Walter Michael Bortz II, is an American physician and author who teaches medicine at Stanford University. He is one of America’s leading scientific experts on aging, and promotes the possibility of a 100-year lifespan.

Recognized as one of America’s most distinguished scientific experts on aging and longevity. Dr. Walter Bortz’s research has focused on the importance of physical exercise in the promotion of robust aging. Dr. Bortz has published over 130 medical articles and authored numerous books, including We Live Too Short and Die Too Long, Dare to Be 100, and Living Longer for Dummies, Occupy Medicine and Diabetes Danger.

Walter M. Bortz II, M.D., is a Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at Stanford University School of Medicine and a graduate of Williams College and the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. Dr. Bortz is past co-chairman of the American Medical Association’s Task Force on Aging, former President of The American Geriatric Society and is currently Chairman of the Medical Advisory Board for the Diabetes Research and Wellness Foundation, as well as a Senior Advisor to Healthy Silicon Valley, a community collaborative effort which addresses the soaring incidence of obesity and diabetes.

Dare To Be 100 Live To Your Potential

Audiences sit up and respond when the wisest of doctors speaks truth about life and death, their life and avoidable early death. Dr. Bortz, one of America’s most distinguished scientific experts on aging and longevity, draws on cutting edge science to challenge audiences to dare to live to be 100. He charms, challenges and chastises and leaves listeners awake, aware and with a better chance of living longer. He says staying alive and vital to 100 requires two things, GUTS AND SMARTS, the courage to face life’s uncertainties and the knowledge to heed the Serenity Prayer’s mandate, to change the changeable, to accept the inevitable, and know the difference between them. Oh, and that wise exercise and eating, good genetics and being love in your life help a lot!

The Economics of Health

Dr. Walter Bortz says Americans don’t really spend almost 3 trillion dollars per year on health care. He says it’s being spent on sickness, preventable sickness at that. Dr. Bortz, one of America’s most distinguished scientific experts on aging and longevity provides an impassioned call for a revolution to save American health care and he details an action plan to fix the most broken system in our country, a system everyone agrees is rapidly bleeding America to death. Dr. Bortz brings the cure, clearly explaining to your audience how Americans can save trillions of dollars and prevent 50% of all illnesses!

How The Health Club Industry Can Save Obamacare

Dr. Walter Bortz, recognized as one of America’s most distinguished scientific experts on aging and longevity, asks the vital question, if medicine’s mission is the assertion and assurance of the human potential, how is it doing? In this speech Bortz questions assumptions and explains the perverse incentives that cause him to give medicine’s current efforts toward mission a failing grade. He then uses the controversial subject of the Affordable Care Act, known as Obamacare, to present a manifesto for a revolution to save American health care and explain how the Health Club Industry can lead the way.

Aaron Parnell is the developer of Reposturing, a groundbreaking technique to enable correct posture in anyone. Aaron developed the technique while working with world-class athletes at the Los Angeles Olympics.

Aaron was chosen out of 2000 nationwide applicants to be a member of the very first Olympic Sports Massage Team at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Olympics. Aaron worked closely with and intently studied world-class athletes during that time, and uncovered what would become the cornerstones and early developments in what would become his life’s work, Reposturing Dynamics. Ever since his work at the L.A. Olympics, Aaron has tirelessly refined and expanded Reposturing to include specific, and full-featured strengthening and posture correcting programs for the entire body including the, neck, head and face.

For the past 25 years, Aaron has passionately shared his unique knowledge of the human body, and how to correct postural problems with the world through appearances on television, live ergonomics lectures and classes, certification courses, radio talk shows, numerous YouTube videos, two self-published books, Reposturing exercise DVDs, and over 100 written and published articles. Aaron’s expertise covers stress management, ergonomics, pain management, rehabilitation, anti-aging, and sports performance to name a few.

Aaron is one of today’s emerging talents in the Vitality and Healthy Aging movement. “The Vitality Man,” is a dynamic and eloquent mind & body genius that captivates audiences, and helps people gain clarity in the quest for vitality and pain-free living. As an accomplished Author, Speaker, Innovator, and Posturist Practitioner, with over 20 years experience, Aaron is on a mission to help humanity thrive with vitality, fulfillment and longevity.

