Change is inevitable, and creates challenges and opportunities for both individuals and organizations. For you and your organization to overcome these challenges and leverage these opportunities, maintaining resiliency is a must. Leaders who can influence transformation are valued and differentiated. Organizations that survive and thrive in today's economic environment are those that embrace change, anticipate disruption and implement transformation flawlessly.Gain solutions on organizational … [Read more...]
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's outstanding play on the court thrust him into the NBA Hall of Fame in 1995. After 20 seasons, Kareem is the only player in NBA History to win the MVP award six times and is the NBA's all-time regular season scoring leader. As president of Kareem Productions, he now spends time on his second passion, film making. Kareem has achieved success in the literary world as well with Giant Steps, Kareem and his latest work, Black Profiles in Courage, where he chronicles the lives of … [Read more...]
Drum Cafe Alberta
Interactive Keynotes. The Drum Cafe is in Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, Montreal Ottawa and Winnipeg and across the USA. Our interactive, hands-on programs are designed for general session entertainment, team building and experiential learning, relating music and rhythm, metaphorically to the dynamics of working together in an organization. The Drum Cafe brings power, passion and energy to any kick off, closing or break out or evening entertainment at your conference.Everyone gets to … [Read more...]
John Amaechi
John Amaechi cannot be defined by one label alone. He is a multi-faceted speaker who has been booked around the world on such topics as diversity, sports, LGBT issues, politics and more. He is a former NBA player who famously turned down a 17 million dollar contract with the world champion Los Angeles Lakers in order to honor a prior commitment. Amaechi is also a New York Times best-selling author with his autobiography Man in the Middle. He is a community leader in his hometown of Manchester, … [Read more...]
Tina Andrews
TINA ANDREWSBiographyTina Andrews is currently one of Hollywood's most in demand screenwriters.She recently won the prestigious Writers Guild of America Award for Outstanding Original Television Long FormScript and the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Television Movie, Miniseries or Dramatic Special for "SallyHemings: An American Scandal."Andrews wrote and Co-Executive produced the highly rated, critically acclaimed CBS miniseries, which dealt with the controversial relationship between … [Read more...]
Chris Bashinelli
Bash's keynotes have been developed over his one-decade as a social entrepreneur, explorer and television host. He shares the formula he has used to moderate major events for the United Nations with no formal training... to executive producing a TV Show for PBS at 23 years old... to leading a National Geographic Expedition in Mongolia- where he lived as a nomad. His unique life path has brought him to nearly 40 countries, building bridges across cultures and gaining unprecedented insight into … [Read more...]
Bertice Berry
Dr. Bertice Berry Sociologist, Author, Lecturer, EducatorNo one defies stereotypes, generalizations or clichés more than Dr. Bertice Berry. Growing up poor in Wilmington, Delaware, the sixth of seven children, Bertice was told by a high school teacher that she was "not college material". Fortunately, there was another teacher who believed that she was destined for more. Berry applied to several schools without any idea how she would pay the tuition if she were accepted. The day her application … [Read more...]
Lenora Billings-Harris, CSP, CPAE
Lenora Billings-Harris, CSP (Certified Speaking Professional) is a CPAE (Council of Peers Award of Excellence) Hall of Fame speaker and an internationally recognized authority in the areas of inclusion, diversity and bias. She has been included as one of the 100 Global Thought Leaders on Diversity and Inclusion by The Society of Human Resource Management and was named by Diversity Woman Magazine as one of the twenty top influential diversity leaders in the US. Her award-winning diversity … [Read more...]
Gail Blanke
Gail Blanke is founder, president, and chief executive officer of Lifedesigns, LLC, a company whose vision is to empower men and women worldwide to live truly exceptional lives. Her column, “The Motivator” appears monthly in Real Simple magazine and she is featured as a Business and Career Coach on AOL Coaches. Ms. Blanke's book, In My Wildest Dreams, Living the Life You Long For (Simon & Schuster), appeared on Amazon.com's Best Selling Books list and was a New York Times Business Best Seller. … [Read more...]
Joe Gerstandt
joe gerstandt brings new clarity and fresh practices to diversity and inclusion work.joe has worked with Fortune 500 corporations, small non-profits, and everything in between. He speaks at numerous conferences and summits, and blogs at joegerstandt.com. He is a featured contributor for the Workforce Diversity Network Expert Forum and his insights have been published in Diversity Best Practices, Diversity Executive, HR Executive, The Diversity Factor, The American Diversity Report, the Corporate … [Read more...]