Vincent Phipps
Vincent Ivan Phipps is owner of Communication VIP Training and Coaching. Vincent is featured in the Top 1% of the world’s best motivational speakers and corporate trainers. Audiences call Vincent, “The Attitude Amplifier.” This is due to Vincent’s dynamic passion for amplifying companies, conferences, and professionals to improve their interpersonal communication, leadership, and presentation skills. Vincent’s philosophy is, “If I can get you to laugh, I can get you to listen. If I can get you to listen, I can help you amplify!”.
Kim Becking
Inspiring. Engaging. Riveting. Laugh-out-loud funny. Authentic. Highly entertaining. With a rare ability to connect at a deeper level with her audiences, Kim Becking is a sought-after keynote speaker and thought leader on change and resilience who helps leaders, teams and organizations build a “Momentum Mindset” to conquer change, boost resilience, connect and lead more effectively and accelerate success no matter what.
KIM PROVIDES POWERFUL INSIGHTS. PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS. IMMEDIATE IMPACT.
HER PROGRAMS HELP YOUR LEADERS AND TEAMS:
- Become More Flexible and Adaptable
- Inspire Bold Action and Boost Confidence
- Boost Performance and Productivity
- Reduce Stress, Avoid Burnout and Boost Resilience
- Build Better Work-Life Blend While Working Wherever You Are
- Create Stronger Relationships and Connection in This Ever-Changing World
- Strengthen and Enhance Team Connection And Resilience
- Lead with More Confidence and Clarity During Change and Uncertainty
Using humor and vulnerability, Kim has the ability to connect with her audiences at a deeper level. Her authentic, engaging, humorous, and empowering messages of extraordinary resilience, conquering change, and creating success regardless of your circumstances have made her a favorite among her audiences. Her messages would not only inspire and motivate, but would provide tactical and practical skills that your people could apply IMMEDIATELY.
Kim has been featured in national media such as People, SELF, The New York Times, USA Today, Good Morning America and Lifetime Television for her expertise on resilience and thriving in the midst of change. She knows a thing or two about change and challenges through her own experiences in business and life. As an attorney, serial entrepreneur running 2 successful businesses, communications strategist and “recovering” political consultant, Kim has conquered the ever-changing tough worlds of business, government, and politics. She’s also conquered cancer and other life challenges.
Kim has boosted communication, collaboration and consensus building capabilities from Fortune 100 companies, to small and medium sized businesses, to associations, government, and non-profit organizations. Her Momentum Mindset framework provides practical tools, strategies and tangible takeaways for leaders to effectively manage change, boost resilience, connect better and deal with difficult people, tough conversations, and hard issues.
Kim graduated with honors from Missouri State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in marketing and received her Juris Doctorate with honors from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law. She is a member of the National Speakers Association, the International Association of Business Communicators, the Association of Talent Development and holds a Certificate of Public Participation from the International Association of Public Participation. A best-selling, award-winning author, Kim recently launched her Momentum Mindset series of business success tip books focusing on change, resilience, leadership and communications. Kim resides in Columbia, Missouri with her blended family of five and delivers programs virtually, hybrid and in-person throughout the world for conferences, conventions, and events.
Kim knows that no two audiences are the same. That’s why she creates highly customized content for you using her Momentum Customization Process. She creates additional value including engagement pre-event with customized promo videos, interviews and/or a survey if wanted and ongoing engagement and interaction during the program. Kim also helps you create Momentum after the program with additional Momentum Boosters including a recap video or article to keep the momentum going long after her program is over.
Marilyn Sherman
Hall of fame business speaker Marilyn Sherman is known for inspiring audiences to improve their results through shifting their perspective. Her dynamic presentations have helped managers, executives, and entrepreneurs get out of their comfort zone and live and lead their life in the front-row. Her front-row philosophy shows how life is too short to be stuck in the balcony and top performers live in the front-row. And, if people don’t like the seat they are in now, they can either change their perspective on the seat they are in, or they can move to another seat. Marilyn shows people how to increase sales, decrease stress, increase employee morale and decrease conflict with keynotes that are high in content yet high in energy and entertainment. With 25 years of professional speaking experience, she is a consummate professional knowing that the success of an event is measured by the connection the audience has with the presenter. Marilyn is a master of audience engagement from the moment she walks into a room. No matter where people sit, they are in for a front-row experience with a keynote by hall of famer, Marilyn Sherman!
