Born To Be Speaker

Phil Gerbyshak (@PhilGerb)  works with financial services and sales professionals to get more leads, earn more referrals and grow their business (using ethical, legal, compliant methods). He also review social media policies and strategies, produce and perform training programs, offer consulting and coaching on how you and your organization can see a return on your social selling investment. Phil teaches social selling techniques that can integrated into existing sales processes, in a safe and compliant fashion. Phil has authored two books by himself (10 Ways to Make It Great! and Service Desk Manager’s Crash Course). He was co-author on 2 others (Help Desk Manager’s Crash Course and #TwitterWorks). Phil Gerbyshak has been featured multiply times on WTMJ TV in Milwaukee and profiled in USA today in Venture time and the Wall Street Journal.

Linda Swindling (@LindaSwindling), CEO and founder of Journey on, is a Negotiation expert, Author, Speaker and Trainer. She is a recognized expert on workplace issues and negotiations, Linda works with organizations and professionals to create better working relationships and harness the power of positive influence, persuasion and negotiation. She specialises in helping people communicate powerfully so that others can hear. She is the author and co Author of over 20 books. She is the creator of the popular passport to success book series, including her books "Stop Complainers" and Energy Drainers", "How to Negotiate work drama to get more none" and "The managers high performance handbook". Linda is labelled the as the “Bargain Expert” by American Way magazine. She has been awarded Outstanding Speaker of the Year for HSMAI-DFW. Linda also holds the title of CSP (Certified Speaking Professional and she is on the NSA (National Speaker Association) board of directors.

  Bill Cates (@Bill_Cates) is the founder of Referral Coach Internationalwww.referralcoach.com. He’s an Author and a Speaker who works with organisations and individuals, who wants to acquire more clients and customer through words of mouth, referrals and personal introductions. Bill’s Referral Advantage Marketing System is a comprehensive and client centered approach that creates strong client engagement, consistent leverage for new opportunities and solid connections that lead to new business.   Bill who has been a speaker for over 20 years and author of “Get More Referrals Now!” and “Don’t Keep Me a Secret!” and “Beyond Referrals”. He is the creator of The Referral Advantage Program . He achieved the highest accolade from the National Speakers Association, the CSP (Certified Speaker Professional) and the CPAE (Professional Speaker Hall of Fame).

Roger Courville (@rogercourville) is the founder of  The Virtual Presenters. He is one of the world’s first certified speaking professional to achieve this designation with the virtual business model. Roger speaks and writers about how you can rethink the way your organisation markets, trains and leads with technology. He is also given the title of “the Michael Jordan or Virtual Presentation” and “The Ultimate Content Marketing Asset”. Roger is passionate about Speaking, moderating, coaching and publishing to serve online Presenters. Roger has presented to tens of thousands around the world, both onsite and online. He is an award-winning writer  who as author and co-author of multiple books including The Virtual Presenter’s Playbook (2015), The Virtual Presenter’s 102 Tips for Online Meetings(2013), Successful Webinars with GoToWebinar (2012), Business Expert Guide to Small Business Success (2011), and The Virtual Presenter’s Handbook (2009). Roger has been Awarded the Whitepaper voted “Best Download of 2008” by readers of training zone.co.uk.

  Alan Berg (@alanberg), is a speaker and a marketing expert and the only wedding & event industry’s Certified Speaking Professional. He is crowned as the North American leading expert on the business of Wedding Events and he’s known as the most prolific wedding industry speaker with over 25 years of sales experience. His passion is to help wedding professionals and small businesses succeed.   Alan the founder of the Wedding Industry Conference as also spoken at the NSA Chapter and NSC National. He has also been awarded as the Wedding Pages magazine Franchisee of the year in 1999, Chrysler-Plymouth National Product Information Champion in 1986, 1987, 1988 and 1989 and also top 50 Chrysler-Plymouth sales club in 1989 Alan is the author of the books “If your website was an employee, would you fire it?” (Also English and Spanish e-books), the mini-book “Don’t Paint the House” and the new book “Your Attitude for Success”, all available on his website, in print and as e-books, atwww.AlanBerg.com and other sites. Alan specializes in Approachable Actionable Content, Website usability, Wedding Marketing, Keynote addresses, workshops, breakout sessions, webinars, website consulting, business consulting and attitude adjustments.

Most organizations are picking the wrong person to hire 3 out of 4 times. - Chris Price   Chris Price (@ChrisPriceCDP) from Priceleadershipgroup.com works with organizations to improve People and Culture, delivering performance systems that have generated millions of dollars in increased sales, improved employee retention, and higher productivity at organizations around the world. For over two decades, Chris has led, trained and consulted for leadership teams in U.S.A., Britain, Scandinavia, West/East Europe, Russia and Asia.  He understands fast-moving environments where people make the big difference in the success of your business. This is his 7th year as an ongoing faculty member in the LINKAGE Global Institute for Leadership Development (GILD), where he helps senior leaders build more productive and innovative organizations.  Chris is a Professional Member of the National Speakers Association (NSA). He currently serves as 2015-16 President for the North Texas Chapter, and was the 2014 Zig Ziglar Member of the Year.