Ellen Goodman has been one of the most influential journalists in the US. Her Pulitzer Prize-winning column, from which she recently retired, appeared in over 400 newspapers, making her the second most widely read columnist in the country. A gifted writer who senses emerging shifts in our public and private lives, Goodman specializes in illuminating the cultural debates that become national obsessions.

What do we make of a world in which some folks hide women under chadors while others post XXX nude photos of women on the Internet? Do we really want to be putting human eggs up for sale or holding DNA accountable for a person’s success or failure? What does it mean that our political discussions so often take the form of food fights and sound bites?

These and other questions are Ellen Goodman’s beat. A truly innovative force in American journalism, she is widely acclaimed as a voice of sanity, and readers depend on her to help them make sense of their changing lives and relationships.

In addition to the Pulitzer Prize for Distinguished Commentary, Goodman has won many other awards, including the American Society of Newspaper Editors Distinguished Writing Award, the Hubert H. Humphrey Civil Rights Award from the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, and the President’s Award from the National Women’s Political Caucus.

She has authored seven books; her most recent is PAPER TRAIL: Common Sense in Uncommon Times. Some Speech topics:

• The XX Factor: Women as Leaders.
• The "F" Word: Whatever happened to Feminism: Where we went right, where we went wrong, and what do women do now?
• The Function of Media in a Free Society: Is The Personal (Too) Political?
• Women and Health

Liz Cornish is a leadership expert, speaker, trainer, and organizational consultant. She coaches individuals and groups of many international private, public, and nonprofit organizations, including AAA, Ernst and Young, the State of California, several major universities, and women’s networks. Liz seizes lessons from a variety of settings—the boardroom, the soccer field and the Arctic Circle—to explore the “do’s and don’ts” of effective leadership. Her leadership book, Hit the Ground Running: A Woman’s Guide to Success for the First 100
Days on the Job, (McGraw Hill) is the product of hundreds of executive interviews, thousands of research hours, and 25 years of experience. Her varied background includes many years and miles as an international outdoor adventure educator. She has led executives up Mt. Kilimanjaro, was first woman to kayak the powerful Zambezi River in Africa, soloed above the Arctic Circle, and ran the 100th Boston Marathon.

Vicki Norris, President of Vicki Norris’ Restoring Order®, has turned her passion for order into a lifestyle brand helping consumers lighten up so they can live their true priorities. Celebrating a decade in business, Vicki is a veteran and pioneer in the field of life management. Since 1999, she has taken her company from a sole proprietorship to a six division company with a range of offerings for every life management need and budget.

Nationally, Norris is one of America’s favorite organizing experts on HGTV’s Mission: Organization. In Portland, Oregon, Vicki spent seven years as the professional organizing expert on KATU’s AM Northwest morning talk show (ABC affiliate) , and now is featured on KPTV’s Fox 12’s Better.tv program twice a month, and is a regular guest on 1190 KEX radio.She is a frequent contributor to national lifestyle publications, including Better Homes & Gardens, Family Circle, Parents, Woman's Day, and Real Simple magazine.

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In lean times, none of us can afford to waste money. Yet being disorganized is costing you at least one hour per day! That's 6 work weeks per year, thousands of dollars, stress, and even consequences to our health and personal life. Vicki Norris—an expert organizer, entrepreneur, and mother of toddlers—will teach you how true organizing is much MORE than "a place for everything and everything in its place;” it can help you trim wastefulness and activate your priorities. By understanding the costs of disorder, embracing organization as lifestyle, and proactively "restoring order," you can reclaim resources, time, and sanity and patch the hole in your pocket!

Join Vicki and you'll learn:

• Authentic Organizing (and it's not what you've heard!)
• The Financial & Human Costs of Disorganization
• 5 Steps to "Restore Order" at Home & Work
• 3 Ways Ordering Your Life Will Help You Seize Opportunity

This was one of the most useful and practical presentations I have been to at True North. I am inspired to put my finances in order! Mary Daniel, Attorney, Husch Blackwell Sanders

Vicki has excellent presentation skills. The substance of this presentation was engaging and thoughtful. I appreciated the holistic, real-world approach to the topic as well as the innovative ideas. Elizabeth Sauder Of Counsel, Husch Blackwell Sanders