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Kelly Scanlon
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Kelly Scanlon is the owner and publisher of Thinking Bigger Business Media. She is currently the national chair of the board of the National Association of Women Business Owners. An advocate for small business owners, especially women business owners, Kelly won the U.S. Small Business Administration's Region VII Women's Business Champion of the Year in 2009, and the Women in Business Advocate of the Year from the State of Kansas in 2006. In 2002, she won the SBA's Region VII Small Business Journalist of the Year Award. |
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Mike Brown
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Mike Brown is the founder of the The Brainzooming™ Group. He has been at the forefront of leading Fortune 500 culture change, contributing new approaches in research, developing simplified tools for innovation, strategy planning, and aligning sales, marketing, and communications strategies for maximum business results. Additionally, he’s won multiple awards for his strategic brand-building approach to customer experiences in NASCAR and conference event marketing efforts. He has accomplished these successes through a teaching orientation and providing non-experts with dynamic tools so they can succeed like experts. |
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Shelly Kramer
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Shelly Kramer is chief imagination officer at V3 Integrated Marketing, a Kansas City-based full service marketing firm. She's worked with businesses large and small to develop marketing strategies that work, enhance brand awareness and, most importantly, convert leads to sales. Shelly has been recognized by Forbes twice in the past year and is recognized as one of the Top 100 Most Influential Women on Twitter. She currently ranks in the top 1,000 out of some 7.5 million Twitter users worldwide and is a sought-after speaker on subjects of marketing and online strategies.You can find Shelly on Twitter @shellykramer and online at http://www.v3im.com. |