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Sandra Joseph - Mastery

Sandra Joseph is a history-making Broadway star, a #1 international Amazon bestselling author, and a TEDx and keynote speaker. Her legendary run as Christine Daaé in The Phantom of the Opera spanned ten years and over 1,500 performances. She holds the record as the longest-running leading lady in the longest-running Broadway show of all time. Sandra has appeared on many national broadcasts including The Oprah Winfrey Show, CNN, The Today Show, Dateline, The Early Show, The View, and Oprah: Where Are They Now?

Dan Burrus - Future, AI

Daniel Burrus is a strategic advisor to executives from Fortune 500 companies helping them to develop game-changing strategies based on his proven methodologies for capitalizing on technology innovations and their future impact. He is the author of seven books, including The New York Times and Wall Street Journal best-seller Flash Foresight, as well as the international best-seller Technotrends. His latest book, The Anticipatory Organization: Turn Disruption and Change Into Opportunity and Advantage , is an Amazon #1 Hot New Release for Business.

Robin Crow - Entrepreneurship

Robin Crow is a business veteran who has been exceeding customer expectations for decades. He is a CEO, best selling author and the founder of three companies, all which have become leaders in their fields. His clients include Taylor Swift, Keith Urban, Matchbox Twenty, Tim McGraw, Ashley Judd, Alice in Chains, Carrie Underwood and countless others. Robin doesn’t just talk business, he lives it.

Scott DeMoulin - Sales, business growth

Scott deMoulin is the Founder and CEO of Destiny Training Systems, a conscious business growth consulting and training company founded in 1989. Retained by over 480 companies located around the world, Scott has been directly responsible for helping to make his clients over $1 Billion that would not have otherwise been realized. With over 35 years of experience as a Speaker, Trainer and Business Growth Expert, Scott has definitely achieved Outlier status a couple times over.

Dan Thurmon - Focus, priorities, personal growth

Dan Thurmon began honing his skills as a performer from a very early age. What started as a passion project to perform for corporate meetings quickly grew to a profitable operation that funded his business degree. After graduating with honors, Dan continued to work closely with clients across the country and around the world. Dan’s top-rated keynotes, corporate workshops, custom virtual experiences, and executive coaching have brought him across 32 countries and six continents. His reputation for going the extra mile came from his ability to make a sustained, positive transformation for his clients.

Tim Gard - Reducing stress through humor

Tim Gard is a Hall of Fame speaker who transforms his audiences through humor for happier workplaces, renewed motivation, and greater profits. Tim is one of the funniest speakers on the planet, but he is not a comedian. He doesn’t make light of serious situations, instead, he shines a light on unseen possibilities. If we look, we can find humor everywhere, especially when things get tough. Tim shows us how we can shift our perspective and change how we respond to these stressful circumstances. He calls this approach Comic Vision which helps audiences navigate how to turn negatives into positives through humor.

Chad Hymas - Life, what’s most important, relationships

Chad inspires, motivates, and moves audiences, creating an experience that touches hearts for a lifetime. He is one of the youngest ever to receive the Council of Peers Award for Excellence (CPAE) and to be inducted into the prestigious National Speaker Hall of Fame. Chad Hymas is an internationally acclaimed speaker, bestselling author, and passionate advocate for safety awareness and personal empowerment. Despite a life-altering accident that left him paralyzed from the chest down, Chad’s indomitable spirit and unwavering determination have propelled him to inspire audiences worldwide with his powerful message of resilience, and leadership.

Bill Bachrach - Selling through trust

Bill Bachrach’s thinking, writing, speaking, and training have made him one of the most popular resources in the world for Financial Advisors who seek to build high-trust client relationships, master client acquisition, and emulate the success habits of the Top Advisors. His books are industry best-sellers, and his articles appear in the most prestigious financial services publications around the world.

Captain Charlie Plumb - Resilience, overcoming adversity

On his 75th mission, just five days before the end of his tour, Plumb was shot down over Hanoi, taken prisoner, tortured, and spent the next 2,103 days in North Vietnamese Prisoner of War camps. His first prison cell was 8 ft. long and 8 ft. wide. During his nearly six years of captivity, Plumb distinguished himself as a pro in underground communications. He was a great inspiration to all the other POWs and served as chaplain for two years.

Dr. Aaron Wilkerson - Life strategies, inner work

I get to work with people who are ready to take their lives into their own hands. They are done with excuses. They are done with fixing problems, and they are ready to focus on solutions. Many are recognizing that they have been seeking approval and acceptance, or been looking to prove something their whole life, and they are ready to begin showing up for themselves — and the world — in a different way. A way that allows them to be the authority in their lives and opens the door for them to experience greater joy, fulfillment and satisfaction in life. They are ready to Embody Their Essence… They are ready to Expand Their Experience… They are ready to SOAR!

