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

As the top salesperson in the multi-billion dollar retail services industry for over eight years, Christine was responsible for accounts with Kmart, Toys 'R Us, Walmart, AT&T, Mattel Toys, and Revlon, among others. 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 1994, Christine went on to write five 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.

Christine was urged to put her sales success to words and YOU, Inc. The Art of Selling Yourself was released by Warner Books in March 2007. It was named a "Notable Book of 2007" by the Independent Booksellers Association. She is featured in Masters of Sales (2007), along with Zig Ziglar, Brian Tracy, Tony Robbins and Jack Canfield among others.

That same year (1994) Christine faced a life-changing experience, she began her own company. Today, The Cancer Club is the world's largest producer of humorous and helpful products for people with cancer. 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.

She has been featured in Better Homes & Gardens, MORE magazine, American Health, Golf Digest, as well as The Singapore Women's Weekly and the Hindu in India. She was a 1998 "Hero Award" finalist for Coping magazine, and appeared on CNN Live in 1998 as "one of the world's leading authorities on the use of therapeutic humor." She has also appeared on Lifetime Television Network's New Attitudes show, and the Leeza Show.

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

In July, 2002, Christine was award The Order of the Delta Gamma Rose from the Fraternity 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 Fraternity.

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 a member of the Minnesota Speakers Association, 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. She has two sons: Tim and Brooks, and is grandmother to a Siberian Husky named Skyar. She lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Christine is a victorious survivor, in business and in life, eagerly sharing her knowledge, wisdom, humor, insight, and lifetime experiences. She guarantees that if you believe in yourself, your company, your product, or your cause, anything is possible! She is available for keynote addresses, seminars, break-out sessions, and workshops, and she speaks on the subjects of sales and marketing, and using humor to get through life's adversities.

Christine helped to launch an anti-aging multi-level marketing company in 2009 called LifeVantage, and launched Divorcing Divas, LLC in 2010.

• You, Inc.: The Art of Selling Yourself - Christine was the top salesperson in the multi-billion dollar retail services industry for eight years, and in 1994 signed the largest contract in the history of her industry with Proctor & Gamble, doubling the size of her company overnight. Yet Christine believes that it's not the product, service or cause that people buy from you or your company: It's YOU. And selling yourself is an art.
  
  
• Selling the Invisible: The Four Keys to Selling Your Services - What are the four keys to marketing and selling your services? Price and what is it you are saying about the quality of service? Brand, and what are you doing to promote yours? Packaging and can you afford not to take a complete visual inventory of yourself, your company, and your marketing materials? And relationships: how do you create extraordinary client relationships? Christine Clifford explores these with colorful, humorous real-life examples and years of expertise.
  
  
• What Clients Love: Business Development for Professionals - Christine Clifford teaches you how to stand out from the crowd and sell anything to anyone. From making a pitch to building a brand, from designing a logo to closing a sale, 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.
  
  
• Perfect the Art of Professional Persuasion: Close Every Sale for Yourself, Your Company or Your Cause - Hear the Top Ten Secrets of successful selling from a top sales producer. Learn to position yourself for acceptance and results. Discover ways to get past 'no'. Professional persuasion is an art, and Christine is a master. Don't forget to ask!™
  
  
• Networking in a Nutshell: Create Connections That Can Drive Your Business - "Get squared away on the professional connections that can propel your business toward guaranteed success. Christine believes in creating 'customers for life'. Whether from the bottom up, or the top down, Christine's methods of getting to the decision makers will leave your audience buzzing with excitement and waiting to get back into action. You never know who you might meet.
  
  
• Become Your Industry Leader: The True Positioning of the Totem Pole - Ever heard the expression 'he started at the bottom of the totem pole'? Did you know that according to Indian legend, the character at the bottom represents the strength and leadership of the pole? Christine believes that you can rise to the top of your industry regardless of where you start in two years or less following her ten steps to success. Whether you are in management, sales, marketing or self-employed, Christine's secrets will inspire and motivate you to get going today!

• Laughter: It's Good Medicine! - If you are looking for a keynote address that will teach your audience a new way to look at life's adversities, this is it! Christine's immediate family has dealt with heart disease, diabetes, dialysis and kidney transplant, hepatitis, chronic depression and drug abuse. Her success stories are powerful and humorous examples of survival in the face of adversity. Don't forget to laugh!®
  
  
• An Afternoon of Hope, Laughter & Positive Thinking - Using her world-famous cartoons, stories and audience participation, Christine helps people release their tensions and relax into the moment. With a powerful message of hope and inspiration, Christine reminds us that we can't always change what has happened to us, but we can change our attitudes. Christine helps individuals rediscover the healing power of humor.
  
  
• Prescription for a Cure: Laughter - In her immediate family, Christine has dealt with heart disease, diabetes, dialysis, and kidney transplant, hepatitis, chronic depression and drug abuse. Let her customize her presentation for you group's area of focus. Her success stories are powerful examples of survival in the face of adversity.
  
  
• Am I Out of Sick Days Yet? - Illness, especially chronic disease, wrecks havoc on employers and the people left back in the office trying to "fill the gaps." Christine helps corporations and their employees learn to deal with changes in the office, ways to offer support, and methods to deal with the challenges that occur when a valued employee becomes ill. No down time here!