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Don’t Pay the College Sticker Price!
Joseph Orsolini, President, College Aid Planners, Inc.
TOPIC CATEGORY: Educational
Request This Free SpeechThe program will highlight the three key areas of opportunity to reduce the overall cost of a college education. The presentation will focus on strategies to maximize need-based financial aid eligibility, target the right colleges for merit-based financial aid, and exploit tax-saving opportunities.
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Why the Student Loan Bubble is Now Your Problem
Joseph Orsolini, President, College Aid Planners, Inc.
TOPIC CATEGORY: Educational
Request This Free SpeechIf you thought the student loan bubble was only a Millennial problem, think again! The trillion dollar student loan bubble is bursting. This eye-opening program details the depth of this country’s student loan crisis, how it is spreading beyond the millennial generation, and why it is becoming your problem as well.
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Optimize Your Customer Journey! Rebuild Your Marketing & Sales Infrastructure For Revenue
Troy Sandidge, Keynote Speaker • Emcee • Fractional CMO • Podcaster • Author, Strategy Hackers
TOPIC CATEGORY: Business
Request This Free SpeechAre sales nonexistent? Marketing not working? Have you evaluated your customer journey through the eyes of your customer? Are you optimized to give the right value at every stage? Are your marketing and selling initiatives aligned with revenue-generating activities? Is your business stuck on awareness mode desperately needing to switch to sales, acquisition, and conversions mode? Let's break down how to stop marketing for fans and start marketing and selling to drive revenue! MORE >
Takeaways:
• Learn a 5-point customer journey blueprint that you can modify to fit your current situation.
• Discover how to expand your marketing and sales tactics and effectiveness using your actual customers as advocates.
• Debunk myths and old "best practices" many businesses still use that's costing sales and repeatable buyers.Best For:
• New Entrepreneurs & Startups Looking To Improve Marketing & Sales ROI
• Businesses With Small Or No Marketing Team Or An Army-Of-One Marketing Leader
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Avoid Business Failure By Enabling 3 Essentials In Your Marketing Strategy
Troy Sandidge, Keynote Speaker • Emcee • Fractional CMO • Podcaster • Author, Strategy Hackers
TOPIC CATEGORY: Business
Request This Free SpeechSynopsis: 65% of businesses fail because of three things - complexity, confusion, and chaos. To avoid failure, modern day success requires businesses to relinquish expired “best practices” and embrace modern marketing and sales frameworks while leveraging fundamentals to succeed. MORE >
Breakdown:
• The 3 Cs Causing Marketing Strategies to Fail & How to Avoid Them
• Improve MarketingOps Using the D.A.R.T. Marketing Methodology™
• 5-Point Customer Success Journey Blueprint for Better Conversions
• Apply the E.A.S.T. Framework to Operate Marketing Campaigns Efficiently
• How to Increase Sales Velocity Using the L.E.A.D.S. Generator Blueprint™Intentional Themes That Will Be Amplified:
• Business Growth Strategies
• Customer Success Journeys
• MarCom + MarTech Integration
• Marketing Optimization
• Sales Velocity TacticsActionable Takeaways:
• Activate Blueprints to Increase Customer Success & Sales Velocity
• Apply Strategies to Obtain & Maintain Clarity to Stay in Alignment with Goals
• Clarity. Refocus. Realignment. Revitalization of Passion & Action -
Keys to High Performing Finance Teams
Diane Davidson, Finance Transformation Leader, Clever Fox, LLC
TOPIC CATEGORY: Business
Request This Free SpeechIf I asked what your finance department does for your business, most would say: Taxes, Pay Bills, and Reports. These answers are all accurate, but this is only one aspect of a high-performing finance team. High-performing finance teams guide businesses in their decision-making. MORE >
High-performing finance teams are viewed as thought leaders and analyze deal/strategies to make sure the company achieves their goals. In my 12 years of consulting, I have worked on transforming finance departments that are underperforming to high-performing teams that help jump start the company. I want to share how to identify underperformance and the path to a cohesive, high-performing team. -
Rising Economic Inequality: how much, why it happens, why it matters, and what we can do about it.
Ed Spire, Co-lead, Restore our Democracy Project, NWSOFA-Indivisible
TOPIC CATEGORY: Educational
Request This Free SpeechEconomic inequality has been rising in the US for decades, damaging our economy and society in the process. This presentation will discuss how high it has become, why it happens, how it damages our country, and what we can do about it.
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Democracy Under Duress
Ed Spire, Co-lead, Restore our Democracy Project, NWSOFA-Indivisible
TOPIC CATEGORY: Educational
Request This Free SpeechRight-wing populism is rising in many western nations, but here in the US it is beginning to actually threaten our democracy. This presentation points out why this is happening uniquely here in the US: Because the country is becoming a true multi-racial democracy, a transformation that no other country is undergoing. And the US constitution actually empowers the minority that wishes to stop this transition. MORE >
We will discuss why this is happening, and what we need to change in our governmental structures to alleviate this attack on our democracy.And we must address these very thorny issues, starting now. Because the US will become a multi-racial democracy - or it won't be a democracy any more.
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Self-Defense for Seniors
Peter Honigmann, Founder and Head Instructor, Best Defense Concepts, LLC
TOPIC CATEGORY: Health & Fitness
Request This Free SpeechI've been teaching teaching self-defense to seniors at libraries, senior centers, park districts and retirement centers throughout Northern Illinois since 2012. My presentations to seniors focus on being observant, using verbal skills to de-escalate a situation, complying with demands for property, and then only as a last resort using very simple self-defense techniques to disable an attacker, including: the use of a cane or walking stick, improvised weapons such as pens, flashlights, and magazines, and the use of pepper spray. MORE >
I include inspiring stories of other seniors who have successfully defended themselves against various attacks.I am only available to give presentations weekday evenings and weekends, and limit my travel to suburbs north of Chicago.
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Preliminary Blocking and Tackling to Start a Debt or Equity Capital Raise
Barrett Willich, CFO, Bear & Kenmore LLC
TOPIC CATEGORY: Business
Request This Free SpeechIn this presentation, we will do a quick introduction to things to think about and how to start preparing when you are ready to raise debt or equity capital. After this presentation, you will have a better idea of advisors to connect with as well as tasks your internal team can start preparing. We will also walk you through the key milestones of a process. MORE >
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What is the difference between a CFO and a Bookkeeper?
Barrett Willich, CFO, Bear & Kenmore LLC
TOPIC CATEGORY: Business
Request This Free SpeechAre you not getting the financial insights you feel you need to run your business efficiently? It could be because you are working with a bookkeeper, controller, or accountant, and not a CFO. A CFO looks at the business implications of financial decisions and makes recommendations on how to become more profitable. Bookkeepers, controllers, and accountants help keep the accounting correct, but rarely dig deeper into business implications. In this presentation, we will walk you through the key differences so you can determine who you need on your team. MORE >