Jeff Civilico - Creating opportunity, growth, performance

Jeff has been a Las Vegas Headliner with Caesars Entertainment since 2009. As the youngest Headliner in Las Vegas to produce and star in his own show, he has performed over 5,000 shows at The LINQ, The Flamingo, and The Paris Hotel & Casino. Only 1.5% of keynote speakers working today have been conferred with the Certified Speaking Professional (CSP) designation, awarded by the National Speakers Association (NSA)… Jeff received it in 2023. Jeff is one of the youngest ever inductees into the National Speakers Association’s CPAE Speaker Hall of Fame. There have been approximately 270 CPAEs all time, and there are fewer than 100 living CPAEs today.

Michelle Villalobos - Sales as service, seasons

What if work felt like play… every single day? Michelle Villalobos — AKA: The Superstar Activator — is the Host of the Awaken Your Inner Superstar Podcast and Creator of the “Superstar” Brand and Business Model. Her mission is to activate “Superstars” – AKA: influencers, thought leaders, authors, experts, and other leaders – to share their gifts, grow their impact and “monetize their magic” in sustainable ways, while experiencing more grace, ease and flow. An expert in sales, Michelle is one of the few VU presenters to speak to us twice!

John Patrick Dolan - Negotiations, business growth

JOHN PATRICK DOLAN CSP, CPAE, is an international authority on negotiation and conflict resolution. He is recognized by the State Bar of California as a Specialist in Criminal Law and has over 37 years of courtroom experience as a California criminal trial lawyer. He appears frequently as a legal news analyst on Fox News Channel. Dolan also appears twice weekly as the legal news analyst for his local NBC affiliate, KMIR News. When he’s not in the courtroom, John serves as CEO of LawTalk(tm) MCLE, Inc., a continuing legal education company, and as CEO/Founder and Dean of the California Desert Trial Academy College of Law.

Amber de la Garza - Productivity, time management

Amber helps small business owners maximize profits, reduce stress, and make time for what matters most by improving their time management and elevating their productivity. She is a coach, trainer, speaker, and writer, host of the Small Business Straight Talk Podcast and creator of Leverage Lab®. She also carries the titles of wife, mom, ACDC fan, off-road UTV adventurer, house plant enthusiast, lover of guacamole, and mom to both her German Shepherds and rescue desert tortoises.

Dr. Paul Jenkins - Positivity

I am a clinical psychologist specializing in the science and practice of positivity. As a coach, keynote speaker and trainer, author, and host of a popular podcast and YouTube channel, I empower individuals, families, and influencers to go far beyond traditional therapy or positive thinking programs to create and live the life they love through powerful positive psychology processes.

Katie Gutierrez - Differentiation

Born and raised in Miami, I was always exercising my creativity and imagination through different outlets, especially through storytelling. That’s when my admiration for interior design was born, and that’s why I started ERREZ Design Studio with Ruben. Good design has many facets, just like someone’s personality, and our goal is to find all the elements, traits and memories that make you, well, you, and incorporate all of that into a functional, fresh yet nostalgic space that speaks volumes. I’m not just here to guide you design-wise; I’m here to create a fun experience that lasts a lifetime—or at least until you want to redesign another space!

Gerald Leonard - Speed reading

Mr. Leonard is a PMP, PfMP, and C-IQ Coach who delivers real-world strategies that he’s used with clients in industries as diverse as fintech companies, technology companies, multinational corporations, and Federal and state governments. His consulting firm, Principles of Execution LLC dba Turnberry Premiere, is a Certified MBE, as well as a Strategic Project Portfolio Management, IT, and Culture Change consultancy with over 25 years of client work. Additionally, Mr. Leonard brings a vast background in symphonic music and the principles of managing creative workforces to his repertoire.

Scott McKain - Creating distinction

Scott’s matchless experiences have continued throughout his life. They range from playing the villain in a Werner Herzog film that Roger Ebert called one of the 50 “great movies” in cinema history to being booked to speak by Arnold Schwarzenegger for an event on the White House lawn with the President in the audience; from being the author of business books named among the “year’s ten best” to membership of multiple Boards of Directors. The tapestry of Scott McKain’s distinctive experiences have blended to create the inimitable content that makes him one of the world’s most in-demand business experts and speakers.

George Bryant - Customer journey

You may have already figured out that the online marketing world has turned upside down, and what used to work just doesn’t cut it anymore. That’s why I developed The Relationships Beat Algorithms™ Model. My goal is to help you ethically scale your business by changing the way you approach marketing. Through proven frameworks and the lessons I’ve gathered from building seven-figure businesses and The Mind of George from scratch, I’m here to guide you. Together, we’ll create authentic connections and customer journeys that lead to sustainable success.