Let’s meet the lineup of presenters and performers scheduled to be at SOBCon08!
Christine Kane’s songwriting and performing career has expanded far beyond typical indie music boundaries. In addition to headlining at major festivals and listening rooms across the country, two national dance companies have choreographed ballets to Christine’s music. Christine’s songs have been recorded by popular artists, including Kathy Mattea and “Nashville Star” finalist Casey Simpson. Borders Books named one of Christine’s CD’s “The Best of 2003,” and The Washington Post called her “a petite powerhouse of a singer.” Her DVD, “Live at the Diana Wortham Theatre,” received a prestigious 2007 Telly Award. Christine is also a Creativity Trainer for several small businesses, and is contracted by the Federal Government to teach creativity to government leaders. She has been blogging for two years and is now coaching other artists to expand their careers into the blogging world.
Christine also facilitates three-day retreats for women at a resort in the mountains of Western North Carolina four times a year. These events sell out months in advance.
Christine lives in Asheville, NC with her husband, her dog, and three cats.
Visit her blog at ChristineKane.com
Terry is a native Midwesterner now living on the East Coast, spreading “realistic optimism” through a philosophy he calls “Half-Fullism“. He’s been in the business world for over 25 years in various leadership positions, most recently as a senior operations executive for a service business based in the Rocky Mountain west.
Terry is a constantly learning student of leadership and personal development, and shares his ideas, experiences and knowledge through his blog “Ramblings From a Glass Half Full“, and through his contributions to the blog “Joyful Jubilant Learning“.
Syndicated newspaper workplace columnist/book author/magazine managing editor at Gannett News Service/ USA Today.com, The IRE Journal, “45 Things You Do That Drive Your Boss Crazy”
Liz Strauss is perhaps the most influential relational blogger on the Internet. Her blog Liz Strauss at Successful Blog is both a destination and an event for a fiercely loyal community of readers.
Liz is known as a relationship geek, a person who answers every comment, and someone who never sleeps. If you ask her about it, she’ll tell you she lives inside your computer. Some folks have started to believe that. She believes blogging is about the people and, as part of her B.A.D. Blogger program, Liz calls a blogger a day to find out more about the folks who blog.
Liz Strauss has worked in print, software, and online publishing with small companies and corporate giants such as Pearson, Reed Elsevier, and Wolters Kluwer. She conceived and drove the reader-centered strategy that turned around a sharply declining company, taking it from $9M to sell for $35M in 3 years. Her presentations are known for being fun, insightful, and packed with quality content.
Successful-Blog Thinking, writing, business ideas. You’re only a stranger once.
Brian Clark, Copyblogger, is an Internet marketing strategist, content developer, entrepreneur, and recovering attorney. In addition to building four successful offline businesses using online marketing techniques, he has sold scores of products and services online via joint venture and affiliate arrangements.
Lorelle VanFossen, is the author of Lorelle on WordPress, as well as several other blogs. Lorelle VanFossen has been blogging for over 13 years, covering travel, nature and travel photography, web design, web theory and development, blogging, and WordPress extensively as web technologies developed. Lorelle is also the author of the fast-selling book, Blogging Tips: What Bloggers Won’t Tell You About Blogging.
Chris Garrett is a professional blogger, Internet Marketing Consultant, writer, coach, and web geek. You know him from such sites as ASPToday, ASPAlliance , Threadwatch, Performancing, ProBlogger, Copyblogger, and The Blog Herald. Since 1994, Chris has helped thousands of individuals, non-profits, small businesses and blue chips make the most of the web. In 2005 Chris founded a company to help businesses achieve more with Online Media called OMIQ.
Chris Brogan is a social media expert who builds online and offline communities. He’s co-founder of PodCamp, a free unconference that explores the benefits of new media community tools. Chris is also community developer for pulvermedia , and produces the Video on the Net conference, which explores the disruptive impact of the broadband Internet on the future of TV, Film, and Entertainment.
David Bullock is best known for introducing the advanced testing and tracking and innovation method known as Taguchi-TRIZ to the internet marketing space. His students using these methods have increased conversion rates as much as a documented 600%. He built a successful online/offline business after a $100,000,000 international sales career in the industrial automation and manufacturing industry. His practice has been featured in both Direct Marketing News and Black Enterprise Magazine.
A year ago, Wendy was eMom the blogger at eMomsatHome and the author of Inspired Business Growth at Entrepreneur.com. Today, she’s CEO and Founder of eMomsatHome.com, The Internet Home Business Magazine for Moms and Dads, which will soon include some 15 blogs.
Presentation: When Your Business Takes Off
Objectives: What to Know about Transitioning from Independent to Business Owner
