Ozan Varol is a successful person who has achieved success in a variety of fields, including law, writing, and rocket science. Varol's scholastic trajectory led him to NASA's Mars Exploration Rover project, where he offered his rocket science knowledge after earning a bachelor's degree from Cornell University. His future pursuits were paved by this early encounter. Varol pursued a legal degree... read full bio
An talented novelist and journalist, Chris Rodell is renowned for his compelling narrative and astute insights on a variety of facets of life. Rodell is a native of Western Pennsylvania, and his love of communication and writing has fueled a successful career. Chris Rodell is a prolific author who has written a number of works that demonstrate his distinct viewpoint and... read full bio
Cory Doctorow is an author of science fiction, technology activist, journalist, and blogger. He is the co-editor of Boing Boing, a popular online blog. Doctorow has authored science fiction adult and young adult books, including Radicalized, Walkaway, In Real Life, Homeland, and Rapture of the Nerds. Doctorow has also authored the nonfiction business book Information Doesn’t Want to be Free.... read full bio
Tahl Raz is a New York Times bestselling author, founder and principal of Tahl Raz, and an award-winning journalist. Raz has earned his B.A. in Philosophy from Vassar College and has also studied at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Raz began his career as a reporter at the Jerusalem Post and has gone on to be an editor at Myprimetime.com,... read full bio
Laura Putnam is a speaker, author, trainer, and consultant. She is the CEO of Motion Infusion and is author of the book, “Workplace Wellness That Works”. Putnam focuses on the workplace and how to invigorate the workplace in new and fun ways. She teaches leaders how to promote well-being at work and how to help employees adopt healthier behaviors. Over... read full bio
Lou is a well-known author, expert, host and lecturer who specializes on Disney World. He is the host and producer of WDWRadio.com, creator of the Disney World Trivia Books and author/narrator of the Audio Tours of Walt Disney World (awarded Best Travel Podcast). The Dream Team Project, which brings children with terminal illnesses to Disney World, was founded by him. Lou is... read full bio
New York City-based writer and editor James Ledbetter was formally editor-in-chief of Reuters.com. He joined the online publication Slate, where he was in charge of the Big Money business news website. Ledbetter formerly worked for the financial news website CNNMoney.com before joining Slate. He was a former senior editor of Time Magazine, The Industry Standard and staff writer for The Village Voice... read full bio
"Robert Glennon is an American author, environmentalist, attorney and professor. His book Water Follies: Groundwater Pumping and the Fate of America's Fresh Waters is his most well-known work. In addition, he has authored numerous essays on the environment and appeared as a guest speaker on Jon Stewart. In addition to more than 30 states, Switzerland, Canada, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand and Saudi... read full bio
Dr. Richard Chang is CEO of Richard Chang Associates, Inc., a diversified organizational performance-improvement consulting, training and publishing firm headquartered in Orange County, California. He is well-known and well-respected throughout the world for his experience in strategic planning, organizational transformation, process management and improvement, measurement systems, business performance improvement, coaching, product realization and talent development. He has written more than 25 books... read full bio
Leadership IQ, which was developed by Mark Murphy, is geared on ensuring that employees are engaged through the utilization of a research-based compilation of studies that assist leadership development. The cutting-edge research conducted by Mark has been highlighted in a variety of publications, including but not limited to Fortune, Forbes, Business Week, U.S. News and World Report, The Washington Post, and... read full bio
Professor Emeritus of national security affairs at the Naval War College, Tom Nichols also writes for The Atlantic magazine. Deep engagement on a variety of foreign policy topics, such as Russia, nuclear weapons and the place of conflict in world affairs, was a hallmark of his career. Additionally, he worked in American politics and government, both in the Massachusetts House and... read full bio
American journalist and popular book Brad Stone has had a tremendous impact on business and technology reporting. He was born in or around 1971, and he has made a name for himself as an expert on the emergence of significant businesses and businesspeople, with a special emphasis on Amazon and its founder, Jeff Bezos. Stone, who was raised in a Cleveland,... read full bio
The fields of personal growth and human potential have benefited greatly from the work of author and co-founder of the Flow Genome Project Jamie Wheal. The author of "Stealing Fire: How Silicon Valley, the Navy SEALs, and Maverick Scientists Are Revolutionizing the Way We Live and Work" and "Recapture the Rapture: Rethinking God, Sex, and Death in a World That's... read full bio
Renowned actress Jane Alexander found herself in the role of a lifetime when President Bill Clinton appointed her head of the ever-embattled National Endowment for the Arts. Ms. Alexander is charming, honest, and convincingly passionate on why we need art, and why the government should support the arts. Ms. Alexander looks at the complications of First Amendment Rights in the... read full bio
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Jeffrey Zaslow hasn't just co-authored books with some of the most inspiring people of our time; he has also crafted his experiences into incredibly uplifting presentations that are hugely entertaining and extremely moving. Many groups and conference organizers call Jeff ""the best speaker they've ever booked"". Jeff served as co-author with Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and her husband, retired astronaut Mark... read full bio
The daughter of Holocaust survivors, Hadassah Lieberman found herself amid a whirlwind of excitement on the presidential campaign trail. Married to Senator Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut, the Democratic vice-presidential candidate in the 2000 presidential election, Mrs. Lieberman has dedicated much of her life's work to women's health issues, assisting nonprofit organizations, improving educational standards, and promoting international understanding.... read full bio
Creator of The World Trade Center Archive, Joel Meyerowitz was the only photographer to gain unlimited access to Ground Zero after 9/11. Over a span of eight months, Meyerowitz captured 8,000 images of the vast human efforts to repair the devastation and heal our wounds. To me, no photographs meant no history, says Meyerowitz. My task was to make a... read full bio
Lauded as one of the foremost contemporary writers in the world, Nuruddin Farah became the first African to win the coveted Neustadt International Prize for Literature. His other accolades include the Premio Cavour in Italy, the Kurt Tucholsky Prize in Sweden, the Lettre Ulysses Award in Berlin, and the St. Malo Literature Festival prize for the French edition of his... read full bio
A successful novelist and poet who was teaching writing and comparative literature at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, McManus was given a $4,000 advance from Harpers magazine to cover the 2000 World Series of Poker and the scandalous Las Vegas murder trial of Ted Binion, the tournaments prodigal host. But, in an attempt to experience the workings... read full bio
