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  • What it means to me to be an immigrant and live in America

    Patrick J Connell, Senior Instructor CERT/First Responder Academy, Marine Corps League

    TOPIC CATEGORY: Miscellaneous

    My outlook on the Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, etc.

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  • Stop the Sales Commodity Game Prospects Play!

    Mike Toney, Founder and President, Conquest Training Systems

    TOPIC CATEGORY: Business

    “But you are too expensive,” “I’ll get other bids,” “too busy right now,” are just some of the things prospects say when they play ‘Lets make you the Commodity’ game. In this session, Mike teaches audiences how to interrupt the thinking of the prospect to never compete on price or be treated like a sales pest instead of a sales person. MORE >

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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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  • Retirement Income – 5 Action Items to Chart Your Course

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

    TOPIC CATEGORY: Financial

    You’ve spent a lifetime accumulating money for your retirement. You’ve saved, invested, and taken advantage of workplace retirement plans. Now you have to make decisions about how to generate a steady income stream, and these decisions could have lasting repercussions. MORE >

    Join us for an educational workshop where we’ll focus on strategies designed to help you:

    • Make the most of your retirement income streams
    • Tap into your retirement accumulations
    • Understand retirement plan distribution rules
    • Invest for stability, income, and growth potential
    • Utilize financial vehicles that could last a lifetime
    • Protect your income and assets from the unexpected
    • Prepare for a more comfortable and rewarding retirement lifestyle

    Optional 20-page workbook available on retirement income strategies. This full-color resource contains essential information, exercises, and questions that will help you assess your current situation and make sound financial decisions. Perhaps best of all, you will be eligible for the complimentary consultation offered to all workshop participants.

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  • The Art of the Pivot: How to Rebuild When the Plan Falls Apart

    John Wiley, CEPA, CEO, Private Equity Strategist, Navy Veteran, Author, John Franklin Wiley

    TOPIC CATEGORY: Motivational

    Every life has a moment where the plan stops working. A career ends. A business fails. A health crisis hits. What separates the people who stay stuck from the ones who rebuild isn’t talent or luck – it’s the willingness to pivot without losing yourself in the process. Drawing from his own experience rebuilding across multiple industries and life stages, John Franklin Wiley delivers a talk that’s equal parts strategy and soul. He shares the pivots that worked, the ones that didn’t, and the quiet internal shifts that made the difference. MORE >

    Your audience will walk away with:
    • The three stages of every successful pivot (and where most people stall)
    • How to distinguish between quitting and strategic retreat
    • Why your next chapter doesn’t have to look anything like the last one Practical takeaways for anyone in transition, starting over, or wondering if their best days are behind them. Spoiler: they’re not.
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  • The Stories We Tell Ourselves: The Importance of Shifting Your Mindset

    Brad Graber, Author, Dark Victory Press

    TOPIC CATEGORY: Motivational

    We all have stories we tell about our lives. Some are shared in families. Others, with friends. Stories about when we met the love of our life. About the day our children were born. How we found our first job. But there are other stories that we don't share. Those are the internal stories going on in our heads. The stories we tell ourselves about our worthiness. About how people think about us. Stories that affect how we process the world around us. Stories that rule our nature and impact the quality of our lives. How can we edit these stories and find a better path? MORE >

    Brad is a former healthcare administrator. He holds a B.A. from S.U.N.Y. at Buffalo and an M.H.A. from Washington University in St. Louis. He no longer works in healthcare but continues to volunteer with non-profit organizations. He is the author of the award-winning novels The Intersect and After the Fall. He also writes a weekly blog: There, I Said it! His third book - What's That Growing in My Sour Cream? - is a compilation of Brad's best humor essays. His newest release is Boca by Moonlight, the story of a widower who learns the importance of friendship and family. For more information about Brad Graber go to www.bradgraber.com.

    Warm, engaging, and at times, very funny, Brad will be a welcome addition to your meeting.

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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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  • Passion + Purpose = Profit

    Susan F. Moody & Leeanne Gardner, Co-Founders, StarshineAZ

    TOPIC CATEGORY: Business

    Wouldn’t it be great if you could tap into what you really love and figure out what to do with that passion that would actually make you some money? Many of us, especially women, start our businesses as passion projects and end up creating a hobby and not a viable, sustainable business. MORE >

    “Do what you love and the money will follow” is great in theory, but during this interactive talk participants will come away knowing the missing link between love and money and their next best step to creating a profit from their passion.
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  • Multiple Sclerosis

    Dr. Benjamin Benulis, Doctor of Chiropractic, Create Health PLLC

    TOPIC CATEGORY: Health & Fitness

    Multiple Sclerosis used to be 1 in a million in 1950. Now in 2024 it's around 1 in 350 people are diagnosed with this disease. How did this happen? Mainstream medicine still does not know the cause or have a cure. Most people eventually end up on a cane, walker or wheelchair despite being on Disease Modifying Drug Therapies. What if remission were possible? Dr. Benjamin Benulis is the author of the book "Create Health: Reverse Autoimmune Disease Without Drugs or Their Side Effects" and has helped several people reverse Multiple Sclerosis with diet and lifestyle. In this talk he goes into the possible causes of MS, why the mainstream medical community has such a hard time getting good outcomes for people with MS, and most importantly, how to actually reverse it using diet and lifestyle. MORE >

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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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