Keynote Speakers

Tim Sanders
Tim Sanders

Tim Sanders, the former Leadership Coach and Chief Solutions Officer for Yahoo!, is the author of The New York Times bestseller, Love is the Killer App!: How to Win Business and Influence Friends, The Likeability Factor: How to Boost Your L-Factor and Achieve Your Life’s Dreams and Saving the World at Work. From 2001 to 2003, he served as the Chief Solutions Officer at Yahoo!, delivering next-generation marketing programs to world-class brands. Armed with the research, knowledge, and likeablity to back it up, Mr. Sanders contends that for personal, corporate, and national success, we have to be likeable. Highly likeable people also bring out the best in others, creating a thriving and positive environment. It’s simple: nice, smart people succeed.

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Nadira Hira
Nadira Hira

Award-winning journalist Nadira A. Hira explores what the current business environment means to Gen Yers, their concerns about the recession, and how these challenging economic times will impact their decision to stay with or leave their current employer and what that means to you.  Hira is a general assignment writer at Fortune, where she has focused increasingly on stories for and about Generation Y. She authored Fortune’s widely discussed 2007 cover story on Gen Yers and their impact on corporate America. She also writes a blog for Gen Yers on Fortune.com, called “The Gig.” Hira’s media presence extends to television, where she has been a featured personality on “HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher” and ABC’s “America's Black Forum”, and an expert guest on many major outlets, including CNN, CBS, MSNBC, CNBC, and BBC-America.

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Steve Gilliland
Steve Gilliland

Somewhere ahead or perhaps staring you in the eye, our current economic conditions has threatened to derail you, your talent, and the new talent you are looking to attract. One of SHRM’s most highly rated speakers and author of Mum’s The Word, Steve Gilliland, CSP, gives us the means to develop a thinking process that can prepare us for difficult times and minimize the shock. Gilliland will expound on the greatest motivators of all – purpose, passion and pride. He will explore how you can rise to your calling of changing people’s lives and making a difference. You will discover new approaches to accomplish your goals and exceed expectations. Gilliland will provide the encouragement you need to keep your mind focused and your heart centered. Make a difference in recruiting, developing and using talent to meet current and future business needs. Gilliland is brilliantly creative, exceptionally humorous, and absolutely unforgettable!

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