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Copyright 2013, Hachette Speakers Bureau In this interview, Mitch talks about why businesses need to reboot right now, how big brands and change their business models, and the first steps you need to take to reboot. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=236 Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=236 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=235 Thu, 09 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=235 "American Turnaround" author Ed Whitacre disputes the notion that General Motors TARP funds amounted to a socialist government takeover. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=234 Tue, 19 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=234 Peter Bregman explains to FOX News why he's not making 2013 New Year's Resolutions http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=233 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=233 Richard Fisher says: "Perhaps the best book about presidential leadership written this year was 'Ike's Bluff'" http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=232 Tue, 18 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=232 Questioning the wisdom of setting stretch goals is like questioning the very foundation of business. We might debate which goals to set, or how to set them, but who would debate whether to set goals at all? http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=231 Fri, 14 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=231 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=230 Thu, 13 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=230 Seventy-one years ago today the Imperial Japanese Navy launched a devastating, surprise attack against American naval forces at Pearl Harbor. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=229 Tue, 11 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=229 Wolfe is one of the figureheads of the New Journalism movement http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=228 Wed, 05 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=228 This morning, like every morning, I sat cross-legged on a cushion on the floor, rested my hands on my knees, closed my eyes, and did nothing but breathe for 20 minutes http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=227 Wed, 05 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=227 Jodi Kantor and her bestseller The Obamas makes The New York Times' list of 100 notable books of 2012 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=226 Wed, 28 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=226 Based on the international bestselling novels by Hachette authors Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl, "Beautiful Creatures" tells the tale of two star-crossed lovers who uncover dark secrets about their respective families, their history and their town. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=225 Tue, 20 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=225 American history is replete with tales of conflict between presidents and Congress, but rarely have both institutions been more in agreement than when they bestowed five-star ranks on eight admirals and generals near the end of World War II. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=224 Mon, 19 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=224 In the last few days, I've heard New York City described as a tale of two cities: one city of people who were drastically impacted by Hurricane Sandy, and another of those who were merely inconvenienced by it. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=223 Wed, 14 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=223 From Eisenhower to Obama, presidents have tapped the CIA and others to get dirty jobs done quietly. They should never forget they’re playing with fire http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=222 Tue, 06 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=222 JJ Ramberg discusses how to take your small business to the next level. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=221 Wed, 17 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=221 JJ Ramberg talks about the importance of entrepreneurship in the 2012 elections, how she manages her life, how she leverages social media to support her show, and more. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=220 Wed, 17 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=220 Brad Meltzer's Decoded is is the #3 most popular show with mild republican voters. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=219 Tue, 02 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=219 Countering someone's negativity with your positivity doesn't work because it's argumentative. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=218 Mon, 01 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=218 Tips for how to overcome your dislike of coworkers and how to make it work at the office. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=217 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=217 In an excerpt from former SEAL member Don Mann’s new book, Inside SEAL Team Six, he describes what it takes to make it through training. Plus video of him at The Daily Beast discussing training, what Obama got wrong, and more. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=216 Sun, 04 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=216 Facing threats from the Pentagon and the prospect of reprisal from al Qaeda, the man who dished on the bin Laden raid cancels media tour for his new book, No Easy Day. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=215 Mon, 17 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=215 Former Navy SEAL Team Six member Don Mann Reacts to Tell All Book http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=214 Wed, 05 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=214 The former SEAL behind the book 'No Easy Day' didn't get his work vetted by the military. Here's why I did http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=213 Thu, 30 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=213 What do you hear when you catch yourself thinking about yourself? http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=212 Tue, 28 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=212 Peter Bregman's Fox Business News interview is about why we lie, whether it works, and what all business leaders should know about sharing information, good and bad. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=211 Tue, 28 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=211 Peter Bregman's latest Fox Business News appearance http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=210 Tue, 28 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=210 The Special Ops community is stunned by the news of an unauthorized account of the al Qaeda takedown by one of their own. Now the Navy brass say they might come after the author. The Daily Beast talks to former member of SEAL Team Six Don Mann. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=209 Fri, 24 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=209 Former Navy SEAL Don Mann gives crucial, tangible tips to survival in emergency situations http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=208 Thu, 09 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=208 AMC will develop Annie Jacobsen’s best-selling book about Area 51, "Area 51: An Uncensored History of America's Top Secret Military Base." http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=207 Tue, 07 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=207 Evan Thomas discusses the historic complexities of a trans-Atlantic relationship that is all too often reduced to symbols and sound bites – not to mention statuary. