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The Hill Group's trainers are the best in the business. They
are experts in delivering our workshops and they bring their
own years of experience in event marketing, sales and training
to you. Over the years, every client has gladly been a reference
for our exhibit staff training services and sales training workshops.
Matthew Hill (Trainer) President of The Hill
Group, has been providing sales and marketing productivity
solutions to his clients for over 15 years. He is an experienced
sales and marketing consultant, trainer, facilitator,
and speaker. Matt's most recent book, Trade Show Survival
Guide, Second Edition, was published in August 1997. Prior
to founding The Hill Group, Matt was a marketing executive
at Xerox Corporation in the Engineering and Graphic Products
division for four years. Other responsibilities at Xerox
included training his team in strategic planning and problem
solving. His career in sales spans over 20 years and includes
managing a four million dollar, 250 person retail merchandise
operation. Matt holds a B.A. degree in psychology from
California State University, Northridge. |
Candace
Adams - #1 Rated
Speaker at Exhibitor Show 2001! (Trainer &
Coach) is President of Trade Show Consulting in San Diego,
California. She provides both exhibitors and associations
with strategic planning and hands-on logistic services
to maximize the impact of corporate event marketing. Candy
served from 1995 through 1999 on the Exhibitor Show Conference
Advisory Board and has been a highly rated speaker at
every Exhibitor Show since 1995. She maintains three trade
show industry certifications: the Certified Trade Show
Marketer (CTSM) designation earned jointly through the
Exhibitor Show and San Francisco State University, Certified
Manager of Exhibits (CME) from the Trade Show Exhibitors
Association and Certified Meeting Professional (CMP) through
the Convention Industry Council. Candy has also completed
the Event Management certification program at University
of California - San Diego. As Program Coordinator and
faculty member at the University of California San Diego
for the 40-hour course, Trade Shows and Exhibit Specialist
Program, Advisory Board and faculty member for the Exhibits
and Trade Show Program at Cal State Fullerton, and Advisory
Board member for the Meeting and Event Planning program
at Cal State San Marcos, Candy maintains a strong Southern
California training presence. In 1999, Candy was named
to the Editorial Advisory Board of Exhibitor Magazine.
She also writes a bi-monthly column, "Exhibiting
101", for Exhibitor and contributes a monthly column,
"Advice from the Booth Mom", to Exhibit City
News. In October, 2003, Candy was selected by Trade
Show Week as one of the "25 Most Influential Women
to Know". Congratulations Candy! |
Philip Roybal (Trainer & Coach) is the founder
of Roybal Associates, a consulting firm specializing in
the communication of ideas through presentations and trade
shows. He has developed several training programs, including:
Visual Persuasion a workshop in collateral design;
The Sales Game a sales training and review tool;
and How to Get the Most From Your Trade Show Investment
a workshop for trade show managers. Phil has done
sales and trade show training for companies throughout
the western United States. Prior to starting Roybal Associates,
he built and managed the first marketing groups at Apple
Computer. He was also instrumental in creating their technical
support, product training, editorial services, product
publicity, and community affairs departments, and developed
leadership-training programs for Apple University. Phil
has worked in sales and marketing management at Varian
Data Machines, National Semiconductor, and Hewlett-Packard.
