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Rajiv Pant is an entrepreneur, consultant, and sought after speaker. As CTO at The New York Times, Rajiv led the successful development and delivery of dozens of acclaimed mobile and web products over 4 years. He managed a staff of 420+ which he grew from a third of its size. Before this, he headed up digital technology at Conde Nast for 4 years, where he managed multiple fast-paced, growing teams including Reddit. Admired by his colleagues as a people-person, open-minded collaborator, and approachable leader, Rajiv also enjoys writing software code. He has received several prestigious awards during his career including being honored as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum in 2014.
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High-level global audiences turn to best-selling author and educator Michele Wucker for her clear, compelling insights on risk management, economic trends and policy, decision making, operational and strategic challenges, and navigating uncertainty. She coined the term “gray rhino” to focus attention on leaders’ surprising vulnerability to obvious, probable, impactful risks. The metaphor has been applied around the world to improve business strategy, national security, and macro-prudential policy. Michele holds unique insights into China’s financial risk policies, which incorporate her ideas. She applies the versatile analytical framework she developed to help firms and policy makers to prioritize and strategize their responses around climate risk, ESG, corporate governance, cyber security, digital disruption, and human capital. Her goal is to end the all-too-common use of risk analysis as a mere “box-ticking” exercise and instead to create motivation and provide tools that catalyze effective action. Michele’s four books include the influential global bestseller THE GRAY RHINO: How to Recognize and Act on the Obvious Dangers We Ignore (2016) and the sequel, YOU ARE WHAT YOU RISK: The New Art and Science of Navigating an Uncertain World (2021). Her popular 2019 TED Talk on gray rhino theory has attracted more than 2.5 million views. A former media and think tank executive, Michele founded the Chicago based strategic advisory firm, Gray Rhino & Company, which helps decision makers ask difficult questions and develop, communicate, and implement effective risk responses. She is on the faculty of the DCRO Institute, which brings risk governance expertise to the boardroom and C-suite. She is an advisor to IRM India and the think tank Preventable Surprises. The World Economic Forum named Michele a Young Global Leader in 2009. She remains active leading the YGL Board Service Initiative and as a member of the World Economic Forum’s Expert Network and Global Futures Council on Frontier Risks. She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Through a keynote address, breakout session, or executive education workshop, Michele would love to help your organization improve its decision making, identify your gray rhinos and discover simple but effective tools to help manage these highly obvious but under-recognized challenges to companies, industries, people, and the planet. She can talk your audience through an overview of the gray rhino framework with examples relevant to your industry, do a deep dive into one of the stages, or put global gray rhinos and their potential impact into context. Does your organization need to develop better alarm signals and decision making systems to make sure your people recognize and speak up when they see a gray rhino? Do you know what the gray rhino is in your organization or industry but can’t seem to get past muddling? Do you need help developing an action plan to get key stakeholders on board?
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My book, Outside In: The Power of Putting Customers at the Center of Your Business, helps business leaders understand the financial benefits of great customer experiences — and how their organizations must change in order to deliver them. For more on Outside In, visit: amzn.to/1aPyX0C I'm an independent customer experience consultant with expertise in human-centered design, journey mapping, marketing, and branding. I help executives co-create innovative products, services, and experiences that truly matter — for their customers, for their employees, and for their business. My ideas, analysis, and opinions have appeared on sites like Harvard Business Review, The Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, Forbes, USA Today, and Advertising Age. I contribute a regular column to Touchpoint, the journal published by the global Service Design Network I'm a frequent keynote speaker at public conferences and private corporate events around the world.
More than $10,000
Scaling-up the Strategic IQ of entrepreneurs and their unicorn-bound ventures, I deliver unforgettable keynote speeches for entrepreneurship events that engage, educate, and entertain. Entrepreneurs seeking competitive advantage in the fog of venturing will be enlightened and inspired to venture with vision! Yes, I am totally blind. And, while lacking eyesight, I abound with entrepreneurial insight! Known as The Startup Unicorn Trainer, I’m Dr. Steven James "SJ" Maranville, Chairman of Maranville Enterprises—The Guide by the Entrepreneur's Side. Born with eyesight; I had the DNA that would ultimately cause the loss of that sight. By age 7, I was legally blind. And, into adulthood, I was totally blind. This loss resulted in a traumatic fear of change. Realizing life’s only true certainty is change, it was imperative for me to conquer that fear. So, I embarked on a life-long study of change. I now use those lessons to educate entrepreneurs and their unicorn-bound ventures on how to be adaptive and transformational. In a manner of speaking, I boost the “vision acuity” of entrepreneurs who are adrift in the fog of venturing by removing their blindspots and fitting them with new lenses so they Venture With Vision!
