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Susan Wilson Solovic
The Practices of Exemplary Leadership
Jim Kouzes, co-author of the award-winning book "The Leadership Challenge" and Executive Fellow at the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Santa Clara University, explains how five learnable behaviors can make a significant difference in your performance as a leader.
Windows Live Seminars

Microsoft Office Live Web Seminars bring you some of today's most dynamic business leaders, experts and authors sharing insight and advice on topics important to small business success. Here you'll gain tools and resources you can use for starting a small business, expanding your existing venture, boosting your marketing efforts, growing sales and hiring the right people to help you see your small business plans become reality.

The seminar series is brought to you by Microsoft Office Live, offering small business services and products to help you manage your day-to-day operations with ease and efficiency, without breaking the budget. For instance, Microsoft Office Live services allow you to create a professional online presence without the expense of buying a server, setting up a complicated infrastructure, and hiring technical staff to maintain it. Microsoft Office Live is a hosted service – all you need is a computer and an Internet connection.

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Effectively Influencing Up
One of the world's most widely recognized executive coaches, great thinker Marshall Goldsmith provides perspectives on the value of changing what you can change -- and "making peace" with what you can't. He is author or coeditor of 22 books on leadership and business.
X-Ray Your Competition
Widely published author and respected pioneer in the field of business intelligence, Leonard Fuld reveals how the secret language of competitive intelligence can be your company's hidden key to success.
Getting More Buy-In for New Ideas and Innovations
Laurence Haughton, best-selling author and management consultant, reveals how to overcome resistance to change by getting more people to buy in to your ideas from the beginning and maintain their momentum.
The Age of the Alpha Dog
Learn how companies in ordinary industries achieve extraordinary success from the perspective of respected journalist Donna Fenn, author of "Alpha Dogs: How Your Small Business Can Become a Leader of the Pack."
The Practices of Exemplary Leadership
Jim Kouzes, co-author of the award-winning book "The Leadership Challenge" and Executive Fellow at the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Santa Clara University, explains how five learnable behaviors can make a significant difference in your performance as a leader.
Cashing In On Webinars
Jaclyn Kostner, an author and leader in virtual communications, explains how Webinars and Web conferencing give small businesses a powerful way to create and sustain critical business relationships when people are NOT face-to-face—but across town or across continents.
Learn Branding Secrets the Big Guys Use
Stop marketing and start branding. That's the advice from branding strategists Suzanne Tulien and Carol Chapman, co-authors of two e-books: "6 Myths of Branding " and "Getting Your Employees on the Brand Wagon." Tulien and Chapman promise to reveal brand truths based on leading practices from highly successful brands that you can implement to catapult your business.
It’s The Fast That Eat The Slow
Author and speaker Laurence Haughton explains how to think and act quickly to stay ahead of your bigger competitors. His seminar draws on research from his book "It’s Not the Big that Eat the Small… It’s the FAST that Eat the Slow."
Surviving 11th Hour Negotiations
Jeff Thull, author and leading-edge strategist for major companies, provides insights on about how to pre-empt last-minute negotiations to protect your price and profitability. Thull explains how to lead your customers through a buying process that puts you in control.
Creating Rules For Women To Play By
Gail Evans, author of the influential and best-selling "Play Like A Man, Win Like A Woman," discusses the importance of women to start playing on "the same team." Evans also covers new approaches to mentoring and networking.
The Power Of Relationships
Building strong relationships with your customers is key to long-term business success. Eric Groves, senior VP for the e-mail marketing service Constant Contact, explains how to create a winning relationship strategy for your business.
Building A Better Business
Marie Diaz, CEO of Pursuit of Excellence HR, talks about how to develop your leadership potential and increase personal and employee productivity in her "Building A Better Business" presentation.
