PROGRAMS TO START, GROW & SCALE

YOUR EXPERT BUSINESS

We’re not just coaches – we see ourselves as partners invested in your success. As thought leaders ourselves, we recognize your unique challenges and aspirations. Thought Leaders, Speakers, Coaches, Consultants, and Business Owners tend to have specialized needs when it comes to business growth.

In our Executive Mentoring Program we will partner with you and tailor the sessions and progress to what you want and need to achieve. Seize this opportunity to shape the future and become the influential thought leader you’re meant to be. Your journey to greatness starts now.

Click the button below to schedule a chat today with Melissa and explore your options.

RESOURCES • PROGRAMS • PACKAGES

Speaker Marketing &
Viability Audit: $497

Melissa Taylor is a leading speaker strategist who has worked with celebrity speakers, coaches and consultants across many industries and topics. Her insights and understanding of what the marketplace is looking for will provide you the edge you need to move your speaking career forward. She knows what various events are looking for and how to position yourself to be in their direct line of sight.

What you get: 

  • A comprehensive look at the marketability and viability in the marketplace of your topic.
  • Full review and feedback of your EPK (Electronic Press Kit) including speaker reel, speaker website, one sheet, titles/topic descriptions, speaker BIO, social media presence, etc. ALL speaker assets will be looked at.
  • Session with Melissa to go over the findings and a written report of the evaluation complete with next steps on improvements and needs.

She will get you in front of the right people...

“When I am working with Melissa Taylor, I know I am working with a person who not only knows her stuff, but her ideas and suggestions that she gives me, are “light bulb”  moments. 

When she is working with you, you know that she is concentrating on you and your growth. Not only does she give great ideas and suggestions, she will do the introductions to get you in front of the right people that can help you as well as possibly help them too. 

I not only trust her judgement, but know she has my back and wants me to succeed. I would 100% tell anyone that wants to make the jump into speaking, you will not go wrong by hiring Melissa.”  

Kathy Lindert

Mindset Coach and Hypnotist, Speaker and Course Creator

Already a speaker but wanting more?

You may be the greatest speaker in the world – but what does it matter if you can’t get booked? The Speaker League Booked program teaches you how to get the gigs you want with two intensive 4-hour sessions:
  • Module 1: Get BOOKED
  • Module 2: Optimization & Process
Attendees at this event will leave with a solid, proven strategy they can implement into their own business that will skyrocket their speaking efforts and opportunities.

The next Speaker League Booked program is coming January 15 & 29, 2025, 4-8pm.

Price for both sessions: $597

Attend In Person or Online!

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It's made my business more successful...

I don’t ever question why I invest in working with Melissa. She is one of the few people in my life who, every time I connect with her, I learn something. It’s not just that she reminds me of things I know, she always opens me up to thinking about things I didn’t know I didn’t know. It’s like this bell goes off in my head and that bell has always made my business more successful. I cannot tell you how much I appreciate Melissa. Thank you. Thank you.”

Mike Collins

Creator of The Perfect Workday, award winning speaker, writer, video producer and recipient of The Order of the Long Leaf Pine.

Speaker "Level Up"
Package: $1,500

Every speaker has something they need/want to “Level-Up”.  Spend four sessions with Melissa and Level-Up on one of the following:

  • Level-Up your EPK (or begin to create one)
  • Level-Up on prospecting and landing more speaking engagements.
  • Level-Up on how to increase your Earned Media and PR exposure. 
  • Level-Up on how to sell from the stage, or gain more confidence and presentation technique to be more impactful
  • Level-Up – needs something else?  Chat with Melissa

Executive Mentoring:
Starts at $600/month

Our approach is not one-size-fits-all. We transcend the conventional coaching approach – we are invested partners in your triumph. We understand that as a thought leader, you have unique aspirations and challenges. That’s why our mentoring is personalized, focusing on your specific goals, strengths, and growth areas. With a proven track record of setting up thought leaders and speakers for success, we are committed to walking along side you so that you increase your influence, and your message can make the greatest impact.

Executive mentoring starts at $600/month.

Schedule a chat today with Melissa and explore your options.

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Zenica Chatman

Professional Disrupter

I got paddled so much in Catholic School that I started the trend of wearing biker shorts under my skirt, so you would think corporate America would be easy for me…it wasn’t.

After my final experience of being bullied and forced to resign from my dream job, I committed myself to understanding workplace dynamics, confidence-building, and leadership development. Today, I partner with corporations and conferences to lead transformative discussions on workplace bullying, leadership, and personal empowerment.

Most Requested Talks:

  • Recognizing and Responding to Workplace Bullying
  • Transforming Challenges Into Opportunities?

