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These best-selling speakers bring bold insights on performance, leadership and staying ahead in a constantly changing world. Bring them to your next event while their books are on the top of everyone’s must-read lists.

Exhale Lifestyle, a magazine for busy women, is going to be featuring speaker, security expert, working mom and entrepreneur, Juliette Kayyem on the cover of their March issue. According to Exhale, “Security maven Juliette Kayyem chauffeurs safe rides for kids while running her own company, commands attention in a Harvard grad school amphitheater and still makes time to walk her dog.” 

After a five-year stint at Yahoo Finance, longtime (2000-2013) New York Times tech columnist and APB speaker David Pogue is back home at the Times. His new column, “Crowdwise,” which appears in the paper’s “Smarter Living” section, asks readers for their wisdom in tackling life’s eternal problems—for example, how to recover from a bad “Reply All,” what to say to someone in mourning that won’t just make it worse, and how to travel on planes or trains with cranky toddlers. Pogue has also resumed contributing his trademark, witty how-to tech pieces to the Times. the

In three short years, Sophia has seen many firsts. She is the first non-human to address the U.N., gain citizenship and grace the covers of Cosmopolitan and Elle. She has gone on a date with Will Smith, sung a duet with Jimmy Fallon and wowed speaking audiences from Indiana to Pamplona, Spain.

APB speaker, disruptive future and technology columnist and New York Times Columnist David Pogue informs his audiences on how to get your digital life in order. Whether he’s covering self-driving cars, IoT, or artificial intelligence, he shares highly valuable content with all audiences.

Written by APB Exclusive Speaker, Mark Blyth: No one wants to talk about Brexit, and yet we have to. If you take Brexiteers at their word, the point of leaving the EU, which is the largest free trade zone in the world, is to make it possible for the UK to sign its own better free trade deals, most of which would be with, yes, the EU. Yeah, that makes sense...

With experience as Chief Marketing Officer for Hyatt, Gannett and several other major corporations, APB speaker Maryam Banikarim shares with Fast Company what the role of a “purpose champion” means and why it is integral to the success of a company. 

Best-selling author Erica Dhawan’s recent article on BigThink.com discusses how connectional intelligence can improve big-picture thinking and create opportunities for success. She breaks down connectional intelligence into what she calls the five C's: curiosity, combination, courage, community and combustion—traits organizations should focus on improving to build stronger problem-solving skills. Using case studies from Colgate and Frito Lay, Dhawan shows that genius ideas don't always come from the top down and that networked problem-solving can create million-dollar opportunities.

The Washington Post recently highlighted 10 leadership books to watch for in the new year and APB speaker David Epstein’s new book made the list. In Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World, set to release May 28th, Epstein presents a compelling examination of the most effective path to success. Drawing from research on the world’s top performers, from professional athletes to Nobel laureates, he found that early specialization is the exception, not the rule. 

We’re honored that two of our most inspiring APB exclusive speakers have been invited to appear on the Main Stage at PCMA Convening Leaders. Steve Pemberton and Nadya Okamoto share their inspiring stories of grit and resilience, proving that life experiences can uniquely position all of us to change the world for the better. The pair will be interviewed by Main Stage facilitator Holly Ransom.