Don Shelby
Don Shelby is widely considered the most decorated and honored local television journalist in the country. He has won three national Emmys, the Columbia-duPont, the Scripps-Howard, the National Distinguished Service Award from the Society of Professional Journalists and he has been honored twice with the Pulitzer Prize of broadcasting, the George Foster Peabody.
Don continues his 45 year career in reporting after retiring from daily journalism in November of 2010. He continues to write for MinnPost, on the online daily, and is often read in Salon and dozens of other internet news aggregators.
Don was inducted into the Broadcasters Hall of Fame in 2008 and into the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Silver Circle. He was named the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Humanitarian of the Year, and honored by B’nai Brith with the Great American Traditions award. In 2010 he was named Distinguished Minnesotan, an honor he shares with other luminaries such as Sigurd Olson and Will Steger.
Don’s reporting has taken him around the globe from Romania to Egypt, Venezuela, Australia and the Arctic Circle. He originated the I-team concept of investigative reporting and served on the board of directors of Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE), the county’s preeminent investigative journalism organization.
He has served as a war correspondent covering conflicts ranging from the Yom Kippur War in 1973 to the war in Iraq in 2009. Major General Richard Nash, commander of forces in the southern half of Iraq called Don, “…our Ernie Pyle,” referring to the noted combat correspondent of World War II.
Don is the author of The Season Never Ends, a collection of stories about teamwork. It is currently ranked as the #2 best seller in the coaching section of Amazon.com. He is in the middle of writing his second book on the developing failure of American journalism to meet the needs of voting citizens in a democracy.
Don is an avid outdoorsman and primitive survival specialists. He spends much of his free time climbing ice falls, mountains, hiking and canoeing his beloved BWCAW. He has a wife and three grown daughters.
JoAnn Corley-Schwarzkopf
When we are our best human selves, we will have our best enterprises. That’s JoAnn’s philosophy as she helps leaders globally learn how human behavior can improve their results.
Consistently recognized as a global thought leader, She is also known for her unforgettable passion, energy, and insights. She boosts her clients’ capabilities through a primary focus on emotional intelligence, creative thinking, and the disciplines of effective leadership and management.
Candy Whirley
Have you ever wondered why it’s sooooo hard to work with PEOPLE in person or virtually? Most answers are YES!
Candy Whirley is the expert on the “WHY” of that question!
Professional nuggets about Candy: She is a speaker and business owner for 20 years, producer of several books and training programs and has spoken in ALL 50 states as well as Canada, Seoul Korea and Africa,
Personal nuggets about Candy: She has been married for 33 years, is a Grammy for 13 years, and Kansas City Chiefs Cheerleader for 3 years! A…LONG… TIME… AGO!
What Candy’s clients receive: From motivational speaking for a crowd of thousands to rolling up your sleeves and doing a deep dive workshop to helping you plan your event, live or virtual, Candy is your go to speaker. She brings tons of interaction, energy and motivation to each of her speaking engagements. Quite frankly, she can do it all! … She’s been known to move tables….wait on tables…clear food from tables….and dance on tables…NO tip necessary!
Candy works directly with her clients to customize the presentation to meet their specific needs…she is also very dynamic and interactive and will adjust as needed based upon participant interaction and feedback during the session to ensure all areas receive the right amount of attention…Remember Candy “Can”…but her presentations aren’t canned.
Gary Bradt
More than ever before, change and unrelenting disruption are causing employees to feel emotional fatigue, burnout, stress, anxiety, and myriad emotions that strip them of creativity, productivity and overall joy. Providing employees with more strategies to adapt to change with a growth mindset and resilient spirit are critical competencies that Dr. Gary Bradt has been teaching C-Suite leaders in Fortune 500s for 25+ years.
Today, he is being called upon by leading corporations to share his practical and actionable tools for change with employees at every level, so they can embrace change and create a positive path forward both professionally and personally.
