Rob is the Founder and acting CEO of Co-OpWorld the company that has developed the 3-D Virtual Expo platform that powers the Business Podcasting Expo.

After 15 years in the food/ pharmaceutical/ biotech industry sector as a Chemical Engineer and Operations Manager with small startups, he headed out onto the Net with a vision of creating an open and accountable Social Enterprise to channel funds out to the community sector.

Her deep compassion and coaching excellence has assisted more than 2,000 small business owners, entrepreneurs, and executives from a wide range of professional service industries including real estate, creative businesses (such as interior design, artists, writers), psychology, and healthcare/wellness.
Lorraine's intuition and counseling background heighten her ability to get to the heart of the matter quickly, helping clients to live their life in alignment with their core values and heart. An expert in breaking through FEAR, and removing barriers to success, she shows her clients how to replace negative beliefs and self-defeating behaviors to attract the life they want. Those clients include Sunoco, Sovereign Bank, Drexel University, The American Cancer Society, and Huntleigh Healthcare.
A published writer, Lorraine's articles on personal and business development are featured online, on multiple websites, and local newspapers. She has spoken on the importance and value of executive coaching as a guest expert on Philadelphia area radio and local television programs.

To learn more about Lorraine’s services, products and programs visit www.powerfull-living.biz Sign up for her free Powerfull Living newsletter and fear eCourse.

Jerry Franklin possesses more than two decades of professional experience across all forms of media. Among his many other activities he is the audio engineer for The Good Dog Show, a podcast on dog training, which he also co-hosts and co-produces with his wife Kate Knight, a certified dog trainer.

Jerry began his media career as a newswriter and segment producer for CBS, NBC, and CNN. He then became a writer and producer of corporate videos, and a freelance technology journalist. In 1994 he transitioned into new media, editing the world’s first CD-ROM-based news magazine.

For the last 12 years Jerry has written and produced Web content, marketing collateral, and software documentation for numerous technology startups as well as for some of the world’s largest technology companies, including Microsoft, PeopleSoft, and Intel.

Jerry is also a professional performer, having appeared in a drama off-off Broadway, in nightclubs with an improvisational comedy troupe in Chicago, and at Carnegie Hall and Chicago’s Orchestra Hall with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus. Through his classical training as a singer, Jerry has developed an excellent ear, which has served him extremely well in parsing sound files in Audacity. His experience as a technical writer has been wonderfully complementary, helping him to plumb Audacity’s intricacies and enabling him to talk about the technology in clear, concise, and highly-accessible language.

Jerry possesses a bachelor’s degree in speech from Northwestern University. He resides in Alameda, California, with his wife and their two dogs.

Penny Haynes is an audio/video producer, publisher and Podcaster.  She is the owner of 1st Podcast Publishing and is the organizer of the Business Podcasting Expo and other Virtual Podcasting Expos held throughout the year.

Penny has 2 years of experience as a television producer, director and editor, and a lifetime of experience in audio recording.

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Andrea has been working with Outlook in the business environment since 1997. For many years she trained corporate users on how to better utilize Outlook/Exchange for enhanced personal and team productivity and collaboration. During this time she developed many custom Outlook form solutions for contact management and project management for the Outlook/Exchange public folder environment.

In 2003 she decided to start her own business offering Outlook training and support, which then branched into the SharePoint Services arena in 2005. Her focus is on training users to get the most out of both Outlook and SharePoint Services in the business world, and to maximize team communication and collaboration.

Donna Lendzyk is a proven business leader and business coach with over 18 years of business experience. Some of her portfolio includes strategic planning, marketing strategy, financial decision making and leading both small and large high performance teams.

Donna has served as a key analyst/strategist for billion dollar companies in both Canada and abroad – providing them recommendations, which when implemented, resulted in millions of dollars of retained and new revenue growth.

Donna graduated from the University of Saskatchewan with a Bachelor of Commerce degree, majoring in Marketing and General Business and has earned the professional designation of Certified Management Accountant. She has also graduated from Corporate Coach University International and certified as a Certified Corporate Coach.

Donna is highly committed to ongoing personal development. She is currently a member of the Graduate School of Coaching and is enrolled in the prestigious Edinburgh Business School in Edinburgh Scotland to complete her MBA.

Donna understands (from personal experience) that many highly motivated business owners juggle many ideas and responsibilities. They have very little time for themselves, and as a result feel overwhelmed with all they are trying to do. They can easily end up completing way too little on what really matters the most to them. By combining her years of experience, knowledge and skills, she is able to coach business owners from across North America to Get More Done in Less Time…so they can make more profits.

Donna has come to know and appreciate the positive benefits of having great mentors and coaches in her life. Instrumental individuals who have shared their ideas, philosophies and skills represent different business disciplines across a multiple of markets. The more notable are Vice Presidents and Presidents of billion dollar companies, self-made entrepreneurs, philanthropists and Thomas Leonard the founder of the coaching industry.

