Ed Rigsbee

Biography

One of America `s most prolific authors on the idea of using Strategic Alliances to grow your business, Ed Rigsbee is a consultant and advisor to world class clients such as Toyota , 3M, Dun & Bradstreet, BE Aerospace, George Fischer Signet, Mead, Siemens, Roland, Best Buy, and others. He travels internationally to assist organizations in building alliance relationships and to improve their total effectiveness and profitability.

When he takes the platform to deliver keynote presentations, he delivers twice the value. First is his high level content, gleaned from his books and over 1,500 published articles. Second is his naturally playful and humorous manner, which he uses to relax and disarm his audience members. The result from this combined delivery design is his distinctive ability to move people into action; to do better and be more effective in growing the business and enjoying life.

With more than 1,500 published articles to his credit, Rigsbee continues to be a regular contributor to business, trade and professional publications throughout North America. He has been an adjunct professor for both the Universities of California at Santa Barbara and California Lutheran University. Further, he has served as a Dun & Bradstreet Foundation trainer delivering full-day; sales, customer service, teambuilding, and management seminars across the USA.

Ed brings extensive sales, marketing and strategic management expertise to the platform along with his current research work. He shares his real-world experiences; from retail and sales management positions, his work in the hospitality industry, his work in distribution and as owner of a manufacturer representative firm. His presentations, based on the idea of a mutually beneficial partnering philosophy have evolved through his years of research and teaching management, marketing, and selling skills.

What has earned Rigsbee favor with corporations and national associations throughout North America is his ability to synthesize industry specific information along with proven success strategies and offer workable organizational and industry-wide solutions.

Ed and his wife Regina have two sons, Ryan and Jonathan. They have been married and resided in Thousand Oaks, CA since 1974. Besides his speaking, writing and consulting activities, he enjoys snow skiing and scuba diving. Ed has been an active member of the National Speakers Association since 1988 and holds the Certified Speaking Professional (CSP) designation, one that less than 10% of the International Federation membership holds.

In 1999, he founded an annual fund raising party at the National Speakers Association`s annual convention that has, to date, given over $225,000 to the National Speakers Association Foundation`s Professional Speakers Benefit Fund, the Hereditary Disease Foundation`s Laura`s Hope project, and others. The event has now grown into an IRS recognized 501 (c) (3) public charity, Cigar PEG, Inc., of which Ed is the president and executive director.

Publications

Developing Strategic Alliances

A visible element in today`s business environment is found in the combinations of companies that can create benefits for all which one company could not achieve alone. In the high-tech field it is most notable when competitors combine efforts to build a new technology.

Identifies several types of alliance possibilities and describes the critical process of selecting the right partner. After explaining the advantages and benefits of forming alliances, it examines some problems and challenges and how to over come them.

Titles

Partnering for Profits; Strategic Alliances for Your Business Success

Relationship Glue for Outstanding Relationship ROI

Member Value Process to Determine ROI

Want More Members, Give `em More Value (Workshop)