Wally Amos
Founder Famous Amos Cookies

• The Power In You
• Turn Lemons Into Lemonade
• Relationships Are Partnerships
• A Recipe For A Successful Life
• Watermelon Magic: Seeds Of Wisdom, Slices Of Life

• Journey Through The 21st Century
• Looking Backwards From Tomorrow
• Leading In A Continuum Of Change
• Creating The Future

Murray Banks
Performance ‚ Life Style ‚ Former Educator Of The Year

• Teaching is Selling ‚ Learning is Buying ‚ Staff Development
• If I'd Known It Was Going To Be Like This...I'd Have Taken Better Care Of Myself
• Performance Under Pressure: The Challenge Of Leadership
• First They Blindfold You, Then They Spin You Around...The Challenge Of Change

• Business & Education: Fundamental Misunderstandings About How To Improve Public Education
• High-Stakes Testing & Student Learning: The Case Of The Missing Evidence

• Redefining Diversity
• Change & Transformation
• Finding Your Purpose: at Work, Home, and In The Community
• Wellness:  Fitness, Exercise & Nutrition
• Healing the Village
• The World According to Me:  How To Overcome The Odds And Success
• Peace in the Midst of the Storm
• Self-Esteem
• Women in the Workplace

• Harness The Rainbow (Diversity & Change In The Workplace)
• Diversity & The Bottom Line
• Ten Steps to the Head of the Class

Lenora Billings-Harris
Multi-Cultural ‚ 21st Century Leadership ‚ Former Educator

• The Diversity Advantage: A Wizard of Oz Perspective
• The Diversity Advantage: Turning Barriers Into Bridges
• From Adversaries To Allies:  Gender Communications In The Workplace
• The Leadership Advantage: Building Emotional Intelligence

• The Best Team Always Wins! (teamwork)
• No One Can Stop You, But YOU! (motivation)
• Renewing Your Mind to Increase Your Value (change)
• Winners, Losers, and Champions ... There's a Difference  (leadership)

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• A Humorous Look At Personal, Professional And Family Success
• You'll See It When You Believe It! (Become The Person You Dream To Be)
• Be A People Power Person! (Leadership, Service & Communications)
• You And America: Two Great Champions!
• Killing Stress Before It Kills You

• How To Motivate Your People
• Achieving Goals
• Corporate Down-Sizing
• Motivation/Inspiration

Geoffrey & Renate Caine
Teaching The Human Brain ‚ Raise Performance

• The Brain, Education And The Competitive Edge
• Misunderstanding Standards-The Missing Link Between Test Results And Real World Competence
• How People Learn
• What The Brain Research Reveals
• Workshop:1-3 Days - Learning By Becoming: The Art Of Capitalizing On Experience

• Uniting The Community
• The Kingdom Of God Is A Party
• Everything You've Heard Is Wrong:  There's A Better Way To Win In Business
• Things We Wish We Had Said
• A Reasonable Faith

• Giving Teachers Hope, Courage And Practical Tools
• Administrators: Preparing For The 21st Century
• War And Peace: Resolving Conflict In The Classroom

• Get What You Want With What You've Got!
• Got Humor?  Get Calcium for Your Funny Bone!
• Why Can't Everybody Just Get Along?!
• Why Brainstorm When You Can "Brain el-nino?!

• The Main Thing Is To Make The Main Thing The Main Thing  (Inspirational Humor)
• You Can't Quit, It's  A League Rule      (Team/Winning/Unity)
• When Your Horse Dies, Dismount (Change/Leadership)

Willard Daggett
Leadership in Education ‚ Leave No Child Behind ‚ Former Educator

• Two Perspectives of No Child Left Behind
• Preparing Students for Our Changing World
• Technology in Year 2008 ‚ What Students Need to Know & Be Able To Do
• Success in Reaching NCLB's Adequate Yearly Progress Provision
• Emerging Technologies: What Graduates Need to Know and Be Able to Do
• The Role of Schools in Promoting Good Character
• Preparing Students for State Tests & The World Beyond School-No Child Left Behind
• The Skills Gap - What It Is and How to Close It
• Ten Years of School Reform:  Lessons Learned

• Student Performance Using a Comprehensive, Systematic Data-Driven Process

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Terrance Deal
Study Of Organizations - Leadership

• Escape From Cluelessness - A Guide For The Organizationally Challenged
• The New Corporate Cultures - Revitalizing The Workplace After Downsizing, Mergers, And Reengineering
• Shaping School Culture - The Heart Of Leadership
• Leading With Soul - An Uncommon Journey Of Spirit
• Reframing Organizations - Artistry, Choice And Leadership
• Corporate Celebration - Play, Purpose And Profit At Work
• The Path To School Leadership - A Portable Mentor
• Becoming A Teacher Leader - From Isolation To Collaboration

• Driving The Miracle
• Driving the Miracle for Teens
• The Christmas Box Miracle
• The Power of a Book
• Making a Difference
• A Journey of Healing And Hope 

Ron Gustafson
Inspiration & Motivation

• Turning A Set-back Into A Come-back
• Discover the Courage to Succeed  
• The Ron Gustafson Phenomenon
• Three Keys to Success (Process the Garbage in Your Life; Never Give Up; Have the Courge to Face the Next Challenge)

