Presenters for 2009
Min Basadur, Ph.D |
Saturday, 9:00:
Learn Your Unique Problem-Solving Style Min is a recognized world leader in the field of applied creativity with years of experience in building creative thinking, innovations and problem solving capabilities across organizations. His research-based work is noted for its applicability and scalability within organizations of all kinds. Educated in organizational psychology and engineering physics, Min began refining his insights about applied creativity at Procter & Gamble while working with teams developing new products and helping senior management engage employees at all levels in cost & profit improvement. Min has written many great books and he and his associates at Basadur Applied Creativity work with clients worldwide in the fields of aerospace, health, finance, software, microelectronics, telecommunications, food and beverage, publishing, energy, retail, manufacturing, e-commerce & more. |
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CoChair, Friday Pre-Weekend Session: Presentations and More! Marcia teaches creatively and fulltime at Webber International University in the area of computers and business statistics and online in the IT department for SouthUniversity Online. Marcia has a wonderful time living and learning and applying the many concepts learned from everywhere. She has presented a variety of e-Creativity sessions for both education and business. Marcia also consults on Word, PowerPoint, Access databases, and Excel spreadsheets. Email: profmberkey@hotmail.com |
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Robert Alan
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Saturday, 3:00 - Graphic Note Taking/Making Alan (Robert Alan Black, Ph.D. CSP) has been drawing since birth. He drew before he could speak. He drew on walls of his bedroom until his mom stopped him and gave him paper. In school he was the kid who did all the hallway art. He went on to earn 3 college degrees in art and design out of 5 he began plus two degrees in education out of 3 he began and has worked as a licensed architect, cartoonist, graphic, interior and industrial designer, as well as, a college professor teaching design and drawing at the Univ of Ga. For the past 25 years he has been a creative thinking consultant and trainer who travels around the world to teach and learn while having a lot of fun with new friends. he Since 1964 has been learning from many fields how to create visual ideas and solve problems graphically.
Alan says: I have spent most of the past 32
years focused on learning and helping myself and others to recognize
their natural creativity and to develop skills and knowledge about how
to become DELIBERATELY CREATIVE. I have been an eclectic learner and
teacher exploring and working in many fields. The common threads to my
47 jobs in 8 fields in the past 48 years are.... |
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Francine Brown |
Saturday, 9:00: Managing Stress Creatively Francine is a former Trainer, HR Director, Educator, and Consultant. Her doctorate and research interests and studies are in Organizational Leadership and Change. Francine has taught Organizational Leadership and Change at Purdue University, University of Wisconsin, Dominican University, Keller Graduate School of Management and most recently, Argosy University. Over the past 30 years Francine has been involved in the design and development of leadership workshops, seminars, team dynamics and organizational assessments for corporate and not-for-profit organizations.. Currently, Francine is the President of the USA UNIFEM National Committee's Sarasota Chapter and serves as a board member in numerous Community organizations in Sarasota. |
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Anne Dennehy, M.Ed. |
Saturday, 10:45: Creative Cognitive Fitness, and
Fun Anne has created and conducted workshops, seminars, presentations and retreats on humor, public speaking, stress, creativity, and various other topics for government and private organizations, colleges, training centers, churches, and other non-profit associations over the past 13 years. A few years ago, she became interested in the possible prevention of Alzheimer’s disease when she learned about a study on elderly nuns who were dying virtually free of the disease. On studying this topic in more depth, Anne discovered that striving to be creative can keep the brain young and healthy and possibly help prevent Alzheimer’s, and she is excited and motivated to get this message out. Email: newlifeunlimited@sympatico.ca . |
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Emma Downey |
Co-leader of 10:45
session Bridging Generations: Working in Effective Youth/Adult Partnerships;
Facilitator of 1:15 Teen Forum Written by Kathleen O’Leary about Emma: Imaginative, finder of humor in “odd and unusual” places, Girl Scout extraordinaire, cookie selling maniac, creative beyond imagination, eater of Honi Hanta mud pies, involved citizen, shining example of leadership, helper and giver, friend, daughter, sister (to many!), lover of music and dancing-hopping-running-skipping-jumping or anything that takes a lot of energy (especially after a double chocolate chip Frap from Starbucks), motivator, and above all...... Emma is an AMAZING young woman with a smile brighter than sunshine who brings joy to those around her! |
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| Downy Dutterer |
Saturday 9:00:
Exploring through the Kaleidoscope: Making a Simple Kaleidoscope Bio and picture coming soon. |
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Art Emrich |
Saturday, 9:00:
