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Conference and Keynote Speakers - Corporate Trainers and Consultants

If you're looking for a professional speaker or trainer for your conference, association meeting, executive retreat, sales meeting, in house training, marketing event, awards luncheon, workshop or seminar, Access to Experts is your source. We have access to expert, inspirational speakers on topics including leadership, teambuilding, diversity, sales, customer service, technology, innovation, motivation, humor, life balance, and change management. Our professional motivational and keynote speakers include CEOs, entrepreneurs, best-selling authors, celebrities and other inspirational people with valuable things to say for your next event or meeting.

Our expert presenters and trainers combine inspiration with information and work hard to assure the success of your event. Read their profiles below to find a relevant motivational or keynote speaker or trainer for your next conference, corporate event, sales meeting, or strategy session.

Keynote Speakers Include:


Leadership and Teamwork

Rick Searfoss
Astronaut Speaker
Colonel, USAF Ret
Space Shuttle Commander & Pilot

Colonel Searfoss speaks from in-depth personal experience on leadership, teamwork, and personal performance. His first space flight set the record for the longest duration Space Shuttle Mission. In 1996, he piloted Atlantis to the Russian space station Mir. In 1998, he commanded the most complex scientific research space mission ever flown with unparalleled mission success. With more than 25 years experience as a leader in some of the most demanding team endeavors possible.
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Leadership, Diversity & the Hispanic Market

Charles Patrick Garcia
President Vfinance Investments Inc.
Hispanic Capital Markets Group
A Message from Garcia


Founder of a company ranked number eight on the Inc. 500 list of fastest growing companies, Garcia was named one of the nation's 100 most influential Hispanics by Hispanic Business for his success across many fields.  His leadership abilities have earned him a role in the administration of three U.S. Presidents, a Cabinet Secretary, and a former NATO Supreme Allied Commander.  His book "A Message from Garcia: Yes You Can Succeed" was #6 on The Wall Street Journal's best-seller list.
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Sales

Harvey Mackay
Swim with the Sharks
Pushing the Envelope: All the Way to the Top

Harvey Mackay’s classic Swim with the Sharks without Being Eaten Alive is one of the top 15 inspirational books of all time. He’s also one of the top five speakers in the world according to Toastmaster International. Chair and CEO of a successful company that he founded at age 26, “Mr. Make Things Happen” (Fortune magazine) shares his real world solutions to common business problems. Let Mackay take you all the way to the top by showing you how to outsell, outmanage, outmotivate and outnegotiate your competition - and by developing more productive business relationships.
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Sales

Brian Tracy
Maximum Achievement
Advanced Selling Strategies

Turbo Strategies

A leading authority on personal and professional success, Tracy gives both talks and seminars worldwide on leadership, sales, management effectiveness, and business strategy. His powerful ideas and strategies help businesses get better results in every area by focusing and planning more effectively, creating more powerful sales and marketing approaches, and generating more profits. By identifying the strategies, tactics and mental preparedness that separate super salespeople from the average, Tracy shows how to unlock your hidden potential for success.
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Customer Relationship Management

Peppers & Rogers
The One to One Future: Building Relationships One Customer at at Time
 

Their groundbreaking international business bestseller introduced a revolutionary concept - treating customers differently based on their individual values and needs. “One to one” became a successful book series and a practical methodology that drives real business results by helping companies maximize the value of every customer relationship. Topics include transforming customer interaction centers to profit centers, turning data into profit, and creating long term shareholder value through customer value, all of which can be tailored for specific industries. Whether you’re kicking off a conference or planning a “roll up your sleeves” executive work session, Peppers and Rogers will guarantee your success.
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Innovation and Change

Robert Tucker
Driving Growth through Innovation
Managing the Future: The 10 Driving Forces of Change

