Jun 4
2009
Niche Success Panel
Posted by
Rachel Pradhan
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Tami Walsh, M.A. is President of the San Diego based teen and parent empowerment company, Teen Wisdom™. Tami has been coaching teen girls since 1999 and is the first life coach for teen girls in the U.S. She is committed to impacting 2 million teens by 2012. Tami has appeared on several local and national radio and television shows including TLC’s 10 Years Younger and NBC’s “The Other Half.”
Tami has been a featured expert on the Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen.com website, has spoken to over 10,000 teens nationwide, and is the author of the top selling “Did-Wells” Journal for teen girls and popular audio series, “Communication: Turning Battles Into Bridges With Your Teen” for parents.
Currently Tami can be seen in the feature film, “The Compass” with other world renown speakers and authors including Les Brown and Brian Tracy. Tami is a graduate of UCLA and received her Master’s Degree from Loyola Marymount University. To learn more about Tami’s programs and services, please visit www.teenwisdom.com
Twitter: @tamiwalsh
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Doug Gfeller is Co-Owner of Executive Forums of Orange County and a Master Certified Coach. Doug has been facilitating executive forums and coaching CEO’s and their direct reports for the last 15 years in Orange County. He is a member of the International Coach Federation, Past President of the Orange County Chapter and one on the founding members of the Professional Coach and Mentors Association.
As co-host of CRITICAL MASS: The Radio Show, Doug uses both his business experience and his coaching background to dig deeper than the usual surface issues with his guests and to help them develop new perspectives on common management problems.
As founder and President of Gfeller Development, a residential building company, he spent over 20 years dealing with the daily issues facing a top executive. This experience and his training as a professional coach have allowed him to help other executives deal with the issues that keep them awake at nights. In addition to his coaching services, he frequently runs Strategic Planning Meetings and training seminars for his clients. Doug is on the Board of Directors of Storm Industries and Chairman of the Compensation Committee.
www.TheCoachingPerspective.com
www.LATalkRadio.com/Critical.php
www.Linkedin.com/in/Gfeller
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Lorin Beller Blake is an author, entrepreneur, speaker, coach and inspirer. Lorin has been an entrepreneur since she was laid off from her first job in her early 20’s. Since then, she has owned a number of businesses, one of which she grew with a partner to a 3 million dollar firm and then sold it. And now she owns Big Fish Nation: A business and professional development firm designed for women business owners exclusively. Lorin and the Big Fish team, integrate hard core business skills with a spiritual approach to success. Lorin is currently writing her third book. She is available to speak for Women Business Owners Groups nationally and internationally and always brings a fresh, spunky and inspiring message.
Lorin is a mom to a 3 year old. She and her family live in Austin, TX where she can found out for morning walks, wake surfing, or kayaking. Lorin is also a volunteer on the Board of the National Association of Women Business Owners. Lorin does not just believe women can be successful business owners and have a full, balanced and relaxed life but more importantly is doing it! And wants to inspire everyone she meets to be their best self and design a life that is wildly successful and fun too!
www.bigfishnation.com and www.lorinbeller.com
Twitter: @LorinB
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David Adams is a seasoned coach, author and speaker. He brings over 20 years of experience to his role of helping attorneys improve their business development and leadership skills. He is committed to helping attorneys achieve that ideal combination of professional success and personal fulfillment.
David has consulted and coached at law firms such as Fenwick, Lindquist, Orrick, Howard Rice and Townsend. He has also had the privilege of working with large multi-nationals including Bank of America, DDB Needham, Wells Fargo, Stanford Hospital, and Vision Services Plan.
David’s career includes extensive sales and marketing experience. He held executive positions in sales and marketing at high technology firms including Plantronics, IUS and MicroPro. He was the president of Micro National, one of the nation’s first value added resellers. David subsequently founded Just Results to provide management and technology consulting services to law firms.
David holds a Masters in Neuro-Linguistics and is a Certified Professional Behavioral Analyst. He obtained his CPCC credential from the Coaches Training Institute, and is a graduate of the Co-Active Leadership program. He is also certified in the MBTI, and Daniel Goleman’s Emotional Intelligence model and the corresponding 360 assessment.
David is an active member of the Legal Marketing Association, the International Coaches Federation and the Professional Coaches and Mentors Association. He is the author of numerous articles and the book, Q&A in Business, published by Macmillan Publishing. David is a frequent speaker at Bay Area Bar Associations and has presented at legal industry conferences such as the Association for Defense Trial Lawyers and the Legal Marketing Association annual conference.
www.clearimpactllc.com

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