Misc Business Speaking

  • Orion 21

    Orion 21

    We specialize in creating videos, audio books, e-Books and e-Learning to package your message into the world wide web.
    If you give a man a fish you have fed him for the day.
    If you teach a man how to fish, you will feed him for a life time.
    But if you build him a fishing webpage, a FaceBook page and a VIDEO
    you will feed several of his generations to come.

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  • Kerin Groves
    • Secrets of Fifty-Year Marriages – Practical keys to success from couples in my research on happy long-term relationships
    • How I Hated College but Ended Up with a PhD – An encouraging message for parents and students who aren’t sure they’ll survive higher education.
    • Resilience: Wisdom from The Greatest Generation – How the strengths of WWII and Depression-era survivors can inspire the rest of us in modern times.
    • Flow: How to Find It and Keep It in your Work Life – Explore how to re-engage in your current career or figure out what you’ll do NEXT.

    Kerin Groves is a professional counselor, career coach, educator, and researcher. She has over 25 years of experience in small businesses, government agencies, nonprofits, corporations, health care systems, and higher education. A lively and engaging speaker, Dr. Groves is an expert in human behavior and communication. Her specialty areas are aging, long-term relationships, lifelong career development, and positive psychology.

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  • Southwestern Consulting

    Sales & Leadership Consulting

    Southwestern Coaching Programs

    Whether you’re a budding novice or a seasoned veteran in your sales career, one of our four targeted coaching programs will equip you with the skills and strategies needed to excel to the next level.

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  • Marla Press

    Selected Speaker’s Topics:

    • Speakers on Fire: Ignite Your Success – Why speaking is the #1 way to ignite your success.How to stand out from the crowd and be memorable. 3 ways to light up your audience. Become hot off “The Press.”
    • The Art of Presence: Entertain, Build Trust, and Magnetize – How to build your presence and master your energy. Entertain without staying in performance mode. How to receive the audience and build trust. Magnetically attract who you are there to serve.
    • The Art of Feminine Presence – Explore whether repressing your femininity is affecting your work and your relationships. What are the misconceptions about masculinity and femininity? Become powerful and feminine by connecting to your creativity, flow, receptivity, collaboration, and best balance.
    • Turn Your Relationships into E-lationships – How to have passionate, meaningful, fulfilling relationships and keep the excitement and connection going.

    Marla Press, aka “Igniter of Speakers on Fire,” is a Public Speaking Coach, Life Coach, and Art of Presence™ Trainer. She helps you build your presence, master your energy, and make a bigger impact by increasing your wow factor and your trust factor. Her life-changing exercises, group bootcamps, and 1:1 coaching give you immediate results. Bootcamps: “The Celebrated Speaker,” “The Art of Feminine (also coed classes) Presence,” and “Turn Your Relationships into E-lationships.”                                                                                                               

    Marla has a degree in psychology, has worked as a Practice Management Consultant, and has been an Inclusion and Diversity Consultant. She has authored 3 books on psychology.   

    An international speaker, Marla’s presentations include, “Speakers on Fire: Ignite Your Success,” “The Art of Presence: Be Seen, Be Heard, Inspire Change,” and “The Art of Feminine Presence.”  

    Marla loves being on stage, and it shows! She’ll have you yelling out, standing up, and witnessing transformation. Marla Press is on fire and ignites her audience to feel motivated and inspired. Her interactive and enthusiastic style fires up every presentation. She invites volunteer to do her powerful exercises, and she always gets the crowd up on their feet (in-person or virtual.)

    If you want to attract more clients, more wealth, more joy, better relationships, and be “Hot Off The Press,” Marla Press is your coach!   

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  • Cindy L. Herb

    Cindy L. Herb speaks on:

    • Striving, Surviving and Thriving – Falling on Your Butt & Getting Back Up Every Time: All of us fall on our butt sometime in our lives, sometimes figuratively and sometimes literally. Cindy shares how she has fallen on her butt more than a dozen times, but has successfully risen back up.
    • The Power of Prevention – Protect Yourself from Predators: Predators are drawn to prey, regardless of age, race, religion or socioeconomic background. They are skilled at gaining your trust and you, as their intended victim, will usually know them quite well. Cindy teaches tips and tools to avoid becoming a victim.
    • Fly Like an Eagle – Discover Your Purpose in Life: Many people question their life’s purpose, especially after enduring something very painful or surviving a horrific event. Any number of things can trigger the question. This thought-provoking lecture offers some simple solutions, taking you on a journey to discover your individual purpose in life.
    • Overcome Adversity and Find Your Joy: Have you lost your happiness due to experiencing life’s adversity? Find out how to overcome the pain of hardship and unleash the joy within.
    • Controlling Your Life – Finding Solutions When Life is Not Working: Sometimes life is not as idyllic as you once imagined. Many of us are unhappy, feeling unloved, depressed, unfulfilled, angry, or all alone. Cindy takes you on a journey to discover solutions with this uplifting and informative talk designed to enhance your spiritual experience.
    • Journaling to Heal Pain: During her life, Cindy L. Herb has overcome many horrific events, including a childhood rape at the age of nine. After meeting a shaman in 2007, she began journaling her painful childhood experiences. Listen and be inspired by her story and discover how journaling can be an effective tool in healing.
    • Raped or Sexually Abused – How to Get Your Joy Back: The emotional trauma caused from rape or sexual abuse can have a devastating effect. Cindy talks about how to deal with the trauma and return to a place of joy and happiness.