Dynamic Laws of Great Posture

There has never really been a good, useful definition of great posture. What we tend to think of as “good posture” is mostly just the actions people take in order to achieve good posture. There is a difference. So what is good posture? Aaron teaches you how to achieve truly great posture, empowering your understanding of the Dynamic Laws that often impact your overall quality of life. Get fit and flexible at any age!

Stress, Self Esteem and Posture

Few places in the body show the effects of high or low self esteem more than how you hold your shoulders and ribcage when you carry yourself. Your shoulders store several types of emotional energies, such as the energy of self-esteem, which circulates around the top and front of the shoulders. In this talk, Aaron explores the correlation between Stress, Self Esteem and Posture, providing detailed examples and how to become proactive in your quest for more confidence and better posture.

Posture & Low Back Pain

In order to really understand low back pain, you have to look at the job that the low back and pelvis are trying to do. Normally, the bones of the low back line up according to their shape and size in a balanced way so that they are vertically balanced left to right and front to back. When the bones are not carrying the weight evenly, the musculature of the pelvis and outer low back have to engage, or contract, in order to prevent the person from falling over. Aaron responds to the ongoing low back issues suffered by millions of people with clear, and focused explanations of the causes of low back pain and the ultimate solution!

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A leading authority on global business trends and the author of the award-winning book Marketing Shortcuts for the Self-Employed (2011, Wiley), Patrick Schwerdtfeger is a regular speaker for Bloomberg TV and has spoken about business trends, big data, predictive analytics, modern entrepreneurship and the social media revolution at conferences and business events around the world. His past books include Webify Your Business: Internet Marketing Secrets for the Self-Employed (2009) and Make Yourself Useful: Marketing in the 21st Century (2008). He has been featured by the New York Times, LA Times, San Francisco Chronicle, CNN Money, Fortune, Bloomberg Businessweek, the Associated Press, MONEY Magazine and Forbes, among others.

Schwerdtfeger is a keynote speaker based in San Francisco, The Bay Area, California who has headlined events for Bloomberg TV, Bank of America, Comcast Cable, Research in Motion (BlackBerry), Time Warner Cable and United Healthcare among many others, as well as dozens of conferences and conventions around the world. His programs focus on business trends, small business marketing and the social media revolution. Patrick spoke about “Learned Intuition” at the TEDx Sacramento event in August, 2012.

Patrick is the author of the award-winning book, Marketing Shortcuts for the Self-Employed (2011, Wiley) as well as Webify Your Business: Internet Marketing Secrets for the Self-Employed (2009) and Make Yourself Useful: Marketing in the 21st Century (2008). He has been featured by the New York Times, LA Times, San Francisco Chronicle, CNN Money, Fortune, Bloomberg Businessweek, the Associated Press, MONEY Magazine and Forbes, among others.

Patrick spoke about ‘Global Mega Trends’ at the 18th annual GCC eGovernment & eServices Conference in Dubai (May, 2012) and has contributed to other innovation and leadership events across the United States and Canada as well as destinations in Mexico, the Caribbean, Europe and India. He is best known for his motivational keynote about the social media revolution and its impact on consumer behavior and market leadership. Patrick’s strategic perspectives make his programs inspiring and thought-provoking for attendees.

Patrick is a passionate and dynamic speaker who focuses on delivering valuable content and highly practical strategies people can implement immediately and see actual results. His programs consistently get strong reviews and leave attendees burning to put their new strategies to work.

Patrick’s expertise encompasses modern business trends and communication strategies. The intersection of these two explain the focus his books have on small business marketing and social media, but today’s mega trends directly impact communication channels for large corporations and governments as well.

Patrick was born in Vancouver, Canada, and received his Bachelor of Commerce (Marketing and Finance) from Carleton University in Ottawa (1993). He never knew he was an American citizen until he was 27 years old and moved to Los Angeles just six days after receiving his first American passport. Patrick now lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.

