Laura Schwartz

EAT, DRINK & SUCCEED

A MEGA-CONFERENCE POWERHOUSE KICK OFF FOR INDEPENDENT CONSULTANCIES, REPRESENTATIVES AND BRAND PARTNERS

There is no other speaker with higher energy or more ability to bring enthusiasm and empowerment to your mega-conference than Laura! Whether it is her signature presentation, Eat Drink & Succeed or another like Lead First to focus on leadership, Laura weaves in your message and becomes your Brand Ambassador not just for an hour but also throughout the entire conference. For an even larger impact, use Laura to kick off your General Session and serve throughout as your conference emcee.

Laura’s goal is always to extend your message to the audience in a vibrant, exciting, passionate, smart way to get your Independent Consultants and Brand Partners ready to learn, be impassioned and immersed into the incredible organization and products you represent!

Laura grew up in a family intimately involved in independent consultancies and she both reveres and understands first-hand the empowerment, the friendships, the family and inspiration that is created by these company opportunities and through these conferences. Whether they are once a year as a mega-conference or incentive trips earned throughout, these opportunities empower your teams through your products and their life changing effects on the independent consultants themselves, their teams and their clients!

Laura, the acclaimed networking guru and author of Eat, Drink & Succeed, primes your consultants for an off-the-charts conference that embraces their lives, their work and their families because of your mission and products!

EAT, DRINK & SUCCEED, THE BOOK, CAN BE CUSTOMIZED AND PRINTED FOR YOUR COMPANY!

Eat, Drink & Succeed includes stories from Oprah, President Clinton and Steven Spielberg and 12+ other individuals, one of them even an independent consultant themselves. The solid tools and techniques Laura writes about can take your business and that of your consultants, representatives and brand partners to the next level or the new level they have been searching for!

These 12 + stories will be replaced by those of your choosing such as your own founders, leaders and rising stars! They will be YOUR success stories both, internal and external, to excite your teams. Laura’s team at Laura Schwartz Live will replace the interior stories within Eat, Drink & Succeed with yours, include a forward from your founder or CEO and include your company’s name on the cover and print as co-published by Laura’s publisher the Black Ox Press and your company.

These books can be given away as an incentive to high-performing teams or sold by you to raise funds for your own charitable or scholarship in-house programs. This is a powerful and unique opportunity for you to have at your consultants’ fingertips – the empowerment of Laura’s book and its tools to further expand your company’s success and theirs. If you do not wish to customize “Eat, Drink & Succeed,” Laura, as always, donates 100% of the proceeds of all copies of her book sold at your event to the charity of your choice, a non-profit partner or scholarship fund within your own organization.

PRESENTATION PACKAGES
Mega-Conference designed programs are available with special packaging options for companies that host multiple conferences throughout the year and the world, including boot camps, HQ trainings and beyond.

LEAD FIRST

A UNIQUE & DYNAMIC PRESENTATION ON LEADERSHIP IN TIMES OF SUCCESS, TURBULENCE AND CHANGE

Laura’s Lead First Presentation addresses leadership in successful, turbulent and changing times for companies and associations. This presentation is unique and empowering as it incorporates more than 200 years of U.S. Presidents, First Ladies and their stories which have rarely, if ever, been shared before from deep behind the scenes of The White House. All anecdotes are non-partisan, interesting, relevant and relatable to your company or association and are accompanied by tips that attendees can immediately put into action in their personal or professional lives.

As a witness on the front lines of climatic celebrations as well as moments of great gravity, determination and leadership, Laura achieved a rare perspective on the private and public moments of first families and global leaders.

Laura shares valuable takeaways in this unforgettable program using inspiring stories and visuals from the earliest White House inhabitants, along with first-hand accounts of defining moments during the Clinton administration. She illustrates real solutions from the successes and failures in leadership that we all can use in our daily lives as we work with our customers and colleagues and share within our communities and families.

