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Introducing the Smart Women’s Speaker’s Guild:
If you’re looking for the perfect speaker for your keynote, workshop or conference, look no further than the tremendous line-up of speakers available in the Smart Women’s Speaker’s Bureau.
There’s no need to pay traditional speaker’s bureau fees when you have instant access to an outstanding network of professional speakers, authors and experts from across the globe – all just a simple click away!
Smart Women’s Coaching offers a dynamic group of speakers with a wide range of relevant topics to make any conference or event a success. Feel free to browse our speaker’s list to find the best expert for your needs. Most presentations can be customized for your specific audience, but below are several of our most popular speakers and topics. Many can be presented in either keynote or workshop format, depending on your requirements. We’re confident that our speakers will make your event unique and memorable!
Meet Our Speakers
KATANA ABBOTT, CFP, CSA
Travels from Michigan
Smart Women’s Coaching Founder
Midlife Millionaire Coach, Financial and Business Expert
Smart Women’s Coaching®, Designated Daughter® & Midlife Millionaires™
Katana Abbott, author of, Secrets from a Midlife Millionaire: How to Create a Millionaire Lifestyle While Following Your Passion, inspires and educates audiences with her personal story of going from adversity to abundance. At 48, she retired financially independent to work from her lakefront home office writing, speaking and overseeing several online communities. Her online programs include; Smart Women’s Coaching®, Designated Daughter®, Midlife Millionaires™ and the Smart Women’s Cafe™. Not only will Katana’s dynamic presentations leave your audiences asking for more; her online communities can provide your organization ongoing support through a turn-key solution of live and virtual events, workshops, teleclasses, webinars and resources through their network of Smart Women’s Coaching Contributing Experts.
Most Requested Topics
- Secrets from a Midlife Millionaire: Create a Millionaire Lifestyle Following your Passion
- Secrets of Successful High Earners: Going to the Next Level in Life
- The Designated Daughter Panel Discussion: Caregiving and Creating a Legacy
“The Secret to a Millionaire Lifestyle is creating passive income doing what you love.”
JILL JORDAN
Travels From Michigan
Personal Branding Coach and The Networking Concierge
Get Ahead by Getting Known™
One of Jill’s greatest joys is to know that she has touched someone in a special way – to inspire, encourage or connect while bringing out their authenticity and special talents. Everyone has unique capabilities which are often hidden or undiscovered. Jill is dedicated to helping you identify and communicate these strengths you bring to the world. She has devoted her life to helping others create a personal brand, enhance their professional presence and develop their signature style. Whether presenting as a keynote speaker, workshop leader, seminar presenter, or before a women’s group, Jill provides the perfect mix of inspiration, honesty and fun.
Most Requested Topics
- Brand You: Create Your Personal Brand
- Build & Cultivate Relationships that Last a Lifetime
- Professional Presence is More Than a New Suit
“If you don’t brand yourself, someone else will – and, it may not be the brand you want!”
LOU BORTONE
Travels from New Hampshire
Creativity and Branding Coach, Certified Guerrilla Marketing Coach, Certified “Book Yourself Solid” Coach, and Founder of The Online Video Association
Lou Bortone is an award-winning writer and video producer with over 20 years experience in marketing, branding and promotion. Before becoming a full-time entrepreneur and creativity coach, Lou was a marketing executive in the media industry, serving as National Promotion Manager for E! Entertainment Television, and later as the Senior Vice President of Marketing at Fox Family Worldwide. As a marketing and online branding consultant, Lou teaches entrepreneurs how to build breakthrough brands on the Internet, with services such as copywriting, online video, guerrilla marketing, coaching and creative support. Lou also produces a unique and light-hearted videoblog called LouTube. Lou is available as a keynote speaker, panelist, workshop leader or teleclass presenter.
Most Requested Topics
- Boosting Your Business and Building Your Brand Using Online Video, Social Media and Web 2.0 Tools
- Book Yourself Solid: How to Get More Clients Than You Can Handle Even if You Hate Marketing and Selling!
- Your Image; Your Brand; Your Future: Using Your Personal Brand to Find Your Fortune
“If you don’t have a brand, you’re invisible!”
WENDY BATTLES-PLASSE
Travels from Connecticut
Health Coach, Optimal Health Expert and Founder, Take Your Health To Heart Challenge
Wendy Battles-Plasse loves inspiring women to take their health to heart. As a health coach and optimal health expert, she helps overcommitted, stressed out, less than healthy women, to slow down, tune in and reclaim great health, setting them up for success in all parts of their lives. She infuses her interactive and engaging presentations with fun, humor, and a host of important information. Wendy is available as a keynote speaker, workshop/seminar leader and teleclass presenter. She works with a range of organizations, helping them recognize the connection between enhanced employee health and improved business results. Wendy is a member of the National Speakers Association.
