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 Christine Clifford
Beckwith, CSP
Best
Selling Author and Authority on the Use of Therapeutic Humor
Christine Clifford Beckwith was the
top salesperson in the multi-billion dollar retail
services industry for more than eight years. In 1994,
she signed the largest contract in the history of her
industry with Proctor & Gamble, doubling the size of her
company overnight. That same year, diagnosed with breast
cancer, Clifford Beckwith went on to write the first of
her six books in a comical portrayal of her story in a
book titled,
 Not Now...I'm Having a No Hair Day!
Today, she helps companies with their branding and
positioning as a partner in Beckwith Partners, and she
is CEO/President of The Cancer Club, a company that
markets humorous and
 helpful products to people with
cancer. Her book, You, Inc. The Art of Selling
Yourself, which she co-authored with her husband,
Harry Beckwith, will be released in March 2007.
Topics
Include:
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YOU, Inc. The Art
of Selling Yourself
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Selling the Invisible:
The Four Keys to Selling Your Services
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Laughter: It's Good
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 Alyce Cornyn-Selby
In April 2002 ALYCE climbed into the cockpit of a topless 1927
vintage race car and drove 8,458 miles cost-to-coast-to-coast alone across America. Why?
To "road test" her research that she has shared with audiences
for 16 years and in books "What's Your Sabotage?", "Why Winners Win"
"Teamwork & Team Sabotage" and "Take Your Hands Off My Attitude!"
The FBI wanted her research. So did Boeing, Microsoft, the National
Guard, the New York Times and thousands of professional conferences and
conventions. ALYCE offers a unique method for overcoming
self-sabotage--maintains a 100-pound weight loss using her system.
ABC,
CBS, USA Cable, Psychology Today, This Week, Daily Journal of Commerce,
Successful Meetings have all featured her innovative solutions.
Alyce has been named to Britain’s foremost Women of the 20th Century and
speaks to thousands every year: Microsoft, Bank of America, Boeing,
Weyerhaeuser, credit unions, medical conferences, universities, the FBI
and Air Force fighter pilots.
Topics
Include:
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Self-Sabotage
& Creative Procrastination
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Why Winners Win
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Teamwork & Team
Sabotage
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Persuasion & Change
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 Molly
Cox
"Improvise This! How to Think on
Your Feet so You Don't Fall on Your Face"
Molly Cox is an improvisational actor, writer, corporate trainer and entrepreneur and is
the co-author of the book, “Improvise This! How to Think on Your Feet so You Don’t Fall on Your Face,” published by
Hyperion; twice on the CEO READ top 25 list. She is the former owner and co-founder of Out of the Blue, a sketch comedy, improvisation and speaking and training company. An engaging and humorous speaker, Molly not only understands business, she understands people. She draws from both her corporate and life experience to create a dynamic presentation which leaves audiences laughing and …reflecting on her message. She is a funny one-of-a-kind talent with a unique gift to connect with her audience. Molly is the former general manager of an upscale athletic club and the director of sales and marketing for both the Holiday Inn and the Ritz hotel. She has spoken at over 1,000 events from the Rainforest Café, to Blue Cross Blue Shield. She has even spoken at a poultry slaughter house, for which she is still undergoing therapy. A successful entrepreneur, Molly is the founder of
StrongCoffeeink, (cards, gifts, books). Her greeting card line:
CareerChik, which is sold nationally, was recently featured in “Greetings etc.” magazine as Best of the New. “Savvy and Sassy cards for the working woman.” She is currently working on the “CareerChik” comic strip and finishing writing her first novel. |
 Bonnie Dean
International speaker, entrepreneur, former fitness instructress,
marathon runner, grandmother and fairy Godmother – Bonnie draws on
skills honed from over two decades as a top ten sales star and manager.
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Authenticity in Leadership
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Rebounding From Burnout to Balance!
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It all began in the spring of 2002. Four talented
women wandered into their local community theater,
performed brilliantly in the musical SIX WOMEN WITH
BRAIN DEATH, or EXPIRING MINDS WANT TO KNOW, and
decided the magic must continue. One question
demanded an answer: how could they continue to sing
incredible harmony, offer a little wisdom, and make
people laugh until they peed their pants? The answer
was obvious and
The Free Range
Chix were hatched. |
Free
Range Chix are four chicks who would love
to provide musical comedy for your special
event. If you need some catchy "cacciatore" for
your conference, flavorful "fricassee" for your
fundraiser, blissful "barbecue" for your
mother/daughter event, or a powerful "potroast"
for your political rally, you need the Chix!
You've never seen a group quite like ours and
you will never be the same after
experiencing our original songs like
 Menopause,
WarriorBabe,
and
Classical
Spam, to name only a few. |
 Carol Gardner
Author and Creator of Zelda Wisdom, Inc.
Carol Gardner is the genius behind
Zelda Wisdom, Inc. Recently featured on OPRAH, this former advertising agency creative
director, purchased Zelda, a chubby, loveable English bulldog, after a difficult divorce.
