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Professional Education Speakers
Randall “Randy” Dean, MBA, is known in North America and abroad as the "totally obsessed" time management/technology guy and “e-mail sanity expert”. A full member of the National Speakers Association, Randy is a professional speaker, trainer, and sought-after expert on time management, personal organization, and advanced e-mail and office clutter management, and author of the new Amazon.com #1 E-mail Best Seller, Taming the E-mail Beast (Sortis Publishing, 2009). For more than 19 years, Randy Dean has been obsessed – obsessed with a topic that impacts us all - time management and the effective use of related technology. Being “obsessed”, he left a successful career as a university admissions director, professional marketer and successful manager to become a leading expert in the field of time management and personal organization, and teach others how to be more organized and effective with their time. He also trains and consults on how to better utilize technology solutions – both low and high tech (including MS Outlook and PDA/SmartPhone devices) – for better organization and productivity, as well as better managing and controlling the “e-mail and information overload” beast. Randy has led programs for numerous audiences of students, managers, and professionals on how to be more proactive, productive and purposeful with their time and technology. His client list includes several major business schools, member organizations and associations, federal agencies, nonprofit organizations, and for-profit corporations. He has traveled all across North America and Europe to share his popular time and e-mail/information management programs for audiences small and large.
Rich DiGirolamo is a highly sought after speaker who works with organizations looking to enhance thinking, create better work environments, build better teams, design new programs, and create better relationships with customers and peers. Rich started his career with the Big 8 accounting firm Price Waterhouse. Are you old enough to remember when there were eight? He was an assistant controller of a start-up division of the then fourth largest privately held corporation in the United States – Continental Grain. His accounting and finance background also includes time spent in Corporate Finance with Avon Products and Carlson Companies in various reporting and budgeting capacities. After putting down the accounting pencil and taking the first steps toward an entrepreneurial existence, he taught a CPA review course and was a finance and information systems recruiter for Robert Half International. The regional management for the CPA review course will forever remain puzzled as to how the words accounting and fun could end up in the same sentence on student evaluations. Rich speaks nationally. His programs are presented to Corporate and Government Audiences, as well as Professional and Trade Associations. He has authored several articles, two books, and has appeared in the news – nationally and internationally. You can find him at www.RichDiGirolamo.com.
Bill Geist is the President of a firm specializing in strategic planning, governance, convention center development and legislative issues for convention and visitor bureaus, chambers of commerce, economic development organizations and communities. He has provided consulting services to over 100 Destination Marketing Organizations since 1995 and is a popular speaker on customer service, trends and marketing across North America. He also hosts the innovative distance learning audio series DMOU, designed for destination marketing and management professionals. He is the author of "Destination Leadership for Boards" and a contributor to "Fundamentals of Destination Marketing." Prior to forming Zeitgeist Consulting, Geist served as the President/CEO of the Greater Madison (WI) Convention & Visitors Bureau from 1990-1995. During his tenure, he served as lead spokesperson and co-strategist for the successful public referendum fight to build the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Monona Terrace Convention Center. He also succeeded in doubling the Bureau's sales and marketing budget and oversaw the launch of one of the Top 25 Marathons in the nation. Before moving to the Madison CVB, Geist led the Kankakee County (IL) CVB and landed the first multi-year contract ever awarded for the American Power Boat Association's National Outboard Championships. Prior to his CVB work, he held various management and programming positions with broadcast media in the Chicago area. Geist has served as the President of the Wisconsin Association of Convention & Visitors Bureaus and the Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Wisconsin Tourism Federation, Vice-Chair of the Wisconsin Governor's Council on Tourism and a Board member of the Illinois Council of Convention & Visitors Bureaus. Geist holds an Executive MBA from the University of Wisconsin and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from Kenyon College.
Join John Kennedy as he returns for his eighth consecutive ABA MarketPlace. John is a seasoned veteran to our industry as a former hotel Director of Sales and Marketing as well as a General Manager of one of Southern California's most popular restaurants in the Disney/Anaheim area. Jessica Levin
Jessica L. Levin, MBA, CMP, is Chief Connector of Seven Degrees Communications--turning online connections into real-life relationships. With a background in marketing and event planning, Jessica’s dual forte is networking and netweaving. She has a reputation as the “Go To” person re: marketing, anything involving trends in technology, and who to go to when you need a “Go To” person. Jessica uses social networking tools to build and strengthen both personal and business relationships and teaches others how to embrace social media as a way to create both corporate and personal brands.
Alf Nucifora is one of America's leading marketing consultants, returns to Marketplace for the fifth year in a row. As an acknowledged authority, he is in constant demand as a professional speaker and seminar leader on sales and marketing related subjects, with particular emphasis on branding strategy, marketing communications, and customer service.
Jim Palmeri is the Managing Director for the new joint American Bus Association-Ontario Motor Coach Association online portal designed to be a one-stop shop for group travel needs, GroupConnect. Palmeri most recently served as Managing Director of Travel Alliance Partners, LLC (TAP), from 2005-2009. TAP, a marketing cooperative of North America’s top tour operators, was also a start-up when Palmeri joined as its first professional staffer. While at TAP, Palmeri was instrumental in developing a business blueprint from the organization’s strategic plan, the major components of which he subsequently executed. GroupConnect is being developed specifically for the motorcoach, tour and travel industry as a way for ABA & OMCA members to increase their opportunities to network with the group travel business, as well to provide access to new educational resources.
Jennifer Lynne Powers is the Vice President of Sales & Marketing for the new joint American Bus Association-Ontario Motor Coach Association online portal designed to be a one-stop shop for group travel needs, GroupConnect. Powers most recently served as Director of Leisure Sales & Service for Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center in Nashville. Prior to that she held key positions in the travel industry, including District Sales Manager for Collette Vacations, Travel Industry Sales Manager for Opryland Hotel, Director of Sales & Marketing for Destinations of New York State, and Corporate Sales Manager for the Radisson Hotel & Quality Inn in Buffalo, New York. GroupConnect is being developed specifically for the motorcoach, tour and travel industry as a way for ABA & OMCA members to increase their opportunities to network with the group travel business, as well to provide access to new educational resources.
Joe Veneto, "The Opportunity Guy" is a management consultant, speaker and trainer. His company, Opportunities Unlimited, is dedicated to collaborating with organizations in Tourism, Hospitality and Service-related industries to achieve results by creating new business opportunities. Joe is a 20-year veteran of the tourism industry and an expert in the areas of planning, development, marketing and distribution of package tourism products. 
Joyce Weiss is a nationally recognized Keynote Speaker, Facilitator and Executive Coach helping companies deal with employee issues affecting their bottom line. The most requested topics are
Her extensive knowledge stems from a master’s degree in guidance and counseling and over 20 years of professional experience in corporate training, business consulting, career counseling, and teaching. She also maintains her ‘Best Practices Company’ certification. As an executive coach, Joyce provides clients with candid feedback and guidance to help them develop their careers. As a Certified Speaking Professional (CSP), Joyce has achieved the highest ranking a speaker can earn from the National Speakers Association (NSA) and the International Federation for Professional Speakers (IFFPS). Only 10% of speaking professionals in the world have passed the rigorous criteria to attain this coveted designation.
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