A U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION BRIEF BY LAURA SCHWARTZ

LAURA’S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CREDIBILITY
Laura’s stellar and wide-ranging background in presidential politics is fascinating. It began at 20 years old, as the youngest female presidential appointee in history. She has had her pulse on the American electorate and campaigns since 1993, when she began her journey serving 8 years in senior staff positions at The White House in the Clinton Administration. While there, she successfully executed the positions of the Midwest Press Secretary, the Director of Television and the White House Director of Events. Note that while serving as the White House Director of Television during the ’96 re-election of President Clinton, Laura took leave to produce the live coverage aboard the President’s train trip to the Democratic National Convention and to produce the televised portion of Election Night at the State House in Little Rock, Arkansas.

In 2004, she spent the Presidential election traveling with the candidate 24/7 as a Senior Advisor to the John Kerry presidential campaign.

Following the campaign, Laura joined the Fox News Channel in 2005 and went on to cover the 2006 mid-terms and presidential primaries at Fox News Channel before moving to cover the 2008 Presidential Election as a special correspondent to CNN’s Larry King Live, CBS News’ “The Early Show” as well as providing regular appearances on Sir David Frost’s “Frost Over the World,” BBC World News and China Central Television. Laura continued her coverage in front of the camera for the 2012 Election including both the Democratic and Republican National Conventions and will be doing the same this summer in Cleveland and Philadelphia 2016.

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
Laura is offering a new program for the 2016 Presidential Race, as global partnership and policy stakes have never been bigger, the process never more confusing, and the international interest and impact never higher and charged with uncertainty.

This new (nonpartisan and straightforward) program, titled “A U.S. Presidential Election Brief with Laura Schwartz,” delivers a brief covering 5 segments:
1) The U.S. Presidential Election process
2) The candidates, their political parties and messages
3) The voter’s reaction to the messaging, media and money involved
4) The current state of the race
5) The forecast of its outcome including its global impact on foreign countries and international business

The brief concludes with an insightful question and answer period with the audience or in the format of an interview with the organization’s host. This program is constantly updated and cutting edge including new voter information, candidate messaging, policies and commercials offered by candidates and their supporting Super PACS. This allows no two briefs to be exactly alike as with the ever changing news cycles, opposition research and world events that change the pace and face of the elections 24/7.

PROGRAM FORMAT
The brief can be anywhere from 30 to 45-minutes and a question and answer period or interview following can be approximately 30 minutes. The format is pleasant to work with as the brief can either be straightforward with visuals or a sit down interview on stage with the host for 30 to 45-minutes before opening up to questions. Laura works with the client to achieve their objective in the format they feel best fits their purpose and audience at hand. The brief can be held in the morning, bringing leaders together before the start of their workday, as a luncheon address or an evening brief followed by a reception or dinner. It can even be held via Skype, Shindig and other reliable live streaming 2-way technologies.

THE PRESENTATION
Laura presents in English accompanied by a presentation including interesting visuals, current political commercials, late breaking news and developments. Laura’s background and unique storytelling ability combined with her professional, personable, smart yet relatable approach is welcomed by global audiences, as has been proven during her 16 years as a professional speaker in the United States and around the world.

EMPOWERMENT THROUGH SERVICE

A MOTIVATING ADDRESS THAT SHOWS HOW GIVING BACK PLAYS A KEY ROLE IN THE FOUNDATION FOR THE SUCCESS OF AN INDUSTRY, ORGANIZATION OR INDIVIDUAL

The 19th century French social scientist Alexis de Tocqueville once stated that the defining characteristic of America is its commitment to service. In this moving keynote address, Laura puts a modern-day twist on de Tocqueville’s statement, showing how giving back today can make a difference in our world and in your organization.

Regardless of their role in your company or association, Laura will empower attendees to strengthen their commitment to your objective whether that means working harder, becoming more involved or giving greater.

