AED Summit 2012 - Keynotes
Real-World, Riveting, Revolutionary
Tucker Carlson is a veteran journalist and political commentator, currently working for the Fox News Channel. Carlson is also the editor-in-chief of TheDailyCaller.com, a news and opinion site. Carlson joined Fox from MSNBC, where he hosted several nightly programs.
Previously he was the co-host of Crossfire on CNN, where he was the youngest anchor in the history of that network. During the same period, Carlson also hosted a weekly public affairs program on PBS.
A longtime writer, Carlson has reported from around the world, including dispatches from Iraq, Pakistan, Lebanon and Vietnam. He has been a columnist for New York magazine and Reader's Digest. He currently writes for Esquire and The New York Times magazine.
Carlson began his journalism career at the Arkansas Democrat-Gazettenewspaper in Little Rock. His most recent book is entitled, Politicians, Partisans and Parasites: My Adventures in Cable News. In 2006, he appeared on ABC's Dancing with the Stars. Carlson is currently working on his third book.
Thursday Morning Business Session 8 - 10 a.m.
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Tom Donohue is president and CEO of the U.S.Chamber of Commerce. Since assuming his position in 1997, Donohue has built the Chamber into a lobbying and political force with expanded influence across the globe.
Donohue established the U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform (ILR), which has won significant legal reforms in the courts, at the state and federal levels, and in elections for state attorneys general and Supreme Court judges.
The Chamber's lobbyists, policy experts, and communicators have helped secure many legislative victories, including major tax cuts, more sensible workplace and environmental regulations, and increased funding for transportation. The Chamber has advanced the business argument on outsourcing and the need for balance in applying new capital markets and accounting rules, among other issues.
On the international front, the Chamber has become a leader in knocking down tradebarriers, winning new free trade agreements, and fighting protectionism both at home and abroad.
Under Donohue's leadership, the Chamber has also emerged as a major player in election politics, helping elect congressional pro-business candidates through financial support and voter activism and turnout generated through the Chamber's grassroots organization, VoteForBusiness.com.
Prior to his current post, Donohue served for 13 years as president and chief executive officer of the American Trucking Association. Donohue serves on three corporate boards of directors. In addition, he is a member of the President's Council on the 21st Century Workforce as well as the President's Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations.
Friday Morning Business Session 8 - 10 a.m.
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Ari Galper is the World's No. 1 Authority on Trust-Based Selling and the Creator of Unlock The Game, a new sales mindset and approach that overturns the notion of selling as we know it today.
With a Masters Degree in Instructional Design and more than a decade of experience creating breakthrough sales strategies for global companies such as UPS and QUALCOMM, Galper discovered the missing link that people who sell have been seeking for years.
His profound discovery of shifting one's mindset to a place of complete integrity, based on new words and phrases grounded in sincerity, has earned him distinction as the world's leading authority on how to build trust in the world of selling.
Ari's deep understanding of human communication and how it can be maximized in the sales process has led him to discover the solution to the most dreaded selling experience of all: personal rejection.
He has completely redefined how to connect with people over the phone. In his corporate training sessions, Ari demonstrates his mindset by calling new prospects in front of live audiences.
Ari has been interviewed on major news networks such as CNN/Money and SkyNews and is a sought-after international speaker and trainer. Sales professionals from the following companies are now successfully using Unlock The Game: Motorola, Gateway, Clear Channel Communications, Brother International, Fidelity National Mortgage, ERA, Pitney Bowes, The NPD Group, AFLAC, State Farm Insurance, Coldwell Banker, Radisson Hotels, AON Consulting, Pre-Paid Legal, Telecom Plus, Century 21 Realty, Executive Search Group, RE/MAX and Realty Executives.
Friday Afternoon Mainstage Event, 2-3:30 p.m.
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