Exhibit Staff Training - Trade show training, exhibit staff training and more!

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
As President of The Hill Group, Matt has been providing sales and marketing productivity solutions to his clients for over 25 years. He is an experienced sales and marketing consultant, trainer, facilitator, and speaker. He has presented his "Trade Show Selling Skills Workshop" to over 45,000 people around the world. Matt has published three books: his new eBook: “The Top 99 Tips to Trade Show Success, “Trade Show Survival Guide” – 7,000 in print, and “Do It Right In Front of an Audience”. 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.

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Candace Adams - #1 Rated Speaker at Exhibitor Show 2001!
Candy Adams, a self-acclaimed "trade show junkie" known throughout the trade show industry as The Booth Mom®, is President of Trade Show Consulting. She provides both exhibitors and exhibition management with dynamic exhibit management and exhibit staff training, hands-on project management services and strategic planning to maximize the impact of corporate event marketing. A highly-rated industry speaker, she has taught annually at Exhibitor Show since 1995 and has penned her award-winning monthly column in Exhibitor magazine, Exhibiting 101, since 1997. Candy has been presenting "boothmanship meets improv" Seriously Fun Training for the Hill Group since 2001. In October, 2003, Candy was selected by Tradeshow Week as one of the “25 Most Influential Women to Know”. Candy is the only trade show consultant with five trade show industry certifications: the Certified Trade Show Marketer (CTSM), Certified Manager of Exhibits (CME), Certified in Exhibition Management (CEM), Certified Meeting Professional (CMP), and Global Certification in Meeting Management (CMM).

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Philip Roybal
Phil has been delivering the The Hill Group’s Trade Show Selling Skills Workshop for over 12 years. Phil's presentation style is dynamic, interactive, and personable. Phil is the founder of Roybal Associates, a consulting firm specializing in the communication of ideas through presentations and trade shows. Prior to starting Roybal Associates, he built and managed the first marketing groups at Apple Computer. Phil has worked in engineering, sales, and marketing management at Varian Data Machines, National Semiconductor, and Hewlett-Packard. He holds a B.S.E.E. in computer systems from the University of California at Berkeley.

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James Obermayer
Jim Obermayer is a principal in Sales Leakage Consulting, Inc., an Orange County, California based sales and marketing strategy consulting firm. Prior to founding Sales Leakage Consulting, Inc., Jim served in various corporate positions as VP of Sales and Marketing, VP and Operations Manager, Director of Marketing, and Marketing Communications Manager. In 2007 Obermayer founded the Sales Lead Management Association, a virtual association with the primary mission of helping companies become more successful in the critical business process of Managing Sales Leads.

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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.

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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