SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA

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San Diego, is the second-largest city in California and the ninth largest city in the United States, located along the Pacific Ocean on the west coast of the United States. San Diego has a population of 1,279,329 (July 2008 estimate) This coastal city is also the county seat of San Diego Countyas well as the economic center of the San Diego–Carlsbad–San Marcos Metropolitan Area considered congruent with the county. It was rated the fifth best place to live in 2006 by Money Magazine. According to Forbes the city of San Diego ranks as the fifth wealthiest in the United States. San Diego's biggest industries are manufacturing, the military, and tourism.

San Diego's economy is largely composed of agriculture, biotechnology/biosciences, computer sciences, electronics manufacturing, defense-related manufacturing, financial and business services, ship-repair, ship-construction, software development, telecommunications, wireless research, and tourism. The presence of the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) with the affiliated UCSD Medical Center promotes research in biotechnology.

With year round sunshine and a large hospitality industry, San Diego is the premier location for any corportate meeting or event. The combination of world class hotels, meeting facilities and entertainment attractions makes it rank among the top spots in the country to host your next event and keynote speaker.

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Nickname(s): America's Finest City Motto: Semper Vigilans (Latin for "Ever Vigilant") Estimated Population: 1,279,329 Median Income: $45,733 Average Temperature: 70.8 F / 22 C Average Percipitation Inches: 9.9 IN/ 251.5 ML Average Percipitation Days: 29.4 Source: WikiPedia

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KEYNOTE SPEAKERS NEAR SAN DIEGO

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Erik Wahl His consulting firm, The Wahl Group, challenges organizations to implement breakthrough thinking techniques to accomplish extraordinary results. Erik's unique understanding of vision traces back to his experience as an artist. Erik earned his bachelors degree in Business Communication before embarking on an eight year career as a partner in a corporate firm. After first working in the business world and playing with his art; Erik now PLAYS in the business world by WORKING with his art. Erik's sought after artwork can be seen hanging in executive offices around the world. And as one of the country's top platform speakers, Erik shares his powerful message with audiences from coast to coast. Bio, Video, and Fees for Erik Wahl

Lorna Riley Lorna Riley, CSP, president of the American Training Association, creator of over 60 skill development programs, is considered one of the elite sales and productivity speakers in the country. Lorna draws upon her diverse career background in sales, teaching, and management to create innovative, humorous, interactive, high-level customized programs. Repeat performances are her forte and testimony to those who say she is the most inspiring, dynamic, and bottom-line speaker they've heard. Lorna brings a high level of achievement to the podium with numerous awards to show for her success as a business owner, sales executive, and sales trainer. Bio, Video, and Fees for Lorna Riley

Barbara Sanfilippo Barbara Sanfilippo is a popular, award winning speaker, author, consultant and coach known for delivering idea packed programs in a highly energizing and interactive style. Barbara's presentations focus on how your organization or corporation can create a customer experience so superior to your competition's that those customers will come back time and time again. Sanfilippo will outline for your audience a comprehensive, step-by-step process on how to build a high performance service and sales culture, while remaining focused on your customers needs and satisfaction. Bio, Video, and Fees for Barbara Sanfilippo

Karyn Buxman-Godek Whatever the source of stress, the results can be costly! But the good news is -- laughter is the best medicine. And here to bring you the antidote to stress is Karyn Buxman. A highly sought humorist and internationally recognized expert in therapeutic humor, Karyn Buxman, RN, MSN realized it was time to leave nursing and become a speaker when she discovered speaking didn't require wearing white support pantyhose, didn't involve any type of body fluids and certainly didn't have to be done in 12-hour shifts. Karyn shows people from coast to coast how to manage their stress and improve their bottom line through humor and laughter. She's an active member of the Applied Sciences for Therapeutic Humor, International Society of Humor Studies, National Speakers Association, and co-founder of The World Laughter Tour. Bio, Video, and Fees for Karyn Buxman-Godek

