Richard’s passion is seeing clients, both employed and unemployed, land new work that provides a rewarding combination of income, opportunity, security, and flexibility. He has successfully mentored hundreds of executives and professionals through career transitions in a wide range of industries and professions.

Richard is a thought leader in the area of career management and speaks regularly to groups interested in employment market dynamics. This includes both employers and career seekers. He is the author of 2009’s Fast Track Your Job Search (and Career!), a modern career guide and replacement for the last century’s What Color Is Your Parachute. His book web site is www.fasttrackyourjobsearch.com.

His preparation for starting his boutique career consulting firm, Executive Impact (www.executive-impact.com), included education as an electrical engineer, over 20 years of corporate management experience, and intense training in career coaching. Richard has developed integrated programs that include personal assessments, goals definition, self-marketing plan development, resume/supporting documents optimization, career networking enhancement, job interview improvement, and other critical elements of 21st century career transition effectiveness.

Richard is active in Speaker’s Roundtable and the Institute of Management Consultants. He volunteers regularly with the Roswell United Methodist Church Job Seekers group and professional associations around Atlanta.

Manola Robison, CMC – Business Success Expert is President of Robison Management Consulting, Inc. Since 1992, Manola Robison has worked with decision-makers at small and mid-size businesses to increase their profitability. Her proven, holistic approach to strategy, operations, sales, marketing, and human resources has led clients to say, “Calling Manola is an absolute must for anyone wanting to revitalize their company.”

Manola is a sought after speaker and trainer on leadership, diversity management, and small business development. She is past president of the Institute of Management Consultants Georgia Chapter.

Manola is a Certified Management Consultant (CMC®).  This is a certification mark awarded by the Institute of Management Consultants USA, an ISO/IEC 17024 Certifying Body.  This certification represents evidence of the highest standard of consulting and adherence to the ethical canon of the profession. Less than 1% of all consultants have achieved this level of excellence.
Learn more at www.RobisonManagementConsulting.com
E-mail MRobison@robisonmanagementconsulting.com

Cindy is also an Inspirational Speaker and published author sharing her incredible story of how she lived through and conquered 15 surgeries, a very real near death experience, an extremely painful rare chronic disease and still achieved an awarded elite status as a nationally recognized top recruiter.

Today, Cindy is a graduate of the Bill Gove Speaking school and a sought after speaker in the non-profit, public and private sectors. In addition to being an executive recruiter, she is an interviewing coach, author and also a frequent guest on various radio programs.

Cindy is a  past District 14 Governor for the State of GA for Toastmasters International where she led over 4,800 members and 270 clubs to being #4 in the world and #1 in North America. Cindy has reached the highest achievement that Toastmasters International offers, a Distinguished Toastmaster.

Today Cindy is President of Speakers RoundTable Toastmaster Club and a member of the PB & J club. .She also was nominated for Region 8  Director for 2010 – 2011. Cindy will be responsible for 7 different districts + Caribbean and Bahamas for Toastmasters International. The region advisor marketing helps solve pressing issues districts face and serves as a vital link among districts, Toastmasters International (TI) and the TI Board of Director. For more information on this position: http://www.toastmasters.org

Cindy’s entire purpose in life is to share with you her belief you can do anything that you want to do no matter the circumstances. You just need to know how.

Please visit www.askbestinterviewquestions.com

http://www.linkedin.com/in/cindycannon to learn more

Steve Cohn, CSP, ATM-B

Steve lives and breathes customer relationships.  He has spent much of his more than 25-year professional career studying the way people communicate with each other and how their actions affect their businesses, their relationships, and their environments. From this, he has found that true, loyal customer relationships can only happen when we truly focus on and communicate with the customer.

Steve has extensive experience as a seminar leader and consultant in call center, corporate, and retail customer relations as well as interpersonal and written communication. He has worked with such diverse organizations as Delta Air Lines, IBM, E.ON Energy (UK), Federal Express Worldwide, Atmos Energy, Mazda, KeyCorp, Nestle, Raymond Weil, the City of Los Angeles, University of Louisville Health System and many others in more than 35 states and six countries.

His incredible speaking ability and rapport with audiences and clients helped him earn the designation Certified Speaking Professional (CSP) from the National Speakers Association in 2002. The CSP  designation is the highest earned designation in the speaking and training business.

Steve is a past-president of NSA-Georgia, a state chapter of the National Speakers Association. He is the author/co-author of three books.  You can learn more about Steve at www.peopletopeoplelearning.com, follow him on Twitter http://twitter.com/stevecohncsp, or follow his blog, It’s Not Rocket Service at www.stevecohn.wordpress.com

A professional speaker and mentor, Bill is a respected resource in the business world and the Trade Show Marketing Industry.  He brings over 30 years of business executive and successful “Insider” experience to his audiences and clients.   He’s a  firm believer in the fact that personal growth fosters business growth.

