Speakers and Topics

Our Speakers

Author Kristine Carlson — Spokesperson on women's issues; co-founder of the "Don't Sweat the Small Stuff" series with her husband Richard Carlson; author "Heart-broken Open:" A memoir through loss to self-discovery."

Financial Planner Rita Cheng, CFP® — 2013 Chair of the Financial Planning Association of the National Capital Area

Frewen

Futurist Cindy Frewen — FAIA, LEED AP, Award-Winning Architect, Entrepreneur, and International Expert on "The Cities of the Future"

Marga Fripp — Founder of the award-winnng nonprofit organization, Empowered Women International

Hope Katz Gibbs

Hope Katz Gibbs — PR Expert, Journalist, Entrepreneur, Author, "PR Rules: The Playbook"

Karen Hanrahan — Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy and Human Rights in the Obama Administration

Andy Hines

Futurist Andy Hines — Professor in Residence, University of Houston; Author, “ConsumerShift,” and “Thinking About the Future”

Dr. Carol Horn — Coordinator Advanced Academics, Fairfax County Public Schools, Author, "10 Big Ideas: How to help your child think bigger, imagine more, and do better in school"

Entrepreneurs Michael Houlihan and Bonnie Harvey — founders, Barefoot Wine and authors, "The Barefoot Spirit"

Andrea Keating

Entrepreneur Andrea Keating — Founder of the international video staffing firm Crews Control, co-founder of TeamPeople, and Board of Directors of Scenios.com

Lisa Earle McLeod — Sales Expert, Bestselling Author, "Forget Perfect," "The Triangle of Truth," and her newest book, “Selling with Noble Purpose”

Barbara Mitchell

Barbara Mitchell — HR Expert, Author, "The Big Book of HR," and "The Essential HR Handbook"

Yvette Montero Salvatico

Yvette Montero Salvatico — Futurist, Business Strategist, Former Disney Innovator, and Co-Founder of Kedge

Beverly Schwartz

Beverly Schwartz — Social Business Expert; Author "Rippling;" VP Global Marketing, Ashoka

Tara Sheahan

Tara Sheahan — Founder of Conscious Global Leadership, an organization whose mission is to support leadership development through mindfulness training and emotional intelligence.

Tom Shroder—Award-winning journalist, writer, and editor for more than 30 years. His books include "Old Souls," "Fire on the Horizon," and his upcoming title, "Acid Test"

Derek Woodgate

Futurist Derek Woodgate — International speaker and CEO of The Futures Lab, a futures-based consultancy based in Atlanta, with six satellite offices around the world.

Financial Planner Bryan Beatty, CFP® — Partner at the Northern Virginia firm Egan, Berger & Weiner, LLC

Financial Planner Michael Egan, CFP® — A founding partner of the Northern Virginia firm Egan, Berger & Weiner, LLC

Financial Advisor Sheldon Weiner, LUTCF (Life Underwriter’s Training Counsel Fellowship) — A founding partner of the Northern Virginia firm Egan, Berger & Weiner, LLC

Author Kristine Carlson

Co-Founder, “Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff” series

Her latest: “Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff for Moms”

Author and Sales Expert Lisa McLeod

Author of three bestselling books:

“Selling with Noble Purpose”

“The Triangle of Truth”

And, “Forget Perfect”

Author and HR + Hiring Expert Barbara Mitchell

Author, “The Big Book of HR,” with Cornelia Graham

And, “The Essential HR Handbook,” with Sharon Armstrong

Author and Pulitzer Prize-Winning Editor Tom Shroder

Author, “Old Souls: Compelling Evidence from Children Who Remember Past Lives”

And, “Fire on the Horizon: The Untold Story of the Gulf Oil Disaster”

Educator Dr. Carol Horn

Coordinator, Advanced Academics, Fairfax County Public Schools

Author, “The 10 Big Ideas: How to help your child think bigger, imagine more, and do better in school”

Entrepreneur Marga Fripp

Founder, Empowered Women International

Entrepreneur, Journalist, PR Expert Hope Katz Gibbs

Founder or the PR firm and publishing company, The Inkandescent Group, LLC

Creator InkandescentSpeakers.com

Author, “PR Rules: The Playbook”