The Future of IT: Monetizing Big Data

Data: everybody has more of it today than they did ten years ago, or even ten months ago. But what should you do with it? How can you make money with it? The first step is to reveal the wants and needs hidden inside the data, but the more important step is to convert those wants and needs into profitable services through algorithms. Algorithms will drive future profits but success requires creativity, something that doesn’t always come naturally to engineers. Patrick’s keynote program reviews a series of case histories and success stories where companies have made the leap from data accumulation to increased profits, inspiring creative ideas and offering tactical guidance for engineers and executives alike.

Predictive Analytics – a Goldmine for Your Business

Patrick Schwerdtfeger is a leading authority on global business trends including ‘big data’ and predictive analytics. From weather-driven shopping patterns to neighborhood crime forecasting, data and algorithms are dictating where we spend our money and deploy our resources. Target knows when women are pregnant before their own families know. Netflix knows what movies you’ll like before your own friends know. Pandora knows which songs you’ll like before YOU do! The trends are clear. Data scientists are mining data for correlations and causation, and combining them in algorithms that can literally tell the future. Patrick’s program delivers a string of fascinating case histories and success stories that will have your audience rethinking the opportunities hidden inside their own data as well.

Global Megatrends: Game-Changers that will Revolutionize Your Business

Business and geopolitical mega trends are converging and overlapping, bringing implications in every aspect of life and business, and Patrick is well known for his ability to break down complex subjects into accessible and understandable language. And with his dynamic and engaging speaking style, Patrick’s mega trends (including “Big Data”) keynote is perfect as a high-level strategic and inspirational closing session for your upcoming event. The five (5) primary mega trends include changing demographic profiles, an increasingly empowered public, accelerating technological advancements, resource depletion and globalization.

Think Bigger About Your Business & “Go Big!

Thinking BIG is the fastest path to success. It’s fun, it’s exciting and you encounter far less competition along the way. The vast majority of people work their tails off in pursuit of “realistic” goals, competing amongst each other at every turn. Meanwhile, visionaries set blatantly audacious goals and stroll towards them unimpeded. How is this possible? What’s their secret? This motivational keynote will entertain your attendees with fascinating research, energize them with incredible case histories, and empower them with a simple action plan.

Social Media: Stop Wasting Time!

The vast majority of business professionals spending time on Facebook and Twitter are just wasting time. For the most part, they’re using unfocused and ineffective tactics that do nothing to attract new clients. Meanwhile, a few are using simple but powerful strategies to explode their businesses virtually overnight. Patrick is passionate about finding these little known tricks – those juicy secrets – that transform social media from a relentless time waster to a reliable business builder.

TESTIMONIALS:

The author of worldwide best sellers “The Steve Jobs Way: iLeadership for a New Generation” and “Leading Apple with Steve Jobs”, for over 35 years, Jay Elliot has practiced his own leadership in the technology, entertainment and health care industries.  In his books Jay shares with us his first-hand experiences as Apple’s Sr. Vice President of Operations where he worked side-by-side with Steve Jobs on a daily basis.  His experience as an executive at both IBM and Intel helped him to recognize how Steve Jobs’ extraordinary leadership propelled Apple Computer to become the most valued brand on earth.

Currently, Mr. Elliot is the Chairman, Founder of Nuvel, Inc.,  a software company. He was the Founder and Chairman of Migo Software, Inc. a mobility software company, and inventor of its flagship product, Migo.  Mr. Elliot has more than 30 year’s operations’ experience with such corporate giants as IBM, Intel and Apple Computer.

He served as the Senior Vice President of Apple Computer responsible for all corporate operations, including HR, Facilities, Real Estate, IT and corporate business planning reporting directly to Steve Jobs, Chairman of the Board, CEO. Also as a member of the Macintosh organization he helped Steve develop the Macintosh computer from development to introduction. During his tenure at Apple sales grew from $150 million to more than $3 billion.

