Hear from industry leaders as they share their thoughts on mastering the game.

Keynote Speaker
Barry Maher

Barry Maher first made his mark as a management and sales consultant, helping clients improve their productivity, often dramatically. Selling Power magazine declared, “To his powerful and famous clients, Barry Maher is simply the best sales trainer in the business.”

It soon became apparent that the strategies that were so effective in helping managers and salespeople succeed, worked every bit as well with the issues all of us face. And whether as a speaker or a consultant, Barry is hired to get results: to improve productivity and attitude and ultimately, the bottom line. To make his clients money. Those clients include organizations like ABC, the American Bar Association, the American Management Association, Budget Rent a Car, Canon, Johnson & Johnson, Merck, the National Apartment Association, the National Lottery of Ireland and Verizon.

Barry is also the author of Filling the Glass, a book which has been honored as “[One of] The Seven Essential Popular Business Books” by Today’s Librarian magazine. His other books include, No Lie: Truth Is the Ultimate Sales Tool and The Prentice Hall Marketing Yearbook. Barry himself has appeared on the Today Show, NBC Nightly News, CNBC and on well over 800 television and radio stations. And he’s frequently featured in publications like USA Today, the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, the London Times, and Business Week.

Morning Entertainment and Foundation Keynote
John Curley

The mere fact that John Curley has a job in TV should be proof enough for anyone that there is indeed a god. John was never what you would call a scholar. He has always declared he would have done much better in school if only the child next to him had applied himself a little more.

With no formal training John was hired as a weatherman in Grand Junction Colorado. After just six months, he was able to find Colorado on the map without looking. This skill was enough to get him hired in Champaign, Illinios, at WCIA TV.

Curley spent only 88 days there and never learned to spell Illinois. Other stops along the career track include Lancaster, PA; Springfield, VA; and Washington D.C. He picked up an Emmy for weather in 1993 and for interviewing and hosting in 1994.

The zenith of his career was reached in 1995 when he was hired for Evening Magazine on KING TV. John quickly became the most recognized local TV personality and was voted by the readers of Seattle Weekly as their favorite "TV Guy."

He's earned numerous awards for his work in the community and in the field of broadcasting. He can be heard on Bon Marche radio spots and seen (unfortunately) in various infomercials. John can also make balloon animals and grow a beard in less than a week.

Council of Residential Specialists
Ed Hatch, CRS

As a professional REALTOR®, Ed Hatch holds the CRS and CRB designations. Since becoming licensed in 1977 he has excelled in every phase of the profession; sales person, manager and broker owner. He was also the 1998 President of the Council of Residential Specialists.

As a trainer, Ed is a Senior Instructor for the Council of Residential Specialists and, as President of Ed Hatch Seminars, Inc., has spoken to over 100 audiences a year since 1990. He has been a featured speaker at the last 12 consecutive NAR Conventions, seven CRS Council Sell-a-brations, and has spoken internationally in New Zealand, South Africa, Brazil, England, Scotland, Wales and the Caribbean.

As an author, Ed has published articles in Real Estate Business, Communique, and National Relocation & Real Estate magazines. Also, he co-authored the Business Planning and Marketing For the Residential Specialist course as well as the newest CRS course, Building an Exceptional Customer Service Referral Business.