For more than nineteen years, Evan Sohn has been an instrumental figure in helping technology companies, startup, public and private, grow their businesses. A strong emphasis has been in the area of sales, market development, corporate and product strategy, marketing and business development.

He has extensive management experience in enterprise software, wireless and mobile software, security software, managed services and penetrating new markets for new technology solutions.

This segment covers many aspects of online sales and marketing, including Evan’s commentary on Google Adwords, and the changing dynamics of internet advertising.

Ron Sukenick has been called many things, including one of America’s leading authorities on networking and business relationship strategies. He is the author of “Networking Your Way to Success” and the co-author of “The Power is in the Connection: Taking Your Personal and Professional Relationships to the Next Level.”

Ron is an inspiring full-time speaker and master trainer whose presentations on relationship
collaboration and transformation are known for their practical information, humor and results. Ron’s work consistently focuses on the areas of personal and professional relationship success and he has extensive insight into the processes that connect people to people.

Ron is the president and founder of The Relationship Strategies Institute, a global training and business development company that provides innovative, effective and relevant programs and systems for corporations, organizations, and associations.

Throughout Ron Sukenick’s career, he has made an impact in countless individuals lives and areas of business.

Peters believes in networking. He’s done business development for companies such as IBM. When he left, he realized he experienced the realization that he would need to meet new corporate executives to move his career. In this podcast, his journey was really born out of his own need.

His true calling, he believes in about “best practices” in building relationship capital.

Terry Bean has a backround in computers software and hardware which lead to a networking approach to growing his business. His experience in technology and recruiting for technology lead to his creation of networked, inc, a training and development company that helps professionals become more effective networkers in their business.

Terry believes that networking is a unique and individualized endeavor for each business professional. In this podcast, Terry describes his approach to building relationships and helping others do the same.

Bill Doerr, CCO of SellMore Marketing, LLC is the creator of The Preferral Prospecting System®, The Expert Directory® and The Ultimate Client Development System™. Bill uses these programs to help service providers build their business by leveraging relationships and generating more referrals

ETP Network Founder and CEO Rod Colón has a unique perspective on what it takes to succeed in today’s global economy. Rod shares his 24 years of experience as a corporate HR management insider, outside agency recruiter, professional networker and career coach through an unusual yet common sense approach to networking and career management. His in-depth knowledge of international staffing, recruiting and networking gives Rod a unique ability to both coach and consult today’s professionals and executives around the world.

Rick Weaver is an accomplished business executive with a wealth of experience in retail, market analysis, supply chain enhancement, project management, team building, and process improvement.

Rick’s career began in retailing as a stock clerk, eventually becoming the Director of Vendor Development at Kmart Corporation during it’s heyday. In this position he worked with hundreds of Kmart’s suppliers to improve mutual processes, procedures, and profits.

Time and time again Rick was amazed at the untapped talent he found at all levels of each company. He decided to focus on developing programs that would draw out the hidden abilities within each person.

In 2002, he left Kmart to concentrate fully on developing people skills and organizational strategy. He founded MaxImpact to use his vast experience to connect individuals to their dreams and teams connect to a shared vision.

His experiences taught him the importance of cultural recognition as the conduit through which change and progress is made possible. In 2005 he spun-off MBC Global as the cultural arm of Max Impact. Today MBC Global addresses more than 22 cultural distinctions to provide the foundation of all their leadership and organizational development programs.

Cheryl Honey is a Certified Prevention Specialist and a pioneer of Community Weaving practices. She designed a community empowerment approach that taps grassroots resources and mobilizes the strengths and assets of caring people committed to creating a more civil society. She is a dynamic speaker and facilitator who captivates an audience with her community building expertise. Her knowledge, experience, humor, and interactive presentations spark a call to action to save our children’s future.
Cheryl founded the Family Support Network (FSN) in February, 1992. Over a period of ten years, she built the FSN into a nationally recognized “bottom-up” community mobilization strategy to weave a community web of support for all families and children across America. This exciting network was implemented in other communities around the country including Washington, Idaho and Colorado. The FSN received a grant from the Institute for Civil Society for a pilot project to replicate FSN’s through systems in 1997 and establish an FSN Institute in the Puget Sound. The Lifetime Channel featured a story about the Family Support Network in a segment for New Attitudes which aired January, 1999. Today she is the President of Excel Strategies, a Washington based corporation and consults around the country on how to create a more civil society through volunteerism.

