• 6 Steps to Building a Better Business – How to follow a simple plan to achieve business success.
• Everyone Communicates Few Connect – Utilizing simple communication skills to connect with any audience.

Michael says: I was born in Detroit, Michigan in 1965, and have been married to my wife Sharon since 2006. Our first child Cameron was born in May of 2011.

Since receiving my Master’s Degree in Aquatic Biology from Central Michigan University I have traveled the U.S. extensively as a corporate and private environmental consultant working on some of the largest natural gas pipelines constructed in the country. This experience allowed me to work closely with corporate executives, federal agencies, project design engineers and field construction staff.

As a corporate consultant for AECOM, The Louis Berger Group and 3D/International, I assisted companies such as Duke Energy, SoCal Edison/Edison Mission Energy, TransCanada Pipeline, Williams Gas Pipeline and Boardwalk Pipeline by ensuring environmental compliance on over 500 miles of Natural Gas Pipeline installation.

As an independent contractor I have worked with the Exxon Mobil, Williams Communications, Enbridge, Spectra Energy and Williams Pipelines. I have also been helped start up two inspection companies; the Wyatt Group and Sage Staffing Services.

Wanting a change, I began a career shift that has included working with Primerica Financial Services since 2003. In 2011, I continued my career shift and began working the #1 Business Coaching firm in the world and in Texas; ActionCOACH and N3Coaching. I also started training with the #1 leadership mentor in the world Dr. John C. Maxwell. I know that joining forces with the #1 Leadership Coaching Company and the #1 Business Coaching Company will help change the lives of so many people here in Houston.

Are you ready to embark upon journey to greatly improve your skills and beliefs, your income and your lifestyle –achieving the ambitions and dreams you went into the business for in the first place? If so, it’s time to get into ACTION. Call me now to arrange a free business diagnostic and together we will explore all the possibilities.

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• Get Personal to Get Ahead: How Your Social Style Determines Your Profits – Whether you work for “the man” or own the company, knowing the personality temperaments and social styles of yourself and the people around you will help you be more successful. Your timing, your focus and your credibility can all be improved by knowing how people are hardwired and how to hit their hot buttons.
• Get Personal to Get it Right: How Your Social Style Drives Your Relationships – It’s a losing battle to try to fix the people in your life. The best relationships between spouses, parents and children, family members and friends are cultivated when each person feels that they have been seen, heard and respected. You can bring out the best in yourself and others by tapping into everyone’s unique social style.
• Step by Step: The Long Journey Back to Myself – How could such a smart girl end up in such an abusive relationship, and stay there for three years? On my journey to find the answer, I learned how to rebuild a woman’s spirit, health and self-esteem when everything she knew about herself was stripped away.

Kim Schuld is a speaker and consultant helping individuals and business owners know themselves better in order to better understand their families, clients and prospects.

Kim spent more than 20 years in national politics working with corporations, trade associations and non-profits using her methods to help clients reach their audiences faster, and to make the most of their limited time in front of Congressmen, Senators, Governors and the media.

Kim Schuld is the author of the upcoming book, “The Promise of Someday,” about the emotional and intellectual shifts that takes place when individuals start to hope for a better “someday,” and the danger in NOT taking the steps to turn their “someday” into TODAY.

