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When CEOs and senior executives at Fortune 100 companies have to tackle tough communications issues, they rely upon Sonya Hamlin. Drawing on her background in dance, music, theater, television, filmmaking and writing, she is a major creative force in the world of business communication. She conducts seminars and consults privately with CEOs and senior executives in many corporations, among them American Express, Bayer Corp., Bristol- Myers Squibb, Citigroup, CIGNA, DuPont, Ernst & Young, GE, IBM, Monsanto, MTV, Nickelodeon, Sony, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the U.S. Govt.

Sonya Hamlin is a two-time Emmy Award winner for her TV hosting and filmmaking. Her groundbreaking daily talk show in Boston was on for eleven years. Among her many awards are the Japan Prize for International Educational Television, representing the U.S., and the Mayor of Boston declaring Sonya Hamlin Day.

As a communications expert, she appears regularly on network television, analyzing communication issues in business, politics, current trials and media trends. Known for her wit, and filled with surprising techniques for audience involvement, she is much in demand as a speaker and television contributor. Her first book on business communication was a best seller and her newest book on 21 century business communication - – How to Talk so People Listen: Connecting in Today’s Workplace (HarperCollins, 2006/7 -- is also being published in Russia, China, Poland, Turkey, the U.K., Canada, Brazil, and Indonesia.

Ms. Hamlin is also a pioneer in the field of courtroom communication, having created that course at the Harvard Law School. She lectures worldwide and works on cases with law firms, consulting on juries and advocacy skills, preparing witnesses, developing strategies and creating visual presentations of evidence. She teaches advocacy skills –-both oral and visual-- across the U.S and abroad.

Her landmark book, What Makes Juries Listen (Harcourt Brace 1984) completed ten printings; What Makes JuriesListen Today (West Publishing 1998,) now a classic, andNow What Makes Juries Listen (ThomsonWest Publishing) is new in 2008. Sonya has taught communication skills at the Harvard Law School, The Kennedy School of Government, Boston University’s Medical School and School of Public Communication, the Wharton School, University of Texas and NYU’s Law Schools, Brandeis International Business School as well as at Oxford University and the Judge Business School at Cambridge University in the UK.

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Mel Schwartz is a visionary psychotherapist, thinker, author, and educator, who has pioneered a new model for personal growth and transformation based upon emerging worldviews. By integrating the emerging sciences into psychology, he has developed a revolutionary approach to personal evolution. This advance in conceptual thinking enables people to enjoy the process of becoming rather than obsessing over the states of being; as a result people live more successful, fulfilling, and productive lives. Mel's work has revolutionized a new approach that assists people in transcending their struggles with disorders such as anxiety and depression, without requiring medication or lengthy traditional psychotherapy.Mel Schwartz is the author of the acclaimed book The Art of Intimacy, The Pleasure of Passion (now in its ninth year of print as a hardcover). He has pioneered a unique model toward relationship success, using the concepts of quantum mechanics and chaos theory among others. Mel has authored over 70 articles and writes a blog entitled A Shift of Mind whichcan be read on PsychologyToday.com.
Mel is the creator of The Emergent Thinking Process, his landmark approach to self-empowerment. He is the founder of theEmergent Thinking Groups and also teaches this process internationally. He is currently writing the book A Shift of Mind: Reframing the Way we Think.. Mel earned his graduate degree from Columbia University and has been a keynote speaker at Yale University. He has appeared on numerous television and radio shows and been interviewed by many publications. He is in practice in Westport, CT and New York City. Click Here to Visit Mel's Website Click Here to Visit Mel's Blog

Carole Hyatt has been addressing career subjects in her best selling books, lecture tours and television appearances for the past 35 years. She is an acknowledged leader in the work field and her books (The New Woman’s Selling Game, When Smart People Fail,Shifting Gears, and Lifetime Employability) have helped millions of people throughout the world effectively identify and accomplish their goals. She is frequently quoted in the media and has been featured in Forbes, Fortune, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and USA Today. She has also been invited as a guest to the most renowned television programs including Oprah, The Today Show, and Good Morning America.

Carole Hyatt walks what she talks: she has had 8 careers both in corporate America and as an entrepreneur, and has built and sold four companies. Ms. Hyatt is a powerful facilitator and conducts focus and ideation groups for Fortune 500 companies and NGO organizations. Her “Getting to Next” workshop is the flagship program of The Carole Hyatt Leadership Forum - a guiding resource for over 1,800 women of accomplishment. She has created exclusive training programs and served as spokesperson for corporations such as American Express, Deloitte Touche, Right Associates, and Infiniti Car. She has also developed scores of mentoring and leadership programs in South Africa, Japan, Malaysia, and Europe.

Carole lives in New York with her husband Gordon Hyatt, an award winning documentary TV producer.