Bill is a member of National Speakers Assn., Board Member of NSA-Georgia, American Bonsai Society, EACA, TSEA and other associations.   Visit Bill at http://www.KovachCommunications.com, Ecademy, LinkedIn or Twitter

Jon as Vinny Verelli

With his degree in Marketing Jon Schwartz decided there’s no business like show business, and has been performing professionally for over 35 years!

He has toured prisons with a production of Samuel Becket’s Waiting For Godot and has performed mime at Carnegie Hall.  Jon also worked with Tennessee Williams in the world premiere production of Tiger Tail and worked on ships as cruise director and entertainer.

For 20 years Jon and his wife Ginny King produced shows for the event business in Atlanta.   Jon has written, produced and directed fourteen interactive mysteries that have been produced at over 400 corporate events. Jon and Ginny now live in the Mountains of  North Georgia.

For the past 8 years Jon’s alter ego, Vinny Verelli, has been presenting humorous keynotes and hilarious conference summaries. As  a member of AATH (the Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor) Vinny says, “If you’re not having fun, you’re doing it wrong.”

In February of 2004 Jon, as Vinny Verelli, won the NSA Comedy Idol Competition in St. Louis and recently won the State of Georgia humor and table topics competition.  In December 2007, Vinny was the closing keynote speaker at the 2007 CAPS (Canadian Association of Professional Speakers) convention in Halifax.  Jon is a past president of NSA Georgia and has been the Chapter Member of the Year two times.

Watch Vinny on his Youtube Channel
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Kelly is an award-winning speaker with Toastmasters and was named Toastmaster of the Year for the state of Georgia in 2007. She is also Chair of the Independent Trainer and Consultant Special Interest Group of the American Society of Training and Development Atlanta Chapter, and an associate member of the National Speakers Association Georgia Chapter.

For more information about Kelly and Communications for Everyone, please visit the company web site at www.CommunicationsForEveryone.com.

Donna’s trademark, Just Get Serious™, is her life and business philosophy. She is serious about developing herself into the best person she can possibly be. Donna is equally serious about creating presentations that are engaging, interactive and help people get results through practical tips, tools and techniques. This is accomplished through motivational speeches, teleclasses, and a five-session training program focusing on customer service, teamwork, communications, time management, and presentation skills.

Donna holds a B.S. Degree (Summa Cum Laude) in business administration from
Mercy College in New York. She is a member of the American Society for Training & Development and is on the Advisory Committee for DeKalb Technical College. Donna is a member of the National Speakers Association (NSA) and is the past recipient of the NSA Georgia Chapter’s Spirit Award for outstanding commitment.

Donna earned her CTM in and 2001 and her AC-B in 2002 while she was a member of Stone Mountain Toastmasters. She joined Speakers Roundtable in August 2007.

To get details about Donna’s programs, watch videos of her presentations, read her personal/professional development articles and sign up for her free motivational newsletter, please visit www.JustGetSerious.com

Iris is originally from Germany. She grew up in East Germany, moved to West Germany immediately after the Berlin wall came down and relocated to the US in 1995.

Iris joined Toastmasters International in 2000.

In her spare time you will find Iris either hiking with her 2 German shepherd dogs in the North Georgia mountains or you see her train her GSD Cito. Iris has a lot of passion for dogs. So don’t be surprised to see her present with her Cito. After all, living with animals is teaching her a lot about life and personal well-being.

Claudia W. Brogan, M.S. Ed., AC-S, CL

Claudia currently works as Training Manager at the Public Health Informatics Institute in Decatur, Georgia. In her current role, she evaluates the training sessions and presentations offered by the institute, as well as developing a portfolio of training modules that are available to state and local health departments. Specifically, Claudia works on the team that is designing and delivering the inaugural Informatics Academy for practitioners in public health.  In addition, Claudia recently became a Certified Professional Facilitator (CPF). 

Prior to this position at the PHII, Claudia worked for five years at the Centers for Disease Control as a Training Advisor and manager of the Annual Conference proceedings. Prior to that, she worked at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, where she was the Manager of Training and Development for the university faculty and staff. She designed and presented numerous workshops on university policies and procedures, as well as professional management skills and life skills development. She is a qualified instructor for Stephen Covey’s leadership skills curriculum, including “7 Habits of Highly Effective People” and “What Matters Most.” She is also a qualified presenter on the Myers-Briggs Type Inventory (MBTI) personality type indicator for use in work and personal settings.

Claudia has worked in personnel management and workforce development at several universities, including the University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point and Indiana University.

Claudia’s Masters Degree is in Education; her undergraduate majors were English, Theatre and Education. A former high school English teacher, she is especially interested in understanding personalities in the workplace, health literacy, utilizing and expanding learning styles, the Toastmasters development programs, and improving public speaking skills.

Contact information:

Claudia W. Brogan, Training Manager

Public Health Informatics Institute, 325 Swanton Way

Decatur, GA 30030 PH 404/592-1445 cbrogan@phii.org