Tim Sanders
Speaker & Best-Selling Author: Love is the Killer App and The Likeability Factor

Tim Sanders is an irrepressible advocate for good values in the business world. His first book, Love is the Killer App, showed how people who share generously can achieve professional success. It became both a New York Times and international bestseller. His second book, The Likeability Factor (Crown, April 2005), explores four aspects of likeability that you can measure and improve—friendliness, relevance, empathy, and realness. The book serves as the basis for both PBS and 20/20 television specials, showing how you can achieve your life's dreams by increasing your likeability factor. He's also recently appeared on the Today Show

Speaker
Tim Sanders has become one of the most sought-after speakers in America today, because of his poignant message and his eloquent delivery. He delivers high-energy speeches and compelling seminars to high-level executive conferences, professional associations, and graduate schools.

Tim has also received an enthusiastic endorsement from Tom Peters, the renowned business motivational speaker. He developed and honed his speaking skills as a competitive debater, where he was national debate and public speaking champion in five categories over his career. He frequently appears as a guest on radio and television programs across the country.

Business Leader
From 2001 to 2003, Tim Sanders served as the Chief Solutions Officer at Yahoo!, delivering next-generation marketing programs to world class brands. He created and led Yahoo! ValueLab, an in-house "think tank" that can deliver innovative solutions to Yahoo!'s current and prospective clients. The ValueLab consulting team coordinates and leverages Yahoo's resources to add value to clients' growth strategies. Tim currently serves as Yahoo!'s Leadership Coach. He also advises business and public sector leaders on next generation strategies.

Tim joined Yahoo! as part of the acquisition of broadcast.com in July 1999. For over two years at broadcast.com, he served as an integral part of the company's business services division. He developed audio and video broadcast ventures for a variety of clients, including The Limited, Inc. (the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show webcast); Dell Computers; Intel and Ford Motors.

Tim attended Loyola Marymount University as an undergraduate and the University of Arizona for graduate work.

His speaking topics include:
The Likeability Factor
The concept of likeability runs deeper than you think. Every person has a likeability factor that either helps them win in the game of life or lose in the battle for relationships. It's our L-factor—diminished by unlikable behavior that cuts our profits, takes away our customers, friends, and partners. On a scale of 1 to 10, where 10 is wildly likeable, and 1 is despised by all—too many rate a 3 or 4.

Tim explores the measurable aspects of likeability, including levels of friendliness, relevance, empathy, and realness. Tim entertains and drives his points home by using relatable stories and research to build a case that being a better person will make you more successful in life and in business. He'll show how to get a competitive edge by learning that the more you care, the more people will want to be in your network and will want to support you.

This tailored keynote presentation outlines how likeability is the key to health, wealth and happiness in all arenas. Tim's presentation will draw extensively from his latest book, The L Factor, slated for release in April 2005. The early buzz about the book has already earned Tim a slot on the TODAY Show as well as PBS special.

Join Tim as he challenges each of us to boost our own L-Factor!

Harnessing the Power of Great Relationships
Based on his best selling book, Love is the Killer App: How to Win Business and Influence Friends, this presentation outlines a neo-Carnegie approach to better business. His theme is that happy employees and satisfied customers drive business. He provides advice on how to build relationships with Knowledge, Networking and Compassion.

Case studies, statistics and specific examples provide great proof that a positive work environment and positive customer dialogue always produces better profits as well as customer/employee satisfaction. Tim argues that some companies operate on a vicious cycle while others build a virtuous circle based on caring and trust.

Throughout the talk, Tim draws on a theme that defines great relationships, solid business culture and innovation: Abundance vs. Scarcity. In this talk, Tim outlines the threat of scarcity thinking to any great organization. He also outlines ways to spot it and rid your culture of it.

This is a customized talk, designed to meet the needs of a relationship driven theme. Tim conducts numerous interviews with audience members, executives and meeting planners to determine specific stories that will bring to life the following statement: "You will accomplish more in the next two months developing a sincere interest in two people than you'll accomplish in the next two years, trying to get two people interested in you!"

His Clients Include:

• ADP
• ASAE
• Cendant
• Georgia Pacific
• John Hancock
• Hewlett-Packard
• Motorola
• Mutual of Omaha
• NCR
• Nextel
• Oracle
• SAS
• Sun Microsystems
  

And many more

Travels From: California

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