Michael-John Toste has dedicated over 17 years to studying and consulting businesses and leaders. He is the Founder of World View; a marketing communications agency located in Silicon Valley, CA.

Mr. Toste began his career in the entertainment industry, and has been seen on television by over 50 million people in 36 countries. He has composed and performed two Top 100 Billboard Hit songs. As the lead vocalist and composer for the All Sports Band, Mr. Toste's special television appearances include: MTV, Solid Gold, and Dick Clark's American Bandstand, among other television and radio broadcasts that have aired nationally and internationally. Mr. Toste wrote "The Longest Day," which served as the theme song for an awareness campaign during the rescue relief operations for the 1989 earthquake that devastated Northern California. His many radio appearances and magazine articles, from CBS Radio to the pages of USA Today, have featured his innovative ideas. Mr. Toste's positive and dynamic delivery combined with his proven experience inspired his weekly newspaper business column that thousands of readers turn to for practical success principles. Mr. Toste's methods have been taught in organizations as IDT Corporation, Century 21, and the Hass School of Business at UC Berkeley.

He was president and founder of "Washington, D.C. Honors America's Heroes of Freedom," the official 9-11 tribute presented to the Pentagon Families and rescue workers of the terrorist attack on the one-year anniversary of the tragic event. Special guests included 17 Olympic Medallists, Mohammad Ali, Roberta Flack, Randy Travis, and many others. Mr. Toste also ministers to the needs of the financially and emotionally destitute in his local community.

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