Have you been to workshops that are all about "what" and hardly about "how" at all? We come together because we want to give you skills to succeed. If we are to make a difference we don't have time for fluff.

• Learn about the future of kindness in corporate America
• proven techniques to increase your own productivity
• What successful managers know about increasing productivity that you can't afford to miss
• How to think about any challenge you come across with expert eyes

Reut is an international speaker, an author and a trainer. She is the founder of the Management Initiative project, the president of the Kind-Excellence Institute and the owner of MetaConsulting Solutions. Reut is the author of "Outswim the Sharks" and is personally dedicated to training executives in using Kind Excellence management skills. Over the past 12 years, Reut supported organizations of all sectors and sizes to increase their overall productivity. For more about Reut please visit www.KindExcellence.com

Bennett Peji - "Brand Leadership: How To Design The Strongest Possible Brand Identity"

• Learn about the most important questions in building a powerful brand
• How to build a brand step by step
• How to harness kindness and lead to great results through design

Bennett, brand consultant and principal of Bennett Peji Design, is a specialist in district branding and design. He serves as a Commissioner of Art & Culture for the City of San Diego, an Asian Business Association executive board member, a Public Art Committee member for National City, and an AIGA national board member. Besides being the first San Diegan to serve on the national design board, he co-founded the AIGA Center for Cross-cultural Design and is San Diego's first AIGA Fellow honoree. His firm, Bennett Peji Design, focuses on helping the revitalization of organizations, cities and cultures through district branding. Believing that form follows culture, Peji served as master plan consultant for the Filipino Village development in National City. He is leading the district branding projects for downtown Rancho Bernardo, downtown National City and the Asian Pacific Historic District in downtown San Diego. Peji is the recipient of the 2005 Arts, Business and Culture Award from the San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce, the 2004 Outstanding Professional of the Year Award from the Filipino-American Chamber of Commerce and the 2004 Asian Heritage Award for Cultural Preservation from Asia Media. Besides business and community service awards, his firm has received over 200 national design awards. Peji is a co-founder and regent of the Baja California Missions Foundation, founded to renovate and preserve the historic missions in Mexico.

Joon Han - Strategy - Customer Loyalty

• The 5 fatal mistakes everyone makes in strategy, even strategists!
• Competitive advantages and techniques of customer-loyalty centric strategy
• The 3 things a strategic planner doesn't want you to know

• Get Ahead by Giving Back; How Your Business Will Profit Through Altruism
• Smart Person's Guide to Dominating Business Like a Top Secret Agent (eBook)
• Smart Person's Guide to Balancing Life Like a Pirate (eBook)
• Our Permission Slip
• Become a Gazillionaire...when our stuff works for you but stay positive regardless and buy more helpful stuff if you can; Cut Through the BS and Get Straight to Your Success
• Joon also contributes to the 'Small Business Tip of the Week' for the SD Regional Chamber of Commerce as well as pertinent business articles for various publications and radio.

Debra Simpson - Web2.0 - What it holds for your business!

Are you:

• Wanting to deliver your message to the masses
• Interested in going global with your business?
• Looking to raise your online visibility?
• Ready to increase your business income?

Patricia Chavarria Perez- Techniques for investigating and resolving workplace disputes

Patricia C. Perez is founder and President of Puente Consulting, Inc. Ms. Perez is a legal expert in the areas of employment law and human resource management. A native Spanish speaker, she has worked in Mexico with judicial education programs, has trained thousands of HR, legal and other professionals, and has extensive work experience as an employment attorney and an HR executive. Ms. Perez is active in community and professional organizations, including the Society for Human Resource Management's (SHRM) national and local chapters, the California State and San Diego County Bar Associations, the UCLA Alumni Association (she is a past member of its Board of Directors), San Diego MANA (she is an Advisory Board Member), and the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO). Ms. Perez has been featured in numerous publications, including the San Diego Business Journal, and she has been a guest speaker on KPBS's "These Days." Ms. Perez won the 2007 Business Owner of the Year Award given by the NAWBO's San Diego chapter. She was also recently named one of San Diego Metropolitan Magazine's "40 under Forty" - an award given to the region's outstanding young business and civic leaders and he received a 2006 MIB Prism Award (the Cesar Chavez award) for community service. She will be a featured speaker at SHRM's 2006 Annual National Diversity Conference. Additionally, Ms. Perez has taught employment law at UCSD. She wrote Workplace Investigations: Seven Critical Steps to Success(TM) and has also written a chapter on workplace investigations for the 2007 edition of "Advising California Employers and Employees" published by the California State Bar's Continuing Education of the Bar(CEB).

Adrienne Moch- Writing for Business

Are your writing efforts helping your business...or holding it back? Discover how to ensure the latter is not the case in this brief workshop, which will focus on the importance of writing with your audience in mind. In addition to learning the secrets to writing clearly and how to avoid common writing mistakes, you'll also leave with some tips that will help you write better website copy, emails, and business letters.

Adrienne Moch (www.adriennemoch.com) is a business writer and editor with more than 25 years of experience in the communications field. After "cutting her teeth" as a journalist, she gained experience as a corporate communicator, newsletter writer and PR professional before going freelance in 2004. Adrienne has won a number of awards for her work, and was honored in 2006 by the San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce with the Most Innovative Product or Marketing Award, Micro Business. She helps clients communicate effectively in all their written materials and she is a frequent contributor to bizSanDiego magazine.

Jerry Troyer - Vital Signs for Business Health

• The 60 minute solution for busy people.
• Committing to my future goals.
• Financial Encumbrances and Entanglements.
• Which insurance products are right for me?

With a passion for helping build a better future for others, Jerry is an expert in both financial investing and financial literacy. His services include building lifetime financial plans for individuals and business owners, and teaching workshops and retreats that are designed to develop financial freedom. Workshops are available to the general public, as well as on site for business owners, executives, employees and other non-profit organizations. He holds the following securities licenses: Series 6,7,63 and 65. He is also a certified Dalbar 401k specialist, Accredited Asset Management Specialist (AAMS), a Certified Financial Literacy Specialist and a licensed Life and Health Agent. Additionally he holds a bachelors degree in Business Management and a graduate degree in Banking Administration.