Tips For Doing Business With The US Hispanic Market
With over a trillion dollars of buying power, the Hispanic population will continue to grow in numbers and economic strength for the next four decades. Having served as Chairman of the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, JR Gonzales shares his insights and advice for increasing your business in the growing Hispanic demographic.
Delegation Is Not A Dirty Word
To be successful, small business owners need to learn to delegate effectively to their employees. Caitlin Friedman and Kimberly Yorio, authors of "The Girls Guide to Starting Your Own Business," offers tips and techniques for mastering the art of delegation.
Small Business. Big results.
Recognized as one of the most influential Americans and business leaders, Dr. Stephen Covey offers an engaging discussion on how small businesses can get big results by identifying their most important goals and focusing on priorities that will help achieve them. Covey is author of several acclaimed books, including the recent international bestseller, "The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness."
7 Ways to Boost Your Business Just by Asking
Jack Canfield, founder and creator of the wildly successful "Chicken Soup for the Soul®" series, shares seven simple asking strategies that worked successfully in his business and helped build a billion-dollar brand.
Tax Tips For The Online Business: Keeping The Government Off Your Back And Out Of Your Wallet
Cliff Ennico, attorney, nationally syndicated small business advice columnist, and co-host of the popular PBS television series "Money Hunt," shares tax tips designed to help online businesses keep the government off their backs and out of their wallets.
Competitive Advantage: Find Out If Yours Is A Hit Or A Myth
Jaynie Smith author of the top-selling book "Creating Competitive Advantage," says 95% of all companies don't even know their competitive advantages. Watch or listen to this seminar to learn what competitive advantage is and is not – and how to leverage yours to improve your bottom line.
Lessons of the Natural Entrepreneur
Online video featuring award winning business leader Andre Taylor with concise yet powerful lessons on creating and building a successful business by discovering, appreciating, and using your innate success instincts.
Girls' Guide to Building a Million Dollar Business
Susan Wilson Solovic, series host and author of the Girls' Guide to Building a Million-Dollar Business shares empowering guidance to those women who want to gain the confidence and knowledge to become successful entrepreneurs.
Word Of Mouth Marketing
George Silverman, author of "The Secrets of Word of Mouth Marketing," explains how you can dramatically boost your sales by getting customers to sell your products and services for you.
How Small Businesses Can Create A Huge Impact By Selling And Marketing Smarter
Dr. Tom Sant, author of "The Giants of Sales," explains how small businesses can win big contracts by adopting sales and marketing techniques that maximize their value and minimize the risk of doing business with them.
Secrets Of Guerrilla Marketing
"Guerrilla Marketing" refers to unconventional ways of pursuing conventional marketing goals. Jay Conrad Levinson, creator of the best-selling "Guerrilla Marketing" book series, talks about guerrilla marketing tactics that help you achieve serious profits with little or no cost.
Search Engine Marketing With Results
Scott Linzer, director of search marketing at Universal McCann, discusses how to maximize efficiencies from search engines. His strategic seminar will focus on how to use search for business intelligence, maximize efficiencies in search, and future trends in search.
Boosting Sales With Incentives
Find out how to get detailed information about your customers, create one-to-one relationships that foster brand loyalty, and increase bottom-line-profits in this seminar by Josh Linkner, CEO of the marketing and promotions company ePrize.
Vision to Venture Conference Highlights
Microsoft Office Live Small Business presents Vision to Venture, featuring smart and simple strategies to make your business a success!
Making Work, Work
Join best-selling author and time management expert Julie Morgenstern - brought to you in-part by FranklinCovey - as she shares strategies that help small business owners take control of their work life.
Improve Online Marketing To Older Consumers
Dick Stroud, author of "The 50-Plus Market," will reveal how your company can get older consumers to buy from your website. 
Low-Cost Marketing Ideas
Hear Al Lautenslager present 10 low and no-cost marketing tactics that you can put to use immediately to get more business. Lautenslager is the author of the best-selling "Guerrilla Marketing in 30 Days."
