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Stacy Kaiser: How To Be A Grown Up

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Stacy Kaiser is a licensed psychotherapist, author, relationship expert, body language expert, and media personality with more then 100 television appearances in the last year on major networks, including CNN, NBC, CBS, HLN, MSN, NBC, and FOX. She is Access Hollywood’s resident Body Language Expert and has counseled people on Tyra Banks’s, Greg Behrendt’s, and Larry Elder’s nationally syndicated talk shows, as well as on The Real Housewives of Orange County, VH1’s Celebrity Fit Club, and Lifetime’s DietTribe.

Stacy has a reputation for bringing a unique mix of thoughtful and provocative insight to a wide range of topics. She has worked with thousands of individuals, couples,and families for the last twenty years through her private practice, corporate consulting, and on television. Her philosophy for growth and change emphasizes being honest with yourself and others, and taking responsibility for your thoughts, feelings, and actions. She believes with the right techniques, guidance, and support, anyone can make lasting changes.

After providing counseling to thousands of individuals both in her private practice and the media, Stacy has identified ten critical areas needed to develop the skills necessary to become a successful, happy and fulfilled adult. In her new book How to Be a Grown Up: The Ten Secret Skills Everyone Needs to Know, published by HarperCollins, Stacy opens with a provocative quiz that helps the reader gain insight into his or her current level of lifemastery. In the following chapters, she breaks down the readers strengths and weaknesses to guide them toward improving in the ten areas so that they can maximize their success andultimately their life.

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Justin Honaman: Make It Happen

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Justin Honaman is is a strategic business process and technology director with a large consumer goods manufacturer and has a background in marketing and business intelligence. Justin released “Make It Happen! Live Out Your Personal Brand” – a book on authentic leadership and personal branding – in Q1, 2009 and is using proceeds to benefit the USO. In addition to his writing endeavors, Justin is also a singer-songwriter of Country and Contemporary Christian music. Justin released his first Country music album in 2006 and in November 2009, Justin Let Go and Let God which is his first single off his new album (set for release in 2010). Justin holds an Industrial Engineering degree from Georgia Tech and an MBA from Auburn University. Justin lives in Atlanta, Georgia.

“LET GO AND LET GOD – SINGLE” Produced in Atlanta by sensational producer John Carrozza, Justin’s first single off his upcoming Contemporary Christian album is a strong first step for Justin into the Christian music genre. Let Go and Let God serves up an applicable message powered by meaningful lyrics and a strong mix of music and vocals.

Musicians Todd Fields (Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar); John Carrozza (Keyboard, Acoustic Guitar); Joe Reda (Bass Guitar); Sonny Lallerstedt (Lap Steel); Ashley Appling (Drums)

Production Produced, Recorded and Mixed by: John Carrozza for Ultraphonic Productions Assistant Engineers / Editing: Brandon Montgomery Recorded at: Ultraphonic Productions Studio, Atlanta, GA Photography: Zack Arias CD Art and Web Design: Pierce Elliott Designs

“SATURDAY IN THE SOUTH!”Produced in Nashville by highly-acclaimed producer Bob Bullock, Justin’s first Country music album “Saturday in the South!” brings a mix of witty, fun and up-beat music lead by singles such as Someone is Missing Her, Longneck Story Short and Saturday in the South. Proceeds from album sales benefit Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta (CHOA).

Musicians Chris Leuzinger (Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar); Paul Leim (Drums); Joe Chemay (Bass Guitar); Bruce Bouton (Steel Guitar); Tony Harrell (Piano, Keyboards, B3, Accordian, Dobro); John Jarvis (Piano); Joe Spivey (Fiddle, Mandolin, Banjo); Jerry Kimbrough (Acoustic Guitar); Richard Bravo (Percussion); Heidi Higgins (Vocal Coaching)

Production Produced, Recorded and Mixed by: Bob Bullock for New West Productions, Inc. Assistant Engineers / Editing: Jason Lefan, Grant Greene Recorded at: Emerald Studios, Nashville, TN Mastered by: Jim Demain at Yes Mastering Photography: Zack Arias CD Art and Web Design: Aleven Music Art & Design

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Robyn Cobb: Project Authenticity and Kevin Metzger: The DADvocate Project

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About Project Authenticity

Our mission is really simple, we are working to end violence against women and poverty in developing countries. We know that one billion women will be a victim of violence in her lifetime. As many as one in every three women has been beaten, coerced into sex or abused in some other way – most often by someone she knows, including by her husband or another male family member.

We want to promote peace and prosperity, believe wholeheartedly that it begins with women. We have seen that in societies where women’s rights are respected, economies are stronger, civil societies thrive and political institutions are more open and free.

Our approach is to work alongside vetted country and community leaders to make sure that the girls and women are getting the education and training necessary to participate in programs for micro-finance and build an income. When a woman is educated and bringing income her role in the community changes. It just takes one woman to start to change an entire community.

Our goal isn’t to herd women and girls through a program only to leave them asking what’s next. We are committed to building a movement of empowered women who can be a catalyst in their community for economic viability, human rights, and goodness.