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Call Kim: (682) 223-1285

• Your Face isn’t Finished until Your Lipstick is On: Rules of the Women’s Success Game – Somewhere along the way a man came up with yet another sports analogy and started calling success a game. And like any game there are rules for playing the game. Everyone knows that the rules for success are different for men and women. Monica gives straight forward Lipstick Lessons that empower women to make their own choices and bend or even break the rules where necessary on their journey to success.
• Let’s Talk! – The Secret of Powerful Communication Skills for Women – It’s a fact – women who are powerful, poised communicators are seen as more professional and are much more likely to achieve tremendous career success. In this workshop you’ll learn how to void the major communication mistakes that damage women’s careers and how to master confident and credible communication.
• How to Deliver Totally Awesome Training – Whether you are a new or seasoned trainer, this is the quickest and easiest way to learn the skills you need to become a more confident and dynamic trainer. Session topics include: presentation skills; using “openers” and “closers”; encouraging discussion; incorporating multi-media (or not); motivating adult learners; and developing your own training activities.
• Speak and Grow Clients – The Power of Public Speaking to Grow Your Business – If public speaking is not part of your sales and marketing plan, you’re missing out on the opportunity to reach a large number of people, who are interested in what you’re selling, in a short amount of time.  This workshop will help you target the opportunities, teach you techniques to get you in the door and on the platform, and presentation strategies that will get you clients and revenue.
• Get Connected – The Sizzle of Social Media – So you’ve heard of Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and others … but like many, you’re simply not sure what to do with this maze of social media. The good news is that networking through social media may prove to be the fastest, most efficient way to reach and connect with current and new clients. This workshop will get you up and running and generating new business with social networking in no time.
• How to Develop Totally Awesome Training Programs – In this workshop, participants will learn how to describe the process involved in developing a training needs analysis, identify different types of training needs, write measurable training objectives for a training program, and organize training content. We will also explore the four levels of evaluation of training and develop a training plan. Even if you’ve never developed a training seminar before, this workshop will equip you to design and implement programs that will fit the needs of your market.
• Totally Awesome Presentation Skills – Whether it’s speaking to a group of 1 or 500 – it’s not what you say – it’s what your audience hears that matters. Learn how to write, prepare, and deliver Totally Awesome Presentations that will earn you Perfect 10 reviews every time.
• Target Your Sweet Spot – This workshop provides an overview of marketing strategies for business owners. By the end of this workshop, participants will be better able to understand why a solid marketing plan is critical to your business’s success and gain a competitive advantage by uncovering the real benefits of their products. They will learn how to conduct a competitive analysis, recognize the importance of branding their company, and appreciate the payback of a solid sales and selling strategy.
• Simple Strategies for Success – This information packed session on simplified strategic planning is all about you! You will get the opportunity to reinforce principles you know and challenge yourself with new ideas. It is about asking yourself what you want, then committing yourself to get there. Is your success intentional or accidental? Do you know where you’re going, and how to get there? In this hands-on workshop, Monica will show you how to use a 10-point checklist to gauge your readiness for strategic planning, the 7 vision-killers to avoid, and how to diagram your goals and objectives into realistic action steps.

Monica Cornetti is the owner of EntrepreNow!, a business training and consulting firm. She has more than 20 years experience in the corporate, non-profit, and academic sectors with an expertise in bringing excellence to organizations through leadership and training.

A Senior Small Business Development Specialist, Monica is a highly sought after speaker and trainer. Her emphasis is always on fun and learning as she delivers high-energy, high-content training, along with a plan for application in the real world

Her client list includes: The Association of Small Business Development Centers, The International Association of Administrative Professionals, Infinisource, Proctor & Gamble, Severn Savings Bank, The Nature Conservancy, American Fidelity, FM Global, American Society of Women Accountants, National Seminars Group, SHRM, Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce, North TX Region SBDC, UW-Madison SBDC, Kentucky SBDC, Pacific Island SBDC, South Carolina SBDC, MEED Center, Team Networking, and The National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship.

Monica is a graduate of Seton Hill with a BA in psychology and The University of Houston-Victoria where she earned a Masters Degree in Economic Development and Entrepreneurship. Her passion centers around helping entrepreneurs take their business to the next level of success and significance.

She’s a natural-born motivator, optimist and entertainer. Her presentations are inspirational, funny, and focused on helping her participants achieve results.

Monica is a published author, a top-notch speaker, a professional consultant and an accomplished leader known for being one of the best entrepreneurial training experts in the business. With loads of spunk and charm, her skills as a speaker have earned her Perfect 10 reviews from participants across the country.

Committed to excellence, Monica has dedicated her life to helping others reach and fulfill their dreams. She lives in Dallas, TX.

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Call Monica: 972.951.3314

• Are You Up for a RealTalk?: Slow Down, Sink In and Imagine a Positively Profound Shift in all of your Relationships at Home and at Work – Have you considered changing the way you communicate with your important clients, colleagues, employees, family members and friends to deepen those relationships? Have you had a conversation recently where you would like to have a Do-Over? Is there a conversation that you believe will be uncomfortable and so you have been avoiding it? Do you right now have someone with whom a heart to heart conversation is really needed?  Would you like to be more confident in having these kinds of conversations knowing that you will come out the other side feeling greater trust, respect, understanding, connection and influence? If you said yes to any of the above, RealTalk can help!

Rashmi Malhotra brings her 25 years corporate experience in leadership roles in marketing and business development to her role as RealTalk Ambassador. She understands the power of RealTalk as she leads her business and personal relationships using it. Inspired by Gandhi, Rashmi uses his words as her personal and professional blue print: Be the change you wish to see in the world.

