The Fabulous

These are my peeps. Visit their sites. Email them. Hire them. They will make you happy.

Nigel Alston

Nigel Alston is a recognized motivational speaker, Dale Carnegie trainer and life coach. His consistent message of hope and inspiration is well known to those who read his weekly column or subscribe to his weekly inspirational e-mail messages, Motivational Moments with Nigel Alston. Nigel is a contributing writer in the book, Success and Happiness: Leading experts reveal their secrets. Send an email to Nigel for a free copy of the eBook. You can also listen to Nigel on Empowering Messages.

Nigel encourages people to succeed . . . and inspires them to act! He believes the future is waiting for you to tell it what you want. It's up to you to make life count, to live an intentional life, and find a reason to move in the direction of your dreams. Wherever you are, you've made an appointment to be there!

Troy Kurtz

I Get It Learning, LLC  is a training and development company specializing in written, video, and face-to-face instruction for the government and private sector.  In cooperation with an alliance of service partners, Troy Kurtz, President of I Get It Learning works to deliver useful teaching content that will make a difference.

Erika Hudspeth

Erika Hudspeth is a photographer living in Boone, North Carolina. She specializes in outdoor portraits of children and families, using the natural beauty of the outdoors as a backdrop for her work. As a mother of two, Emma, 8, and Jackson, 6, Erika welcomes the joys and challenges of photographing children. She understands that patience and creativity are key in making that connection with a child and her ability to create a natural rapport with children is what sets her apart from others. Erika strives to capture everyday moments in an extraordinary way that families can cherish for years to come.

Christopher Laney

Writer-pilot Christopher Laney is blog author of Lessons from the Cockpit: Everyday Wisdom from the Flying Life. Using flying as a backdrop for higher living, Lessons dispenses insight and inspiration that provide a fresh perspective on life.

Christopher is also a freelancer for magazines, a writing coach and mentor, and is currently working full-time on his first novel about learning to fly.

Rich Schlentz

Rich Schlentz is an international consultant, speaker, and leadership coach. In his work with companies, teams, and individuals, Rich provides the tools to create “breakthrough” performance. With an emphasis on human relationship principles, he helps organizations develop strategies to increase employee engagement, commitment, and productivity. His area of expertise is guiding leaders to create and foster engaging cultures resulting in improved loyalty, creativity, innovation, and profitability.

Rich has been described as a passionate, inspiring, and engaging presenter. He speaks from the heart and offers a message of encouragement sprinkled with humor and enthusiasm. As one of his audience participants put it, “It is speakers such as this that result in cultivating and inspiring change from within.”

Rich is currently writing his first book, Your Employees Have Quit—They Just Haven’t Left.

Laura Steinberg

Laura Steinberg is smart, fun, has an infectious, enthusiastic laugh and is a fierce friend for life. When people ask who would raise my children if anything ever happened to me? I simply answer, “Laura.” And they respond, “Of course, Laura. That’s perfect.” What I sometimes forget in the subdued lighting of my inner circle, is that Laura has experienced amazing self-created success and that she is a dentist ... my dentist. I have great teeth (even though I forget to floss,) and I never dread my dental experience because just like the rest of Laura’s patients, I go to a happy practice where I am in great, capable hands.
Emily Howard

Laura Steinberg is passionate about dentistry and life. She has been involved in the dental field since 1994. Her motto is: “If you want it bad enough, you can have anything your little heart desires!” Through living those very words, the first in her family to attend college, Dr. Laura proved that with hard work and determination, you can indeed do ANYTHING! Laura now has the dental practice of her dreams. Her office mission is simple ... we love to make you smile. We laugh. We smile. We provide dental care in a calm, comfortable, fun-loving environment. We change lives by giving our family of patients the smile of their dreams. Whether its pearly whites with Zoom 2 or LUMINEER porcelain veneers, we can give you the beautiful smile you deserve. We laugh some more. We build relationships while building our patients’ dental health. We listen. Our patients don’t have appointments, they have experiences and that is what life is about anyway ... good experiences that you don’t postpone or dread. Learn more about Laura and her practice at www.love2makeusmile.com.
Oh, by the way...Emily Howard is my hero. She has talent, energy, and the best memory of anyone I know.

Merikay H. Tillman

Merikay H. Tillman, M.S. is the owner & CEO of COACH MKay Companies based in Greensboro , North Carolina. Her mission is to act as a catalyst to help individuals and organizations create positive change to reach new heights in professional and personal performance. Through her coaching strategies and facilitative seminars, Merikay inspires you to create an action plan of success that generates results. The professional development programs are fresh, energetic and goal focused. She incorporates real world examples from regional and national organizations she coaches and trains across the United States . I think Emily Howard ROCKS!

Melody Watson

Melody Watson, who designed this blogsite, is a freelancing "creative type" with a smidge of geek thrown in for good measure. It's tricky to imagine a better job than one that lets her listen to people like Emily Howard talk about their passions, then use those stories to create sites reflecting their visions.

When she decided to research platforms for starting her own blog at the beginning of '05, it never occurred to her that the discovery of Squarespace - which allows us to do far more than just blog - would impact her so much that she would ultimately decide to only design sites using this platform. Being able to help people learn how to manage their own sites with the tools provided by Squarespace brings unparalleled rewards. Melody is frequently told that her enthusiasm is infectious and that her manner of coaching clients learning to use tools they might never have considered before, makes technology seem much less intimidating. These are among the highest compliments possible. She hopes you'll enjoy visiting A Chick's View as much as she loved designing it.