About the Authors

Andrea H. Gold

Andrea H. Gold is President of Gold Stars Speakers Bureau®, an international speakers bureau in business more than 20 years. Andrea has traveled extensively (and a bit adventurously) throughout North America, Europe, the Middle East, northern Africa, and the Far East. She has held marketing, publishing, editing and direct mail jobs across the United States, including New York, New Mexico, Colorado, Florida, and California. Plus she has experienced other types of work everywhere else in between. Andrea graduated with honors from Northern Arizona University with a degree in Mass Communications. Her work experience is multi-faceted (and as she says, every big and little job was helpful in understanding how businesses operate). Besides working as a reporter in Durango, Colorado, she embarked on a personal "walk about" through the Middle East and Europe for an extended period of time. She worked in a kibbutz in Israel, an archeological dig for the Israel Museum, and then worked (labored in Greece!) and toured her way through Europe and back to the United States. She worked for a publishing company and other jobs in New York for a short while before moving to Florida. There, she worked with a progressive self-health expert and publisher in the 1980s who sold his books by doing interviews over the radio. Andrea held a marketing position and obtained the TV and radio shows for this author. After a few years, she decided to move out West and worked in Ojai, California as the assistant to the president in a multimillion dollar, mail order, self- improvement company. She then moved to Tucson, Arizona where she was the Marketing Director of Zephyr Press, an education publisher. After meeting Gary Yamamoto, they decided to start their own publishing and speaking business in Tucson, Arizona. "When you want to know the speaking business, Andrea is the 'go-to' person." - Randy Gage

Gary K. Yamamoto

Gary K. Yamamoto is an electrical and electronic engineer. He graduated from the University of Hawaii and worked as a communication and nuclear weapons engineer. His job took him throughout the Pacific Rim countries, from the Far East to Antarctica and Adak, Alaska. At the same time, he gave presentations to organizations on improving individual performance and organizational productivity. He then started his own publishing company. He was CEO and co-owner of Harbinger House, a trade book publishing company in Tucson, Arizona. He sold his part of the publishing business to devote full time to his speaking. Gary has been speaking professionally for over 30 years and has been a full time speaker since 1988. His clients include major corporations, professional trade associations, government agencies, schools and colleges.

Business and the Speakers Bureau

Together, Gary and Andrea formed Dynamic Pathways™, Inc. to support Gary's speaking in 1988. Due to a chance meeting with Dottie Walters, Gary and Andrea decided to start Gold Stars Speakers Bureau^® that same year. After all, not every prospect wanted to book Gary (which Gary still does not understand). To meet the diverse needs of prospects and clients, Gold Stars maintains a list of thousands of fully qualified presenters-providing speakers, trainers, entertainers, celebrities, emcees, and facilitators. Essentially, Gold Stars Speakers Bureau® can provide almost any presenter a client wants for their meeting or convention. Dynamic Pathways™ and Gold Stars Speakers Bureau^® are driven by the highest values and ethics, and always doing what is right for both the client and the speaker. As such, we expect others to treat us in the same manner. This is an uncompromising standard of conduct that you can expect when doing business with them. To learn more about the speaking business, please go to Gold Stars Speakers Bureau^®.

Gold Stars Speakers Bureau

7478 N. La Cholla Blvd. Tucson, AZ 85741 U.S.A. 520-742-4384 info@goldstars.com www.goldstars.com

”This is the most comprehensive flight plan for the business of speaking I have ever seen, written by two experienced and successful industry experts. A must read for speakers plotting their career. Howard Putnam Former CEO Southwest Airlines Author: The Winds of Turbulence

About the Authors

Andrea H. Gold

Andrea H. Gold is President of Gold Stars Speakers Bureau®, an international speakers bureau in business more than 20 years. Andrea has traveled extensively (and a bit adventurously) throughout North America, Europe, the Middle East, northern Africa, and the Far East. She has held marketing, publishing, editing and direct mail jobs across the United States, including New York, New Mexico, Colorado, Florida, and California. Plus she has experienced other types of work everywhere else in between. Andrea graduated with honors from Northern Arizona University with a degree in Mass Communications. Her work experience is multi-faceted (and as she says, every big and little job was helpful in understanding how businesses operate). Besides working as a reporter in Durango, Colorado, she embarked on a personal "walk about" through the Middle East and Europe for an extended period of time. She worked in a kibbutz in Israel, an archeological dig for the Israel Museum, and then worked (labored in Greece!) and toured her way through Europe and back to the United States. She worked for a publishing company and other jobs in New York for a short while before moving to Florida. There, she worked with a progressive self- health expert and publisher in the 1980s who sold his books by doing interviews over the radio. Andrea held a marketing position and obtained the TV and radio shows for this author. After a few years, she decided to move out West and worked in Ojai, California as the assistant to the president in a multimillion dollar, mail order, self-improvement company. She then moved to Tucson, Arizona where she was the Marketing Director of Zephyr Press, an education publisher. After meeting Gary Yamamoto, they decided to start their own publishing and speaking business in Tucson, Arizona. "When you want to know the speaking business, Andrea is the 'go-to' person." - Randy Gage

Gary K. Yamamoto

Business and the Speakers Bureau

Gold Stars Speakers Bureau

7478 N. La Cholla Blvd. Tucson, AZ 85741 U.S.A. 520-742-4384 info@goldstars.com www.goldstars.com

”This is the most comprehensive flight plan for the business of speaking I have ever seen, written by two experienced and successful industry experts. A must read for speakers plotting their career.” Howard Putnam Former CEO Southwest Airlines Author: The Winds of Turbulence