About Margo
Margo DeGange:
•Motivates and elevates others to embrace their very best personal and professional lives
•Caters to the entrepreneur who wants to be authentic and still make money
•Never forgets the spiritual side of living life and running a business
•Writes the most talked about marketing and business articles in the design and decorating industry
•Can’t keep the people in other industries away
•Speaks to groups all over the world on marketing, new media, personal development, defining and reaching your own success, being amazing, creating a life of freedom, and growing a business that touches the lives of others
•Is the founder of The DeGangi Group and its many businesses and ventures
•Is the creator of an array of business-building tools and self-help products, and the author of hundreds of articles and books enjoyed by great people in all walks of life
•Actually believes life is a gift, people come first, and work is mostly all fun!
Margarett (Margo) DeGange, M.Ed. is an Empowerment Coach who is totally commitment to helping others grow personally, professionally, and spiritually. Her mission is to empower people to create life and business success by connecting meaningfully with others, embracing opportunities, and taking focused action.
Margo ties together her background, education, and experience as a business and marketing strategist and adult-learning/adult-motivation expert, to show individuals how to recognize and capitalize on the tools and opportunities at their disposal. She has worked as a coach and mentor in many industries, with a strong emphasis in interior decorating, business development, self help, adult learning, and information marketing. She is a seasoned writer and speaker, and an inspiring educator.
Margo has been involved in many professional organizations and has helped business owners from all over the globe increase sales and profits and define and create their own success. She has helped countless individuals find their life passion and life-direction.
Although she credits her REAL education to years of studying people, success, and business, Margo earned both her Bachelor of Science and Masters of Education Degrees from Texas A&M University, where she studied Leadership and Communication with an emphasis in Business and Economics, and then went on for a Masters Degree is in Adult Education and Instructional Design with additional specialty area studies in Adult Motivation, Distance/Online Learning, and Organizational Development. She is a Certified Human Behavior Coach through the Leadership Institute of America. She also holds a degree in Speech Communications.
Margo’s design education includes studies in the science of color psychology and how color affects the brain, behavior, and our environments, interior decorating, and the design and fabrication of custom home fashions, bedding, and window treatments. She is a WCAA Certified Window Treatment Consultant, a Window Fashions Certified Professional, a Dewey Color Consultant, a DANA Certified Professional Decorator, a Dewey Certified Instructor, and a Window Coverings University Certified Instructor.
Margo’s contributions to her industries include serving as the National Director of Training and Education for the Window Coverings University, serving on the National Board of Directors and as the National Vice-President of the WCAA, serving on the Advisory Board of We Make Color Easy, serving as the Executive Director of the Decorators’ Alliance of North America (DANA), serving as a Certified Instructor for the Dewey Color System and the WCU, serving as a contributing editor for Furniture World Magazine, serving as a Nation-Wide Development Manager for the Exciting Windows Network, serving as the Education Director (and founder) of The DeGangi School of Interior Decoration, being a member of the Inscape Publishing Network, and serving on numerous national and regional educational and marketing committees, forums, panels, and advisory posts. She is also the founder of Women of Splendor, an organization devoted to the personal, professional, and spiritual growth of women, their families, and their communities.
Margo has written countless articles for various trade and professional publications and blogs, and has authored numerous books and educational programs in interior decorating and design, professional speaking, marketing, communication, business, new marketing, personal development, and information marketing. She has also personally developed scores of business-building products for both new and seasoned entrepreneurs, and she founded The Decorators Alliance of North America, a trade organization for professionals in design-related businesses.
Margo has led keynotes, workshops, and programs in many market niches including interior design, home improvement, professional speaking, education, real estate, self help, healthcare/wellness, the food and chef industries, and other industries. She is in demand as a writer, speaker, and coach, and her passion for both personal and professional growth is truly contagious.
Margo has trained people from all over the world, yet she finds that the 10 most common threads of empowered and successful lives are:
1. To Know who you are outside of what you do
2. To connect meaningfully with others
3. To take responsibility for where you are
4. To define success on your own terms
5. To take focused action towards what you’ve defined
6. To recognize the opportunities surrounding you
7. To keep moving when you don’t yet “see” success
8. To celebrate with vigor when you do
9. To sow into the lives of others
10. To create significant work that touches people and improves quality of living in a measurable way
Margo lives Central TX.
E-mail Margo DeGange at Margarett@DeGangiGroup.com
To Learn more about Margarett DeGange (Margo) and the coaching, speaking, and custom training programs she offers, call 979-690-8329 or EMAIL her.
The other ten percent of the time you had no right to expect that much.
-- Augustine