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    Everyone has a story to tell. Sometimes, that story is not pleasant. How do you overcome obstacles or conquer any story of adversity in your life? Let Cindy help you go from surviving to thriving joyfully!

    Is it possible to find joy and peace, despite your circumstances? Cindy L. Herb helps others find joy by assisting them in overcoming their story of adversity. Cindy L. Herb is no longer haunted or burdened with guilt and shame by the events of her life. Indirectly, this has helped her work a more constructive path. She now, as a healed rape victim and survivor, passionately advocates a way to overcome obstacles and understand adverse events that may have occurred in people’s lives. Based upon her personal discoveries, she shares the knowledge that no matter your circumstance, there is a way to overcome life’s tribulations. Virtually anyone can benefit from her message.

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  • Alla Bardov

    Selected Speaker’s Topics:

    • The Confidence Paradox: How to Build Confidence and Create Unprecedented Results
    • Beyond Elevator Pitches: How to Introduce Yourself in Style
    • Getting to a “YES”: How to improve the follow-up activities to get the outcome you want
    • Ignite Sales Results: How to use the proven 4 P’s system in your sales process

    Alla Bardov, Founder of “Sell Yourself For Success,” utilizes sales education to help organizations, entrepreneurs, and sales professionals optimize each stage of the sales process to achieve and sustain extraordinary results.

    Drawing on over three decades in corporate America, retail entrepreneurship, sales, and training, it’s her experience that sales skills offer universal applicability, cutting across professions and industries. 

    Alla’s signature program, “Ignite Your Results,” focuses initially on building confidence—a crucial trait she learned to value firsthand, that elevates and sets apart individuals beyond their qualifications or levels of success. Her quest to define confidence-building fundamentals started early in life, selling vacuum cleaners door-to-door. Alla’s bestselling book Get Out of the Rabbit Hole and accompanying workbook, available on Amazon, is a guide for how to build Confidence to Overcome Self-Doubt, Improve Performance, and Reach One’s Ultimate Potential. 

    Through her relentless philanthropic efforts, Alla aims to change the lives of underprivileged youth via her work with Nancy Lieberman Charities.
    She’s been married to Louis for 34 years, and they are proud parents to three wonderful kids.

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  • Kristen Swinehart

    Selected Topic Titles:

    • Break Through The Turbulence of Grief – Grief can come from a variety of situations, from the loss of a job to the loss of a loved one. No matter what the grief arises from it can leave us feeling a multitude of emotions and often stuck in our tracks without knowing how we will move forward. In this talk Kristen will give us tools to use during tough times to keep us flying forward.

    As a professional Psychic/Medium, Kristen knows the experience of grief intimately as well as the impact it can have on one’s life.  Having lost her father at 18 years old, she began to question and dive deeper into life AFTER death, ultimately leading her to realize she is a psychic medium and can communicate with spirits on the other side.

    Kristen left her corporate career as an attorney to pursue helping others to move through their grief using her powerful and accurate mediumship.  Now she holds group readings at corporations, works with families of high-profile individuals who have passed and helps private clients move through any form of grief they may be experiencing, from the loss of a job to the loss of a loved one.

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  • Kimberly Crowe

    Selected Speaking Topics:

    • The Four Stages EVERY Entrepreneur Should Get On, and How to Maximize Each One – Kimberly shares how powerful speaking can be for business owners in this practical description of where to speak and which ones will be best for you.
    • Your 20-Word Intro – “So, What do you do?” It’s a question we hear almost every day. Is your answer to this common question working for you or against you? Or are you still using an outdated old-school minute-long elevator pitch? First impressions are everything, and your answer to this key question could be the difference between fame and fortune, or being forever forgettable! In this clever and interactive talk, Kimberly helps you finally find the twenty words (or less!) that will make you memorable – getting your message out quickly and clearly, without turning off your audience!

