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About: For over 23 years, top global philanthropies, UHNW donors, celebrity activists, foundations, wealth advisors, and Fortune 500 companies have sought Kris Putnam-Walkerly's philanthropic advisory services to dramatically increase the clarity, speed, impact and joy of their giving. As a sought after philanthropy advisor, expert and award-winning author, she's helped hundreds of foundations and philanthropists strategically allocate and assess over half a billion dollars in grants and gifts. Kris also contributes expert philanthropic commentary to the WSJ, Forbes, Washington Post, Bloomberg, Alliance Magazine, Variety, Thrive Global, Worth Magazine, NPR's Morning Report, and other media. Awards include being named 'Philanthropy Advisor of the Year' in 2020 and 2021, 'Most Dedicated Philanthropic Advisor' in 2021, and one of 'America's Top 25 Philanthropy Speakers.' Kris is the author of Delusional Altruism: Why Philanthropists Fail To Achieve Change and What They Can Do To Transform Giving (Wiley, 2020) and Confident Giving: Sage Advice for Funders.
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About: Internationally acclaimed innovation and growth expert Val Wright was named as one of the top 50 resources for Chief Operating Officers by ClickSoftware. She is one of only 64 experts inducted into the Million Dollar Consultant® Hall of Fame. The global clients who have requested her help include Starbucks, LinkedIn, Amazon, francesca’s, Microsoft, Financial Times, Gartner, and the LA Lakers. Val’s corporate experience includes tenures during dramatic growth periods at Amazon, BMW, and Xbox. Val participated on the small team that created the fastest-selling device of all time, Kinect for Xbox, which won a Guinness Book of World Record, selling over 20 million devices. This contributed to the turnaround of Microsoft’s Entertainment business from a billion-dollar loss to a multimillion-dollar profit machine. Val’s books include Thoughtfully Ruthless, Rapid Growth Done Right, and Words That Work. She is a regular contributor on CNBC, WSJ, BBC News, Fox Business News, Inc. Magazine.
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About: This best-selling author is your internationally-recognized expert on heart disease, wellness, workplace productivity, stress, life balance, and women's business success. As founder of the American Foundation for Women's Health, she saves lives by sharing her near-death experiences with heart disease and stroke and launched www.StopAfib.org to advocate for patients with atrial fibrillation, a life-threatening irregular heartbeat. Her successful track record as transformation agent includes being a high-tech executive and an Internet pioneer (Dell, Cisco, JCPenney).
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About: Kevin Eikenberry is a Leadership and Remote/Hybrid Work Expert, Virtual Speaker, Trainer, Author and Chief Potential Officer of The Kevin Eikenberry Group and co-founder of The Remote Leadership Institute. For over 30 years, The Kevin Eikenberry Group has been a thought-leader in leadership learning, specializing in creating and developing organizational leaders at every level - from new supervisors to C-level executives. Through our workshops, suite of leadership products and resources, blogs, podcast, webinars and e-learning, we can help you tackle nearly any leadership development issue, from training new supervisors to teaching leaders how to effectively communicate with remote employees. Whether it's through our training, consulting, coaching or speaking services, we help leaders make a bigger difference for their organizations, their teams, and themselves.
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About: ERGO is a non-profit research group studying the subtleties and complexities of euthanasia (help with a good death) so it can be carefully carried out as and when the law permits. Journalist and author Humphry has campaigned since l978 for a dying person's right to medical assisted suicide, also self-deliverance if no lawful means is available to a terminally ill adult who is of sound mind. He became involved in the right-to-die issue when he published 'Jean's Way' -- an account of helping his dying first wife to bring her life to a peaceful end. Derek Humphry (president), who founded the original Hemlock Society in l980, also authored the bestseller how-to suicide guide, Final Exit, which sells in 12 languages. In 2017 Humphry published his life story 'Good Life, Good Death: The Memoir of a Right to Die Pioneer' (Carrel Books, NY)
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About: Dr. Lisa Aldisert believes that leadership is a mindset. That’s why as an executive advisor, she teaches leaders to embrace leadership in from the practical to the conceptual. Working closely with her clients, Aldisert helps develop leaders' ability to build character, trust instincts, leverage communication skills, enhance original thinking and respect time. When these leadership skills are unleashed, leaders have less fear, more wins and overall greater velocity in their careers. She works primarily with entrepreneurs, executives, business owners and practice professionals. Dr. Aldisert is available to comment on Leadership is a Mindset as well as executive women in business, family-owned enterprises and the changing face of the United States workforce. She is the author of 'Valuing People: How Human Capital Can Be Your Strongest Asset' and 'Leadership Reflections - 52 Leadership Practices in the Age of Worry.'
