Speakers & Sessions
Colette Carlson, founder of Speak Your Truth, Inc., is a human behavior expert, author, and keynote speaker who inspires leaders and teams worldwide to strengthen behaviors that impact their relationships, resilience, and results. With a master’s in human behavior and twenty years of experience in the personal development field, Colette understands the psychology, mindset, and skills required to thrive during times of uncertainty, ambiguity, and stress. She excels at developing leaders’ socialemotional intelligence creating empathetic, inclusive environments where teams flourish. She is a Certified Speaking Professional (CSP), and in 2017, Colette was inducted into the CPAE Speaker Hall Fame®, a lifetime award that honors professional speakers who have reached the top echelon of platform excellence. Her articles on mindful communication, stress management, leadership and the power of connection have been featured in Success, Business Management Daily, and Working Mother magazines. Trusted clients include Microsoft, McKesson, Costco, Domino’s Pizza, Great Clips, Procter & Gamble, and Federal Express.
Colette will present "Connected Conversations" on Friday from 10:30 - 11:45 a.m. in Governors' Hall AB.
To build relationships that close sales and earn customers, you must first make a connection. In today’s selling environment, where trust has become more fragile, the ability to quickly connect and captivate is paramount. The way in which sales are made today has drastically changed. Salespeople must humanize and customize their communications, show up prepared, and demonstrate empathy to build an emotional connection. In this engaging, research-based program, learn how to adopt the skillset and mindset to cultivate authentic relationships and partnerships that lead to increased sales, repeat customers, and powerful referrals. As a former national sales trainer, who cut her teeth in straight commission sales, Colette will provide practical, actionable strategies to maximize relationships, revenue, and results.
Barıs has a passion for inspiring and informing Real Estate Professionals and sales people with great content and dynamic delivery for 12 years. He has spoken in Turkey, USA, Argentina, Germany, Romania, Greece, and Austria, giving as many as 150 presentations per year. He also shared the stage with Tom Ferry and David Knox. He helps organlzatlons proflt by presentlng wlth lmpact and persuadlng with ease. He gave more than 1900 days of seminars and trainings for more than 180 companies all around the world. He is the founder of Powerstart Training for new Agents and also Powercamp mentoring program for Brokers. He is also a certified RE/MAX Collection Trainer. Other than RE/MAX, some of Barıs’ clients include: Hilton, HP, Vodafone, United Nations FAO, Ferrero, Bosch, 3M, Hyundai, RCCL, H&M, Securitas. Barıs is the author of a best selling book "Codes of Sales."
Baris will present two sessions back-to-back on Friday afternoon in the Michigan Ballroom:
Extraordinary Success Principles from 1:10 - 2:25 p.m. How can you double, triple, or quadruple your clients, listings, and commissions in 2024? In this great training session, you will be learning the mindset, motivation, and methodologies of the best agents in the world.
The Art and Science of Adding Value from 2:30 - 4:00 p.m. How can you upgrade yourself and your business with the magic factor in real estate? After this session, you will walk away with a fresh mindset and a lot of practical methodologies to gain more loyal clients, more commissions, and more freedom with great fulfillment.
Making a profound difference for nearly 25 years, Craig has spoken to over one million people internationally and in all 50 states. From cops to gang members, from surgeons to school superintendents, from lawyers to realtors; he addresses corporate executives, child-abuse-prevention specialists, and social service advocates of all kinds, .... college professors, federal prison workers, mental health specialists and the armed forces. Thousands of organizations rely on Craig to help them transform the obstacles that keep them stuck, lift them up and breathe new life into their purpose! Aside from numerous interviews and articles written by or about Craig, he authored the book" Im prov 101, Unleashing Your Creative Spirit" and has an audio program "The Intelligence of Fun, Live with Craig Zablocki."
Craig will present The Intelligence of Fun on Saturday from 9:30 - 11:30 a.m. in Michigan Ballroom.
People have different ideas about what fun is. Yet, all organizations know that feeling part of a team is fun. A state of openness and connection is fun, whether you are an introvert or extrovert, a CEO, or a certified nurse assistant. Everyone loves the “Aha” moments when solutions to a problems come into view. The Intelligence of Fun unlocks the keys to seeing solutions to problems as fun – being solution minded and not problem focused. The point is that working within a culture of playfulness and the Intelligence of Fun is proven to increase productivity, motivation, creativity, new learning, and staff engagement. It affects everything… from the bottom line up.