After graduating from college, Mr. Elliot joined IBM as a programmer working on the airline reservation system and moved into management in several key software projects in the Disk drive development business.  Elliot left IBM to join Intel and at Intel was the director of the California operations reporting to Intel’s CEO, Andy Grove and Chairman, Gordon Moore.

In addition to his vast technology background, Elliot has extensive experience in both the entertainment and healthcare industries.  While at Apple he created Apple TV and internal employee TV communication system. He served as the chief executive officer of San Francisco Studios, where he produced the Academy Award nominated documentary, “Berkeley in the Sixties,” and the NBC television series, “Midnight Caller.”

In the healthcare industry, Elliot was the chief executive officer of New Health Systems, a network technology group connecting physicians and payers to patients and affiliated hospitals.  As part of the New Health plan, Mr. Elliot spent one year with the UCLA Medical Center and UCLA Computer Science Department helping to develop a software system for the operation of Tele-medical centers. It was while working with UCLA that Mr. Elliot came up with the idea for Migo.

What if Steve Jobs Managed your Company?

The speech shares the management principles used by legendary Apple innovator Steve Jobs. Elliot talks about why he wrote the book, how Jobs led Apple to such success and how he’d change other companies.

Sustainable Innovation.

In this speech Jay Elliot shares the principles of innovation and how an organization can sustain it.

For over 35 years, Jay Elliot has practiced his own leadership in the technology, entertainment and health care industries. In his book The Steve Jobs Way, Jay shares with us his first-hand experiences as Apple’s Sr. Vice President of Operations where he worked side-by-side with Steve Jobs on a daily basis. His experience as an executive at both IBM and Intel helped him to recognize how Steve Jobs’ extraordinary leadership propelled Apple Computer to become the most valued brand on earth.

Steve Jobs charged Jay Elliot with the responsibility for running the operations at Apple. That tenure lasted from 1980 to 1986, during which time he was responsible for all corporate operations, including Human Resources, Facilities, Real Estate, IT, Education and Pacific Rim Sales. He was also responsible for Apple’s Corporate Business Planning and was a member of the Macintosh organization. During these years, Apple sales grew from $150 million to more than $3 billion.

Prior to his time at Apple, he served as a Site Director at IBM and headed a 16,000-person software division; overseeing several key projects in the disc drive development business. Mr. Elliot left IBM to join Intel where also served as a Site Director and was the creator of the Intel Foundation (reporting to CEO, Andy Grove and chairman, Gordon Moore).

After leaving Apple Mr. Elliot served as the CEO of San Francisco Studios where he produced the Academy Award-nominated documentary, “Berkeley in the Sixties;” as well as the NBC television series, “Midnight Caller” and numerous sports programs for NBC, CBS, and ABC, including the Barcelona Olympic Games. Later, he served as President of Acclaim West, producing programs for Fox, UPN, the Playboy Channel and Telemundo. Before returning to the technology/software industry, he also served as the Chief Executive Officer of New Health Systems, a network technology company connecting physicians and vendors to patients and affiliated hospitals.

Jay Elliot returned to his technology roots when he founded and served as Chairman of Migo Software, Inc. a mobility software company, where he invented its flagship product, Migo.

He is currently the Founder and CEO of Nuvel, Inc. based out of Campbell, CA. Nuvel offers the emergency smart phone applications vSOS and vSOS Medi-Vac Plus; and is introducing Data Tunnel, allowing accelerated data transfer, and NuVault, a virtual safety deposit box utilizing smart phone bar code readers.

Major accomplishments:

TRAINING:

Hire Jay Elliot to train your team or license his system.

If you’re looking to drive innovation and excellence in IT and other areas of your business, you can get the tools and resources from the executive who worked beside Steve Jobs in the early days at Apple.

These principals of leadership and innovation learned by Former Sr. VP at Apple, Jay Elliot, currently an innovator in health IT, author of “Leading Apple with Steve Jobs” and “The Steve Jobs Way: iLeadership for a New Generation” are available via training programs, innovation seminars, workshops and keynote speeches. You can also license the material in Mr. Elliot’s books to create proprietary training programs that can communicate to your employees what it takes to be the best.