 Andrew Grove, Chairman of Intel Corporation, declared that “There is no enterprise that would not benefit by responding to Tucker’s 10 Driving Forces,” a sentiment echoed by a host of other business leaders. Tucker’s new business bestseller delivers step-by-step strategies for driving innovation in any company and a behind-the-scenes look inside 23 innovative Vanguard companies. An enthusiastic, entertaining, and interactive speaker with a reputation for customization, Tucker delivers cutting-edge content while motivating people to embrace change as a source of opportunity and to out-innovate the competition.
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Sports Celebrity and Team Building

Brian Holloway
5 Time NFL All Pro
Stamford All American  

This former football star understands how to attain optimum results and communicates his message powerfully. He excels at providing transformational outcomes for individuals and organizations that must outperform the competition and break through to an extraordinary future. He’s been hired by 164 of the Fortune 500s, and his testimonials include accolades from ex-president George Bush and Colin Powell, with ex-president Bill Clinton citing him as one of America’s top emerging leaders. For champion-building keynotes or workshops, “Wait for nothing!” and book Brian Holloway today!
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Humor

Dave Barry
Humorous Speaker
Award-Winning Journalist
30 Books Including Bestsellers

For more than 25 years, Dave Barry has been a popular syndicated columnist whose articles appeared in more than 500 newspapers and who received the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary for his journalism. He is also the prolific writer of more than 30 humorous books, including several bestsellers. His first novel was made into the movie "Big Trouble," and he inspired the TV show "Dave's World." He is a wildly funny and entertaining speaker who delights in interacting with the audience.
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Celebrity Chef & Health

Juan-Carlos Cruz
Chef
Calorie Countdown Cookbook

Juan-Carlos has been a celebrity host on Food Network and a participant then "Calorie Commando" on Discovery Health Network's Body Challenge. A trained chef, he has prepared foods for celebrities such as Oprah, Prince Phillips and Julia Roberts. Besides being an engaging speaker on the subject of low calorie, heart-healthy food, Juan-Carlos loves to facilitate culinary challenges for corporate teambuilding.
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The Economy

Harry S. Dent, Jr.

The Roaring 2000s, The Next Great Bubble Boom

Demographic expert and economic forecaster, this Harvard Business School graduate's mission is simple: helping people understand and prepare for change that will impact their financial future. The propietary Dent method is rooted in a simple, yet powerful premise: consumer spending habits are predictable by age, and it has consistently proven its ability to deliver incredibly accurate economic forecasts. Mr. Dent is a charismatic and persuasive public speaker who has addressed top corporations, major investment firms, and business conferences around the world and has been featured in publications like The Wall Street Journal and programs like PBS and CNN.
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Productivity, Time Management
& Life Balance

David Allen

Getting Things Done: The Art of Stressfree Productivity

An international best-selling author, lecturer, trainer, and consultant who has developed productivity improvement programs for over a half million professionals in hundreds of organizations worldwide, including many Fortune 500 corporations and U.S. Government agencies. Microsoft acolytes have even integrated features inspired by Allen's book into the latest version of Outlook.
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Leadership

Consuelo Castillo Kickbusch
Lt. Colonel U.S Army (retired)


Journey to the Future

Born in a tiny Texas barrio, Consuelo Kickbusch overcame poverty, discrimination and illiteracy. Breaking barriers and setting records in the military, she became the highest-ranking Hispanic woman in the Combat Support Field of the US Army. Acknowledged as a charismatic, passionate and entertaining speaker, she carries her powerful message of what it takes to be an effective leader in today's global marketplace to audiences worldwide. She has received numerous awards for leadership and was named one of the 100 Most Influential Hispanics in America by Hispanic Business magazine.
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Global Diversity
Leadership Development
Intercultural Management

Ernest Gundling, Ph.D.