Most Requested Topics
- Overcoming Obstacles to Over-commitment, Overwhelm and Optimal Health
- Take Time for You: A Women’s Health Seminar
- Take Your Health to Heart: Women, Heart Disease and You
“Great health starts with you — it’s the catalyst for all you want to do and achieve in your life.”
TRAVIS GREENLEE
Travels from Colorado
“Business Design and Development at the Speed of Technology”
Travis is a Master Internet Marketing and Business Development Consultant. He specializes in teaching small business owners, entrepreneurs, and service professionals to leverage the power of technology to automate, simplify, and rapidly increase their profits. Travis began his career with Merrill Lynch as a financial consultant and business advisor. He has been a professional speaker and trainer since 1991, and a business coach and consultant since 1994. As the President and/or CEO of several companies: Team Concepts Coaching Inc., Travis Greenlee Consulting, The Rainmaker Institute, Master Business Building Club, LLC., and The Law Firm Media Group, LLC., Travis shares his extraordinary blend of passion, purpose, and excitement for life and business.
Most Requested Topics:
- Attract More and Better Clients While Doubling Your Time Off
- Automate, Simplify and Rapidly Increase Your Profits
- 21 Secrets of the World’s Most Successful Small Business Owners
“Talent wins games but teamwork and intelligence win championships”
RUTH KLEIN, M.S.
Travels from California
President of The Marketing/Time Source, a boutique branding, marketing and productivity firm
Ruth is the author of six books, with the most recent book, The De-Stress Diva’s ™ Guide to Life…77 ways to recharge, refocus and reorganize your life (Wiley & Sons). She is an AOL Coach and is quoted often in national and international media, most recently in Forbes online, Washington Post online, Reader’s Digest and O Magazine to name a few. Ruth over-delivers to her audiences internationally. Her expertise, knowledge and enthusiasm help create a true inspirational vision for her clients where they begin to see how they can become a thought leader in their industry using their special gifts and talents. Ruth also helps pave the way to show how almost anyone breathing can find a minimum of one more hour in their day…every day!
Most Requested Topics
- Time Management Secrets for Working Women
- Become a Thought Leader in Your Field within 90 days
- De-Stress Your Thoughts, Words and Actions effortlessly
“Ideas are only as good as their implementation.”
DONNA MARIE
Travels from Michigan
Consultant and Confidante
Donna Marie Consulting, LLC
Donna Marie is a confidante and a change master. She has experienced that true change comes from the inside to out. Donna inspires audiences with an energetic yet calming influence. She offers realistic insight and directs them in ways to change and improve their professional and personal situations. Donna’s clients are business owners, executives and other professionals who sometimes feel isolated in their positions and decisions and seek a confidential, supportive process for instrumental change. Some wish to improve their confidence in public speaking or communications skills. Donna is the producer and facilitator of “Speak E-Z in Front of Groups” workshops and is co-author of “The Better Bottom Line; Skills and Strategies to Develop Your Business”.
Most Requested Topics
- Speak E-Z in Front of Groups®: The Mind-Body Approach to Eliminate Public Speaking Fears
- Moving From Chaos to Calm: Strategies to Reduce Stress
- Knowing When to ‘Let Go’ – Surrendering to ‘What Is’
“You can not sell what you do until you sell you.”
GAIL MARTIN
Travels from North Carolina
Small Business Marketing and Author Publicity Expert
DreamSpinner Communications
Gail Martin is passionate about helping entrepreneurs, small business owners and authors promote themselves successfully. She’s the go-to guru for using publicity, online marketing, networking and social media to build awareness and increase sales. Gail is available as a keynote speaker, small group speaker, teleclass/webinar presenter or workshop leader. She owns DreamSpinner Communications. She is the author of The Chronicles of The Necromancer fantasy adventure series www.ChroniclesOfTheNecromancer.com, which includes The Summoner and The Blood King.
Most Requested Topics
- Digital PR: the Entrepreneur’s Promotional Survival Guide
- Marketing That Works: The 30 Day Guide to Results
- Bestseller! (The Savvy Author’s Guide to Book Marketing on $0 Budget)
“A good idea is not enough. Effective, low-cost marketing separates
successful businesses from the crowd of also-rans.”
