Personal Branding & Social Networking with Bestselling Author Dan Schawbel

Dan Schawbel imageDan Schawbel, the leading personal branding expert for Gen Y and author of Me2.0: Build a Powerful Brand to Achieve Career Success, shares the tools for building your brand and gaining a competitive advantage. Learn how to:

  • Effectively use online social networks, blogs, videos, and podcasts
  • Develop a 4-step strategy for discovering, creating, and communicating your personal brand
  • Improve your networking online and offline.

Schawbel’s octopus model visually illustrates the impact of branding on networking, career development, entrepreneurship, the use of social media, public relations, marketing, search engine optimization, and human resources.

For more from Dan Schawbel, listen to the entire show or visit danschawbel.com.

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Steve Howard: How to Get the Wealthiest Generation to Buy and Accelerate Economic Growth!

Steve Howard imageSpeaker and writer Steve Howard is the founder of a training and consulting firm, and his new book, Boomer Selling: Helping the Wealthiest Generation in History Own Your Premium Products and Services, is a practical resource to help organizations understand the motivations and buying habits of this unique generation. As the American economy recovers, it will be on the backs of Baby Boomers, and Howard explains why:

  • Boomers are the engine that drives our economy
  • Most companies are wasting money going after the wrong customers
  • Customization is critical when selling to Boomers
  • 80% of Boomers buy premium products.

For more from Steve Howard, listen to the entire show or visit boomerselling.com.

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Jan Vermeiren, How to REALLY Use LinkedIn

Jan Vermeiren imageJan Vermeiren, founder of Networking Coach and international bestselling author of How to REALLY use LinkedIn, shares how to effectively utilize LinkedIn to:

  • Get new customers
  • Find a new job
  • Keep in touch with your network
  • Expand your network
  • Discover new suppliers & partnerships.

With over 45 million profiles, LinkedIn is a networking goldmine – it is like opening your network contacts’ address books! Jan provides step-by-step basic and advanced techniques to optimize your LinkedIn presence. Accelerate the power of networking by applying Jan’s recommendations to enhance your network, advance your career and build your business.

For more from Jan Vermeiren, listen to the entire show or visit www.networking-coach.com.

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David Allen: How to Make it All Work

David Allen imageDavid Allen is an international expert in personal and organizational productivity who has inspired millions. In his bestselling book, Making It All Work: Winning at the Game of Work and the Business of Life, he presents a road map to success, providing bearings to figure out where you are in life and directions for getting to where you want to go. The ultimate benefit of getting things done is to experience the fulfillment and freedom that come with being positively engaged in our lives. If you feel overworked and overwhelmed, learn how to gain control of your work and life within the framework of your own goals! Making It All Work applies to every walk of life, whether you are an executive, student, professional or entrepreneur.

For more from David Allen, listen to the entire show or visit www.davidco.com.

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Allen Clark on Overcoming Adversity

Allen Clark image West Point graduate Allen Clark served in the Vietnam War, and in his new memoir, Wounded Soldier, Healing Warrior, he recounts his triumph over war wounds, physical injuries, devastation and despair. After a successful career in banking, energy and real estate, Clark served as Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs. He now helps wounded and troubled veterans overcome adversity and “be all they can be.” His poignant story is an encouragement to anyone facing personal or career challenges.

For more from Allen Clark, listen to the entire show or visit www.woundedsoldierhealingwarrior.com.

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Entrepreneur Jen Groover on Taking Control of Your Career, Life & Destiny

Jen Groover image With her book What If? and Why Not?: How to Transform Your Fears Into Action and Start the Business of Your Dreams, branding strategist Jen Groover inspires individuals to empower their lives and our culture by beginning with simple questions like, “What if…?” and “Why not…?” An innovator who helps others innovate themselves, Jen engages people to think, be, do and become. She shows people how they can be in control of the messages they send in every aspect of their work and life. Whether stepping up to a new career, building a new business, making your voice heard, or helping someone else overcome a hurdle, Jen shows you how to make a difference.

For more from Jen Groover, listen to the entire show or visit jengroover.com.

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Dr. Aubrey Daniels, Bestselling Author: Management Practices that Waste Time and Money

Aubrey Daniels image Dr. Aubrey Daniels, an organizational consultant, is the author of OOPS! 13 Management Practices that Waste Time and Money. With tips on how to create lasting change, he focuses on individual behavior and reveals why common practices ultimately reward bad behavior, punish good behavior, and lead to poor results. From sports coaches to corporate CEOs, leaders of all backgrounds can learn to manage behavior and performance more effectively. By asking, ‘Why are we doing this?’ leaders can re-evaluate the cost-benefit equation and implement change to achieve new levels of performance.

For more from Dr. Aubrey Daniels, listen to the entire show or visit aubreydaniels.com.