News & Events

Nov. 8, 2012 – Interrogation Hub
Leading Apple with Steve Jobs – Jay Elliot

Oct. 8, 2012 – CNBC
Lessons for Tech Giants

Sep. 28, 2012 – Late night edition TG5
Interview with Jay Elliot, author of Steve Jobs – The story continues (Italian)

Sep. 27, 2012 – Wiley Business eNewsletter
New in Management and Leadership

Sep. 25, 2012 – Business Wire
Former Apple Insider Shares Management Lessons from Steve Jobs

Sep. 25, 2012 – Market Watch
Former Apple Insider Shares Management Lessons from Steve Jobs

Sep. 25, 2012 – The Wall Street Journal
Former Apple Insider Shares Management Lessons from Steve Jobs

Sep. 25, 2012 – Wiley
Former Apple Insider Shares Management Lessons from Steve Jobs
(PDF)

Sep. 25, 2012 – Yahoo! Finance
Former Apple Insider Shares Management Lessons from Steve Jobs

Jan. 5, 2012 – Hearing Innovation Expo – Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Jay Elliot will be among world-renowned speakers including former President Bill Clinton, Virgin Group Chairman Richard Branson, and actress Marlee Matlin to address the more than 2,500 attendees on innovative leadership.

Oct. 19, 2011 – Business Management Daily Webinar, 1 – 2:15 ET
A fast-paced, incisive event where Jay will explain Steve Jobs’ management and leadership techniques and how they can be applied to other companies.

iGenius: How Steve Jobs Changed the World
Discovery Channel – Special Documentary
Jay Elliot joins Tom Brokaw, Dr. Michio Kaku, Joe Nocera and Stevie Wonder, among others, to pay tribute to the genius and life of Steve Jobs.

Quantum Learning Signs Licensing Agreement with Jay Elliot, Author of “The Steve Jobs Way”
Press Release
August 26th, 2011

Brian Copeland is prolific and entertaining speaker, an American actor, comedian, radio talk show host, playwright and author based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Copeland has been the opening act for artists such as Ray Charles, Natalie Cole, Aretha Franklin and Ringo Starr.

Copeland’s incisive, cutting-edge standup comedy material won him San Francisco’s prestigious Cabaret Gold Award as well as top prize in the Monterey Laugh Off. His unique ability to hilariously cut to the heart of some of our most serious social and political problems has earned him spots as the opening act for such diverse artists as Ray Charles, Natalie Cole, Dionne Warwick, Donna Summer, Peabo Bryson, Al Jarreau, Ringo Starr, Manhattan Transfer, Steve Allen, Dana Carvey, Kevin Pollack, Rick Springfield, Lionel Richie, Lou Rawls, George Benson, Patti La bell, Etta James, Gregory Hines, The Righteous Brothers, The Temptations, and the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin.

He has appeared at such venues as Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas, The Taj Mahal and Trump Palace in Atlantic City, the Nugget in Reno as well as clubs, colleges, and concert halls across America.

Copeland’s quick wit and probing interview style earned him a five year position as co-host of San Francisco Fox affiliate KTVU’s top rated breakfast program Mornings on 2 where he did everything from man on the street comedy bits to chatting up stars such as Dustin Hoffman and Garth Brooks. His biting social commentary segment Copeland’s Corner appeared daily on KTVU’s Noon News prompting San Francisco Examiner columnist Rob Morse to call Copeland ‘the best commentator on television’. This distinction led to a weekly national segment on NBC’s long- running late night show Friday Night called The World According to Copeland.

After viewing Copeland on television, the legendary Steve Allen called him “The brightest comedy mind I’ve seen in years.”

Copeland’s work on television and stage soon caught the attention of San Francisco ABC radio affiliate KGO, which premiered The Brian Copeland Show in 1995. With his unique blend of humor and riveting talk, the program soon slayed the competition. It remains the most listened to program in its time slot reaching over 100,000 listeners.

Of Copeland’s radio work, Brad Kava of the San Jose Mercury News wrote, “Brian Copeland is the Black Howard Stern. He’s so far over the edge, he comes back around the other side…be careful listening in the car though…could lead to accidents from laughing so hard!”

