionals in the fields of politics, medicine, law, business, health and beauty.

For 16 years she has prepared customers for CNN, 60 Minutes, The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, Vogue, People, Self, and other outlets.

Ann created "Speak Your Business in 30 Seconds or Less", for independent professionals and offers private training and seminars on Easy Sales, Presentation Power, Networking, Portable PR, and Platform Selling. She is also a senior marketing consultant for Everywhere Marketing (www.EverywhereMarketing.com), an innovative marketing agency that creates business makeovers for women entrepreneurs.

Ann taught "Presentation Skills" at UCLA Extension, "The PR Power Panel" at the Learning Annex in L.A. and New York, and has been interviewed in Elle, Cosmopolitan, ABC-TV, Maxim, Fitness, Woman's Day, First for Women, Entrepreneur, Presentations Magazine, Bulldog Reporter, and many other media. She has written several columns on presentation skills for the L.A. Business Journal.

In addition to creating "Speak Your Business in 30 Seconds or Less™", Ann is also widely sought after for her private training and seminars on "Dollarize Your Business and Double Your Profit," "Presentation Power," "Networking: How to Out-Market Your Competition," "Portable PR," and "Create Your Speech in 4 Hours or Less."

Ann's second book was just picked up in hardcover by Harper Collins.

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July 31, 2008 - Alicia Ashley, M.A.

A dynamic therapist and award-winning speaker and coach - she is professional, knowledgeable, and enthusiastic! Meet the woman who will inspire and motivate you to bring your dreams to life!

She is Alicia Ashley, M.A., highly respected for her ability to move men and women to produce results in their lives.

Her vast experience in the personal growth and human potential movement has given her the reputation as an expert in the area of making dramatic changes in people’s lives. Alicia brings a wealth of knowledge to her clients and seminar participants in the areas of self worth, financial freedom, sexual empowerment, effective communication, and living a life without limits. Her entertaining and active learning presentation style is enjoyed by all who attend her experiential programs.

In addition to her personal empowerment seminars, Alicia is a successful entrepreneur who oversees two companies, Polished Pre-Cons and Be Awesome, where she and her team provide training, coaching, and management consulting for thousands of individuals at numerous well-known organizations throughout the world. Her impressive list of clients includes: Ritz Carlton, MGM Grand Hotel and Casino, Marriott, Hilton Hotels, Courtyard, Renaissance, Omni Hotels, La Quinta, KSL Desert Resorts, American Express, Microsoft, GTE, Dow Chemical, Bank of America and many others.

In March 2007 Alicia felt called to write her experiences using the Law of Attraction in her book THE AWAKENGING: 7 STEPS TO UNLOCK THE SECRET BEHIND THE LAW OF ATTRACTION. Her passion for making a difference in the world and her love of public speaking led Alicia to create high-impact programs, both virtual and live, to support her readers in establishing a solid foundation for on-going change.

An honors graduate of Pepperdine University, Alicia holds a Master’s degree in Behavioral Psychology as well as a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications from Central Oklahoma University. She is an active member of the American Society for Training and Development, The International Coaching Federation, and The National Speakers Association.

In addition to her professional endeavors, Alicia includes being a mom to a lively eight-year-old boy, walking on fire twice, and completing ten, 26.2-mile marathons as some of her greatest accomplishments. No, she has never taken home the purse, and her picture has never graced the front page of a single newspaper, but she definitely practices what she preaches about living a life without limits, and she is now sharing the secrets of her success with you on July 31, 2008 at IKEA and Everywhere Marketing's Business Growth By Design seminar series.

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September 18, 2008 - Nancy Marmolejo

Nancy Marmolejo is founder of the award winning Comadre Coaching and the creator behind the popular new Viva Visibility program.

Nancy is a recognized expert in business and creativity. Her specialty is raising the visibility level of entrepreneurs so they can market themselves as recognized, credible experts.

Nancy has shared expert commentary with numerous media outlets including SmartMoney.com, Latina magazine, Univisión TV, Redbook, The Fresno Business Journal, The Orange County Register, Orange Coast magazine, Siempre Mujer, Latino Future, Latino Perspectives, the Arizona Register, and many more.

Known for her creative and spirited style, Nancy also publishes an award winning ezine, hosts a podcast, writes articles for websites and magazines, and is the author of two popular blogs.

Nancy is a recipient of the prestigious Anna Maria Arias Memorial Business Fund Award from Wells Fargo Bank, the US Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, and Latina STYLE magazine. This cash award is given to 10 Latina business owners nationwide who demonstrate innovation and success in business. In 2006 she was named Small Business Entrepreneur of the Year by the National Hispanic Business Women’s Association, and became an inductee in the Latino OC 100, a group of 100 influential and inspiring Latinos in Orange County, CA. She has also been nominated for several business and community awards by local and national organizations.

