Chris Golis' latest transformation is as a part time public speaker and trainer on Practical Emotional Intelligence which he began in June 2007 after retiring as a venture capitalist with Nanyang Ventures.  In 2010 he grossed $11,000 from book sales and workshops.  In 2011 gross sales were over $60,000. 

At the same time he played golf 2.5 days a week, bridge twice a week and went on three overseas trips.  Part of this sales success was due a pragmatic engagement with social media which actively started in November 2010 Chris will explain the both the techniques he has used successfully and the others which he thinks are a total waste of time.

Biography

Chris Golis is a graduate of Cambridge and the London Business School  He is the author of three books: The Humm Handbook --- Lifting Your Level of Emotional Intelligence, Enterprise & Venture Capital --- A Business Builders' and Investors' Handbook, and Empathy Selling -- The New Sales Technique for the 21st Century. After successful careers in IT and venture capital where he was the director of some 30 private and public companies, Chris is pursuing a third career as professional speaker and workshop leader on practical emotional intelligence.  He is the President of the Cambridge Society of NSW and an adjunct lecturer at the University of Technology Sydney.