The Egonomics of Leadership
The egos of those in your company can be an asset or liability. Author Steven Smith talks about 'egonomics' and how to make individual egos a positive force in your business.
Franchising The Sweet Way
Margaret McEntire is the founder and owner of Candy Bouquet International, Inc., a top rated franchise company and the largest candy franchise in the world. McEntire explains how franchising works and what you need to know before buying a franchise business.
From Startup to Franchise
Hear how Cereality, the first cereal restaurant, went from a startup business to successful franchise. Cereality co-founder David Roth also talks about assessing the viability of your businesses idea, and how to brand and protect it.
10 Steps To Hanging An 'Open' Sign On Your New Business
StartUpNation founders Rich and Jeff Sloan explain how you can follow in their entrepreneurial footsteps, offering 10 tried-and-true steps designed to move you through the idea stage and into full-fledged business ownership. After a dose of the Sloan Brothers' wisdom, you'll understand how to finance your dream, build your brand, and market to your customers.
Considerations Before Starting Your New Business.
Before you start a business, it might help to think about your motivation. Andrew Bein, a marketing veteran and Trump University faculty member, explores the different reasons people have for operating independently, and shows business owners how to set appropriate expectations.
Waking The Entrepreneur Within
Michael Gerber is the best-selling author of "E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work and What to Do About It." Gerber's talk on "Awakening the Entrepreneur Within" focuses on today's entrepreneurs and how they transform dreams into commercially successful enterprises that make a difference.
Dare To Start A Business
Many people want to be entrepreneurs, yet something holds them back, observes Rieva Lesonsky, editorial director at Entrepreneur Media Inc. Lesonsky explores the three "dares" you need to overcome when you want to start your own business.
Microsoft Spotlights
Bryant
Miranda Bryant of Wisdom Publications talks about her company and Vision to Venture.
Hansen
Diane Hansen of Decorative Painting Interiors talks about her business and Vision to Venture.
Gamble
Jana Marie Gamble talks about her company Poetically Yours and Vision to Venture.
Sydnor
SonJoria Sydnor talks about the Christian Sisters Organization and Vision to Venture.
Siegler
Sarah Siegler of SJS Artistry talks about her business and Vision to Venture.
Noack
Diana Noack of S.O.S. Office Tools talks about her business and Vision to Venture.
Erickson
Elizabeth Erickson of ELE Design talks about her company and Vision to Venture.
Petty
Casey Petty of Fine Line Custom Cabinetry talks about her business and Vision to Venture.
Ohliger
Paige Ohliger of Time for Dinner talks about her business and Vision to Venture.
Chronister
Renee Chronister of Parameter Security talks about her business and Vision to Venture.
Schofield
Renee Schofield of TSS talks about her business and Vision to Venture.
About Susan Wilson Solovic

Susan Wilson Solovic is CEO of SBTV.com – Small Business Television.  SBTV.com is the first and only video news and information destination site for America’s small businesses.  Solovic began her professional career as a television news anchor and reporter for NBC and CBS affiliates.  Subsequently, she joined a Fortune 100 company where she was named vice president, director of corporate marketing, of the firm’s international asset-based lending division.  While working in an executive capacity, she attended Saint Louis University Law School and graduated with honors.  Her legal background provides her with a unique view of American business.

Solovic is the author of “The Girls’ Guide to Building a Million Dollar Business” which is consistently ranked among the top 25 books for women in business on Amazon and was listed as a “must read” in Entrepreneur magazine.  Solovic made her debut as an author with “The Girls’ Guide to Power and Success,” which was originally released in June 2001 and was re-released in paperback in 2003.  The book is also being published in Korea, China and Thailand. “Reinvent Your Career: Attain the Success You Deserve and Desire” is another of Solovic’s books.  It offers motivational and practical advice for those individuals seeking to re-ignite their careers.  She also authored “Hanging onto the American Dream: A Story of Business Leadership and Leaving a Legacy.”  A popular keynote speaker, Solovic has spoken to more than 250,000 small businesses in the past four years.

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