In an increasingly competitive market, businesses stay abreast of and distinct from their competition through innovation. American Program Bureau (APB) offers creativity and design speakers who are experts on innovation and will demonstrate how creativity and design can fuel change for the entire organization.
Chris Hughes
A technology superstar whose business is people, Hughes has helped create two of the most successful startups in modern history: Facebook and MyBarackObama.com, the campaign apparatus that helped elect a US President. With an instinct for building technology that networks the commonality of real people and real ...
Daymond John
Credited with creating the urban apparel market, Daymond John is the founder of FUBU & the branding guru on ABC's Shark Tank. His message draws on his experience as an entrepreneur & consultant.
Soraya Darabi
At the young age of 23, social media maven Darabi became Manager of Digital Partnerships and Social Media at The New York Times and single-handedly established award-winning social media campaigns across multiple platforms. Now co-founder of Foodspotting, a geolocation-based mobile application, and a digital ...
Troy Carter
Troy Carter is the founder, chairman, and CEO of Coalition Media Group, a talent management and full-service film and television production company. Carter is responsible for establishing the careers of numerous recording artists, including multi-platinum Grammy award winner Lady Gaga.
Jeff Taylor
As founder of Monster and Eons, Jeff Taylor is recognized as an innovator and visionary business leader in the Internet and careers industries. As an inspirational and enthusiastic keynote speaker, Taylor zeroes in on what lies ahead by drawing on his experience as a big picture entrepreneur and expert at technology, ...
Jeffrey Baxter
Grammy Award-winning rock guitarist with the Doobie Brothers and Steely Dan, Baxter is now an advising member of Congress, the defense industry, and the military. Baxter teaches audiences what he has taught leading Pentagon and government officials - challenging old assumptions and adapting to change.
Dave Morin
Currently the co-founder and CEO of Path, a mobile-focused internet startup, Morin is perhaps best known as one of the co-inventors of Facebook Platform. An instrumental player in expanding the groundbreaking site’s capabilities, Morin played significant roles in the areas of product strategy, marketing, and management ...
Michio Kaku
Dr. Michio Kaku is an internationally recognized authority in Einstein's unified theory field; innovation; and "the future of the future"—exploring and predicting the science of tomorrow, from computing power and artificial intelligence to communication and genetics.
Sarah Lacy
Sarah Lacy knows Silicon Valley and the power of the Web 2.0 technology like few others. As a veteran reporter covering start ups—from technology innovation to cultural underpinnings—Lacy is an expert in translating the mystique and the might of this hub of technology to the rest of the world.
Erik Wahl
Wahl's special blend of warmth, humor, and experience helps audiences identify their unchallenged roadblocks to success. He is passionately committed to helping businesses explore new levels of vision and performance through creativity.
Sir Richard Branson
A global entrepreneur known for his unique vision, creative management style, and brilliant ability to motivate employees, Richard Branson is the branding guru behind Virgin Group, Ltd. - an empire he has built of over 360 companies in areas of entertainment, travel, and lifestyle. With his signature wit and down-to-earth ...
Benjamin Zander
Since its foundation, Zander has held the esteemed position of conductor of the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra. A highly sought after speaker, he captivates audiences with his take on teamwork, creativity, leadership, the transformational power of music, extreme experiences, and how to be outrageous, courageous, and risk ...
Rowan Gibson
A global business strategist, best-selling author and an expert on radical innovation, Gibson recently launched InnovationExcellence.com. Labeled by the media as “a guru among the gurus,” he teaches organizations how to seize new growth opportunities, create new markets, and even transform industries by recalibrating ...
Jeff Tobe
Tobe's extensive background as an award-winning sales and marketing entrepreneur has made him the leading authority on creativity and innovation in business. Tobe, who has owned his own advertising agency for the past 10 years, believes in the power of creativity to manage the change that is inevitable with innovation, ...
John McPherson
John McPherson is the cartoonist and writer behind the renowned comic panel Close to Home. McPherson has published more than 20 book collections of his work, yearly block calendars, and an award-winning line of greeting cards. He also created his own line of clothing and various other licensed products.
James McLurkin
As a child, McLurkin was constantly building with LEGO bricks, cardboard boxes, or any other materials he could access. Today, he continues this tradition using Mother Nature as a model researching and developing algorithms and techniques for constructing and programming large swarms of autonomous robots.
Steve Wozniak
Steve Wozniak changed the world of computers when he designed Apple's first line of products: The Apple I and the Apple II. He currently serves as Chief Scientist for Fusion-IO and is a published author with the release of his New York Times best-selling autobiography, iWoz: From Computer Geek to Cult Icon.
Dewitt Jones
Jones is one of America's top professional photographers with a career stretching over twenty-five years. As a motion picture director, he had two films nominated for Academy Awards before he was thirty. Fifteen years with "National Geographic", photographing stories all over the globe, earned him a reputation as an ...
George Martin
Knighted by Queen Elizabeth in 1996, and winner of both the Grammy Lifetime Achievement and Novello Awards, producer, arranger, composer, and author, Sir George Martin has had an impact and influence on music and popular culture that is immeasurable. He brought to the world the most original, successful, and influential ...
Roger Nierenberg
After a distinguished career at the helm of two American orchestras, Roger Nierenberg is now emerging as a creative force for innovation in the presentation of symphonic music. Nierenberg created the "Music Paradigm in 1995," an interactive learning experience for organizations. Each session of "The Music Paradigm" is ...
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