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The most effective leaders in society are those rare individuals who can inspire their audience with a passion that can only come from personal experience.

As the President and CEO of an extremely successful multimedia company, Joe Roberts has faced and overcome key business challenges, which confront every modern organization.

He has also made his clients millions of dollars, across a variety of business sectors. It is from this experience tha Joe draws from when addressing Fortune 500 companies, boards of trade and professional associates internationally.

Joe is a college graduate with two business diplomas from Loyalist College in Ontario, where he won the coveted Laurie H. Cameron Memorial Award for academic excellence. After which he began his professional career making cold-calls in the gritty world of photocopier sales. He quickly found himself promoted into a leadership and management position with a major audio-visual company.

With a track record of proven business success, Joe formed his own multimedia company, Mindware. In less than four years, he led his company to a phenomenal 800% increase in business, and made his first million before he was 35.

What is most amazing about this young man however is that in 1989 he was living on the streets of Vancouver homeless and addicted to drugs.   It was only through his own perseverance, determination and resilient human spirit, that Joe was able to pull himself out of the darkness and despair, to become a highly respected business and community leader of today.

This personal experience is what Joe draws on to inspire businesses to learn that any goal is achieveable.

The author of three books, Joe has been recognized by by Maclean’s Magazine, Canadian Business, The Vancouver Province, The Toronto Star and he has been the recipient of The Ontario Premier’s Award as well as the BC Courage to Come Back Award.

Drawing on the tremendous courage and determination necessary for his dramatic personal transformation, Joe now uses his amazing story, insightful humor and solid business experience to inspire individuals and organizations to achieve their own remarkable goals.

Presentations Include:

The 7 Secrets to Scientific Selling
How to sell more, work less and build customers for life.
What are the four core elements necessary to conduct any sales process? What are the most common mistakes made by salespeople today? How much would you pay to get an accurate sales forecast? How can you build customers for life? There is a science to selling and Joe Roberts knows the formula. Having led a company through an 800% grow over four years, he teaches the scientific process and tools necessary to succeed. Participants will leave with tools that can be applied immediately to shorten sales cycles, eliminate wasted time, make fewer phone calls while converting more deals and build customers for life. In this program you will learn from him how to:

• Stop selling and start solving
• Avoid the mistakes made by 80% of all salespeople
• Learn how to identify true opportunities from the “Time Burglars”
• How to effectively track and manage a sales pipeline
• How to build customers for life

How to use Social Media To Grow Your Business
Since 1997 Joe Roberts CEO of Mindware Internet Solutions had generated millions of dollars in new revenues for his clients using internet based solutions. He will share how companies are successfully leveraging social media to win business and show you how to do the same.  For the first time you can hold your adverting dollar accountable to a Return On Investment.  In this keynote presentation, you will learn:

• How to get on the first page of Google
• How to grow your business using Face book, twitter, and blogs
• The potential power of Podcasts, and itunes
• How to get leads using craigslist
• The seven sins of Search Engine Optimization
• The Do’s and Don’ts about Google ads word campaigns
• How to build traffic, create relationships and generate BUZZ

From Skidrow to CEO
Learn how high achievers model winning thoughts, actions and behaviors.

Have you ever failed or fallen short? Do you feel you're missing the boat on a successful life? Why is it that some people seem to thrive despite the odds against them? In this session, Joe teaches how anyone anywhere can overcome perceived limitations and live their dreams. Gain the wisdom and real life experience from one man's experience from life on the streets to corporate leadership and success.  Through Joe's entertaining and inspirational real life approach you will learn:

• How to turn every obstacle into an asset
• How to reframe and give perspective to life's challenges
• How to create a "YES I CAN" attitude
• How to stay inspired and motivated despite the world outside
• How to build your competitive advantage 

One Day to Change your Life Forever
How to create abundance using integrity-based leadership.

Does change really happen in an instant? Why do some people achieve more than others? How can focusing create the results you want out of life? Creating a laser-focused vision is the idea behind this session. All great tasks and accomplishment began on a day just like this one. Joe will show you how to develop a plan to reach your goals, uncover and revisit your deepest hopes, dreams and aspirations. You will develop the tools necessary to create and build your ideal life based on your beliefs and values.  You will leave with the understanding of how to:

• Significantly increase your productivity at work and play
• Set real goals that will motivate and inspire you
• How to change your life instantly
• Take responsibility for where you want to go in life
• Eliminate the negative influences in your life