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.

Cindy is the Immediate 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.

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.gmgweb.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

With his degree in Marketing Jon Schwartz decided there’s no business like show business, and has been performing professionally for the past 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 the past 18 years Jon and his wife Ginny King have been producing shows for the event business in Atlanta.   Jon has written, produced and directed fourteen interactive mysteries that have been produced at over 350 corporate events. 

In February of 2004 Jon, as Vinny Verelli, won the NSA Comedy Idol Competition in St. Louis and recently won the Toastmaster’s 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 currently the president of NSA Georgia.

www.motivatethis.net

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

As The World’s Only Professional Trouble Maker™, Paul eagerly takes the “road less traveled”. His unique experiences allow him to create the Shortcuts to Results™ that enable him to deliver exceptional results for his clients. Learn more at www.troublebreaker.com

Paul Johnson earned his CTM in 1998, and then began developing his professional speaking career. Paul joined the Speakers Roundtable Club in 2005 during his term as president of the Georgia State Chapter of National Speakers Association. He earned his AC-B in 2006, his AC-S in 2008, and his AC-G in 2010.

Paul co-founded the Technology Marketing Association in Atlanta. Read Paul’s engaging articles on leadership, marketing, sales and production at www.paul-johnson.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 with Common Ground, a cooperative project utilizing Business Process Analysis and collaborative development for systems requirements.

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

Deborah has extensively studied many forms of natural and traditional healing, as well as counseling, coaching and spiritual disciplines with several teachers over the past 30 years.

Her website is http://www.yourintuitivelife.com