And, “Truly Amazing Women Who Are Changing the World”

Entrepreneurs Bonnie Harvey + Michael Houlihan

Founders, Barefoot Wine

Authors, “The Barefoot Spirit”

Entrepreneur Andrea Keating

Founder of the international crew staffing company Crews Control

Entrepreneur Tara Sheahan

Founder of Conscious Global Leadership

Social Entrepreneur Beverly Schwartz

Author, “Rippling: How Social Entrepreneurs Spread Innovation”

VP Global Marketing, Ashoka

Financial Planner Bryan Beatty

Partner, Egan Berger & Weiner LLC

Financial Planner Rita Cheng

Diversity expert, Ameriprise Platinum Financial Services

Financial Planner Michael Egan

Expert on the Future of Social Security

Partner, Egan Berger & Weiner LLC

Financial Adviser Sheldon Weiner

Partner, Egan Berger & Weiner LLC

Futurist Cindy Frewen

Award-Winning Architect

Expert on Cities of the Future

Futurist Andy Hines

Professor in Residence, University of Houston

Author, “ConsumerShift” and “Thinking About the Future”

Futurist Yvette Montero Salvatico

Former Disney Innovator

Co-Founder, Kedge

Futurist Derek Woodgate

President, The Futures Lab

U.S. Government Leader Karen Hanrahan

U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy and Human Rights in the Obama Administration

Former Chief Innovation Officer for the UK Department for International Development (DFID)

Keynotes, Workshops, and Seminar Topics 2013

Entrepreneurship

Education & Lifelong Learning

  • Living the Big Stuff: How to heal through loss and return to joy
    by Kristine Carlson
  • The Meaning of Womanhood: “Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff for Women”
    by Kristine Carlson
  • Working Happy: Responding to demands with resiliency
    by Kristine Carlson
  • Mothering with the Greatest Joy: “Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff for Moms
    by Kristine Carlson
  • Creating a Continuum of K- 12 Services for Gifted Learners: Putting Standards into Practice
    by Dr. Carol Horn
  • Assessing for the Academic Growth of Advanced Learners in the 21st Century
    by Dr. Carol Horn
  • Twenty-first Century Learning
    by Dr. Carol Horn
  • Socratic Seminars: A Dynamic Search for Understanding
    by Dr. Carol Horn
  • Finding and Nurturing Young Scholars
    by Dr. Carol Horn
  • Old Souls: Compelling evidence from children who claim to remember previous lives by Tom Shroder
  • Fire on the Horizon: What really happened in the bolwout of Deepwater Horizon and who was most responsible? by Tom Shroder
  • Acid Test: Can once-feared drugs heal our wounded warriors and liberate our souls? The astounding saga behind the renaissance in psychedelic healing by Tom Shroder

Financial Planning: Retirement

Future Forecasts

Generations at Work

Hiring & Human Resources

Public Relations & Marketing

Videography

Inkandescent Speakers Bureau

Are You Ready to Be Inspired?

Welcome to the Inkandescent Speakers Bureau!

Our speakers are some of the most knowledgeable business experts, been-there-done-that entrepreneurs, corporate and government leaders, visionary educators, and veteran futurists who can give you a glimpse at what is ahead on the horizon.

With wit and a sense of humor, our experienced speakers offer best practices and insights into the hottest trends in business, and organizational, professional, and personal development through corporate keynotes, workshops, seminars, webinars, lunch-and-learns, and networking events.

Speeches feature:

  • Topics that are important to the growth of your organization: foresight and innovation, the generations at work, best practices in hiring and recruiting—as well as the future of education, leadership, management, marketing, PR, financial planning, and more.
  • Insight and guidance that is needed by entrepreneurs, small business owners, and corporate managers—as well as career changers and college grads who are entering the workforce.
  • Inspirational ideas that are concrete as well as motivational, and that help professionals develop a clear strategy to accomplish their long- and short-term goals.

We look forward to meeting you—and inspiring your team and audience! — Hope Katz Gibbs, founder, Inkandescent Speakers

Inkandescent Speaker of the Week

Andy Hines

Andy Hines Outlines the Top 10 Consumer + Business Trends

Futurist Andy Hines says these are the Top 10 Trends affecting consumer life globally. What will the impact be on your business?