Global Diversity: Winning Customers & Engaging Employees within World Markets

Dr. Gundling is co-founder of an intercultural consulting, training, and web tools firm which serves a quarter of the Fortune 500 companies. He has helped a wide range of organizations to develop strategic global approaches to leadership development, organizational change, and innovation. He has lived and worked in Asia, Mexico, and Europe, and is the author of numerous publications.
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Diversity & the Bottom Line
Acquiring Diverse Customers


Douglas Freeman
CEO, Virtcom Consulting

From investment banking and strategy consulting to business-to-business internet technology, Freeman went on to found Virtcom Consulting. His New York and London-based company produces the annual World Leadership Diversity Summit Conference, a gathering of Fortune 1000 business leaders, government officials and global diversity management practitioners. He also serves on the UN's ILO Expert Review Panel on Global Workforce Discrimination and the U.S. Department of Commerce's Minority Enterprise Development Week Committee and founded the Leadership America Program. -----------------------------------------------------------------

Women and Diversity

Sheila Robinson
Founder & Publisher Career Network Magazine & Diversity Woman Magazine

Sheila is the former North American Marketing Director of Dupont's global textile division. After 14 years, she left that position and founded Career Network Magazine. Encouraged by its success and that of two Women's Leadership Empowerment Conferences, she launched Diversity Woman, a national publication that promotes the career and business advancement of multicultural women. Her leadership in her new industry was acknowledged at the recent Folio Conference, where she gave the welcome speech..
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Technology/The Future

Philip Emeagwali
Supercomputer Pioneer

War survivor, supercomputer pioneer, and according to London-based New African magazine, history’s 35th greatest person of African descent. Philip Emeagwali has been described by ex-president Bill Clinton as “one of the great minds of the Information Age” as well as “the Bill Gates of Africa.” CNN and TIME have called him “a father of the Internet.” Emeagwali won the 1989 Gordon Bell Prize, the Nobel Prize of supercomputing. A passionate speaker, he brings abstract ideas to life with his energy and emotion.
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Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)

Alyssa Dver

A former CMO for a public software company, Ms. Dver now consults to companies looking to understand and improve their corporate citizenship. Her clients range from large multinationals to small startups. She recently interviewed 40 leading companies for an article in Forbes and has since worked with 60 more to examine CSR best practices. Dver has presented at the American Banking, American Marketing, and American Strategic Management Associations and is frequently featured in media such as BusinessWeek and Entrepreneur as well as numerous TV, radio and internet sites.
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Negotiation & Conflict Resolution

Elisa Levy
Co-Author With an End in Sight

Elisa's experience runs the gamut from conducting team building training for the United Nations to training top executives from Fortune 500 companies in conflict resolution and negotiation skills. She is the co-author of With an End in Sight, a book on violence prevention around the world, published by the U.N. In 2007, she traveled to Kosovo and Serbia to conduct training for the U.N. and then to Iraq to teach Iraqi community leaders conflict resolution and negotiation skills.

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Innovation & Strategy

Sarah Miller Caldicott
Co-Author Innovate Like Edison

Following years of research into the world-changing methods of Thomas Edison - America’s most prolific inventor and innovator – Edison’s great grandniece and MBA Sarah Miller Caldicott co-authored Innovate Like Edison: The Success System of America's Greatest Inventor. An award-winning, engaging speaker and 20-year marketing veteran with global brands, Sarah advises executives and entrepreneurs on how to build competitive advantage while creating their own signature innovation styles.

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Overcoming Obstacles & Achieving Your Goals

This topic area includes speakers who experienced physical or financial challenges, survivors who were stranded in deserts or jungles...even an amateur skier who transformed himself into an Olympic contender in four short years. What do they all have in common? Their messages inspire their audiences to creatively and successfully pursue their own goals.
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These are just a sample of the many world class speakers, celebrities, and best-selling authors we represent. If you don't see what you're looking for, please call us at 305/535-8199 or e-mail info@accesstoexperts.com for a free consultation. And, if you're doing business in Latin America or with The Hispanic Market, please ask about our bilingual Hispanic and Latino keynote speakers and corporate trainers.


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