OC Business Forum 2024 led by Chair Anne Tammel
In October, over 200 business leaders, owners, and entrepreneurs from across Orange County gathered at UCI’s Cove for the inaugural OC Business Forum. This transformative event delivered on its promise of uniting and empowering all business owners with a full day of networking, strategic insights, and opportunities to strengthen entrepreneurial skills, scale operations, and celebrate success stories.
Curated and led by OC Entrepreneur Forum Chair Anne Tammel, at this first-ever event, attendees explored the latest business trends, enjoyed a gourmet lunch with legendary OC Chef Pascal Olhats, practiced workplace wellness trends, and co-created innovative strategies for business scaling. launching a vibrant, supportive community for all entrepreneurs and business owners to build meaningful relationships and drive their organizations forward. Watch the recap video:
Curated and led by OC Entrepreneur Forum Chair Anne Tammel, at this first-ever event, attendees explored the latest business trends, enjoyed a gourmet lunch with legendary OC Chef Pascal Olhats, practiced workplace wellness trends, and co-created innovative strategies for business scaling. launching a vibrant, supportive community for all entrepreneurs and business owners to build meaningful relationships and drive their organizations forward. Watch the recap video:
Celebrating a decade since the first Poets and Dreamers publication, and over two decades since its founding, Poets and Dreamers International is pleased to present Poets and Dreamers: Art, Culture, and Conversation by celebrated author Anne Tammel.
This collection brings together creative visionaries and strategic thought leaders, storytellers, poets, and artists who challenge, inspire, and reshape our cultural and artistic landscape.
Founded in 2001 after executive editor Anne Tammel returned from a transformative journey through the Mediterranean, what began as a series of literary salons, art workshops, garden dinners, and spoken word performances evolved into Poets and Dreamers-a global circle of visionary leaders, literary artists, poets, chefs, designers, and painters who believe that words, art, music, and shared culinary experiences act as a transcendent bridge to transform lives.
From the street cafés of Paris to the studios of New York, from the shores of Sicily to the kitchens of world-renowned chefs, from the ateliers of couture visionaries to the poems that capture the essence of exile, and from the art that reveals the depth of human connection, this collection creates a space for literary, culinary, technical, and visual exploration-sharing themes of transcendence, identity, and belonging. Inside this forthcoming work, you'll Discover artworks exploring identity, exile, and transformation, visual narratives from leading and emerging artists, intimate firsthand interviews with cultural visionaries, chefs, designers, and literary pioneers, poetry and prose capturing the essence of displacement, human connection, and global belonging.
Publisher: Poets and Dreamers International Press
Publication Date: May 12, 2025
Pre-Order Available Now
The term Poets and Dreamers was first introduced by Lady Gregory in 1903 with her collection Poets and Dreamers: Studies and Translations from the Irish, as she brought together daring, imaginative voices to explore themes like shadow-heroes, herb healing, and life on the "edge of the world." Poets and Dreamers now carries forward that legacy-expanding its reach across literature, fine arts, cuisine, and global culture. Open this book and join the Poets and the Dreamers.
This collection brings together creative visionaries and strategic thought leaders, storytellers, poets, and artists who challenge, inspire, and reshape our cultural and artistic landscape.
Founded in 2001 after executive editor Anne Tammel returned from a transformative journey through the Mediterranean, what began as a series of literary salons, art workshops, garden dinners, and spoken word performances evolved into Poets and Dreamers-a global circle of visionary leaders, literary artists, poets, chefs, designers, and painters who believe that words, art, music, and shared culinary experiences act as a transcendent bridge to transform lives.
From the street cafés of Paris to the studios of New York, from the shores of Sicily to the kitchens of world-renowned chefs, from the ateliers of couture visionaries to the poems that capture the essence of exile, and from the art that reveals the depth of human connection, this collection creates a space for literary, culinary, technical, and visual exploration-sharing themes of transcendence, identity, and belonging. Inside this forthcoming work, you'll Discover artworks exploring identity, exile, and transformation, visual narratives from leading and emerging artists, intimate firsthand interviews with cultural visionaries, chefs, designers, and literary pioneers, poetry and prose capturing the essence of displacement, human connection, and global belonging.
Publisher: Poets and Dreamers International Press
Publication Date: May 12, 2025
Pre-Order Available Now
The term Poets and Dreamers was first introduced by Lady Gregory in 1903 with her collection Poets and Dreamers: Studies and Translations from the Irish, as she brought together daring, imaginative voices to explore themes like shadow-heroes, herb healing, and life on the "edge of the world." Poets and Dreamers now carries forward that legacy-expanding its reach across literature, fine arts, cuisine, and global culture. Open this book and join the Poets and the Dreamers.