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=206 Tue, 07 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=206 Dr. Mark Hyman discusses how to boost your metabolism by eating all the right healthy foods fresh from the farm. Mark also shows us how to make a delicious protein shake in under a few min http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=205 Mon, 06 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=205 AMC just closed a deal this week to begin creating a new scripted series, “Area 51,” based on the best-selling book of the same title by Annie Jacobsen, The Post has learn http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=204 Mon, 30 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=204 "Holmes' lawyers have two choices: plead guilty to spare him the death penalty, or go to trial with a mental defense. But I predict the mental defense will fail." —Marcia Clark http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=203 Mon, 30 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=203 Every day and every week of every year varies according to the current world situation, and the cycle a particular team is in. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=202 Mon, 30 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=202 Don't pretend you aren't angry or intimidated — that won't help and it will surely come out sideways. Instead, ask yourself why you feel angry or intimidated. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=201 Tue, 24 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=201 Swofford’s financial and artistic victories led him into a lot of hotel rooms chasing hedonistic pleasures (sex, drugs, etc.), and hospitals reporting on the awful toll war exacts on soldiers unlucky enough to have failed to dodge a bullet. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=200 Mon, 23 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=200 Only about 500 additional calories a day can result in an extra pound of body weight per week – and, of course, the opposite applies just as much. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=199 Mon, 23 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=199 In "The Admirals," author Walter B. Borneman tells the story of the U.S. naval campaigns of WWII through the lens of the four men who were named five-star fleet admirals during that war. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=198 Mon, 23 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=198 Focus On, Somalia http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=197 Thu, 19 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=197 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=196 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=196 The Washington Post: "I love how Otter tackles common financial decisions in a “do-this, not-this” format." http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=195 Mon, 16 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=195 America has a proud tradition as an immigrant nation, but it also has a long history of marginalizing those it marks as "other." http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=194 Tue, 10 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=194 His second memoir, Hotels, Hospitals, and Jails is a gritty, intense and wrenching account of how too much money, sex, drugs and alcohol nearly killed him. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=193 Wed, 27 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=193 I laughed. I cried. I sat in somber silence. I could not put this book down. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=192 Mon, 18 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=192 John D. Spooner is interviewed on Boston.com. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=191 Mon, 18 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=191 Walter Borneman, author of THE ADMIRALS, writes on FoxNews.com about the leadership lessons we can all learn from the only four five-star Fleet Admirals in our nation’s history. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=190 Mon, 18 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=190 Roland's thoughts on Faithfulness http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=189 Wed, 06 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=189 Now, as the presumptive Republican nominee for president, Mr. Romney speaks so sparingly about his faith — he and his aides frequently stipulate that he does not impose his beliefs on others — that its influence on him can be difficult to detect. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=188 Mon, 04 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=188 Getting those stubborn items off your to-do list. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=187 Mon, 04 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=187 Steve Jobs' successor is making his mark and trying to keep the Apple magic going. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=186 Mon, 04 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=186 Buying a car is a better deal than leasing for one primary reason... http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=185 Mon, 04 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=185 All across America veterans are committing suicide at unprecedented rates, but no one has been able to answer why. Author and former marine Anthony Swofford gets to the bottom of an epidemic. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=184 Mon, 04 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=184 Last month I gave a talk at TEDMED on how social networks may be an unexpected solution to our heath care crisis. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=183 Fri, 01 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=183 “The Family Corleone” by Ed Falco is a prequel to “The Godfather” authorized by Mario Puzo’s heirs. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=182 Fri, 01 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=182 On a summer trip to visit my mother’s Iranian relatives in Germany, I made the mistake of calling America my home. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=181 Fri, 01 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=181 An essay in The New York Times about Darznik's ill-fated run-in at 13 at the American Consulate and the ensuing two years of exile. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=180 Wed, 30 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=180 Sheril Kirshenbaum is an example of a science writer (and scientist) with many interests and the talent to cover them all well. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=179 Wed, 30 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=179 In Falco's prequel, Mob boss Vito Corleone is most interested in the future of his family. His youngest children are in school and clueless about Daddy's "profession." http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=178 Thu, 24 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=178 Big-six publisher Hachette Book Group is making free chapters of upcoming books from bestselling authors http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=177 Thu, 24 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=177 MY therapist called me the wrong name. I poured out my heart; my doctor looked at his watch. My psychiatrist told me I had to keep seeing him or I would be lost. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=176 Wed, 23 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=176 Peter Godwin Op-Ed in The New York Times http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=175 Mon, 21 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=175 Marcia Clark Blog on WSJ Speakeasy http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=174 Mon, 21 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=174 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=173 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=173 There has been a more than 1,000 percent increase in Type 2 diabetes in children over the last two decades. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=172 Sat, 12 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=172 A special prosecutor probes a homeless man’s death that may be linked to a murder within the LAPD http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=171 Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=171 Dr. Mark Hyman says a staggering 1 out of 2 Americans suffers from diabesity http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=170 Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=170 Given her background, it's no surprise that Clark's writing crackles with authenticity. The courtroom exchanges in her latest novel are crisp and brimming with tension. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=169 Fri, 11 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=169 Jack Otter, author of Worth It...Not Worth It?, explains half a dozen screwups we all fall for—and strategies to avoid them. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=168 Fri, 11 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=168 Feed Your Mind Wellness, a Highland Park based healthcare consortium specializing in holistic approaches to overall mental and physical well-being, proudly presents “The Blood Sugar Solution Program.” http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=167 Wed, 09 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=167 As his seventh book to film adaptation “The Lucky One” hits theaters, Nicholas Sparks recalls a time before he spent his days writing. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=165 Mon, 30 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=165 The Blood Sugar Solution By Mark Hyman http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=164 Mon, 30 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=164 Merritt laments how in his view churches, on the right and left alike, have been corrupted by embracing partisan politics. He prescribes a more hands-off approach that puts spiritual and moral concerns ahead of partisan ones. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=163 Mon, 30 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=163 SEAL veteran Mann and bestseller Pezzullo (Inside SEAL Team Six) make their fiction debut with this solid military adventure thriller. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=162 Mon, 23 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=162 Jonathan Merritt, has become one of the most persuasive articulators and exemplars of a revised form of evangelical engagement with politics. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=161 Tue, 17 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=161 Jack Otter is more than happy to tell you what to do with your money. The twist in his book, “Worth It ... Not Worth It?” is that he sets up a series of binary financial choices and gives you his answer. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=160 Tue, 17 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=160 John D. Spooner's new book, “No One Ever Told Us That,’’ is cast as a series of letters to his teenage grandchildren, offering practical advice about life issues, financial and otherwise. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=159 Tue, 17 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=159 DASH boasts "more scientific evidence documenting its benefits than any other eating pattern," insists Boston University's Thomas J. Moore, M.D. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=158 Thu, 29 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=158 'The Gilly Salt Sisters" by Tiffany Baker is a beautifully written story of family secrets, betrayal, redemption, forgiveness and a little bit of magic. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=157 Thu, 29 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=157 Clark humanizes her tough lead, and gets the mixture of action and investigative legwork just right, more than making the case for a long life for this West Coast analogue to Linda Fairstein’s Alex Cooper. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=156 Thu, 29 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=156 While the book focuses on diabetes and “diabesity” it truly is for everyone. It covers the major diseases (diabetes, cancer and heart disease) afflicting us in masses as well as the enumerable symptoms of ill-health we are experiencing. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=155 Thu, 29 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=155 Spooner, 74, is a Boston financial adviser, best-selling author (“Sex and Money’’), novelist (“Class,’’ “The Foursome’’), and columnist. His new book, “No One Ever Told Us That,’’ is cast as a series of letters to his teenage http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=154 Mon, 19 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=154 Jodi Kantor's recent book,"The Obamas," is a best-selling portrait of the president and first lady's lives in the White House, and one that made waves in Washington when it was published earlier this year. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=153 Mon, 19 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=153 Are we becoming 'the United States of Diabetes'? In this special Q&A with Everyday Health, physician and author Mark Hyman, MD, outlines his plan for fighting type 2 diabetes and obesity through good nutrition and lifestyle changes. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=152 Mon, 19 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=152 Read about the first couple’s complicated history in this regard, the way they closely protect their daughters while also sharing their stories and images with voters, in the following excerpt from my book THE OBAMAS. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=151 Mon, 19 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=151 Yes, Apple is special. And no, not every company should emulate it. But here are key elements in its playbook other companies absolutely should adopt. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=150 Mon, 05 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=150 There's nothing like a romantic kiss. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=149 Mon, 27 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=149 Have a system of secrecy that builds excitement and a sense of ownership -- from launching projects in an outbuilding that flies a pirate flag to erecting walls around off-limits "lockdown rooms." http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=148 Mon, 27 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=148 Lashinsky said he applied “shoe-leather investigative journalism” to paint a picture of how the notoriously private Apple works day in and day out. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=147 Mon, 27 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=147 Jodi Kantor of the New York Times dedicates two pages in her new book The Obamas to the Ground Zero mosque controversy without using the word "mosque." http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=146 Mon, 27 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=146 The Obamas weren't ready for the level of scrutiny the First Family endures, according to New York Times reporter Jodi Kantor, author of the controversial book "The Obamas." http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=145 Mon, 27 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=145 The power of community to create health is far greater than any physician, clinic or hospital. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=144 Mon, 27 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=144 Singer’s Grammy appearance was powerful palliative http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=143 Fri, 24 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=143 Even if your blood pressure and cholesterol are perfect (now) and your weight isn’t a concern, following the DASH diet simply makes sense. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=142 Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=142 Sheril Kirshenbaum, the 31-year-old author of The Science of Kissing, talks about her book, which explores the properties of puckering up. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=141 Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=141 The following are excerpts of a conversation with Mr. Lashinsky, who is also a senior editor at large with Fortune magazine: http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=140 Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=140 Jodi Kantor's new book, "The Obamas" examines the first marriage and the family's life in the White House. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=139 Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=139 In the book, Showalter grapples with the “crushing reality” that he doesn’t have anything to write about — and the realization that “if you’re going to write a book, you should read books too,” he said. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=138 Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=138 Alcon Entertainment has announced it will finance and produce LaGravenese’s adaptation of Beautiful Creatures, in partnership with Warner Bros. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=137 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=137 Adam Lashinsky has spent more time getting a feel for life at Apple than most outsiders. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=136 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=136 With total partisan war (still) consuming Washington, the Obama White House spent the last two weeks blasting away at an unlikely antagonist: 36-year-old New York Times reporter Jodi Kantor, author of the new book The Obamas. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=135 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=135 That's just one of the many surprising anecdotes about Apple's secrecy in today's Fortune excerpt of Adam Lashinsky's coming book "Inside Apple." http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=134 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=134 The New York Times reviews Jodi Kantor's The Obamas http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=133 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=133 "For 365 days a year it's game seven!" says Joe Terranova, "That is my mantra for 2012. You must remain focused at all times." http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=132 Mon, 09 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=132 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=131 Fri, 06 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=131 Book Review of Regina Brett's ‘Be the Miracle’ http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=130 Mon, 19 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=130 The antiapartheid hero refused to launch a personality cult. Why have other African leaders failed to follow suit? http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=129 Mon, 19 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=129 The author discussed possible plans for expanding the 630-page book in the future with Fortune senior editor at large Adam Lashinsky. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=128 Fri, 16 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=128 Dan Charnas discusses why his favorite business book of 2011 is "18 Minutes: Find Your Focus, Master Distraction, and Get the Right Things Done," by Peter Bregman. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=127 Tue, 13 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=127 China continues to snatch up precious natural resources while they're still available. Will the U.S. step up before it's too late? http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=126 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=126 “A raise comes when you bring value to an organization,” says Peter Bregman http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=125 Wed, 07 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=125 People often lose their concentration when they are bored, of course, but also when they are engaged in challenging tasks, says Peter Bregman http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=123 Wed, 23 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=123 Slow browsing, few apps, and an embarrassing service outage. Can BlackBerry recover from its biggest crisis yet? http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=122 Fri, 18 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=122 How does he consistently produce such sentimental work? Watch the video above to find out Sparks's essential ingredients to a great tearjerker. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=121 Fri, 18 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=121 Evan Thomas discusses the pressures on President Eisenhower to increase defense spending http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=120 Fri, 18 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=120 “The secret to surviving a buffet is to eat fewer things. And the secret to thriving in your life is the same: Do fewer things,” Mr. Bregman writes in 18 Minutes. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=119 Tue, 08 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=119 “I think the most important element is that I have a very clear sense of what is most important for me to accomplish at any given time,” said Peter Bregman http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=118 Fri, 04 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=118 Stephen Leeb’s view is that China’s prosperity that requires gobbling up all these relatively valuable natural resources endangers the United States future as a prosperous nation. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=117 Fri, 04 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=117 Michael Pantalon discusses addresses strategies for dealing with teens possibly relapsing into drug and alcohol addiction. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=116 Fri, 04 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=116 For an always-thoughtful take on the new cyber world of marketing, Mitch Joel is your guy. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=115 Tue, 18 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=115 Peter Bregman discusses what it takes to become a star in the workplace. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=114 Thu, 22 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=114 • Peter Bregman’s 18 MINUTES is reviewed in USA Today http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=113 Fri, 07 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=113 Hint: The answer is, there is no answer. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=112 Fri, 07 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=112 Having influence may make you live longer! Moving yourself and others to action. From Michael Pantalon in The Science of Influence http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=111 Fri, 07 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=111 Reason magazine's review of Annie Jacobsen's Area 51 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=110 Fri, 07 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=110 Getting past the "rejectionist" (aka receptionist) requires audacity, resilience and organizational skills http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=109 Fri, 30 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=109 The collection of essays reflects the author and political pundit's unreserved opinions. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=108 Thu, 29 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=108 Wall Street Journal's Editor's Pick: Peter Bregman http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=107 Mon, 26 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=107 Book review by the San Francisco Chronicle http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=106 Tue, 20 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=106 The New York Times Reviews Michael Moore's Here Comes Trouble http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=105 Tue, 20 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=105 Peter Bregman’s 18 MINUTES is reviewed in the “Watch, Listen and Read” http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=104 Tue, 20 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=104 He doesn't have a 'messaging' problem. He has a record of bad policies and anti-Israel rhetoric. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=103 Wed, 14 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=103 Get what you want from others http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=102 Fri, 09 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=102 In a new memoir, the controversial filmmaker opens up about his life. He talks about the vitriol he faced after 9/11, and why he thinks the last decade has proved him right. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=101 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=101 Political pugilist and cultured critic, new collection displays Hitchens in full http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=100 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=100 Book review of Preston & Child's "Cold Vengeance" http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=99 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=99 Review of Kevin Mitnick's new book by the Washington Post http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=98 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=98 Book review of Annie Jacobsen's latest http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=97 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=97 Heidi Kraft, Ph.D., a leading clinical psychologist and consultant for the U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (BUMED), was honored at the 2011 Voice Awards for her achievement in successful educational efforts for Navy Medicine. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=96 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=96 Review of Michael Moore's new memoir by Publishers Weekly http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=95 Thu, 25 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=95 PEN American has announced this year’s award winners, and have named Stacy Schiff’s CLEOPATRA winner of the PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography! http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=94 Thu, 18 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=94 New York Times review of Kevin Mitnick's "Ghosts in the Wires" http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=93 Thu, 18 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=93 After a crash that killed 30 U.S. service members, Sebastian Junger talks about the dangers troops face in Afghanistan. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=92 Wed, 10 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=92 Feature succinctly covers Preston & Child’s prolific career and also includes cover image of their latest book COLD VENGEANCE http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=91 Wed, 10 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=91 A team of some of the most influential social media minds, including Jeffrey Hayzlett, are banding together to launch the first magazines on the business application of social medial. (Socialmediamags.com via HSB) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=90 Mon, 01 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=90 Sebastian Junger talks about why soldiers who return from war, oftentimes tend to miss it http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=89 Tue, 19 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=89 Daniel Goldie, co-author of "The Investment Answer, Learn to Manage Your Money & Protect Your Financial Future," says the right key decisions can help stack investment odds in your favor. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=88 Tue, 12 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=88 Book Review: “Poisoned,” by Jeff Benedict http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=87 Mon, 27 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=87 Female anesthesiologist Michelle Au,argues that the same rules do not apply in the medical field for male physicians as they are for females who become parents. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=86 Mon, 27 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=86 Dan Goldie, president of Dan Goldie Financial Services LLC and a former professional tennis player, talks with Bloomberg's Rob Gloster about making the transition from sports to financial advising. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=85 Mon, 27 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=85 The New York Times discusses the decline and demise of newspapers in Pete Hamill's latest, Tabloid City. (New York TImes via HSB) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=84 Thu, 02 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=84 New York Times reviews the latest book from author and investigative journalist Annie Jacobsen, Area 51: An Uncensored History of America’s Top Secret Military Base. (New York Times via HSB) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=83 Thu, 02 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=83 Buffalow News praises Hamill's weaving of literature, art, music and exotic places in his new book, Tabloid City. (Buffalo News via HSB) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=82 Thu, 28 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=82 Peter Godwin reports on the current challenges to peace and democracy in Zimbabwe. (The New York Times via HSB) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=81 Thu, 28 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=81 Hitchens discusses the political leadership of Robert Mugabe, posing the question, how has he been able to rule Zimbabwe for so long? (Slate via HSB) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=80 Tue, 12 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=80 The Wall Street Journal calls Peter Godwin new book on the victims of the Mugabe regime, “an important book." (The Wall Street Journal via HSB) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=79 Tue, 12 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=79 Charla Krupp, best-selling author of How Not to Look Old, writes about her adventures in plus-size shopping. (The Huffington Post via HSB) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=78 Fri, 18 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=78 Michael Showalter talks to The Jewish Daily about his life, his career in comedy and his new book. (The Jewish Daily via HSB) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=77 Fri, 18 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=77 The Observer reviews Peter Godwin's latest book, calling it a "gripping, gut-wrenching report." (The Observer via HSB) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=76 Fri, 18 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=76 Showalter talks to Salon about Hollywood, hipsters and his new comedian tell-all, Mr. Funny Pants. (Salon via HSB) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=75 Wed, 02 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=75 Author Jasmin Darznik shows how the lives of three generations of Iranian women were proscribed by politics and patriarchy in her best-selling new book, The Good Daughter. (Ms. Magazine via HSB) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=74 Wed, 02 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=74 Diana Kirschner, PH.D shares her expert advice on "engagement rage" with readers in Marie Claire's February issue. (Marie Claire via HSB) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=73 Tue, 22 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=73 Entertainment Weekly discusses Stacy Schiff's best-selling biography, Cleopatra, and how the Egyptian Queen may be played by Angelina Jolie in the movie version. (Entertainment Weekly via HSB) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=72 Tue, 01 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=72 Why do we kiss? NPR calls biologist and researcher Sheril Kirshenbaum's latest work, a "wonderful book," discussing kissing in all its varieties and imperatives. (NPR via HSB) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=71 Thu, 27 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=71 The Baltimore City Paper raves Sheril Kirshenbaum is "already way ahead of the pack for brilliant nonfiction book moves of 2011," with her latest book. (City Paper via HSB) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=70 Tue, 11 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=70 Jasmin Darznik’s The Good Daughter: A Memoir of My Mother’s Hidden Life, is praised by Vogue as one of the season’s most captivating memoirs. (Vogue via HSB) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=69 Tue, 11 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=69 The New York Times praises Stacy Schiff's latest biography, Cleopatra as an "engaging and meticulously researched biography." (New York Post via HSB) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=68 Wed, 15 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=68 New York Times calls Amy Sedaris' new do-it-yourself craft book, Simple Times: Crafts for Poor People, a perfect holiday gift for fans of Amy Sedaris and her idiosyncratic sense of humor. (New York Times via HSB) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=67 Wed, 15 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=67 With Napster gone legit and Limewire closed down, file sharing is being driven offline. Mitch Joel examines for the Vancouver Sun what that means for the fate of file sharing. (Vancouver Sun via HSB) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=66 Thu, 18 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=66 Harry Beckwith, founder of Beckwith Partners, discusses the remarkable power of a brand: Coca-Cola. ( Beckwith Partners via HSB) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=65 Mon, 15 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=65 Pulitzer Prize-Winning biographer, Stacy Schiff, writes for Wall Street Journal on the authority and allure of Cleopatra. (WSJ via HSB) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=64 Tue, 26 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=64 Stacy Schiff, author of Cleopatra: A Life, writes for W Magzine on the real woman behind the legend of Cleopatra. (W Magazine via HSB) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=63 Mon, 18 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=63 Michael Coogan discusses the motivation behind his latest book, God and Sex: What the Bible Really Says. (Boston Globe via HSB) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=62 Mon, 18 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=62 Nancy Trejos shares advice from her book, Hot Broke Messes, on cleaning up your financial life. (Ladies Home Journal via HSB) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=61 Mon, 18 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=61 The Cincinnati Inquirer profiles Merril Hoge, best-selling author of Find a Way, and the Ohio native's new roots in Fort Thomas, Kentucky. (Cincinnati Inquirer via HSB) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=60 Wed, 29 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=60 Sam Culbert describes for the Ivey Business Journal how leaders can create an environment in which the spoken truth will be recognized and rewarded. (Ivey Business Journal via GTN) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=59 Fri, 24 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=59 Hitchens writes for Slate on the taming and domestication of religious faith. (Slate via GTN) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=58 Wed, 15 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=58 Trejos' tips for the "Young and Cash Strapped" are featured in CNN Money. (CNN via HSB) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=57 Mon, 30 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=57 Merritt is featured In the USA Today article, "What if the end isn't near?" as among the new generation of committed young Christian action-takers. (USA Today via