“Yes, You Can!” –Brian Fleming, Purple Heart Recipient

Brian Fleming, a veteran of the Afghanistan war and author of Yes, You Can! Overcome Your Greatest Tragedy, Discover Your Purpose, and Live an Extraordinary Life!, shares his story of being badly burned and overcoming the physical and emotional wounds caused by a bomb explosion in Afghanistan. With many veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, it is a timely message. Brian’s story of struggle, perseverance, courage and hope is one from which we all can benefit. He shares how he is applying the lessons from his traumatic experience to help others.

For more from Brian Fleming, listen to the entire show below or visit bcfleming.com.

Dr. David Krueger, Author of The Secret Language of Money

David Krueger image David Krueger, M.D., is the author of The Secret Language of Money: How to Make Smarter Financial Decisions and Live a Richer Life, a guided tour of:

  • The subconscious meanings people give money
  • The conflicted ways the brain deals with money
  • The reasons people tend to make the same money mistakes over and over.
  • How you can change how you subconsciously think about money.

As CEO of MentorPath, an executive coaching, publishing, and wellness firm, Dr. Krueger shares how to make smarter financial decisions and live a richer life by:

  • Rewriting your own money story
  • Finding the balance between wealth, health, and joy
  • Avoiding debt and saving for the future
  • Avoiding repetition of the same money mistakes over and over
  • Increasing your financial intelligence.

For more from Dr. David Krueger, listen to the entire show or visit www.mentorpath.com.

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Dr. Robert Pennington: Managing the Stress of Change in Turbulent Times

Dr. Robert Pennington image Dr. Robert Pennington, executive coach and educational psychologist, walks the talk of someone who knows professionally and personally how to deal well with life’s challenges. He teaches individuals and groups how to:

  • Recognize stress quicker and move through it faster
  • Understand three definitions relating stress and change
  • Discover the Positive Opposite Possibility of Worry
  • Avoid up to 90% of stressful disagreements.

One of the top hurdles to overcoming change is resistance. Rob shares techniques to help you adapt to and embrace change.

For more from Dr. Robert Pennington, listen to the entire show.

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Tony Rubleski, Bestselling Author of Mind Capture: How to Stand Out in the Age of Advertising Overload

Tony Rubleski image Tony Rubleski, marketing consultant and author of Mind Capture: How to Stand Out in the Age of Advertising Overload, shares referral, retention and repeat marketing strategies for entrepreneurs, professionals and sales teams across industries. Understanding and applying the principles of Mind Capture can determine success or demise in today’s fast-paced, web-based world. Learn:

  • Why people buy
  • How to capture attention when attention spans are short
  • How to stand out in the sea of marketing chaos and win more business
  • How to differentiate in the crowded and highly fragmented media universe.

You can differentiate yourself in your career, your business and association, with Tony’s “mind capture” techniques.

For more from Tony Rubleski, listen to the entire show or visit www.mindcapturegroup.com.

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Donna Flagg, Consultant and Author of Surviving Dreaded Conversations

Donna Flagg author photoDonna Flagg, consultant and author of Surviving Dreaded Conversations: How to Talk Through Any Difficult Situation at Work, reveals dos and don’ts and easy-to-memorize scripts for the tongue-tied. She shares insights to help you communicate more effectively, including:

  • There is real value in being forthcoming and forthright
  • Communication is the most powerful tool at work
  • High emotions are what most often deteriorate the integrity of a conversation

Worrying about what someone might do or say creates barriers that can be difficult or even impossible to overcome.

While the thought of having a difficult work conversation is unpleasant, the experience doesn’t have to be. It’s all about telling the truth and being clear without always expecting to fight.

For more from Donna Flagg, listen to the show on Monday, May 3, at 12pm EST/9am PST or visit www.krysalis.com.

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Dr. Angelo Valenti, Consultant & Coach on Unleashing Leadership: Aligning What People Do Best with What Organizations Need Most

Angelo Valenti imageDr. Angelo Valenti, organizational psychologist and coach, is author of Unleashing Leadership: Aligning What People Do Best with What Organizations Need Most. He reveals the most important element of successful organizations: organizational alignment, which involves:

  • Communicating organizational expectations and eliciting employee expectations
  • Profiling positions and projects
  • Profiling competencies of talent
  • Developing a Composite Team for alignment

Angelo’s leadership system provides leaders with a practical methodology to analyze both task requirements and the competencies and styles of their team members to facilitate alignment. With alignment, leaders are able to create synergy and achieve the highest performance.

For more from Dr. Angelo Valenti, listen to the entire show or visit www.thecompanypsychologist.com.

