Shane Gibson is a Vancouver-based International Speaker, author and Global Entrepreneur who has addressed several thousand people over the past thirteen years on stages in North America, Southern Africa and South America. He is quickly becoming known as one of Canada’s foremost speakers on the topic of sales performance. As a trainer, coach and motivational speaker he combines a diverse background in sales force leadership, new entrepreneur development and extensive sales and leadership coaching. He has been published in numerous publications a speaker and authority on the topics of Leadership, Marketing, Sales, Strategic Communications and Assessing Business Opportunities. He has also addressed the topic of Entrepreneurial Leadership in magazine, radio and television interviews, including CMA Magazine, the Financial Post and Profit Magazine. Shane Gibson is the author of Closing Bigger: The Field Guide to Closing Bigger Deals.Tumblr (3.0; @shane-gibson)http://shane-gibson.tumblr.com/<a href="http://www.closingbigger.net/2010/03/what-guerrilla-social-media-marketers-know/">What Guerrilla Social Media Marketers Know…</a>http://shane-gibson.tumblr.com/post/480653342http://shane-gibson.tumblr.com/post/480653342Sun, 28 Mar 2010 22:36:55 -0400<a href="http://www.closingbigger.net/2010/02/guy-kawasaki/">Guy Kawasaki + Olympic Hockey Tweetup in Vancouver Holy Kaw!</a>http://shane-gibson.tumblr.com/post/405444009http://shane-gibson.tumblr.com/post/405444009Mon, 22 Feb 2010 15:48:42 -0500<a href="http://www.closingbigger.net/2010/02/podcast-interview-what-they-dont-teach-you-at-stanford-business-school-larry-chiang/">Podcast Interview: What They Don’t Teach You At Stanford Business School – Larry Chiang</a>http://shane-gibson.tumblr.com/post/376910217http://shane-gibson.tumblr.com/post/376910217Sun, 07 Feb 2010 18:24:16 -0500<a href="http://www.closingbigger.net/2010/02/sociable-by-stephen-jagger-shane-gibson/">A Big Thank-you for Helping Make the Sociable Book Launch a Huge Success!</a>http://shane-gibson.tumblr.com/post/365707705http://shane-gibson.tumblr.com/post/365707705Mon, 01 Feb 2010 17:16:15 -0500<a href="http://www.closingbigger.net/2010/01/12-social-media-tips-under-140-characters/">12 Social Media Tips under 140 Characters</a>http://shane-gibson.tumblr.com/post/363742708http://shane-gibson.tumblr.com/post/363742708Sun, 31 Jan 2010 16:03:32 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kx4j51e58g1qzrckjo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>#2 on Amazon.ca in 3 categories.</p>http://shane-gibson.tumblr.com/post/363516184http://shane-gibson.tumblr.com/post/363516184Sun, 31 Jan 2010 13:24:37 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kx4j2p8WJf1qzrckjo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Book Launch for our book <a target="_blank" href="http://sociablebook.com">Sociable!</a></p>http://shane-gibson.tumblr.com/post/363514237http://shane-gibson.tumblr.com/post/363514237Sun, 31 Jan 2010 13:23:13 -0500<a href="http://twitter.com/shanegibson/statuses/8447068728">@dennispang welcome to @boardoftrade!</a>: <p>Shane Gibson @dennispang welcome to @boardoftrade! 3 hours ago from Twitter - Comment<br/> - Like</p>http://shane-gibson.tumblr.com/post/363139096http://shane-gibson.tumblr.com/post/363139096Sun, 31 Jan 2010 07:54:33 -0500<a href="http://twitter.com/shanegibson/statuses/8447841015">RT @garysegal: Learned a lot about social media this am from Shane Gibson and Stephen Jagger at board of trade event.Their Sociable Book is launching today</a>: <p>Shane Gibson RT @garysegal: Learned a lot about social media this am from Shane Gibson and Stephen Jagger at board of trade event.Their Sociable Book is launching today 3 hours ago from Twitter -…</p>http://shane-gibson.tumblr.com/post/363139094http://shane-gibson.tumblr.com/post/363139094Sun, 31 Jan 2010 07:54:33 -0500<a href="http://twitter.com/shanegibson/statuses/8445047396">RT @OnlineStrategy: RT @smuttysteff: "Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls. The most massive characters are seared with scars." -Khalil Gibran.</a>: <p>Shane Gibson RT @OnlineStrategy: RT @smuttysteff: “Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls. The most massive characters are seared with scars.” -Khalil Gibran. 