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...Bill Benjamin is a top emotional intelligence keynote speaker and a thought leader on the subjects of leadership and peak performance. He is a regular contributor to CEO magazine, Training Magazine as well as other leadership publications. Bill has an authentic approach that resonates with the audience and especially with those that might be typically resistant to the important relationship between ‘soft-skills’ and exceptional leadership. A natural storyteller, he balances anecdotes with science and research to engage all types of participants. When he is not speaking, Bill spends time working with senior leaders and their teams at Fortune 500...

...About Speaker David Benjamin… David Benjaminis the co-founder of Syntegrity and the chief architect behind its implementation of the Complexity Formula as laid out in his book, Cracking Complexity. David regularly guides leaders and their teams through their application of the formula, helping them get to decisions and action in days, no matter the industry, type of challenge, or nature of the organization. In this capacity, David has become a trusted advisor to Fortune 500 companies and government leaders on how to organize for complexity and find traction in the face of the intractable. He frequently speaks on a...

...About Speaker Benjamin Horowitz… Benjamin Horowitz is a co-founder and general partner of Andreessen Horowitz, a venture capital firm that helps entrepreneurs become successful CEOs and build important and enduring companies. Andreessen Horowitz provides seed, venture, and growth-stage funding to the best new technology companies, and the firm currently has $2.7 billion under management across three funds. Among its 150 investments are Airbnb, Box, Fab.com, Facebook, Foursquare,GitHub, Jawbone, Lytro, Magnet Systems, Pinterest, and Twitter. Mr. Horowitz was a co-founder and CEO of Opsware (formerly Loudcloud), which was acquired by HP in 2007 for $1.6 billion, and was appointed...

...on the New York Times Best Seller List. From 2017-2018, Kelly was a journalist with NBC News. She has an impressive and varied list of notable interviews, including: Russian President Vladimir Putin, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Donald Trump, then- Senator Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Mitt Romney, Michael Phelps, Simone Biles, Brett Favre, Ed Sheeran, Alec Baldwin and Morgan Freeman. Awards and accolades include Time Magazine’s 100 most influential people in the world, Vanity Fair’s New Establishment List, Hollywood Reporter’s Women in Entertainment Power 100, and in 2016 she became the second news anchor in...

...It doesn’t matter if you are talking about literacy or learning, teachers or testing, STEM or SHEF, K-12 or college pedagogy, there is disagreement on what is the best thing to do and the best way to do it. At BigSpeak speakers bureau, our Education keynote speakers are professors, politicians, teachers, and TED talkers who can give you expert insight into the education issues of today and tomorrow. If you wish to learn more, contact BigSpeak speakers bureau to book a top Education keynote speaker for your conference. “An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.” — Benjamin Franklin...

...co-authored hundreds of papers and twenty-nine books including: Small Is Profitable: The Hidden Economic Benefits of Making Electrical Resources the Right Size – an Economist “book of the year” blending financial economics with electrical engineering, and the Pentagon co-sponsored Winning the Oil Endgame, a roadmap for eliminating U.S. oil use by the 2040s, led by business for profit. More About Amory Lovins . . . Amory Lovins’ work in over 50 countries has been recognized by the “Alternative Nobel,” Blue Planet, Volvo, Onassis, Nissan, Shingo, Goff Smith, and Mitchell Prizes, the Benjamin Franklin and Happold Medals, ten honorary doctorates, honorary...

...Surgeon General Walks for a Healthy and Fit Nation. She is a member of the Maryland Governor’s Council on Fitness, and is national spokesperson for the American College of Sports Medicine’s Exercise is Medicine global campaign. She is senior editor of the women’s health section in the current Lifestyle Medicine textbook, authoring the comprehensive chapter on women’s body composition throughout the lifespan. Dr. Peeke is a speaker and educator for the Harvard Institute of Coaching, as well as the Benjamin Franklin Institute for mental and behavioral health professionals. As founder of the Peeke Performance Center for Healthy Living™, Dr. Peeke...

...Goldie Hawn is an Academy Award-winning actress, producer, director, best-selling author, and children’s advocate. One of the most recognizable and beloved actresses in Hollywood, Hawn won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her breakout role in 1969’s Cactus Flower, alongside Walter Matthau and Ingrid Bergman. After that, she has starred in more than 30 films, including Everyone Says I Love You, Sugarland Express, Private Benjamin, Death Becomes Her, and The First Wives Club. Hawn made her directorial debut in 1997 with the film Hope and published her best-selling memoir, A Lotus Grows in the Mud, in 2005....

...Michael Emerson captivated television audiences worldwide with his signature piercing voice, steely gaze and wily demeanor, as scene-stealing villain “Benjamin Linus” on the critically acclaimed fantasy-drama Lost. His five-season stint on this groundbreaking series – which resulted in a Golden Globe nomination, four Emmy nominations and an Emmy win for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series – led Variety to pronounce Emerson for “one of the greatest villains in television history.” “Ben Linus”, as one of the show’s most complex and nuanced characters, became a fan favorite, helping to pull in 13.5 million viewers for its May 2010...

...II opposite Martin Lawrence and Will Smith, writer/director Tyler Perry’s Daddy’s Little Girls opposite Idris Elba, director Ryan Murphy’s Running With Scissors starring Annette Benning, Gwyneth Paltrow, Joseph Fiennes, and Alec Baldwin, Welcome to Collinwood with George Clooney and Sam Rockwell, Breakin’ All the Rulesco-starring Jamie Foxx, Deliver Us From Eva alongside LL Cool J, The Brothers, Abandon opposite Benjamin Bratt and Katie Holmes, Two Can Play That Game, Love & Basketball, Cradle to the Grave, Ten Things I Hate About You, Neo Ned, The Honeymooners, and She’s All That. Gabrielle made her television debut in UPN’s hit comedy Moesha,...

...to 70 employees and $30 million in annual revenue. His clients included Mom & Pop businesses and companies such as Benjamin Moore Paints, The Scotts Company, Bryant, Carrier, TroyBuilt, and Oki Data. In addition to his executive career, Scott is President and Chair of Safe & Sound with Amaya; Founder and former Board Member of Service Nation / Service Roundtable; and former Board Member with Leukemia & Lymphoma Foundation. He has also served as an Advisory Board Member with United Way, American Heart Association, Salvation Army, Children’s Cancer Foundation, and Upstate Medical. He has also served as an Advisor and...

...U. S. State Department. He has reported from over 100 countries. Two earlier books of his, Soldiers of God: With Islamic Warriors in Afghanistan and Pakistan, and Surrender or Starve: Travels in Ethiopia, Sudan, Somalia and Eritrea, have been re-issued, so that all his books are in print. In 2004, Kaplan was given the Distinguished Alumni Award by the University of Connecticut. In 2009, he was given the Benjamin Franklin Public Service Award by the Foreign Policy Research Institute in Philadeplphia. Robert D. Kaplan was born June 23, 1952 in New York City. He graduated in 1973 from the University...