2013 Speakers

Hazel Walker. International speaker and author. She works with companies who want to move their marketing message into the culture of their business with a focus on acquiring and keeping female customers, as well as organizations that are looking to strengthen their referral process.

Published Author: Business Networking and Sex, not what you think Masters of Networking – Mothers are Natural Born Networkers, Masters of Sales – Traits of a Master Sales Person, Women Like Us – Choose, Dear Me – Book of letters from me to our younger selves Her articles can be found at Networkingnow.com, Ezine.com and numerous other locations. Blogs: HazelMWalker.com – straight talk for women and men Businessnetworkingandsex.com – Men and women networking Lipstickontherim.com – Women and Beer Marketing & Education Hazel will be speaking on “Networking and Sex: It’s Not What You Think.”

Mike Macedonio. Business Owner, Trainer, Speaker, Author, President and Partner of the Referral Institute. The Referral Institute is a training, coaching, and consulting company specializing in proactive referral systems.

Michael and his business partner Dr. Ivan Misner co-authored “Truth or Delusion, Networking in the Real World” which has hit several best sellers list including New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today and Amazon. Mike was a part owner of several BNI, Business Network Int’l franchises. In this role he provided training to business professionals in creating and operating professional business referral groups. During his 9 years with BNI, Mike was involved in building the region to over 75 chapters in 3 States with over 1500 members.

Mike also received numerous national awards from BNI including the National Director of the Year Award. Mike has an incredible passion for mountain climbing, cycling and endurance sports.  Mike Macedonio Speaker One Sheet

Mike Gomez. A dynamic business turnaround coach/advisor, business development strategist, and sales expert. Credited with over $5B in direct sales. Bring a combination of broad geographic experience and cross-functional experience to my clients.

Additional specialty – helping privately held companies plan and execute a global expansion strategy (into and out of the U.S.). Complex sales (multi-million/billion) expert. Mike’s insight into Going Global will be valuable to any company or entrepreneur who is interested in international growth. He has proven to be globally savvy – resilient, adaptable, with intellectual agility and versatility. His presentation is titled, Going Global, Five Lessons from those Who have failed – Global Expansion in the the U.S.© 
Mike Gomez Speaker One Sheet