In addition to his work in broadcasting and on the comedy stage, Copeland is a serious writer with articles appearing in national newspapers and magazines.

A single father, Brian Copeland lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with his children Adam, Carolyn and Casey.

Not A Genuine Black Man: Profile Of Brian Copeland on CBS5.com

The Commonwealth Club, Jan 13, 2009

Brian at the Authors@Google series, 2008

Weekend America, Feb 18, 2006

The Larry Mantle Show, Feb 15 2006

The Suburban Wall
The 1971 documentary that put San Leandro – and Brian Copeland – on the national scene.

The Invisible Wall
The 1981 follow-up to The Suburban Wall.

Comcast Local Edition

Saturdays On Q – KQED FM

Spark: KQED TV

Forum with Michael Krasney

The Sound of Young America

Cool As Hell Theater

PRESS COVERAGE

Inside Bay Area – 08/27/12
Brian Copeland uses art to promote suicide prevention

San Francisco Chronicle/SFGate.com – 02/26/12
Brian Copeland’s ‘The Waiting Period’ – Review

San Francisco Chronicle/SFGate.com – 02/26/12
Brian Copeland talks of depression, bouncing back

San Francisco Chronicle/SFGate.com – 09/25/10
Brian Copeland genuinely thrilled with ‘7Live’

San Jose Mercury News – 09/09/10
Brian Copeland’s new challenge_ Free-flowing KGO-TV talk show

San Francisco Community Theater Examiner – 05/23/09
Not a Genuine Black Man

Pacific Sun – 11/17/06
Books: Boy ‘n the ‘hood – Brian Copeland—black and white and read all over

Los Angeles Times – 7/27/07
Who’s black enough? – Obama’s ethnic credentials come under unfair scrutiny.
By Brian Copeland

Contra Costa Times – 11/6/05
Black man, white town, pure gold – Brian Copeland’s youth grist for hit show

New York Times – 8/21/06
Not a Genuine Black Man by Brian Copeland (Hyperion, $29.95)

Arizona Republic – 8/13/06
Book review, Arizona Republic

Black Press USA Network – 8/09/06
Book Review – Not a Genuine Black Man Or, How I Claimed My Piece of Ground in the Lily-White Suburbs

People Magazine – 7/24/06
Josh Emmons, book review, People Magazine

Associated Press – 5/17/06
Not a Genuine Black Man’ Has Many Themes

Los Angeles Times – 3/26/06
Sure, now it’s funny – Comic Brian Copeland’s years in a segregated suburb finally have an upside—material

Frosene Phillips – 3/3/06
Frosene On The Scene

Los Angeles Times – 3/3/06
His voice rings true in moving, funny ‘Genuine’

Inside Bay Area – 2/28/06
Frosene On The Scene: Cope-La-La-Land

New York Times – 2/26/06
Brian Copeland

Contra Costa Times – 11/6/05
Next sensation/Theater: Brian Copeland, ‘Not a Genuine Black Man’

Black Talent News – 10/27/05
HBO Acquires Brian Copeland’s “Not A Genuine Black Man” for Series Development

Skinny Magazine – 9/6/05
Brian Copeland Will Make You Laugh, Right After He Makes You Cry

Contra Costa Times – 7/31/05
Good things in small packages

San Francisco Chronicle – 5/10/05
TV sniffing around solo show that just won’t quit

San Francisco Bay View – 1/5/05
Wanda’s picks – Not a Genuine Black Man

San Francisco Chronicle – 11/7/04
Bearing life in all-white San Leandro

SF Weekly – 6/2/04
This one-man show, wrought from pain and rage, never succumbs to bitterness

northbay.com – 5/30/04
Opening socio-political sores – Bay Area comedian Brian Copeland explores hometown’s sorry history

San Francisco Chronicle – 4/24/04
Copeland shows himself to be a genuine funny man

Blessed with charisma and warmth this renowned Bay Area TV news anchor, former mayor of Los Gatos, Emmy-award winning content producer, Black Journalism Pioneer award recipient, businessman, thought leadership marketer, community activist, emcee and keynote speaker adds just enough humility and humor to a willingness to be controversial. Jan has lived a charmed life and brings a unique set of experiences to his topics. Jan Hutchins is the CEO of SocialAgenda Media where he leverages his diverse background in media, politics, business, sports and health to launch remarkable clients with remarkable solutions for our world.

