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John Zogby
Pollster John Zogby is Chairman of the Board of Zogby International, a worldwide research and marketing firm based in Utica, New York, with offices in Washington D.C. and Miami. He serves as Chief Insights Officer at the company, and is also an author and commentator. He founded the company in 1984, and now conducts business in more than 75 countries. On Jan. 21, 2010, Zogby International and IBOPE, a Brazilian opinion research group, jointly announced the formation of a long-term partnership which will continue the company’s global expansion and development.
While Zogby International continues to employ live telephone operators, over the past decade, he has developed an interactive polling methodology that has become extraordinarily accurate. Mr. Zogby has said he believes this online polling methodology is where the future of polling is headed, as more than 90% of likely voters nationwide say they regularly log onto the Internet to check e-mail or get their news. In 2010, Zogby International will also add IVR technology to its line-up, which will allow for daily political tracking polls.
For the 2008 election season, Zogby teamed up with Reuters, the world’s leading news wire service, and C-SPAN, the leading news outlet covering the United States federal government, to provide political survey research on the race for the White House. Since 1996, Zogby has polled for Reuters, and in 2000 to 2004, polled for NBC News. His clients also include MSNBC, CNBC, the New York Post, Fox News, Knight-Ridder Newspapers, Gannett News Service, Houston Chronicle, Miami Herald, Atlanta Journal Constitution, the Albany Times Union, the Buffalo News, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, the Cincinnati Post, the Cleveland Plain Dealer, the Toledo Blade, the Pittsburgh Post Gazette, the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, and nearly every daily newspaper in New York State, as well as television stations throughout the U.S.
Mr. Zogby has been profiled in The New Yorker, Fortune Magazine, Inc., and Investors’ Business Daily, and has also appeared on major television networks and both U.S. and international cable news programs. He has been spoofed on National Public Radio’s All Things Considered, “The Tonight Show” with Jay Leno, and “The Late Show” with David Letterman. High points of his career were his October 28, 2004 and January 9, 2008 appearances on “The Daily Show” with Jon Stewart. Zogby currently writes a weekly column for Forbes.com, as well as a weekly report card on President Obama’s performance for U.S. News & World Report’s Washington Whispers blog, and a monthly column for Politics magazine. His analytical expertise has also been published on the opinion pages of The New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Financial Times, the Christian Science Monitor, the Philadelphia Inquirer, Newsday and the Boston Globe. He is also a founding contributor to the prestigious website, The Huffington Post, and his take on how to read an election poll was featured in Parade magazine during the 2008 Presidential election. Following his correct call in the 1997 New Jersey gubernatorial election, the Houston Chronicle exclaimed, "and the winner again is John Zogby." Mary Matalin, host of her own national radio show, calls Zogby the "prince of pollsters." Barry Farber has declared him "America's Pollmaster General," and he has been referred to in numerous other publications as “pioneering”, “respected”, and “eminent”.
Zogby International polling has also been featured in storylines on both “The West Wing” and “Gossip Girls”, and has been highlighted several times by the satirical news organization The Onion. Zogby International is also featured in a question in the popular trivia game Trivial Pursuit.
Mr. Zogby holds degrees in history from Le Moyne College and Syracuse University, and taught history and political science for 24 years. In addition, he served for 9 years as a member of the Board of Trustees of Le Moyne College. He received the Distinguished Alumni Award in June 2000, and in 2005, he was awarded Honorary Doctorate Degrees from the State University of New York and the Graduate School of Union University as well as the College of St. Rose. Mr. Zogby is also a Senior Advisor at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and serves as the first-ever Senior Fellow of the Catholic University Life Cycle Institute in Washington, D.C. He also served on the Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy is a Commissioner on CSIS’s Commission on Smart Power. Mr. Zogby is an active board member of Sudan Sunrise, an organization that works to help Sudan heal after years of internal conflict. He has also served on numerous other boards, task forces, and commissions, including The Global Fund to Fight AIDS.
Mr. Zogby is a much-sought-after lecturer and panelist. A combination of dynamic intellect and engaging style has made him the speaker of choice for universities, organizations and corporations throughout the world. His speaking engagements are handled exclusively by the American Program Bureau, a leading international speakers bureau. He lectures all over the world.
He is the author of The Way We’ll Be: The Zogby Report on the Transformation of the American Dream, which was published by Random House in August 2008 and is now available online and in bookstores. Zogby’s analysis of years of data yields an astonishing perspective on Americans’ thoughts, feelings, and beliefs, now and in coming years. Understanding this emerging reality will be key for leaders in all fields who want to reach audiences that are more media-savvy, better informed, and more technologically enabled than ever before, individuals in search of rewarding and fulfilling careers in tomorrow’s growth fields, politicians and CEOs looking to marry policies and practices to the rising demand for social responsibility, and anyone who wants to market to the emerging new American consensus. Beyond telling a fascinating story, the conclusions in this book are a must-read for everyone from Main Street to Madison Avenue to Capitol Hill. The Way We’ll Be will redefine how we view America’s future.
He is married to Kathleen Zogby, a retired special education teacher, and has three sons, Jonathan, Benjamin, and Jeremy.
