Three Excellent Speakers
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TODD COHEN……. works with all professionals who want to create a sales culture so that more sales happen. Since 1984, Todd has coached and led sales teams to deliver more than $500 million in revenue for leading companies including Xerox, Gartner Group, Pensare, Thomson-Reuters, and LexisNexis.
As the Principal of SalesLeader LLC, Todd inspires, advises, and builds high performance sales teams that produce outstanding results. He also provides strategic oversight and serves as executive sales coach and advisor to clients ranging from small, rapidly growing start-ups to well-established, large corporations.
Todd is a frequent keynote speaker at sales conferences and national association meetings and his Sales Culture Workshops™ have been met with wide acclaim. His book on Sales Culture Everyone’s In Sales was published in July 2011 and Todd has hosted his own radio show “Let’s Talk Sales Culture.” He is a professional member of the National Speakers Association, and the President-elect of the NSA Philadelphia chapter, and he serves as chair of the Sales and Marketing group of the Greater Philadelphia Senior Executives Group.
Todd is a passionate networker and connector of sales professionals, entrepreneurs, and executives in transition. He is the founder of The Innovators Club, a networking organization dedicated to advancing technology and entrepreneurship. He is co-founder of LinkedIn Live Philly, a networking group for members of Linked-In to advance their professional networking skills. He has been the co-leader of Career Transitions, a non-profit group dedicated to helping professionals in transition. Todd has been active in the American Cancer Society as well as several other charitable organizations. Todd holds a Bachelors Degree in Business Administration from Temple University. Visit his website.
GENE MARKS…… is a columnist, author, and small business owner. Gene’s weekly columns and blogs for The New York Times, Forbes, The Huffington Post, and Inc. Magazine are read by millions of small and medium sized business owners around the country.
Gene has written five books on business management, specifically geared towards small and medium sized companies. His most recent is In God We Trust, Everyone Else Pays Cash— Simple Lessons from Smart Business People (Create Space, 2010). Gene has also written the #1 Amazon Small Business Best Seller The Streetwise Small Business Book of Lists (Adams Media, 2006), The Small Business Desk Reference (Alpha Books, 2004), Outfoxing The Small Business Owner — Crafty Techniques for Creating a Profit-able Relationship (Adams Media, 2005) and The Complete Idiot’s Guide To Successful Outsourcing (Alpha Books, 2005).
Nationally, Gene frequently appears on FOX Business, FOX News, Bloomberg and CNBC discussing matters affecting the business community. Gene also appears quarterly on MSNBC’s “Your Business” program and weekly on various TV outlets in the Philadelphia area. In addition, Gene has appeared as a guest on numerous radio talk shows including The Sean Hannity Radio Show.
Through his keynotes, workshops, seminars and executive retreats, Gene helps business owners, executives and managers understand the political, economic and technological trends that will affect their companies so they can make profitable decisions.
Gene owns and operates the Marks Group PC, a highly successful ten-person firm that provides technology and consulting services to small and medium sized businesses. The Marks Group PC, launched in 1994, has grown to help more than 600 companies and thousands of individuals throughout the country.. Visit his website.
CAROL RITTER…Carol is an accomplished professional speaker, fundraising strategist, executive coach and consultant specializing in million dollar marketing, outrageous fundraising, over the top communication, and organizational alliances.
Carol co-founded Caroltalks.com in 1994 and has shared her message with over 400,000 educational, non-profit, and business leaders nationwide.
Her innovative strategies provide non-profit leadership with bullet-proof ideas for recruiting MORE MEMBERS, MORE MONEY AND BETTER LEADERS. Her most recent success is gathering over 350 new partners and a $2.5million dollar increase in funding for a local non-profit in the Lehigh Valley.
Carol has created “RECHARGE” a interactive 3 to 5 week session teaching small businesses how to grow and thrive. She writes weekly for the Lehigh Valley Chamber Blog and the Home News. Her series, “Grow UR Biz,” covers topics from impossible customer service to extravagant cash flow.
In June 2010, she was selected as Member of the Year by the National Speakers Association Philadelphia. In 2011 she was recognized as the NSA Leader of the Year. Carol is the immediate Past President of NSA Philadelphia and she presently serves as President of St. Luke’s Hospital Hospice Board of Directors. Visit her website.










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