Deborah Hightower represents a unique, multi-faceted combination of success in the fields of financial planning, writing, music and speaking. Through personal and professional experience, she is able to teach and direct others by tapping the potential that lies within to find success as it relates to money, happiness, fulfillment and spiritual growth.
With over 25 years of experience in the business world and best-selling author, Deborah motivates others to step into their purpose with the fierce urgency of now. Her simplistically dynamic, yet provocative message crosses demographic lines and serves as the spark often needed to ignite the flame that can revolutionize your future.
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Price Range: $500 and up
Gig Length: 15 - 240 minutes
Languages: English
As SPEAKER, MOTIVATOR and WRITER: Deborah Hightower encourages others to find their moxie, inspiration and spark to fuel future success. She teaches from personal and professional experience the concept of Expansion - going bigger, wider, and deeper in thinking about what ultimately defines success.
Expect to be motivated and inspired through Deborah's storytelling and powerful nuggets of wisdom as she shares the ups and downs of finding the courage to restart from high school dropout to being 'a girl in a boy's world' of financial planning to embarking on her personal expansion plan (writing, speaking and music), to helping others develop their own plan.
As MUSICIAN: Deborah's crossover appeal in the music arena conveys the diversity of her songwriting and performance. Melodic messages of inspiration make up her repertoire. She often declares "music makes my heart happy" and those who hear will find their heart stirred as well.
Deborah Hightower represents a unique, multi-faceted combination of success. She believes the components to fulfillment and happiness can be found by expanding our horizons. She has done just that with successful careers in the financial arena, music, speaking, and writing. She believes that prosperity exists in expanding our lives as it relates to money, happiness, fulfillment, spiritual growth, and all components of living life. Expansion is about going bigger, wider, and deeper in thinking and creating what ultimately defines success - an investment that can produce a guaranteed return.
Holding a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, minor in Communication; Master's Degree in Organization and Management; Deborah is accomplished in the area of financial planning and has earned several professional designations and awards as financial consultant. She assists individuals, corporations, non-profit organizations, and trustees with financial plan development and investment planning. Personal experience plays a tremendous role in Deborah's teachings. From a high school dropout to a trek in the world of blue-collar, she is proof that if the mind can conceive and the heart believe, it can be done. She teaches others, regardless of the current continuum position, how to ignite the flame that could revolutionize their future.
A thought-leader in the area of Expansion, Deborah has recently been acknowledged by America's Premier Experts as one of the leading experts in her field. She has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Boston Globe, Forbes, Chicago Tribune, The Charlotte Observer, Miami Herald, Dow Jones Market Watch, Morningstar, International Business Report, The Business Times, Investor Place, CNBC, NBC, CBS, FOX, ABC, CNBC, Yahoo Finance!. She is a co-writer of the best-selling book, The Secret to Winning Big.
Deborah is frequently invited to host, speak and sing at a variety of venues, including conferences, retreats, college forums and seminars. She has hosted international festivals and conferences, scholarship and beauty pageants, and seminars. Her speaking topics include a variety of personal and professional subjects, such as The F's of Life (faith, family, friends, fellowship and finances), Expansion (expand your personal and professional life to find greater fulfillment and happiness with gratitude and commitment), and Diversity (find greater success by diversifying, enriching and broadening your personal and professional perspective). Communicating the spiritual component that exists in each of these life expansion endeavors is the foundation of her work.
Deborah has also celebrated four Top 10 hits on inspirational radio and three award nominations from her previous album, Her Name is Deborah. The LOVE. album released in October, followed by Beautiful Christmas in November. Her music has allowed the opportunity to perform in a variety of venues - from intimate spaces to mega-churches to conferences and corporate events to overflowing concert halls to radio and television to Carnegie Hall to the White House. Several of her songs have also been chosen as theme songs in radio and television, product commercials, and film.
Deborah's articles can be seen in industry magazines and in addition to her blog, she contributes to other lifestyle and networking blogs. She was named one of America's Premier Experts for her expertise in Expansion and was listed by Inc. Magazine as one of America's Trendsetters in Health, Wealth and Success.
A proponent of living life to its fullest, Deborah encourages others to be motivated, uplifted and renewed by broadening their horizons, engaging their passions and seeking genuine expansion in all areas of their lives.
AT A GLANCE, Deborah's credits include:
Television Appearances: Atlanta Live, Babbie's House, The Dr. Trudy Show, Club 36, Niteline, The Peggy Denny Show, WPGA, FOX, WGXA
Other Appearances: The White House, Carnegie Hall, A Celebration of Gospel, Mercer University, Georgia Southern University, International Cherry Blossom Festival, Miss South Carolina Pageant
Books: The Secret to Winning BIG: Top Strategies for Winning BIG in Life and Business (a best-seller) and accompanying E-X-P-A-N-D Your Life: A Guide to Help You Find Greater Fulfillment and Happiness; and LOVE. The Book: Quotes, Anecdotes, Lyrics and Affirmations (coming soon). Reviews books for Waterbrook Multnomah and Thomas Nelson.