Creative Energy: How to Get into the Flow Art Emrich has been working successfully with groups and individuals as a coach, advisor, and facilitator for over 40 years – helping them to achieve more than they thought possible. First in the U.S. Air Force, then with Dupont, retiring as Corporate Manager of Human Development, and more recently with Kanbay as U. S. Vice President of Learning and Culture, Art is devoted to bringing new approaches and discoveries about how to succeed to individuals and businesses. He has
extensive global experience, having introduced a variety of breakthrough
learning interventions for many years in the US, Canada, Mexico, South America,
Europe, UK, Asia, India, Australia, and New Zealand. Art is the co-developer of
Targeted Development, a Dupont “Best Practice” on how to manage a career in a
large corporate environment during turbulent times. He is active in ASTD,
Greater Sarasota Coaches Alliance, and founder of
U-Solutions, LLC,
Coaching for Success. |
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Larry Face |
Saturday 10:45 and
1:15: Ten Top Tips for Communicating with People Larry Face is the President of Next Level Achievement, a company that provides Leadership and Organizational Development Programs to leaders that inspire them to develop mission driven organizations, high-performing teams, stronger families, and world-class communities. Larry is active in his community with leadership roles in The Sarasota Chamber of Commerce, Leadership Sarasota County, and Girls Inc., and by presenting leadership development workshops for the Sarasota Young Professionals Group, the Leadership Sarasota County Program, the Englewood Leadership Program, the Lakeland Leadership Program, and the Nonprofit Resource Center who awarded him the 2006 Trainer of the Year award. Larry has spoken to thousands of people about leadership and business development subjects that have helped them to step up to their next level of achievement. |
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Lynn
Frankel
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Saturday All-Day CEF YouthWise™ Program |
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John Frederick |
Saturday All-Day CEF YouthWise™ Program As executive director of the Center for Executive Leadership and Change (Daemon College, Amhurst, NY), John developed and directs the innovative master’s degree program. He is active with Leadership Buffalo and is an adjunct professor at the International Center for Studies in Creative Leadership (Buffalo State College). His doctorate is in education. A proud father and husband, John strives for creative, respectful and healthy balance in life. |
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Bobbi Gemma, MCC, CHP |
Saturday 3:00: Laugh, Play and Create
Bobbi is a Master Certified Coach through the International Coach Federation (ICF), and has been coaching, training and providing assessment work for more than two decades. She is President of The Gemma Group and an Associate with the Pyramid Resource Group, the first dedicated coaching company in the country. She is very active and involved in International Coach Federation (ICF) and American Society of Training and Development(ASTD) and a Certified Humor Presenter. Her background includes project management within non-profits, universities, corporations and outplacement services. Her clients include corporate leaders, new managers, entrepreneurs, and women dealing with life and professional transitions and overwhelm. She has been a guest on radio and television talk shows, is a speaker for national and regional conferences. She is the author of Thought Bites, Wisdoms and Other Funky Stuff – a guided journal and a chapter titled Laughter in ….ing; Life in Action by DJ Mitsch and Company. |
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Jane Goldwasser |
Saturday, 9:00: The World Café for Empty Nexters Jane Goldwasser is President of New Directions Consulting, Inc. a qualitative research company specializing in new product development. In her spare time, she is on the Board of Directors of a newly re-aligned Girl Scout Council and chairs both their Fund Development and Board Development committees. She is a CPSI alum who, having completed the Integrating Creative Leadership program, has put it to work in leading both PACE sessions and in working with CPSI Youthwise™. |
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Christina Gonzalez, Ed.D.
Counseling |
All Day Friday:
Bringing the Pieces Together: Discovering
pathways to creativity, personal growth, and community through Collage Christina Gonzalez is a licensed mental health counselor and educator. She has been involved with education at many different levels and has been very active in the mental health and education fields in both the United States and in Mexico. Her work has encompassed many aspects of the mental health field including prevention, intervention, immigrant psychology, child welfare, substance abuse, disaster intervention, and much more. She currently works full time with children involved in the child welfare system due to abuse, abandonment, or neglect, and also teaches college courses in college writing, behavioral sciences/psychology, and health and human services administration. She also does professional editing, writing, and loves applications of research, focus groups, and program evaluation techniques to programs that make a difference for others in ways that can help bring the voices of everyone involved in the process to be heard. She is a dynamic and entertaining trainer and enjoys incorporating her love of creativity, art, dance, music, travel, and film into her psychotherapy and education work. She currently lives in downtown St. Petersburg with her two sons and her most recent passion is exploring the world of Flamenco dance. |
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Katherine O.
