FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20 | SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21 | SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20
9:00am – Noon
BONUS PRE-CONFERENCE SEMINAR
Tell Me a Story: How to Draw an Audience Close and Make Them Fall in Love
T. Scott Gross
No handout sumitted
1:00pm – 4:30pm
MEGA SESSION
Anatomy of a Keynote – Moving from Brain to Heart to Soul 
Karen Cortell Reisman, MSA
1:00pm – 2:30pm
CONCURRENT SESSIONS
What Writers Need to Know About Publishing
Jerry Simmons
No handout submitted
Think for a Change: Utilize Your Powerful Mindset to Take Your Career to the Next Level
Chad Goldwasser
No handout submitted
3:00pm – 4:30pm
CONCURRENT SESSIONS
Brand It and They Will Come: How to Build a High-Fee Brand When You Are Not Famous
Vickie Sullivan
No handout submitted
The Truth about the Economy, Getting Booked, and The Future of Professional Speaking
Panelists: Andrea Gold, President/CEO of Gold Stars Speakers Bureau; Lindsey Kerby, Manager of Professional Education & Conference Development at St. Joseph's Hospital & Medical Center; Karolyn Kiburz, CMP, President of Meetings & Concierges Source, LLC; Jen Merkel, Operations Manager at CMI Resources
Facilitated by: Kirstin Carey, CSP
No handout submitted
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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21
9:00am - 4:30pm
INTENSIVE TRACK
Part I - Marketing Your Way to Wealthy: A Three-Step Strategy for Booking More Business
Jane Atkinson
Handout 1
Handout 2
Handout 3
Part II - Speaker Idol: Strut Your Best Platform Stuff for the Experts
Jane Atkinson, Robin Creasman and Kris Young
No handout submitted
Part III - Branding and Positioning for Bigger and Better Bookings
Jane Atkinson, Robin Creasman and Kris Young
No handout submitted
9:00am – Noon
MEGA SESSION
Unleash Your Inner Comedian! Learn the Art of Being Funny Without Telling Jokes
Avish Parasher
No handout submitted
9:00am – 10:15am
CONCURRENT SESSIONS
Financial Solutions for Business Owners: Designed to Help Small Business Owners Understand the Financial Strategies and Tools Available to Help Run Their Business More Effectively
Christine Raney
No handout submitted
Expand Your Influence: Turning Killer Keynotes into WOW Workshops
Patricia Gangi, EdD
10:45am – Noon
CONCURRENT SESSIONS
Eliminate Office Chaos: Use Microsoft Outlook 2007 with Business Contact Manager to Take Control of Your Business, Time and Information
Laura Leist, BA, CPO
No handout submitted
Life Balance—Are You Kidding? Come and Learn Guilt free, Creative Ways to BLEND Your Work and Your Life
Barbara Glanz, CSP
1:30pm – 4:30pm
MEGA SESSION
It’s the Fraud That’ll Kill Ya’: 10 Reasons You Better Give a Rip About Online Ripoffs
Michael Benidt and Sheryl Kay
No handout submitted
1:30pm – 2:45pm
CONCURRENT SESSIONS
How to Milk Your PowerPoint® for All It’s Worth!
Marilyn Snyder
No handout submitted
Maximizing the “Tween Time:” How to Use Coaching to Increase Your Income from Home or on the Road
Marcia Reynolds, PsyD, CSP
No handout submitted
3:15pm – 4:30pm
CONCURRENT SESSIONS
This Ain’t Your Dad’s Audience Anymore: How to Engage and Excite an Increasingly Youthful Crowd
Marnie Green, IPMA-CP
Raise Your Image, Raise Your Income: How to Improve Your Professional Presence on the Platform and at the Negotiation Table
Janice Hurley-Trailor
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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22
8:30am – 9:45am
CONCURRENT SESSIONS
Help Me Hire You: 21 Surefire Strategies to Get Booked and Stay Booked
David Newman
No handout submitted
High Profit Products: How Every Speaker Can Create and Sell High-Profit Products
Marilee Driscoll
No handout submitted
Speaking Internationally: Giving the World a Piece of Your Mind
Dan Poynter, CSP
No handout submitted
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