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Marilee Driscoll is a speaker, author, columnist, and consultant.
She speaks and writes on how business owners and professional advisors
can raise credibility and profitability through effective marketing,
branding and PR. In addition, she is the founder and national
spokesperson for Long Term Care Planning Month (www.LTCmonth.com).
Marilee has been a professional speaker since 1997, and she is a frequent
presenter at national meetings, private company events, and public
forums such as money conferences and women’s meetings. She has spoken to groups
such as the Boston Globe Money Conference, Toyota Corporation’s In the Interest
of Women Conference, and at the National conference as well as the
international conference and individual
chapters of the Financial Planning Association.
Mrs. Driscoll has been
quoted in hundreds of publications, including:
- Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine (6 times!);
- Bottom Line Personal (twice);
- Money
Magazine (twice);
- The Wall Street Journal (twice);
- The Washington Post.
Marilee has been interviewed on The CBS Early Show, Comcast Cable's
Money Matters show three times, as well as
dozens of radio shows, including ABC and NPR affiliates.
Through her NoSweatPR
programs and training, she shows other
businesspeople how to do their own PR.
Marketing, Branding and PR
Marilee is a regular columnist on marketing for Annuity Selling
Guide magazine, and her articles on marketing and PR are published
regularly in national publications. She has spoken to a
variety of national conferences on Marketing, including: The Senior
Market Advisor Expo, and the Society of Actuaries Intercompany LTCi
conference. She is a frequent speaker to groups such as the
National Speakers Association and International Coaching Federation
chapters.
Marilee' next book, with the working title "Invisible to InCREDIBLE:
raising visibility & credibility to become the obvious choice in
your market", is scheduled for release in late 2007.
In addition to speaking and consulting, Marilee holds 2-day PR
Intensive Programs that teach business owners how to get quoted, get
interviewed, and get published. More information can be found
at www.NoSweatPR.com
Long Term Care
Marilee is involved with educating consumers through the website
(www.LTCmonth.com), her writing and speaking
to consumer groups, at events such as investor conferences, women’s conferences,
and senior expos. Marilee does not work with consumers
individually regarding the purchase of long-term care insurance, or any other products, such as retirement housing or care giving options.
Marilee has been a consumer advocate on the topics of rate stabilization
and consumer-friendly claims appeals processes for long-term care insurance,
and she is frequently quoted by the media on these topics.
Watch Marilee
LIVE Interview on the CBS Early Show
She was invited to attend the National Endowment for
Financial Education Think Tank “Long-Term Care: Our Next National Crisis”
specifically for her understanding of consumer concerns.
Marilee's book
“The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Long-term Care Planning,” is a comprehensive
guide to the topic, and has been the bestseller in it’s category at Amazon
since publication.
Long Term Care Planning Month was founded by Marilee to raise public
awareness. Held each year in October, this event has been listed
in Chase’s Calendar of Events (the media “bible” for special occasions and
days) since 2000. Please visit
www.LTCmonth.com then for more information.
EDUCATION
Marilee is a part-time faculty member at the Boston Tax Institute,
a leading provider of continuing education for CPAs. Marilee has earned
her CLU (Chartered Life Underwriter) designation from The American College,
and her CSA (Certified Senior Advisor) designation from the
Society of Certified Senior Advisors. She holds a management degree with
a concentration in finance from Boston University.
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