She jokes that she had two options, “get a therapist or get a dog.” Carol
took some snapshots of Zelda for her Christmas card and had a new best friend. “When
the photographs came back, I looked at them and said ‘BINGO.’” explained
Gardner. This veteran marketing and advertising executive knew a star was born.
“There is a little Zelda in all of us” claims Carol. Carol and
Zelda’s straight shooting wisdom and hilarious wit share their message
to help fight off life’s annoyances and the sourest of moods.
Topics Include:
q From Underdog to Top Dog.
7 Strategies for Survival and Success
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 Leigh
Anne Jasheway-Bryant
Humor/Motivational Speaker/Stress Management Expert/Women's Health Consultant
Leigh Anne
Jasheway-Bryant has been helping audiences manage stress, improve their
health, deal with change, and flex their funny bones for more than
thirteen years (although she'll deny being old enough to have had a
career that long!). Her presentations are so funny audiences spit
coffee out their noses, but at the same time, they go home with
easy-to-implement, practical tools they can use in their everyday
lives.
In 2003, Leigh Anne won the Erma Bombeck
Award for Humor Writing. She has thirteen published books and writes
regularly for The Comic News, Diet & Fitness, and Low Carb Energy,
Family Circle, Better Homes and Gardens Special Interest Publications
and the Los Angeles Times. She has also been published in numerous
magazines and newspapers, such as the Funny Times, Good Housekeeping,
Gooddog, Dogfancy, The Womans' Journal, One2One, and Best Friends.
Leigh
Anne's book, Yoga for Your Funny Bone: Exercises
to Strengthen Your Comedy Writing recently won
the 2007 Association for Applied and Therapeutic
Humor award.
Topics Include:
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Don't Get Mad, Get Funny:
Using Humor to Manage
Stress
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I'm
not Getting Older, I'm Getting Better at Denial:
How to get the
most out of your laugh lines
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Mama Said There'd Be Days Like This:
If you're a women, chances are you keep dozens of balls in the air
every day and all that juggling can not only wear out your body, but
your mind and soul as well.
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We Don't Pay You to Have a
Good Time:
Using Humor to Survive Conflict and Change at Work
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 Geri Jewell
Geri Jewell is known to millions as "Cousin Geri" from
the NBC sitcom The Facts of Life. Geri brings to her presentations the personal experience
of often having her behavior and action misunderstood because of how she is perceived. By
sharing her disability as her "greatest blessing," and revealing insights about
her world, Geri turns the focus from disability to a true celebration of abilities. Geri
has performed on the comedy circuit nationwide and in comedy shows on VH1 Cable and
A&E. Her training and motivational performances have taken her to the White House,
college campuses, social service agencies and the corporate world.
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 Sue
Kirby
Discover the Magic in Her Message!
Sue Kirby thought she led a charmed
life: Successful husband, three adorable children, living in a posh southern
California
community. And it was charmed – that is until her husband suddenly left her to
raise three young children totally on her own. With no career training and
funds running out, she took a small loan from friends, opened up a craft store and turned
it into one of the most successful retail ventures in southern California. Voted the most
popular speaker at numerous trade shows and conferences across the country, Sue shows us
that it’s possible to navigate through stressful situations in a way that brings out
the best in our co-workers, partners, children – and ourselves! You’ll
learn how to energize, educate and enjoy yourself all the way to a more inspired life. Sue
is a popular guest on radio and television talk shows and has also been featured in Redbook magazine and the Los Angeles Times. Author of Men’s
Secret Camp-Timeless Traditions and Tribulations of Family Life and Love
Topics Include:
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Celebrate the Ordinary into the
Extraordinary
–Keynote.
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Magic in the Making - Explores creativity to increase productivity in the
workplace and life.
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Please Pass the Trophy! –Team-building
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 Patt Schwab, Ph.D., CSP
Dr. Patt Schwab holds academic degrees in History, Student
Personnel, and Administration. She also holds the highest earned designation awarded by
the National Speakers Association, the CSP, or Certified Professional Speaker.
A firm believer in taking humor seriously, Patt combines years of hands-on management,
teaching and training with 11 years of working as a full time professional speaker in
Europe, Canada and the USA. Her programs are packed with humor, insight, and practical
tips for managing people, coping with change, and enriching work and home life. Patt
encourages her audiences to use humor to rise above workplace challenges, insisting that
the fresh perspective humor provides helps reaffirm competence and identify what really
matters.
What's So Funny About Long-Term Care?
Tips, ideas and examples of how patients and caregivers bring humor to
long term care.
What's So Funny About Long-Term Care?
Lots!
Just because illness enters one door of our life does not
mean joy and laughter leave through another. A good dose of humor
encourages us to rise above our problems and embrace life in fresh,
inventive ways.
What's So Funny will:
* Make you laugh.
* Give you fresh ideas.
* Inspire you to bring more humor into your life.
* Motivate you to bring humor into the lives of others.
Specifically written for individuals involved in long-term care,
What's so Funny is about real people adding humor to real
long-term care and rehab situations. It will remind you that: Those
who laugh . . . Last!
As a bonus, many of the ideas in the book can be used to get more humor
in your life whether or not you're in a long term-care setting.
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