Featured In: Wall Street Journal, Boston Globe, Forbes, Chicago Tribune, The Charlotte Observer, Miami Herald, Dow Jones Market Watch, Morningstar, International Business Report, The Business Times, Investor Place, CNBC, NBC, FOX, ABC, Yahoo Finance! and INC. Magazine
Articles/Blog Contributions: Glass Heel (blog); Keeping It Personal (blog); Get Happiness, Power, Love, and Success (blog); Power Source Magazine; Conversations Magazine; Macon Magazine; Promoting Purpose Magazine; Devine Glory Magazine; Inspired Women Magazine; Responsible ARTistry Magazine
Music: Four (4) Top 10 radio hits from Her Name is Deborah album; Three (3) music award-nominations; #1 on ReverbNation
SPEAKING: Podium; Wireless Mic (lapel or handheld)
TEACHING/PRESENTATION: Powerpoint Projector and technician
MUSIC: sound system and technician; specifics dependant upon whether band or backing tracks are used
RIDER INFO: Bottled water; food service; accommodations if overnight is required
If event is recorded, Deborah Hightower will be provided a copy of all recordings and edited materials. Deborah Hightower and related entities reserve the right for material release for marketing, publishing and distribution. Deborah Hightower and related entities also have permission to record event.
| September 14, 2013 • 1:00pm - 3:00pm | Public Event |
| September 11, 2013 • 11:00am - 12:30pm | Corporate Event |
SPEAKING TOPICS INCLUDE:
THE CORPORATE:
Expand: Growing Inside Out
Corporate success depends on employee success. Deborah motivates corporate employees to find greater fulfillment outside their careers to fuel success within their careers.
Diversity and Sensitivity
Expand individual and organizational success by embracing the uniqueness of employees, clients, and prospects. Deborah takes a comprehensive look at options for growing business by stepping out of the 'business as usual' box.
Work/Life Balance
This topic is one of Deborah's most popular. She encourages employees to find happiness and fulfillment in the workplace and life beyond.
Client/Customer Development
Another of Deborah's popular topics is client/customer development. She addresses the importance of expanding business development to embrace changing demographics. Her professional experience comes from involvement in an industry with very little diversity; her personal experience comes from work inside non-profit organizations.
Team Motivation
Deborah teaches how to more effectively work with team members, particularly those with little in common.
Financial Planning
Deborah assists organizations in exploring creative options for investment and retirement planning from the hourly employee to the executive level positions.
THE SPIRITUAL:
Expand Your Boundaries: Outreach
Deborah teaches spiritual organizations how to move past the pseudo success of ministry outreach programs. This subject is for those desiring to make a difference in the lives of disenfranchised, misunderstood, and underrepresented segments of the community.
Diversity and the Church
If we are to fulfill God's call of unity among His people, it is necessary to put aside the division (subconscious and literal) based on race, culture, and background. Often the subject of argumentative controversy, Deborah steps in to discuss the divisive components and mediate the differing opinions of pastors and lay leaders.
Money, Money, Money
In this discussion, Deborah addresses the fundamentals of wise stewardship for couples, individuals, and organizations.
POPULAR TOPICS FOR WOMEN'S EVENTS
No Time to Think?
Are you too busy 'doing' to meditate on the plan and promise for life? During this course, Deborah encourages others to dig deep and continue on a path of growth from a spiritual perspective - both personally and professionally.
Girl Math
Women have different thoughts, ideas, and needs when it comes to money... from long-term health insurance to exploring a second career, from leaving a legacy to planning for a worry-free retirement. This presentation gives women valuable information and the confidence to adequately prepare for their future.
The F's of Life...Faith, Family, Friends, Fellowship and Finances
Life has a way of taking over - leading to overwhelming feelings of unfulfillment and anxiousness. Deborah leads this topic in discussion format while presenting an outline of foundational ideas that encourages faith first - then family, friends, fellowship, finances, and all the other F's of life.
MUSIC:
Deborah has an expanded collection of genre-crossing, genre-bending songs that pack a powerful punch of love and (link hidden)ossing and bending CCM, jazz, pop, R&B and gospel, her music motivates, encourages and renews the listener.
If your event theme requires a different topic, please send an inquiry.
Speaking: podium, wireless mic (lapel or handheld)
Teaching/Presentation: Powerpoint Projector and Technician
Music: Sound system and Technician
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