Team Coaching and Culture Transformation
Join Executive Coaches of Orange County May 13, 2024
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10th Annual Orange County World Trade Week Forum
Pathways to Progress: The Road Ahead for International Trade
Meet Poets and Dreamers founder Anne Tammel & OC SCORE leadership to gain mentorship support with your international trading plans.
Learn more & register:
Elevate the collective potential of your team.
Start your cultural transformation:
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In February, Master Certified Coach Damian Goldvarg joined the Orange County Chapter of the International Coaching Federation (ICF) in Irvine to present on Trends: Artificial Intelligence and Coaching
Introducing Poets and Dreamers
Coaching Program and Service
The Poets and Dreamers coaching network and program is available to executive, business, entrepreneurial, career and career coaching clients.
Poets and Dreamers offers neuroscience-based coaching and consulting services to business leaders, entrepreneurs, teams, professionals. For business and entrepreneurial teams, all sessions are personalized and can cover the following (as examples):
- Team Assessment
- Developing Common Identity and Purpose
- Creating an Inclusive Roadmap
- Starting a Results-Driven Accountability System
- Planning for Long-Term Sustainability
- Strategic Planning
As certified executive & business coaches, we guide business leaders through competitive differentiation and strategies for long-term success. Through our strategy consultancy devoted to entrepreneurial success and positive team culture, we empower high-conflict teams to work collaboratively through successful outcomes, and coach senior-level leaders at global corporations, offering guidance with diverse business models and leadership challenges across industries.
By combining practical strategies with innovative approaches tailored to each team, we support leaders through building resilient, innovative, performance-driven ventures, and promote entrepreneurial mindset in founders and business leaders, focusing on strategic planning, adaptability, positive culture, and gratitude-driven leadership.
Our areas of specialization include: executive coaching, leadership strategy, business coaching, entrepreneurial mindset, strategic content, branding and positioning, executive advancement, and business school consultation.
To receive an initial Poets and Dreamers session and be paired with a coach, please share your specific objectives:
Small Business/ Entrepreneur Teams: use this link
Career Coaching: use this link
MBA & College Admissions Coaching: use this link
Life Coaching: coming soon
Subscription: coming soon
Poets and Dreamers offers neuroscience-based coaching and consulting services to business leaders, entrepreneurs, teams, professionals. For business and entrepreneurial teams, all sessions are personalized and can cover the following (as examples):
- Team Assessment
- Developing Common Identity and Purpose
- Creating an Inclusive Roadmap
- Starting a Results-Driven Accountability System
- Planning for Long-Term Sustainability
- Strategic Planning
As certified executive & business coaches, we guide business leaders through competitive differentiation and strategies for long-term success. Through our strategy consultancy devoted to entrepreneurial success and positive team culture, we empower high-conflict teams to work collaboratively through successful outcomes, and coach senior-level leaders at global corporations, offering guidance with diverse business models and leadership challenges across industries.
By combining practical strategies with innovative approaches tailored to each team, we support leaders through building resilient, innovative, performance-driven ventures, and promote entrepreneurial mindset in founders and business leaders, focusing on strategic planning, adaptability, positive culture, and gratitude-driven leadership.
Our areas of specialization include: executive coaching, leadership strategy, business coaching, entrepreneurial mindset, strategic content, branding and positioning, executive advancement, and business school consultation.
To receive an initial Poets and Dreamers session and be paired with a coach, please share your specific objectives:
Small Business/ Entrepreneur Teams: use this link
Career Coaching: use this link
MBA & College Admissions Coaching: use this link
Life Coaching: coming soon
Subscription: coming soon
Reserve your spot now.
Free Consultation (first time clients only)
Book a free consultation to determine the most ideal service for you
MBA and College Admissions Coaching: use this link
The One Time Personal Statement Edit includes:
Review of Application Data Form
Essays: Proofread and Edit
Resume: Review
Career Search Coaching & Consulting: use this link
For career coaching applicants, this career search package includes:
Review of Resume, LinkedIn, Cover Letter
Fit with Organization: Targeted Approach for 3 Positions
Resume, LinkedIn, Cover Letter: Proofread and Edit
Resume: Revision (3 versions)
2 Coaching Calls via Phone or Zoom (40 minutes)
Executive Leadership Coaching: use this link
For executive and career clients, this leadership coaching package includes:
6 Executive Leadership Coaching Sessions via Phone or Zoom (45 minutes)
Free Consultation (first time clients only)
Book a free consultation to determine the most ideal service for you
MBA and College Admissions Coaching: use this link
The One Time Personal Statement Edit includes:
Review of Application Data Form
Essays: Proofread and Edit
Resume: Review
Career Search Coaching & Consulting: use this link
For career coaching applicants, this career search package includes:
Review of Resume, LinkedIn, Cover Letter
Fit with Organization: Targeted Approach for 3 Positions
Resume, LinkedIn, Cover Letter: Proofread and Edit
Resume: Revision (3 versions)
2 Coaching Calls via Phone or Zoom (40 minutes)
Executive Leadership Coaching: use this link
For executive and career clients, this leadership coaching package includes:
6 Executive Leadership Coaching Sessions via Phone or Zoom (45 minutes)
Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Literary Feature:
Non Fiction by Kevin McGrath
Our current feature, the Art of Travel, is an essay by poet and scholar Kevin McGrath. First published by Poets and Dreamers Literary Journal in 2018, we revisit this work to learn from, seek wisdom within, and honor his powerful spirit as he makes his journey away from this world.
