LINDSAY STRAND is president and owner of Lindsay Strand Associates, Inc., a communications consulting and executive training firm. Strand draws upon her extensive experience as an award-winning television journalist at network affiliates in Illinois and Minnesota, as well as her background in public affairs as a staff member for a United States Senator in Washington, D.C. Her consulting practice has included the development and implementation of media policies for national retailers, as well as strategic counsel and preparation for corporations for annual meetings, crisis situations, and mergers and acquisitions. Strand managed media relations efforts for the Minnesota Super Bowl Task Force for Super Bowl XXVI, provided press advance for the Minnesota visit of former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev, and has provided press assistance to the White House. She holds a Master’s Degree in Public Affairs Reporting from the University of Illinois.

 
AMY S. TOLBERT is principal of Effecting Creative Change in Organizations (ECCO International), which specializes in increasing individuals’ productivity and organizations’ profitability through e-learning, technology, and facilitated learning. She is also a Fellow of Executive Education, Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota. Tolbert consults and trains nationally in the areas of multicultural competency development, increasing influence in organizations, managing within a diverse workforce, motivation, and leadership skills. She has authored or co-authored numerous tools for both individual and organizational assessment including Reversing the Ostrich Approach to Diversity: Pulling Your Head Out of the Sand, and the Discovering Diversity Profile. She holds the Certified Speaking Professional (CSP) designation, the speaking profession’s international measure of experience and skill. Tolbert holds a PhD in International Human Resource Development from the University of Minnesota, an MEd from Bowling Green State (OH) University, and a BA from Geneseo State University of New York.

 

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