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One of Canada’s most successful entrepreneurs and respected philanthropists, W. Brett Wilson is also one of the country’s most sought-after public speakers. A popular panelist on CBC’s hit show Dragons’ Den, Brett offers his insights into business and life with a surprising mix of humour and heart-warming candour.
Singled out as Alberta’s 2008 Business Person of the Year by Alberta Venture Magazine and named Calgary’s 2007 Person of the Year by Avenue Magazine, Brett’s commitment to excellence and innovation has not only revolutionized the business sector in which he operates, but the communityin which he lives, inspiring others to see how they can leave an equally unique mark on the world.
His personal charisma and small-town charm have gained him a national audience, a platform he uses to inspire others to “do what’s right” – making a commitment to personal integrity, community involvement, and work/life balance. Brett uses his own larger-than-life story to illustrate what he has learned about the real meaning of success.
After graduating from the University of Saskatchewan with a Bachelor of Science in Engineering, and a MBA from the University of Calgary, Brett began his career as an investment banker for McLeod Young Weir Limited (now Scotia McLeod).
In 1993, he became one of the founding partners of Calgary’s FirstEnergy Capital Corp., now the energy industry’s leading investment bank, which has brokered thousands of financings and M&A deals worth over $150 billion. His instinct for investing in the right people has also translated into major holdings in the energy, agriculture, real estate, sports, and entertainment industries, financed through his own innovative investment bank, Prairie Merchant.
Using his business success as a vehicle for giving back, Brett is one of Canada's most innovative philanthropists, having raised or helped to raise millions of dollars for non-profit initiatives. He has been honoured as a Distinguished Lecturer at the University of Saskatchewan, and has earned the International Legacy of Honour from the Young Presidents’ Organization for his commitment to excellence in business, community orientation, and the ideals of YPO.
Several years after his introduction to America as Donald Trump’s original Apprentice, Bill Rancic continues his commitment to entrepreneurship throughout the country. Today, he is building businesses, seizing opportunities and sharing his views on how to succeed in business and in life.
Currently, Bill is developing real estate in Chicago, producing and appearing in several television programs and speaking to businesses and organizations on motivational and business topics.
Bill also regularly appears in The Board Room on NBC’s primetime show “The Apprentice.” He produces and stars in the A&E series “We Mean Business,” Style Network’s reality series “Giuliana and Bill” and is the executive producer of “Repo Man,” airing in January on Discovery Channel. He makes regular appearances on numerous daytime broadcast and cable television programs such as Today,
The Tonight Show, The View and various CNBC programs to talk to viewers about business and entrepreneurship. He also regularly appears in many major national, regional and local print outlets
throughout the country.
A published author, he wrote Beyond The Lemonade Stand to help educate and motivate young people worldwide about the value of money and how to leverage skills, talents and abilities at an early age. All proceeds from the sale of this book have gone to charity. Beyond The Lemonade Stand is the follow up to the New York Times best-selling book, You're Hired: How To Succeed In Business And Life From The Winner Of The Apprentice, which chronicled Bill's successful life, experience and proven advice.
A budding entrepreneur at a young age, Bill got his first taste of success by founding Cigars Around the World in a 400 square foot studio apartment in Chicago. And today, it is a multi-million dollaroperation now owned by Synergy Brands, where he sits on the board of directors.
Highly engaged in charitable activities, Bill was recently named national spokesperson for Gradiant Gives Back – a program awarding financial makeovers to deserving families during today’s challenging economic climate. He is also an active board member for the Mercy Home for Boys and Girls.
Bob Campbell is the President and CEO of Colour Tech Marketing Inc.
After a 30 year career in the Canadian Armed Forces, he and his wife Margaret decided to get into business. They founded Colour Tech Business Cards in 1991. It was the first company in Canada to produce full colour business cards for the Real Estate Industry. That was 20 years ago.
Their business grew as the new technology grew. They expanded their client base as well as their product line to include a wide range of personal marketing products and programs and became Colour Tech Marketing Inc., a National Supplier for most of the Real Estate Franchises in Canada.
Recently, Bob has been making presentations to a variety of groups in the Real Estate, Mortgage and
Home Inspection Sectors on how to network effectively and promote yourself and your business. He
calls it the “Marketing Game”.
After many years of success in my real estate sales and leadership career, I had a vision to change the real estate industry. A business that worked for leaders, but for very few, a business that endured. I observed managers literally thrown into a leadership position without training - taking on the responsibilities of a profit and loss, independent contractors, mortgage capture, title capture, and much, much more; the recipe for failure. What training I did observe, focused on the outside of managers, but never traveled beyond the depths of the manager and the growth of the human being, the leader, to discover what got in the way and continues to get in the way of success.
Through my own "growth process", I discovered the answer: "Facilitate growth from the inside SPEAKER out". Sure, managers need the skill-building, business planning, coaching skills, and recruiting skills (I can deliver all of that), but without doing the work on the inside first, results won't appear on the outside. Hence, The Real Estate Recruiters, a company designed to serve, lead, and inspire leaders that want to have a positive life experience in the real estate industry and transfer that experience to their agents. The only way to do this is to serve and support managers as human beings first and as branch managers second.
My results today are a result of that vision I am carrying forward and delivering to Brokers, Owners, Managers, and Recruiters throughout the U.S. and Canada.
Topic: Online Real Estate Search - How house hunters are searching for houses today, what's changed and where it's going and how can you take advantage?
