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Author, Economist, Consultant, Speaker Richard Duncan is the author of three books on the global economic crisis. The Dollar Crisis: Causes, Consequences, Cures (Wiley, 2003) predicted the global economic disaster of 2008 with extraordinary accuracy. It was an international bestseller. His second book was The Corruption of Capitalism (CLSA Books, 2009). His latest book is The New Depression: The Breakdown Of The Paper Money Economy (Wiley, 2012). Since beginning his career as an equities analyst in Hong Kong in 1986, Richard has served as global head of investment strategy at ABN AMRO Asset Management in London, worked as a financial sector specialist for the World Bank in Washington D.C., and headed equity research departments for James Capel Securities and Salomon Brothers in Bangkok. He also worked as a consultant for the IMF in Thailand during the Asia Crisis. He is now chief economist at Blackhorse Asset Management in Singapore. He is also the founder and publisher of Macro Watch. Richard has appeared frequently on CNBC, CNN, BBC and Bloomberg Television, as well as on BBC World Service Radio. He is a well-known speaker whose audiences have included The World Economic Forum’s East Asia Economic Summit in Singapore, EuroFinance Conferences in Copenhagen and Monaco, The Chief Financial Officers’ Roundtable in Shanghai, The World Knowledge Forum in Seoul and numerous CFA Institute Events around the world.
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Niall’s role is Private Wealth Advisor to ultra-high-net-worth investors. Niall manages a group of four professionals that has extensive experience assisting Forbes 400 families, C.E.O.s and other investors of substantial means. He has been recognized as one of the nation’s top 100 Financial Advisors by Registered Rep. Magazine (2003), Barron's (2004), and ‘The Winner’s Circle’ by RJ Shook (2005). Niall’s first major book: Investing Strategies for the High Net-Worth Investor: Maximize Returns on Taxable Portfolios, published by McGraw-Hill in December 2009, has received recognition among investing and business media including: Forbes, Morningstar, the Institute for Private Investors, the St. Louis Business Journal5, and has been featured in an article published in BusinessWeek (2009). Niall has appeared on CNBC and National Public Radio. In addition, he has been quoted in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, and BusinessWeek. In 2009, Niall was featured in Curtis Faith's book, Inside the Mind of the Turtles: How the World's Best Traders Master Risk (2009) and Mebane Faber's The Ivy Portfolio: How to Invest Like the Top Endowments and Avoid Bear Markets (2009). In 2008, his academic work was featured in Eric Falkenstein & Eric W. Richardson's Finding Alpha (2008). In 2014, Niall’s research was featured in Paul Watkins book, Portfolio Management 186 Success Secrets. Niall is an active member within the Institute for Private Investors and during 2008-2010, served on the CFA Institute Committee for the development of Investment Policy Statements for high net worth investors. Niall also serves as an Investment Committee member for the Papal Foundation, a Board of Trustees member for the Roman Catholic Foundation of Eastern Missouri and an Advisory Board member for Cor Jesu Academy, a Catholic girls school in St. Louis, MO. In addition, he has made enduring commitments to professional and civic associations in the St. Louis region and the State of Missouri. Niall is a former board of director’s member of the Junior Achievement of Mississippi Valley and a past director of Connections to Success and St. Louis Variety. He is also past musical director of the St. Louis Irish Arts Youth Instrumental Group and former chairman of the 2006 Annual Catholic Appeal. For his outstanding work in these and other areas, Niall received the Silver Congressional Award and is a four-time recipient of the President’s Volunteer Service Award in 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007. In 2008, he received the Bill Eager Portfolio Manager of the Year Award. Niall completed The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania’s ‘Institute for Private Investors: Private Wealth Management Professional Track Program’ in 2005. He received his undergraduate degree from The Citadel Military College of South Carolina and subsequently held the rank of Lieutenant as an M1 Tank Platoon Commander in the US Army Reserve.