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Call Rashmi:  214.632.7266

• Leadership principles from Dr. John C. Maxwell – 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership, Everyone Communicates, Few Connect, and much more. Master Mind Groups, Seminars, and Lunch & Learn Workshops. (Coaching is available as well.)
• Humorous life experience stories with a point! – Using the masterful gift of story- telling that took me to the World Championship, I will personally craft a message with humor and deep emotional connection that illustrates the point you need to make for your group.
• Live a More Excellent Life – Have you ever tried to paint a picture with a banana? Drive a nail with a champagne glass? Or mow the lawn with a spoon? Then why try to bring about the lasting change that leads to success with the same tools that have failed you in the past? Success should not be a secret.
• The Power of PDA – Learn the powerful impact appreciation could have on your clients, vendors, and employees.
• The 50 Day Excellent Life Challenge – 50 Days, 5 Real Challenges, 1 More Excellent Life – The mental equivalence of the Warrior Dash. You will work hard, get messy and have fun and in the end be very glad that you did it. 
• Finding Your Sweet Spot – Purpose, passion and plan. Life is so much sweeter when you are operating in your strengths, loving what you do and have a plan to make money doing it.

Tell It Like It Is, Inc.                       

J. Loren Norris is author of Live A More Excellent Life (available on amazon.com) and creator of More Excellent Life Challenge and The Power of PDA.

Loren says, “I am passionate about overcoming obstacles in life, both personal and professional and leading others to excellence.”
He is a Founding Team Member of the John Maxwell Team of Independent Certified Coaches, Speakers and Trainers.
He is also a full time Professional Entertainer and active member of Toastmasters International. He was a Semi Finalist in the 2011 World Championship of Public Speaking, a competition of over 30,000 contestants.

In 2010, Loren entertained at more than 175 events as a Speaker, MC, and Karaoke host. Loren sets himself apart by successfully engaging any crowd. Whether entertaining 21 seven-year-old girls for a birthday party, speaking to 500 college graduates, engaging 400 employees at a corporate Karaoke Team Building Event, or 30,000 muddy runners at the Warrior Dash, Loren creates an atmosphere that encourages group participation.

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Call Loren: 214.783.9854

• Loyalty Programs Vs Shopper Experience – How do we generate repeat shopping in the grocery industry? Are retailers actually using the data gathered through Loyalty programs.
• The 6 Senses of Grocery Shopping – How retailers use our senses to make us buy their products.
• Mental Health in the Corporate World – How companies deal with mental health and what is the role of HR in dealing with these issues.
• Finding My Shape – Living with Depression and how I have worked to remove the perceived stigma of mental health issues.
• Insanity: Living with Depression – My journey of how I have lived with depression and worked to remove the stigma of mental health issues.

After graduating with a BComm from the University of Witwaterand and working in accounting and auditing, Bruce emigrated from South Africa to Israel. In Israel he took an interest in Advertising and Marketing and completed the “Israel Advertisers Association” course planning on a career in advertising. He soon moved into the world of Professional Services in Information Technology in the banking and retail industries.

After 20 years in the corporate world Bruce has taken a new path into the world of Public Speaking. As Malcolm Gladwell writes in his book Outliers, “I have put in my 10,000 hours to enable me to be an overnight success.”

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• “Oh, By The Way…You’re Welcome!”: HOW TO TALK TO HUMAN BEINGS – Rooted in the art of improvisation and successful team comedy, Steph DeWaegeneer will lead participants through a series of interactive exercises that are designed to promote engaging spoken communication, building trust, uncovering confidence, and helping to stay connected with one another in the face of frustration, mistrust and conflict. 
• Behold the Power of “YES! And…” – How can the number one key to performing successful improvisational comedy on stage improve your professional image and communications? Learn the simple secret that instantly transforms the negative to positive, and the impossible to the extraordinary in this fun and interactive presentation.
• Remember My Name: F.A.M.E. – Fun, actionable tips to create and present a more impactful and memorable 30 or 60 second elevator speech. Get more value out of your networking, and create a vivid image in your referral circle.
• The Power of Improv – Engaging Your Audience – An interactive presentation teaching how to leave a lasting impression with any audience. We’ll show by doing through engaging, audience-participation exercises. This talk is ideal to overcome those after lunch droopers.