Infinitely wise, profoundly spiritual, and uniquely generous, Dr Kevin McGrath trusted several works to Poets and Dreamers Literary & Fine Arts Journal, a journal devoted to collecting works from artists across the globe who join with a spirit of cultural unity, of erasing the divides that exist between lands, and creating a space of universal belonging. The great poet left us these words so that we may transcend as humans, as travelers, as artists and scholars on our respective journeys.
Soar high on powerful wings, beautiful spirit ... you will forever be missed but always honored by the Poets and the Dreamers of this world ... as artists and as humans, we remain eternally grateful for the wisdom and love you gifted to us and the art of literature.
Infinitely wise, profoundly spiritual, and uniquely generous, Dr Kevin McGrath trusted several works to Poets and Dreamers Literary & Fine Arts Journal, a journal devoted to collecting works from artists across the globe who join with a spirit of cultural unity, of erasing the divides that exist between lands, and creating a space of universal belonging. The great poet left us these words so that we may transcend as humans, as travelers, as artists and scholars on our respective journeys.
Soar high on powerful wings, beautiful spirit ... you will forever be missed but always honored by the Poets and the Dreamers of this world ... as artists and as humans, we remain eternally grateful for the wisdom and love you gifted to us and the art of literature.
“Dare to live the life you have dreamed for yourself...
Go forward and make your dreams come true.”
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Go forward and make your dreams come true.”
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Our previous issue, the Dreamers and Displaced, is a collection of works from artists across the globe who join with a spirit of cultural unity, of erasing the divides that exist between lands, and creating a space of universal belonging...Through these works, artists address these themes with a poetic sense of unity, of rising above misconceptions that divide humanity, of sharing the word that wisdom and love are possible—and it is through art that we can make this happen.
Poets and Dreamers LLC was created in 2001, after executive editor-in-chief Anne Marie returned from a transformative journey through the Mediterranean. What began as a series of literary salons, writing workshops, and spoken word performances expanded into a worldwide publishing network and circle of literary & fine artists who believe that words, art, and music act as a transcendent bridge, and allow us to create the lives we have imagined.
Poets and Dreamers LLC creates opportunities for professionals, authors, artists, and dreamers to actualize their plans through access to services, consultations, collaboration/ circulation, and products. Through our service-based organization, Poets and Dreamers makes coaching, consulting, and literacy services accessible to professionals and applicants who need support with achieving their dreams. Our Literary services are focused on crafting, publishing, and circulating professional and literary works and fine arts. Our products aim to connect the world with poetry, and unite the world through art.
Poets and Dreamers Press and the Poets and Dreamers Journal exist as opportunities for leaders, professionals, and artists to actualize themselves and their works through the collaboration and circulation of information, interviews, literary works, and fine arts. Specializing in coaching, creating, and connecting, Poets and Dreamers connects the world with poetry, and unites the world through art.
Poets and Dreamers LLC creates opportunities for professionals, authors, artists, and dreamers to actualize their plans through access to services, consultations, collaboration/ circulation, and products. Through our service-based organization, Poets and Dreamers makes coaching, consulting, and literacy services accessible to professionals and applicants who need support with achieving their dreams. Our Literary services are focused on crafting, publishing, and circulating professional and literary works and fine arts. Our products aim to connect the world with poetry, and unite the world through art.
Poets and Dreamers Press and the Poets and Dreamers Journal exist as opportunities for leaders, professionals, and artists to actualize themselves and their works through the collaboration and circulation of information, interviews, literary works, and fine arts. Specializing in coaching, creating, and connecting, Poets and Dreamers connects the world with poetry, and unites the world through art.
The image above of ballerina Nan Venderbush, Numinous, was taken in her NYC garden by artist and designer Simon Alcantara. Please contact the artist for permission to share.