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James Mapes defies all categorization. When Paul Allen, innovative co-founder of Microsoft, philanthropist and musician quizzed Mapes as to how one person could do so much during his life, James’ answer was simple, “Because no one told me I couldn’t.” A true Renaissance man, James is considered one of the world’s foremost authorities on applied imagination and has been a student of human behavior for more than 30 years. Since childhood, James wanted to make the impossible into the possible. This has led to a life-long fascination with the subconscious and the power of the imagination. Speaker, life coach, author and performer, Mapes is recognized for his ability to inspire, motivate, educate and guide others to develop and enhance the unlimited potential of the creative imagination and incalculable powers of the mind. His programs address creativity, motivation, leadership, change, wellness and peak performance. As creator of Quantum Leap Thinking™ and the Transformational Coach™, James Mapes is one of the most sought-after international speakers in the corporate industry today. For over three decades he has worked with hundreds of public and private companies in more than 70 countries. His previous book, Quantum Leap Thinking: An Owners’ Guide to the Mind has been published in ten languages. Companies, associations, universities and business schools including – IBM Corporate, U.S. Coast Guard, Lockheed and The Princeton Center for Leadership Training – have quoted Mapes in training manuals and textbooks. In addition to speaking, Mapes has ignited audiences with his critically acclaimed hypnosis show, Journey Into the Imagination. This unique show has been seen by over two-million people, having been presented at universities, Town Hall and Lincoln Center in Manhattan. His performances have never failed to captivate his audience and win praise from the media, including the New York Times, Variety and the New York Daily News. He is known as “The Imaginologist.” His ground-breaking, enlightening, provocative and engaging new book, IMAGINE THAT! Igniting your Brain for Creativity and Peak Performance is the first web-enhanced book of its kind. An incredible adventure of the mind, IMAGINE THAT! is a roadmap that show readers how to lead an exceptional life by learning to productively apply their imagination. Bringing together thirty-plus years of experience, Mapes dives into topics such as reframing thinking patterns, shattering limiting myths about thinking, hypnosis, transforming fear into love and forgiveness. The beauty of this ground-breaking book is not only the information, it rides the wave of technology by giving the reader, if desired, access to 21 short video clips of James Mapes coaching the reader!
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After losing her 15-year-old daughter in a car accident in 2009, Lynda Cheldelin Fell was caught in a fog of grief. Just when she started to find her footing, Lynda's 46-year-old husband suffered a disabling stroke. As she fought to restore hope, Lynda discovered that helping others was a powerful balm for her wounds—a catalyst that changed her world. Striving to make a difference, Lynda became an international bestselling author in 2013, and founded AlyBlue Media soon after. She launched Grief Diaries in 2014, founded the National Grief & Hope Convention 2015, wrote the curriculum Managing Grief in the Workplace and co-founded the International Grief Institute in 2017. Host of the weekly Facebook show Moments of Hope, Lynda is a professional empowerment coach and international speaker who has authored over 30 books on navigating loss and finding hope. She has earned four national literary awards and five national advocacy award nominations for her work. Learn more at www.LyndaFell.com.
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A dynamic and insightful speaker and author, Jeff Bush is known for his unique ability to translate difficult and confusing tax and fiscal information coming out of Washington D.C. into winning growth strategies for business owners, executives and high net worth investors. Jeff is a colleague of Andy Friedman and an integral part of The Washington Update, the industry’s NONPARTISAN experts on all things Washington. In the 2012 presidential election, Jeff accurately predicted the outcome 14 months in advance as well as predicting the Republican sweep in Congress in 2014. Jeff also predicted the fiscal cliff outcome that lead to the single largest tax increase in dollar terms in US history. In the 2016 congressional elections, Jeff predicted Senate control would follow the White House. This advice gave investors and their professional advisors and an opportunity to prepare for the political changes that would impact their bottom line. Jeff presents more than 200 times yearly in the US and abroad to a client base that includes a who’s who list of Fortune 500 firms from Wall Street to Main Street and everywhere in between. Jeff is a 30-year veteran of the financial industry. By the end of his career on Wall Street, he was managing a $50+ billion sales organization. Before that, Jeff was the youngest managing partner in the 150-year history of The New England Financial. Jeff is considered Wall Street’s Washington Insider and, politically speaking, Jeff is known for being America's foremost equal opportunity offender.
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Dr. Peterson is CEO of MarketPsych comprising MarketPsych Data (financial sentiment data derived from news and social media), MarketPsych (behavioral economics consulting and training), and MarketPsy Capital (quantitative psychology-based asset management). In the educational field Dr. Peterson developed popular financial personality tests, published widely in academic journals and textbooks, and is an associate editor of the Journal of Behavioral Finance. His book, "Inside the Investor's Brain" (Wiley, 2007) was called "outstanding" and "a seminal text" on investment psychology by Barrons. His second book is "MarketPsych" (Wiley, 2010) (with Frank Murtha, PhD). Both books were named top financial books of 2007 and 2010 respectively by Kiplinger's. His third book is "Trading on Sentiment" (Wiley, 2016). Dr. Peterson received cum laude Electrical Engineering (B.S.), Arts (B.A.), and Doctor of Medicine degrees (M.D.) from the University of Texas. He performed postdoctoral neuroeconomics research at Stanford University and is Board-certified in Psychiatry. He lives in California with his family. Specialties: Behavioral economics and investor psychology. ESG data. Social mood analysis and behavioral forecasting. Data analysis. Machine learning and artificial intelligence.
