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Keynote Speaker Thursday, Feb. 23, 2012

"Preparing Our Youth for Their Future"

Albert Mensah
Motivational Speaker,
Leadership Coach & Trainer
Westminster, Maryland

In this keynote presentation, Albert Mensah shares his personal story, leading audience members to the fundamental truth: it's not what you do for children, but what you've taught them to do for themselves. A successful educational counselor is someone who inspires respect, trust, and confidence within the student - not for the counselor, or anyone outside of the student, but for themselves. This presentation will include ideas and content from Albert's newest book, Wake Up! To Your Own Potential and the Hidden Opportunities in Challenging Times.
Rising from his humble beginnings in Ghana, Africa, Albert Mensah has become one of the world's leading motivational speaker, leadership coach and trainer for employees at top companies throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. With an impressive client list that boasts, Starbucks, Merrill Lynch, Boeing, John Deere Corporation, and Wells Fargo Bank, he has built a strong reputation among business leaders and corporate executives as the catalyst for driving employee morale, increasing work productivity, and enhancing team commitment through his energizing, inspirational, and often invigorating speaking engagements.
A natural-born leader and pioneer, Albert quickly elevated in the highly saturated, competitive
speaking industry and grew a startup company from zero to $300,000 in annual revenues through creative marketing and extensive networking strategies. True to his brand of excellence, he earned the prestigious, "Certified Speaker Professional" award-a nominal feat only given to the top 7% of international professional speakers-in just four years instead of the standard five-year period. He placed second in the Prestigious Toastmasters World Championship of Public Speaking.
Prior to launching his speaking business, Albert held a successful career in sales with some of
key industry players in the telecommunications industry. Starting in sales representative positions, he rapidly advanced to a top contributor status by repeatedly exceeding annual revenue and quarterly sales quotas. He relied heavily on innovative marketing techniques, deep business acumen, and strategic relationships to consistently gain new clients and expand market share for the US West, Pacific Bell, and Donnelly Directories.
In 1993, intrigued by the US World Cup Soccer series held in the United States, Albert jumped
at the opportunity to open a retail sporting gear store despite having no industry experience. Starting with a modest investment of a little more than $5,000, he steadily grew the retail store into a profitable, six-figure revenue operations securing contracts with the local high schools and sporting teams. The retail store generated double-digit revenue growth every year and was later sold at a profit to a new owner.
An avid learner, Albert has a bachelor's degree in English from Western Maryland College and
has taken numerous training and advanced coursework at various institutions including University of Washington Extension School of Training & Development and the Dale Carnegie School of Public Speaking.

For more information about Albert Mensah visit

albert@albertmensah.com

Brunch Speaker Friday, Feb. 24, 2012

"Think Small Using the New 90/10 Rule"

Lee Silber
Professional Speaker & Best-Selling Author
Mission Beach, California

Lee's philosophy is simple-present a message that attendees need to hear and deliver it in the most powerful and personable way possible for maximum impact-and he's done this over 1,000 times. People aren't just busy, they're beyond busy-how to handle it all without the stress because when you take care of the little things, the big things take care of themselves. It is important to focus on small changes that make a big impact right away, for example "Using The 90/10 Rule," it's possible to do more with less and focus on what matters most.
The Seinfeld gang had a successful run on NBC of nine years, and was a Top Ten program from 1994 to 1998. Pretty good for a show about "nothing". How does this relate to Lee Silber? Good question. Lee began his speaking career in 1991 and signed with SkillPath Seminars in 1995. In his five year run with the seminar company Silber was a consistent ratings winner. Also, from 2000 to 2010 Lee has scored "Excellent" in each and every program he has given-over 450 in that time span.
Lee is a former surf shop owner turned best-selling author with 15 books to his credit including "The Wild Idea Club" and "Rock To Riches". In 2011, he will have four new titles hitting bookstores including: "Think Small", "Fumble!", and "No Time To Think", and "Sunshine"--covering everything from work/life balance and customer service to ideation and a book based on extraordinary life of Sunshine Blake. He is also the founder of Deep Impact Training, a company that takes speeches, breakouts, and workshops and turns them upside down to make sure the lessons last a lifetime. Silber has appeared on CNN, NBC, The Dr. Laura Show, and has been featured in USA Today and The New York Daily Times. In his personal life, Lee walks his talk. He lost 70 pounds in seven months in 2010, and lives a very balanced life in Mission Beach, California with his wife and two young sons. It should be noted that Lee Silber is also a big Brewers and Packers fan.
An educator said it best, "Lee's presentation was more than I could have ever imagined. He stood and delivered a message so powerful I am certain it changed lives. Every single evaluation and comment regarding the program was positive. In the 18 years I have been on the Professional Growth Committee, I have never, ever received such an overwhelmingly positive feedback for a speaker."

For more information about Lee Silber visit

http://www.leesilber.com