FUEL: Cleveland Announces Additional Powerhouse Speakers, including CNN Anchor Poppy Harlow and Vitamix CEO Jodi Berg, to its Conference Lineup

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Sep 01, 2015, 10:30 ET

CLEVELAND, Sept. 1, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- FUEL: Cleveland has added 5 more dynamic speakers for the revolutionary leadership summit to be held at the Connor Palace Theatre at Playhouse Square on September 30.

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Poppy Harlow, CNN anchor and award-winning journalist
Sarah Kay, founder, co-director of Project Voice and bestselling author
Jeffrey Hayzlett, former chief marketing officer of Kodak, bestselling author and media personality
Dave Zilko, president and vice chairman of Garden Fresh Gourmet
Jodi Berg, president and CEO of Cleveland-based Vitamix

They'll join an already distinguished group of international speakers, including:

David Stern, former NBA commissioner
Guy Kawasaki, Silicon Valley superstar and former chief evangelist at Apple
Seth Godin, entrepreneur and best-selling author
Alexandra Wilkis-Wilson, co-founder of $5 billion GILT Group
Mike Abrashoff, retired US Navy Commander and New York Times bestselling author
Jackie Joyner-Kersee, three-time Olympic gold medalist track star

"This is about transformation: arming the leaders of today and tomorrow with the insight and tools necessary to compete and thrive," said Josh Linkner, chairman and co-founder of FUEL Leadership. "Where FUEL differs from other leadership development offerings is in its delivery of high-energy, single-day events to great cities like Cleveland, eliminating the need for costly travel expenditures and time-wasting out-of-town events." Linkner, who speaks at more than 100 business conferences and Fortune 500 events a year, will also be a featured speaker on innovation.

In addition to the conference, attendees will be provided with a one-year membership to FUEL: Online, extending the leadership experience beyond the live event, with exclusive online access to the world's most powerful thought leaders via more than 5,000 videos, 500 archived webinars and CEO interviews, book summaries, live webinars, idea boards and community interaction. "FUEL's online enrichment component ensures that the leadership development doesn't end when the event ends. In fact, it's just the beginning," Linkner said.

"FUEL Leadership is obsessed with helping people improve and transform," said FUEL Leadership CEO and co-founder Jordan Broad. "Expanding leadership skills, sparking conversations, driving innovation, stimulating new thoughts -- all of these ultimately deepen customer relationships and improve both an individual's and a company's performance."

For more information, visit FuelLeadership.com.

About FUEL Leadership, LLC:

FUEL Leadership disrupts the old-school leadership development business model by delivering bold, one-day conferences offering timely and relevant topics by business rock star speakers, coupled with a year-long subscription to proprietary online leadership development content. In an event that is a fusion of a rock concert and a business conference, FUEL elevates communities by bringing in national thought leaders, celebrity entrepreneurs, Fortune 500 CEOs, TV personalities, politicians, and bestselling authors for inspiring and practical conversations. FUEL Leadership eliminates travel costs and reduces out-of-office time, thereby improving productivity. Most importantly, attendees leave the event transformed with tangible, actionable concepts and strategies.

About Josh Linkner

Josh Linkner has been the founder and CEO of four tech companies, including the world's largest interactive promotion company, ePrize. Linkner is the author of two New York Times Bestsellers: Disciplined Dreaming: A Proven System to Drive Breakthrough Creativity, and The Road to Reinvention: How to Drive Disruption and Accelerate Transformation. He is also the Founding Partner of Detroit Venture Partners, investing in and mentoring over 100 start-ups. Linkner has twice been named EY Entrepreneur Of The Year™ and is a President Barack Obama Champion of Change Award recipient. He is a columnist for Forbes, the Detroit Free Press, and Inc. magazine. Linkner's work on innovation has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Harvard Business Review, CNN, and The New York Times. For more information, visit JoshLinkner.com.

SOURCE FUEL Leadership, LLC