NCBFAA Announces Monday Conference Keynote Breakfast Speaker

Washington, DC: The National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America, Inc. (NCBFAA) has announced that Canada’s preeminent speaker,Mike Lipkin, is the keynote speaker for the Association’s Annual Conference Opening Breakfast. 
        Mr. Lipkin is President of Environics / Lipkin, the motivation and sales empowerment practice of Environics Research Group. He specializes in helping people leverage the Social Values to boost their personal productivity and build strong teams around themselves. Over the past ten years, Mr. Lipkin has empowered over one million people internationally through his TV shows, seminars, books and Peak Performance Programs. Winners from all over the world turn to him for inspiration and skills to achieve their highest goals.
        Every year he conducts seminars, workshops, focus groups, sales meetings, and corporate off-sites. In 2007, he spoke to more than one hundred thousand people in 19 countries and delivered 185 programs internationally; almost every working day, he was talking to an audience somewhere on the planet.
        He has worked with top companies like Deloitte, IBM, BMO Nesbitt Burns, TD Canada Trust, Manulife, Pfizer, Starwood Hotels & Resorts, and Petro-Canada. He has authored numerous best selling books including: Keeper of The Flame, Your Personal Best, Luck Favors The Brave, On Fire! The Art of Personal Consistency, and Still Mind, Strong Heart (with Dr. Bernard Levinson).
        Headquartered in Washington, DC, the NCBFAA represents nearly 800 member companies with 100,000 employees in international trade - the nation's leading freight forwarders, customs brokers, ocean transportation intermediaries (OTIs), NVOCCs and air cargo agents, serving more than 250,000 importers and exporters. Established in 1897 in New York, NCBFAA is the effective national voice of the industry. Through its various committees, counsel and representatives, the Association maintains a close watch over legislative and regulatory issues that affect its members. It keeps them informed of these and other related issues through its weekly Monday Morning eBriefing and various meetings and conferences throughout the year. 
       With its theme of Education: the Strongest Link in the Supply Chain, the 34^th NCBFAA Annual Conference convenes April 6-10 in Lake Buena Vista, Florida at Disney’s Contemporary Resort. Those in the press wishing to cover this event are invited to contact the NCBFAA at (202) 466-0222 to make arrangements. 

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