Bone Up on Business Joyce Bone

With over two decades of sales and marketing experience ranging from start-ups to Fortune 20 Companies, Cliff Pelloni has developed an ability to effectively create marketing systems for businesses of all sizes, allowing them to compete effectively online.
Understanding the shifting patterns of media from tradition to digital and responding to requests by friends and business associates for help, Cliff turned a passion and interest into a thriving business, serving clients that are local, national and international in scope.
Additionally Cliff is putting the finishing touches on a new book on Mobile Marketing for Business, expected to be on Amazon in May.

Eric J. Romero, PhD is an Unconventional Leadership Consultant, Author & Reality Speaker with more than 15 years of experience. He has presented his ideas in the United States, Brazil, France, Peru, Thailand, Portugal, Mexico, India, Switzerland, China, Japan, Estonia, Sweden, Puerto Rico, and Germany. He earned a PhD in Management, published over 36 articles and a book, Compete Outside the Box: The Unconventional Way to Beat the Competition. However, he believes he does not fit the stereotype of a stuffy intellectual. He is also a part-time stand-up comedian. Originally from New York City, Eric's ideas are delivered with a sense of humor, 100% unedited honesty and street smarts!

Betsy Holland is director of Corporate Responsibility & Civic Affairs at Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. (TBS, Inc.) She oversees the company’s community outreach efforts, corporate contributions, government affairs and environmental sustainability programs. She is based in Atlanta and reports to Misty Skedgell, senior vice president of corporate communications for TBS, Inc.
Holland joined TBS, Inc. in 1997 to work in the Corporate Affairs department. Her initial responsibilities included developing an employee volunteer program and launching the company’s annual day of service.
Holland currently sits on board of directors for ToolBank USA and Fugees Family, Inc. She also serves on the Board of Deacons at Morningside Presbyterian Church. She holds a degree in Government and in Women’s Studies from Smith College and a certificate in corporate community relations from Boston College.
Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., a Time Warner company, creates and programs branded news, entertainment, animation and young adult media environments on television and other platforms for consumers around the world.

Bone Up on Business kickstarts this episode with Kimberly Corbin-Greene as she talks about ConferenceDirect, a full service meeting planning company which handles all logistics of any meeting, convention, conference or event, from venue site selection to contract negotiations, to onsite assistance, all at no cost to group or company hosting the event. Following her is the wonderful Dr. Janet Page, professional psychotherapist and author of the book "Get Married This Year: 365 Days to 'I Do'". Rounding up the episode is the lovely Caroline Stoessinger. Caroline is a concert pianist, Founder and Director of The Mozart Academy and has recently launched her book "A CENTURY OF WISDOM: lessons from the life of Alice Herz-Sommer, the world’s oldest living Holocaust survivor" which is a collection of stories and life lessons from this most remarkable 108 year old woman.

Caroline Stoessinger is a concert pianist who has appeared on the stages of Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and from Australia to Tokyo and Europe. She is the founder and director of The Mozart Academy, which provides music lessons free for children of United Nations
workers and immigrants. She's also the Artist—In-Residence and Professor of Music at John Jay College. As a producer of internationally televised programs. With her book, A CENTURY OF WISDOM which gives readers wisdom from the life of Alice Herz-Sommer who at 108 years old is the world’s oldest living Holocaust Survivor and concert pianist, Stoessinger is a major voice for music in our lives. The book has won the Norman Mailer Book Award 2012 for preserving the history of our times.