Amber Kanwar is a distinguished keynote speaker, emcee, and host, renowned for her authoritative insights into business and financial markets. As a leading figure in financial news and a prominent voice on Bay Street, Amber has solidified her reputation as a premier business and financial speaker.
Welcome to our newest speaker: Colleen Francis, helping Virtual Sales Professionals during COVID
These are truly challenging times and Colleen Francis has been helping Sales Professionals deal with the New Sales environment. Colleen has been helping companies across Canada to present her top strategies for continuing to thrive during the COVID-19 pandemic. Colleen is driven by a passion for sales – and results. A successful sales leader for over 20 years, she understands … Read More
Top Three Things Virtual Conference Attendees are Looking for in 2021
As we prepare to host virtual conferences this new year, we must take a look at how the transition to the digital space influenced the expectations of virtual attendees. After almost a year of becoming more accustomed to a strong reliance on technology and remote work, many individuals have set expectations for virtual conferences in 2021 and are counting on … Read More
Virtual Event hot Topic – Retail Emergency
The team at ProSpeakers.com is bringing you a series of Hot Topics that are relevant for Virtual Meetings and Virtual Conferences. Has your Retail Company or Association been hit hard by the Covid-19 Pandemic? What we know for sure is Retail will never be the same, ever. So, what will it be like? That retailers have the possibility of disappearing … Read More
Mario Pilozzi
Get an insider’s perspective on one of Canada’s most successful business transformations, Wal-Mart Canada. Who better to provide this perspective than the man who led the Wal-Mart team through this transformation and unprecedented period of expansion, Mario Pilozzi, the former CEO of Wal-Mart Canada?
Sam Geist
Sam Geist is no idle armchair philosopher; his insights stem from years of front-line business experience. He grew his single sporting goods store into a 15-store $40 million a year national chain before he sold it to a competitor. He opened a marketing and consulting agency based on the full-service customer concepts he had honed in the retail arena, and discovered his true calling when his clients began asking him to speak to their clients.
Ross McBride
Mr. McBride is the founder and president of a Canadian-based management consulting group. Eighteen years ago, Mr. McBride started The Blackrock Group, which grew from one employee (Mr. McBride) to 650 full time staff, before he sold the majority of his interest in it three years ago. Mr. McBride’s seminars are based on real world knowledge, experience and skills he acquired and used to build the Blackrock Group. He has been Chapter Chairman of the Young Presidents Organization-Ontario Chapter, is a member of the Canadian Association of Professional Speakers (CAPS) & the National Speakers Association. Mr. McBride is also listed in “Who’s Who in Canadian Business”.
Marc Saltzman
Marc discusses the latest gadgets, social media, video games, the Internet, etc. Gadgets can include products and services related to televisions, home theatres, computers and accessories, digital photography, smartphones, GPS, mobile media players, e-book readers, and so on.
Lisa Mattam
Lisa Mattam is widely recognized as a dynamic leader, inspiring speaker and consultant to business professionals across the globe. As founder of a management consulting firm specializing in Leadership, Organizational Development and Strategic Process, Lisa has been quoted on management and leadership issues in a variety of media sources, such as The Globe and Mail and BNN.
Howard Behar
Howard Behar’s career in business spans over 50 years, all in consumer oriented businesses covering several industries. He retired from Starbucks Coffee after 21 years where he led both the domestic business, as President of North America, and was the founding President of Starbucks International. During his tenure, he participated in the growth of the company from only 28 stores to over 15,000 stores spanning five continents. He served on the Starbucks Board of Directors for twelve years before retiring.
Donald Cooper
Today’s business owners and managers want to work with coaches who have actually done it, and done it well. Donald Cooper has done it! Winner of seven awards of excellence for marketing, service and business innovation, he has been both a world-class manufacturer and retailer.
Darrell Kopke
Darrell Kopke is a member of the group of founders of lululemon athletica. From 2001, until the sale of the company to a private equity in late 2005, he was the acting general manager. He oversaw the company’s expansion from one store in Kitsilano to 60 stores internationally, with 100 percent annual growth and $200+ million in sales. When he left lululemon in January 2009, Darrell was the Managing Director for Asia Pacific, responsible for the region’s store operations based in Hong Kong.
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