Steph DeWaegeneer has spent the majority of her professional life dedicated to enriching lives by embracing a positive attitude, humor, and the creative imagination of the human spirit.  She graduated from Sam Houston State University, with a BFA in Theatre. Since graduation she has performed improv comedy on numerous stages throughout the US & UK including: The Manchester Comedy Festival, and performances in Texas, Washington D.C., Illinois, Indiana, New York, Oregon, and North Carolina.  She was also crowned 2009 MS. Plus America. Presently, she is the record setting National Sales Director for ComedySportz™ and still manages to perform nearly every week with the Houston-based professional improve comedy troupe.

Call Steph 713.256.8722

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• Startup Ventures – How to fly an unfinished airplane
• Capital Funding – You want how much & you want it when?!
• Exit Strategies – How does your flight end?
• Market Strategy Ecosystems – Forming teams, even when you’re all by yourself
• Business Development Costs – Calculating the time, money, & performance of client acquisition
• Being Dispassionate About Your Passion – How to objectively evaluate your own performance
• Graceful Closings – How not to suffer a catastrophic end
• Risk Management – How to increase your odds against the flip of a coin

Javier Hernandez is a veteran entrepreneur having built 8 ventures of his own with 6 successful liquidity events and 2 that – let’s just say – taught him some extraordinary lessons about life and business.

Next to his family, his deepest passion is guiding other entrepreneurs to build their visions into viable and successful businesses while helping them avoid the myriad pitfalls.

He has worked globally in 72 countries across 4 continents and 50 states, helping more than 250 client companies and not-for-profits. His expertise ranges from product development and management, sales force management and market strategies, operational efficiencies, fundraising, and facilitating investment capital, mergers, acquisitions, and IPO’s.

Most recently, Javier radically transformed his company of more than 10 years, Business Rising, from a fee-for-service management-consulting model into a risk management firm with zero out-of-pocket costs to clients.

Call Javier 469-939-8829

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• Becoming Your Own Change Agent – Changing what you do is transactional – changing how you see yourself and others is transformational.
• Free Range Workers – Unleashing Your Personal Competitive Advantage– With the prospect of fully portable benefits, as well as generational shifts in the workforce, the old career model has changed.
• Increase Your Team’s Horsepower – Certain modifications can boost the performance of a car’s engine. The same is true for teams. Learn how to apply a few simple principles to turn any team into a Formula One racecar!
• Before ABC’s – Teaching Kids the Important Stuff First – When a new program was introduced to the sixth-grade class in one school district, emphasizing every student’s unique talents and potential, the results exceeded all expectations.

Candace Fitzpatrick, thought leader, speaker and President/CEO of CoreClarity, Inc., has created a new model for evaluating and predicting human behavior that flies in the face of everything we’ve been taught to believe about ourselves, other people, business, and relationships. Based on this framework and the universal language of talents, her model opens the door to a new way of thinking that allows groups of people – in any context (teams, departments, companies, families, students) – to define, manage and apply their mix of talents in a deliberate and constructive way.

A former physics instructor turned executive, Candace has a passion for helping people give their best. Her goal is to take individual talents and turn them into a secret weapon for both organizations and the people in them. With her help, thousands of people and hundreds of teams have been unleashed! Her approach has been successfully implemented in corporate and non-profit organizations, as well as leadership development programs. Clients include Texas Instruments, Duke Energy, AT&T, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas City, Southern Methodist University, Reliant Healthcare, Jack-In-The-Box, American Leadership Forum-Charlotte, and one of the Big-Four accounting firms.

In addition to her corporate initiatives, Candace realized it’s never too early to understand and apply your talents. Working closely with a group of educators concerned about how at-risk kids could learn, she assisted in developing a revolutionary approach called The Rising Star Program™. This initiative was launched with the 6^th grade class in Colorado’s Del Norte School District and the results have been nothing short of spectacular, with success measured in radically higher state test scores, increased academic growth, 100% promotion to the next grade and reduction of bullying by 75%.

In 1993, Candace co-founded CresaPartners, LLC, and received their “First Citizen” Lifetime Achievement Award in October 2003. In 2003-2004, Candace led the CoreNet Global CoRE 2010 Asset Management and Portfolio Optimization team, one of eight global teams researching leading edge practices shaping the future of corporate real estate. She founded CoreClarity, Inc. in 2004. A lifetime learner, Candace earned an MBA with honors from the Cox School of Business at Southern Methodist University and a BA in Physics from Texas A&M University. She has been trained as a mediator and was a licensed real estate broker in Texas for over twenty-five years.

