Ellie Rubin's speaking portfolio combines personal and professional excellence in three distinct areas of expertise: life ambitions, leadership & sales and entrepreneurship.

Whether Ellie is speaking to senior executives about creating a culture that people crave, or she is addressing young engineers who want to learn how to incorporate her mantra 'I Entrepreneur' into their career, or she is encouraging a group of women grappling with work/life/balance issues, Ellie is an exceptional storyteller who provokes, cajoles, entertains and motivates her audiences time after time.

Customers such as GlaxoSmithKline, IBM, Yale University, The Possible Woman Conference, Chatelaine Magazine, The Institute of Contemporary Culture, Phillip Morris Agency, The American Marketing Association, GEAC, The Scandinavian Interactive Media Events, TD Bank, Microsoft, The American Film Institute and the Australian Trade Commission all hire Ellie not only for her ability to motivate and enlighten, but because her audiences always leave with a road map for turning competitive advantage into richly deserved success.

As a keynote speaker, Ellie addresses a wide variety of audiences from women's groups to corporations and associations as well as providing keynote presentations at award events, product launches and exclusive executive retreats. If you missed seeing Ellie when she made her cross-country tour with celebrity songwriter Jann Arden, please click here.

In addition to her regular speaking topics, Ellie is launching her series Tactics for Turbulent Times – specifically tailored for organizations and individuals looking for tactics to not only survive, but succeed in these tough times.

Tactics for Turbulent Times

Make it Their Business
Demand ownership from every employee

This presentation is directed at the corporate audience in need of practical ways to thrive in tough economic times. Based on her extensive knowledge and hands-on experience, Ellie provides strategies and tactics that will improve an organization’s ability to deliver sales and operating excellence with fewer resources. By pushing the entrepreneurial mindset down into the operation, better more creative solutions drive better overall performance.

Topics include:

Audience: leaders and their corporate teams, entrepreneurs and their organizations, free
agents and careerists.

Starting Up in Down Times
The contrarian view

There’s no better time to be an entrepreneur than in an economic down turn. With markets in turmoil, there is paradoxically a better chance to attract talent, build a winning culture and build the foundation for the next boom. Ellie explains the mind-set that is needed to create ‘something from nothing’ with a focus on sales, marketing and customer service practices, while addressing how to buoy company morale in the face of doom and gloom.

Topics include:

Audience: entrepreneurs and their organizations, venture groups working with startups, free
agents and careerists.

Re-invention
Making the hard decisions just got easier

Today, we are bombarded with information about company closures, lower client expenditures and increased pressure for immediate sales results. This seems like the worst time to make major changes. Ironically, organizational changes are less disruptive when the external environment has shifted so dramatically.

In fact, re-invention during market downturns is the key to surviving to succeed in the long term. Ellie presents specific tactics for reinventing your corporate culture, product strategy, sales approach, and operating model that is tailormade for today’s uncertain economic climate.

Topics include:

Audience: leaders and their corporate teams, entrepreneurs and their organizations, free agents and careerists.

Women on the Verge
Essential wisdom for unavoidable transitions

As the authoritative voice of ambition, Ellie Rubin is now building on her cross-country tour with music celebrity, Jann Arden, to create a speaking series specifically geared to women in transition. Whether a ‘woman on the verge’ involves temporarily leaving her career for family reasons, re-entering the workforce for financial reasons or coping with the increased burden of work and home, Ellie provides practical advice on how to live with imbalance. More importantly, Ellie demonstrates how to use the fear and anxiety surrounding transitions and turn them into opportunities for advancement. Not only will participants be entertained by!!

Rubin’s combination of humor, insight and hard-nosed business savvy, but they will leave with a renewed hope that they have what it takes to turn turbulent times into a jumping off point for unprecedented success.

Topics Include:

• Using the beauty of imbalance to create opportunity
• Understanding the six components of female success: power, fear, desire, timing, style and sacrifices
• Focusing on re-interpretation – the art of retelling your story
• Embracing the four P’s of personal branding

Audience: corporations targeting female populations, associations, affinity groups, entrepreneurs and their organizations, female free agents and careerists.

      Kerry Mitchell
      Vice President & Publisher
      Chatelaine Magazine

Ellie Rubin – The Best Selling Author
Ambition – 7 Rules for Getting There (Penguin); no.1 national best selling book, Bulldog – Spirit of the New Entrepreneur (HarperCollins). Her books are published internationally in China and France as well as providing core course material at several colleges in North America.

Ellie Rubin – The International Motivational Speaker
Ellie has been a keynote speaker all over the world including Yale University, IBM, Microsoft, TD Bank, The American Marketing Association, The Philip Morris Agency, The American Film Institute, The Possible Woman Conference and WITI. For a complete listing, please see below.

Ellie Rubin – The Entrepreneur
Ellie Rubin was the co-founder and President of The Bulldog Group for ten years. Bulldog was an international content management software company with offices worldwide. In 2000, it was bought by Documentum and then later bought again by EMC.

Ellie Rubin – The Journalist
Ellie’s syndicated business column, Ambition, appeared in The National Post and The Chicago Tribune, among several other US daily newspapers. As an adventure travel writer, Ellie continues to showcase feature articles in publications such as Outpost Magazine. She has also appeared in The L.A. Times , Canada AM , CBC Midday , The National Post , The Globe and Mail , Maclean's , Report on Business, Chatelaine Magazine and Wish Magazine, among others. Visit Hot off the Press to see a complete listing.

Ellie Rubin – On Air Personality
Ellie is about to launch her new Internet Television Show, Ellie Confidential - an Internet Talk Show that will redefine celebrity. Ellie’s broadcast television appearances include TV Business Columnist - More to Life ; Creator & Coach - Negotiating Life ; National TV Host – CIBC Small Business Minutes; featured Life Strategist on Style by Jury; Business/Lifestyle Expert on a host of television talk shows. Visit On Air Portfolio to view some of Ellie’s on air highlights.

Ellie Rubin – The Industry Mentor
Recipient of the Wired Woman of Distinction Award; Smart Toronto board member; The Canadian Film Centre’s Medialinxh@bitat Advisory Council; Banff Centre for the Arts Advisory Committee; Interactive Digital Media Small Business Growth Fund; Ontario Mentor – BDC Canada; CAWEE, Wired Woman Society.

Ellie Rubin’s Speaking Events:

“Is Entrepreneurship for Me?”
Stanford Center for Entrepreneurial Studies
April 2009
Stanford University, Palo Alto, California

“Women on the Verge”
Stanford University
May 6, 2009

“What Keeps You Up at Night?”
Exclusive Women’s’ Retreat
Details to be announced
California location

From Inspiring Ideas to Economic Vitality
Opening Keynote Address
April 18, 2008
Bowling Green State University, Ohio

The ROM Mother's Day Event
Exclusive Evening: What Really Matters to Women
May 28, 2008
Toronto, Ontario

Womens' Enterprise Centre Annual Forum
Opening keynote address
June 3, 2008
Winnipeg, Manitoba

NextMedia Conference
Canada's Hottest Digital Media Innovators
Sunday June 8th
Banff, Canada

Ther-RX Pharmaceuticals Sales Conference
Opening Keynote
July 24, 2007
Orlando, Florida

NLOWE National Conference
Keynote address
April 24-26, 2007
St. John's, Newfoundland

"Wind, Water, Wisdom & Women"
Keynote closing address
February 2-5,2007
Grand Velas, Nuevo Vallarta, Mexico

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