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  Estate Planning Basics: Have You Created an Estate Plan For Your Family?

  Katrina C. Lessard, CFP®, AEP®, Founder & CEO , Lessard Wealth Management

  TOPIC CATEGORY: Financial

  An estate plan is a map of how you want your personal and financial affairs to be handled in the future. An effective estate plan can help ensure that your family's financial needs will be taken care of, and that your personal wishes will be carried out in the manner you intended. It's a critical part of your overall financial plan. MORE >

  In this seminar on Estate Planning Basics, you'll learn:
  * Why you need an estate plan
  * Strategies to plan for incapacity, including special health care directives
  * Wills, trusts, and life insurance
  * Key tax basics, including an overview of the federal gift tax, estate tax, and generation-skipping transfer tax

  You will also receive a free electronic workbook created just for this presentation. The workbook contains key information, worksheets, and questions to help you remember important points from the seminar.

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  Effective Teams are Successful Teams

  Rachel Weiss, Founder, Executive Consultant, The Human Manager

  TOPIC CATEGORY: Business

  Learn about why you should measure your team's effectiveness within the business and how to do it. Even more important though, is what to do with that information once you have it. Data for its own sake isn't useful - we'll discuss how to improve your team's performance and coach them on their areas of opportunity. This can also be an interactive workshop. MORE >

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  Effective Mentorship affects everyones bottom line!

  Neftali Cano, MentorsMatter.xyz

  TOPIC CATEGORY: Motivational

  My focus is about fostering the importance of Mentorship. Not just for teenagers and young adults, but for all of us. Mentorship is about helping one another from the classroom to the office. The days of Me, Myself and I need to give way to Us, We and Together. MORE >

  Mentoring doesn't just benefit teenagers and young adults... Businesses and Government Agencies can also benefit from following the principles of fostering effective mentorship in the work place. Reducing dropout rates within secondary education and college will always be important, but creating a more effective work place and reducing employee turnover rates is equally important

  Mentorship affects everyone's bottom line!

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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

  Giving 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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  Dig Deeper – Really Connect with the Civil War (at a personal level)

  Ron Meeks, Hall of Fame Musician & Civil War Historian

  TOPIC CATEGORY: Entertainment

  Ron Meeks has been an American Civil War student for approximately 65 years! He has visited more than 50 Civil War Battlefields, read approximately 200 non-fiction books on the subject, researched the history of numerous historical places and people from that era and taken every opportunity to expand his Civil War knowledge and experiences. He became genuinely interested in studying the war because of several somewhat strange and unusual connections to the war that he experienced early in life. MORE >

  Ron was born and raised in Akron, Ohio. His family moved into a historic part of Akron in 1951. Shortly after moving in, Ron learned that two doors down the street from his house was a museum that had been the home of the famous abolitionist John Brown. The property that Ron’s house was located on was also part of the Brown property prior to the Civil War. Across the street was another museum honoring another famous individual named Simon Perkins from the pre-Civil War era. Ron was given free access to both museums, so he spent many hours in and around those museums.

  Ron’s interest in the Civil War was further primed when he visited several battlefield sites in the south during the next few years. He learned that his father was born in a Civil War Battlefield town, located very close to several other famous Civil War Battlefield National Parks. Additional research revealed that his grandfather’s childhood home had been taken over by the Confederate Army for several months during the war and was used by a prominent general for his headquarters. Ron found several books and articles mentioning that fact and showing photos of the house.

  When Ron was in his early teens, he got a job working in a nearby cemetery after school. As he worked there, he learned that the cemetery was not only for burying Akron citizens, but it was also a Civil War Memorial Cemetery containing the graves of hundreds of Civil War soldiers.

  Another surprising connection occurred as Ron researched more and more. He learned that the building next door to the McLean House in Appomattox Court House, Virginia where General Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant was a Meeks General Store. Ron knew that his ancestors had been in the General Store business during the Civil War but had not known that one of those stores was located in such a famous location.