HSB) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=56 Mon, 23 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=56 Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman on the decline of creativity in America and what we can do to change it. (Newsweek via HSB) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=55 Tue, 20 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=55 Jonathan Merritt, author of Green Like God: Unlocking the Divine Plan for Our Planet, blogs on how Christians should be reacting to the oil spill. (CNN via HSB) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=54 Mon, 21 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=54 In his latest book, The War Lovers, Evan Thomas examines the roots of America's penchant for overseas warfare. (Venture County Star via GTN) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=53 Tue, 15 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=53 Kate writes for GuidePosts Magazine about a lesson learned from her early days as a grieving widow. (GuidePosts via HSB) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=52 Tue, 15 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=52 How to Never Look Fat Again's Charla Krupp lends her expertise in an article about the many stylings worn by the ladies in “Sex & the City 2”. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=51 Tue, 01 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=51 Nancy Trejos breaks down the dos & don’ts when it comes to money & dating. http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=50 Tue, 01 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=50 The Washington Post includes Bronson’s What Should I Do With My Life? among the best road-maps for high school and college graduates. (WSJ via HSB) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=49 Tue, 25 May 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=49 The Financial Times reviews Hitchens’ latest book, Hitch 22, a memoir of the author's life. (The Financial Times via HSB) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=48 Tue, 25 May 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=48 A Fort Worth Star-Telegram review of The Mirror Test declares Jeff Hayzlett’s book “an important book for leaders of both large and small businesses.” (Fort Worth Star-Telegram via HSB) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=47 Mon, 10 May 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=47 In his new book, Green Like God, Southern Baptist leader, Jonathan Merritt, argues that caring for creation is not a right-left issue, but rather a moral issue. (ABP via HSB) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=46 Mon, 10 May 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=46 Evan Thomas, author of The War Lovers, describes how the reasons and causes—territory, ideology, WMDs—may change with the times, but our lust for it is eternal. (Newsweek via HSB) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=45 Thu, 06 May 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=45 The Perfect Storm author discusses military life in Afghanistan, why his new book War is his most personal yet, and what M*A*S*H got wrong. (Details via HSB) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=44 Fri, 30 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=44 The Economist Review of Evan Thomas's The War Lovers. (Economist via HSB) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=43 Tue, 27 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=43 The Associated Press interviews Sam Culbert about his book, Get Rid Of The Performance Review. (AP via HSB) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=42 Tue, 27 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=42 Authors Bronson and Merryman share their insight on raising honest children. They devote part of their 2009 book, NurtureShock: New Thinking About Children, to recent studies about young children and lying. (WASHINGTON POST via http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=41 Fri, 23 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=41 U.S. News recently spoke with Nancy Trejos, a personal finance reporter for The Washington Post and author of Hot (Broke) Messes, about her own struggle with finances. (USNews via HSB) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=40 Mon, 19 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=40 Blanke, a motivational speaker and president and chief executive of Lifedesigns, has written "Throw Out Fifty Things: Clear the Clutter, Find Your Life". It's the Color of Money Book Club pick for April. (WASHINGTON POST via HSB) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=39 Fri, 16 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=39 "The ingredients to her 'never looking fat system' are: fabric, fit, styles and colors." (CNN via HSB) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=38 Mon, 05 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=38 "Charla Krupp, style expert and author of the new book, How to Never Look Fat Again, shares her secret weapons for days when you want to break up with your mirror. (Cosmo via HSB) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=37 Mon, 05 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=37 On Parenting: Surprising research, and what to do with it http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=36 Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=36 "Charla Krupp discusses How to Never Look Fat Again without resorting to wearing all black and looking like “an Italian widow in mourning.” (TIME via HSB) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=35 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=35 "You'll need a library of excuses to dodge getting in shape this year." (Vogue via HSB) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=34 Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=34 "Has Sue Johnson done the impossible? The Ottawa psychologist claims not only to have unlocked the mystery of love, but she says she can fix your marriage." (More via HSB) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=33 Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=33 "Harold Evans, doubtless the finest English newspaper editor of his time, could make you weep in his memoir of formative days in Manchester and glory years (1965 - 1981) with the Sunday Times of London." (Huffington Post via HSB) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=32 Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=32 "Ferris usually writes in a steady, cool voice whether delivering the quotidian details of office work or existential observations about God that would otherwise sound grandiose." (Washington Post via HSB) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=31 Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=31 Getting older can be a career killer—if you go about job hunting it the wrong way. Entertainment journalist Mandell discovered that the resume she was sending out made her seem like an aged veteran. (More.com via HSB) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=30 Tue, 12 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=30 "Whether it's tactics or strategy, they're terrible at it. Their attitude is, they're busy in a knife fight and don't have the time." (Newsweek via HSB) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=29 Wed, 06 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=29 "The dialogue between Isaacs and God is raw, real and laugh-out-loud funny." (Relevant Magazine via HSB) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=28 Mon, 21 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=28 "Washington Post critics pick their favorite novels, biographies, mysteries, memoirs and more." http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=27 Tue, 15 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=27 Watch Ashley Merryman Speak Live at PopTech Conference http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=26 Mon, 14 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=26 Six Pixels of Separation Named #1 on "What Corporate America is Reading November 2009." (The Olympian via HSB) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=25 Fri, 04 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=25 "Ferris follows up his PEN/Hemingway Award–winning debut Then We Came to the End with The Unnamed, whose protagonist suffers from a mysterious disease that compels him to walk to exhaustion." (Publishers Weekly via HSB) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=24 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=24 "Barely a decade after constructing a $300 million research and development headquarters in the city, the pharmaceutical giant announced it was shutting down the facility. Just like that, New London will lose 1,400 jobs and become home to a gigantic, http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=23 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=23 "Israel has thrived during the global collapse—thanks to an entrepreneurial culture built on compulsory military service. U.S. companies should take notes." (The Daily Beast via HSB) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=22 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=22 "All attending were out of their seat on their feet, clapping, with full respect for the man on stage: decorated Navy SEAL and best-selling author, Petty Officer 1st class Marcus Luttrell." (The Houstonian via HSB) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=21 Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=21 "Horse Boy recounts a deeply personal, highly subjective and inarguably thought-provoking story of one family's quest for a certain kind of peace." (The New York Times via HSB) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=20 Wed, 30 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=20 "Every September, the class of incoming American kindergartners is ever slightly older." (Newsweek via HSB) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=19 Fri, 04 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=19 "Corcoran has seen a lot in her time as a tycoon, but even she was shocked at some of the offbeat ideas that surfaced." (New York Daily News via HSB) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=18 Fri, 14 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=18 "You have what it takes to change your life--or even your world. So what's stopping you?" (Forbes via HSB) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=17 Fri, 31 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=17 "There is a new way of getting hired, and a simple resume on an 8 x 11 piece of white paper is not going to cut it anymore." (HSB via Vancouver Sun) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=16 Thu, 16 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=16 "Author Susan Isaacs on comedy, church hopping, and having a 'middle-class white girl's Dark Night of the Soul.'" (HSB via Christianity Today) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=15 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=15 "In his brilliant new book, The Evolution of God, Robert Wright tells the story of how God grew up." (HSB via The New York Times) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=14 Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=14 The best-selling author takes a closer look at El Centro, California, the "recession capital of the world." (Parade via HSB) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=12 Fri, 12 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=12 "I don't think it's a coincidence that the new atheists really got traction in the years after 9/11." (The New York Times Magazine via HSB) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=11 Tue, 02 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=11 "In his new book The Richest Man in Town, Jones has come up with a list of the 100 richest people by town in the largest cities in almost every state in the U.S." (BusinessWeek via HSB) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=10 Tue, 19 May 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=10 "In the easy-to-read guide, Nichols provides a road map to developing and flexing those all-important survival muscles..." (Hachette via AOL) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=9 Tue, 12 May 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=9 "He told his audience that, even at a time when London was being "bombed to smithereens"...there was a prime-ministerial view that torture was never permissible." (Hachette via Slate) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=8 Tue, 05 May 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=8 "The author knows that portions of his new book 'would no doubt appall' his parents. But...a reader should think twice before faulting him." (Hachette via The New York Times) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=7 Sun, 03 May 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=7 "Most people don't think of their friends as conduits and resources to their dreams and goals. That's ridiculous." (The Dallas Morning News via HSB) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=6 Wed, 20 May 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=6 Some new releases were written in direct response to the financial meltdown, including Stephen Leeb's "Game Over: How You can Prosper in a Shattered Economy." (Associate Press via HSB) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=5 Thu, 30 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=5 If girls grow up with a canon of stories, it makes the subject much more approachable. Girls shouldn't feel awkward, embarrassed or ashamed. (Detroit Free Press via HSB) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=4 Wed, 29 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=4 The author of 14 books, including the forthcoming Losing Mum and Pup: A Memoir, reflects on his relationship with his parents. (GTN via The New York Times) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=3 Wed, 29 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=3 Over many years, Susette Kelo stood up against corporate power and New London officials, and became known around the country as the woman who couldn't be moved. (The New York Times via HSB) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=2 Fri, 24 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=2 When author Rupert Isaacson took his autistic son on a trip to Mongolia to ride horses and seek the help of shamans, he had a gut instinct that the adventure would have a healing effect on the boy. (New York Times Book Review via HSB) http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=1 Fri, 24 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http:///speaker_news.php?articleId=1