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	Patricia Fripp, CSP, CPAE, Cavett Award Winner, Past Present of NSA, is an award-winning speaker, author, sales presentation skills trainer and in-demand executive speech coach. Her speech-coaching clients include corporate leaders, celebrity speakers, well-known sports and media personalities, and sales teams. Meetings and Conventions magazine named her "One of the 10 most electrifying speakers in North America."
	Robert Fripp, influential guitar legend and teacher, founding member of King Crimson, collaborator/contributor to David Bowie, Peter Gabriel, Eno, Blondie and Daryl Hall, is Rolling Stone's 42nd best guitarist — ever.
	Victoria Labalme brings 20 years of show biz experience to the presenter's platform with a background including: over 200 productions of her solo theatre show off-Broadway, in comedy clubs and venues throughout the United States, Caroline's on Broadway, HBO's "Sex & The City", NBC & Fox News, ABC Good Morning America stage in Times Square, advanced training with Marcel Marceau, 27 television commercials, a 1998 Super Bowl spot, film & stage production, documentary directed by Academy Award nominees and clients who range from Starbucks to Enterprise Rent-A-Car and NYPD to IBM.
	Rich Little, Dean of Impersonators and master of over 200 voices, recently finished his engagement at the Golden Nugget Casino in Las Vegas. Rich continues to dazzle audiences with his portrayals of personalities in show business, politics, and fiction. Infamous for his skewing of political figures, Rich has charmed, amused, annoyed and lampooned politicians from here to his native Canada. He entertained at the Reagan inaugurals and spent much of 2003 touring the United States with his show The Presidents. A master mimic of over 200 voices, Little continues to impress in Atlantic City, Las Vegas, Reno, Hawaii, Chicago, New York and London. In November 2006, Rich performed on David Lettermen's Late Show which ranked its highest ratings of the season. He appeared on Comics Unleashed and was selected to entertain at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner.
	Giovanni Livera is a celebrator of human spirit and human potential. A creator of meaningful experiences that transform people's lives through the understanding that anything is possible. His creativity and boundless energy will inspire you to create at higher levels.
	Brian McDonald is an award-winning filmmaker and writer who has worked in both the film and publishing industries for over 20 years. Brian has taught story development at Pixar, Disney Feature Animation and LucasFilm, as well as several universities.
	Scot McKain, CSP, CPAE, is the Vice Chairman of Obsidian Enterprises–a holding company with 19 affiliate corporations, co-founder of The Value Added Institute and author of two bestselling business books: What Customers REALLY Want and ALL Business is Show Business.
	Dan Maddux, Executive Director of the American Payroll Association, is an internationally recognized expert in meeting production. APA produces more than 350 meetings and training events each year, worldwide and at their own event venues in Las Vegas, NV and San Antonio, TX. Dan also has extensive experience in theatre, video production and meeting technology.
	Richard Oberacker is currently the Conductor for Cirque du Soleil's Ka. Other conducting credits include: Cirque's Dralion and the National tour of The Lion King. As a composer and author, Richard's original musicals Ace, Journey To The West, Dracula and The Gospel According to Fishman have premiered at some of the most prestigious regional theatres in America.
	Dan Thurmon, CSP, delivers "full contact" keynote presentations that combine speaking with world class demonstrations of acrobatics and juggling. Dan has delivered more than a thousand presentations worldwide for corporate clients, he's appeared on national television programs, and he has also traveled to the front lines of Iraq and Afghanistan to bring entertainment and encouragement to US Armed Forces. Dan is the author of the book Success in Action.
	D.J. Eagle Bear Vanas is an internationally-acclaimed motivational storyteller and author of the book The Tiny Warrior, which is printed in six countries. He is Odawa Indian from Michigan and inspires people to use traditional wisdom in every day life and career.