Visiting International Speakers
Don E. Schultz (17 Jan - 13 March 2010)
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Don E. Schultz is the President of Agora, Inc. He is also Professor (Emeritus-in-Service) of Integrated Marketing Communications at Northwestern University.
Don has consulted, lectured, and held seminars on integrated marketing communication, marketing, branding, advertising, sales promotion, and communication management in Europe, South America, Asia/Pacific, the Middle East, Australia, and North America. He is the author/co-author of over twenty-four books and over 150 trade, academic and professional articles. He is a featured columnist in MARKETING NEWS and MARKETING MANAGEMENT. He was the founding editor of the Journal of Direct Marketing, the associate editor of the Journal of Marketing Communications, is the editor of the new International Journal of Integrated Marketing Communication, and is on the editorial review board for a number of trade and scholarly publications.
Following his graduation from the University of Oklahoma with a degree in Marketing/Journalism, Don began his career as a sales promotion writer for trade magazine publishers in Dallas. From there, he moved into publication sales and management, and was advertising director of a daily newspaper in Texas. He joined Tracy-Locke Advertising and Public Relations in Dallas in 1965, and was with the agency for almost ten years in its Dallas, New York, and Columbus, Ohio offices as senior vice president and manager of several branch offices. He served as management supervisor for a number of national consumer product, service, and industrial accounts.
In 1974, Don resigned from Tracy-Locke to launch a career in academia. He obtained a master’s degree in advertising and a Ph.D. in mass media from Michigan State University while also teaching in the MSU Department of Advertising. He joined Northwestern in 1977.
Don was former director of the Promotion Marketing Association of America and past Chairman, Accrediting Committee, Accrediting Council in Journalism and Mass Communications. He is also a member of the American Marketing Association, American Academy of Advertising, Advertising Research Foundation, Association for Consumer Research, Business Marketing Association, Direct Marketing Association, and the International Advertising Association. Don was the former director and US Chairman for Brand Finance, London, and was a former director of the Simon Richards Group, Melbourne Australia, Penton Publishers, Cleveland, Ohio, and Insignia Systems, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Don currently holds appointments as an adjunct professor at the Queensland University of Technology in Australia, and as a visiting professor at the Cranfield School of Management and at Hull University’s School of Business, both in the UK. He has been a visiting professor at Tsinghua University and Peking University, Beijing, China, and Hanken, the Swedish School of Economics, Helsinki, Finland.
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Jodie Amore-White - Pyschology of Human Behaviour
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DATES IN AUSTRLIA: February - March 2010
If you are looking for a keynote speaker/trainer October/November this year, in the areas of psychology of consumer behaviour, customer service, women in business or even motivating for peak performance, then we can recommend Jodie White.
Jodie will be in Australia from the UK to launch our newly released training programmes as well as the consumer keynote series in August 09. These have all been designed and developed specifically using psychological principles and obviously consumer behaviour is extremely topical and relevant given the current economic climate and the challenges facing both consumers and businesses at this time.
A global research and balanced approach has been adopted to ensure content is factual, contemporary, informative and useful with the delivery style being high impact, humerous and entertaining. Jodie has been living in Londaon and receiving great feedback on her presentations.
For more information, please click here
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David Buckwald FEB - MARCH 2010
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David began his career in the insurance and financial services industry in 1988. David earned his Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU) and Chartered Financial Consultant (ChFC) designations in 1995 and his Certified Financial Planner (CFP) designation in 1999.
David is a qualifying member of MDRT’s prestigious Court of the Table and Top of the Table. Additionally, he is a member of the National Association of Insurance and Financial Professionals, the Golden Key Society, and the Financial Planning Association.
Specializing in estate planning and wealth transfer issues, David’s goal is to work with his clients as a financial coach helping them make smart choices with their money so that they can achieve their financial goals and spend more time doing what truly matters to them.
As a member of Ed Slott’s Elite IRA Advisor Group, he helps his clients maximize their income in retirement while minimizing their tax exposure through various financial planning strategies and IRA distribution planning. David is also a member of HS Dent Advisory Network, which is an independent economic research firm. His membership allows him to provide his clients with HS Dent research to help them plan for their future with the aid of economic forecasts.
David is active in the 200 Club of Union County, New Jersey, a charitable organization benefitting widows and families of fallen police officers and firemen. Dave was a main platform speaker at the 2008 Million Dollar Round Table forum. He is an invited speaker for various conferences and training seminars throughout the world.
A graduate of Rutgers University and the American College of Life Underwriters, David resides in Colts Neck, New Jersey with his wife, Jennifer, son Jack and daughter Morgan.
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Warren Macdonald (FEB - MARCH 2010)
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Dates in Australia:
Melbourne - 12th February
Sydney - 24th March 2010
The Challenge of Change
What if you could give your people:
· The ability to recognize and breakthrough mental barriers to change
· Tools to turn change and challenge into catalysts for both business and personal growth
· A powerful shift in thinking that will put challenges into perspective
· A mindset that seeks solutions and look for opportunities
Wouldn't that change everything?
Challenging times call for a powerful message. A message of hope and inspiration filled with the perspective, lessons and tools required when we are faced with seemingly insurmountable obstacles. Warren Macdonald knows what it means to face adversity, to wake up to a whole new reality. In 1997 he lost both legs above the knee in a horrific backcountry accident; spending two days trapped beneath a one ton boulder.
