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Sep 02, 2008 – Convention Connection Speakers Bureau has booked noted finance keynote speaker Peter Ricchiuti for the Midland Chamber of Commerce Annual Meeting on Friday, September 5, 2008 from 11am to 1pm at the Midland Center in Midland, TX.

Ricchiuti is the Director of Research for Burkenroad Reports as well as the Assistant Dean at the A.B. Freeman School of Business at Tulane University. At Burkenroads Ricchiuti leads a team of more than 200 of Tulane’s business students in search of the investment "skinny" on undervalued and overlooked stocks in six southern states. He and his program have been featured in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, CNBC, CNN, and Nightly Business Report. Peter has been a frequent contributor to several financial sources including National Public Radio's Marketplace program and Family Money Magazine. His unique presentation style puts him in front of a wide variety of audiences including his selection by the NFL to teach investment workshops to the New Orleans Saints.

Convention Connection is a full-service speakers bureau based in Malibu, CA with over 25 years of experience booking highly rated content keynotes, motivational speakers and corporate entertainment. For more information on booking Peter Ricchiuti , visit http://www.speakersrus.com or call 800-443-9979.

Convention Connection Speakers Bureau has booked keynote speakers Frans Johansen, Cokie Roberts and Michael Beschloss for the 94th Annual ICMA Conference at the Greater Richmond Convention Center in Richmond, Virginia. "Celebrating Our Past—Preparing for Our Future" is the theme for this year's ICMA Annual Conference, the largest annual event in the world for local government managers and staff. The conference will run from September 21-24, 2008.

Frans Johansson is author of The Medici Effect and a speaker on innovation. A successful entrepreneur who co-founded (while under 30 years old) two businesses in the U.S. and Sweden, Frans uses the intersections in his life to innovate. The Medici Effect has been translated into 17 languages and has been recognized on numerous lists as a top business book. Johansson argues that innovations occur when people see beyond their expertise and approach situations actively, with an eye toward putting available materials together in new combinations. Because of ions, "the movement of people, the convergence of science, and the leap of computation," a wide range of materials available for new, recontextualized uses is becoming a norm rather than an exception, much as the Medici family of Renaissance Italy's patronage helped develop European arts and culture.

Cokie Roberts has covered Congress, politics and public policy for nearly 20 years at ABC News. In addition to her responsibilities at ABC, Ms. Roberts serves as Senior News Analyst for National Public Radio, where she was the Congressional Correspondent for more than ten years. She is the recipient of numerous broadcasting awards, including three Emmys. She has been inducted into the Broadcasting and Cable Hall of Fame, and was cited by the American Women in Radio and Television as “One of the 50 Greatest Women in the History of Broadcasting.”

Michael Beschloss has written nine books on American Presidents.  The New York Times Book Review has called him “clearly the most widely recognized Presidential historian in the nation.”  Newsweek has called him “the nation’s leading Presidential historian.”  The International Herald Tribune has called him “a national treasure.” Beschloss’ most recent two books, Presidential Courage (2007) and The Conquerors (2002), were each on the New York Times bestseller list for months.

Convention Connection is a full-service speakers bureau based in Malibu, CA with over 25 years of experience booking motivational speakers, entertainers, and teambuilding for corporate and association clients. For more information, call 800-443-9979.