About the Authors--The New Handshake: Sales Meets Social Media

Joan C. Curtis is the CEO of Total Communications Coaching, a full executive communication coaching firm and the author of three books. As a speaker she’s delivered seminars and keynotes to over 100,000 people in well over 90 programs over the last 25 years. All that knowledge and experience came together when she debuted the Say It Just Right™ Model of communication in her second book, Managing Sticky Situations at Work: Communication Secrets for Success in the Workplace. Good salesmanship requires excellent communication skills. Joan has worked with sales teams to help them improve their communication both internally and with their clients.

Joan has written hundreds of articles on the social media communication revolution and helps sales teams build relationships through solid, transparent communication both on and off line. Her clients include major corporations as well as colleges and universities throughout North America. Joan received her Doctorate in Adult Education from the University of Georgia, as well as a Master’s in Journalism and a Bachelor’s in Sociology. Joan is a certified coach by the International Coaches Federation and by Mentor Coach, LLC. She is also licensed by the Center for Creative Leadership to administer the 360 assessments. She’s a member of ASTD where she has published in the Training + Development magazine.

Talent Builders, Inc. CEO, Barb Giamanco is an experienced sales and social media strategist, consultant, speaker and author who has a proven, 30-year track record in generating sales.  She capped a corporate career at Microsoft, where she led sales teams and coached executives.  In total Barbara has sold close to $1B in products and services and received numerous leadership and sales awards.  In 2002, she founded Talent Builders, Inc., a sales consulting practice, and has since carved out a substantial niche as a Sales and Social Media thought leader.

Barb earned her coaching certificate from the Coaches Training Institute-accredited by the International Coach Federation;  is a Social Media University Faculty Member with SelfGrowth.com, a Sales/Marketing Faculty Expert with the Profitability Channel;  an Inscape Certified DiSC® Trainer and recently became a certified Get Clients Now!™ Facilitator.  She serves as the Atlanta Chapter President of Sales Marketing Executives International (SMEI),  sits on the 2010 Advisory Board of Atlanta Women in Business and will Chair the 2012 conference.  Barbara is also a recent recipient of the Atlanta Women in Business “Results Count” award.

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