Lillian Bjorseth helps you build a new kind of wealth - social capital - by improving your networking and communication skills. She has helped tens of thousands people nationwide build high-value relationships through her finely tuned people skills programs. She an award-winning Inscape distributor who was among the first in the world to become a certified DiSC trainer.

She equally at ease with CEOs and administrative assistants, having worked with both in her 11 years at AT&T and since starting two entrepreneurial ventures in 1990. She's also equally at ease as a keynoter, workshop leader, in-house trainer and skills coach. She's a prolific online and offline author, and her products are listed elsewhere.

The Chicago Tribune calls Lillian a networking "expert", and the Association Forum of Chicagoland dubs her the "business networking authority".

Lillian's a founding member of the Relationship Networking Industry Association, a member of National Speakers Association and the Illinois chapter, chair of the Naperville Area Chamber of Commerce's Speakers Bureau and a founding member of Cornucopia.

She's a top graduate of the Univeristy of Missouri School of Journalism, was named a Great Woman of the 21st Century, an Influential Woman in Business and is a member of more than a dozen Who's Whos.

• Keynotes
• Workshops
• In-house training
• Individual and small-group skills coaching
• Retreats - top management and boards of directors
• Team Building
• Breakfast, luncheon and dinner talks

Individuals, management teams including the CEO, and boards of directors that want to build social capital, i.e. a networking of relationships that open doors for them and for whom they can open doors.  

Associations that need presenters for annual meetings, conferences and educational events.

Professional associations seeking luncheon and dinner speakers.

Individuals and small groups seeking skills training, i.e. presentation skills, image building, professional presence, writing and listening skills, team building

 Lillian is author of:

• Breakthrough Networking: Building Relationships That Last, second edition
• 52 Ways to Break the Ice & Target Your Market, an interactive learning system
• The Nothing Happens Until We Communicate CD/workbook series
• Marketing Boot Camp DVD/workbook - co-presenter
• Masters of Networking - contributing author
• Online courses - see www.duoforce.com

Here's what others say about Lillian:

• "Lillian could make the IRS Code interesting!"
  
• "Lillian has a style and wit that few attain."
  
• "The degree and quality of the information was 'top shelf'. The manner in which you delivered each networking nugget was effective and right on target. Actually, you hit a bull's eye each time. From the moment you began speaking until the time you concluded there was no doubt that you knew your subject matter inside and out and sideways, too!"
  
• "Your presentation, 'Good Communication Skills Span the Ages', received incredible written comments from the participants."
  

• "Thanks for you recent marketing presentation. You were terrific to work with from onset through our successful conclusion! Your ratings were excellent!"