Sandip is a technology expert who specializes in Real Estate tech tools. Sandip joined Zoocasa as Director of Product Development and Client Relations overseeing two fold responsibilities. His role at Zoocasa is to establish and maintain partner relationships with the real estate professionals as well as vendors. Sandip is also responsible to strategize Zoocasa's product road map ensuring technological leadership resulting in the most user friendly real estate web site in Canada. Prior to Zoocasa, Sandip spent 8 years at RE/MAX running the Web Services department. He has also held high profile positions at CIBC's Internet Channel and IBM Canada. His experience and expertise includes Internet strategy, social marketing, SEO and customer relationships. He also provides technology training sessions to various brokerages. Sandip holds a B. Comm. degree from University of Mumbai and is a PMI certified PMP.
Doug Devitre is taking North America by storm. His latest Canadian appearances include the REALTOR® Association Executive Institute in Quebec City, Banff Western Connection, and the NewBrunswick AGM Conference. Doug is a past entrepreneur of the University of Missouri Business School, Business Leader of the Year for the Maryland Heights Chamber of Commerce, and inducted into the National Association of REALTORS® REBAC Hall of Fame.
Greg is the epitome of the entrepreneurial success story. He started his first business at the age of 14. Today he is the CEO of Hobbs/Herder Advertising and a sought-after speaker on self-mastery,personal development and personal marketing.
In his seminars and keynote addresses, Greg shares insights into how to succeed by thinking outside the box and embracing new technology tools in creative ways. Today, he is one of the leaders in social media marketing--teaching people how to use Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn and other social media tools--to grow their business.
David Knox has built an international reputation as a top sales trainer and keynote
speaker in the real estate industry. As an authority on Pricing, Negotiating and Selling, he presents his seminars to more than 20,000 sales people a year. He is a speaker that combines humor with solid content that attendees can use right away. He is also the producer of “Pricing Your Home to Sell,” one of the best selling real estate videos in North America.
Steve is the owner of the Pillar To Post Professional Home Inspection franchise in Barrie, Orillia and Newmarket since 1996. Before becoming a home inspector he was a general contractor for almost 20 years, in residential and commercial construction. He is an associate member of the Ontario Association of Home Inspectors and a National Certificate Holder. He is also WETT certified and certified for Indoor Air quality Investigations including air and mould sampling, Asbestos and Radon Sampling as well as septic system inspections. In addition to residential home inspections he also performs commercial inspections and building condition reports.
Steve regularly conducts education seminars for the real estate and insurance industries to inform and educate industry professionals to help them serve their clients to best of their abilities.
Passionate, funny, humble, entertaining ... all of the traits you could possibly want in a trainer! And he’s Canadian!
Using his unique combination of real estate and mortgage expertise, Chris provides state of the art training and consultation services for real estate professionals, mortgage professionals and managers all over North America.
His boundless energy, wit and exemplary business expertise allow him to train some of the industry's best professionals. Students rave about how they connect with Chris’s down-to-earth style and they can trust what he teaches because he has truly walked a mile in their shoes.
As the founder of Marketing and Training Solutions, Suzanne Mladenovich offers a unique and creative flair in her approach to training, combining learning with fun. Suzanne believes that while learning is a practical necessity, it does not have to be boring. Having delivered training to thousands of people across Canada on sales skills, motivational and other soft skills training, client feedback reinforces Suzanne's belief that training can be a truly positive experience. Her former training and discipline as a music instructor and Classical Pianist confirm that practice not only makes perfect, it is absolutely necessary for survival in today's competitive environment. After having graduated from the University of Toronto with a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology & Political Science, Suzanne held various full-time and contract positions in Sales, Corporate Training and Marketing before founding Marketing and Training Solutions. A list of well-known companies for whom she worked includes Motorola, former Sprint Canada, TELUS Mobility/Clearnet and Fonorola. While she worked primarily within the telecommunications field, her specialty evolved within the area of soft skills training for sales, customer service, management and personal development training. In addition, Suzanne is an active public speaker and has offered her subject matter expertise at various conferences, for a variety of institutions and organizations. Today Suzanne works with a team of talented training professionals and strategic alliance partners of quite diverse backgrounds and
training history, to offer a breadth of knowledge and experience to their client base.
Dave Rider is currently the President and Founder of Tech Media Marketing, Inc. based out of Seattle, WA. Tech Media Marketing, Inc. is a leader in Digital Marketing Strategies and Internet Marketing Services for the Real Estate industry. Dave learned the Internet Marketing industry as the Business Development and Sales Manager for Cevado Technologies, a Real Estate website and IDX services company. During his 7 years at Cevado Technologies Dave Sold and Supported thousands of real estate websites, developed and successfully implemented Cevado’s Search engine Optimization program and taught Internet Marketing Classes to thousands of Realtors across North
America.
As a real estate investor herself and having over 20 years of real estate marketing experience, be ready for some new and fresh ideas! Michelle Sharpe, VP Canada for Obeo will share with you the power of the homeowner lifecycle, buyer behavior and innovative ways to capitalize on marketing and social media strategies.
Joel Shears is one of the foremost smartphone trainers! Participants of Joel's programs rave about the high energy, easy to understand and enriching learning environment and content. Over the past 10 years Joel has been involved in the real estate industry on both the wireless solutions and MLS® side. His experience in our industry helps him deliver a program that will help you improve your client communications.
Kelley has consistently been in the top 5% in sales since he started full time in the industry in 2008. He went through a major shift in his marketing plan at the end of 2009, recognizing the trend, and making the move towards social media sites. Kelley is incredibly passionate about the use of technology and social media in his business and is often sought out for advice from other Agents from across North America.