Todd Buchholz Todd Buchholz “lights up economics with a wickedly sparkling wit,” says the Associated Press. He recently jousted with James Carville and Ben Stein, and Successful Meetings Magazine named him one of the “21 Top Speakers for the 21st Century.” His editorials in the Wall Street Journal correctly forecast the 2001 slowdown in the U.S., and the New York Times has turned to him to decipher terrorist threats and the job market. BusinessWeek raved about his book Market Shock, which warned of the quicksand facing the stock market. Buchholz entertains his audiences and shows them how to thrive in a challenging economy, while gearing up for future prosperity. His latest books, New Ideas from Dead CEOs: Lasting Lessons from the Corner Office (HarperCollins) and a financial thriller The Castro Gene were released to wide acclaim in 2007. New Ideas from Dead CEOs was named a “best book of the year” by Entrepreneur A former director of economic policy at the White House, a managing director of the $15 billion Tiger hedge fund, and an award-winning economics teacher at Harvard, Buchholz targets his entertaining remarks to the cutting edge of economics, finance, and business strategy. He has advised President Bush, and is a frequent commentator on ABC News, PBS, and CBS, and recently hosted his own special on CNBC. He is Co-Founder of Enso Capital Management, LLC and Co-Founder and Managing Director of Two Oceans Management, LLC. Bio, Video, and Fees for Todd Buchholz

Marshall Goldsmith Dr. Marshall Goldsmith is one of the world’s formost authorities on helping leaders achieve positive, measurable change in behavior--for themselves, their people, and their teams. He has conducted extensive research on the challenge of retaining and motivation high-impact employees in today’s new workforce. He is also one of the most in-demand executive coaches and keynote speakers in the U.S. Golsmith had helped design, deliver, or implement leadership development processess that have impacted over one million people in over 70 different organizations around the world. He was ranked in The Wall Street Journal as one of the top ten consultants in the field of executive education. His work has recieved national recognition from the American Management Association, the American Society for Training and Develoment, the Institute for Management Studies, and the Human Resource Planning Society. Bio, Video, and Fees for Marshall Goldsmith

Kevin Freiberg Kevin and his wife, Jackie, are bestselling authors. Their newest book, BOOM! 7 Choices for Blowing the Doors Off Business-as-Usual, will change your life and transform your company. BOOM! follows the Freibergs' international bestseller NUTS! Southwest Airlines' Crazy Recipe for Business and Personal Success (over 600,000 copies in print!), and its sequel, GUTS! Companies that Blow the Doors Off Business-as-Usual. Kevin holds a doctoral degree in educational leadership from the University of San Diego. He reads voraciously, he networks with leaders around the world, and he listens carefully to what's being said at the meetings and conferences where he speaks. His deep sense of intellectual curiosity and commitment to lifelong learning make him a premier resource for capturing, analyzing, and sharing business intelligence. . Bio, Video, and Fees for Kevin Freiberg

Jackie Freiberg Jackie is an owner and the managing partner of Freibergs.com. In addition to speaking, she juggles the multiple priorities of overseeing the firm’s day-to-day operations, marketing its services, and managing client relationships and consulting partnerships. Jackie and her husband, Kevin, are bestselling authors. Their newest book, BOOM! 7 Choices for Blowing the Doors Off Business-as-Usual, will change your life and transform your company. BOOM! follows the Freibergs’ international bestseller NUTS! Southwest Airlines’ Crazy Recipe for Business and Personal Success (over 600,000 copies in print!), and its sequel, GUTS! Companies that Blow the Doors Off Business-as-Usual. Jackie is known for her business savvy. She delivers messages that are power-packed with unconventional business best practices. You’ll walk away with sound business solutions and a passion to take action. Since the publication of GUTS! and NUTS! Jackie has become a connoisseur of COOL companies, places where people WANT to work, customers WANT to do business and everyone makes a difference. She is passionate about equipping leaders, at all levels, with insights, ideas, and tools to kick-start their journey toward GREAT. Jackie’s messages encourage you to get Gutsy — lead by example, hire for attitude, get purposeful about culture, and make work more fun. Bio, Video, and Fees for Jackie Freiberg

Russ Stolnack Russ Stolnack is a corporate and performance veteran with Six Emmy awards for writing and acting. He works with and speaks for organizations that want to kick off, close out, or just break the monotony of their next meeting or conferences with an entertaining comedian. Russ is a well-known San Diego personality known by his nick-name Russ T. Nailz. He was the morning man on the radio station 91XFM, simultaneously developing stand-up comedy routines with guitar in hand. One of his more popular programs is also his "Executive Impostor", where he has an audience believing he's a serious speaker then makes it quite obvious he's not. They catch on and they crack up! Bio, Video, and Fees for Russ Stolnack