“I have done a number of deep dives into the topic and produced a list of durable trends that are sure to be important over the next decade and beyond,” says Hines, who grouped these trends into five categories:

• demography
• rising wealth
• culture
• infrastructure
• values

What are the business implications for each?

Read more…

Sheldon Weiner Featured in the Wall Street Journal

Sheldon Weiner

March 5, 2013, Wall Street Journal — Sheldon Weiner is featured in today’s issue of The Wall Street Journal, in an article by reporter Niki Reading entitled, “Utilizing a Client’s Only Major Asset.”

The 65-year-old woman had recently lost her husband, and a significant chunk of her monthly income. The husband’s pension didn’t include survivor benefits, and the widow’s own Social Security and pension benefits provided just $2,000 in monthly income—far less than her $4,000 in monthly expenses. With only $35,000 in a bank account and a $25,000 annuity, she was on pace to run out of money before she turned 80.

“She certainly didn’t have enough to last a normal lifetime, and she recognized that,” says Sheldon Weiner, a fee-based financial planner at Egan, Berger & Weiner in Vienna, Va., which manages $300 million for about 400 clients.

When she was referred to Mr. Weiner by a friend, the woman told the adviser that her accountant recommended selling her only remaining significant asset: A piece of vacant farmland her husband had bought in the 1950s.

There were two problems with that plan.

Read more…

Events

Upcoming Events

more Date: May 23, 2013 Speaker: Hope Katz Gibbs Topic: Are You Ready to Super-Size Your Small Business? Organization: Professional BusinessWomen of California Location: Mascone Center, San Francisco, CA
more Date: Jun 06, 2013 Speaker: Cindy Frewen Topic: Design Futures and Urban Futures Workshop Organization: Graduate Seminar in Futures Studies, University of Houston Location: Houston, Texas
more Date: Jun 26, 2013 Speaker: Andy Hines Topic: Diversity Beyond the 21st Century: Exploring Scenarios of the Future of Work Organization: MD Anderson Cancer Center Location: Houston, TX
more Date: Jul 14, 2013 Speaker: Cindy Frewen Topic: The Power of Educational Campuses in a Digital Century Organization: World Future Society Location: Chicago, Illinois
more Date: Jul 16, 2013 Speaker: Andy Hines Topic: The Future of Law Librarians Organization: American Association of Law Libraries Location: Seattle, WA
more Date: Oct 01, 2013 Speaker: Houlihan + Harvey Topic: The Barefoot Spirit: The foundational guiding principles behind entrepreneurial success Organization: The University of Tampa, John H. Sykes College of Business Location: The University of Tampa
more Date: Oct 29, 2013 Speaker: Lisa McLeod Topic: Selling With Noble Purpose Organization: Academy of Dental Management Consultants Location: New Orleans
more Date: Nov 02, 2013 Speaker: Houlihan + Harvey Topic: The Barefoot Spirit: The Guiding Principles to Successful Entrepreneurship Organization: (C-E-O) Collegiate Entrepreneurs’ Organization Location: Chicago, ILlinois

