All Topics in Phoenix

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  Get Unstuck!

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

  TOPIC CATEGORY: Motivational

  Are you stuck in area of your life? Your heath and fitness? Your career? Your relationship? Often times, we can feel like there is no way out or around our current circumstances and we are STUCK. Dr. Ben shares how often times being stuck in life is actually about being stuck in a perspective around how things are, or how things must be. In this talk he shares practical nuts and bolts tips for getting UNSTUCK and moving on in life. MORE >

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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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  Getting Publicity – Easier Than You Think

  Andy Richardson, Vice President, Ginny Richardson Public Relations

  TOPIC CATEGORY: Business

  The popular publicity seminar presented to dozens of groups through Free Speakers Chicago is now available in Phoenix. Andy explains the ins and outs of how to receive free attention from newspapers, TV, radio and magazines. Audiences will learn how to capitalize on the often misunderstood marketing tool of media relations. Learn the difference between earned media and paid advertising and why publicity is so much more valuable. MORE >

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  Arizona Pays Businesses to Install EV Charging Stations in 2025

  Gene Irwin, GSA/DoD Fleet Manager, VERDEK, LLC

  TOPIC CATEGORY: Business

  Arizona has special financial benefits for business owners who are considering EV Charger Installations. Businesses who may qualify include private businesses, schools, government, tribal, non-profit and multi-family Arizona locations. Application for grant consideration is required, but not all who apply are approved. Enrollment begins 1 MAY 2025 on a first-come, first-served basis. MORE >

  Gene will cover those issues in detail with audiences who need that timely information, and will help develop the technical aspects of application, selection critera, equipment design and cost estimates with those who are installing EV support equipment in Arizona. EV use in Arizona and many other states is increasing at compounded rates.

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  Rock-On – Really Connect with Early Rock Music

  Ron Meeks, Hall of Fame Musician & Civil War Historian

  TOPIC CATEGORY: Entertainment

  Ron Meeks is a Hall of Fame musician who recorded and performed professionally during the early years (first generation) of Rock and Roll Music from 1957 to 1965. He has a very unique story to share. He played with several successful bands and performed at approximately 420 public events during that period including concerts, rock and roll shows, nightclubs, etc. MORE >

  Ron was also a “studio musician” (“session musician”) and helped create approximately 25 early rock recordings for two record companies. Several of these recorded songs were released to the public and became national or regional hits. The original records are now being sold as collector records. Some of the songs are included in more than 30 different “Oldies” or “Legends” albums and collections that are still being sold by record and music companies in a dozen different countries around the world.

  Ron was NOT a “front man” (star of the group). He was one of those people playing and singing in the background. Ron Meeks played electric bass guitar, sang background harmony and was a music arranger. He performed with more than a dozen different bands including several famous entertainers from that era.

  Ron Meeks discontinued his active rock music career in 1965 and moved from Ohio to Arizona for health reasons. Once settled in Arizona, he started his commerce law and finance practice, which has been his primary profession until his recent semi-retirement.

  In 2017 Ron was added to the Rockabilly Hall of Fame in Nashville, Tennessee as one of the “Legends that helped create Rock and Roll Music”. That Hall of Fame is now a rockabilly museum.
  Throughout Ron’s career, he has been a public speaker relating to this and other subjects of general interest at more than 60 events at many different locations in and near the United States.

  In addition to his regular business activities, Ron found time to perform free as a musician to benefit various charitable organizations, particularly at events for the homeless. Although his early years in music were primarily in rock and roll (also referred to as rockabilly music), he also played traditional jazz, blues, swing, country and gospel music to appeal to more audiences and situations. During recent years, he made recordings and public appearances playing these styles.

  Some of Ron’s most enjoyable music events occurred during the last 20 years after his children, and then his grandchildren, were growing up. All 3 of his children, and several grandchildren are musicians. Ron and his children have produced some good recordings made by his “family bands”.

  Ron Meeks has learned from experience that many people are interested in the music and lifestyle of the 1950’s and early 60’s. Although he no longer performs as a musician, he still loves to share his unique experiences through public speaking so that others can recall and enjoy their musical memories and experiences from the past while expanding their understanding of music during those early years.

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  The Trump Tax Code and your IRAS

  Vincent Esparza, Managing Director, Esparza Group

  TOPIC CATEGORY: Financial

  How can the new tax code help? Tax brackets for single, and tax brackets for married filing jointly. Why convert from a traditional IRA to a Roth IRA? How Medicare affects your tax situation? Understanding the difference between investing during retirement and investing for retirement. Tips on what a balanced portfolio looks like. MORE >

  What alternatives for investing that you may have, i.e. Real estate, commodities, life insurance, fixed annuities, etc. Recap -IRA's often create tax problems during retirement, the new tax code offers a widow of opportunity, and many investors are unknowingly taking on more risk than they should!

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  Medicare 101 (What you don’t know might hurt you)

  Edward Givens, Insurance Agent, HealthMarkets

  TOPIC CATEGORY: Health & Fitness

  Medicare can be a confusing topic for seniors 65 & over and for their children. This topic will teach you the fundamentals of Medicare, what it covers, and what it does not cover. You will leave this session with a better understanding of the Medicare system and how to navigate it in a way that will best suit your needs. MORE >

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  Solo

  Dale Marcotte, Certified Relationship Coach

  TOPIC CATEGORY: Self Improvement

  Learn how to thrive single, find your stride in growth and learn to love on your way to love. We cancel the effects of our mistakes as soon as we understand them; leaving time and energy to live in love. That time and energy is closer than you know.

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  Tips for a Smooth Transition: Downsizing and Moving

  Mai Thompson, Owner, Smooth Transitions Phoenix East Valley

  TOPIC CATEGORY: Miscellaneous

  Selecting a new place to move, sorting through a lifetime of treasures, deciding what to take, what furniture will fit, finding a mover, packing, moving, unpacking, setting up the new home, getting rid of leftovers…this can all be overwhelming. MORE >

  Smooth Transitions provides individuals and their families with the emotional and physical assistance needed in making a change in living arrangements. Whether you are downsizing a residence or moving to a senior retirement community this would help helpful. Learn 3 tips we use to help our families make this a Smooth Transition. I will cover:

  Where Do I Start?
  What Do I Do With All My Stuff?
  Cost Moving Mistakes to Avoid

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  Stress Mastery: From Feeling Stuck to Feeling Free

  Sara Regester RN, BSN, NBC-HWC, Stress Mastery Expert, NBC-HWC, Directions 4 Wellness, LLC

  TOPIC CATEGORY: Self Improvement

  This interactive talk is offered in a workshop format where the participants learn specific strategies for presence, mindfulness and stress resilience so they can get out of resistance of that push-pull energy that keeps them stuck, distracted, procrastinating and uninspired and create the life that they desire. MORE >

  This program teaches how to create more confidence and courage to step into new opportunities for career, relationships and health in alignment with your authentic gifts and purpose so you can feel more energized, more focused and more fulfilled in your life.

  - Tips on how stay on your edge to create a successful life without wiping yourself out
  - Change how you think about stress and leverage it as an opportunity to learn and grow
  - Learn how you can meet stress with confidence and courage to respond to challenges successfully
  - Strategies to overturn your negative inner dialogue so you can turn up the volume to hear your wise intuitive voice
  - Be more present, mindful and neutral so you can creatively respond to your stress and stay out of emotional reactivity and energy loss
  - Be an Stress Responder and not a Stress Reactor
  - The secret to prioritizing competing priorities in a 24-hour day

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