Lianne Hoffer

Elevate your Happiness

Transform Your Space, Transform Your Life 

Clutter isn’t just about stuff, it’s about how we relate to our lives. As a two-time award-winning and international best-selling author, renowned speaker and leader in the field of personal empowerment and decluttering, I bring a unique blend of practical strategies and spiritual insight to every stage. 

I’ve helped thousands of people shift their spaces and shift their energy, mindset directly impacting their happiness. If your audience is ready for more clarity, freedom, and alignment, I guide them with inspiring, actionable, and life-changing strategies. 

Why Hire Me to Speak? 

The Hidden Cost of Clutter – Clutter isn’t just physical; it affects focus, emotions, relationships, and success. I reveal the deeper impact and how to reclaim space and energy. 

A Spiritually Aligned Space = A Spiritually Aligned Life – Your space holds energy. Learn how to create an environment that supports joy, peace, and purpose. 

Decluttering is Personal Transformation – Letting go is about releasing old stories, limiting beliefs, and what no longer serves you. 

Happiness is Your Birthright – I show people how to reconnect with what truly lights them up and make space for it. 

Engaging, Actionable, and Inspiring – Every talk includes practical takeaways. Leave motivated, empowered, ready to create change. Let’s Create an Experience that Resonates: I deliver an unforgettable experience that inspires real transformation.

Tanya Quinn

Alchemist of Social Good and Small Business Growth

Engaging. Passionate. Practical. Tanya Bumstead Quinn is a leading expert in small business social responsibility, known for transforming complex ideas into actionable strategies that drive social good and business success.

Tanya’s journey began with a simple question: How can I make a bigger impact? Her background spans small businesses, corporations, nonprofits, and entrepreneurship. Along the way, she identified a gap: most tools for social responsibility were built for large corporations, leaving small businesses without practical guidance.

Determined to fill this gap, Tanya founded Small Actions Greater Good to help small businesses “do better by doing more good.” As the creator of the Small Actions Framework, Tanya combines her expertise in process improvement—her “better, faster, cheaper” mindset—with a passion for intentional social responsibility.

Her 5-step framework helps businesses align actions with values, maximize impact, and achieve results for their communities and companies. Tanya’s dynamic speaking style, real-world examples, and humor inspire and equip audiences with actionable steps. Her sessions show how small actions create powerful ripple effects.

Booking Tanya is more than hiring a speaker—it’s joining a movement to amplify the impact of businesses everywhere.

Anthony DeNino

The SMART Guy!

Anthony inspires creation. The creation of ideas. The creation of dreams. And the creation of people’s reality. He doesn’t just inspire, though —he ignites transformation. A dynamic and sought-after speaker, Anthony utilizes humor and engaging storytelling to inspire audiences to push past limitations,embrace their potential, and take ownership of their reality.

Signature Talks:

  • I Am the Creator…and So Are You – Creating the mindset of infinite possibilities.
  • CFCF – Four Pillars to Next-Level Achievement – A blueprint for exponential growth
  • The Power of Giving and Gratitude – Transform your outlook, performance, and life
  • Awakening Your Soul – Align passion, purpose, and productivity
  • XwE – eXecute with Excellence – Move beyond good intentions to exceptional execution

 

Following a successful career in Corporate America, Anthony founded CORe – Creating Our Reality and is recognized as The SMART Guy – Success Means Acquiring Right Thoughts.

A published author, Certified Stress Management Coach, and Mental Performance Coach, he delivers more than inspiration—he delivers results.
Ready to elevate your next event?

Let’s talk about how Anthony can make a lasting impact on your audience.

Story League Sign Up

Thanks for letting us know you want to tell your story!Whether you’re a seasoned storyteller or someone who’s never held a mic before, Story League is the place where your voice matters and your story shines.

Story League is held at
Sugar Creek Brewing Company

215 Southside Dr, Charlotte, NC 28217

Holly Hughes

TEDx Speaker, Award Winning Author, Intuitive Healer

Holly is a TEDx speaker, an award-winning author, and intuitive healer. You may have heard her voice on one of the hundreds of podcasts or networks she’s contributed to. Specializing in navigating emotional pivots and life transitions, she firmly believes that one’s past is not a defining factor but an integral part of their story, allowing individuals to shape their future. SPEAKING TOPICS INCLUDE: • How to be REAL, not perfect • You are not the worst day of your life • What your intuition is telling you and how to listen • How to navigate transition points in life. Motherhood, career changes, divorce, and loss As a speaker she is personable & offers easy to understand solutions.

Kristin Clark

Be Career Courageous

Helping Early-Career Professionals Take Charge & Love Mondays Again

Kristin Clark is not your typical career coach. She’s a no-nonsense, high-energy speaker who shakes up the way people think about their careers. If you’re early in your career (or just stuck in the wrong one), Kristin is the person who will tell you what no one else does—how to take control, stop waiting for permission, and build a career that actually makes you excited to get out of bed on Mondays.

