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The Internal Customer: A Key to Business Success

December 4, 2007

Communication: The Key to Global Business Success

As the Founder and CEO of Alpha Translations, Michéle Hecken knows a thing or two about communication. Since 1994, her language service company has been specializing in the strategic management of translation projects for clients operating on a global scale. Feel free to contact Michéle at mhecken@alphatranslations.ca

September 1, 2007

The Starfish and The Spider: Leaderless Organizations

Rod Beckström is the author of the award-winning book, “The Starfish and the Spider: The Unstoppable Power of Leaderless Organizations.” Rod, who is actively involved in a number of philanthropic endeavors, was a speaker at the 2007 EO Tokyo University.

June 13, 2007

How to Increase Accountability in Any Organization

Bob Prosen is President and CEO of The Prosen Center for Business Advancement, whose mission is to help business leaders execute and achieve results that count. Bob, a speaker at the 2007 Entrepreneurial Masters Program (formerly Birthing of Giants), is the author of the book “Kiss Theory Good Bye,”

June 1, 2007

Get in the News: PR Strategies for Entrepreneurs

Lee and Stephanie Prosenjak opened Cherry Creek Dance 14 years ago with about 15 students, one dance room and a loan of US$10,000 from Stephanie’s grandmother. CCD currently has four dance rooms and more than 1,100 students, including the largest adult dance program in Colorado. In addition, Lee and Stephanie founded a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the arts through education and performance. Lee serves as the Forum Co-Chair for EO Colorado and a Forum Moderator. Look for Lee and Stephanie at the EO Tokyo University, 27-31 March 2007.

December 1, 2006

Marketing: Small is the New Big

Seth Godin is a bestselling author, entrepreneur and agent of change. Godin is author of seven books that have been bestsellers around the world and changed the way people think about marketing, change and work. Find out more about Seth at www.sethgodin.com.

For more than 10 years, Seth Godin has been establishing himself in the business world with his irreverent style and unapologetic observations. Not only did Godin coin the term Permission Marketing, the marketing style that requires marketers to ask permission before they send advertisements to prospective customers, he literally wrote the book in 1999.

But to Seth, the application of the colloquially tired expression “he wrote the book” didn’t stop there. Godin has spent the last six years wowing the business world by explaining in his column at Fast Company, his blog and his marketing-focused books what savvy business people and marketers sense but cannot articulate: “Out with the old; in with the new.”

December 1, 2006