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Patrick helps you apply design thinking for strategy and innovation by working with your teams with new tools, skills and mindset. This results in design and implementation of new strategy, innovation, value propositions and revenue streams. His new book Design a Better Business will be published in September 2016. Patrick challenged the traditional publishing business model through a Self Published Crowdfunded Business Book “Business Model Generation” (BMG) in cooperation with Alex Osterwalder, Yves Pigneur, Alan Smith and Tim Clark. BMG was crowdsourced and -funded in 2009 by a community of 470 co-creators from 45 countries. At the moment more than a million copies have been sold worldwide and the book is translated into 30 languages. Patrick also introduced a new business model for consulting with his company Business Models Inc. No more hourly rates, no more reports or unclear deliverables. Business Models Inc. delivers business model options and additional revenue by a clear format through co-creation with clients, visualizing instead of writing and delivery of business results. Patrick worked on business modeling for Toyota (USA), Berkeley (USA), Mars (Asia), Fujitsu (Japan), Heineken, Tele Atlas, Schott (Germany), Intel (Ireland), Fagor (Spain), Microsoft (US), Sellaband, OCTO (France), Paperlinx (UK), Gebrueder Stitch (Vienna), Deloitte, Herman Miller (US), Arengufond (Estonia), KPN Telecom. Patrick performed more than 200 speeches and training courses in Denmark, Switzerland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, UK, Rumania, Japan, Taiwan, Turkey, United States, Switzerland, Ukraine, Thailand, Australia, Russia, Chile, France, Spain, Germany, Slovenia, Ireland, Belgium, Croatia and Austria. Specialties: Patrick has experience in Business Model Design and Innovation, Graphic Facilitation, Strategic Visioning, Visualisation, Business Design and Strategy.
$5,001 - $10,000
Michelle Tillis Lederman, CSP, SCC Michelle Tillis Lederman, is an expert on workplace communications and relationships. Named by Forbes as one of the Top 25 Networking Experts, and one of the Top 30 Communications Professionals in the World by Global Gurus. Michelle is an accomplished speaker, trainer, and MG100 Executive Coach. She is CEO of Executive Essentials and author of four books including The Connectors Advantage and The 11 Laws of Likability. A former finance executive and NYU Professor, Michelle is a regular in the media appearing on NBC, CBS, Fox, NPR, the Wall Street Journal, NY Times, CNBC, and others. Michelle is known for helping people work better together and advance their individual impact. To learn more about Michelle, visit: Websites: www.executiveessentials.org YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/user/MichelleLederman Instagram: www.instagram.com/mtlederman LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/communicationexpertspeaker Books by Michelle The Connector's Advantage: 7 Mindsets to Grow Your Influence and Impact The 11 Laws of Likability: Relationship Networking… Because People do Business with People They Like Heroes Get Hired: How to Use Your Military Experience to Master the Interview Nail The Interview - Land The Job: A Step-by-Step Guide for What to Do Before, During and After the Interview
More than $10,000
Terry McKenna is an internationally acclaimed speaker, author and consultant on the topics of human capital optimization and organizational design: people and systems. Terry’s most recent book, Hire the Best C-Store Employees – Interviewing Tactics for Hiring Employees Who Can Actually Make You Money, was a #1 seller in the convenience industry. Terry writes a monthly column for Convenience Store News and Single Store Operator, and has been featured in The Wall Street Journal and the Harvard Business School corporate training video, Benchmarking Outside The Box. Terry is principal and co-founder of Employee Performance Strategies, Inc. (EPS) founded in 1997. EPS is the leading authority in helping organizations achieve greater financial results by optimizing employee job performance. EPS develops high-performance workforces through training, organizational design, and process improvement. EPS is unique in their depth and breadth of experience in understanding and relating to business owners and their employees, due to their extensive history and focus on people-based strategy development and execution. Prior to founding EPS, Terry worked 17-years with ExxonMobil Corporation – U.S. Marketing Division. While at ExxonMobil, Terry led the development and implementation of a national customer service strategy, in addition to leading the achievement of ISO-9002 certification for customer service for convenience stores for ExxonMobil’s Singapore marketing affiliate.