Danielle B. Mayoras, Attorney and Counselor
Travels from Michigan
The Elder Law and Estate Planning Expert
The Center for Elder Law and The Center for Special Needs Planning divisions of Barron, Rosenberg, Mayoras & Mayoras, PC
Danielle Mayoras has dedicated her legal career to educating professionals and businesses as well as the general public on the topics of elder law, special needs planning, and general estate planning through presentations, print, and broadcast media across the United States. Her speaking audiences range from nationally recognized brokerage firms, banks, and insurance companies to attorneys, accountants, and non-profit organizations. She consistently draws rave reviews from audiences and her speaking skills are in high demand. Co-author of Alzheimer’s Disease & Related Dementias: a Guidebook for Care, Comfort, Legal and Financial Security, Danielle is a founding partner of The Center for Elder Law, The Center for Probate Litigation, and The Center for Special Needs Planning.
Most Requested Topics
- Elder Law: Going Gray…It’s Not All Black and White! (A Primer for Caregivers and Professionals)
- Solving Your Greatest Worry: Planning for Parents of Special Needs Children
- Your Bottom Line…Why Employers Need to Know About Elder Law
“By Failing to Prepare, You Are Preparing to Fail”
Benjamin Franklin
PAT SAMPLES
Travels from Minnesota
Transformational Educator on Conscious Aging and Family Caregiving
Pat Samples, author of five books on aging and caregiving, will help you find meaning and peace of mind as you age and as you give care to others. She will show you how to uncover the emotional brilliance in your body, express your creativity, and live from your spiritual essence—so you can live your older years as a creative force, with an unbridled sense of freedom. Her newest book, The Secret Wisdom of a Woman’s Body: Freeing Yourself To Live Passionately and Age Fearlessly, offers you a wealth of women’s stories and more than 90 reflective and creative exercises for tuning in to the emotional and spiritual wisdom of your body. Her keynotes and workshops have inspired more than 500 audiences across North America over the past 17 years.
Most Requested Topics
- Uncover the Secret Wisdom of Your Body in Midlife and Beyond
- Comfort and Care for the Caregiver
- Every Time Life Changes, Blow Bubbles
“Aging and caregiving can seem daunting, unless you learn how to trust what’s inside you.”
Kim Schott, CCF
Travels from Michigan
Author Keys to Client Communication System™, Multicultural Keynotes, Diversity Workshops, Global Marketing and Sales Consultant
From Certified Cultural Facilitator (CCF) to Six Sigma Green Belt training, Kim Schott understands people, soft-skills and processes. Kim’s thought-provoking keynotes, webinars, teleseminars, workshops and multi-day seminars are energizing, and respectful of workplace values, differences and similarities. Using her trademarked Keys to Client Communication System, she will help your group discover how to:
- Quickly determine the best way to develop a high trust, low tension relationship with a prospect to initiate contact and close the sale.
- Develop a target marketing strategy that produces increased revenue and client retention in the gender, generational harmony, and various ethnic markets.
- Increase business performance, productivity and profits by helping you identify key client behavioral values that will lead to loyalty and return on investment.
Most Requested Topics:
- The Diversity Advantage: Building Client Loyalty One Relationship at a Time
- Cultural Intelligence: Multicultural Marketing and Sales Strategies for Changing Customer Demographics
- The Grinch Perspective: Winter Holidays with Diverse Clientele
“It’s not who you know, it’s how your known.”
APRIL WELCH, CPO®
Travels from Washington State
Certified Professional Organizer
Simply Organized
April Welch, the Realistic Organizing Expert, is passionate about re-setting habits that sabotage success. Using the concept that we are all ‘wired’ differently, April engages your audience in her energetic and always humorous perspective on clutter. Whether it is found in a physical area, mental space or within the personalities on a project she is able to clearly communicate how order can be found, goals can be accomplished and everyone can be appreciated for their contribution (organized or not). April’s Keynotes are focused on preparing your group to start their conference with a new found understanding of their strengths & how to apply them now. While her leadership in both workshops and seminars will help you explore more specific topics, she’s avid about showcasing everyone’s ability to be organized.
Most Requested Topics
- KEYNOTE: Authentic Organizing
- Filing FUNdamentals … that actually work!
- Small Office/Home Office – Organizing Techniques
“Remember, Martha has a staff. You, my friend, have an internal dialog!”
For more information on hiring one of our speakers, please email: Jill@smartwomenscoaching.com
