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Business Symposium Presenters

Register by Noon, 26 May
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Carl Gould - Keynote Speaker
http://www.CarlGould.com
http://www.CMTMentors.com

CarlA lifelong entrepreneur and business owner, Carl has been at the forefront of the entrepreneurial community globally. Carl is an award-winning coach and business mentor. Carl has teamed up with #1 International bestselling authors Ken Blanchard and Stephen R. Covey on their latest book project, Blueprint for Success. With 90 independently-owned and operated offices worldwide, Carl has created the farthest-reaching business mentoring organization in the world. Carl and his team of mentor-coaches have overseen the development of thousands of small businesses on six continents and have conducted over 50,000 coaching sessions with entrepreneurs.

There are patterns to success and failure. His technology and upcoming book, The 7 Stages of Small Business Success, was designed to leverage the strategies of successful companies around the globe. Carl’s dynamic and engaging presentation style has made him one of the most sought after speakers in the world. Audiences will walk away from his presentations with the ability to align their corporate culture, uncover the hidden value of their business, build winning teams, and increase business profits with little or no additional cost.


LarryLarry has devoted his professional life to an extensive study of productivity and effectiveness with his own life and work as the primary laboratory. He has participated in countless seminars and workshops and spent thousands of hours reading, studying and being coached in all aspects of human behavior related particularly to work effectiveness, relationships and communication. Along with his coaching practice, which began in 1988, he has worked with numerous organizations, both non-profit and for profit, in a variety of different roles along the way:

  • Legislative Aide and speechwriter for Senator George McGovern;
  • Communications Dept. Manager and Assistant Director for International Programs For Werner Erhard;
  • International Operations Manager for Computerland;
  • Director of International Management Consulting and Training for The Breakthrough Foundation (non-profit);
  • COO for Robinson & Muenster, Inc. and Frankenfeld & Associates; and,
  • Executive Director and CFO for Culinary School of the Rockies.

  • After training for two years with a small firm in California, Larry started his own coaching business. He is an Accredited Associate of the Institute for Independent Business. For the past twenty years, he has worked with hundreds of small businesses and non-profit organizations. He has also created and led a variety of group workshops dealing with marketing, sales and critical success factors for small businesses and been the featured speaker at a number of regional and national conventions.

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    Julie McCahan
    Julie@Graylyn Resources.com

    JulieJulie McCahan, owner of Gralyn Resources, LLC brings over 25 years experience as a teacher and trainer.  She has conducted communication and negotiation skills workshops as well as goal-attainment and motivational seminars to a broad range of clients.  With expertise in team development, she helps to build more productive and effective teams. She has worked with organizations from Beijing to Vail to Zurich.

    Since moving to the Vail Valley, Julie has worked with a diverse range of clients in Eagle and Summit County. 

    Julie holds two M.A. degrees from the University of Colorado and is a certified Master NeuroLinguistic Programming (NLP) Practitioner.

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    Lauren McDonell
    lauren.mcdonell@ci.aspen.co.us

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    Lauren McDonell is the Project Coordinator for the City of Aspen’s Canary Initiative. She co-manages the ZGreen Program, Aspen’s green business certification program. Ms. McDonell has expertise in green business practices, green event planning, environmental outreach, renewable energy, climate change issues, and mediation. She earned her Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Policy and Master’s Degree in Environmental Education and Communication, both from the University of Florida. She has been working in the environmental field for more than 12 years.

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    Peter Scott and Seth Brown
    http://www.bluetent.com


    Founded in 2002, the company was originally a sales organization focused on selling the Site Management Console (SMC), a website content management system developed by Intercomm Technologies. Today, Blue Tent has grown to include more than thirty employees and seven principals who form the foundation of the company's successful entrepreneurial culture. We provide comprehensive Internet marketing solutions – ranging from dynamic website development and design to search engine marketing, professional email marketing services, effective online advertising, and strategic consulting, reporting and analysis.

    Blue Tent has evolved over the years guided by our mission to help our clients "Win on the Web." We believe that our success is driven by our client's success. We provide a broad spectrum of Internet marketing and consulting services that allow our clients to increase sales and lower customer acquisition costs. We leverage the latest technologies to make your web presence outshine the competition. We believe in the power of pixels.


    At the end of the day, we're just a talented bunch of passionate professionals who genuinely care about your success.






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