Warren is a visionary who lives and breathes change management every day, He is routinely sought out as a keynote speaker and motivator by innovative, forward thinking organizations looking to foster “out of the box” thinking; the kind of thinking that led Warren to become the first double above-knee amputee to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro, Africa’s tallest peak (19,222ft); the kind of thinking that empowers potential.
A powerful catalyst for change, Warren’s presentation challenges the status quo by telling audiences what they need hear, not what they necessarily want to hear…
Warren’s bestselling book, “A Test of Will” is the subject of the “Trapped under a Boulder” episode of Discovery’s “I Shouldn’t Be Alive” series. His documentary film “The Second Step” has been acclaimed worldwide, screening on National Geographic Television and winning eight international awards.
Warren has appeared on “Larry King Live”, “The Oprah Winfrey Show”, and “The Hour” with George Stroumboulopoulos. He has written articles for “CNN World Edition” (WWW), “Australian Geographic”, “Speaking of Impact” and “Professional Speaker”.
Warren’s mission is to help you change the way you see the world, and your place in it.
Topics: Change, Best-selling author, Inspirational, Adventurers, Green/Environment, Motivation
Industry specialties: Healthcare/Medical, Finance
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Tim Jarvis (March - July 2010)
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Tim Jarvis is available in Australia March through to the end of July 2010.
Tim is a 43 year old environmental scientist, author, adventurer and public speaker with Masters degrees in environmental science and environmental law. He is committed to finding pragmatic solutions to major environmental issues facing us including climate change mitigation and adaptation, and unsustainable land use. He uses his public speaking engagements, films and books about his expeditions/work to promote progress/thinking in these areas in addition to working as a sustainability adviser on multilateral aid projects for organisations including the World Bank, Asian Development Bank & AusAID.
Tim's key messages relate to taking a more active role in both the business and personal environment, and in highlighting the importance of environmental sustainability.
He is author of two books
- the bestseller The Unforgiving Minute (publ. Random House) about his 3 polar expeditions to date
- Mawson: Life and Death in Antarctica the book based on the international documentary film of the same name - officially endorsed by UNEP (the United Nations Environment Programme) in 2009.
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Edward De Bono - New Thinking for the New Millennium
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Edward de Bono will be in Australia April - May 2010 and is available for keynotes/appearances.
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Andre Agassi (17th - 20th May 2010)
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Andre Agassi will be in the region from May 17th to May 20th 2010 and is available for tie in engagements.
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Sir Bob Geldoff (18th- 20th May 2010)
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Sir Bob Geldoff will be available for engagements in Australia on the 18th to the 20th of May 2010.
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Mark Faber MAY 2010
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Dr Marc Faber was born in Zurich, Switzerland. He went to school in Geneva and Zurich and finished high school with the Matura. He studied Economics at the University of Zurich and, at the age of 24, obtained a PhD in Economics magna cum laude.
Between 1970 and 1978, Dr Faber worked for White Weld & Company Limited in New York, Zurich and Hong Kong.
Since 1973, he has lived in Hong Kong. From 1978 to February 1990, he was the Managing Director of Drexel Burnham Lambert (HK) Ltd. In June 1990, he set up his own business, MARC FABER LIMITED which acts as an investment advisor, fund manager and broker/dealer.
Dr Faber publishes a widely read monthly investment newsletter “THE GLOOM BOOM & DOOM” report which highlights unusual investment opportunities, and is the author of several books including “TOMORROW’S GOLD – Asia’s Age of Discovery” which was first published in 2002 and highlights future investment opportunities around the world. “TOMORROW’S GOLD” was for several weeks on Amazon’s best seller list and has been translated into Japanese, Korean, Thai and German. Dr. Faber is also a regular contributor to several leading financial publications around the world.
A book on Dr Faber, “RIDING THE MILLENNIAL STORM”, by Nury Vittachi, was published in 1998.
A regular speaker at various investment seminars, Dr Faber is well known for his “contrarian” investment approach. He is also associated with a variety of funds.
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Gordon Ramsay - 20th - 30th of June 2010
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Gordon Ramsay – Businessman, Entrepreneur, Multi-Michelin-Star Restaurateur, Celebrity Chef, TV personality and Author
Gordon is a highly accomplished entrepreneur and a true marketing professional. Having started and developed an international chain of successful restaurants he identified the 'legs' of the product and not only launched the obvious books and DVD's but took it further into electronic media, including television, with some of the most successful TV shows in the world - The F Word and Kitchen Nightmares.
Gordon is very entertaining, passionate and highly professional speaker who really relates to and enthuses his audiences. His positive interaction with delegates attending events generate extreme positive energies. Gordon’s charismatic and highly intelligent approach to delivering motivational marketing presentations and anecdotes about his fascinating life, business and otherwise, leaves his audience with fulfilment and a desire to create and achieve.
"Gordon Ramsay was one the most entertaining and professional speakers I have ever worked with" Mike Firth, Chairman YIBC.
"We have had many speakers at our conferences from all over the world but Gordon was not only one of the most fascinating ones we had but went well beyond what was expected to really please our audience at the Las Vegas event" Karming Lai, CLSA, Hong Kong.
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