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 Ed Sykes and Joy Fisher-Sykes.

Ed and Joy are much sought-after authors, television personalities (NBC, PBS, NPR, and Fox), national recognized motivational speakers, executive speech coaches, trainers, and success coaches based in Virginia Beach, VA. Ed is the monthly guest leadership and technology expert on National Public Radio.

An advocate for women, Joy co-founded The Women’s Circle, a leadership group dedicated to helping women expand their horizons and realize the inherent strength, value and power they possess. Joy makes a difference by actively volunteering with various organizations including Toastmasters International and American Cancer Society.

Ed and Joy’s unique style of book writing coupled with solid content and real life examples spiced with the right amount of humor that leaves any reader ready to take action! AWe connect quickly with our readers by doing our homework, this shows them that we care about them, and it enables us to furnish them the information they need to be successful.@

Their writings on motivation, customer service, presentation skills, and leadership constantly rank in Google's and Yahoo's top ten list in those areas. Ed was also featured, along with Les Brown and Brian Tracy, in the best selling motivation book, "Ordinary People Can Achieve Their Lofty Goals." Ed’s work and life leadership and customer relations ideas have been published in The New York Times, Newsday, The Virginian Pilot, BTNET, Diary Queen International, Black Enterprise Magazine, Video Professor Magazine, and Toastmasters Magazine.

Ed is co-creator and re-occurring guest of the National Public Radio Techno Centric segment on the HearSay with Cathy Lewis program. This segment teaches organizations how to be successful using technology during our changing economy. He is also the e-commerce specialist for the U.S. Small Business Administration. Ed and Joy are also known for their volunteer work with Big Brothers/Big Sisters. Their work as leadership mentors was show cased on WAVY News TV10 "Wednesday's Child" three part series. He also is a spokesperson for the American Cancer Society. He was the Chairperson of the highly successful 2010 A