Heusner, Ph.D.
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CoChair and All Day Friday: Bringing the Pieces Together: Discovering pathways
to creativity, personal growth, and community through Collage Kitty is Co-Chair of this conference and is a lifelong learner who has been involved in education as a student (PreK à PhD) and professional for fifty years. She has also made a lifelong commitment to community involvement. Currently she is an active volunteer and past member of the Board of Directors for Girls Scouts of GulfCoast, Florida. She is actively involved in the Creative Education Foundation as a member of and the Secretary for the Board of Trustees and as a long-time leader at CPSI (Creative Problem Solving Institute). Her special passion is the development of CEF YouthWise™ Program. She is the Co-Chairman and driving force for Florida Creativity Weekend. Sharing with family and friends both at home in Sarasota and around the world, traveling and photography also bring her great joy. Email: flcreativity3@aol.com or HHeusner@aol.com. |
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Connie Howard |
Sunday, 9:00 - Create Your own Dream Catchers Connie is a generous, creative soul whose insight and creativity will inspire to create your own masterpieces. Connie has organized volunteers for many charities including Habitat for Humanity. She works for FCCI in Sarasota, FL and dotes on her many grandchildren. |
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Anthony Hyatt |
Saturday Key Note, 4:45: Walking the Creative Path Anthony Hyatt is a violinist and multimedia performance artist from the Washington DC area whose interest is in the role and use of improvisation techniques in the creative process. As a teacher for the nonprofit Arts for the Aging organization he presents interactive programs of music and movement at local senior citizen centers and he co-directs the senior citizen improv dance company known as Quicksilver. As a trainer for the National Center for Creative Aging he champions expressive arts and the imagination as tools which enhance healthy aging. Anthony is a colleague of the Creative Education Foundation who does additional creativity consulting and facilitation work through his own organization which is called Moving Beauty. Email: ahytt@aol.com |
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Sherry Kessel |
Sherry is
currently the Director of Adult Development for the Girl Scouts of Gulfcoast
Florida and we couldn't do this without her. Providing training opportunities for the over 3,000 adult volunteers is
no small task! She began college majoring in physical education and then
completed her degree in Organizational Development/BusinessAdministration.
Sherry ‘speaks’ fluent sign language and serves as the signer for her church.
She is active in ASTD and as a volunteer with the Manatee Players. Sherry has
also taught motorcycle safety. She and her husband, Don are currently
enjoying working on their antique car, a ’58 Corvette. Email:
SherryK@GSGCF.org |
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Kathy Leydon Conway |
Sunday, 9:00:
Painting as a Path to Creativity For 25 years, Kathy has worked with individuals, groups and organizations as a consultant, facilitator, mediator and trainer; encouraging their fullness and inherent capacity. As a Colleague of the Creative Education Foundation, she has trained leaders at the Creative Problem Solving Institute and has integrated cps into her lifestyle. As a Gestalt trained organizational consultant, she sees her environment and pursuits thru that lens. And, as mother of three adult daughters, she has co-developed a program on that changing role. See www.nurturingourselves.com for information on her women’s programs.
Kathy revels in
expressive painting, clay work, walking and yoga. She savors time with her five
grandchildren, partner Bob and their cottage on the coast of Maine. Contact her
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Hedria Lunken |
Saturday, 1:15:
Navigating Change: Square One at 51 |
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Mary McClendon, Ph.D. |
Saturday 9:00:
Exploring through the Kaleidoscope: Making a Simple Kaleidoscope |
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Joe Miguez |
Saturday 3:00: UR Art: Letting Go,
Picasso Yo! Joe is nationally known as the “labyrinth man” and has built a consulting practice based on stimulating creativity in individuals and groups to achieve personal and organizational innovation. Facilitator, change agent and labyrinth builder, Joe has worked with clients from major corporations, media, colleges, schools and religious retreat centers. He has conducted workshops in Mexico, Canada, Europe and the U.S. His professional commitment is to focus on inspiring reflection-in-action, step-by-step. |
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Liz Monroe-Cook, Ph.D.
