About Steven J. Manning
Some people collect stamps, memorabilia, music, dolls, Zippo lighters, bottle caps, Happy Meals, toys, rocks, bad habits. As an astute observer of people, life and all manner of happenings,
Manning Collects People and Stories.
Steve asserts to lead a preposterously fulfilling life. That tends to happen to people who will try and fail to read everything in print and online, talk to anybody about anything, anywhere, anytime. And then try to live all of that. His Life Is Not A Dress Rehearsal and A Life Without Passion Is A Life Not Worth Living philosophies are on his omnipresent imaginary teleprompter.
He was born and raised until his teens in Communist Romania. With a great escape story from Romania to tell and after a delightful stretch as near homeless in Rome, his family finally settled in Woody Allen’s den of mediocre intellect, Los Angeles. He and most of his family continue to reside there. Enduring La La Land made possible by well-earned access to the rest of the world, courtesy of Boeing and Airbus aircraft, and oft-used, no-limits credit cards backed by success in business.
He is credited with the origination of prominent creative and empirical concepts, strategies and techniques widely used today in marketing and advertising. He is a recognized expert in a number of fields, including marketing, advertising, corporate governance and conflict resolution. In addition to successful owned and operated enterprises, he has generated revenues for and advised on a broad spectrum of matters over 70 major brands, including CBS, Disney, Daimler, DirectTV, Guthy Renker, IKEA, Provide Commerce, Kimberly-Clark, NBC, Netflix, WebMD, SONY, Telebrands, Time Warner, Toyota, LG, UMG, Milton Friedman University, as well as other Fortune 100 enterprises who do not want their advisors named publicly.
Among his notable accomplishments, Manning created the direct response industry in the former Iron Curtain countries when the “curtain fell.” He also served as corporate structure and governance, marketing, course development and human resources leader of Milton Friedman University (formerly Zsigmond Király College) from its infancy to maturity.
His professional and business relationships span the world. These include captains of industry, world-renown educators, authors and thought-leaders, and sports personalities.
After an experience-rich life, millions of life and real miles traveled, Steve expresses his observations as a story-teller, satirist and provocateur, in his writing and public engagements. He has been writing and speaking extensively on pillars of entrepreneurial success, politics, economics, advertising, marketing, conflict resolutions, writing, leadership, social trends and structures, his unique philosophies of life, and all about the human condition and spirit.
Steven authored forty commissioned expert talks for the Access Group/Bookboon — the world’s largest publisher of business content with over 75 million downloads a year. Twenty of those talks were among the top downloaded globally. He was also commissioned to write for the McGraw Hill Leadership in the 21st Century portal, serving 7,500 groups of university and college professors worldwide.
Many of Steve’s anecdotes, satires, stories, white papers, treatments, compositions, analyses and position papers have been widely circulated around the world. As are speeches (even eulogies) he has been asked to pen. In just the past two years, Steven has been featured as a subject matter expert in 85 global interviews and podcasts.
He is co-founder, publisher, editor and writer of MONDAY INFLUENCER®
His latest book, The Business of Life. Taking a wrecking ball to conventions and norms, in search of independent thought, is available everywhere books are sold. His book preceding that, Pimps Whores And Patrons Of Virtue is highly acclaimed around the world. Next: Explaining Bitcoin To Buddhist Monks and Thanks Oscar (Wilde) are in the works.
His passions are his family of fantastic women, his challenging friends, few and all much smarter than he, writing for fun and profit, competitive tennis and skiing, everything horsepower, and public speaking on two continents.
In his daily four to five hours of idle time, he sleeps really well and asserts never to snore.
Publisher’s Biography
Steven J. Manning
Steven is an internationally known business leader, advisor, author, public speaker and broadcaster. He is a founder, CEO, Principal, General Manager and Board Member of a number of enterprises in the US and Europe. He is credited with the origination of prominent creative and empirical concepts, targeting data base concepts, media strategies, promotional concepts, incentive devices and channels, and decision-making predictive techniques. All those are widely used in the marketing world. Steven has been active in the digital world since the invention of commercial applications on the net.
He has generated tens of billions of dollars in revenue flows in consumer products, services and consultative endeavors. In addition to successfully owned and operated enterprises, he has generated revenue for and has been a principal advisor to many major global brands in businesses including marketing, advertising, corporate governance and conflict resolution. Those include: CBS, Disney, DirectTV, Guthy Renker, IKEA, Provide Commerce, Kimberly-Clark, NBC, Netflix, WebMD, SONY, Telebrands, Time Warner, Toyota, LG, UMG, Milton Friedman University, as well as other Fortune 100 enterprises who do not want their advisors named publicly.
His professional and personal relationships span the world. Those include captains of industry, world-renown educators, authors, thought-leaders and sports personalities.
Steven is a recognized expert in a number of disciplines. He writes and speaks extensively on pillars of success, economics, advertising, marketing, technology, conflict resolution, writing, leadership, management, politics, social constructs, history, politics, his unique philosophies of life, and all about the human condition and spirit to various audiences including professional groups and institutes of higher learning.
Steven authored forty commissioned expert talks for the Access Group/Bookboon — the world’s largest publisher of business content with over 75 million downloads a year. Many of those talks were among the top downloaded globally. He is also commissioned to write for the McGraw Hill Leadership in the 21st Century portal, serving 7,500 groups of university and college professors worldwide.
Many of Steve’s anecdotes, satires, stories, white papers, treatments, compositions, analyses and position papers have been widely circulated around the world. As are speeches (even eulogies) he has been asked to pen. In just the past two years, Steven has been featured as a subject matter expert in 85 global interviews and podcasts.
He is co-founder, publisher, editor and writer of MONDAY INFLUENCER®.
His latest book, The Business of Life. Taking a wrecking ball to conventions and norms, in search of independent thought, is available everywhere books are sold. His book preceding that, Pimps Whores And Patrons Of Virtue is highly acclaimed around the world. Next: Explaining Bitcoin To Buddhist Monks, Thanks Oscar (Wilde), All About Women, 26 Ways to Get Over Yourself and Be Successful in Life and Business, and The Inheritance of Survival: The Inner Lives of Children of Holocaust Survivors are in the works.
Press & Media
For media inquiries, interview requests, and speaking engagements contact Steven at sj*******@**mc.com.
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