Dancing Elephants Announces 2010 Speaker Line-Up for Final Friday Forums
RALEIGH, N.C. – Dancing Elephants Achievement Group (DEAG), a sales training firm dedicated to teaching ethical selling, has confirmed the list of speakers for their 2010 Final Friday Forums. Final Friday Forum is a networking event with a segment dedicated to a speaker that is interested in offering information to the business community. The speakers are among some of the most outstanding individuals in their particular industries, both in and outside of the Triangle. Several of the speakers have gained national and/or international recognition.
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March 26:
Barnsley Brown, PhD of Spirited Solutions
Out O’ This World Outsourcing and Productivity Secrets: Get Your Life Back NOW! Discover how to create 2+ more hours every day for who and what you love. Find out how to use the HBDO formula to create a marketing and self management strategy that lets you focus on what is most essential in your business—and life. In this fun, energizing talk, Dr. Barnsley will share how to leverage the help of interns and other professionals to grow your business, get off the hamster wheel, and get your life back NOW!
Dr. Barnsley Brown is a self-proclaimed “steel magnolia” in a long line of strong Southern women. She brings the storytelling skills of her heritage and the business smarts of her entrepreneurial family to her work with individuals and groups.
Barnsley graduated magna cum laude from Wake Forest University and studied in France and England before earning her MSc from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland and her PhD from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Prior to launching Spirited Solutions™, Barnsley taught at Wake Forest University, Duke University, and UNC-Chapel Hill.
As a professional speaker, trainer, coach, and President of Spirited Solutions™, Barnsley gives you wings to soar, personally and professionally. She’s a member of numerous organizations including the National Speakers Association and the American Society of Training and Development. Her poems, articles, and work have been featured in newspapers, journals, and other publications.
Barnsley particularly relishes presenting for women’s groups, business owners, employees, and teachers who want to excel at what they do while creating a balanced, fulfilling life. She specializes in helping people create lives and work they love!April 30:
Scott Wittig of Holy “IT”
Scott Wittig is a passionate speaker who is sure to motivate your audience. Scott brings a unique combination of humor, candor and passion to his talks. Scott is a 14 year veteran of the mortgage industry who had an itch to do something bigger. After going through a journey that included a lot of reading and a lot of coaching and a lot of growing, he identified his purpose in life, which he has boiled down to three words – HELP OTHERS ACHIEVE. In order to fulfill on that purpose, Scott managed to carve out time during the best and worst two years that the mortgage industry has seen to write his first book entitled – Holy IT! – The Amazing Power of ClarITy which he likes to say is “a little book from a little guy with a big idea.”
Scott has also created, tested and developed his own coaching company that centers around mastermind groups called ‘do IT groups’. His idea is simple – read book, identify your ‘IT’ and join a group to make ‘IT’ happen. Scott and his wife Jeanne live in Apex where they are raising their two children, Ella and Kyle.
May 28:
Alan Hecht of Multi-Channel Marketing
As well as starting and building a variety of businesses, Alan has held senior management and marketing positions for a wide range of companies. Alan spent 10 years at Saks Fifth Avenue, where (as head of the catalog division), he grew sales four-fold and increased profits from $600,000 to $5,600,000 in 4 years. In his last position at Saks, as VP Marketing & Consumer Research, he initiated and managed database marketing and customer relationship programs that generated over $50,000,000 annually in measurable sales. He also led the start-up and growth of a market share leading company in the adult education industry. Much of this company’s success was due to his creation of a highly profitable online business and wholesale sales operation. Other positions held include – Account Executive for Grey Advertising, Director of Advertising Services for Bloomingdales, and President of the Sporting Edge Companies (a catalog and multi-unit retail specialty business).
With Multi-Channel Marketing, his practice and passion have focused on helping mid-sized and smaller businesses achieve their marketing objectives and grow their business. An area of particular interest is internet marketing and “web-centered” marketing programs – Alan enjoys educating people about the how they can use the web in combination with other channels to grow their business. He offers seminars to demonstrate the benefits of this marketing approach.
As an active member of the Chapel Hill/Carrboro Chamber of Commerce, Alan serves as a member of the Economic Development Committee. He is also heading up a new Buy Local initiative designed to educate the community about the quality of life and economic benefits associated with shopping locally for goods and services. A website – www.webuylocal.org – with a directory of local providers has been created to help consumers locate these products and services within the local community.
A native New Yorker, Alan has a BA in History from Queens College, an MBA in Marketing from New York University, and is a former Peace Corps Volunteer who spent two years in Honduras. He resides in Chapel Hill, North Carolina with his wife Evelyn (an artist), whose business Top Dog Art he helped start. The ultimate goal of Top Dog Art is to generate profits that could be used to support animal rescue, to which they are strongly committed.
FINAL FRIDAY FORUM 2010
“Just five short years ago, Final Friday Forum began as a simple gathering of 12 business people. It was designed to be a way for Dancing Elephants to give back to the business community. It has grown monthly and evolved into something much greater than we ever imagined,” said Tim Moore, principal and owner of Dancing Elephants Achievement Group. “In fact, our January Final Friday Forum with Wendy Coulter had an attendance of over 100 local business owners and professionals. We are grateful to the speakers for 2010. They are a testament to the talent available in the Triangle.”
Final Friday Forum is typically held on the last Friday of every month from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Business Networking Center located at 649 Walnut Street in the Village Square Shopping Center in Cary. For information on becoming a speaker or an event sponsor, call (919) 460-6909.
About Dancing Elephants: Dancing Elephants is dedicated to helping corporations to create vibrant, successful sales cultures by applying the principles of ethical selling. Customized training is offered through on-site group programs, monthly sales meetings, workshops, and speaking engagements. The company also offers formal classroom training conducted under the name Elephant University. Dancing Elephants was awarded the Cary Chamber of Commerce 2006 Small Business Employer of the Year. For all sales course and seminar information, please visit www.deagsales.com or call (919) 460-6909.
Contact Information:
Tim Moore
Dancing Elephants Achievement Group
(919) 460-6909
tim@deagsales.com
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