  All of these surprising connections to the Civil War fueled Ron’s lifelong interest in learning more about the American Civil War at a very personal level. He continues his research to this day.
  As part of his research, Ron has studied war records of ancestors and others. These records detail their specific history during the war including where they went, what battles they fought, and other information. He has read many personal letters written by soldiers to families and friends during the war. He has studied weaponry, life and death experiences, specific battles and other aspects.
  Ron has become quite knowledgeable about the Civil War and shares this information in his speeches. He also invites the audience to join in the discussions. He looks forward to speaking before new groups of people with interest and enthusiasm.

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  Did You SEE What That Person SAID? – Why Your Body Language is Important

  Barbara Chatzkel, Coach and Author, The Body Language Pro

  TOPIC CATEGORY: Business

  You only have one chance to make a first impression. Decisions about doing business with you, becoming your friend or trusting you are made in less than one second based on first impressions. Much of your day is spent giving and receiving information. But what First Impression and Ongoing Impression are you giving? MORE >

  Business Body Language, nonverbal communication that transmits information, is comprised of 5 "broadcast centers."

  The interactive presentation workshop includes lecture, individual practice, small group work, and real life examples.

  Leave the session with mastery of 9 new business body language skills.

  The workshop agenda includes:
  - The Power of First Impressions
  - The Five Broadcast Centers of the Body
  - Understanding the importance and key elements of each Broadcast Center
  - Interpreting the body language that you are seeing in another person
  - Sending the body language messages that you want to broadcast
  - Making sure your interpretation of a body language message is the right one
  - Mastering 9 Business Body Language skills to use today

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  Delivering a WOW Customer Experience on Purpose

  Dwight Lamb, President / CEO, Lamb Enterprises

  TOPIC CATEGORY: Business

  Because customer experience matters more today than ever, this presentation will provide a time-tested model for delivering world-class, WOW customer experiences. Those participating will learn how to serve their customers in a way that they will go away ecstatic, tell everyone how great you are, comeback again and again for more, and bring their friends with them! MORE >

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  Decarbonize Energy by Bringing Local Choice to Arizona Cities & Counties

  Shelly Gordon, State Director, Arizonans for Community Choice

  TOPIC CATEGORY: Climate

  Have you ever asked yourself why you have no choice in how the energy you pay for is generated? On a hot summer day in Phoenix, do you think about electricity racing through wires to cool your home? Have you ever wondered why you don’t have any choice about where, or how, the energy you pay for is generated... and why climate change persists? MORE >

  Learn more about how vertically integrated monopoly utilities operate in Arizona, contrasted with a new energy equity model called Community Choice Energy that gives local customers choice over their energy mix, and increases renewable energy, lowers carbon emissions, and lowers rates, but without changing the way that energy is delivered to their homes or businesses.

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  Cybercrime Uncovered: Real-World Strategies for Digital Defense

  Martin Hellmer, Partner, Cantor Forensic Accounting | Retired FBI Agent, The Blue Line Agency LLC

  TOPIC CATEGORY: Business

  In the vast, interconnected world of the Internet, cyber criminals operate like modern-day street hustlers—only now, their "street corner" could be anywhere in the world, and their reach is global. With just a bit of technical skill and a lot of bad intent, these digital thieves exploit vulnerabilities to steal, scam, and disrupt. MORE >

  Drawing on his experience as the head of the FBI’s Arizona Cyber Crime Task Force, Martin offers a compelling and accessible overview of today’s cyber threat landscape. He breaks down how cyber criminals operate, highlights common scams and security weaknesses, and provides practical, real-world tips to help individuals and organizations avoid becoming victims. Whether you're a tech novice or a seasoned professional, Martin's presentation delivers eye-opening insights and actionable guidance to help you stay one step ahead in the digital age.

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  Creativity Through Connection

  Jason Parent, Facilitator, Breath.Energy

  TOPIC CATEGORY: Self Improvement

  Creativity 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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