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Rory Aplanalp, Consultant & Coach, on What it Takes to Win

bioRoryAplanalp182x255Rory Aplanalp, a coach, author and speaker, motivates people to be great. He has spoken to over a million people around the globe, inspiring them to be more proactive in their approach to life at work and at home. Learn to:

  • Use the “model of control” in all areas of life to become proactive, even though the world is reactive
  • Deal with of the two useless emotions of worry and guilt
  • Use the acronym p.l.a.t.e. to develop the habit of being happy
  • Embrace change, not be threatened by it
  • Understand the importance of being a lifelong learner
  • Recognize moments of inspiration and use them to create self empowerment
  • Use the “5 minute rule” as the starting place

For more from Rory Aplanalp, listen to the entire show or visit www.rory.com.

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John Assaraf, Bestselling Author of “The Answer: Grow Any Business, Achieve Financial Freedom and Live an Extraordinary Life”

John Assaraf imageJohn Assaraf is a successful multi-millionaire entrepreneur in real estate, internet technology, and consulting. He has researched the principles of success and teaches others how to tap into the success he has achieved. His passion for brain research and quantum physics led him to discover the natural law of attraction and the power of thought, belief, visualization and affirmation to create dreams consciously and sub-consciously. If you want to get to the next level in your business or job, overcome a pattern of failure or find a new job, start retraining your brain to succeed.

For more from John Assaraf, listen to the entire show or visit www.johnassaraf.com.

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Dr. Kim Cameron on Positive Leadership

CameronPhoto Kim Cameron, professor and author of Positive Leadership: Strategies for Extraordinary Performance, shares how to achieve extraordinary effectiveness and spectacular results. Dr. Cameron describes his four positive leadership strategies and how to implement them:

  1. Enable a positive climate
  2. Develop positive relationships
  3. Promote positive communication
  4. Create positive meaning.

Positive leadership is not about ignoring or minimizing problems and obstacles, but about engendering that which is life-giving, elevating, and virtuous in organizations, and Dr. Cameron demonstrates how a leader’s attitudes and behaviors dramatically impact individual and organizational performance.

For more from Dr. Kim Cameron, listen to the entire show here on April 26, 2010, at 12pm EST/9am PST.

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A Road Map for the Second Half of Your Life from Jerry & Shirley Rose, hosts of Total Living Network

Jerry and Shirley Rose image Jerry and Shirley Rose, leaders of Total Living Network and authors of Significant Living, share how you can:

  • Find greater joy in life
  • Navigate the roadblocks of aging
  • Leave a legacy for those who follow
  • Strengthen relationships
  • Discover answers to loneliness, defeat and despair
  • Make the second half of your life exciting, full, and significant

With GPS accuracy, they give coordinates for significant living for those in retirement and approaching retirement. Learn how finding significance and being significant is possible at any age.

For more from Jerry and Shirley Rose, listen to the entire show or visit www.tln.com.

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Developing & Inspiring America’s Leaders: Insights from Colonel Curtis Carver, PhD, Vice Dean for Education at West Point

bioCurtisCarver182x255 Colonel Curtis Carver, PhD, Vice Dean for Education at West Point, shares strategies for developing great leaders. The tradition of the Army’s academy is well respected around the world for producing leaders not only for their military service, but for their contributions to civilian careers upon retirement. Colonel Carver will share some of the Academy’s secrets to educating cadets for their roles as leaders. Colonel Carver is an accomplished officer in his field of information technology as well as in education. As an author and keynote speaker, his expertise not only informs but inspires.

For more from Colonel Curtis Carver, listen to the entire show.

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Kevin Saunders, Motivational Author & Speaker On The Power of Transcending Your Limitations

Kevin Saunders image Kevin Saunders, motivational speaker, shares his personal story of triumph after being paralyzed from the chest down. Following a life-threatening accident, Kevin sharpened his body and mind to become a world class athletic competitor. Now he teaches audiences around the world to move forward in spite of their challenges. His nonstop energy and genuine enthusiasm are contagious. His struggle to find new meaning and focus for his life will inspire you to never give up regardless of your personal or career obstacles. Learn the secrets of transforming life’s battles into triumphs to become a winner.

For more from Kevin Saunders, listen to the entire show or visit kevinsaunders.com.

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Margaret Feinberg, Author of “What the Heck Am I Going to Do With My Life?”

Margaret Feinberg image Margaret Feinberg, noted author and speaker, will help you answer the question, “What the heck am I going to do with my life?” Her popular book by the same name is for all ages and all stages of our lives and careers. If you’ve asked yourself that question lately, don’t miss her insights to help you come up with the answer. Margaret is not afraid to try things that are challenging and perhaps risky, and she challenges others to take risks as well, especially when they have the desire to do something that is greater than their fear of the outcome.

For more from Margaret Feinberg, listen to the entire show or visit www.margaretfeinberg.com.

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