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Sunday,
9:15:
Polarity Mapping: A Path to Understanding Liz is a consulting psychologist focusing on individual, group and organizational effectiveness through creative thinking, the polarity perspective and the factors of “emotional intelligence.” She calls Chicago home. Her independent practice includes facilitation, training, qualitative research, public speaking, counseling and psychotherapy. A rich array of work settings and clients – academic, corporate, government and nonprofit – has given Liz many opportunities to “manage polarities.” She serves as a leader at the Creative Problem Solving Institute, is a graduate of the Mastery Program in Polarity Management™ and is a consultant affiliate of Polarity Management Associates and thinkx intellectual capital. |
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Nancy Myers |
CoChair Florida Creativity Weekend Co-Chair, Nancy's extensive work with Fortune 500 companies led to Seeds for Change, her program for empowering people in the midst of increasing change. Nancy custom designs programs for organizations in these turbulent times to increase employees' and teams' emotional intelligence, creativity, and peak performance. Nancy also coaches individuals and teaches teleclasses. She is a Trainer for Heartmath, a Charter Associate Partner of George Land's Leadership 2000, a trainer in thinking styles., Foundations of Productivity and is experienced in Leadership and Team Building training. In her free time Nancy studies and performs ballroom dancing, enjoys live theater, opera and cinema, and performs in community theater. She goes scuba diving, travels and enjoys riding her Harley. She is also active as a community volunteer with non-profit agencies and organizations. Contact Nancy directly at 941.929.0809. Nancy also arranges dream vacations online through www.bighearttravel.com. Email: nancybigheart@verizon.net. |
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Susan Newhouse
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Sunday 9:00:
Creating Thought Through the Thought Centers As VP of Innovation, Susan leads the strategic development and implementation of the TNS Landis innovation offering. From insight generation and analysis, to creative design and ideation facilitation, to concept writing and testing, Susan collaborates with her insights and marketing strategy counterparts to develop winning ideas for clients. Susan received her B.A. in Speech Communication from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, focusing on interpersonal communication and psychology. A dynamic speaker and certified in Creative Problem Solving, Susan is in high demand for teaching and speaking at a number of creativity conferences. She also studied improvisation at Josephine Forsberg’s Players Workshop in Chicago, and hosts a party of fun characters in her creative soul. In her free time, Susan pursues her passion for music, food, all things Italian, and enjoying creative experiences with her family. |
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Kathleen
O'Leary |
Coordinating Teen
Involvement; Co-leader of 10:45 session: Bridging Generations: Working in
Effective Youth/Adult Partnerships Written by Emma Downey about Kathleen: Lifelong Girl Scout, student of theology, involved philanthropist, mentor to many, mother, grandmother, motivator, creator, community leader, amateur mud wrestler, coffee addict, advisor, role model, explorer, benefactor, friend, kayak enthusiast, a light to lost moths, humanitarian, strong woman….Kathleen is spectacular!
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Julia Onnie-Hay
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Yoga Sessions Julia lives in Sarasota and enjoys yoga, volunteering at a local community garden, cooking with friends and studying herbal medicine. Julia is the Girl Scouts of GulfCoast Florida’s Healthy Girls Initiative (HGI) Program Specialist. She is a holistic health counselor certified by the American Association of Drugless Practitioners. She earned degrees with honors from the Institute of Integrative Nutrition (an affiliate of Columbia University) and New College of Florida.