Sondra Thiederman Sondra Thiederman is one of the nation's leading experts on workplace diversity, cross-cultural business, and bias reduction. As President of Cross-Cultural Communications, a San Diego-based training firm, Sondra has 25 years experience as a speaker, trainer, and author helping professionals in Fortune 500 companies, public sector organizations, and dozens of associations find ways to successfully navigate our increasingly diverse workplaces. Since receiving her doctorate with an emphasis on cross-cultural studies from UCLA, Sondra has helped hundreds of groups develop solutions to their cross-cultural and diversity leadership challenges. She is the author of four books including the award-winning Profiting in America's Multicultural Marketplace and, most recently, Making Diversity Work: Seven Steps for Defeating Bias in the Workplace. Bio, Video, and Fees for Sondra Thiederman

Rick Barrera In his latest book Overpromise and Overdeliver, marketing expert and founder of Overpromise, Inc, Rick Barrera shows how an increasing number of cutting edge firms are building breakthrough brands in record time. His in-depth research has unlocked the strategic secrets of American Girl, Lexus, Google, Washington Mutual, Tivo, Krispy Kreme, The Container Store and many others. You'll gain insights into instant hits like IPOD, Hummer, Lunchables and other hot products. Overpromise, Inc. was created to enable customers to realize the greatest market value from the potential of their brands. Rick Shows how to implement and "operationalize" the strategies of "Overpromising AND Overdelivering" using our proprietary TouchPoint Branding methodology. We've brought together the best minds in Market Research, Brand Development, Marketing, Sales, Customer Experience Management, Internal and External Brand Communication, Training, Mastery Software, Certainty Software, and more to deliver comprehensive solutions to clients who want to maximize the power of their brands and the value of their companies. Bio, Video, and Fees for Rick Barrera

Steve Farber Steve Farber is among the leading experts in the areas of leadership, reinvention, service quality and teamwork. As a former Vice President of the Tom Peters Company, Farber quickly became their most requested consultant and was dubbed their "Official Mouthpiece." He has focused his career on helping professionals understand what to do when popular, attractive-sounding terms like empowerment, reengineering, TQM, and vision, for example, smack up against the hard wall of reality. Steve has conducted organization-wide training programs involving groups from top-level executives to front-line employees and has helped senior management teams to develop market-driven strategies and effective leadership practices. Bio, Video, and Fees for Steve Farber

Harry Paul With a Ph.D. in experience, Harry Paul has over 20 years of first-hand knowledge in running all aspects of a management training and consulting business including sales, distribution, product development and international operations. He has served as an executive vice president for The Ken Blanchard Companies, where he personally managed the speaking career of Dr. Kenneth Blanchard. Now, Harry is the co-author of the internationally best-selling business book: FISH! A Remarkable Way to Boost Morale and Improve Results. Tthe FISH! philosophy shows today’s business leaders how to better obtain desired results by changing attitudes at work to help employees both better enjoy what they do and whom they are doing it for. Bio, Video, and Fees for Harry Paul

Ken Blanchard One of the most powerful and forward-thinking men in business today, Ken Blanchard puts passion back in the workplace. He shows audiences how to motivate themselves and their colleagues, by giving them back the sense of commitment and ambition that first brought them to the job. A management expert whose influence has been felt around the world, Blanchard paved the way for today's dynamic climate of leadership innovation. Author of the industry-shaping classic The One Minute Manager series of books, he remains at the head of the pack as chief officer of the nation's largest training firm, The Ken Blanchard Companies, Inc. A speaker who touches each individual in an audience, no matter how large the crowd, Blanchard has proven his storytelling skills time and again with such soul-inspiring works as The Three Keys to Empowerment, Big Bucks and High Five! The Magic of Working Together. Bio, Video, and Fees for Ken Blanchard

Janet Lapp Dr. Janet Lapp is a specialist in areas of fast personal and cultural change, well known to audiences around the world for her challenging, in-your-face ideas and her endless humor, energy and ability to connect with audiences. Her presentations outline bold, innovative strategies and practical guidelines for excelling in rapidly changing, intensely competitive times. She is a licensed clinical psychologist, internationally known speaker and author, and creator and host of the award-winning CBS series 'Keep Well.' As editor of the Change Letter and author of three best-selling books: Dancing with Tigers, Plant your Feet Firmly in Mid-Air, and Positive Spin™ she has received critical acclaim for her forward-looking ideas. Bio, Video, and Fees for Janet Lapp