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Youngevity (YGYI) Announces Highlights of Leadership Summit Convention
SAN DIEGO --(Business Wire)--
Growing direct-selling conglomerate, Youngevity Essential Life Sciences,
a wholly-owned subsidiary of Youngevity International, Inc. (OTCQX:
YGYI) (www.YGYI.com),
welcomed over 1,500 distributors and customers from around the globe to
Youngevity's first ever Leadership Summit Convention, which was held on
September 25th through September 27th at the Red
Rock Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada.
At the Convention, speakers included Youngevity® celebrity brand
ambassadors, Marilu Henner, Danny Glover, World Champion Natural Body
Builder, Gene Nelson, former NBA All-Stars, Theo Ratliff and Mike Glenn,
as well as special guest presenter Michael Bernoff, and nutritional
pioneer and Youngevity founder Dr. Joel D. Wallach, BS, DVM, ND.
Convention highlights included:
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Youngevity celebrity brand ambassador, Marilu Henner, inspired an
audience of over 1,500 people with advice on how to live healthier,
more active lifestyles.
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Actor, producer and humanitarian, Danny Glover was introduced as our
newest Celebrity Brand Ambassador. Mr. Glover's film credits include Lethal
Weapon, The Color Purple, Places in the Heart, and an Emmy
nominated portrayal of Nelson Mandela in Mandela.
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David Ori, VP of International Development, announced international
expansion plans which included Latin America, Israel, Russia, Eastern
Europe, and the Pacific Rim.
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Ricardo Spilman, Director of Sales and Operations for Eastern Europe
provided an update on the Company's launch in Russia which he expected
would take place in November of this year.
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Susan Azocar, Director of Sales and Operations for Latin America
provided an update on the Company's launch in Mexico which she advised
she expected would take place in November.
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The company's new website was previewed and is scheduled to be
launched by mid-October. Youngevity has been investing heavily in
technology and to the appreciation of its distributors this new
web-based technology provides a seamless interface that integrates a
multitude of processes that are currently found on separate sites.
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MKCollab announced new Sale section to website, plus launches new fall
jewelry with the fall collection expected to be available on Oct 15th.
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Special guest presenter, Michael Bernoff, President and Founder of the
Human Communications Institute, provided an inspirational and
empowering speech to the Youngevity audience on Living Life Beyond
Your Limits.
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CFO Dave Briskie and Directo of Youngevity Be the Change Foundation,
Lisa "Sunshine" Briskie announced the launch of Random Act of Kindness
Day, which will be on the 1st of every month, plus the
addition of My Story Matters to the foundations charitable recipients.
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CFO Dave Briskie announced coffee plantation updates including the
recent opening of an abandoned school for the families of the
plantation workers. Youngevity Be the Change Foundation is expected to
provide distributor donated clothing and shoes to the families of its
plantation and those in the surrounding communities.
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The Greatest Networkers in the World written by New York Times
bestselling author John Milton Fogg was released at the convention and
hundreds of copies were sold to distributors after its announcement.
The book tells the compelling stories of twenty-one top Youngevity
distributors.
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Introduction of new products, including:
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Pollen Burst™ Plus Gushing Grape a gluten-free, all-natural energy
drink with SOD and absorption boosting nutrients.
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Youngevity's GOFoods line introduced an Apple (News - Alert) Cinnamon GoFood Bar.
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Youngevity launched the new gluten-free and soy-free Slender FX™
Meal Replacement shakes, Chocolate Fudge and French Vanilla, which
includes a new advanced protein blend.
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Youngevity launched the two newest additions to the Imortalium®
product line, XeraTest™ and XeraFem™, advanced all-natural
hormonal support for men and women.
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Youngevity Essential Oils line which the company advised has grown
exponentially since the beginning of the year, announced the new
Essential Oils CEO Mega Pak™ and launched 8 new, specially-crafted
essential oil blends.
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Heritage Makers brand unveiled a new technology that will allow it
to compete in the 7 billion dollar greeting card industry. The
all-digital based system allows users to develop greeting cards
online and then have them mailed directly to their loved ones.
"Our distributors and customers were excited about the new product
announcements and the educational mentoring sessions hosted by some of
the most successful leaders within the elite ranks of Youngevity," said
Bill Andreoli, President of Youngevity. "We proudly welcomed
Youngevity's newest celebrity brand ambassador, actor, producer and
humanitarian, Danny Glover to our growing Youngevity family."
"This was Youngevity's first ever Leadership Summit and it was the ideal
setting to recognize and appreciate all of the talented and remarkable
people that are driving our growth," said Steve Wallach, CEO of
Youngevity. "Our distributors and customers are very enthusiastic about
Youngevity's international expansion plans and the new product launches
to further strengthen our diverse product portfolio. Youngevity has an
impressive growth rate over our 17 year history and we continue to
experience an accelerated number of distributors and customers who are
joining the Company each month."
About Youngevity International, Inc.
Youngevity International Inc., (OTCQX: YGYI) (www.YGYI.com)
is a fast-growing, innovative, multi-dimensional company that offers a
wide range of consumer products and services, primarily through
person-to-person selling relationships that comprise a "network of
networks." The Company also is a vertically integrated producer of the
finest coffees for the commercial, retail and direct sales channels, and
has launched a new Green Coffee sales division to leverage its recently
acquired coffee plantation and Green Coffee processing plant in
Nicaragua. The Company was formed after the merger of Youngevity
Essential Life Sciences (www.youngevity.com)
and Javalution Coffee Company in the summer of 2011, and changed its
name to Youngevity International Inc. from AL International, Inc. in
July 2013.
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expectations and projections about future events. In some cases
forward-looking statements can be identified by terminology such as
"may," "should," "potential," "continue," "expects," "anticipates,"
"intends," "plans," "believes," "estimates," and similar expressions.
The forward looking statements include statements regarding our future
growth, our planned global expansion, including our plans for Russia and
Mexico, the new fall jewelry collection and the Be the Change
Foundation. These statements are based upon current beliefs,
expectations and assumptions and are subject to a number of risks and
uncertainties, many of which are difficult to predict such as our
ability to successfully implement our global expansion as planned, roll
out the new fall jewelry collection as scheduled, and continue our
growth. The information in this release is provided only as of the date
of this release, and we undertake no obligation to update any
forward-looking statements contained in this release based on new
information, future events, or otherwise, except as required by law.
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