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MIKE BLINDER
President
Tampa
(917) 865-4827

BARBARA WICKMAN
Senior Associate
San Diego
(619) 203-6166

JANE BRUCE
Associate
Tampa
(813) 310-0417

FRANK DORF
Associate

RON WELBY
Associate

CHARLIE PONGER
Associate

KEVIN McCRUDDEN
Consultant
New York, New York
(631) 431-6198




KEVIN McCRUDDEN
Consultant
kevin@blindergroup.com
New York, New York
(631) 431-6198

Kevin McCrudden

Kevin Mccrudden is President of Motivate America, Inc. and superior Sales Training. He is also the founder of National Motivation & Inspiration Day, which was passed by the United States Congress in December 2001 and creator of The American Motivation Awards. He has appeared on Channel 7 TV ABC - NY, and has been mentioned on ABC's 20/20, as well as several other TV and Radio programs. Kevin is well-known for "on the stump" speaking to thousands, in the past 10 years, facilitating over 3,000 hours of programs across America. He established one of the first "Media Convergence Models" in America in the late 90s.

Kevin has a broad-based background in sales, marketing, advertising, media convergence, Internet E-commerce, management, leadership and sports. He has conducted sales, management, leadership and motivational programs from Seattle, WA to Miami, Fl and Boston, MA to San Diego, CA. He has provided motivational programs for management, sales, youth, college and professional sports teams.

Kevin also spent years as a media sales trainer, having recently been in charge of advertising sales training for New York's Newsday and the St. Petersburg (FL) Times. Kevin was also a lead multimedia sales trainer for Promax, an industry leading sales development firm.

Since speaking for the Newspaper Association of America on e-commerce in 1998, Kevin has worked with and performed programs for Universal's USA Network, New York Company, Freedom Newspapers, Forum Communications, LIU Southampton College, Community Newspaper Holdings Group [CNHI] newspapers, Morris Newspapers, and many other organizations around the world.

Kevin is a graduate of The State University of New York at Brockport with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Political Science and a Journalism minor. He has also been a professional athlete, candidate for political office and a certified mediator.


The Blinder Group
Tampa Offices: 6139 Fjord Way
New Port Richey, FL 34652 USA
(727) 847-2464 ~ (727) 847-5959 (fax)
profit@blindergroup.com

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"Mike is a no-nonsense type of guy who is aggressive and delivers what he promises. And one of the true visionaries in our industry."
  Robert Granfeldt Jr.
  VP, Consulting Services
  Morris DigitalWorks (Augusta, GA)

"We have so much opportunity in the future of newspapers and our online editions. Thanks for pointing out ways to make it a success.
  Sandra Hurley, Publisher
  Clinton (NC) Sampson
  Independent

"Thanks to the Blinder Group's help we now have tens of thousands in new revenues from one of our toughest advertiser categories: Real Estate. Their assistance in strategic planning, program development and training methods, which involved actual sale to advertisers, was invaluable in making this program a huge success!"
  Bill Lavelle
  Advertising Director
  The Grass Valley (CA) Union