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Tom Blaschko has been interested in souls, soul reality, and reawakening our world since before he was born. In this life he has 47 years of experience with ki (chi) in Shotokan Karate. In soul reality he has also studied with Incan shaman Adolfo Ttito Condori, American shamans Betsy Bergstrom and Ana Larramendi, Incarnational Spirituality teacher David Spangler, Faery Seer and Southern Conjure worker Orion Foxwood, tree spirits, a Sidhe or two, and other beings, human and not, who are part of soul reality. He earned a Bachelor’s degree in astronomy from the California Institute of Technology, where he learned something about science. He earned a Master’s degree in developmental psychology from the State University of New York at Buffalo, where he learned several seemingly contradictory things about the inner workings of people. Scientific influences include research by Rupert Sheldrake on morphic fields, Ian Stevenson’s studies of people who remember past lives, analysis of the effects of Emotional Freedom Techniques and other energy healing, and research on ki by Kuo Kanshin and Shigeru Egami’s group. Tom combined the scientific research with stories about soul reality from thousands of credible people. Some have talked with angels or fairy folk or Apus or djinn, seen ghosts, and lived in Dreamtime. Others witnessed D. D. Home and St. Teresa of Avila, among others, floating in the air. Many reported knowing that a loved one was hurt the moment it happened or sensed something that was going to happen in the future. Western science has many wonderful discoveries, but there is more than the physical. Tom believes we need to add a soul that exists outside physical reality and continues after the body dies and life force that connects souls. If we do that, all of the research and reports can be explained. Souls and life force are already accepted in many cultures. Tom believes bringing them back to the West will cure much of the distress we feel in our disconnected society. We All Have Souls and I Think We Can Prove It looks at the effects of souls on our daily lives and how we can become healthier, happier, and more fulfilled when we pay attention to soul reality. You can find more on the We All Have Souls website.
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You know what you do. I can help you do it better. You are rediscovering who you are. I can help you become your best self. Wherever you are geographically, if your team needs to capture its vision, or your spirit is needy of guidance, or your church needs reviving, contact me for a free consultation. Let's see where my expertise and experience can help you. About me: I am driven by two questions: How should one live? How can I help others become the best version of what they are meant to be? My happiest moments are when I get to see you integrated, whole, and free, completely "in flow" while doing what you love, and I've had a hand in making it happen. Most of my work is in vision casting, team and spiritual coaching, teaching, and systems design and implementation. I listen well, gather and process vast swaths of information, and communicate precisely so that your perspective sharpens and shifts.
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Ken Krell believes that entrepreneurship should be fun...fulfilling and abundantly profitable. That's why he founded The Institute for TotalPreneurship™, where they help entrepreneurs become "TotalPreneurs"™. As well, has Ken has developed Live ConferenceTV™, so entrepreneurs can turn their LiveStream into a LiveConference TV production and they instantly have far more opportunity to engage their streaming audience. He brings years of experience in what works, and what doesn't, to business professionals in nearly every phase of their business development. Some call that Wisdom, he calls it practical knowledge that doesn't come from textbooks.
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Manu Shahi is an Academic Life Coach and Ziglar Certified Trainer and Speaker. She coaches teens, college students, and families who are academically and socially stressed. Manu motivates her clients to discover their inner motivation and achieve their short-term and long-term goals. Additionally, Manu has successfully led dozens of workshops, discussions, and panels on family, academics, teens, motivation, resilience, and self-image. Manu regularly speaks to business professionals at local and national corporations and conventions. Certifications: Ziglar Legacy (2015); Academic Life Coaching (2017) Academic Life Coach: Coaches teens, college students, and families who are stressed academically and socially, with an intense focus on helping students find their WHY. Offers 10-week plans for one-to-one coaching and. group coaching sessions. Additionally hosts workshops and participates in panel discussions, including: “Understanding the Why of Your Teenagers,” “Family First,” and “Understanding the Mindset of Your Teenagers.” Ziglar Legacy Certified Trainer who carries on the messages of hope and inspiration developed by Zig Ziglar. Specializes in helping women and teens find their why, create goal-setting processes, and time management techniques. Guest speaker at companies, educational centers, and governmental events, including: Women in Texas Government annual conference in 2016, Peterbilt, Lewisville Independent School District, Keller Williams, and Texas Indo-American Physicians Society.