He’s been hired, fired, acquired, merged, purged, downsized, rightsized but never…capsized”

A successful businessman, author, mentor and former CEO, Phil is a 35 year veteran of Corporate America who has lived and traveled extensively throughout the world.

He served his country as a Naval Officer, socialized at the White House, and has been called a “world class” photographer.” He was a Golden Gloves boxer, a collegiate wrestler and golfer, and has coached soccer, basketball, and Little League baseball. In his spare time he was a volunteer fireman.

He is an energizing explorer who shares with others how to discover the possibilities before them and the potential within them. Held up at gunpoint at an early age, Phil is skilled in the art of self survival and exploring opportunities in the face of adversity. His experiences have given him the “gift of perspective.”

His best selling book, “Kiss Yourself Hello” (From a Life of Business to the Business of Life) enriches, enlightens, and encourages others to believe in themselves and achieve the results they deserve. In his second book, The Gift of Perspective ~ (Let My Hindsight Be Your Foresight), Phil shares the lessons he’s learned.

He’s is a member of the National Speakers Association, the Georgia Speakers Association and the International Speakers Federation. He lives in Atlanta with his wife and partner, Bonnie.

Phil’s topic this morning will be: Life’s a Business, So Let’s Get Busy

Ramon is the editor of Smallbiztechnology.com and author of Technology Solutions for Growing Businesses (Amacom). He has written thousands of technology articles and news items for Smallbiztechnology.com.

He is a contributing editor to the New York Enterprise Report and has written business small business technology articles for Inc Magazine, Black Enterprise Magazine, CNet, Var Business, TechTarget, Entreprenuer.com, Small Business Resources and other media. He has also written for technology vendors including Microsoft, FileMaker, Everest and others.

Ramon is not “just” a technology writer, but as a former small business technology consultant, he has years of hands on experience in building networks, installing software, upgrading computers and supporting the technology small businesses use on a daily basis.

He is often quoted in the media, including the New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Entrepreneur Magazine, Inc Magazine, WCBS Radio, Crains New York, National Federal of Independent Business, Small Business Advocate Radio Show, Wells Fargo Small Business Roundup and more...

He has been invited to speak at events including the United States Small Business Administration Service Core of Retired Executives "Strategies for Succeeding in Business", Inc 500, PC Expo, Internet World, American Woman’s Economic Development Corporation, Business Development Institute and SMB Nation.

Ramon co-produced the Small Business Summit 2006 (sponsored by Intel, Microsoft, Intuit and other companies) and Taste of Technology @ Lunchtime (in partnership with Best Buy, Manhattan Chamber of Commerce and Microsoft).

In 1995, McGraw-Hill lured her away to the world of multimedia and Web publishing, and recognized Debra as the Author of the Year in Multimedia Development in 1996. Thus began Debra’s adventure in digital media development. She subsequently spent four years programming McGraw Hill’s vast collection of websites.

When McGraw Hill closed their Carlsbad office, Debra re-entered the entrepreneurial realm, developing and implementing Web 2.0 Internet marketing strategies for the small business community. As a blogger and podcaster, Debra keeps the cyberspace community informed of the activities of North San Diego businesses by producing North San Diego Business@Large podcasts, in which she regularly interviews business owners. Her podcasts can be found at http://northsandiego.blogspot.com.

Debra speaks throughout Southern California to small business organizations on the many ways a business can present itself on the World Wide Web. She teaches low cost, no cost forms of marketing business to the online community, increasing business visibility and driving traffic to websites, while creating passive income through the sale of information products.

She can often be found participating in online business expos, sharing with the attendees how blogging and podcasting can benefit their businesses. She has been a featured speaker at the International Podcasting Expo, the Work At Home Moms Expo, the International Business Expo, and at the SCORE arm of the US Small Business Administration. Debra regularly presents webinars in her virtual conference room. Visit www.magicinwords.com for more information.

She wrote Riches Are Niches – Find a Niche & You’ll Be Rich and Promote Yourself Without Bragging!™ -- Your Elevator Speech & What to Say Next. Jan has created Turn What You Know into Cash Flow Now™, the her proprietary system for taking your book, idea for a book, and materials you’ve already created from your head into lucrative information products and market them. She hosts the Internet radio show Turn What You Know into Cash Flow Now™, publishes an ezine, ecourse and articles, and has been published in sales and business publications. She has appeared on SmartBusinessRadio.com, has been quoted in the Washington Post, and is featured in the new book by Lucy Hedrick titled Get Organized in the Digital Age by Lucy Hedrick. She has lived and worked in Germany; London; Okinawa, Japan; and The Netherlands, where she wrote A Cross-Cultural Study of The Netherlands for the Department of State.

Jan is action- and results-oriented, and 100% committed to your success. Contact Jan at www.SellingYourExpertise.com or (866) 701-9305.