Jeff Tobe

Speaker Jeff TobeCertified Speaking Professional, Jeff Tobe’s credentials are impressive. Insider Magazine recently dubbed him, “The Guru of Creatively Thriving from Change”. As one of the most sought-after speakers and consultants in corporate America, Jeff has earned this title through this trademark presentation, "Coloring Outside the Lines".

Using humor, wit and a contagious energy, Jeff presents more than 100 programs each year and consults with organizations that urgently need to stay ahead of their marketplace. His client list reads like a Who’s Who in Corporate America and Canada and includes IBM International, Nestle USA, ReMax International, Ethicon Pharmaceuticals and many others. Jeff’s background as an award-winning sales and marketing entrepreneur has made him the leading authority in creativity-in-business. Having owned his own advertising business for over 10 years, Jeff gained his perspective on creativity from both the agency and vendor side. Combine that with his insight into a changing business world and you have a winner!

Jeff is the Primary Colorer at Coloring Outside the Lines. He is one of only 400 speakers worldwide to have earned the designation of Certified Speaking Professional, the highest accreditation of the National Speakers Association. Jeff was also named one of the top 15 speakers in North America for 2001 by readers of Conventions & Meetings Magazine.

Jeff believes in the power of creativity to manage the change that is inevitable with innovation. He helps individuals look at what they do from an entirely new perspective. He helps participants not only to cope with transition but to creatively embrace and thrive from it. He teaches organizations that to grow and increase their bottom line they must first implement strategies that have a fresh approach.

Jeff is the author of the best-selling book Coloring Outside the Lines – Business Thoughts on Creativity, Marketing & Sales and the audio series “Listening Between the Lines”. He is also the co-author of the books The Sales Coach and The Communications Coach.

If your organization needs to learn critical career skills for the new workplace and they want to have fun doing it, then join Jeff Tobe in “coloring outside the lines”.

Keynote Speech: Coloring Outside the Lines™

This high-energy, fast paced, humorous creativity session has received outstanding reviews from diverse marketing audiences around the world. Jeffrey Tobe challenges you to step outside of your comfort zone in positioning your product, your service or yourself more creatively than ever before. This session will provide the insight you require to give yourself the 'competitive edge' for which we all strive in our profession.

Tobe encourages participants to look at their challenges from a whole new perspective and gives you the tools you need to be more creative every day. The only thing that differentiates your service, your product or yourself from any others is your creativity and innovation, so come learn to take advantage of that "creative giant within all of us".

Coloring Outside the Lines™ focuses on how to creatively manage the change that is inevitable with innovation, as we approach the 21st century. You will be challenged to “stop looking in your rear view mirror” for answers. This session gives you the tools to justify ‘the cost of doing business with you’ vs. ‘the value of doing business’. Jeff encourages participants to shatter the stereotype your clients have of the experience of working with you.

Tobe's experience on both the agency and the client side of the advertising industry brings a different perspective to the whole "creative process". His extensive background in sales management has also allowed him to introduce his 'advanced relationship-training' seminars to marketing organizations, transportation companies and associations around the world.

Tobe has been dubbed by Insider Magazine as the 'guru of creativity in the sales and marketing arena" and he is one of the most sought-after business speakers in corporate America. He is co-author of two best-selling books “THE SALES COACH” and “THE COMMUNICATION COACH” and author of the unusually charming collection of warm, funny and instructive business tales, “COLORING OUTSIDE THE LINES…Thoughts on Creativity, Sales and Marketing ".

Are you willing to risk COLORING OUTSIDE THE LINES™ a little??

Join Jeff to learn:

Concurrent Speech: Listening Between the Lines! - Effective Communication tools for the HR Professional

There is a real difference between an outstanding manager and a WORLD CLASS LEADER in HR today! One of the common threads among world class organizations is their ability to LISTEN and do it empathetically. Effective communication is our most powerful “connection” strategy and is probably the best kept secret of the top organizations in the world. In his usual upbeat, entertaining and content-driven style, Certified Speaking Professional Jeff Tobe, encourages participants to gain the ‘edge’ that will take them to the next plateau as this crazy profession as it continues to change.

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