He holds a B.S.E.E. in computer systems from U.C. Berkeley. |
James
Obermayer, in demand as a consultant,
speaker and writer, speaks regularly at national and international
conferences and seminars, many of them annually. He also
appears frequently on radio talk shows, at book signings,
and at national sales meetings. Jim’s speeches are
tailored to each audience and situation based on prior
research. His approach is motivational, pointed, occasionally
controversial, and regularly humorous. He digs into the
classics for inspiration, and involves the audience where
appropriate. Jim has a varied background as an author
(Managing Sales Leads, and over 50 articles), marketer
(VP of Marketing), and Sales Manager (EVP of Sales). Currently
Jim is President of Sales Leakage Consulting located in
southern California. |
Kathleen
Ronald #1 Rated Speaker at Healthcare Convention Exhibitors Association
2001 Conference! (Trainer & Coach) is an
internationally renowned motivational speaker, and founder
of SPEAKtacular, "Motivation and More." She
has seventeen years of experience providing custom motivational
keynotes and training seminars, and is a certified Nuero-Linguistic
Programmer through Tony Robbins. Companies like Nordstrom,
Apple Computer, Sun Microsystems Inc., IBM, Motorola,
Mary Kay Cosmetics, and many others, have benefited from
Kathleen's services. Her presence is electrifying, humorous
and inspiring. Using comedy, she delivers a unique brand
of presentations that are effective on many levels --
professional, personal, and spiritual. She draws from
experience to develop programs that are positive and effect
change at every level. Her keynotes and lectures address
issues that include Customer Service, Self Esteem and
Cancer Survival. Her seminars produce immediate and definite
results, with the audience taking away tangible tools
for success. Most recently, Kathleen completed a two-year
world tour as motivational emcee for Sun Microsystems,
Inc. Technology Days, where she wowed Sun software developers
with her exciting comedy routines. Kathleen is a co-founder
of W.I.N. (Women In Networking,) a regional Silicon Valley
networking organization dedicated to providing resources
for the area's burgeoning women's business community.
She also founded Fortune 10/10, an investment group. |
Lynn Cole
(Trainer & Coach) began working at trade shows in
1981. Since then, she has worked at several hundred shows
in many different capacities, as a trainer, presenter
and coach. She has the ability to pass her enthusiasm
and knowledge along to even the most skeptical audiences.
Lynn works regularly as a presenter in the trade show
arena for many Fortune 500 companies. She also works for
corporations such as Coca Cola, training and leading their
staff through team building workshops. Previously, Lynn
worked for ten years with the National Criminal Defense
College, coaching lawyers on their presentation skills.
She is also a free lance copy writer, specializing in
commercial, radio and corporate industrial copy; as well
as writing copy for web pages. |
Richard
Laible (Trainer & Coach) has been training
and coaching professionally for over 12 years. His unique
communication skills have enabled him to work with many
of the Fortune 100 companies at their most important trade
shows and events. Richard understands the key elements
that make trade shows and presentations work effectively.
And he can get even the toughest audiences to listen and
learn from his training. He has written and directed live
presentations and staged events for trade shows, industrial
videos, business meetings, and educational and corporate
entertainment. Richard is also a professional performer
having been a member of the famed Second City improvisational
company. He has also appeared as the principal actor in
many commercials and dozens of live industrials. Richard
received his BA in Speech and Theater Arts from Hillsdale
College. |
| Phil Hummel (Coach) is an accomplished presenter
and information systems consultant. His company, Hummel
Consulting, is based in San Jose, California. Some of
Phil's clients include Cisco Systems, EPRI (Electric Power
Research Institute), Southern California Edison, and Aptec
Engineering. Phil speaks at several major energy and information
systems conferences annually. He has received several
speaking awards including the Outstanding Speaker Award
from the Association of Energy Services Professionals.
In his career, Phil has been involved in the design and
development of over 30 software programs. He is an accomplished
focus group facilitator and has trained presenters across
the country. Phil has an MA in Economics and B.S. in Physics,
both from Ohio University.
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| Cecilee Swanda (Coach) is a seasoned trainer
and manager with expertise in developing and implementing
knowledge transfer programs, both domestically and internationally.
Her career has focused on performance improvement through
knowledge transfer programs. Specifically, Cecilee has:
(1) Designed and delivered rigorous New Hire Sales Training
programs that decreased time spent for new sales employees
to get to full quota by over 50%; (2) Developed sales
and product curriculum for six levels of sales personnel;
(3) Developed and delivered a nationwide presentation
training program; (4) Created a Sales Education department
to deliver essential sales training materials; (5) Been
a product evangelist who has delivered technical presentations
worldwide, and (6) Implemented multimedia technologies
into educational curriculum. |
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[Matthew
Hill | Candace
Adams | Philip
Roybal | James
Obermayer
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[ Kathleen
Ronald Lynn
Cole | Richard
Laible | Phil
Hummel | Cecilee Swanda ]
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