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Guest Occupation: Premier strategy and sustainability advisor to CEOs worldwide.
Guest Biography:

He is the author of 'The Future of Value' and writes a regular column for both. 'The Guardian' and HBR.org. Eric is the founder of Nexus Global Advisors, a leading strategy, collaboration, and sustainability advisory firm.

Eric is committed to sustainability. His hope is that one day every company will take action to restore the environment and support social equity and development.

In the meantime, Eric is doing all he can — through his writing, coaching, and speaking engagements — to bring awareness to these critical issues. He’s a sought-after speaker and he consults with companies to achieve sustainability and competitive strategy goals.

What makes Eric unique in his field:

  • Author of The Future of Value, published by Jossey Bass. It’s the story of how sustainable market leaders are embracing sustainability to create value for their stakeholders — for today and tomorrow. Eric is currently working on his second book.
  • The Future of Value was named a 2011 Business Book of the Year nominee. 
  • Named as a Top 100 Thought Leader on Trustworthy Business Behavior for 2012, Eric’s work is regularly featured in the Harvard Business Review, The Guardian, The Christian Science Monitor, and The Wall Street Journal.
  • Significant business experience as a consultant and strategist makes Eric pragmatic and ‘results oriented.’
  • Author of more than 25 articles relating to sustainability and competitive strategy.
  • While working at Accenture’s Institute for High Performance, Eric headed the development of the company’s first sustainability research program. He interviewed executives from a variety of industries to understand their sustainability commitments and efforts.
  • While most consultants focus on “going green,” Eric’s focus has expanded sustainability to competitive strategy, social equity, and business growth.

Eric is fluent in Japanese and is an avid baseball fan. He lives outside of Boston, MA, with his wife and two young children

Guest Category: Business, Careers, Investing and Finance, Marketing, Management, Legal, Education, Health & Lifestyle, Self Help
Guest Occupation: Tarot Card Expert, Conflict Resolution Facilitator
Guest Biography:

Olga Paz, MSc, GPCC, BCC, is a Gestalt Certified Professional Coach, Tarot Master and a Certified Reiki I and II Practitioner. She is a licensed Conflict Resolution Facilitator and a licensed Facilitator of Women’s Empowerment groups.

Olga encourages clients to utilize the Tarot as a practical tool not as something esoteric which exists in another realm far removed from their every day life. Through her guidance they come to realize the Tarot can help them gain a greater awareness of life’s complexities and of their own core self. And as that happens they begin to view their options more clearly and objectively; they are “empowered.”

Guest Category: Paranormal, Physics & Metaphysics, Psychic & Intuitive
Guest Occupation: Business entrepeneur, apps enthusiast
Guest Biography:

Benjamin Bressington is the CEO of the Nevada-based Tigga Studios. The author of HowToMakeMillionsWithApps he believes patiently that this technology has radically altered the way we communicate and that by making it our friend we can continue to “progress.”

As a marketing consultant Benjamin has created marketing campaigns that have resulted in six figure sales online in 30 days, built membership websites to over 20,000 members and created apps that have been listed in the Top 25 of Apple App Store!

He studied a bachelor of law and a psychology degree at Bond University in Australia and has built on that foundation by creating his own companies in Australia, USA and Canada.

Guest Category: Business, Education, Self Help, Sports & Recreation
Guest Occupation: Former Running Back at UW
Guest Biography:

Former Husky Greg Lewis is the Senior Director of Advancement for Minority Affairs & Diversity at the University of Washington.

Lewis made a name for himself as a star tailback at Washington from 1987 to 1990. As a senior, he rushed for 1,279 yards, a school record at the time, and earned Pac-10 Conference Offensive Player of the Year honors. Lewis was also lauded with the inaugural Doak Walker Award, given to the nation's top junior or senior running back, and finished seventh in the Heisman Trophy voting, the highest finish ever for a Husky offensive player.

After he finished his college career, Lewis spent two seasons with the Denver Broncos before returning to complete his degree in political science from UW in 1993.

He has two daughters, Briana and Janee.

Guest Category: College, High School, Professional
Guest Biography:

PERSONAL — Born Daniel LaVance Barkley on Aug. 10, 1988 in Ballard, Wash. Parents: Sean and Denise Boyd. Family: Two brothers. High School (Coach): Clover Park (John Randall) 2006. Major: Sports Marketing.

2007 — Appeared in reserve three times, including a season-high nine plays vs. Washington State where he ran a reverse for eight yards. Saw first collegiate action vs. Fresno State, playing four snaps, and was on the field for three plays during the Sun Bowl.

2006 — Redshirt season saw him earn special teams scout player of the week honors leading up to the game at USC.

HIGH SCHOOL — Played for John Randall at Clover Park in Lakewood, Wash., and considered Cal, Stanford and Washington before walking on at Oregon. An all-Cascade League selection as a senior, he was rated a two-star recruit by Scout.com.

Daniel currently lives in Seattle and works at the University of Washington.

Guest Category: College, High School, Professional
Guest Occupation: Author
Guest Biography:

Denise Michaels is CEO and founder of the International Book Writing Guild. She helps people like speakers, coaches, therapists and consultants write how-to and personal growth books that position them as experts so they become sought after and in demand. Her clients span the globe and her own ground-breaking book, “Testosterone-Free Marketing” became a business bestseller, selling in 15 countries. She’s passionate about helping people become successful book authors and leaders.

Guest Category: Business, Health & Lifestyle, Philosophy, Physics & Metaphysics
Guest Occupation: Speaker, Author, Entrepreneur
Guest Biography:

Steve is an award-winning author whose books have impacted thousands of lives around the globe.

Guest Category: Business, Careers, Marketing, Education, Courses & Training, Self Help, Motivational
Guest Occupation: Speaker, Author, Entrepreneur, Mother
Guest Biography:

Linda Wojcik is a Bach Flower Practitioner with 30 years experience in alternative healing modalities. She is trained as a nutritional Kinesiologist and spiritual intuitive.

When her son Joshua developed serious health challenges she embarked on a journey that would change her life dramatically and that of her family.

Since 1982 I have been teaching my clients how to heal themslves.  This is what we have learned together:

Healing is a personal journey. The only one who can heal me is me; and the only one who can heal you is you. We will meet many teachers along the way to help guide us toward our healing journey;  however, individually, we must be ready to take the steps necessary for hearling to begin.

If you are ready to learn what those steps are, I am happy to share the information I have gathered along the way.

Guest Category: Education, Courses & Training, Health & Lifestyle, Alternative Health, Homeopathy, Nutrition, History, Kids & Family, Self Help