Featuring leading speakers from within and outside of the industry, the StorePoint General Sessions bring you the latest insights into trends of today and opportunities for the future, providing you with the means to inspire innovation, leadership and growth within your own organization.

Please visit frequently to see the exciting General Sessions as they are added. 

Keynote
Sunday, January 17th
Palazzo Ballroom D
6:00 – 6:45PM

Title:  Game Plan for Success
Coach Lou Holtz
Overview
Lou Holtz's message transcends athletics. It resonates - even to those who aren't sports-minded. The focus is on people and the values that make relationships (and organizations) excel. Once heard, you will have no doubt why Lou Holtz is considered a legendary team leader and speaker on achievement.

Bio:

Lou Holtz has established himself as one of the most successful college football coaches of all time.

Born Louis Leo Holtz on January 6, 1937, Holtz grew up in East Liverpool, Ohio, just up the Ohio River from his Follansbee, West Virginia birthplace. He graduated from East Liverpool High School, earned a Bachelor of Science degree in history from Kent State in 1959 and a master’s degree in arts and education from Iowa State in 1961. He played as a linebacker at Kent State for two seasons before an injury ended his career.

COACH
Holtz is the only coach in the history of college football to 1) take six different teams to a bowl game; 2) win five bowl games with different teams; and 3) have four different college teams ranked in the final Top 20 poll.

Holtz has a 243-127-7 career record that ranks him third in victories among active coaches and eighth in winning percentage. His 12 career postseason bowl victories ranks him fifth on the all-time list.

ESPN ANALYST
Currently, Holtz is a college football studio analyst on ESPN. He appears on
ESPNEWS, ESPN College GameDay programs and SportsCenter and as an on-site analyst
for college football games.

SPEAKER
For many years Holtz has been considered among the greatest speaking legends in
America. He speaks on overcoming seemingly impossible challenges by setting your own
goals and working to achieve them. He has built a reputation as a motivator, a demanding
disciplinarian and someone who relishes challenges and hard work.

AUTHOR
Holtz has written three New York Times best-selling books. The Fighting Spirit
chronicled Notre Dame’s 1988 championship season, and Winning Every Day: A Game Plan
for Success (August 1998) has been published in several languages. His latest best-selling
book, released in 2006, is Wins, Losses and Lessons, an autobiography of his life and the
lessons he has learned.

General Session
Monday, January 18th, 2010
11:45AM – 12:30PM
Palazzo Ballroom D

Title:  Exploiting Chaos:  
150 Ways to Spark a Revolution During Times of Change
Jeremy Gutsche, CEO of Trend Hunter Publications
Overview
Chaos (kā,äs) is the uncertainty sparked by uncharted territory, economic recession, and bubbles of opportunity.

Chaos causes organizations to retreat . . . but not always.

Disney, CNN, MTV, Hyatt, Burger King, FedEx, Microsoft, Apple, Gillette, AT&T, IBM, Hershey’s, Coors, Sun, The Jim Henson Company, Autodesk, Adobe, Fortune, GE, and Hewlett-Packard.

These iconic companies were all founded during periods of economic recession. Dramatic change and simple evolution give birth to a new set of market needs. Identify those needs and enjoy remarkable success.

Micro-trends and viral innovations surround us. But if you layer on our customers, competitors and corporate strategies, it becomes difficult to focus. Inspiration has become distracting. So how do we make sense of all the noise? Whether you’re an entrepreneur, artist, bureaucrat or marketer, your goal probably involves creating something that ‘connects’ with other human beings. In the pursuit of something that ‘connects’, your creativity is probably hindered by organizational structure, uncertainty and unexploited opportunities. This keynote is not about traditional strategy. This keynote is about cutting edge frameworks and powerful ideas that will empower your organization to exploit chaos.

Bio:
 
Jeremy Gutsche is an innovation expert, author of Exploiting Chaos (#1 Most Popular book at CEO Read - Sept 2009), host of Trend Hunter TV, "one of North America's most requested keynote speakers"[1], and the founder of TrendHunter.com, the world's largest network for trend spotting and innovation. He has written several thousand articles and overseen the publication of 40,000+ trends for an audience of 8 - 10,000,000 monthly views. He has been described as "a new breed of trend spotter" by The Guardian, "an eagle eye" by Global TV, an "Oracle" by the Globe and Mail and "on the forefront of cool" by MTV.

Supplier General Session
Tuesday, January 19th, 2010
10:00 – 10:45AM
Plaza Ballroom I – Ritz Carlton

Title:  All Business is Show Business (Suppliers Only Please)
Scott McKain, CSP, CPAE
Overview:
The entertainment industry has known that the key to success is making emotional connections with your audience. Bestselling author and Hall of Fame speaker, Scott McKain, will show you how to apply the principals of show business to connect with your customers and prospects to dramatically enhance your sales and profitability.

General Session
11:45AM – 12:30PM
Palazzo Ballroom D

Title:  Cornerstones of Distinction
Scott McKain, CSP, CPAE
Overview:
How does a professional - or even an entire organization - deal with the phenomenon that Scott McKain calls "the Collapse of Distinction"? There are three ominous factors that pull every company (and the professionals who work there), back to the pack like a magnet. Without understanding these “Destroyers of Differentiation,” a voyage on the “sea of sameness” is inevitable. Next, visionary companies and colleagues seek to become distinct. In this compelling presentation, Scott reveals the Four Cornerstones of Distinction – and how to stand out and move up in a challenging economy through the creation of the Ultimate Customer Experience!™

Bio:
 
Scott McKain is Vice Chairman of a dynamic holding company with nineteen companies in diverse industries that was named one of the "fastest growing companies" in America. He is also the Co-founder and Principal of The Value Added Institute, a think-tank that examines
the role of the customer experience in creating significant advances in the level of client loyalty. He has been honored with induction into the "Professional Speakers Hall of Fame" -- and is a member of the "Speakers Roundtable," an elite group of twenty business speakers
considered by many to be among the best in the world.

Capturing the ideas that formed one of America's "fastest growing companies" (according to a nationally-respected business publication), Scott McKain has authored two bestselling business books. "ALL Business is Show Business" reached the #1 spot on Amazon.com's
list of business bestsellers and was released globally in several languages. "What Customers REALLY Want," is Scott's personal bestselling work and received rave reviews and top charts rankings. Its groundbreaking examination of the "Six Major Disconnections between
Customers and Organizations" has made a significant impact in the manner in which companies approach their client and prospect bases.
Scott's new book, "Collapse of Distinction", takes a revolutionary approach in clearly showing how organizations and individual professionals create differentiation in the market -- and has already been called by one reviewer as "one of the most important business books"
in recent history.

Scott McKain recently has made several appearances on FOX News Network as an Analyst and Commentator. His platform presentations have run the gamut from the White House lawn with the President in the audience carried live on CNN and NBC's "Today" show...to a
remote outpost near the Amazon...all 50 states, seven Canadian provinces...and from Singapore to Sweden...Mexico to Morocco. From a one hour keynote and breakout sessions -- to consulting and live online events, many leading organizations seek Scott McKain to provide the critical education and insight that changes behavior and grows organizations
AND people.

McKain Performance Group, Inc.
SCOTT MCKAIN
111 Monument Circle
Suite 4800
Indianapolis, IN 46204
T 800 - 838-6980
F 317 - 863-2680
http://ScottMcKain.com
http://CollapseofDistinction.com
http://ShopMcKain.com
http://McKainViewpoint.com

For content from the 2009 General Sessions, click here.