Cheryl has trained and certified over 800 Community Weavers and Family Advocates and facilitated over 100 trainings, for volunteers and staff. She’s had the privilege of presenting workshops at various conferences around the country and Canada, including the Family Resource Coalition’s National Conference in Chicago; Building on Family Strengths in Portland, OR; Neighborhoods USA in Sacramento; and, the Marketplace for New Ideas in Houston. Canada recognized her innovative approach to community development at the Designing Community Health Conference in Alberta B.C in November, 1997. Cheryl is the recipient of the prestigious Giraffe Award for sticking her neck out to provide a solution to empower families and strengthen communities. In October, 2002 she was selected as an Ambassador for Peace by the Interreligious and International Federation for World Peace and in July, 2003 she was presented with the Excellence in Leadership award by Senator Davis on Capital Hill. The ABCD Institute at Northwestern University recognized the FSN model as an exemplary capacity building approach. The FSN was referenced in “Parents Leading the Way” by the National Family Resource Coalition in Chicago. Cheryl served as an advisor to the Washington State Family Policy Council, was a member of the state’s Family Preservation Steering Committee and is currently serving on Washington State’s Co-Occuring Disorders Interagency Committee. She graduated from Washington State University’s Cooperative Extension Family Community Leadership Program, the Neighborhood Leadership Institute, a program of the Center for Ethical Leadership and Mediation Training at the Dispute Resolution Center in Everett, Washington.

Articles about Cheryl and the Family Support Network have been published in numerous newspapers around the country including two front-page articles in the Seattle Times. “Bothell volunteer grew her group into 800 pairs of helping hands” on February 8, 1997 and on March 2, 1996, an article entitle d “Substitute for Welfare: Volunteerism a Better Way?” The insight she gained from working one on one with families and local agencies indicated the need for a greater understanding of social and economic issues impacting the welfare and safety of children and families. She graduated with honors and delivered the commencement address at Edmonds Community College in June, 2003. She received certificates in Alcohol and Chemical Dependency Counseling; Mental Health Case Manager; Human Services Case Management; Mediation; A/DIS, and Family & Community Leadership. She received her Bachelors in Liberal Arts from Antioch University in Seattle in Transformative Community Building and Human Services in December, 2004. Her inspirational story about how she transformed her own life and her community inspires diverse audiences all across America.

Cheryl specializes in designing innovative community building strategies that increase community capacity and engages citizens to work together to improve their quality of life and create a more civil society. She is a valuable resource to state and federal agencies, organizations, communities, schools and faith-based organizations who are developing programs in volunteer recruitment, leadership development, civic engagement, prevention and community mobilization initiatives.

Wendy Weiss, The Queen of Cold Calling, is an author, speaker, sales trainer, and sales coach. She is recognized as one of the leading authorities on lead generation, cold calling and new business development and she helps clients speed up their sales cycle, reach more prospects directly and generate more sales revenue. Her clients include Avon Products, ADP, Sprint and thousands of entrepreneurs throughout the country.

Wendy has been featured in the New York Times, BusinessWeek, Entrepreneur Magazine, Selling Power, Sales & Marketing Management and various other business and sales publications. She is also a featured author in two recently released books, Masters of Sales and Top Dog Sales Secrets.
She is the author of the book, Cold Calling for Women and has also created numerous self-study programs including Cold Calling College, The Miracle Appointment-Setting Script and Getting Past the Palace Guard.
Wendy is also a former ballet dancer who believes that everything she knows in life she learned in ballet class.

Jay Deragon is an Executive Consultant with over 25 years experience in providing strategic services to organizations worldwide. Industries served include: Financial Markets, Wireless, Education, Non-Profit, Healthcare, Entertainment, Media, Technology and Social Networking.

Currently, he’s involved in the following projects:

• Release of a book titled “Emergence of The Relationship Economy” due out in Dec. 07

• Launching a Podcast and Video series “The Relationship Economy”

• Launching original Academic Research centered around the same

• Launching “Business 3.0”, integrated business profiles within social networks enabling products and services to be purchased through numerous networking platforms.

Praised as a modern-day Dale Carnegie for how to be influential, Jill Lublin authored Get Noticed… Get Referrals: Build Your Client Base and Your Business by Making a Name for Yourself (McGraw-Hill, 2008). She is also the coauthor of the national best selling books, Networking Magic which rose to #1 on the Barnes and Noble charts for three weeks, and Guerrilla Publicity, the PR bible, which is also reached bestseller status. Jill is the founder of GoodNews Media, Inc. and hosts the TV program, The Connecting Minute, and the nationally syndicated radio show, Do the Dream. She has also authored two audio programs, three DVD training videos, and a workbook.

Jill is a popular international speaker who teaches powerful publicity, networking, and how to be influential techniques. She specializes in breaking down complex ideas into terms that anyone can follow and understand. She has been a featured speaker at international conferences, and for national associations, CEOs, and a wide range of business professionals. Her presentations have been called “riveting” and “inspiring”.

As the CEO of the strategic consulting firm, Promising Promotion, Jill has trained companies in innovative techniques to improve bottom line results. In the past twenty years, she has worked with ABC, NBC, CBS, and other national media, and knows what the media wants. She has helped diverse clientele from banks and software companies, to international seminar leaders, nonprofit organizations, products, entertainment professionals, businesses of various sizes, and authors.

Jill’s clients and seminar attendees and readers of her books have been featured in major US and Canadian newspapers, national radio, in national magazines, and nationally syndicated television shows such as the Today Show, Live with Regis and Kelly, and Good Morning America.

