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Presenters

We are pleased to host the following speakers at Customer Conference 2010.

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David Allen | Paul Begala | Dr. Robert Cialdini | Ari Fleischer | Sam Stovall

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  David Allen
  Founder and Chairman, The David Allen Company
  
  David Allen is the Founder and Chairman of The David Allen Company, whose inspirational seminars, coaching, educational materials and practical products present individuals and organizations with a new model for "Winning at the Game of Work and Business of Life." Mr. Allen is widely recognized as the world's leading expert on personal and organizational productivity. His 30-year pioneering research and coaching to corporate managers and chief executive officers of some of America’s most prestigious corporations and institutions has earned him Forbes' recognition as one of the top five executive coaches in the United States and Business 2.0 magazine's inclusion in their 2006 list of the "50 Who Matter Now." TIME magazine called his flagship book, Getting Things Done, "the definitive business self-help book of the decade." Fast Company magazine called Mr. Allen, "one of the world’s most influential thinkers" in the arena of personal productivity, for his outstanding programs and writing on time and stress management, the power of aligned focus and vision and his groundbreaking methodologies in management and executive peak performance. His international best-selling books include: Getting Things Done: the Art of Stress-Free Productivity; Ready for Anything: 52 Productivity Principles for Work and Life; and Making It All Work: Winning at the Game of Work and the Business of Life. Mr. Allen is the engineer of the popular Getting Things Done® (GTD®) methodology that has shown millions how to transform a fast-paced, overwhelming, overcommitted life into one that is balanced, integrated, relaxed, and has more successful outcomes. GTD’s broad appeal is based on the fact that it is applicable from the boardroom to the living room to the classroom. It is hailed as "life changing" by students, busy parents, entrepreneurs and corporate executives. Mr. Allen continues to write articles and essays that address today’s ever-changing issues about living and working in a fast-paced world, while sustaining balance, control and meaningful focus.
  
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  Paul Begala
  Political Analyst, CNN
  
  Paul Begala is currently a CNN political analyst and is best known for his role as counselor to President Bill Clinton, whose administration’s agenda he helped define and defend. With his partner, James Carville, Mr. Begala was a senior strategist for the Clinton-Gore presidential campaign, and he has helped direct the political strategy of numerous other campaigns across the country and around the world, including advising politicians in Europe, Latin America, the Caribbean and Africa. In addition, Mr. Begala helped John F. Kennedy, Jr., launch the political magazine, George, for which he wrote the “Capitol Hillbilly” column. Mr. Begala is the author of several New York Times best-selling books, including Is Our Children Learning? The Case Against George W. Bush and Buck Up, Suck Up? And Come Back When You Foul Up: 12 Winning Secrets from the War Room. Mr. Begala earned a Bachelor degree in Government and a law degree from the University of Texas at Austin, where he was student body president. In 2007, he was named the prestigious Carl Sanders Distinguished Scholar in Political Leadership at the University of Georgia School of Law. He is currently a research professor at Georgetown University’s Public Policy Institute.
  
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  Dr. Robert Cialdini
  President, Influence at Work
  
  Dr. Robert Cialdini is President of Influence at Work, an international consulting, strategic planning and training organization based on the Six Principles of Influence. Dr. Cialdini has spent his entire career researching the science of influence, earning him an international reputation as an expert in the fields of persuasion, compliance and negotiation. His books, including Influence: Science and Practice, are the results of years of study into the reasons why people comply with requests in business settings. Worldwide, Influence has sold over two million copies and has been published in 25 languages. His most recent co-authored book, Yes!: 50 Scientifically Proven Ways to Be Persuasive, has been on The New York Times, USA Today and Wall Street Journal best-seller lists. In the field of influence and persuasion, Dr. Cialdini is the most cited living social psychologist in the world today. Dr. Cialdini’s clients include such organizations as Google, Microsoft, Washington Mutual Group of Funds, Bayer, Coca-Cola, KPMG, AstraZeneca, Ericsson, Kodak, Merrill Lynch, Nationwide Insurance, Pfizer, AAA, Northern Trust, IBM, Prudential, The Mayo Clinic, GlaxoSmithKline, Harvard University-Kennedy School, The Weather Channel, the United States Department of Justice and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Dr. Cialdini earned a Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina and post-doctoral training from Columbia University. He has held Visiting Scholar Appointments at Ohio State University, the University of California, the Annenberg School of Communications and the Graduate School of Business of Stanford University. Currently, Dr. Cialdini is Regents’ Professor Emeritus of Psychology and Marketing at Arizona State University.
  
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  Ari Fleischer
  Former White House Press Secretary
  
  Ari Fleischer is the former White House press secretary and the primary spokesperson for President George W. Bush. In this role, he delivered daily White House briefings from 2001 to 2003. He previously served as the senior communications advisor and spokesman for the Bush-Cheney presidential campaign. In his almost four years working for President George W. Bush, Mr. Fleischer served as spokesman during the historic presidential election recount; September 11, 2001; two wars and the anthrax attack. His best-selling book, Taking Heat, details his years in the White House and reached number seven on the New York Times best-seller list. Prior to joining then Governor Bush’s campaign, Mr. Fleischer was the national spokesman and communications director for Elizabeth Dole’s presidential campaign. In November 1994, Mr. Fleischer was hired as communications director by the House Committee on Ways and Means after Republicans took control of Congress. He also served as press secretary to New Mexico Senator Pete Domenici from 1989 to 1994. From 1983 to 1989, Mr. Fleischer served as press secretary to two members of Congress from New York, and worked on several political campaigns. Now president of his own firm, Ari Fleischer Communications Inc., Mr. Fleischer offers advice to clients in the corporate and sports worlds on how to handle the press. He has provided counsel to clients such as Major League Baseball, the Women’s Tennis Association, the Sporting Goods Manufacturers Association and has conducted media training with seven National Football League teams, all the National Football League head coaches, as well as media training to NASCAR. He has also provided media training to several individual athletes. Mr. Fleischer earned a degree from Middlebury College.
  
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  Sam Stovall
  Chief Investment Strategist, Standard & Poor's
  
  Sam Stovall is Chief Investment Strategist of Standard & Poor’s Equity Research Group and serves as analyst, publisher and communicator of Standard & Poor’s outlooks for the economy, market, sectors and stocks. Mr. Stovall is the Chairman of the S&P Investment Policy Committee, where he focuses on market history and valuations, as well as industry momentum strategies. Mr. Stovall is the author of The Seven Rules of Wall Street, which was published in early 2009, as well as The Standard & Poor’s Guide to Sector Investing, which is now out of print. He writes a weekly investment piece on Standard & Poor’s MarketScope Advisor platform, which can be found at www.advisor.marketscope.com, focusing on market and sector history, as well as industry momentum. Mr. Stovall’s work is also frequently found in Standard & Poor’s flagship weekly newsletter, The Outlook. Mr. Stovall joined Standard & Poor’s in April 1989. Prior to Standard & Poor’s, he served as editor in chief at Argus Research, an independent investment research firm in New York City. Mr. Stovall received a Master of Business Administration degree in Finance from New York University and a Bachelor of Arts degree in History/Education from Muhlenberg College. He is also a Certified Financial Planner.
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