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  What’s Your Bike?

  Dave Cooke, CEO and Board Chair, 100Pedals, Inc.

  TOPIC CATEGORY: Motivational

  “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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  Grace in Gravity: Cultivating Trust in Uncertain Times

  Cyd West, Executive Director, World Academy for the Future of Women

  TOPIC CATEGORY: Business

  Cyd West, a specialist in business and linguistics, presents ways to enhance our communication skills that are pertinent to every leader whose workforce feels affected by recent events and headlines.

  Today’s headlines: MORE >

  • Layoffs have decimated Cotech. Many of the remaining workers are immobilized by fear of losing their jobs through more layoffs or even company closure. John Powers, the CEO, thinks the situation can be turned around but he cannot make it with the current levels of productivity.

  • Employees of Medico have accepted a 1% cost of living increase in lieu of performance increases (usually between 4-6%) in order to protect their jobs during a downturn in the market. They soon find out the CEO of Medico was awarded a $6 million dollar bonus from the Board of Directors.

  These events occur every day and are highly publicized. They affect the culture in companies across the world. Uncertainty is airborne and contagious in the workplace. The costs of high turnover and productivity loss from poor morale are mounting.

  Cyd covers:

  • the “controllable” causes of uncertainty.
  • what employees want from their leaders during difficult times.
  • how a leader’s communication and behavior affect employee’s anxiety levels.
  • methods to solicit feedback and evaluate how our communication is perceived.

  Awareness of how our words and actions are interpreted during stressful times allows us to manage perceptions of our own reputation as well as the commitment of an organization to it’s workers, customers and partners. Opportunities abound to enhance these relationships through a realistic self-assessment and strategic communication.

  Recent research has unveiled a wealth of information for leaders who seek to motivate and inspire. Furthermore, there is a direct correlation to the bottom line. The common denominator in these findings is authentic and honest communication from successful leaders – as well as adopting the behaviors to support their messages.

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  Organizing to Create a Joyous Home

  Selina Schuh, Home Organizer, Speaker, Author, Empowered Living Strategies

  TOPIC CATEGORY: Miscellaneous

  In this presentation you will learn how the KonMari™ method of tidying (based on the teachings of the Japanese tidying sensation Marie Kondo) can create peace and joy in your home. MORE >

  Most people clean up their homes over and over, yet the clutter never quite disappears. Learn how you can let go of clutter once and for all, and transform your home into the oasis of peace and tranquility you have been yearning for.

  You will discover:

  - Why a vision for your future is paramount before you start tidying

  - What the secrets are to transformative decluttering (they are simpler than you think!)

  - And why joy should be your North Star when decluttering

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  Challenging Your Top Performers

  Rachel Weiss, Founder, Executive Consultant, The Human Manager

  TOPIC CATEGORY: Business

  Most managers focus on the lower performers when it comes to performance management, and they need a lot of coaching time and energy. The employees you want to retain, your top performers, often get lost in the mix since they're doing good work already. But if you're not challenging them, they may leave to go somewhere they will get professional development. This can also be an interactive workshop. MORE >

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  5 Gears: How to Be Present and Productive When There is Never Enough Time

  Debbie Correa, Senior Associate, GiANT WORLDWIDE

  TOPIC CATEGORY: Self Improvement

  5 Gears: How to Be Present and Productive When There Is Never Enough Time teaches you to shift into the right gear at the right time so that you can grow in your relational intelligence and increase your influence. You will learn the the five different gears, or mindsets that carry you through various facets of your day.
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  VA Benefits for Seniors

  Marsha Goodman, Attorney, Specific Law Firm

  TOPIC CATEGORY: Financial

  A description of VA Benefits available to help seniors pay for the cost of care, including the benefits available to Viet Nam Veterans and their surviving spouses.

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  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

  In 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
  * To finally have fun with their marketing while making more money.

