Carter F. Smith is an educator, trainer, strategic networker, and facilitator, with a background in government, non-profit and for-profit organizations. Mr. Smith is Senior Partner of Link to Your World, LLC.

The Chicago Tribune calls her a “networking expert”the Association Forum of Chicagoland calls her “the business networking authority”. She’s co-founder of the highly successful Great Chicago Networking Extravaganza.

Lillian is author of Breakthrough Networking: Building Relationships That Last, 52 Ways
to Break the Ice & Target Your Market, and the Nothing Happens Until We Communicate CD and
She’s a member of the National Speakers Association. She was named one of the Great Women of the 21st Century, an Influential Woman in Business and is listed in more than a dozen Who’s Who.

Adam Kovitz is the founder and publisher of The National Networker the countries largest provider of timely and related material to people in interested in the relationship networking industry. He is also the Executive director of the newly formed Relationship Networking industries Association.

David Nour is a social networking strategist and one of the world’s foremost thought leaders on the quantifiable value of business relationships. A native of Iran, David came to the U.S. with just a suitcase, $100, few family ties and limited English speaking skills. Over the past 25 years, he has built an impressive career both within large corporations and early stage ventures.
David is the author of Relationship Economics (Wiley, 2008), a senior management advisor, and featured speaker for corporate, association and academic forums, where he shares his knowledge and experience as a leading change agent and visionary for Relationship Economics® – the art and science of relationships. – CEO at BeOne Now, Inc.

Dan is a website developer turned social entrepreneur with a passion for community building. Biznik started out as a group of Seattle friends meeting regularly, and it’s evolving into an international community of like-minded independent business people who face the same challengers.

Dan and Lara, the founders and creators of the BizNik social networking site in the northwest take on a discussion of just how this innovative approach to social networking came about.

From a passion to connecting with people, to a passion to help others in making the connection, Biznik has grown to approx 8,—-+ members in 89 countries.

Joe is a fun and proven professional that let’s it all out on this podcast. Not missing a beat, Joe takes on every questions with passion and real life stories that can support your networking and selling efforts. His book – “Sell Naked on the Phone” is more than a simple collection of tips and techniques. Lot’s of real world wisdom in the application of basic proven principles of human behavior that you can draw from to become a highly successful sales and networking professional.

Another whirlwind opportunity to go with the flow and learn one of America’s foremost relational bloggers, Liz Strauss. The focus this time was centered on the topic of – What Makes a Magnetic Personality? – Becoming Unforgettably Sticky.

• What makes a person unforgettable from the second you meet? Why do some folks motivate and energize us? What is it about some folks that attracts people so powerfully?

• What makes a magnetic personality?

• Positivity . . . When someone lights up room with the joy of living, it’s hard not to notice. It’s fascinating how positivity pulls us to it. We’d all rather be around someone who stands in the sun that someone drenched without an umbrella.

• Smart thinking People who help us sort our thoughts into great actions are valuable. Someone who helps us clarify our own thoughts without an agenda are priceless.

• Purpose People who know what they’re about and where they’re going are easy to be with. They stand on solid ground and when we stand with them, we do too.

Can a business have a magnetic personality . . . you bet it can! positivity, smart thinking, purpose = irresistible

Dr. Tony Alessandra helps companies build customers, relationships, and the bottom-line. Companies learn how to achieve market dominance through specific strategies designed to outmarket, outsell, and outservice the competition.

Dr. Alessandra has a street-wise, college-smart perspective on business, having fought his way out of NYC to eventually realizing success as a graduate professor of marketing, entrepreneur, business author, and keynote speaker. He earned his MBA from the University of Connecticut—and his PhD in marketing from Georgia State University.

Dr. Alessandra is president of Online Assessments, (http://www.OnlineAC.com) a company that offers online assessments and tests; co-founder of MentorU.com, an online e-learning company; and Chairman of the Board of BrainX, a company that offers online digital accelerated-learning programs.

Dr. Alessandra is a widely published author with 14 books translated into 17 foreign languages, including Charisma (Warner Books, 1998); The Platinum Rule (Warner Books, 1996); Collaborative Selling (John Wiley & Sons, 1993); and Communicating at Work (Fireside/Simon & Schuster, 1993). He is featured in over 50 audio/video programs and films, including Relationship Strategies (American Media); The Dynamics of Effective Listening (Nightingale-Conant); and Non-Manipulative Selling (Walt Disney). He is also the originator of the internationally-recognized behavioral style assessment tool—The Platinum Rule (http://www.PlatinumRule.com).

Recognized by Meetings & Conventions Magazine as “one of America’s most electrifying speakers,” Dr. Alessandra was inducted into the Speakers Hall of Fame in 1985—and is a member of the Speakers Roundtable, a group of 20 of the world’s top professional speakers. Tony’s polished style, powerful message, and proven ability as a consummate business strategist consistently earns rave reviews.

I was very impressed with Jason’s passion and understanding of the LinkedIn process. It’s clear that he has done his homework.
This book available in both hardcover and a download and will help anyone make the most from their networking efforts.

Phil is the author of 10 Ways to Make it Great! A speaker, consultant and Relationship Geek. This Podcast discusses the concept of Relationship Geek and review a few of the 10 way to make your life great.

Andrea Nierenberg is a respected author of three books on networking. and has been featured in The New York Times, USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, Fortune Online, Smart Money and now Beyond Networking.

The Wall Street Journal called Andrea Nierenberg a “networking success story.” She is a master at helping companies build their businesses by improving employee and client relationships.

Andrea’s training methods all focus on one principle: take care of your business relationships, and your company will prosper.

This podcast provides insight and reinforcement into the steps that are necessary in order to take your networking mindset to the next level.

Robin Jay is the award-winning author of “The Art of the Business Lunch ~ Building Relationships Between 12 and 2,” (Career Press), which is available in TEN languages worldwide. She shares more than 20 years of successful sales experience with her audiences. Brian Tracy, Author, Speaker and Consultant, said, “The quality of your relationship with your client is the determining factor in successful business; Robin shows you how to develop this at a high level.”

Whether you need a speaker for your conference, annual meeting, sales meeting, convention, sales training or management seminar, Robin consistently delivers high marks and evaluations full of praise for her customized motivational presentations.

This podcast takes you lunch meetings to new levels in building relationships with others.

Jen Blackert spent 13 years in corporate America holding executive marketing and internet marketing positions at large corporations in Austin, TX. She left the corporate grind and launched an online-on-the-phone nutritional coaching & emotional eating business, mostly through internet marketing. This podcast offers lively discussion around her concept of attraction marketing and how you build business on the Internet.

Her blog –Liz Strauss at Successful Blog — has been called both a destination and an event. This podcast helps us to better understand that blogging can play in helping us to build solid relationships that will never end.

He has an extensive background in dramatically improving people’s ability to lead
effectively, communicate, coach, and produce unprecedented
results. This podcast helps us to better understand on how being all we
can be can help in the building and development of any business.