The Roadmap to this Book: Acknowledgements

Very special thanks go out to the following special friends and partners that helped get this book done and off to market.  It would be stuck at 90% complete still were it not for their combined efforts and vision

• To Lori Ruff for everything one could imagine including research, lots of writing, editing, testing, and training and development expertise. At the moment we were set to go to the printer, she got access to the new user interface and spent four solid days and nights to pour through and update the book so we could bring you the latest information.

• To Viveka von Rosen, April Stensgard, Diana Gats, Lucinda Ruch and Deborah Smith for their early book editing and content advice.

• To Melissa Giovagnoli of Networlding Publishing for getting the entire book project moving and completed.

• To Bob Todd for his incredibly creative work on screen shots and cover design. He’s the TRUE Andy Warhol fan.

• To JD Gershbein for his LinkedIn expertise and his brilliant and humorous cartoons. Learn More about the cartoons.

• To Andrew Curtis of FUEL VM for the spot-on, MTV-style interior book design.

• To Jon Malysiak for the amazing professional editing of the “not-so-normal” book.

• To Neil McKenzie for his amazing photography, including the now famous shot on the cover of the book.

• To Tom McWhirter, Mark Steele and Charlie Snyder for development of the videos and DVD’s that accompany this book.

• To Dave Taylor for his early inspiration on our LinkedIn trainings and for his insightful Rock & Roll-inspired introduction.

• To Miles Austin for strategy and business expertise for my original book work.

• To Lewis Howes for his support and acknowledgement of me as an inspiration in his great LinkedIn book – NetWorking.

• To Joel Comm for showing me how the book and a speaking career can be combined to help others while simultaneously helping me.

• To Bob Smith for leadership, vision and business expertise that allows me to be creative on things like public speaking, and on this book in particular.

• And especially to Paul Breckner, CEO of Data Sales, Inc., for his generous support of this book project and his long-time friendship.