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  Language, Sex and Power: Effective Communication Techniques for Women

  Cyd West, Executive Director, World Academy for the Future of Women

  TOPIC CATEGORY: Self Improvement

  Cyd West, a specialist in linguistics, presents ways to enhance your communication skills that are pertinent to every woman who lives and/or works with men. She covers: MORE >

  • who gets heard and why.
  • how men and women communicate and interpret each other.
  • potential language pitfalls which commonly occur in the workplace.
  • how these differences affect women in the workplace and in positions of authority.
  • what we as women can do to improve our communication effectiveness with men and in the workplace.

  As young girls we are taught to be considerate, to save face for others, to apologize, and exercise modesty. This training often runs counter to the communication skills that are expected and rewarded in the workplace. If you know women who have waited for someone to notice they’ve done a good job or whose deferential nature has kept them from advancement, you have witnessed this dichotomy in action.

  Linguistic research has unveiled a wealth of information for women working with men. Deborah Tannen, Robin Lakoff and other linguists have studied how language patterns are formed at a very young age and how they grow to differ for the sexes. These differences, hierarchical communication for men and relational communication for women, are the basis for much of the misunderstandings and lack of value of women’s contributions in the workplace. Understanding these potential pitfalls and leveraging our strengths as women in relational communication techniques can ensure our visibility, power and effectiveness in the workplace.

  OBJECTIVES:
  • Help women and men understand the beneficial dynamics of utilizing the full spectrum of communication skills and attributes;
  • Enable women to succeed in traditionally male oriented workplaces and be perceived as strong and effective in their leadership roles.
  • Provide an understanding of communication pitfalls and opportunities by both sexes that can lead to effective leadership for both men and women.

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  How to Generate More B2B Leads and Sales

  Sheila Kloefkorn, CEO/President, KEO Marketing Inc

  TOPIC CATEGORY: Business

  Learn how to leverage the latest internet, inbound and outbound marketing strategies to improve both the quality and quantity of your leads. Sheila Kloefkorn is a business and marketing expert with more than 25 years of experience. She helps companies increase leads and revenues by hundreds of millions of dollars. MORE >

  She will help you analyze your current marketing and sales processes. She will demystify and give you success strategies for SEO, account based marketing, marketing automation, artificial intelligence and more.

  If you want dramatically better sales results this year, this is a presentation you won’t want to miss.

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  Make Your Dreams Come True

  Joel Shuflin: Maxwell Leadership, Maxwell Leadership Performance Coach, Maxwell Leadership

  TOPIC CATEGORY: Motivational

  Your dream has power. It can inspire you. It can empower you. But will it reward you?

  Most people fail to realize their potential because their dream remains hypothetical. Put Your Dream To the Test takes your dream from ethereal to achievable. Learn how to crystallize your vision and galvanize your commitment. MORE >

  What is a Dream? It's an inspiring picture of the future that energizes your mind, will and emotions; empowering you to do everything you can to achieve it. A genuine dream is a picture and blueprint of a person’s Purpose and Potential.

  Drawing from the wisdom of John C. Maxwell, and his own experience in moving from day-dreaming to dare-dreaming, Joel will lead your group through the steps of taking ownership for their dreams, and help them answer:

  Is my dream really MY dream or does it belong to someone else?
  Is my dream a clear dream that makes a general idea very specific through effort, affirmation and determination?

  Joel lays out a clear step-by-step path to owning your dream, making it clear, and taking the next steps to bring it to physical reality.

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  John Maxwell’s team of coaches, trainers and speakers have been trained and certified by John to help you be intentional in your life both privately and professionally—by working with purpose and having a solid plan. Being intentional is about relying on a pre-determined strategy. Our coaches, speakers and trainers are equipped with the best materials and have developed the proper skill sets to work with you one-on-one, in group settings, and through workshops and seminars to visualize, create and execute a customized leadership strategy to best fit your needs. https://johncmaxwellgroup.com/joelshuflin

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