2 hours ago from Twitter -…</p>http://shane-gibson.tumblr.com/post/362965957http://shane-gibson.tumblr.com/post/362965957Sun, 31 Jan 2010 04:41:00 -0500<a href="http://lifehacker.com/5452041/">Believing You Can Be Smarter Actually Makes You Smarter - Motivation - Lifehacker</a>: <p>Shane Gibson Believing You Can Be Smarter Actually Makes You Smarter - Motivation - Lifehacker - <a href="http://lifehacker.com/5452041/" target="_blank">http://lifehacker.com/5452041/</a> 3 hours ago from Facebook - Comment<br/> - Like</p>http://shane-gibson.tumblr.com/post/362965962http://shane-gibson.tumblr.com/post/362965962Sun, 31 Jan 2010 04:41:00 -0500<a href="http://twitter.com/shanegibson/statuses/8445025602">@BrianRushton congrats on becoming the mayor of Tim Hortons! :)</a>: <p>Shane Gibson @BrianRushton congrats on becoming the mayor of Tim Hortons! :) 2 hours ago from Twitter - Comment<br/> - Like</p>http://shane-gibson.tumblr.com/post/362965953http://shane-gibson.tumblr.com/post/362965953Sun, 31 Jan 2010 04:41:00 -0500<a href="http://twitter.com/shanegibson/statuses/8443767101">http://lifehacker.com/5452041/ "Believing you're smarter can actually make you smarter"</a>: <p>Shane Gibson <a href="http://lifehacker.com/5452041/" target="_blank">http://lifehacker.com/5452041/</a> “Believing you’re smarter can actually make you smarter” 3 hours ago from Twitter - Comment<br/> - Like</p>http://shane-gibson.tumblr.com/post/362965965http://shane-gibson.tumblr.com/post/362965965Sun, 31 Jan 2010 04:41:00 -0500<a href="http://twitter.com/shanegibson/statuses/8446984711">Twazzup gives a good snap-shot of social media activity around a brand or an key term http://ow.ly/12f4E -Helped me find stuff that I missed</a>: <p>Shane Gibson Twazzup gives a good snap-shot of social media activity around a brand or an key term <a href="http://www.twazzup.com/..." target="_blank">http://www.twazzup.com/…</a> -Helped me find stuff that I missed 15 minutes ago from Twitter -…</p>http://shane-gibson.tumblr.com/post/362965948http://shane-gibson.tumblr.com/post/362965948Sun, 31 Jan 2010 04:41:00 -0500<a href="http://twitter.com/shanegibson/statuses/8443555335">RT @CMABC: Find out what CMAs are up to in the winter issue of Update magazine: http://ow.ly/11t2w ^TM</a>: <p>Shane Gibson RT @CMABC: Find out what CMAs are up to in the winter issue of Update magazine: <a href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publica..." target="_blank">http://viewer.zmags.com/publica…</a> ^TM 3 hours ago from Twitter - Comment<br/> - Like</p>http://shane-gibson.tumblr.com/post/362965968http://shane-gibson.tumblr.com/post/362965968Sun, 31 Jan 2010 04:41:00 -0500<a href="http://twitter.com/shanegibson/statuses/8439096654">@CameronHerold hows the house? Everything okay? I sent you THE e-mail. Cheers!</a>: <p>Shane Gibson @CameronHerold hows the house? Everything okay? I sent you THE e-mail. Cheers! 2 hours ago from Twitter - Comment<br/> - Like</p>http://shane-gibson.tumblr.com/post/362767171http://shane-gibson.tumblr.com/post/362767171Sun, 31 Jan 2010 01:49:59 -0500<a href="http://twitter.com/shanegibson/statuses/8442927561">My 9 year old son to me: "Look Dad.... The iPad!" It's like a huge iPhone with better games and real video. (Oh boy)</a>: <p>Shane Gibson My 9 year old son to me: “Look Dad…. The iPad!” It’s like a huge iPhone with better games and real video. (Oh boy) 22 minutes ago from Twitter - Comment<br/> - Like</p>http://shane-gibson.tumblr.com/post/362767150http://shane-gibson.tumblr.com/post/362767150Sun, 31 Jan 2010 01:49:59 -0500<a href="http://twitter.com/shanegibson/statuses/8442671022">Reading @JohnChow - Dot Com Pho – Michael Kwan 2.0 Edition http://johnchow.com/13165 #Sociable!</a>: <p>Shane Gibson Reading @JohnChow - Dot Com Pho – Michael Kwan 2.0 Edition <a href="http://www.johnchow.com/dot-com..." target="_blank">http://www.johnchow.com/dot-com…</a> #Sociable! 32 minutes ago from Twitter - Comment<br/> - Like</p>http://shane-gibson.tumblr.com/post/362767154http://shane-gibson.tumblr.com/post/362767154Sun, 31 Jan 2010 01:49:59 -0500<a href="http://twitter.com/shanegibson/statuses/8440220666">RT @sjagger: on the phone with my mom (@kathiejagger) - she wants to learn about Twitter. (Hi to Stephen's Mom!)</a>: <p>Shane Gibson RT @sjagger: on the phone with my mom (@kathiejagger) - she wants to learn about Twitter. (Hi to Stephen’s Mom!) 2 hours ago from Twitter - Comment<br/> - Like</p>http://shane-gibson.tumblr.com/post/362767163http://shane-gibson.tumblr.com/post/362767163Sun, 31 Jan 2010 01:49:59 -0500<a href="http://twitter.com/shanegibson/statuses/8440455376">RT @fredshadian “A friend is someone who understands your past, believes in your future, and accepts you just the way you are.”</a>: <p>Shane Gibson RT @fredshadian “A friend is someone who understands your past, believes in your future, and accepts you just the way you are.” 2 hours ago from Twitter - Comment<br/> - Like</p>http://shane-gibson.tumblr.com/post/362767158http://shane-gibson.tumblr.com/post/362767158Sun, 31 Jan 2010 01:49:59 -0500