Speakers Bureau

The Ament Resource Group a Seattle business consulting consortium was created to offer growing companies access to strategic resources  which until today were only available to the most sophisticated organizations.

This Speakers Bureau features Seattle's brightest and  most unique professional keynote speakers for business & group conferences, meetings, and seminars.

All of our speakers have been hand selected based upon their topic, abilities and most importantly their desire to share their information to improve our lives.

For additional information or to schedule a memorable speaking event please Contact Us.

Featured Speakers:

Business Law

Marguerite (Maggy) Bailly - Managing Partner of the Bailly Law Firm

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Marguerite (Maggy) Bailly Before starting her own firm Ms. Bailly was a partner at the Seattle Law Firm of Black Lowe & Graham after 13 years with The Boeing Company. She managed international contracts and intellectual property licensing for The Boeing Company, where she frequently facilitated negotiations with foreign governments and international companies.

She holds a Doctorate of Laws from Liege University School of Law in Belgium and a Master of Laws from Harvard Law School. Ms. Bailly is an adjunct professor at the University Of Washington School Of Law, where she teaches "Strategic Technology Transfers". She held the position of Assistant Professor in Conflicts of Laws and Comparative Law at Liege University School of Law in Belgium. She is fluent in French and was Washington State Honorary Consul of France for 7 years.

Ms. Bailly is a frequent Keynote Speaker at corporate seminars and conferences exploring intellectual property and international business issues. She was nominated by the University of Washington as the 2002 Honorary Initiate of the Order of the Coif, and acknowledged as "The Personification of the Modern Global Lawyer".

For additional information or to schedule Maggy at your next event  Contact Us.

Maggy's Featured Presentations:

What Is Intellectual Property? - Do I have any? and what Is it worth?

This presentation outlines a strategy regarding the creation, protection and exploitation of your intellectual property assets.

Your business generates Intellectual Property (IP) such as your inventions, your creations, your product’s name, your lists of customers and suppliers, and/or your know-how.

Without proper protection it can fall in the public domain and be exploited by your competition. 

You will learn how you can protect and increase your company's IP value:

International Business - This presentation will help you conduct international business by giving you tools to bridge the gap with foreign cultures, to investigate your foreign partners, and to understand how US, foreign, and international law may impact your international venture.

You will learn how you can:

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Business Success

Michelle Sherman - Executive Director of the VAST Institute

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Michelle Sherman -  Executive Director of the  VAST Institute

Over the past two decades Michelle has served as a success coach, business strategist and life fulfillment consultant to hundreds of professionals seeking to create a deeply satisfying and balanced life.
 
Her prior experience as President of an international consulting firm developing projects between US and Russian business interests and as a corporate executive with $30 million dollar P&L responsibilities, ground her executive coaching skills in the reality of  mastery level knowledge.
 
Michelle has developed a simple methodology that allows professional and personal fulfillment to more naturally occur. She coaches people of influence to implement the skills and perspectives that generate joyful, sustainable, conscious and profitable results.
 
Michelle has been honored in the Who's Who of American Executives and Leaders, and appeared on Executive Weekly Radio. She delivers inspirational keynote speeches on her methodology for achieving a balanced business and personal life.

For additional information or to schedule Michelle at your next event  Contact Us.

Michelle's Featured Presentations:

A Renegade of Peace - How each of us contributes to a peaceful outcome through our choices in business, life and in the world.

A lighthearted and inspirational guide to examining how one's personal perspective, life choices and action make a positive difference in the world we all share.

A four part series of practical yet provocative mini- workshops that focus on the development of personal skills that are an essential component to success and fulfillment in present life.

Be inspired, delighted and stimulated as we join Michelle Sherman, success Coach extraordinaire on this journey of expanded effectiveness. In the workshops she will share the basic tools and strategies identified during her 15 years of coaching that allow individuals to experience ease, joy, balance, health and a deep sense of satisfaction in both their personal and professional lives.

Coaching as a Healing Art & Spiritual Practice - Join Michelle Sherman, Executive Director of the VAST Institute as she shares her two decades of success coaching wisdom and insight on how coaching not only instructs, teaches and motivates individuals & teams but also returns people to a state of balance & wholeness.

You will:

Feminine Power Choices for the 21^st Century Woman^© - The art of being prepared to handle the reality of adult female life while maintaining a sense of humor.

The art of being prepared to handle the reality of adult female life while maintaining a sense of humor. Did you ever wish for a roadmap that brought you closer to being comfortable with all of who you are?

Join Michelle Sherman our success coach, mother, sister, and delighted female being as she takes you on a light hearted journey through the unique challenges and delightful solutions that confront our generation of amazing women.

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Sales & Marketing

Jay Conrad Levinson - Chairman of Guerrilla Marketing International

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Jay Conrad Levinson - The world renowned author of the best-selling marketing series in history, “Guerrilla Marketing.” His books have sold 14 million copies and have been published in 41 languages worldwide. His innovative concepts have influenced marketing so much that today his books are required reading in many MBA programs worldwide.

Jay is the Chairman of Guerrilla Marketing International, a marketing partner of Adobe and Apple. He has served on the Microsoft Small Business Council. His Guerrilla Marketing is series of books, audiotapes, videotapes, a CD-ROM, an Internet website, and an online marketing advancement called The Guerrilla Marketing Association – which is an interactive marketing support system for small business owners.

Jay taught guerrilla marketing for ten years at the extension division of the University of California in Berkeley. He applied these techniques as Senior Vice-President at J. Walter Thompson and as Creative Director and Board Member at Leo Burnett Advertising.

During Jay's presentation, he will clarify marketing, excite and inspire the audience with stories and tactics of guerrilla marketing, and create an aura of excitement at the opportunity to breathe life into his techniques immediately.