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John Zogby
will be presenting his
Keynote address on Wednesday March 23, 2011
John Zogby's
presentation
is sponsored by:
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Grant MacEwan University
Edmonton, AB, Canada
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Southern Alberta Institute
of Technology
Calgary, AB, Canada
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rSmart
Phoenix, AZ
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Rodd Wagner
Bestselling Author and Principal of Gallup
Rodd Wagner is a New York Times bestselling author and a principal of Gallup. He and Gallup Vice Chairman Gale Muller, Ph.D., are authors of Power of 2: How to Make the Most of Your Partnerships at Work and in Life, selected by CEO Read as the best personal development book of 2009. Power of 2 is based on five years of original research and synthesizing insights from scientific disciplines such as behavioral economics, neuroscience, and game theory.
Wagner is also the author, with James K. Harter, Ph.D., of 12: The Elements of Great Managing, an American and Canadian bestseller published in 10 languages. 12 features insights from 10 million sets of responses in Gallup’s employee engagement database and the inspirational stories of a dozen managers the authors visited in the United States, Canada, Brazil, Wales, Poland, Belgium, Germany, and India.
Wagner's books, speeches, and consulting focus on how human nature affects business strategy. He serves as a confidential advisor to government leaders and senior executives on the best ways to increase their personal effectiveness and their organizations' performance. His work has taken him to half the continents on the globe, to the executive suites of major corporations in nearly every industry, to the Pentagon, and the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz.
The author’s studies of human nature began in an unconventional manner – as a newspaper reporter covering crime and the courts, and as a radio talk show host. He has visited every level of prison, from minimum security to death row, and covered every type of court case, from misdemeanors to major constitutional issues before the U.S. Supreme Court. In his second year as a reporter, he and a collaborator won first place honors for investigative journalism from the Utah Society of Professional Journalists, an award that later, as an editor, he helped two of his reporters win. His journalistic work culminated as the news editor at The Salt Lake Tribune responsible for all reporters covering police, courts, the state legislature, and other government functions.
Wagner received a master's degree in business administration with honors from the University of Utah Graduate School of Business. Before joining Gallup, he was the research director for a firm that owned three newspapers in Maine and seven TV stations, and was part of the executive team responsible for integrating the firm’s newspaper and TV operations in Portland, Maine.
He has been with Gallup for 12 years. When not writing or consulting, Wagner enjoys fly-fishing, snowboarding, and coaching youth lacrosse. He parachuted at the age of 17, is a certified open-water scuba diver, and has camped in everything from sub-zero conditions to Minnesota’s Boundary Waters Canoe Area. He, his wife, Nora, and their three children live near Minneapolis.
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Rodd Wagner
will be presenting his
Keynote address on
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Rodd Wagners
presentation
is sponsored by:
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Brookdale
Community College
Lincroft, NJ
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Northern Alberta Institute
of Technology
Edmonton, AB, CA
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Mount Royal University
Calgary, AB, Canada
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Sharon Blackman
Dr. Sharon Blackman currently serves as the senior associate vice chancellor of educational affairs and the chief workforce and retention officer for the Dallas County Community College District (DCCCD). She has more than 30 years of experience in higher education administration, program development, counseling and teaching. In September, 2008 upon an invitation from the chancellor, she established the DCCCD district-wide Office of Student Retention.
She has served as the president of Brookhaven College (part of the DCCCD) and as president of Oakland Community College’s (OCC) Auburn Hills campus, where she also has served as that institution’s dean of technology and workforce development services.
Prior to accepting the position at OCC, Blackman filled a number of administrative positions at Richland College: dean of technical and continuing education, 1997-1998; dean of technical education programs, 1995-1997; associate dean of technical education programs, 1993-1995; director of cooperative education programs, 1991-1993; and several jobs in career services and continuing education from 1983-1991. She also has held several positions at Youngstown State University, Earlham College (Ind.) and Tennessee State University.
Blackman, who has taught at Richland College and Earlham College, earned both her bachelor’s degree in health and physical education and her master’s degree in education/ guidance and counseling from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga; she also holds a doctorate in educational administration from Baylor University. She is a certified specialist in developmental education and has participated in the Kellogg Institute for Developmental Educators.
She is the recipient of the 2010 Innovator of the Year Award for the DCCCD District Office; 2005 International Exemplary Leadership Award, sponsored by The Chair Academy; the 2004 Woman of Distinction Award from the Pontiac Club of the National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women’s Clubs Inc.; the 2002 Black Women Achiever Award, also from the Pontiac Club of the National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women’s Clubs Inc.; and several other honors.
Blackman is a presenter at state and national conferences, and she has been involved in a number of professional and community organizations, including the American Council on Education Life Long Learning Commission Member; National Institute of Leadership Development Board; National Commission on Community Colleges College Board; American Association of Community Colleges, President’s Roundtable; The Chair Academy Board; Framer Branch Chamber of Commerce Board Member; The Rotary Club of Carrollton-Farmers Branch, TX; the National Council on Black American Affairs; the American Association of Women in Community Colleges; Leadership Oakland board of directors; the Automotive Society of Body Engineers Foundation board (vice president); the Delta Fortitude Foundation (treasurer); the Design and Manufacturing Alliance steering committee; the Oakland Schools for Career-Focused Education task force and many others.
