Andrea Gold (www.goldstars.com)

Current

• President/CEO at Gold Stars Speakers Bureau

Past

• Director of Marketing at Zepyhr Press (Sole Proprietorship)
• Woman of the world-many positions at locations around the USA & overseas

Education

• Northern Arizona University
• Prescott College

Recommended

14 people have recommended Andrea

Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Information Services

Websites

• My Company

Andrea Gold (www.goldstars.com)’s Summary

President and owner of international speakers bureau for 20+ years.

Expert consultant on matching resources (speakers, trainers, facilitators, entertainers) to the groups' needs, for corporations, associations and government agencies worldwide.

Catalyst for solutions for both business and personal life potential. Adventurous and innvovative mindset, embracing constant self-improvement and prompting others to live life fully.

Co-author of "The Business of Successful Speaking" (www.goldstars.com/products/008.html). Also 3 values education stories for children, former newspaper reporter & photographer, freelance writer.

Additional work experience: Direct marketing, editing and technical editing, physical labor, and retail sales.

Active member in International Association of Speakers Bureaus (IASB), Meeting Professionals International (ISB), Meetings Community (MeCo).

Andrea Gold (www.goldstars.com)’s Specialties:

We work in a huge variety of industry arenas, providing speakers, trainers, facilitators, entertainers, celebrities, and also cater to a few specialty areas. Many topic areas, including speakers and consultants on teambuilding, motivation, sales, marketing, strategic planning, leadership and management, life balance, branding, attitude, change, Internet & e-commerce, future, ethics, human resources (HR), stress, presentation skills, etc.

Andrea Gold (www.goldstars.com)’s Experience

• President/CEO

  Gold Stars Speakers Bureau

  (Privately Held; Information Services industry)

  January 1989 — Present (20 years 11 months)

  Strategic resource to match speaker/trainer expertise to the organization's needs, for business growth.

• Director of Marketing

  Zepyhr Press (Sole Proprietorship)

  (Sole Proprietorship; 1-10 employees; Publishing industry)

  October 1987 — July 1988 (10 months)

  Direct mail selling, editing, marketing of books and products by catalog and trade shows.

• Woman of the world-many positions

  locations around the USA & overseas

  (Writing and Editing industry)

  December 1978 — October 1987 (8 years 11 months)

  Unlike the standard resumes you often see, I chose (often colorful!) past positions all over the USA, in a quest for finding meaning in life and life satisfaction such as:
  * Newspaper reporter/photographer: Durango Herald, Durango, CO
  * Freelance reporter/magazine writer
  * Technical Editor: Editing Naval ship manuals
  * Administrative asst to president: Institute of Human Development, Ojai, CA
  * Retail store clerk & convention waitress-Hilton Hotel (Lauderhill, FL)
  * Receptionist & asst: homeopathic doctor, Dania, FL
  * G-Jo Institute: Public relations, media agent, editor, mail order processing, Davie (Fort Lauderdale), FL
  * Printshop work: Sir Speedy, Flagstaff, AZ
  * Project Independence, (care for elderly), Durango, CO
  * Laborer at Kibbutz Hanita, (turkey innoculations, picking oranges, gardening, ironing, kitchen duty for 600 hungry people), Israel
  * Agricultural laborer: green peppers, cucumbers in green houses, Crete, Greece
  * & other exciting, hardworking positions!

Andrea Gold (www.goldstars.com)’s Education

• Northern Arizona University

  B.S. , Mass Communications , 1975 — 1977

• Prescott College

  N/A , Liberal Arts , 1974 — 1974

Additional Information

Andrea Gold (www.goldstars.com)’s Websites:

• My Company

Andrea Gold (www.goldstars.com)’s Groups:

MPI-Meeting Professionals International, IASB-International Association of Speakers Bureaus, MeCo (Meetings Community), National Speakers Association

•    National Speakers Association (NSA)
•    Arizona Professional Networkers
•    Cigar PEG: Making a Difference One Party at a Time
•    The Meetings Community (MeCo) Group
•    Event Planning & Management - the 1st Group for Event Planners
•    NSA Next!
•    HR & Talent Management Executive
•    Global Executive Exchange
•    Link_USA
•    Writers / Publishers PEG (Professional Emphasis Group) of the National Speakers Association (NSA)
•    International Association of Speakers Bureaus (IASB)
•    Make Your Best Impression
•    PlannerWire
•    Customer Service with John Tschohl
•    Train2Meet
•    Yes2Meetings
•    Unbound Ideas

Andrea Gold (www.goldstars.com)’s Contact Settings

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