For additional information or to schedule Jay at your next event  Contact Us.

Jay's Featured Presentation:

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Team Building

John Chen - CEO, Creator & “The Big Kid” of PLAYTIME Inc.

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John Chen – CEO, Creator & “The Big Kid” of PLAYTIME Inc.,

Creating Life-Changing Adventures - Infusing Team and Leadership Skills through Technology and Adventure

Playtime Inc. creates life-changing adventures by combining the power of technology with high-powered adventures facilitating human change. We create powerful learning experiences infusing corporate team building and leadership skills that actually change lives and unleash the human potential of the teams and their leaders. These adventures can change the way you feel, think and act in a very short amount of time leading to rapid results in your business and your life.

John combines personal development, leadership training along with his 10 years of experience at Microsoft to bring the latest in team processes and leadership principles that bring results to the bottom line.  John's dynamic speaking style and interactive presentations bring the key concepts to life, often earning him the highest rated session’s scores.  John has won the “PSBJ Top 40 Entrepreneur Under The Age of 40”, the “BBB Innovative Business Practices Award” and his client list includes Microsoft, Booz Allen Hamilton, Prudential, & Baja Fresh.

For additional information or to schedule John at your next event  Contact Us.

John's Featured Presentation:

The Competitive-Collaborative Paradox -  Why Teams Don't Effectively Collaborative.

Every company today touts the praise of teamwork, yet many of their teams have challenges working together.  Through the competitive-collaborative paradox, you'll find that teams are simultaneously competing with each other while at the same time attempting to collaborate towards the company goal.  Both forces are powerful and necessary for successful teams and this seminar will show you key tips and processes to unlock the power of your teams.

In this dynamic presentation, you will learn:

Developed and tested at Microsoft, this process helped to ship over 100 million client licenses for Microsoft Exchange by getting 8 teams to highly collaborate, earning 2 US Patents in the process.

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Employee Productivity & Wellness

Friedemann Schaub M.D. Ph.D - Founder of Cellular Wisdom

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Friedemann Schaub, M.D. Ph.D.:  is the founder of Cellular Wisdom Inc. a Mind-Body Healing Center, based in Seattle, WA.
Dr. Schaub received his medical degree from the University of Munich in Germany and pursued a career in cardiology at the Munich University Hospital. He received his Ph.D. in molecular biology from the University of Washington in Seattle. His research has been published in some of the most prestigious medical and science journals.
As a physician and molecular-biologist, he became fascinated by the human self-healing abilities. After more than 15 years of experience and research in the medical field, Dr. Schaub found that abundant self-healing abilities can only function effectively in connection with the mind. Our thoughts, feelings and beliefs, are key to accelerated healing, well-being, and success. Realizing the enormous healing potential of a mind and body in alignment, Friedemann became a certified and registered Master Practitioner in Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) and Hypnotherapy Training offering both Clinical Hypnotherapy and Time Line Therapy Ô.

For additional information or to schedule Friedemann at your next event  Contact Us.

Friedemann's Featured Presentations:

Break-through Stress and Anxiety - Are you overwhelmed by fear and anxiety? Is stress and worry showing up in your life as physical symptoms or insomnia?
Imagine; how good it would feel for you to remove these mental and emotional obstacles that prevent you from accessing your true potential. In this experiential discussion you will learn simple and effective techniques that allow you to stop fear and anxiety taking over your life. Dr. Schaub, a physician and scientist, developed this Personal Breakthrough Program, which uses the power of the subconscious mind to go beyond any perceived limitations.
 

Cellular Wisdom Self Healing - When aligned with mind and spirit, our body has infinite self-healing potential. Dr. Friedemann Schaub, a physician and molecular biologist, shows how healing emotional problems can prevent and heal illnesses such as chronic pain, auto-immune diseases and cancer.
Learn three simple ways to completely release and be in control of negative emotions and free the mind to access our natural healing power. Friedemann Schaub MD, PhD is the founder of Cellular Wisdom Inc., a powerful healing program that uses a unique blend of his medical and scientific expertise with powerful mind-activating technologies to fully activate each individual’s potential to heal, change and succeed.
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Customer Delight

Leslie Kennedy - Founder of Amethyst Associates

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Leslie Kennedy, the founder of Amethyst Associates, has devoted her practice to high impact interactive training for many years - training that truly changes paradigms as the baseline for change.

Leslie's years of experience as a consultant and manager at Hewlett-Packard convinced her that real change doesn't happen through traditional training methods. Only when people are engaged with their hearts as well as their minds do we achieve a shift in thinking, critical for any change to take place.

Her joy comes from helping people to make this shift and see the world through new eyes.

Leslie earned a Master's Degree in Applied Behavioral Science, which taught her how to create training that truly expands thinking. She has combined that knowledge with the tools of accelerated learning and business experience to develop offerings that are unique, experiential, and have lasting value.

Leslie's motto is "I make it easy for clients to do business with me!"

For additional information or to schedule Leslie at your next event  Contact Us.

Leslie's Featured Presentation:

Passion, Power and Speed - Building Customers for Life

The Customer…is the most important person in any business!
But frequently customers are treated as a necessary evil, a frustrating interruption of our real work.
All successful business strives to build customer loyalty, by providing high quality products and services designed to bring their customers back over and over again.
Research shows that a 5% change in customer retention swings profits from 25-100%.

Passion, Power and Speed highlights the 3 critical components of moving from “good enough” to WOW! It is when we "wow" our customers that they return to do business with us and bring their friends!

You will learn:

Passion, Power and Speed is a highly interactive seminar where you’ll learn by doing. Not only is this style of learning the most effective, but also the most dynamic and enjoyable. The biggest payback is that you will actually begin to change the underlying mindset, or paradigm, about how you serve your customers.

Passion, Power and Speed begins this process.

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