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Leadership Development Consultant/Board Certified Executive Coach/Career Strategy Coach. Valerie McMurray, President/CEO of NorthStar Consulting Group, has 25 plus years of human capital management experience with leadership roles in human resources, organizational and leadership development, coaching, and training. She has held strategic HR positions in the financial industries, professional services, manufacturing and distribution. Valerie has an extensive background in the development of innovative human capital management programs and leading cultural change emphasizing collaboration and effective employee engagement initiatives. As President/CEO of NorthStar Consulting Group, Valerie works with individuals and organizations to expand capability and capacity with innovative human capital management initiatives building on the strengths of clients to move toward their greatest potential. As a board certified executive coach she works with profit and non-profit leaders and managers to coach them in leadership, professional development and career transformation. She has a Master’s of Science in Organization Development and a Master of Science in Executive Coaching from the McColl School of Business at Queens University. She is an Associate Certified Coach, ACC through the International Coach Federation and Board Certified Coach, BCC through the Center for Credentialing and Education. She is certified/trained in a variety of assessments and leadership programs including Myers Briggs Type Indicator, DISC, Herrmann Brain Dominance Inventory, WorkPlace Big Five, WorkPlace Performance 360, StrengthsFinder, CareerLeader, FIRO-B, California Psychological Inventory, EQ-I 2.0, MSCEIT, Gallup, Influence Style Indicator, Hunter Servant Leadership, and Staub Leadership to name a few. Valerie’s years of research and working with clients led to the development of the WISE (Women’s Inventory of Success Empowerment) Profile tool. This is a powerful evidence based behavior inventory designed to measure career and leadership success factors and is unique to women. This profile brings awareness to critical areas for development that will help women navigate the challenges in their career so they can achieve their maximum potential. The information obtained from the WISE Profile tool is highly valuable to help women understand their natural strengths and unique gifts, identify what is holding them back, potential areas of growth, and to understand what they can do to move forward in a powerful and confident way in their careers. Valerie delivers workshops, webinars and speaking engagement to organizations on navigating the challenges of women’s career and leadership development. Throughout her career, Valerie has been active in community and professional activities in the arts, education, economic development and women’s empowerment programs. She currently serves as a coach/mentor for MBA students at Queen’s University.
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Mark made millions of dollars during his 30-year stock market trading career. But it wasn't enough. Unmitigated greed derailed his career and sent his life into a downward spiral. In early 2010, he pled guilty to one count of racketeering under The Colorado Organized Crime Act, a Class Two Felony. Second degree murder is also a Class Two Felony in Colorado, underscoring the severity of his crime. On May 25, 2010 he was sentenced to a 15-year prison term in the Colorado Department of Corrections. A mere six weeks into his prison sentence, Mark became afflicted with necrotizing fasciitis on his leg, a deadly flesh eating disease that kills or maims most of its victims. During his lengthy recovery, Mark made the best and most important decision of his life. Rather than wallow in anger and self-pity, he chose to embrace his sentence. He vowed to use his prison time not only to rehabilitate himself, but to improve the lives of his fellow inmates. Mark became a prison tutor, helping over 100 inmates obtain their GED. He helped countless other inmates effectively deal with personal, legal, business and family issues. While incarcerated, Mark memorialized his prison experiences by keeping and writing a journal. His 650 page work documents prison life in raw, uncensored terms. Interspersed throughout his journal are several chilling short stories that capture the tenuous relationships formed in prison. Most importantly, Mark's work reveals how he rose above the turmoil of prison society to reform and rehabilitate himself and simultaneously improve the lives of his fellow inmates. The edited version of his journal and short stories became his first published book, "Greed. Survival. Redemption: How Dying in Prison Saved My Life." It is available on Amazon. Mark earned an early release from parole in 2019 after serving nearly five years in prison with some of Colorado's toughest and most notorious criminals. Through public speaking and his published book, Mark is inspiring people after hearing his story that anyone can change for the better to make a difference.
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