April 2006 Educate • Entertain • Inspire   

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Leading Business Writer and Mavericks At Work Co-Author Joins Lavin Roster
An Insightful Commentator on Key Business Issues

The Lavin Agency is pleased to announce that Polly LaBarre has joined our roster of speakers. One of the original senior writers and editors at Fast Company, Polly is a leading business journalist and commentator. She is the co-author, with Bill Taylor, of Mavericks at Work, which is pegged as one of the big business books of 2006.

Dynamic, compelling and provocative, Polly is an outstanding choice for any business or association audience.
To learn more about Polly LaBarre, please call your Lavin agent, or click on the link below:

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Jeanne Bliss - The Customer Crusader
Her Keynotes and Workshops Offer Real-World Advice on Becoming A Customer Centered Company

As the senior customer officer at such companies as Land's End, Allstate, and Mazda, Jeanne Bliss developed and implemented leading-edge approaches to creating outstanding customer experiences. Now she has synthesized that work into a great new book—Chief Customer Officer: Getting Past Lip Service to Passionate Action—and a series of keynotes and seminars that help managers and executives take real action on the customer front.

To learn more about Jeanne's background, keynotes and seminars, please call us today, or click on the link below:

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Charles Wheelan - The Naked Economist - Argues That Taxes Can Be Good For You
Shares His Thoughts On His Yahoo! Website

Charles Wheelan has made a reputation for himself as an economist for the common people—someone who can make important economic issues and ideas accessible to everyone by cutting through the academic doublespeak and focusing on how economics affects people in their everyday lives. That talent is on display regularly in his column, "The Naked Economist", on Yahoo!. To read his latest piece, in which he makes the case for why taxes are good for us, click on the link below.

And if you're looking for a speaker to discuss the current and future direction of the economy and key economic indicators, then please call us about Charles. He's informative, entertaining, and plainspoken—just what you want for this kind of talk.

"Taxes Can Be Good For You" by Charles Wheelan

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Contents

Polly LaBarre Joins Lavin Agency Roster

Bestselling Author and Scientist Tim Flannery Wades Into Global Warming Debate

Jeanne Bliss - Customer Crusader

Win a Free Copy of Lyn Heward's The Spark

Taxes Can Be Good For You - Find Out Why From The Naked Economist

Tim Flannery's The Weather Makers Hits New York Times Bestseller List

Tim Flannery

Tim Flannery's The Weather Makers is emerging as one of the most important books ever written on the topic of climate change. Jared Diamond calls it "the book the world has been waiting for – and needing – for decades". The Lavin Agency is pleased to announce that it has added Tim to our roster of speakers. Director of The South Australian Museum, Tim is an internationally acclaimed scientist, explorer and conservationist.

To learn more about Tim Flannery and The Weather Makers, please click on the links below:

The Weather Makers Website

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The Spark Now in Stores - Enter to Win A Free Copy

Lyn Heward

Lyn Heward's The Spark: Igniting The Creative Fire That Lives Within Us All has been hailed as a "jewel" of a book that is "is captivating and offers important lessons that can be applied to many aspects of modern life." We have three free copies to give away—just send us an email and if you're one of the first three entrants, you win.

Lyn Heward has played a key role in the development of Cirque du Soleil and, as the President of its Creative Content division, was a force behind the innovation and creativity it has become famous for. For more information on Lyn's keynote presentations, please click on the link below:

More information about Lyn Heward


 

 

 

 

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