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Speaker Profile: Marcie Brogan

Marcie traded in a doctoral program at University of Detroit for a job at the Doner ad agency where she was soon winning national awards for copywriting.
Next came 8 years in European ad agencies. Starting with the hottest shop in London — once she convinced them that she could write English English. Then a stint in Brussels. Followed by a job with Interpublic that made her the first female creative director in The Netherlands.

Then back to Detroit where she opened her own agency offering advertising, marketing and-more recently-PR and digital services.

Brogan & Partners is known for its creative work and for its innovative workplace. Staffers enjoy free Monday Morning manicures, quarterly Mystery Trips, and even cash awards for the Mistake of the Month. Little surprise that theThe Big Idea magazine named Brogan as the Michigan agency most ad people want to work for.

Brogan has a major branch in North Carolina’s Research Triangle Park; an affiliate in Chicago; a phone number in Naples; and high hopes for DC. Recently relocated to Automation Alley, the agency will soon re-open a Detroit office in the Heidleberg Project as a unique economic and community development partnership with Heidleberg artist Tyree Guyton.

Over her business years, Marcie has served on many boards, committees and think tanks. Currently, she is director of the Detroit Regional Chamber; the Adcraft Club; the Rainbow Connection; and somehow was elected to the Executive Committee of the Michigan Nature Conservancy—even though she claims to hate going outdoors.

www.brogan.com

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Brand Camp U. Flyer: Hot off the Press!!!

The Brand Camp U. flyer is complete. Let me know what you think? If you want to eBlast out to your distribution let me know and I can provide you with the html code.

Branded,

Hajj E. Flemings

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Speaker Profile: Terry Bean

Chief Networking Officer
Founder of Networked Inc and Motor City Connect

Terry’s passion is helping others succeed. As a consummate networker, he makes sure he understands not only the needs of his associates, but how to bring together the resources to satisfy those needs.

Terry is the driving force behind Networked Inc., a company that he co-founded to bring buyers and sellers of products and services together efficiently. His firm has provided training on the concepts and benefits of networking to numerous sales teams and professionals.

Terry viscerally understood the value of maintaining professional relationships immediately upon joining the business community in 1996. Since that time, Terry has started numerous face to face and virtual networking groups. He is currently the 9th most connected Linkedin member in Detroit, is an associate at CNO Partners and works with www.RNIA.org to help formalize networking as a recognized Industry. Maintaining these relationships have helped him achieve the success he presently enjoys.

Terry holds a B.S. in Psychology and a M.A. in Business Communications from EMU. He enjoys softball, weight training, The Simpson’s and his 5 year old daughter, Drea.

@TerryBean

www.networkedinc.com

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Speaker Profile: Charlie Wollborg

Chief Troublemaker/Founding Partner of Curve Detroit Advertising, Marketing and Design.
Charlie opened the doors on Curve Detroit Advertising, Marketing & Design in 1999 after being thrown out of several well respected ad agencies. As a writer, designer and strategist, he has delivered blue sky ideas and bottom line results for blue chip local and national clients including: Saturn, Mazda, Boyne, Sanders Candy and Blue Cross. He loves ice cream, hiking in Tobermory and the feel of Lake Michigan sand between his toes. His dislikes include poorly designed billboards, speed limits and people who flick cigarette butts out the window. He’s happily married to his unhappily married wife, Elena and nine month old son Lanagan Jack, who will one day grow up to be a pirate.

@charliecurve
http://www.curvedetroit.com/

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Speaker Profile: Pete Thomas

In November 2005, Pete Thomas walked away from the finale of NBC’s The Biggest Loser a Winner - and a loser. He won $100,000 for losing the most weight of all the contestants that season. What he lost was 185 pounds in only nine short months … and with it an unhealthy lifestyle that Pete, armed with knowledge about nutrition and exercise, has truly put behind him.

The new Pete Thomas walks around with a body fat percentage in the single digits, compared to the 51% body fat he dragged around in his 400+ pound pre-Biggest Loser days. And he doesn’t just walk anymore. Pete works out an hour per day five days a week.

As a child, Pete never learned about nutrition and exercise due to his transient lifestyle - a result of his mother’s serious mental illness. Several times as a young child, he was left alone or with his younger sister for weeks at a time, forced to find food wherever he could.

Although an avid reader, Pete missed major portions of elementary school as he was in and out of multiple foster homes. Still, he managed to graduate with honors from Detroit Kettering High School, where he was a member of the National Honor Society and Who’s Who Among American High School Students.

After attending the University of Michigan, Pete worked to build a successful career. That’s when years of poor eating habits began to catch up with him. During his first 14 years of marriage, he gained 10 pounds per year, despite following a number of fad diets.

“Being on The Biggest Loser really saved my life,” Pete says. The knowledge he gained revolutionized the way he eats and exercises, so that now, more than three years after being on the show, he has successfully kept the weight off.

Based on his experience at The Biggest Loser Ranch and extensive research into the science of weight loss, Pete has developed ‘Lose It Fast Lose It Forever™,’ a 10-week class that is helping the obese achieve a new lease on life.

He has appeared on ABC’s The View, The 700 Club, and eXtra as well as being featured in People Magazine, Runners World, TV Guide, The Detroit Free Press, inTouch Weekly and Real Health (Cover).

As a full time motivational speaker Pete now travels and spreads his “Winning Principles” to sales organizations, businesses, churches and community groups nationwide.

www.winningman.com

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