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BIO and SPEAKING TOPICS
Corey’s writing and visionary work has been published in Writer Magazine, Script Magazine, and on StartUp Nation and has been featured on Fox News, NBC5, Sacramento and Co, WGN (2x’s), and in print such as Young Money, Hoy, La Raza, Hispanic Executive Quarterly, MovieMaker Magazine, Dance Magazine and Hollywood Screenwriter Magazine.
Prior to writing, Corey worked in Hollywood as a commercial and voice-over actor starring in campaigns for McDonalds, Mountain Dew, Pepsi, Wrigley’s, Hasbro, Miller, Mitsubishi and the infamous Yard Fitness, where Corey plays basketball naked. Corey also appeared on shows such as The Shield, Fastlane, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Diagnosis Murder, Joan of Arcadia, and Sabrina the Teenage Witch before he produced The Boy Scout and directed and produced Gretchen Brettschneider Skirts Thirty and Unsuitable, all for Elevation 9000 Films.
He is the co-author of EDGE! A Leadership Story (finalist, National Best Books 2008 Awards) with Bea Fields and Eva Silva Travers, Excalibur Reclaims Her King with Angelica Harris, The Family Business with Dr. Kay Vogt and Jarret Rosenblatt and From the Barrio to the Board Room (available in English and Spanish) with Robert Renteria.
Corey is the President of Round Table Companies and Executive Director of the From the Barrio Foundation. He and co-author Robert Renteria are collaborating with the Chicago Public School District on a curriculum to be rolled out nationwide.
An avid keynote speaker, Corey has appeared at the Society of Southwestern Authors 2008 Wrangling with Writing Conference, the 93rd Annual Missouri Writers’ Guild Conference, the Virginia Reading Association (with Angelica Harris), Screenwriting Expo 4 (LA Convention Center), Cinespace (Hollywood), Avalon (Hollywood), The Ivar (Hollywood—The Make-A-Wish Foundation of Greater Los Angeles), Spring into Romance Writing Festival (San Diego), Jack London Writer’s Conference, and the Midwest Literary Festival (Chicago).
Topics for Keynote Speeches:
* (Writing) The Mad Science of Writing: How to create & build a brand around the invention that is your book!
* (Writing) The Business of Writing: Making a Game out of building your CREATIVE brand.
* (Writing) The Art of the Pitch: Activating the Imagination of your reader!
* (Corporate) Writing Your Way to Profit: Great Marketing reflects the Heart of your Business.
* (Corporate) Writing Your Book: The greatest Lead Generation system there is.
* (Writing and Corporate) Core Values: Using your essence to build a brand.