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Ashley Bright is The Message Fixer. After 18 years of pitching to Fortune 500 companies in the design and marketing industry, he founded Ashley Bright Presents to teach entrepreneurs and business leaders how to avoid messaging and communication mistakes that cost them millions. Microsoft, Honor Health, and the University of Arizona are amongst the many clients who rely on Ashley’s IMPACT Speaking Method to help their leaders conquer fears, avoid costly mistakes and get the money they need to succeed.

Amy Moore is the Creative Director/Co-Founder at Lemonly, a visual marketing studio in Sioux Falls, SD. Lemonly’s mission is to design clarity, and in doing so they strive to turn the boring to brilliant, confusing to clear, and complex to concise. Over the past decade, Amy has produced award-winning work with clients across a variety of industries including Netflix, The 9/11 Memorial & Museum, World Health Organization, Disney, Marriott, Johnson & Johnson, and more.

Von is creative director of Glitschka Studios a small two-person boutique design firm located in the Pacific Northwest. Their diverse range of illustrative design is sought after by some of the most respected brands in the world. They creatively collaborate with ad agencies, design firms, in-house corporate art departments, and small businesses to produce engaging visual narratives.

Matthew Emerzian is the founder and CEO of Every Monday Matters (EMM), a not-for-profit organization committed to helping people and organizations understand how much and why they matter. Emerzian's work has been hailed by Oprah.com, The TODAY Show, Fast Company Magazine, Hallmark TV, Maria Shriver’s Sunday Paper, and several other media outlets.

Tyler Riewer is the Creative Director at charity: water, the nonprofit bringing clean and safe drinking water to people in need around the world. He travels the globe to meet the people charity: water serves, collects stories about the transformative impact of clean water, and dreams up new ways to share those stories with the world.

Austin Kleon is a writer, artist, speaker, and New York Times bestselling author. His work has been featured on NPR’s Morning Edition, PBS Newshour, TIME, The Atlantic, Forbes, and The Wall Street Journal. He’s brought his depth and range of experience as a creator to his book, Steal Like An Artist, an illustrated manifesto for creativity in the digital age.