With a background in not-for-profit administration
and leadership development, she is delighted to be working with the Girl Scouts
of GulfCoast Florida, Inc. in promoting holistically healthy lifestyles for
girls. |
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Tom Potter |
Saturday All-Day CEF Youthwise™ Program In his role as CEO of the Parent Education Program, Tom oversees a variety of strengths-based programs and a staff of 38. He is a consultant in Creative Problem Solving and Parent Education. He is co-author, with Bea Parnes, of Parenting Playfully, a book for parents of children from pre-natal to age three. He loves to hike, bicycle and kayak. Tom is the father of two talented young adults Crystal and Gabriel. Tom participated in the 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007 Creative Education Foundation YouthWise™ Program in South Africa and is a CEF Colleague and recipient of the Leadership Service and Commitment and Distinguished Leader Awards. |
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Rabbi TZiPi Radonsky |
Saturday, 9:00: The Interdependence of
Individuality & Team Building |
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Barbara Rosenthal
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Saturday, 9:00: The World Café for Empty Nexters From Washington, D.C., Barbara Rosenthal, RosenQual, is a qualitative research consultant whose focus group and in-depth interview studies deal with marketing and public policy communications, advertising positioning, branding strategies, new products and services. She brings to the table unique communication skills acquired in part from teaching group dynamics, interviewing, interpersonal communication, and public speaking in higher education. She has a BA and MA from the University of Maryland, and has completed post-graduate work in educational psychology. She has served on the Board of Directors of the Qualitative Research Consultants Association, and is currently on the Board of the Charles E. Smith Life Care Communities in Rockville, MD. Barbara spends as much time as she can with her five grandchildren, ages 5 and under. |
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William Sturner, Ph.D |
Friday,
7:30: Evening Keynote- Innovative
Theater; Sunday 9:00: The Meditative Lifestyle: On Being Mindful |
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Jennifer
Joy Walker |
Saturday,
10:45 - Full Color Organizations
Jennifer’s recently-published book,
Full Color Living, explores how to move from a “gray” life to a
fully-expressed, satisfying, “full color” life. Based on interviews, it
offers a roadmap for readers who are not content to just get by – who want
nothing less than a life of meaning, fulfillment, and joy. In this session,
we will explore the key elements of “full color living” and translate them
into strategies for creating vibrant “full color organizations.”
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Susan Wenger
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Saturday, 3:00:
Raising Happy Geniuses Susan has retired from the federal government. Previously she taught Philosophy and English. She enjoys humor, puzzles and wordplay. Susan is a member of Mensa and Intertel, and is the coordinator for Mensa's Patrick O'Brian Special Interest Group. She is the author of The Port-Wine Sea, co-author of Your Limitless Inventing Machine, and author of The Better Baby, a new book about raising happy geniuses. She has taught workshops at the Creative Problem Solving Institute (CPSI) and at other creativity venues both in the USA and abroad (the picture is from South Africa).. Susan and her husband Win call Montgomery Village, Maryland home. Email: susanwengermail@yahoo.com |
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Win Wenger,
Ph.D.
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Friday
PreWeekend Session (9-4:30): Image Streaming & Saturday, 10:45 - The
Stakeholders Game: Win/Win Win is a researcher, trainer, author of 50 published books, and a pioneer of both new creativity and Creative Problem Solving methods and accelerated learning methods. He has taught at the Creative Problem Solving Institute (CPSI) for nearly thirty years and frequently leads workshops around the world. He and his wife, Susan call Montgomery Village, Maryland home. http://www.winwenger.com/ Email: WWenger101@aol.com |
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Jack Wolf,
Ph.D. |
Friday
PreWeekend Workshop (9-4:30): It's an Inside
Job: Growth and Change from the Inside Out Jack has 31 years as an Internationally experienced facilitator, trainer and speaker with clients including the Government of Hong Kong, the University of Mexico, the FedEx Leadership Institute, HBO, Starbucks and GE. Jack is a former trainer for Jack Canfield's Self-Esteem Seminars and has presented classes at the creative Problem Solving Institute for over 10 years. He has the company Jack Wolf Learning and has written many articles and the book Powerful Presentation Techniques. . Email: jackwolf@ij.net |
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Mary Wolf |
Saturday, 1:15: Increasing Your Success
Through Creativity Mary Wolf, Founder and CEO of Mary Wolf Enterprises, LLC, which is celebrating its 10th anniversary. has 20+ years of experience within Fortune 500 companies, such as GE, Times Mirror Corporation, Rhone-Poulenc and Mercer consulting. She was Vice President of Organization Development, a strategic leadership role for talent development. She served as an Executive Delegate to China and her work has taken her all over the world. As a consultant and business coach, she provides services which directly increase bottom-line results. She is a frequent speaker and delivers workshops and seminars on many business subjects, and is active in the Sarasota and Manatee communities. In addition, she is co-author of ‘Speaking of Success’, along with Stephen Covey, Ken Blanchard, and Jack Canfield. Mary can be heard each Monday morning at 9 AM Eastern Time on www.radioearnetwork.com. |