I’m Kevin Metzger, a successful 34 year old father of 3 two girls and one boy. My wife Melanie and I have been married for 9 years and have known each other for 11. I met her the day I moved to Atlanta for my first “real” job with IBM after college. We met at a U-hall. She was there returning her trailer and I was returning my truck. She had driven from Colorado to Atlanta without backing up but had to back in at the U-hall facility and needed help. I’ve been in love with her from the day we met.

About a year ago I started blogging on the web site MySpellingSucks.com. That site is “An unedited discussion about my ADD and Dyslexia and my daughters Cerebral Palsy.” I wrote an article, Seven Years that was a reflection on the loss of our first pregnancy, and how I love being a dad. That article was submitted to our community Magazine’s Father of the Year contest by my wife and I won. It was that article and event that sparked this current project.

Professionally I’ve held positions with titles such as Consultant, Functional Analyst, Business Analyst, Sr. Business Analyst, Integrations Manager, Relationship Manager, and Business Systems Architect. Basically all the positions are or have been geared to optimizing business processes and the use of technology in organizations. Professionally I have done work with building Internet applications, EDI, computer infrastructures, market research, internal customer representation at the executive level, integrated acquisitions, built intranets, done warehouse management, integrated ERP and introduced Social media and collaboration concepts. Basically I’ve been involved in virtually every aspect of business as it relates to optimization and automation for the internet. I also have my MBA from Georgia State in E-commerce and my undergraduate from Clemson University is a BS in Computer Information Systems.

On top of work and blogging I am also involved on the board of a start-up Non-profit Called LetsCureCP.org The mission of this wonderful organizations is:

“Let’s Cure CP is a non-profit organization (501c3) committed to funding the support of Cerebral Palsy (CP) research. We will accomplish our mission by undertaking and supporting initiatives at research institutions around the country that focus on developing new therapeutic methodologies for the treatment of Cerebral Palsy.

CP occurs in approximately 2-3 in 1,000 births. Unfortunately, there is very little research being done to overcome and abate CP. Let’s Cure CP was created in the hopes of finding promising and alternative treatments for this debilitating condition.”

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Mike Cleland: Charted Path, LLC

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Mike Cleland: Charted Path, LLC

Mike has over 15 years experience in the IT staffing industry. Throughout his career, regardless of his role Mike continually developed and implemented new approaches to his organization to increase productivity and competitiveness.

In the early nineties, Mike led key initiatives to improve recruiting performance. These improvements included skill set recruiting, the development of the first website and incorporating email into the recruiting process.

A few years later, Mike opened the first remote office in the Carolinas. Being the first to open a new market Mike conducted the market research, identified and hired local talent, developed a customized recruiting and CRM tool for the market. He then proceeded to build a strong, well-diversified book of business that to this day averages between $9-11M in revenue with above industry average gross margins.

As an enterprise-wide manager, Mike focused on driving improvements across the entire organization. These improvements included increasing productivity by over 30% through automation and effective job order management, centralized and scaled partnership program to increase delivery capabilities, and developed and implemented new compensation plans to drive growth and profitability.

As an executive, Mike led the effort in the evaluation, creation and execution of company strategy leveraging Kaplan and Norton’s Strategy Map and Balanced Scorecard methodology. Mike then led efforts in marketing rebranding, sales process redesign, CRM tool implementation, and the development of modular sales training. Within 6 months, these changes led to the following results in 2009:

Over 50% increase in lead activity Over 40% increase in meeting activity Over 30% increase in Job orders Over 45% increase in interviews Over 20% increase in placements

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Jack Bergstrand: Reinvent Your Enterprise and Jeff Lindsay: Conquering Innovation Fatigue

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Jack Bergstrand is the CEO of Brand Velocity, former CIO of The Coca-Cola Company and author of Reinvent Your Enterprise, which was recently endorsed by The Drucker Institute.

With more than 25 years experience in project management, Bergstrand wrote _Reinvent Your Enterprise_ based on his experiences at Coca-Cola and to expand on the “knowledge work” insights of management legend Peter F. Drucker. As the next frontier of management, knowledge work productivity helped Bergstrand reinvent Coca-Cola Beverage’s enterprise system at a time when the public company had been losing $1MM per week, and he helped turned the company around, raising stocks from $3 to $22.

In Reinvent Your Enterprise, Bergstrand discusses why a better management system is needed. Today, the majority of U.S. workers are employed in the services sector, and knowledge has become our most important product. Many hoped that knowledge work productivity would grow rapidly with our fast computers, sophisticated software and high-speed networks. Unfortunately, it hasn’t, and many enterprise projects often fail. In fact, according to The Standish Group, 70% of enterprise projects fail or fall behind.

Jeffrey D. Lindsay, Ph.D., is Director of Solution Development at Innovationedge (Neenah, Wisconsin) and former Corporate Patent Strategist at Kimberly-Clark Corp. He is an innovation enthusiast with over 100 patents in numerous areas. Prior to 13 years of experience in the innovation community at Kimberly-Clark, Jeff was an Associate Professor at the Institute of Paper Science and Technology on the Georgia Tech Campus. Jeff is a registered U.S. patent agent with a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Brigham Young University, where he was a National Science Foundation Graduate Fellow. Jeff is chair of the Forest Bioproducts Division of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers and is a member of the Licensing Executives Society. Jeff blogs at InnovationFatigue.com and SharpIP.com.

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