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I am a writer, blogger, trainer and author who left my job and 12-year career in human resources to pursue my dream of writing. I own three blogs; have authored and self-published eight books; and have presented at national and local writing, blogging and social media conferences. My services to companies include: * Email writing * Blogging * Content Marketing Contact me to help grow your relationships and bottom lines at www.marciewrites.com/ or call me at (877) 570-5228.
$1,501 - $5,000
Michael Dennin has been a Professor of Physics and Astronomy for School of Physical Sciences at the University of California, Irvine for nearly 20 years. His passion for education and the pursuit of knowledge has led him to become Dean of the Division of Undergraduate Education as well as the Vice Provost for Teaching and Learning . Professor Dennin earned his A. B. from Princeton University, and his M.A. and Ph.D. (1995) from the University of California, Santa Barbara. He held a postdoctoral position at the University of California, Los Angeles. He is an Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow and a Research Corporation Cottrell Scholar. Professor Dennin's main research interest is systems that exhibit emergent properties. These include the behavior of complex fluids, such as foam and sand, as well as the complex dynamics of biological systems. For a more detailed discussion of the research and fun pictures and movies, visit Professor Dennin's Home Page: http://www.physics.uci.edu/~dennin. Professor Dennin is well-known for popularizing science for the public. He has taught many online courses on the nature of science, including team teaching a MOOC based on the television program, The Walking Dead. He has appeared on a number of television programs, including Spider-man Tech, Batman Tech, Star Wars Tech, and Ancient Aliens. He has an upcoming book with Franciscan Media on science and religion titled: God is the Ultimate Superhero. Wars Tech, and Ancient Aliens. He has science outreach book on the intersection of science and faith: Divine Science: Finding Reason at the Heart of Faith, published by Franciscan Media, available at book stores, Amazon, and Barnes and Noble online.
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Tamara Brooks, M.S. is a professional Trainer, Speaker, and Educator! In The Business of Moving Forward⏩ In need of a speaker for your next event? Training for your organization? On a Budget? Look no further! You invest in what you BELIEVE in.....Invest in your organization! Services Include: -Christian Speaker, church of Christ /Women, Young Adult, Youth Event Speaker -Women's Empowerment -Motivational Speaking / Emcee -Customized Workplace Training / Workshops -Emotional Intelligence/DISC Styles -Computer Skills -Customer Service -Business Writing -Communication & Professional Development -Etc.
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A positive, proactive and self-motivated professional who demonstrates a strong work ethic and high standards of personal integrity in both the legal and academic sectors. Passionate about identifying ways of improving service provision and organisational efficiency whilst remaining focused on the achievement of targets and objectives. Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to develop and maintain strong internal and external relationships based on shared trust and confidence. Able to work effectively on own initiative whilst being a valuable member, and leader, of a successful and productive team who thrives in highly pressurised and challenging working environments Specialties: PROFESSIONAL TRAINING Magistrates Court Qualification Police Accreditation Qualification Higher Rights of Audience at the Higher Courts Law Society Management Course Stage 1 and Stage 2 Certificate in Road Traffic Law
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"Champions are people who do ordinary things better than anyone else."– Chuck Noll Instructor, consultant and tailored communications professional. Expert in leadership and influence communications, adept at understanding and connecting in changing multicultural workplaces. I'm an excellent public speaker and presenter, too. I've produced a record of dramatic measured gains in reach, effectiveness and long-term growth through communications. 2007 M.A.(valedictorian.) As instructor: top ten ratings in surveys and participant feedback. I'm a continuous learner regarding how we connect, the technology we use, the skills we need to sharpen our abilities to influence things for the better, and relate to one another as authentic human beings. My record includes extensive internal and external communications including effective one-on-one work with major, regional and specialty media. It includes long-term national and even global projects, as well as crisis communications representation, strategy and advising. I've even had the chance to help the White House through a year plus global communications effort. Call on me. I'm at 443-619-9352 or at jmcastagna@Comcast.net. You can also use my academic email at jcastagna@ccbcmd.edu or jcastagna@stevenson.edu.
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