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About: Gayle Lantz is an leadership expert and executive coach who helps organizations improve performance. She provides organizational consulting, strategic planning, executive coaching and speaking services in areas related to leadership and career development, team improvement and cultural change. Clients include such organizations as NASA, Microsoft, Southern Company and BBVA Compass Bank. Her articles have been featured in a variety of business publications around the world. Gayle Lantz is author of 'Take the Bull by the Horns: The Busy Leader's Action Guide to Growing Your Business . . . and Yourself.' She is also creator of The Leadership Journal.
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About: Lisa Anderson, President of LMA Consulting Group is a manufacturing and supply chain expert. Known as The Strongest Link in Your Supply Chain, Lisa works with companies to bridge the gap between supply chain strategy and execution to dramatically improve service levels, accelerate cash flow and maximize profits. She partners to improve supply chain and operational efficiencies through the implementation of process improvement programs such as Sales, Inventory and Operations Planning (S&OP/SIOP) and in selecting, leveraging and implementing ERP Systems. She is a frequent guest speaker on Supply Chain issues, the author of several eBooks and Special Reports like Thriving in 2022: Learning from Supply Chain Chaos and is widely interviewed and quoted by national news.
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Five million Americans suffer from atrial fibrillation, a frightening irregular heartbeat that can lead to stroke, congestive heart failure, or death. Mellanie True Hills is now cured of afib and c...
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About: Julia S. Demkowski MBA, CMC® is the founder and CEO of Stanford Management Consulting, aka Stanford, LLC. A leading business expert and founder of the Boot Camp Series: Fitness for Your Business, including the Fiscal Fitness program, Julia teaches business owners and executives how to develop and implement strategies for improved performance, growth, and profitability. A trusted advisor to companies seeking effective strategies to streamline and reengineer business operations, control costs, eliminate waste, and successfully manage by objectives, Julia has, for over 30 years, guided companies in strategic planning, financial and business analysis, organizational policy and procedure development, and executive coaching. Via insightful techniques and solid business analysis, she has a talent for quickly identifying opportunities for change and improvements that help business owners and executives make sound decisions leading to business productivity, efficiency, and profitability.
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About: Jerry Mintz is the founder of the Alternative Education Resource Organization (AERO). He has been fighting for learner-centered, empowering education for his whole working life. AERO has the answers for many people struggling to discover what really works in education. It networks educational alternatives around the world, including homeschooling, democratic schools, Montessori, Waldorf and higher education alternatives. AERO helps people find and start learner-centered schools that empower students, parents, and teachers. Jerry's been on network TV, PBS, and has written several books.
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About: The San Francisco Writers Conference, one of the finest writers' events in the country, helps writers become published authors and teaches them how to build successful writing careers. Presenters at the event include bestselling authors, literary agents, and respected editors from top publishing houses. With 100+ presenters to 350 attendees, there is optimum interaction with industry professionals in an information-packed weekend. Individual PRE/POST Classes, too! The SFWC is held over President?s Day weekend at the Mark Hopkins Hotel. A second event, the San Francisco Writing for Change Conference is held annually in the fall. SFWC is a 501(c)3 nonprofit.
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About: Cigar PEG Philanthropy through Fun is an IRS recognized non-profit charity. Its primary annual fundraiser is a celebrity auction and party held during the annual convention (Influence) of the National Speakers Association (NSA). The Cigar PEG is not officially connected with the NSA. Approximately one-half of the profits are donated to the National Speakers Association Foundation. The other half are donated to various other medical related charities. The Cigar PEG hosts accelerated speaker mastermind events throughout the year.
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About: Author of TAU BADA, John E. Quinlan is the founder and CEO of Growth Strategies Global LLC, an organization development consulting firm that specializes in family-founded and closely held businesses. He has been a founder and chief executive officer of a publicly traded company, a leadership coach, and a management consultant in the United States, and owned a fishing business and a coffee plantation in the South Pacific. After losing his publically traded company in 1985, Quinlan began a motorcycle trek through the United States – a quest for self-discovery that led him to Papua New Guinea.
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