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How to Claim Social Security for Maximum Benefit and Litetime Income
Jeff Young, Senior Wealth Manager, Kierland Financial Group
TOPIC CATEGORY: Financial
Request This Free SpeechAround 45% of Americans take their Social Security benefits at the earliest possible time, usually around their 62nd birthday. For a great majority of these people, that is both a grievous and irreversible decision that has long-term deleterious effects. MORE >
Jeff Young has spend a decade teaching people about the most efficient manner to take these distributions and for a couple, the difference in doing it right and doing it wrong can mean tens of thousands of dollars. Jeff explains how people can benefit from understanding the various strategies available to them and exactly how to employ them. This is an eye-opening session and one you will want to hear prior to making those significant decisions about Social Security. -
The Founder Trap: When You Become the Lid on Your Own Company
John Wiley, CEPA, CEO, Private Equity Strategist, Navy Veteran, Author, John Franklin Wiley
TOPIC CATEGORY: Business
Request This Free SpeechYou started it. You grew it. Now it can’t grow because of you. It’s not a failure – it’s a pattern that hits the best founders. John Franklin Wiley has lived this as a CEO and helped dozens of owners break free of it as a strategist. In this candid, story-driven talk, John unpacks why founder dependency is the #1 value killer in small and mid-size companies – and what it actually takes to build something that can run, grow, and eventually sell without you in every chair.
Your audience will walk away with:
• The three signs a founder has become the bottleneck
• Why “delegation” alone doesn’t fix it
• What buyer-ready leadership infrastructure actually looks like Practical, personal, and jargon-free. MORE >Built for entrepreneur groups, peer advisory roundtables, and business associations. -
What’s Your Bike?
Dave Cooke, CEO and Board Chair, 100Pedals, Inc.
TOPIC CATEGORY: Motivational
Request This Free Speech“What’s your bike” introduces audiences to the struggles of addiction in the family, while lending credibility with those on their similar paths. Dave takes his audiences on a profound, personal journey where they transition from a feeling of helplessness and hopelessness to a place of empowerment and possibility, as they confidently begin the search for their path through the adversities which are dragging them down. MORE >
As the audience discovers the possibilities for change in the face of chaos, Dave moves them from a place of fear and worry to one of hope and opportunity while helping them recognize the impact of both on their lives and their outcomes.After learning his youngest child was addicted to heroin, Dave Cooke spent the next eighteen months on a relentless quest to save him. This determined commitment took him through all the experiences a parent goes through – deception, theft, overdoses, multiple arrests, jail, homelessness and untold sleepless nights. With every painful experience guilt and failure took another piece out of his spirit to the point where he felt as though everything was lost. His business nearly collapsed, his health was suffering, and his relationships were falling apart. Dave was broken in every way imaginable.
Late one night, in a desperate plea for relief, Dave took on a personal challenge to ride his bike for one hour a day, for one hundred consecutive days. It was an activity which completely changed his life. Dave’s inspiring story provides powerful insights into the experiences of being a parent of an addicted child, while offering an incredibly inspiring message for parents struggling to find their way through life’s adversities such as the chaos of their child’s addiction.
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Bringing Joy Back into Your Life
Selina Schuh, Home Organizer, Speaker, Author, Empowered Living Strategies
TOPIC CATEGORY: Self Improvement
Request This Free SpeechFeeling exhausted and overwhelmed? Can’t remember the last time you had fun? Join us to learn how to rejuvenate and experience joy.