Jill has been featured in The New York Times, Women’s Day, Fortune Small Business, Inc, and Entrepreneur Magazine, and on ABC and NBC radio and TV national affiliates. She is currently working on her third book to be published by McGraw-Hill in 2008.

David’s vision is to build a thriving community of professionals who believe that investing in others’ success is the path to prosperity. David creates this vision through being the CRO (Chief Referral Officer) of Referrals4life, LLC.

Referrals4life manages BNI regions in North Carolina, Louisiana, Georgia, and Mississippi. David is also a District Director for BNI in the Southeast United States.

David and his company also provide corporate training and individual coaching using programs from the worlds leading referral training organization the Referral Institute. He has been featured in numerous articles and is currently working on three books, Networking Like a Pro, Referrals For Life, and Intensity Leadership, From Solopreneur to Entrepreneur.

David and his team have won numerous awards with BNI and the Referral Institute including, BNI Hall of Fame, Top Ten Region, Excellence in Goal Setting Analyses and Planning, Top Directors Performance Reviews, Most New Members During Member Extravaganza and Top Producer. David is also a member of BNI’s Founders Circle, and Platinum Club.

David graduated from Western Carolina University with a Bachelor of Science in Natural Resources Management. During college he was an active member of Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity.

David currently resides with the love of his life, Kimberly, and their two children Christian and Peyton in Marietta, Georgia. In his spare time David enjoys skiing, hiking, camping and spending quality time with family and friends.

David has taught thousands of business people and companies to Network Like a Pro, which has helped them dramatically increase their business referrals. David can show them how to increase sales by 30%, 50% or even 100% through enhancing relationships they already have and creating new ones. David is a firm believer in “Givers Gain” and is driven to help others achieve success.

Matthew Best is the President of Best Solutions – a firm he founded in 2004 that is dedicated to unleashing courage.

Matthew is an Entrepreneurial Coach. He works primarily with business owners, decision makers and people who work on a commission basis. His clients’ commonality is that they thrive on the entrepreneurial spirit. They are people and organizations who want to take control of their lives and their business, reach their potential, and gain a clear focus for the future.

Best Solutions specializes in working with clients in financial services, information technology, health care, and sales industries. Matthew also works with political clients to develop effective strategies and messages that will get them the results they need.

Some of Matthew’s clients have experienced a tripling of their sales, more effective time use, better communication among colleagues and co-workers, better understanding of clients’ needs, and a greater sense of focus for their organization.

Lillian Bjorseth is the CEO of Duoforce Enterprises, Inc. The Chicago Tribune calls her a “networking expert”, and the Association Forum of Chicagoland calls her “the business networking authority”. She is a nationally-recognized speaker and author and believes that networking and good communication are the 21st century tools to build relationships that help increase sales and enhance careers. Lillian is also one of the Founding Members of the Relationship Networking Industry Association (RNIA).

Sian got hired as a flight attended with Pan Am Airlines early in her career while coaching others learn how to interview with them. Her experience at Pan Am and with international travel helped her nurture a natural curiosity about others lives which ultimately translated into a business agenda and her developing career in the art world.

This segment Sian explores in depth the dynamics of artists, how they network and relate to their world, and how she delicately and purposefully guides the artists she works with to navigate the “business of art”.

Michael Orshan is former Head of Science and Technology for the state of New Mexico appointed by Governor Bill Richardson.

He had the opportunity to meet many great people and realized that while the US was busy building a wall between Arizona and Mexico they were ignoring the great economic promise of this part of the world. Orshin is also the host of a new podcast called, “The Rise of the Individual”.

Recognized as a ‘Sales-and-networking guru’ by the Dallas Business Journal, Dean Lindsay is the founder of The Progress Agents – a workshop company and consulting firm dedicated to empowering progress in sales, service, and workplace performance.

In this segment, Lindsey talks straight about his natural ability to be a connector, and shares insights. He describes exactly what he thinks networking really is.

He talks about his background in performance improvement arena, and how relationships form naturally, and not from trying to sell something. His book, Cracking Networking Code is about common sense ideas, like showing genuine interest in others.

Susan is know focusing on researching the relationship marketing industry and the science of how people relate to one another in the context of networking. A fascinating segment about communication.

In this segment, I visit with Peter Biadasz (pronounced bee-ahd-ish) is a graduate of Florida State University. His passion for and expertise in the area of people networking has benefited many over the years Experience has shown that the people and groups working with Peter have an increase in the quality of many required skills. Furthermore, an excitement for the topics at hand, as never before seen, emerges as those involved transform into distinguished and mature networkers.

Peter is also the author of MORE LEADS: The Complete Handbook for TIPS Groups, Leads Groups, and Networking Groups and co-author of the Power Series Books, which include Powerful People Are Powerful Networkers, Powerful People Are Powerful Leaders, Powerful People Have Powerful Relationships, Powerful People Are Powerful IT Professionals, and Powerful People Are Powerful Teachers. As the Southern Plains Bureau Chief for The National Networker on-line magazine Peter promotes business networking on a national scale.

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