Presenter

Mr. Edward Sykes

Organization: The Sykes Group

Position Title: Author, Award Winning Motivational Speaker, Executive Coach and Trainer

Address:
2133-126 Upton Drive, #234
Virginia Beach, VA 23454

"Preparing You Today for Tomorrow's Opportunities"
Author, Speaker, Trainer, Motivator, and Coach
Every year an elite group of executive teams, corporate conferences, association
meetings and educational groups are motivated, inspired, and empowered to make a difference in their organizations after hearing dynamic presentations from Edward Sykes. Ed is an author, an award winning motivational speaker, an executive speech coach, a trainer, and business coach
based in Virginia Beach, VA. He has been providing solution-oriented programs to leading Fortune 500 corporations, government agencies, and educational institutions since 1983 as a computer expert with Yourdon, Inc., then as Vice President of Global Training Solutions for DSI Micro, before starting his own company, The Joy of Education, which later grew into The Sykes Group.

Ed’s unique style of delivery is coupled with solid content and real life examples spiced with the right amount of humor that leaves any audience ready to take action! He customizes his programs to address the audience's unique needs in an entertaining style that engages the audience to participate. AI connect quickly with my audience by doing my homework, this shows them that I care about them, and it enables me to furnish them the information they need to reach success.

His motivation, customer service, presentation skills, and leadership articles constantly rank in Google's and Yahoo's top ten list in those areas. His articles, "Eight Leadership Techniques for Outstanding Teams," “Appreciate to Motivate: 5 Secret Keys to Successful Team Building” and “Ten Customer Service Secrets to Win Back Customers,” "Ten Tips for Outstanding Presentations," are ranked #1 by the internet search engines Google and Yahoo as the most requested articles in the areas of leadership techniques, employee motivation, customer win back techniques, presentation skills respectively. His work and life leadership ideas have been published in TheNewYork Times,Newsday, TheVirginian Pilot,Diary Queen International, Black Enterprise Magazine, Video Professor Magazine, and Toastmasters Magazine. Ed was
featured, along with Les Brown and Brian Tracy, in a new motivation book, "Ordinary People Can Achieve Their Lofty Goals." Ed, along with Joy Fisher-Sykes, was featured speakers at the 2006 Toastmasters International Conference in Washington, DC. The presentation, "The Business of Toastmasters: How to Run Your Club as a Successful Business," was one of the best received and top ranked presentations for that year. Ed also received Toastmasters Golden Gavel Award from the Bank of America for exhibiting excellent communication skills while making a
difference in the Hampton Roads community. Ed is also known for his volunteer work with the Big Brothers/Big Sisters School Mentoring. His work as leadership mentor was featured on WAVY News TV10 "Wednesday's Child" three part series. He also is a spokesperson for the
American Cancer Society's African American Health program.