Be Career Courageous: The Secrets to Loving Mondays and Owning Your Career

What if you could stop dreading Mondays and start calling the shots in your career? Kristin Clark takes you on a bold (and hilarious) journey through the untold truths of career success—no fluff, no corporate jargon, just real-world strategies you can use now.

Through relatable stories (yes, including some early-career faceplants you’ll totally recognize), Kristin reveals insider secrets no one teaches you about navigating your career with confidence.

You’ll learn:
 How to take charge—stop drifting and start directing your career
 Why strengths matter—and how to use yours as a shortcut to success
 The secret to managing your boss—give them what they need, not just what they ask for
 How to silence self-doubt—and go after the opportunities you actually want

Kristin’s talks aren’t just motivating—they’re packed with practical, real-world strategies that you can act on immediately. No more waiting. No more hoping. It’s time to own your career.

 Want to bring Kristin to your team or event?
Reach out today and get ready to shake things up.

Paula Lesso

Divorce Coach

Divorce stinks, and having been through a divorce, I understand what it takes to achieve what you want. I help clients move through more than the process. We concentrate on mental, emotional and physical aspects so you can find happiness.

Kathy Lindert

Mental Performance Trainer

Kathy has empowered individual employees and teams at leading companies to achieve success in various of their lives.

She equips participants with the confidence, stress lease and communication skills necessary to thrive in any situation.

Signature Topics:

  • Identify Your Roadblocks to Progress
  • Unburdening: Anger & Stress Relief
  • Doubt to Confidence
  • Speak Power into Your Life With Words
  • Thrive, Don’t Survive

Taylor Leë Andorfer

Life Well-being Coach for Entrepreneurs and Professionals

Taylor is a certified life well-being coach specializing in guiding entrepreneurs and professionals toward achieving alignment, balance, and fulfillment through a unique blend of neuroscience-backed strategies, positive psychology, and solution-focused coaching.

Sarah Clark

Aligning the 4 P's: Lessons in Process People, Paperwork and Patients
Confessions of a Consultant: Habits that Sabotage Efficency

Sarah is a highly sought after medical practice consultant. She is an energetic and relatable speaker who gets to the bottom of real-life problems in your medical practice. The solutions are tangible and actionable.

She facilitates audience participation to build trust and rapport. Medical practice owners and managers can implement her practical suggestions immediately. Helping turn the chaos of the day to day operations calm(er).

Sarah owns a medical consulting practice for small private practices. She provides insight into the potential blind spots of a medical office. Her unique background as a clinical and administrative expert provides a fresh perspective and actionable solutions in day-to-day operations.

Her presentations are relatable, actionable, and engaging. Previous audiences include state and local medical associations, world-renown physicians, and various NFL teams.

If you want to add value to your medical event, then Sarah is the speaker for you.

“Not only are Sarah’s trainings enjoyable, they are engaging and include open forum questions and detailed example walk through of answers. One of our staff said that this was the ‘most helpful and enjoyable training’ that they had ever attended. I would recommend hiring Sarah for this!”
   -Kevin Killian, DPM

“Sarah Clark is an excellent resource. She has provided training and has helped streamline processes and procedures in every department. Her extensive knowledge and experience has significantly benefited our practice. Highly recommend!!!”
   -Maile Nelson, Practice Manager – Matthews Foot Care

Melissa Taylor

Growth Via Networking &
Out-of-the-Box Marketing

Melissa is a well-known top strategic business consultant, author, sought-after speaker and mentor. Over the last two decades, Melissa has built three solid, successful, and profitable businesses and now simply wants to share those experience with others.

As the founder of Network Build Grow, a community designed to merge networking with personal and professional development, she strives to always offer value, encouragement, inspiration, and motivation while providing the right online and offline strategies for other entrepreneurs and professionals on their journey to success. 

She is also the founder of Speaker League – a community for professional speakers to hone their skills in order to increase their influence and impact. Melissa shares her vast knowledge of public speaking to help other speakers rise to the top of their game.

Most Requested Talks:

Networking is a Contact Sport shows you how to effectively and efficiently use networking to broaden your circle of influence, increase your brand awareness and reputation, sharpen your business skills all while producing more leads, referrals, engagement, collaborations and growth.

Get More Sales – Without Selling blends marketing with sales techniques to ensure you have a full pipeline, increased conversion rates, all while doing activities that you enjoy. Marketing should be fun – and can be!

Melissa has a library of keynotes, workshops and programs. Contact her team to find a fit for what you need.

BOOKS:

Journal: Growth & Success: 52 Weeks for Insights, Strategy and Moving Forward

Networking is a Contact Sport

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