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Certified Speaking Professional CSP
The Certified Speaking Professional (CSP) is the highest earned designation from the National Speakers Association (NSA) and the International Federation of Professional Speakers. Less than 10% who belong to the International Federation of Professional Speakers worldwide have earned this prestigious designation.
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Richard J. Avdoian, CSP
Lethia Owens
Ed Primeau
Doug Tull
Marcel Brown
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Richard J.Avdoian, CSP (Metro St. Louis)
Richard Avdoian works with businesses and associations committed to training, and retaining highly motivated productive employees. He is an employee development expert who specializes in enhancing employee potential and maximizing capabilities to provide exemplary customer service, and increase productivity and profitability. He has worked with clients in over forty different industries providing programs and services in the area of teamwork, leadership and employee development. Richard has been a frequent guest on local business radio stations. He authored numerous articles and has been a contributing author to countless publications throughout his career and has produced numerous CDs. Clients include: United States Postal Services, American Bankers Association, Corning Glass Company, Illinois Innovators and Inventers, Peabody Coal Company, Associated General Contractors of America, Monsanto, Illinois City Management Association, United Meat Cutters Union, United States Air Force and Meeting Professionals International. |
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Lethia Owens (Metro St. Louis)
Lethia is a personal branding and social media strategist, and was recently recognized as one of the Top 30 Branding Gurus in the world. Mrs. Owens is the founder and CEO for a highly successful speaking , coaching and consulting firm based in St. Louis that helps both professionals and entrepreneurs build an IRRESISTIBLE brand. Owens is not only a 7 time author but also a certified personal branding and social media strategist who leads people toward greater professional and business success that helps them:Build a brand that attracts more opportunities, resources and profits
Turn their gifts, talents and passion into their competitive advantage in the marketplace
Discover what makes them different and leverage it to help them become more valuable and profitable |
Mrs. Owens continues to be a sought-after personal branding and social media strategist working with many of America’s top Fortune 500 companies and enterprising entrepreneurs around the world. With 19+ years in technology and leadership roles for corporate and not-for-profit industry leading organizations, Lethia applies her insights and talents to helping professionals and business owners develop their IRRESISTIBLE brand. |
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Ed Primeau (Detroit, Michigan)
Ed Primeau began his career in 1979 as an audio engineer for renowned recording artists such as Anita Baker, Bob Seger and Barry Manilow. During his years in the music and recording world, Ed developed a record label niche for Ambience Recordings by hosting celebrated album release parties for major label record companies and inviting media and distinguished guests to create maximum visibility. In 1984, Ed founded Primeau Productions Inc. With an inspired mission to help clients professionally “Produce, Publish and Promote,” Ed infused his organization with innovation, intuition and a passion for perfection. Primeau Productions now stands at the forefront of the industry as a turnkey, full-service multimedia production company which provides customized audio and video production, revolutionary Internet marketing and top-of-the-line digital publication.
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In addition, Ed is also a respected and sought-after audio video forensics expert, analyzing audio and video media components in order to provide essential expert witness testimony to assist attorneys, courts and government agencies. Ed is an established author of numerous newspaper, magazine and trade publication articles as well as the book The Art of Production, which details the fine points of successful multimedia product development, packaging and promotion. Ed also lent his expertise as a contributing author for the book Advance Selling for Dummies, published by Wiley and Sons. His work has been spotlighted in the Wall Street Journal, Inside Homeland Security and Speaker Magazine. Ed and his team at Primeau Productions frequently volunteer their services for the National Speakers Association. In fact, Ed has received the 1998-1999 as well as the 2006-2007 President’s Award for Distinguished Service from the National Speaker’s Association, an honor given only once a year. Today Ed is a respected writer, director, producer, speaker, author, coach and consultant who works with companies, corporations, entrepreneurs, authors, graduates and his four children to help all get to where they want to be in less time, unlock their true passions, realize their goals and live the life they’ve imagined. |
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Doug Tull, Freedom Interactive (Metro St Louis and Illinois)
Doug Tull helps small and medium size businesses improve their standing in Internet search. Tull’s approach of combining SEO, SEM, and SMM (Social Media Marketing) helps companies harness the immense power of Internet search and convert more consumers and businesses into clients. He works with a variety of clients in the legal, home improvement, professional services, insurance, and mortgage and healthcare industries. For over 15 years, he has worked with Internet startups, independent record labels and other leaders in the entertainment industry, to locate, connect and capitalize on opportunities on-line and off-line.Freedom Interactive, a division of Freedom Communications, is the twelfth largest media company in the country, with over 100 media properties in the US, including The Orange County Register. Freedom leverages our media properties and thousands of inbound links, to help our clients achieve dominance, frequency and consistency in search.
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When Doug isn’t working to help his clients grow their brand, increase their reach and deliver bottom-line results, he enjoys playing guitar, learning photography and collecting oceanic and tiki-related art and items. He’s also a member of BNI, the Chamber of Commerce, and various social media-related organizations. |
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Marcel Brown
Known as "The Most Trusted Name in Technology", Marcel Brown started his love affair with technology when he was a small child. Nurturing that passion into a professional career that has lasted over 17 years, Marcel started his own technology service and consulting company nearly 10 years ago. Focusing on the small business and home professional market, Marcel helps his clients leverage their existing technology to the fullest while taking advantage of new technology that will put them ahead of their competitors. Using the insight that can only come from someone who has seen the evolution of personal computer technology from its infancy, Marcel is currently guiding his clients through the transition of the industry into the "post-PC" era. Having identified this trend early, he wants to help small businesses avoid the same fate those companies that missed changing technology trends endured (such as Tower Records, Blockbuster, and Borders).
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| Marcel is currently writing his upcoming book, Don't Get Eaten by Dinosaurs: Technology Lessons from Jurassic Park that Can Save Your Small Business or Startup from Disaster. The book serves to make important concepts about the application of business technology understandable by relating those concepts with the disastrous events in the famous movie. Business owners of all types will be able to take this understanding and apply those concepts to their own businesses, avoiding their own disasters - and hopefully avoiding getting eaten by dinosaurs! Don't Get Eaten by Dinosaurs will be published in early 2012. |
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