Personal Branding Summit Speakers and More

Stay home, put out the dog, and listen in on November 8th (Thursday) for a live 12-hour global teleseminar on personal branding called a Brand You World (BYW) Personal Branding Summit. Sponsored by Conference Calls Unlimited, Ziggs, and Reach Communications, this mega-learning event is available to everyone around the world via telephone and best of all, it's free. Our goal is to raise $100,000 in donations for our social-cause partner Kiva, which makes microloans to budding entrepreneurs worldwide. If you believe the sessions you listen to are of value, by all means consider a donation to Kiva and their cause via direct links on the BYW Personal Branding Summit website.

The BYW Summit includes 33 speakers and panelists to date (more being added) from around the world. Structured in three focus-area content streams - Career Management, Talent Management, and Entrepreneurship - these live sessions will be recorded so if you miss one you can come back to catch it later.

You may ask why I am touting this event. Well, you have read many a blog posting by me on the merits of personal branding. When the opportunity came along to assist by being one of the event organizers, I jumped at the chance. Oh, the joys of rubbing virtual elbows with the likes of the following speakers:

Jason Alba Author of  I'm on LinkedIn...Now What? and founder/owner of JibberJobber.com

William Arruda - Co-author of Career Distinction, personal branding pioneer and founder of Reach CC and the Reach Branding Club

Dick Bolles - The careers industry giant of What Color Is Your Parachute? fame

Leigh Branham, SPHR - Renowned workplace consultant and founder of Keeping the People, Inc. Author of The 7 Hidden Reasons Why Employees Leave (ranked one of the top 30 business books of the year)

Anita Bruzzese - Syndicated columnist for Gannett News Service and USA Today, blogger, and author of 45 Things You Do that Drive Your Boss Crazy--and How to Avoid Them. Soon-to-be friend as I will be interviewing Anita during her session which launches the Career Management stream.

Silvia Cambié – Sylvie's blog Engaging Across Cultures is a must-read on cross-cultural communication

Krishna De - Biz Growth News blogger and podcaster…and leader of the pack (that is all of who are event organizers!)

Tim DeMello - Founder, Chairman and CEO of Ziggs, Inc., his fourth start-up venture.

Kirsten Dixson - Co-author of Career Distinction, and personal branding pioneer with William Arruda and Reach

Stewart Emery - Corporate consultant, one of the founders of the Human Potential Movement, and co-author of Success Built to Last: Creating a Life that Matters

Phil Gerbyshak Make It Great Blogger, captivating speaker, and author of 10 Ways to Make It Great!

T Scott Gross- Bootstrap entrepreneur to highly successful corporate consultant; author of Positively Outrageous Service: How to Delight and Astound Your Customers and Win Them for Life

Neville Hobson UK blogger and podcaster; co-author of How to Do Everything with Podcasting.

Thebe Ikalafeng - Known as Mr. Brand in South Africa; author of Personal Branding: 7 Steps to Build a Distinct Personal Brand Aligned with Your World, Work and Passions

John Jantsch - Duct Tape Marketing founder and blogger par excellence on entrepreneurship and small business success; author of Duct Tape Marketing: The World's Most Practical Small Business Marketing Guide

Catherine Kaputa - founder of SelfBrand and author of U R a Brand!: How Smart People Brand Themselves for Business Success

Guy Kawasaki - This proliferate blogger and engaging speaker was the inspiration to start my own blog; author of The Art of the Start:

Andrea Kay - Columnist, careers / workplace expert, and author of Life's a Bitch and Then You Change Careers

Liz Ryan - Founder of the AskLizRyan website and forum with 30,000 members, and author of Happy About Online Networking

David Meerman Scott - Blogger of Web Ink Now! and author of The New Rules of Marketing and PR

Andy Sernovitz - Blogger extraordinaire and author of Word of Mouth Marketing: How Smart Companies Get People Talking

Debbie Weil - Globe-trotting blogger and author of The Corporate Blogging Book

Susan Whitcomb- Founder of Career Coach Academy and author of multiple careers books like 30-Day Job Promotion

Carol Wilson - Performance Coach Training founder and author of Best Practice in Performance Coaching: A Handbook for Leaders, Coaches, HR Professionals and Organizations

Martin Yate - Tell-it-like-it-is author of several Knock'em Dead books

Register for the live event and you will receive details on all the sessions, times, and call-in information. This event is a celebration of the 10th anniversary of Tom Peters' ground-breaking article in Fast Company magazine on personal branding. Don't let another 10 years go by without learning more about how personal branding can positively impact your career or business.

Comments

[Walter Akana]

Hi Susan!

What a great post!

Love the short “info bites” on the speakers! Certainly this is a great teaser for the event. Just to add a dash of mystery, there will also be two great panels. I encourage readers to go to the event site and check it out!

Best,

Walter

[Phil Gerbyshak]

Susan - this is going to be a GREAT event, and I am absolutely looking forward to being a participant and to learning from the other amazing presenters.