    As a joint venture super-connector, Kimberly Crowe gets entrepreneurs the stages and connections they need to stop being overlooked, and explosively grow their revenue and reach.

    She is an award-winning international public speaker, best-selling author, audiobook producer, six-time entrepreneur.  

    Kimberly is the creator of Entrepreneurs Rocket Fuel,  an active community of Entrepreneurs, looking to contribute, connect, and grow with other entrepreneurs. 

    A strategist, teacher, and intuitive mentor, her specialty is creating joy in business.

    A former corporate trainer with a degree in communications from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, Kimberly has 20+ years in training and entrepreneurship. She is an international inspirational public speaker and an international best-selling author and audiobook producer. Kimberly has been a guest speaker in cities worldwide, inspiring people to joyfully get to where they want to go. Her motto is; “Live Life Out Loud!”

     

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  • Yoram Solomon

    Selected Speaker Topics:

    • Trust, Trustworthiness, Trust Habits™ – What is trust? How does it behave (through the 8 laws of trust)? What makes a person trusted by another person? How to form habits that change behaviors, build trust, and transform organizations.

    Dr. Yoram Solomon is the author of The Book of Trust (now in 3rd edition, and the most comprehensive book ever written about trust), the book series Can I Trust You? and host of The Trust Show podcast. He has published 16 books, 22 patents, and was one of the creators of Wi-Fi and USB 3.0 technologies, for which he was dubbed “TI’s Great Innovator.” Dr. Solomon was named by Innovation Excellence as one of the Top 40 Innovation Bloggers,  and by Thinkers 360 as one of the top 20 Global Thought Leaders and Influencers on Culture.  He was a columnist at Inc. Magazine,  Innovation Excellence,  and other publications, where he published more than 300 articles.

    Dr. Solomon holds a PhD in Organization and Management from Capella University, an MBA from the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, an LLB from the Tel-Aviv University Law School, and an Associate Degree in Electrical Engineering from Ort Singalovski College. He completed the executive Marketing Management Program at Stanford University and the Developing the Strategic Leader program at the Center for Creative Leadership (CCL) in Colorado Springs. Dr. Solomon is certified by CCL to administer the KEYS and SKILLSCOPE assessments and is an authorized provider of school board training by the Texas Education Agency.

    He has founded several startups and sold a startup company in Silicon Valley. He has held various positions from General Manager of a $100m business unit in a Fortune 200 company to a Vice President of Corporate Strategy and Innovation, and to CEO.

    Dr. Solomon is an adjunct professor of entrepreneurship and intrapreneurship at Southern Methodist University, and formerly at the University of Texas at Dallas.

    A National Speakers Association Professional Speaker, he spoke in several different national and regional conferences, including the Human Resources Southwest Annual Conference, the Association for Strategic Planning National Conference, CDX Annual Conference, Meeting Planner International (MPI) Annual conference, and many more, to audiences in excess of 2,000, both in-person and virtually.

    Yoram was the host of the first TEDxPlano in 2014, and spoke at TEDxOakLawn in 2018 and TEDxPlanoSeniorHS in 2022. His customers include a wide range of Fortune 500 companies as well as startups, for-profit, non-profit, and government organizations, in a broad spectrum of industries from technology to retail, healthcare, defense, and education. He served companies such as AT&T, Dannon, Amway, Texas Instruments, Medical City, and many more, who described his keynotes and workshops as transformative.

    In 2015, he was elected to the Plano Independent School District Board of Trustees. Yoram served in the IDF 35th Airborne Paratrooper brigade and as a USAF CAP pilot and Aerospace Education Officer.

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  • Raja Vaidya

    Selected Speaking Topics:

    • 5 Black Belt Hacks to Break Out of Your Shell – In this talk, Raja takes from his personal journey and the lessons he learned becoming a Master Martial Artist to help those who want to stop hiding in the shadows and being overlooked come out of their shells and shine.

    A scientist by training, Raja Vaidya overcame a speech difference to exercise his passions to sing, act, and public speak. Now, among many other things, he helps those with speech differences, introverts, and others master the art of public speaking.

    After 38 Years in Martial arts training in 6 styles, Raja learned it’s never too late to grow. He helps people improve their health, have more confidence, relieve stress, improve awareness, communication, and leadership. His clients improve their businesses!

    He created Victory Mindset Academy to provide business professionals with a safe place to grow and improve  their health, have fun, and forget about the outside world for a while. This is a community focused on tough LOVE, what many of us really need to grow. 

    They focus on group and individual coaching to help their clients get results fast with online modules and group and individual interaction with Coach Raja as success tools for growth.  

    Coach Raja has created a tribe of LIFE champions Mind-SHIFTing from a problem finders to a problem solving machines!

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