Michelle Lemmons in Entrepreneur Magazine

Seal the Deal
Negotiating can be difficult, but sharpening your skills in advance will put you on top.
By Aliza Pilar Sherman | Entrepreneur Magazine – May 2005
URL: http://www.entrepreneur.com/magazine/entrepreneur/2005/may/77238.html
Running a company requires many different skills, not all of which come easily to everyone. Is negotiating one of the skills that [...]

International Speakers Bureau Leading Change in Eqypt

Egypt’s iceberg is melting
By Alex Dziadosz
First Published 4/16/2008
CAIRO: The idea that a seminar based on penguins and institutional reform could play well in a desert nation whose ruling party symbolizes longevity almost as much as the pyramids may ring counterintuitive, but Bill Palladino will assure you it is not.
Last week saw Grand Hyatt hotel host [...]

Michelle Lemmons Bio

Michelle Lemmons-Poscente is the Chairman of ISB Global, LLC, a diversified leadership and educational services firm providing organizations worldwide with unparalleled access to the world’s best thinkers, educational programs, and corporate training offerings. She is also founder and CEO of its flagship company, International Speakers Bureau, a full-service speaker’s agency specializing in business, contemporary thought [...]

Michelle Lemmons Stars in a Sprint Commercial

International Speakers Bureau Founder and Chairman Michelle Lemmons-Poscente is featured in a Sprint commercial after winning the Sprint #1 Small Business Award (sweeping the categories Customer Service, Marketing and Innovation).

Michelle Lemmons in Inc Magazine

The Accidental Bootstrapper
One way to start a business without spending a lot of money or agonizing over strategy is to follow Michelle Lemmons-Poscente’s example. Not that you could set out to follow her example; she started her company pretty much by accident.
Seven years ago Lemmons-Poscente was a struggling independent film producer in Los Angeles, scrambling [...]

Michelle Lemmons in the New York Times

May 9, 2004
Want a Big-Name Speaker for College Commencement? A Private Jet Sure Doesn’t Hurt
By BEN BERGMAN
The competition to land a big-name commencement speaker can be fierce, and is particularly tough for smaller colleges and those with little or no money to spend.
Some institutions choose to turn to talent bookers and pay five-figure fees [...]

Choosing the Right Speaker

Michelle Lemmons on Choosing the Right Speaker from Opportunist Magazine

Booking speakers becomes big business

Booking speakers becomes big business
Dallas Business Journal – by Mike Koller Correspondent

DOWNTOWN – Michelle Lemmons is a woman juggling the demands of growth — both as a wife and mother and as owner of the fast-growing International Speakers Bureau.
Since she launched ISB just over five years ago, Lemmons has seen the company grow from two [...]

ISB business plan includes having fun

Friday, June 18, 1999
ISB business plan includes having fun
Company honored for its commitment to creative sales and marketing style
Dallas Business Journal – by Lindsey Townsend Correspondent

DEEP ELLUM — Only a woman would have the guts to make her No. 1 business value “caring for each other as a family and a team.” Based on that [...]

Speakers bureau grew by twos

Friday, January 26, 2001
Speakers bureau grew by twos
Dallas Business Journal – by Christine Perez Staff Writer

DEEP ELLUM – Michelle Lemmons, owner of International Speakers Bureau, has grown her business – and her family – since we last profiled the successful entrepreneur in September 1998’s Growth Strategies section. Lemmons launched two new divisions under her ISB [...]

For Michelle Lemmons, everyone’s the boss

Friday, September 20, 1996
For Michelle Lemmons, everyone’s the boss
Dallas Business Journal – by Jesse Hall Correspondent

LAKEWOOD — As rare as is the success Michelle Lemmons has had since launching her own company four years ago, the firm itself may be even more exceptional.
Lemmons has used an uncommonly inclusive, familial management style in growing Dallas-based International [...]

Michelle Lemmons in Time Magazine

Dotcom Disaster Lectures
Sunday, Mar. 18, 2001 By CATHY BOOTH THOMAS
PRODUCT Speeches by humbled Internet wizards about their mistakes–and how to avoid them
HOW IT STARTED The NASDAQ nosedived, and FORTUNE 500 execs were looking for some answers
JUDGMENT CALL Demand should go up as long as the stock market keeps going down
They may have lost millions of [...]

Knowing What Counts – Profile of Michelle Lemmons

Knowing What Counts – Michelle Lemmons-Poscente
Originally appeared on Office.com
by Aliza Pilar Sherman
Understanding what is important in life led Michelle Lemmons-Poscente from the glitter of Hollywood to a more grounded life, and business, in Texas.
When Michelle Lemmons-Poscente left “Hollywood” to care for her ailing father, starting a business was the furthest thing from her mind. She [...]

Michelle Lemmons article for the Kaufman Foundation

 
Negotiating Both Sides of the Deal
 
Michelle Lemmons-Poscente, Founder and President, International Speakers Bureau
As founder and president of International Speakers Bureau (ISB), I am in a somewhat unique position to work on both sides of a deal. I am the third party that ensures the interests of both the client (a company) and the talent (a [...]

Michelle Lemmons and International Speakers Bureau featured in the Dallas Morning News

Michelle Lemmons-Poscente books rock stars – but they don’t sing or play music.
The founder and managing partner of Dallas-based International Speakers Bureau Inc. likens her job to a concert promoter. Her business speakers are her musical talent. Their books and training materials equal record sales and touring power.
And she’s doing quite well at it.
This year, [...]