Treva Graves
Treva Graves is a global personal brand expert and “confidence crusader” fostering self-empowerment and personal development to transform lives. Her expertise focuses on shifting people’s mindset from “I can’t” to “I can.” After facing a childhood trauma, she forced herself to overcome challenges of self-doubt and low self-worth and created strategies that would rewrite her identity and purpose. This led Treva to write her book, “Self-Doubt Detox – 5 Steps to Beat Your Bully and Bloom Confidence which became a best seller on Amazon. In her book, Treva shares how she turned her deepest pain into her biggest mission.
As a coach, national speaker and founder of Bloom Personal Branding, she has empowered business and sales professionals, leaders, coaches, speakers, and politicians to embrace their authentic selves and share their uniqueness through building influential and credible personal brands. Treva shares her thought leadership through writing as an Executive Contributor for Brainz Magazine and as Mentor Expert at Powerful Women Today. Her articles and captivating presentations instill confidence and ignite positive change, particularly among women who draw strength from her empowering messages.
Treva holds a bachelor’s degree in business management from the University of Sioux Falls and a master’s degree in communication science from the University of South Dakota. She is a certified confidence coach with the American Confidence Institute and a licensed associate of the Imposter Syndrome Institute. Treva is dedicated to guiding people to unleash their full potential passionately advocating for confidence in everyone.
Nick Westergaard
Nick Westergaard is a strategist, speaker, author, and educator. As Chief Strategist at Brand Driven Digital, he’s spent his career building standout brands at organizations of all sizes—from small businesses to Fortune 500 companies to President Obama’s Jobs Council. He’s the author of the books Brand Now and Get Scrappy, a contributor to the Harvard Business Review, host of the popular On Brand podcast, a TEDx speaker coach, a Moth StorySlam Champion, and a lecturer at the University of Iowa’s Tippie College of Business. An in-demand keynote speaker at conferences throughout the world, his work helps those struggling to stand out in our crowded, distracted world.
Matt Booth
When Matt speaks to your organization, the audience won’t be listening to another talking head with a boring power point. They will be participating in an interactive experience that will engage, educate and entertain while inspiring them to act!
Matt’s humor, quick wit, and ability to connect with people creates meaningful attitude changes. Matt has enjoyed getting to share his message throughout the United States and with international audiences around the world.
Matt grew up on a farm in Southwest Wisconsin in the heartland of America. He lives in Dubuque, Iowa on the banks of a small creek that feeds into the mighty Mississippi with his lovely wife Joie and their sons Carter and Graham. Matt enjoys hiking with his family, fishing with his boys, and taking his wife out for dinner.
Matt received his undergrad at University of Wisconsin and then graduated with his Master’s Degree in Communication from the University of Dubuque. Most recently Matt was awarded the highly esteemed CSP, Certified Speaking Professional. The CSP designation is conferred by the National Speakers Association (NSA) only on those speakers who have earned it by meeting strict qualifying criteria. The letters CSP following a speaker’s name identify that speaker as a speaking professional with a proven track record for understanding and delivering value from the platform.
Brenda Clark Hamilton
Brenda Clark Hamilton is a dynamic keynote speaker who offers fresh perspectives in leadership, communication, team-building, and offering one’s personal best to life, relationships, and career. Brenda launched her speaking business in the fall of 2005, by offering training to businesses in her northern Iowa community. She spoke at her first statewide conference in January of 2008. Since that time, she has become a nationally-recognized conference speaker and audience favorite, keynoting at hundreds of events in twenty states.
Audiences are quick to note Brenda’s sense of humor, in-depth knowledge, high energy, and skill at keeping them engaged. Brenda speaks at approximately 100 events each year, in every industry imaginable. Her recent speaking venues have included several trips to Colorado Springs to provide professional development for the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee.
Brenda’s career experience includes coordinating professional development for 1200 Iowa teachers. She holds a Master’s degree in education.