By attending this workshop, you will discover: MORE >
• Why we don’t make ourselves a priority
• Why (contrary to popular belief) selfishness is a good thing
• What the simple (yet not always easy!) steps are to turn things around -
The Power of Facebook Live, How to Build Credibility and Sales in 3 Minutes
Jean Kuhn, Business Strategist / Consultant, Bounce Solutions Jean Kuhn
TOPIC CATEGORY: Business
Request This Free SpeechIn this entertaining 45 minute presentation, Certified Master Speaker, Jean Kuhn, shows your audience how to go from ordinary business owner to “Expert/Celebrity” business owner and why that’s important to getting new customers. MORE >
Your audience will learn how to make content rich videos in a matter of minutes with their phone, tablet or desktop to create raving fans and buying customers. Something their competition is not doing... yet.Your audience will learn:
* How to increase their customer reach
* How to retain clients that stay longer and spend more money
* How to get over 1000 views from their videos
* How to create instant credibility
* Hear real-life statistics that Jean and her clients are getting as they are building their businesses and getting new clients from video
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Creativity Through Connection
Jason Parent, Facilitator, Breath.Energy
TOPIC CATEGORY: Self Improvement
Request This Free SpeechCreativity comes from synthesizing multiple elements from different sources to form a new coherent reality. This presentation allows the mind to relax and access every piece of data available to it to bring something new into the world.
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Eating Right Is Not A 30 Day Challenge, It’s A Lifestyle
Dr. Leisa-Marie Grgula, Chiropractic Physician and Acupuncturist, Accurate Care Pain Relief Center
TOPIC CATEGORY: Health & Fitness
Request This Free SpeechGiving the talk doing the walk. Dr. Leisa teaches attendees how to easily make better health a lifestyle. She focuses on these simple, yet effective lifestyle changes, rather than a quick fix.
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From Condemned Hospital to National Nonprofit: Leadership When the Odds Are Absurd
John Wiley, CEPA, CEO, Private Equity Strategist, Navy Veteran, Author, John Franklin Wiley
TOPIC CATEGORY: Business
Request This Free SpeechIn 2009, John Franklin Wiley walked into a 150,000-square-foot abandoned hospital with no funding, no staff, and a vision that made everyone nervous. Within a few years, it became River of Refuge – a fully operational transitional housing campus for homeless working families. This talk isn’t about nonprofit work. It’s about what happens when you lead from conviction instead of a business plan – when the resources are thin, the critics are loud, and the only thing you have going for you is an unwillingness to quit. John shares the real story: the financing nobody thought would work, the volunteers who showed up, the moments when the project should have died, and the lesson that transformed how he leads everything since. MORE >
Your audience will walk away with:
• Why vision without a plan still beats a plan without vision
• How to lead when you can’t guarantee the outcome
• The one question that kept the project alive when the money ran outA leadership story for any audience – business, civic, nonprofit, or faith-based.
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The Chemistry of Trust: The Formula for Exceptional Teams
Ryan Bouda, Leadership & Culture Strategist, LEAP Training & Coaching
TOPIC CATEGORY: Business
Request This Free SpeechTrust is the foundation of every high-performing team, but it doesn’t happen by chance. The Chemistry of Trust explores how leaders and teams intentionally build trust through daily choices, behaviors, and practices. MORE >
Participants will dive into the five key elements of trust that create thriving, collaborative, and resilient teams. Through engaging discussion, research-backed insights, and real-world examples, attendees will learn how transparency, active listening, accountability, and a shared vision foster environments where people communicate openly, and achieve more together.Leaders and team members alike will leave with practical tools to strengthen trust, deepen relationships, and cultivate teams that operate with integrity, commitment, and care.
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The Academic Journey: Helping Students Build a Clear, Confident Path from Middle School to College
Michelle Smith, Founder and CEO, Independent Education Group
TOPIC CATEGORY: Educational
Request This Free SpeechToday’s students face more academic choices — and more pressure — than ever before. Honors tracks, AP and dual enrollment courses, private and independent schools, extracurricular expectations, and increasingly competitive college admissions can leave families wondering: Are we making the right decisions at the right time? MORE >
In this practical and empowering session, education consultant Michelle Smith, founder of Independent Education Group, guides Phoenix-area families through the full academic journey — from early planning in middle school to high school course strategy, leadership development, and thoughtful college preparation.Families will gain clarity on:
• How to map out an intentional academic plan year by year
• When to accelerate — and when not to
• Choosing between public, charter, and private school
pathways
• Building strong transcripts without burnout
• Balancing academics, activities, and well-being
• Positioning students authentically for college admissionsThis talk helps parents move from uncertainty to strategy, ensuring students grow not only as strong applicants, but as confident, capable young adults. Ideal for families with students in grades 5–11.