Previous Events

more Date: May 09, 2013 Speaker: Andy Hines Topic: Integrating Foresight into Organizations Organization: Association of Professional Futures Location: Webinar
more Date: May 06, 2013 Speaker: Hope Katz Gibbs Topic: Empowered Women International's Networking and Power Coach Class Organization: Empowered Women International Location: Alexandria, VA
more Date: May 03, 2013 Speaker: Hope Katz Gibbs Topic: Hope Gibbs to appear on "Rewiring Your Brain" Talk Show Organization: Rewiring Your Brain Location: Blog Talk Radio
more Date: Apr 26, 2013 Speaker: Houlihan + Harvey Topic: The Barefoot Spirit: The foundational guiding principles behind entrepreneurial success Organization: Bishop O'Dowd High School Career Day Location: Oakland, CA
more Date: Apr 26, 2013 Speaker: Rita Cheng Topic: Estate Planing with Rita Cheng Organization: Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. Location: Great Lakes Regional Conference
more Date: Apr 24, 2013 Speaker: Andy Hines Topic: Technology and the Future of Higher Education Organization: Technology Learning Conference Location: Houston, TX
more Date: Apr 22, 2013 Speaker: Andy Hines Topic: The Future of Knowledge Work and its Implications for Office Supply Organization: Nexus 2013 Location: Naples, FL
more Date: Apr 17, 2013 Speaker: Houlihan + Harvey Topic: The Barefoot Spirit: The Guiding Principles to Successful Entrepreneurship Organization: The Entrepreneurial Society of Central New York Location: The Entrepreneurial Society of Central New York
more Date: Apr 16, 2013 Speaker: Houlihan + Harvey Topic: The Barefoot Spirit: The Guiding Principles to Successful Entrepreneurship Organization: WISE Location: University of Syracuse
more Date: Apr 13, 2013 Speaker: Rita Cheng Topic: The Economics of Retirement: Understanding Your Social Security Benefits Organization: Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority: 82nd North Atlantic Regional Conference Location: Philadelphia Convention Center
more Date: Apr 12, 2013 Speaker: Cindy Frewen Topic: 21st Century Cities After Peak Urban Organization: Houston Futures Spring Gathering 2013 Location: Houston, Texas
more Date: Apr 10, 2013 Speaker: Andy Hines Topic: How Thinking about the Future Can Benefit Your Organization Organization: Genesis Management & Insurance Location: Chicago, IL
more Date: Apr 06, 2013 Speaker: Tara Sheahan Topic: Conscious Leadership is an Inside Job Organization: Conscious Capitalism Conference 2013 Location: San Francisco, CA
more Date: Apr 06, 2013 Speaker: Hope Katz Gibbs Topic: How to be your own publicist Organization: Math, Science, Engineering, and Technology Career Conference Location: Marsteller Middle School, 14000 Sudley Manor Drive, Bristow, VA 20136
more Date: Mar 25, 2013 Speaker: Houlihan + Harvey Topic: The Barefoot Spirit: The Guiding Principles to Successful Entrepreneurship Organization: The Dallas Regional Chamber of Commerce Location: Dallas, TX
more Date: Mar 21, 2013 Speaker: Hope Katz Gibbs Topic: XM Radio Special Event—"That's Entertainment: Women in Media and its Evolution" Organization: SiriusXM Radio Location: SIRIUSXM, 1500 Eckington Place, NE, Wash DC
more Date: Mar 21, 2013 Speaker: Houlihan + Harvey Topic: The Barefoot Spirit Organization: University of Texas at Arlington Location: Arlington, TX
more Date: Mar 18, 2013 Speaker: Beverly Schwartz Topic: When Dreams Defy Reality: How Social Entrepreneurs Spread Innovation Organization: GMU’s Arlington Campus Location: Arlington, VA
more Date: Mar 18, 2013 Speaker: Andy Hines Topic: Strategic Foresight Live Organization: Global Marketing Conference Location: Hershey’s, Washington DC
more Date: Mar 18, 2013 Speaker: Houlihan + Harvey Topic: Brand Equity Organization: Sonoma State University Location: Sonoma, CA
more Date: Mar 15, 2013 Speaker: Andy Hines Topic: Four Scenarios for the Future of Credit Unions Organization: CUES Executive Retreat Location: Aspen, CO
more Date: Mar 13, 2013 Speaker: Lisa McLeod Topic: The Future of Value-Added Sales Organization: Health Industry Distributors Association Location: Sawgrass Marriott Golf Resort and Spa in Ponte Vedra Beach, FL.
more Date: Mar 12, 2013 Speaker: Lisa McLeod Topic: Selling with Noble Purpose Organization: Health Industry Distributors Association Location: Sawgrass Marriott Golf Resort and Spa in Ponte Vedra Beach, FL.
more Date: Mar 12, 2013 Speaker: Kristine Carlson Topic: Kristine Carlson to speak to Lamorinda Moms Organization: Lamorinda Moms Location: Lafayette, CA
more Date: Mar 07, 2013 Speaker: Rita Cheng Topic: Financial Planning Today for Tomorrow Organization: Fairfax County of Consumer Affairs Location: Fairfax County of Consumer Affairs