• Sizzle Of Fizzle (Leadership)
• Glad To The Bone (Stress)
• Skippin' Stones (Fun In The Workplace)
• Team (Teamwork)
• Sailing The Winds Of Change On The Seven C's (Change)
• Managing The Job Of Managing (Management)
• Your Best Self Forward (Success)
• Humor: Don't Leave Home Without It (Humor)
• Managing You - Managing Me: Stop Paddling Upstream And Start Rocking The Boat (Management)
• The Original Cracker Jack - Getting Out Of The Box And Becoming The Prize (Change)

• It's All About Achievement, What You Truly Believe You WILL Achieve!
• CHANGE Is Good ... When Your Attitude Is GREAT! (The New Business Building Program)
• It Only Takes A Minute To Change ... Your Life, Your Attitude, Your Organization
• How To Turn A Setback Into A Setup For A Comeback
• Developing Diamonds And Pearls (Leadership Secrets Of The Masters)
• Dare 2 Dream - Dare 2 Win! (The YOUTH Power Program)
• Excellence Is Still The Best Job Security
• Leadership Is An Action, Not A Position

• Living on the Future Edge (Off We Go Into the Wired Blue Yonder!)

• New Schools For a New Millennium
• Dancing on Quicksand:  New Mindsets for the Information Age
• New Visions for Teaching and Learning in the 21st Century
• The Challenge of Change: Making Meaningful & Lasting Community Connections
• From Gutenberg to Gates and Beyond:  .EDU meets .COM
• Windows on the Future: Thinking About Tomorrow Today
• Leading From the Future: Questions and Answers About Restructuring For the Millennium
• Education at the Crossroads

Trends

• Into Tomorrow: Reconsidering Education in the New Digital Landscape

• The Future Ain't What It Used To Be: 15 Ways To Be a Smarter Teacher

Humor

• Cyber-Spaced Out: Are You Diagonally Parked in a Parallel Universe?

• Beyond Technology to the New Literacy
• Developing Diamonds And Pearls (Leadership Secrets Of The Masters)
• Dare 2 Dream - Dare 2 Win! (The YOUTH Power Program)
• Excellence Is Still The Best Job Security
• Leadership Is An Action, Not A Position

Information Literacy

• Becoming NetSavvy and InfoSavvy in the Information Age
• It's Not The Internet, It's the Information: NetSavvy for the Information Age
• Born To Be Wired: NetSavvy & Communication Literacy for An Information Age
• The NetSavvy Experience: Becoming Information Fluent for the Information Age

Technology Planning

• Getting It Right: Aligning Technology Initiatives for Measurable Student Results

Dealing with Change

• Change is Hard, You Go First

• Campaigns On Behalf Of All Children For Better Educational Opportunities Through The Elimination Of Inequality In Educational Systems

Crystal Kuykendall
Education Advocate ‚ Former Educator

• Bringing Out The Best In Everybody
• Principals Of Effective Leadership
• From Rage To Hope
• Policy Development For Effective Change
• School Law, Student & Parent Rights...Teaching The Gifted Underachiever...All Children Can Learn
• Student Discipline And Classroom Management Stress Management
• Communicating High Expectations-Effective Special Education Strategies
• Creating A Climate Most Conducive To Student Achievement
• Identifying Giftedness In "At risk" Youth-Effective Parenting For Today's Youth
• Incommensurability: The Issue Behind School Equity
• Violence Prevention In A Violent Society-Mentoring To Make A Difference
• Dealing With Diversity-Improving Personal Productivity

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New Teaching Strategies

• Leading from the Future
• Welcome To The Wired World!
• Living On The Future Edge  
• From Gutenburg to Gates and Beyond
• New Schools For The New Millennium
• Beyond Technology to the New Literacy
• Nothing But Net -- The Internet, Schools, And The Future Of Learning

New Teaching Strategies

• Teaching For Tomorrow - Shifting Instruction For Success In The Modern World
• Moving Towards Transformation

The Internet & Information Literacy

• Getting Beyond Dragnet
• It's Not The Internet, It's The Information

Visual Literacy & Graphic Design

• Designing Effective Instructional Materials For The Multimedia World  

The Need For A New Mindset In Education

• Dancing On Quicksand - A New Mindset For The New Millennium
• The Wheel Of Success  

• When the Drumbeat Changes, Dance a Different Dance
• Shake Off Your "Fear Snakes"- How to Create Assets from Adversity to Free the Opportunities of a Lifetime - Every Day!
• We are All Leaders (Leadership)
• There's Always a Bigger Bully (bullying)
• Who Are the Champions? (peak performance)
• We Need All of Us (diversity)

Will Miller, Ph.D.
TV & Radio Personality ‚ Former Educator & Comedian ‚ Family Therapist ‚ Author

• Life Balance
• Team Building
• Stress Management
• Adjusting To The New Reality
• Refrigerator Rights:  Creating Essential Relationships
• The Winds Of Change
• Thriving While Striving
• Living & Prospering - A Humorous Guide To Finding Balance In Modern America

