With a gift for designing innovative organizations to support a product or idea, Rod Beckstrom is on the cutting edge of organizational structures through his work with Silicon Valley companies. Rod designed and helped launch a decrentralized network of CEOs working for peace and economic development, as well as a network of Indian and Pakistani CEOs which is widely credited with opening the borders between the two countries.

Graduate of Texas State University, Clint Swindall is the president and CEO of Verbalocity, Inc., a personal development company with a focus on leadership enhancement. These solutions include leadership enhancement programs, training, speaking and general consulting. In 2007 Clint authored his first book on leadership, Engaged Leadership: Building a Culture to Overcome Employee Disengagement.

With a speaking and consulting style that is refreshing, daring, imaginative, Dean Lindsay helps build Priceless Business Relationships. Dean Lindsay delivers killer keynotes, breakouts, general session presentations, and interactive boot camps that Empower progress in Sales, Service and Workplace Performance. He has been desiganated as an Outstanding Speaker by the International Association of Speakers Bureaus and Recognized as a 'Sales-and-Networking Guru' by the Dallas Business Journal.

Founder and maintainer of Lockergnome, a large blogging network, Chris Pirillo spent two years hosting the TechTV program "Call for Help". Chris now hosts videos on several internet sites, including CNN, YouTube, ustream.tv, and his own website. Chris is author of Poor Richard's E-Mail Publishing.

Known for defeating Bobby Riggs in the Battle of the Sexes in 1973, Billie Jean King has championed for social change and equality for women in sports. Billie Jean founded the Women's Tennis Association, Women's Sports Foundation and Women's Sports Magazine. She was ranked no. 5 on Sport's Illustrated "Top 40 Athletes" list for significantly altering or evelating sports in the last four decades.

Chairman of the $100 million business, Mackay Envelopes, Harvey Mackay's philosophy is engrained in the company, beginning with its motto: Do what you love, love what you do and deliver more than you promise. He is author of the NYT #1 bestsellers, Swim With The Sharks Without Being Eaten Alive and Beware the Naked Man Who Offers You His Shirt. Harvey is a nationally syndicated columnist for United Feature Syndicate, whose weekly articles appear in 52 newspapers around the country.

The former Chief Solutions Officer at Yahoo! and later their Leadership Coach, Tim Sanders is on a mission to get your audience excited about participating in social responsibility, sustainability and employee development projects. Tim is author of Saving The World At Work and the NYT best seller, Love Is The Killer App.

Susan RoAne leads a double life, as a best-selling author and keynote speaker, whose practical, informative and interactive presentations are known for her "dynamite sense of humor".

Susan jumpstarts a meeting, convention or event ...

Author of more than 18 books including the award-winning Help! and Career MAGIC: A Women?s Guide to Reward & Recognition, Marjorie Brody is an expert in business etiquette, presentation skills, turning business dreams into reality, and effective self-marketing. She is founder of BRODY Professional Development.

An Iranian native, David Nour arrived in the U.S. with almost no money and no fluency in English, but in the past 25 years has become one of the foremost thought leaders on the quantifiable value of business relationships. He is the author of Relationship Economics, The Entrepreneur's Guide to Raising Capital, ConnectAbility, and the Social Networking Technology Best Practices Series.