Jan was born in the Danville, Illinois projects, raised on a farm in Wooster, Ohio, graduated from Yale, spent 20+ years as a sports and news TV anchor in the San Francisco Bay Area, ran Community PR for the San Francisco Giants, produced an Emmy award-winning children’s program with Joe Montana and Ronnie Lott, served on the Council and was Mayor of Los Gatos, CA, and now runs SocialAgenda Media with his beautiful bride. Jan has literally been there and done that and his speeches offer perspective and insights available to someone who’s lived so many different lives and seen life through so many different eyes.

On race: He’s Black but was raised living with a rich white family in Ohio and has been the “only one in the room” much of his life, thus his interesting take on identity and how it shows us the way to solve society’s problems.

On politics: A Yale educated radical, affirmative action success, who came just bullets away from joining the Black Panthers. Hear what he learned as Mayor of a California city that can help your company prosper.

On health: A late-blooming fat kid who shed 30 pounds to become an all-conference athlete his Senior year in High School. An early convert to health and fitness who taught yoga for 23 years and ran a transformational community center for 11. You’ll feel real enthusiasm and leave inspired.

On business: A year out of school he walked into a major-market TV station, asked for, and amazingly, got his dream job as a sportscaster, spent 20+ years as a sports and news anchor in the San Francisco Bay Area, left broadcasting because it became “part of the problem”, ran Community PR for the San Francisco Giants and produced an Emmy award-winning children’s program with Joe Montana and Ronnie Lott before learning the answer to why no thing is ever enough.

Jan has literally been there and done that, and his speeches offer perspectives and insights only available to someone who’s lived so many different lives.

Commencement speeches:

Emcee / moderator:

Conference emcee Jan Hutchins moderates Vistage Executive Summit, San Jose

Keynote speeches:

LeadGen Journalism – taking brand journalism to the next level

In this speech Jan Hutchins shares a demand generation innovation that his thought leadership marketing company, SocialAgenda Media, has been successfully employing to not only help their B2B clients scale their content marketing operation but also boost their business development efforts and generate a steady flow of sales-ready leads.

The impact and secret sauce of crowdsourced and crowdfunded projects and communities

In this speech, Jan Hutchins, Black Journalism Pioneer and former Mayor of Los Gatos, CA, informs audiences about the empowerment available through the new ways the energy of the many can be made to act as one. He shares the necessary attitudes, secret insights and unintended consequences of unleashing the power of the crowd.

Why you need to become content about Content Marketing leading your company?

Is content marketing the future of enterprise? Former TV anchorman and Mayor of Los Gatos California, Jan Hutchins, now CEO of SocialAgenda Media says “yes” and explains the inevitability of the rise of quality information in commerce. In his speech Hutchins investigates the perceptions being shattered; how engaged-via-content customers effect management’s tendency to get in the way; the way it forces everyone in business to face and change their ineffective beliefs; how its increased ROI and ability to enable crowdsourcing will take your career to the top.

Influencing communities by understanding the “community” within

In this leadership development speech tailored for community managers, public relations professionals, corporate executives and entrepreneurs Jan Hutchins helps audience to understand how to lead individuals with different needs and personalities and inspire change, by understanding the many facets within our own selves. Your event attendees will leave with tools that will enable them to handle more gracefully conflicts happening within and without.

Modern Leadership for the well being of individuals

Why do most of our efforts to change fail? Resolutions are a joke, real change in our society feels impossible, even the super-rich seem dissatisfied, lovers hurt one another and overdosing on prescription pain medication has zoomed past automobile accidents to become the leading cause of accidental death in America. Why so much pain, depression, divorce? Why the highest suicide rates ever for the youngest and oldest cohorts in our society? The answers to these troubling questions and the answers for those who would be leaders in business, lie at the end of a road known in literature and lore as the Hero’s Journey. Jan Hutchins, who’s taken to that road many times in his life, challenges audiences to face their fears, look within, kill the Buddha, die before death and remake themselves, their businesses and our world before it’s too late.