Early in her career, Candace made a conscious decision that work should be fun. When a friend challenged her to distill the essence of her passion into five words or less, she responded (after two weeks of contemplation and soul searching) with: I turn dreams into reality. Today she is having fun helping others turn their dreams into reality – and in turn is realizing her own.

More on Speaker’s Topics:

• Becoming Your Own Change Agent – Changing what you do is transactional – changing how you see yourself and others is transformational. When individuals recognize, value and apply their innate talents to their work and their life, it has a profound impact on how they relate to the world around them. In this session, discover the key to lasting, positive change that will transform your perspective forever.
• Free Range Workers – Unleashing Your Personal Competitive Advantage– With the prospect of fully portable benefits, as well as generational shifts in the workforce, the old career model has changed. In this new, mobile, tech-savvy labor market, it is critical to understand and clearly articulate your unique value proposition so others call on you for your strengths. In this interactive session, begin the process of shaping your message and developing your communication strategy.
• Increase Your Team’s Horsepower – Certain modifications can boost the performance of a car’s engine. The same is true for teams – modifying how they are formed and how projects are assigned can change their performance drastically. What kind of vehicle is your team now: a sputtering jalopy, a sedate sedan or a gas-guzzling monster truck? Learn how to apply a few simple principles to turn any team into a Formula One racecar!
• Before ABC’s – Teaching Kids the Important Stuff First – When a new program was introduced to the sixth-grade class in one school district, emphasizing every student’s unique talents and potential, the results exceeded all expectations. Hear what our children can teach us about what it means to know that everyone is talented and gifted in their own way.

Call Candace 972-612-0413

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• The Three Massive Mistakes Women Make Causing Them to Lose Respect, Struggle with Relationships, and Make Less Money – Is it just “head trash”, or are these real issues women face? In this motivational talk, Kay’s humorous stories reveal lessons she learned in her own life;  going from shy, afraid to speak up and always focused on what was wrong with her to feeling confident, attractive and comfortable in her own skin.  Learn tips on how to take your power back and stop judging and diminishing yourself, plus much more.
• Chihuahuas Don’t Like Water – Discovering and Understanding Each Other’s Differences Through the Four Energy Prototypes – Things always seem so much easier when we know what we’re dealing with.  The art of “Energy Reading” is an extraordinarily simple way of gaining insight into ourselves and those around us.  In this very informative talk, you will learn the innate behaviors of the four different types and why people do what they do. “Energy Reading” is a fascinating subject and one which will supply you with as much entertainment as insight.
• Being Memorable Makes You More Money – No matter how good your product or service, you are what sells.  Being memorable is the key.  It doesn’t matter how good you are at what you do if you don’t get noticed.  From the moment a person sees you, you are already communicating.  This non-verbal communication has to do with your clothing and presence.  In this dynamic talk, learn about the four energy types and how dressing in your energy can mean the difference between dressing for success or dressing for failure.  You will learn why copying fashion trends is not the answer.  The secret to getting noticed and having more people attracted to you is to dress in your energy.  You will come away with a better understanding of who you are and how to take your image to the next level, beyond the so-called professional look.

Kay Smith of Energy Dressing specializes in working with women professionals over the age of 40 to enhance their image and become more magnetic to attract more business.  As an Energy Dressing coach and speaker, Kay teaches and demonstrates to audiences how easy it is to take your image to the next level by dressing in “your energy.”  Benefits include being more approachable, appearing more credible and trustworthy, feeling more confident and even looking younger.

Kay has been educating and empowering women for over 15 years.  Her educational background is in journalism, with a B.A. degree from Texas Tech University.  She is also a certified personal trainer through the American College of Sports Medicine, a master Stott pilates instructor, and a certified Nutrition and Lifestyle coach. 

Kay Smith of Energy Dressing specializes in working with women professionals over the age of 40 to enhance their image and become more magnetic to attract more business.  As an Energy Dressing coach and speaker, Kay teaches and demonstrates to audiences how easy it is to take your image to the next level by dressing in “your energy.”  Benefits include being more approachable, appearing more credible and trustworthy, feeling more confident and even looking younger.

Kay has been educating and empowering women for over 15 years.  Her educational background is in journalism, with a B.A. degree from Texas Tech University.  She is also a certified personal trainer through the American College of Sports Medicine, a master Stott pilates instructor, and a certified Nutrition and Lifestyle coach.

Call Kay 817-683-9045

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