Archive for the 'Women Speakers' Category

May 22 2013

Laura Kuenssberg Business News Speaker

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Business Editor of ITV News and Business News Speaker

Business News Speaker Laura Kuenssberg Business Editor of ITV NewsLaura Kuenssberg is a Business Editor who leads all business coverage for ITV News, providing analysis of the latest business stories, both in the UK and internationally. Formerly Chief Political Correspondent for the BBC, Laura won acclaim for her coverage of the 2010 General Election and the formation of the Coalition government. Other major stories Laura has covered include Barack Obama’s Presidential campaign, the build-up to the Iraq war and the accession of the Eastern European countries into the EU from Prague, Warsaw and Berlin.

“A leading business journalist”
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May 03 2013

Rona Cant inspirational communicating Speaker

Published by under Strategy,Women Speakers

Explorer, International Speaker, Author and inspirational communicating Speaker

inspirational communicating Speaker Rona Cant International Speaker Rona Cant is an adventurer, author and inspirational communicator and her very diverse adventures enable her to work with organisations across the world empowering their staff to have the right attitude to achieve their goals. She has worked with very diverse organisations from SME’s, CEO Groups to FTSE 100 Companies and she has inspired audiences at many Conferences to get out of their comfort zone to achieve their goals in the UK, Middle East and Australasia.

“The basis of success is belief that you can do it “ Rona Cant
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Apr 24 2013

Lynne Sedgmore Leadership Speaker

Published by under Leadership,Women Speakers

Former CE of the Centre for Excellence in Leadership and Leadership Speaker

Leadership Speaker Lynne SedgemoreLynne Sedgmore holds a portfolio of interim Chief Executive roles and high-level policy briefs for Whitehall at Ministerial levels. She has a unique blend of senior leadership experience combined with extensive success as a leadership and business talent developer from junior management to board level. She was Chief Executive of the Centre for Excellence in Leadership. She is also, currently, a non-executive on 4 boards having held 12 non-executive posts over the past 15 years. She has sat on numerous national Public Sector Committees.

“Leadership resides at all levels in an organisation”
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Apr 10 2013

Noreena Hertz – Investment Banking Speaker

Economist, Author, Campaigner and Leading Expert on Economic Globalisation and Investment Banking Speaker

Investment Banking Speaker Noreena Hertz Economic GlobalisationNoreena Hertz is a bestselling author, academic and thinker whose economic predictions over the past 15 years have proven to be visionary. The Observer has named her “one of the world’s leading thinkers”. Vogue calls her “one of the world’s most inspiring women”, the Guardian has identified her as “one of the top British Public Intellectuals”. Noreena is Chair of Globalisation and Finance at Duisenberg School of Finance, Amsterdam and is Associate Director of the Centre for International Business at the Judge Business School at the University of Cambridge Business School.

‘Young Global Leader of Tomorrow’ – The World Economic
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Apr 01 2013

Claire Diaz Ortiz – Social Media Speaker

Manager of Social Innovation, Twitter and Social Media Speaker

Social Media Speaker Claire Diaz Ortiz the TWEET modelClaire Diaz Ortiz leads social innovation at Twitter, where she has worked since 2009. She is known for developing the TWEET model — a framework to help organizations and individual’s best excel on Twitter. Claire manages Twitter’s philanthropic, social good, and cause marketing initiatives, including the Twitter for Nonprofits and Twitter Ads for Good programs.

“One of the 100 most creative people in business 2012”
Fast Company
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Mar 27 2013

Birgit Prinz – Women Footballer speaker

The World’s Greatest Female Footballer and Women Footballer speaker

Birgit Prinz - Women Footballer speakerBirgit Prinz has been elected FIFA Women’s World Football Player of the Year three times (in 2003, 2004, and 2006) and was voted Germany’s “Women’s Footballer of the Year” each year consecutively from 2001 to 2008. She scored seven goals for Germany in the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2003 as a centre forward and played for the German women’s football team at the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics winning a bronze medal at each.

“A female sporting icon and German football superstar”
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Mar 22 2013

Rita Clifton – Branding Speaker

Former Chairman of Interbrand and Branding Speaker

Branding Speaker Rita Clifton Former Chairman of InterbrandRita Clifton has been called ‘The Doyenne of Branding’ by Campaign magazine, ‘Brand Guru’ by the Financial Times, and the Daily Telegraph described her as “The Brand Leading the Brands”. Rita is the former London Chief Executive and Chairman at Interbrand, the world’s leading brand consultancy, and Vice Chairman and Strategic Director at Saatchi & Saatchi. Rita now has a portfolio of chairing and non-executive directorships, including Bupa, Nationwide, Dixons retail plc and Populus.

“The brand is the most important and sustainable asset any organisation has – and it needs to be the central organising principle”
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Mar 18 2013

Elif Shafak – Cultural Diversity Speaker

Turkish Novelist and Cultural Diversity Speaker

Cultural Diversity Speaker Elif Shafak Turkish NovelistElif Shafak was born in Strasbourg, France, in 1971. She is an award-winning novelist and the most widely read woman writer in Turkey. Critics have named her as “one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary Turkish and world literature”. Her books have been translated into more than thirty languages and she was awarded the honorary distinction of Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters. Shafak has published eleven books, eight of which are novels. She writes fiction in both Turkish and English. Shafak blends Western and Eastern traditions of storytelling, bringing out the myriad stories of women, minorities, immigrants, subcultures, youth and global souls. Her work draws on diverse cultures and literary traditions, as well as deep interest in history, philosophy, Sufism, oral culture, and cultural politics. Shafak’s writing breaks down categories, clichés, and cultural ghettoes. She also has a keen eye for black humor. Shafak’s first novel, Pinhan (The Mystic) was awarded the “Rumi Prize” in 1998, which is given to the best work in mystical literature in Turkey. Her second novel, Şehrin Aynaları (Mirrors of the City), brings together Jewish and Islamic mysticism against a historical setting in the 17th century Mediterranean.
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Feb 25 2013

Catherine Devrye – Keynote Speaker

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2010 Australian Keynote Speaker of the Year

Book Keynote Speaker Catherine DevryeCatherine DeVrye is an inspirational communicator with proven hands-on international management experience in the private and public sectors – as both a corporate business woman and small business owner. Combining Gen Y energy with Baby-boomer experience, she has the ‘street cred’ to deliver the results you’re after. Her business name sums up her philosophy.

“DeVrye….Develops ideas, Designs Content, Delivers Results & Delights Audiences”
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Feb 01 2013

Beth Simone Noveck – Democracy Design Speaker

Professor of Law & Director of Democracy Design Workshop and Democracy Design Speaker

Book Democracy Design Speaker Beth Simone NoveckBeth Simone Noveck served in the White House as the first US Deputy Chief Technology Officer and Founder and Director of the White House Open Government Initiative. David Cameron appointed Beth as Senior Advisor for Open Government. She served on the Obama-Biden Transition Team and was a volunteer advisor to the Obama for America campaign on issues of technology, innovation, and government reform.

“We will work together to ensure the public trust and establish a system of transparency, public participation and collaboration in our Government”
President Obama

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