Dr. Bradt’s unique background and perspective make him a one-of-a-kind speaker on emotional intelligence, change and leadership. As a licensed clinical psychologist, Dr. Bradt shares relevant research from neuroscience and positive psychology to help leaders and people at every level approach change with a positive perspective.
As a business owner with 25+ years of experience coaching C-level executives, Dr. Bradt passes on practical strategies and tactics that businesspeople quickly comprehend and apply. As a thought leader on change and leadership, he is a contributing writer to Forbes.com and the author of three books on change.
Most importantly, however, Dr. Bradt is a father, who speaks from the heart about the tragedies, triumphs, and lessons he’s learned from raising a child with a chronic life-threatening heart condition.
It is no wonder, then, that the late Spencer Johnson asked Dr. Bradt to be the leading speaker worldwide for one of the bestselling business books of all time, Johnson’s Who Moved My Cheese? More than 300 keynotes and twenty-years later, Dr. Bradt is as passionate as ever about helping people find the opportunity that change always creates. He will inspire and empower your audience to change and win today.
Amy S. Tolbert
Amy S. Tolbert, Ph.D., CSP develops multicultural organizations and individuals by bringing you cutting-edge topics, such as, multicultural and diversity initiatives, leadership competency development, managing to style, and creating breakthrough teams. She is principal of ECCO (Energizing Cultural Change in Organizations) International, which specializes in increasing individuals’ productivity and organizations’ profitability through virtual and facilitated learning.
She is well authored with 4 books, many articles, validated assessment tools, asynchronous course offerings, active blogs and author of a video based global communications training to develop intercultural communication skills called Open Mind, Open World. Her offerings include actionable tools, processes and practice – a paradigm shifter with her stories and examples.
She earned her Certified Speaking Professional designation with the National Speakers Association. The CSP is the speaking profession’s international measure of speaking experience and skill. Fewer than 10 percent of the speakers who belong to the International Federation for Professional Speakers hold this professional designation. She was awarded the Mark LeBlanc Award for excellence in the speaking industry and was inducted into the MN Speakers Hall of Fame. Dr. Tolbert earned her doctorate in Human Resource Development, focusing on international/cross-cultural and diversity education/training, from the University of Minnesota. As an esteemed part of the Carlson Executive Faculty, Carlson Executive Education Center, Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota, Dr. Tolbert earned her doctorate in Human Resource Development, focusing on international/cross-cultural and diversity education/training, from the University of Minnesota. She continues to support her alma mater by serving as adjunct faculty for several annual programs at Carlson Executive Education.
Amy Hockert
Amy Hockert is a television news anchor in the Twin Cities. She’s spent nearly 20 years as a news anchor, reporter and Senior VP with news organizations such as KARE-11, BringMeTheNews.com, and FOX9.
Amy’s personal and professional journeys are incredibly rich and diverse.
She’s spent several years volunteering at orphanages in China and helping those living in poverty in Ecuador. She is passionate about philanthropy, whether it’s overseas or in her own backyard.
Amy also knows how to re-define success when life doesn’t go according to plan. At the height of her television news career, Amy’s priorities shifted. She got married and started a family. By thinking outside the box, she successfully re-shaped various, smaller roles around her primary role as a mother of young children.
Three years ago, Amy re-entered the workforce full-time. She became Senior VP of a digital news organization where she managed the delivery/distribution of news content and assembled and oversaw the news team. And even more recently, Amy’s professional journey came full circle when she joined FOX9 as an anchor and special projects reporter.
Arnold Sanow
Arnold Sanow, MBA, CSP works with Leaders and Teams to help them get along better with customers, co-workers, and employees by improving communication, interpersonal relationships, emotional intelligence, everyday interactions, and presentation skills. As a result, participants will get tips, tools, and solutions to build a more positive, productive, and profitable workplace and customer oriented culture. Arnold has delivered over 2,500 keynotes and professional development programs and has been named by successful meetings magazine as one of the top 5 best bang for the buck speakers in the USA. He is the author of 7 books including “Get Along with Anyone, Anytime, Anywhere” and “Present with Power, Punch, and Pizzazz.” He is a former adjunct professor at Georgetown University