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Sharon Blackman
will be presenting her
Keynote address on
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Sharon Blackmans presentation
is sponsored by:
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Suffolk County
Community College
Selden, NY
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Johnson County
Community College
Overland Park, KS
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Carl Haynes
Dr. Carl E. Haynes became Tompkins Cortland Community College's (TC3) third president May 24, 1995. He traces his long history with the College to 1969, the College's second year of operation, when he was hired as a member of the business faculty. Throughout the years, Dr. Haynes has held several positions, including director of the development center for business, division head, and dean of administration. He served as dean of academic affairs from 1987 through 1994, and was named interim president August 1, 1994.
With Dr. Haynes' guidance, TC3 is becoming a learning-centered college with strategic initiatives focused on learning and the learner. The League for Innovation designated TC3 as a Learning College Champion in 2000, recognizing the College's progress in this process. The College also has committed under Dr. Haynes’ leadership to a renewed focus on student life, including on-campus housing, study abroad opportunities, and a stronger intercollegiate athletics program.
Dr. Haynes also has committed the College to the leading edge of technology. Though TC3 is among the smaller colleges in the 64-campus SUNY system, it is among the leaders in online course enrollments. New technology is infused throughout the College's curriculum and an integrated computer network helps administrative offices better provide services to students. In April 2005 and again in 2007, TC3 was recognized by the Center for Digital Education and the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) as the country’s leading “Digital Community College” in the small/rural college category. The college placed third in the mid-sized category in 2008, competing with colleges more than twice its size, and moved up to second in 2009.
Dr. Haynes is a recognized leader in international education. He has been a featured speaker at several national and international conferences, where he focuses discussion on the innovative concept driving TC3's successful Global Connections program. The College has more than 30 partnerships in more than 20 countries, with agreements that typically send international students from their home college to TC3 for an associate’s degree, then to an American four-year college for a bachelor's degree.
TC3 recently completed a $34.2 million Campus Master Plan construction project adding approximately 90,000 square feet of building space to the campus, and rehabilitating approximately 40,000 square feet in the main building. The result is a transformation in the College’s ability to serve its growing numbers of students by providing new facilities, including 15 to 20 new “smart” classrooms, a new biotech lab, a new health center, enlarged faculty suites, a “Learning Commons,” a digital media center, a nursing skills lab, a new student center, and a new athletic complex.
Haynes led the College through its first-ever major gifts campaign. To support the campus master plan, the College successfully completed its first-ever capital campaign, and exceeded its goal of $3 million by more than $350,000. More recently, the College received a $2 million special gift, among the largest ever received by a New York state community college, to fund the “TC3 Pathways” scholarship program for non-traditional students. An additional $2 million has since been added to the “TC3 Pathways” scholarship program.
An active member of the community, Dr. Haynes recently completed a nine-year term (four years as chair) on the board of directors at the Cayuga Medical Center, and currently serves on the boards of directors at Therm Inc., Tompkins County Area Development Corporation, the Tompkins Financial Corporation, and the Tompkins Trust Company. He also is a member of the Business Development Board for Cortland County, Cayuga Cortland Workforce Investment Board, the Tompkins County Workforce Investment Board, and the Central New York Regional Alliance. He has been recognized by the Baden-Powell Council of the Boy Scouts America as a Cortland County Distinguished Citizen for 2008, a recognition he also received in Tompkins County in 2003. He is the first person to ever receive that recognition in both counties.
On the state and national levels, Dr. Haynes was founding chair of the board for The Institute for Community College Development at Cornell University. He is a member of the International Presidents Advisory Board of the International Chair Academy, and the Board of Directors of the Community Colleges for International Development (CCID). In 2008, he was awarded the Chair Academy’s Paul A. Elsner International Excellence in Leadership Award. Having completed a four-year term as president of the New York Community College Association of Presidents (NYCCAP – previously APPCC), he now serves on the executive committee. Dr. Haynes served on the SUNY Advisory Council to the Governor’s Commission on Higher Education in 2008.
Dr. Haynes received a bachelor's degree in business from the Rochester Institute of Technology, a Master of Science and Master of Business Administration from Syracuse University, and a Ph.D. from Cornell University.
Dr. Haynes and his wife, Susan, reside in Groton, New York. His oldest child, a daughter, is married with two children. His son, a 2002 graduate of TC3 and a 2004 graduate of SUNY Geneseo, is married with one son. He has another daughter who is a 2007 graduate of Mt. Holyoke College and has completed graduate work at McGill University in Montreal, Canada. His youngest daughter graduated from high school in 2007 and is attending American University in Washington, D.C.
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Carl Haynes
will be presenting his
Keynote address on
Friday, March 25, 2011
Carl Haynes presentation
is sponsored by:
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Humber College
Toronto, ON, Canada
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Maricopa County
Community College District,
Tempe,
AZ
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