Bruce Turkel
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Bruce Turkel (born 1957) is a creative entrepreneur, speaker and author on the subject of branding.
Early life
Bruce was born and raised in Miami Beach, Florida. His father, Leonard Turkel and his mother, Annsheila Turkel moved to Miami from New York City in 1956. He attended the University of Florida from 1976 to 1980 where he earned degrees in Fine Arts and Design.{{cite web|title=A Conversation with Bruce Turkel|url=http://calendar.ufl.edu/event-archive/2017/january/a-conversation-with-bruce-turkel-1617.php|website=University of Florida|accessdate=February 17, 2017|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170107175823/http://calendar.ufl.edu/event-archive/2017/january/a-conversation-with-bruce-turkel-1617.php|archive-date=January 7, 2017|url-status=dead}}
Career
He began his advertising career in New York in 1980, but due to his entrepreneurial drive, which was influenced by his father, Bruce returned to Miami in 1983 and founded Turkel Brands, the branding and advertising agency he now heads.{{cite web|last1=Zbar|first1=Jeff|title=Bruce Turkel on how to build your brand|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/southflorida/print-edition/2014/07/25/bruce-turkel-on-how-to-build-your-brand.html|website=South Florida Business Journal}}
Bruce is also a founder and board member of The Strategic Forum (TSF). TSF is a South Florida-based executive organization dedicated to creating business opportunities for its c-suite members as well as students from Nova Southeastern University's. Wayne Huizenga College of Business and Entrepreneurship.
Bruce is also a professional speaker and author. He has written and published three books on branding and marketing, Brain Darts, New Design: Miami, and Building Brand Value and one novel, The Mouth of the South, A member of the National Speakers Association,{{cite web|title=Platform Collapses: Speakers Group Scraps Name Change After Outcr|url=http://associationsnow.com/2014/07/platform-collapses-speakers-group-scraps-name-change-after-outcry/|website=Associations Now|accessdate=February 17, 2017}} he has spoken for Fortune 500 companies including Nike, Toll Brothers and Discovery Channel, at conferences such as Destination Marketing Association International, NAMM, MPI, and ProMax and at universities including MIT and Harvard.{{cite web|title=Dean Lucinda Lavelli welcomes Bruce Turkel as the newest member of the College of the Arts Council|url=http://arts.ufl.edu/in-the-loop/news/dean-lucinda-lavelli-welcomes-bruce-turkel-as-the-newest-member-of-the-college-of-the-arts-council/|website=University of Florida College of the Arts|accessdate=February 17, 2017}}{{cite web|title=Bruce Turkel speaks at School of Business’ Executive Leadership Forum|url=https://www.barry.edu/news/article.html?id=28804|website=Barry University|accessdate=February 17, 2017|language=en}}
He has been interviewed on CNN and NPR. He is a regular guest subject matter expert on Fox Business Channel{{cite web|last1=Brock|first1=Terry|title=How to grow your business by focusing on others|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/bizjournals/how-to/growth-strategies/2016/09/how-to-grow-your-business-by-focusing-on-others.html|website=Business Journals}} and has been featured in The New York Times ,{{cite web|last1=Lauro|first1=Patricia Winters|title= Miami and Bermuda polish their images to try to beckon Northeast residents.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/26/business/media-business-advertising-miami-bermuda-polish-their-images-try-beckon.html|website=The New York Times|accessdate=February 17, 2017|date=February 26, 2003}} The Miami Herald,{{cite web|title=Growing your business: Here’s how to make big money from a little blog|url=http://www.miamiherald.com/news/business/biz-monday/article23363640.html|website=Miami Herald|accessdate=February 17, 2017|language=en}} and Fortune.{{cite web|title=The ultimate CEO travel secret: Wash your underwear in the sink|url=http://fortune.com/2014/10/01/the-ultimate-travel-hack/|website=Fortune|accessdate=February 17, 2017}}
Books
- Brain darts : the advertising design of Turkel Schwartz & Partners(1999). Rockport Publ. . {{ISBN|978-1564965653}}.
- New Design: Miami. (2000) Rockport Pub. {{ISBN|978-1564966605}}.
- Building brand value : seven simple steps to profitable communications. (2005) BookSurge Publishing. {{ISBN|978-1419623493}}.
- The Mouth of the South. (2011)
- All About Them: Grow Your Business by Focusing on Others. (2016) Brilliance Audio Lib Edn. {{ISBN|9781522651642}}.{{cite web|last1=David|first1=John P.|title=9 Business Books Recommended as Last-Minute Gifts|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-p-david/9-business-books-recommen_b_13748254.html|website=The Huffington Post|accessdate=February 17, 2017|date=December 20, 2016}}
- Is That All There Is? What Are You Doing For The Rest Of Your Life? (2021). {{ISBN|9781737379}}.
References
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External links
- [https://bruceturkel.com Bruce Turkel]
- [https://togetherwithturkel.com Together With Turkel]
- [https://itati.me] Is That All There Is? Community
- [https://ceonly.me] CEOnly Strategic Roundtables
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Category:Businesspeople from Miami
Category:American advertising executives