Christine Clifford

Christine Clifford
Christine Clifford, CSP Professional Speaker Author Consultant President/Chief Executive Officer of Christine Clifford Enterprises Her experience taught her how to market and sell products, services and herself. Now, Christine shares that message with others. Christine definitely cracked "the glass ceiling." By 40, she was Senior Executive Vice President for The SPAR Group, an international merchandising and information services firm in New York. As the top salesperson in the multi-billion dollar retail services industry for over eight years, Christine's accounts included Kmart, Toys 'R'...

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Christine Clifford, CSP

  • Professional Speaker
  • Author
  • Consultant
  • President/Chief Executive Officer of Christine Clifford Enterprises

    Her experience taught her how to market and sell products, services and herself. Now, Christine shares that message with others. Christine definitely cracked "the glass ceiling." By 40, she was Senior Executive Vice President for The SPAR Group, an international merchandising and information services firm in New York.

    As the top salesperson in the multi-billion dollar retail services industry for over eight years, Christine's accounts included Kmart, Toys 'R' Us, Wal-Mart, AT&T, Mattel Toys, and Revlon. Taking her company from a million dollar per year loss to over $54 million in sales, Christine signed the largest contract in the history of her industry with Procter & Gamble, doubling the size of her company overnight.

    Diagnosed with breast cancer in December of '94, Christine went on to write eight award-winning, humorous portrayals of her story in books entitled Not Now...I'm Having A No Hair Day!, Our Family Has Cancer, Too!, Inspiring Breakthrough Secrets to Live Your Dreams, Cancer Has Its Privileges: Stories of Hope & Laughter, and Your Guardian Angel's Gift./,/em>

    YOU, Inc. The Art of Selling Yourself, released March, 2007 by Warner Books, was named a "Notable Book of 2007" by the American Booksellers Association. She is also a featured author in Masters of Sales (August, 2007).

  • Christine's newest books, released in 2011, are entitled Laugh 'Til It Heals: Notes from the World's Funniest Cancer Mailbox and The Clue Phone's Ringing... It's for You!

    Healing Humor for Women Divorcing.

    In 1994,, Christine faced a life-changing experience and began her own company, The Cancer Club ®, now the world's largest producer of humorous and helpful products for people with cancer. In 2010, after going through two divorces, she started Divorcing Divas which hosts all-day educational conferences for people facing divorce.

    Christine's philosophies and strategies for becoming your industry's leader are proven theories that have propelled her and the companies she's worked with to the top of their fields. Ideas, action, results...

    Christine is a contributing author to Chicken Soup for the Survivor's Soul, Chicken Soup for the Golfer's Soul, Chicken Soup for the Writer's Soul, and is featured in the books The Courage to Laugh and The Triumph of the Human Spirit: Real Cancer Survivors, Real Battles, Real Victories.

    Featured in the New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Better Homes & Gardens, MORE, American Health, Golf Digest, as well as The Singapore Women's Weekly and the Hindu in India, CNN Live called her "one of the world's leading authorities on the use of therapeutic humor". She also appeared on Lifetime Television Network's New Attitudes show, and the Leeza Show.

    Host of The Christine Clifford Celebrity Golf Tournament, a benefit for breast cancer research, Christine's inaugural event raised over $100,000, making it the most successful firs-year event in the history of the American Cancer Society. Her total contribution has been over $1,000,000 and she has received the Council of Excellence Award for income development from the American Cancer Society.

    In July, 2002, Christine was awarded The Order of the Delta Gamma Rose from the Sorority to confer special honor upon alumnae members who have made distinguished contributions to the nation or to the world through their individual efforts and talents and whose achievements have been given national recognition. It is the highest honor one can receive from the Sorority.

    July, 2002 Christine was awarded her "CSP "(Certified Speaking Professional) designation from the National Speakers Association. The letters "CSP" following a speaker's name indicate a speaking professional with proven experience who brings a proven track record of experience and expertise. Less than 7% of the 5,000 speakers who belong to the International Federation for Professional Speakers hold this professional designation.

    Christine is on the Board of the National Speakers Association - Minnesota Chapter, a member of the National Speakers Association, the American Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor, and the National Association of Breast Cancer Organizations. She is listed in International Who's Who of Professionals, International Who's Who of Entrepreneurs, and International Who's Who of Authors and Writers. She is also listed in Contemporary Authors and 2,000 Notable American Women. She serves on the Board of Directors for the Angel Foundation. Christine helped to launch an anti-aging multi-level marketing company in 2009 called LifeVantage.

    Christine has two sons: Tim and Brooks, is grandmother to Siberian Husky Skylar, and lives in Minneapolis, MN.

  • YOU, Inc. The Art of Selling Yourself
    This lecture is a treasure trove of selling and marketing techniques that even the most veteran sales reps will benefit from, and that will help distinguish you from all your competitors.

    Selling the Invisible:  The Four Keys to Selling Your Services
    Clifford Beckwith explores the four keys to selling services with colorful, humorous real-life life examples.

    Spinning Ideas Into Action
    How do you climb up the corporate ladder? By spinning your ideas into action! Clifford Beckwith's philosophies will inspire and motivate you to get going today!

    What Clients Love: Business Development for Professional Services
    This program will lead you to the front lines of today's business battles with the ammunition to succeed by doing the little things right and the big things even better.

    Laughter: It's Good Medicine
    In spite of many health crises in her immediate family, and her own battle with breast cancer, Clifford Beckwith is still laughing! In this multimedia presentation she helps organizations and individuals find the humor in life's adversities.

    An Afternoon of Hope, Laughter and Positive Thinking
    Clifford Beckwith shares all the hilarious things that have happened to her as she faced breast cancer at the age of 40. She uses these stories and her legendary sense of humor to inspire others to find the bright side of life's challenges.

    Am I Out of Sick Days Yet?
    Chronic Illness can wreak havoc on an office, especially with employees trying to "fill the gaps" of an employee absence. Learn how to deal with the changes in the office, ways to offer support, and methods to deal with the challenges

    Read Christine Clifford's blog on inspiration

    Read an article in the Minnesota Business Monthly about Christine Clifford

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