Jason Ohler
Technology In The Classroom

• Then What?  The past, present and future of education and technology
• Education and The New Economy  
• Taming The Technology Beast  
• Teachies Are From Venus, Techies Are From Mars
• Putting the Story Into Digital (and traditional) Storytelling - Part 1 
• Part 2 - Going Digital
• Management and Reorganization Through Storytelling 
• Turning Teachies and Techies into Talkies 
• Creating An e-Learning Program

Charles Petty
Family Values ‚ Humor - Balance

• Educators!  Shapers Of The Dream
• What Kind of Teacher I Wish My Child Had
• Climbing The Ladder Of Success And Taking Your Family With You
• Families Are Funny And Important
• Roaring Fires, Flickering Flames, Dying Embers Or Cold Ashes
• Managing, Mind Sets Determine The Matter
• What's A Nice Person Like You Doing In A Family Like Yours?
• Winning Communities Are Made Of This
• Volunteerism! The Building And Sustaining Of America

Mike Rayburn
Entertainment with a Message

• Taking a Step Beyond
• Everyone is Creative!
• It's Not Magic, It's Money
• Empowering Your Future
• Excellence is Everything

Billy Riggs
Magic With A Message

• The Magic of Education
• Exploding The Crippling Myths
• Demolishing The Grand Illusions
• Driving Yourself Without Driving Yourself Crazy
• How To Start An Epidemic Without Becoming A Plague
• The Magic Of Attitude
• How To Achieve The Impossible

Janet Sue Rush
Successes & Failures ‚ Former Teacher

• Making A Difference For Tomorrow, Today
• How To Enjoy Failure, Be Amused By Rejection And Thrive On Stress
• Are You On The Bleeding Edge, Or The Leading Edge?
• Change ...Do I Have To?
• Team Building ...Are You On It Or Off It?
• How To Become Quality Champions
• Creating The Future ... What It Is And What It Shall Be
• A Winner is a Good Listener
• Developing Well-Rounded People

Mike Schlappi
Two-Time Olympic Gold Medalist

• If You Can't Stand Up, Stand Out
• A Check Up From The Neck Up

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Clifton Taulbert
Author ‚ Building Communities

• Eight Habits Of The Heart: A "Force Multiplier"
• Leadership ... Bringing Others Along
• Creating Environments That Welcome and Retain
• Diversity: Building R.A.I. ‚ Respect, Affirmation And Inclusion - Compliance to Opportunity
• Mobilizing Commitment, Effort & Teamwork in a Restructured Environment
• Building Ethics & Character, Building Community in Uncertain Times
• Building Community Within The Workplace  
• The Power of Community in the Workplace (A Diversity Message)
• Leadership for the 21st Century
• Character & Community Building (Pre-School/Elementary): Harvesting Character From The Garden Of Good Habits
• Character & Community Building (Middle/High School): Preserving The Harvest  
• Teaching Americana ... The Pre-Integrated South
• The Parochial Perspective ... Bringing the Eight Habits of the Heart to Your Church World

David Thornburg
Future Of Education ‚Technology

• From Data to Understanding
• Technology and the Art of Helping Students Ask Good Questions
• But Wait, There's More!
• Obsolete Futures
• Picture This!
• Tell Me Why
• Sailing the Seven C's
• Understanding Generation.com
• The Future Of Work In The Telematic Age
• Disruptive Technologies In Education
• What's So Funny About Technology?
• Meet Me at The Crossroads
• Jamming and The Art of Volitional Learning

Jamie Vollmer
Champion Of Public Schools

• You Cannot Do This Alone (Opening Day & Inservices)
• Why Our Schools Need To Change (General Public & Staff)
• Building Community Support For America's Public Schools (Workshop For Administration, Staff & Community)
• Schools And Business: Natural Allies In The Development Of Human Potential (For Business Audiences)
• The First Critical Competency: Explaining "School To Work" To Your Communities
• The Blueberry Story

Grant Wiggins
Curriculum & Assessment Reform -- Author

• Introduction to Understanding By Design (UBD)
• Learning Through Dialogue
• Questioning
• Assessment for Learning / Assessment of Learning
• Feedback and Guidance
• Beyond ABC: Communicating Student Progress Through Better Report Cards
• Rubrics for Understanding
• Guided Conversation / Guided Outcome
• Training in the UBD Exchange
• Understand By Design (Co-Authored W/Jay McTighe)  
• Questioning and Learning Through Dialogue

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Craig Zablocki
Educational Consultant ‚ Humorous ‚ Former Inner-City Teacher

• Learning and Laughing - Making the Connection
• Lighten Up and Laugh - For the Health of It  
• The Business of Laughter - Using Positive Humor in the Workplace
• Communication: Talk, Listen, Laugh - Communication Skills for Educators
• Team Building: We is Greater Than I Plus You - Synergy in Action
• Stress Reduction: Lighten Up or Burn Out! - Taking Work Seriously While Taking Yourself Lightly
• Teaching Techniques: Humor in the Classroom - Humor Techniques for Immediate Application
• This Is It! Grasping the Power of Now
• Group Power / Authentic Communication