Your audience members will leave knowing that their service not only affects the lives of those they help directly, products they launch and colleagues they sit next to; but also their own personal and professional communities. Laura communicates the power of service using colorful examples and entertaining anecdotes from her work in the White House and beyond while traveling around the world with the Clinton Global Initiative and as a professional speaker since 2001.

Laura tailors this keynote address based on the client’s objectives and the audience in order to create a completely unique presentation that is appealing, engaging and, most importantly, effective.

THE POWER OF THE PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION

A RARE LOOK BEHIND THE SCENES AT AN EVENT SO POWERFUL IT ONLY HAPPENS ONCE EVERY FOUR YEARS!

Laura captures all the ceremony, significance and power behind presidential inaugurations as she offers a look inside what it takes to make it all happen. From the first nail hammered into the U. S. Capitol platform, months before the election is even decided, to the last formal ball in the wee hours of the President’s first night in office, Laura takes you there. This keynote gives a behind-the-scenes look at how 15 entities collaborate over 7 months to seamlessly make it all happen. It explores the excitement, drama and even the occasional gaffes going on in the background that hopefully no one notices! This presentation is intriguing and delivers inside tips and techniques to make your next conference, event or meeting reach a presidential level.

SETTING THE BAR

EXPLORING THE LIVES OF COURAGEOUS WOMEN TO INSPIRE THE WOMEN OF TODAY AND TOMORROW

This keynote covers the “bars” set by female leaders who have changed history and forged the professional community landscape that women excel in today. Laura takes the audience on a journey that explores the lives of notable women and those who “set their bars” around the world and across a variety of fields – such as Eleanor Roosevelt, Margaret Thatcher, Rosa Parks, Hillary Clinton, Oprah Winfrey and others – to better understand how women today are shaped by the skills, strength and struggles of those who came before them.

Laura allows the audience to recognize how they, too – as women who are leaders, mothers, spouses, sisters and friends – set the bar for themselves, their families and other women every day, whether or not they realize it.

The message resonates with women of all ages in every stage of their careers and lives. Whether it is a corporation, industry association or non-profit, Laura will ensure her message relates to your audience. She can develop an even stronger connection with the audience by incorporating your organization’s own founders, leaders or other strong women your audience identifies with to demonstrate how they “set the bar.”

“Laura, your positive energy, humor and entertaining personality were the hit of the conference and very contagious! I truly enjoyed watching you on stage daily. You made the entire FICP Conference very enjoyable!”
– Phil Caparell, Member of the Board FICP, Senior Account, Executive Marriott Boston Copley Place

“Boy, did you WOW our group! Your positive nature and enthusiasm is so energizing. And the way that you tied in your session into our profession and attendee demographic was really appreciated. People were talking about it throughout the event. Also, thank you for being so gracious with the audiovisual challenges we had. You handled them as professionally as any meeting planner could hope for.”
– Lynn McCullough, Executive Director, Event Service, Professionals Association

“Your presentation received RAVE reviews – ratings and comments were off the charts! It earned wonderful comments – not only for the content, but also for your energy and enthusiasm. It was the perfect way to start the day! I also want to thank you for virtually attending the entire Symposium and making yourself available to chat with the participants – they so appreciate it when speakers are as open, down–to–earth and willing to speak to them as you were.”
– Anne M. Hanyak, President/CEO, Arizona Women’s Leadership Forum

“Laura’s enthusiasm as she presented each and every award kept the audience on their toes. What could have been a lengthy, uneventful program became a true celebration of everyone’s work to bring United Way’s mission to life. She was flawless! Attendees raved that this year’s program was by far their favorite due in large part to Laura’s energy.”
– Sarah Frick, Communications Director, United Way

“Laura, you were just terrific at our meeting and we received nothing but rave reviews back from our attending members! I can’t remember a time when one of our speakers received such all–around praise from this many attendees. Great job and thank you for making us look so smart by booking you for the event!”
– Jason Carroll, Director of Events The Florida Aquarium, President Tampa Bay Meeting Professionals International