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October 23, 2008 - Melanie Benson Strick

Melanie Benson Strick founded Success Connections in 2001 when she left behind a lucrative Corporate job to pursue her passion in life – transforming the lives of overwhelmed, burned out entrepreneurs.

Having learned first hand the difference between a struggling solo-practice and a thriving six+ figure business, Melanie works exclusively with entrepreneurs who want to skyrocket their profits so they can experience more time off.

With over 12 years experience in Corporate project management, advanced results coaching and leadership development, Melanie turns her clients into profitable, high-payoff success stories. Melanie’s clients enjoy an average growth rate of 172% within the first year.

Melanie is the creator or co-creator of multiple programs and systems that have revolutionized the way entrepreneurs start, build, grow and sustain a successful business. These include Virtual Team Building Secrets,ULTIMATE Success Generator, co-author of Visionary Women Inspiring the World: 12 Paths to Personal Power and contributing author to Entrepreneurial Spirits. She is past-president of the International Coach Federation Los Angeles chapter and founding past-director of the Shared Vision Network Los Angeles.

Prior to launching her own business, Melanie Melanie worked for Motorola, Inc., a Fortune 500 company, in the Communications Division located in San Diego, CA. Her career included being a business analyst and trade show manager to Quality Systems Manager. She won two awards for innovative ideas and presentations in Motorola’s Total Customer Satisfaction program; spent three years managing multi-million dollar projects for state and local government dispatch centers; and traveled the country training teams how to meet customers satisfaction needs.

In addition to leading the company, Melanie Strick speaks at many small business seminars and conferences, is a guest expert on many teleclasses and radio shows, and has been featured in Entrepreneur.com along with hundreds of other on and offline publications.

To learn more about Melanie and a complete listing of the programs and services her company offers visit www.successconnections.com.

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November 13, 2008 - Pete Nelson

Pete Nelson is recognized as one of North America’s top sales and marketing strategists. He is the founder of Everywhere Woman Media, LLC., which includes the revolutionary marketing & branding agency www.EverywhereMarketing.com that creates business makeovers for women entrepreneurs. He is also the creator behind the popular sales training program Selling In Color.

His company's distinguished client list ranges from hundreds of women entrepreneurs and small business owners to leading organizations such as Allergan, Marriott Hotels, Data Systems Worldwide (DSW), Ricon Corporation, NOVAtime, UCLA, and the U.S. Department of Commerce.

Before founding Everywhere Woman Media, LLC., Pete was the CEO of The Valeo Group, a marketing consultancy and sales training firm. Prior to that he enjoyed a successful career as an award winning sales executive, sales trainer, and held senior management positions with start-ups as well as Fortune 1000 firms, such as EarthLink, one of the world’s largest Internet Service Providers.

Along with being the co-author of the book, Success Under Fire: Lessons for Being Your Best In Crunch Time, Pete is also a popular international speaker, who has delivered programs to over 30,000 professionals, during the last eight years, across North America and Europe.

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December (Date Coming Soon), 2008 - Lanie Denslow

Lanie Denslow is the International Director at FIDM/The Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising and principal of World Wise Intercultural Training & Resources.

As founder of World Wise Intercultural Training and Resources, Ms. Denslow provides unique intercultural training seminars and customized programs that prepare business professionals from the United States and abroad to conduct business in foreign countries. Her popular courses cover key concepts in doing business in foreign countries, including differences in values, time systems, information flow, and relationship development.

Her previous management responsibilities have included the successful development and supervision of specialized retail programs for the regional division of a national retailer. As executive vice president of a commercial real estate development company, her responsibilities included managing multi-disciplinary teams charged with planning, constructing, financing, and managing approximately two million square feet of warehouse and office facilities valued in excess of $100 million.

A frequent public speaker on the subject of international business, Ms. Denslow's speaking assignments have included sessions for Rotary International, Los Angeles and International Educator's Society's Regional Conferences 1998 and 1999 and the 2001 Conference on Exporting of the Export Managers Association. In October 2000, she addressed the (IBM Users) Fall Conference; the title of her talk was "Skills for the Global Warrior: How to be at Ease Wherever Business Takes You."

A graduate of the International Protocol School, Washington, DC. Ms. Denslow holds a BA degree in business from Antioch University Southern California (1981) and both MBA and Masters of International Business degrees from Pepperdine University (1992). She has also lived and worked in France, and speaks and reads French.

Lanie is the author of World Wise: What to Know Before You Go, a guide to the global business world for today’s professionals and co-author of Working With Americans, a guide to American business culture and Introduction to American Life.

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(Lanie's Seminar Was Originally Scheduled for Oct)

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