Creating Serendipity

Serendipity means a “happy accident” or “pleasant surprise”; specifically, the accident of finding something good or useful while not specifically searching for it. Is it possible to consciously create serendipity? Is there a way of being, of making choices that promote “happy accidents” and “pleasant surprises” in life? Celebrity, politician, yogi, producer, journalist, businessman Jan Hutchins entertains as he informs about the art and science of choosing to live serendipitously.

Uniting to thrive

The world finds itself caught in battles, wars and differences at all levels from marriage to family to community to nations. There’s even a life and death struggle going on between humans and the planet. At SocialAgenda Media and on the stage, Jan Hutchins is promoting ways for people to thrive instead of continuing to struggle just to survive. Hutchins solutions for handling diversity combine mind-blowing new technologies with ancient human understandings.

Fitness way past 50

As the Baby Boomer generation hits their fifties, sixties and flirts with their seventies our beliefs about aging are changing. What are we to do with all these “extra” years? And if we’re not already lean and fit, how do we become healthy enough and happy enough to enjoy them and prosper? 64-year-old Renaissance man, Jan Hutchins, spent more than 40 years studying human performance with world-class athletes and trainers, changed his career nine times, taught yoga for 23 years and looks and lives like he’s 50. You’ll enjoy and learn as most interesting fit man alive offers his insights and secrets for laughing and loving one’s way into later life. Of course he might be laughing because his wife is 39-years-old and beautiful.

Speaker  | Voice over talent  |  Business Leader

Major accomplishments:

TESTIMONIALS:

– Sharon Williams, Executive Director of JobTrain

Jan’s speeches in press:

Jan Hutchins, former sportscaster, makes a comeback to motivate

Executive Coach Jan Hutchins moderates Vistage Executive Summits

Motivational speakers presented by emcee & executive coach Jan Hutchins at Job Train fundraising events

Celebrity leadership trainer & executive coach Jan Hutchins emcees Job Train fundraising events

Welcoming, enthusiastic, and engaging speaker. His insightful and provocative keynotes, workshops and breakout sessions provide reliable strategies that support men and women to bring out the best in themselves and others.

Ray Arata is the author of the recently published book, “Wake Up, Man Up, Step Up: Transforming Your Wake Up Call to Emotional Health & Happiness.” It’s a guidebook for men and a support tool for women.

Written based on his own experience, Ray understands the emotional and practical challenges a wake up call poses to your life.

Ray’s professional background includes:

• Juris Doctorate (1992-San Francisco Law School)
• Accredited Wealth Manager-16 years
• Certified Life Planner (www.kinderinstitute.com)
• Certified Money Coach (www.moneycoachinginstitute.com)
• Process Training (www.advancedcoachingandleadership.com)
• Facilitation and Leadership Training (www.mankindproject.org)

Ray’s Journey:
Mid-way through Ray’s 16-year career as a financial advisor, a life changing divorce prompted his commitment to his own personal development. He became a certified Life Planner and certified Money Coach. Upon leaving the Financial Services Industry Ray became a Business and Leadership Coach for several years before committing his life to coaching the “man inside “ the father/husband, leader/ businessman. Presently Ray helps people, teams and organizations remove barriers to success by teaching the ARATAcode of conduct which is based on empowering character traits that match the letters of his name; Awareness, Responsibility, Accountability, Tenacity, Acceptance.

His unique approach and code of conduct empowers men and women to use their emotional intelligence and collaborate towards mutual success despite their gender differences. Ray uses humor and effective tools to produce a win-win vision of gender equality that ends the “Battle of the Sexes”.  Blending lessons in leadership, inclusion, and emotional intelligence, as well as principles that align with broad audiences across a variety of industries, Ray’s customized programs cover topics such as: