All Topics in Phoenix

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  From Silence to Success: Building a Culture of Psychological Safety

  Ryan Bouda, Leadership & Culture Strategist, LEAP Training & Coaching

  TOPIC CATEGORY: Business

  Strong teams and thriving organizations start with the courage to speak up and the confidence to listen. From Silence to Success explores psychological safety as the foundation for accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement. MORE >

  Participants will dive into the three core principles of a psychologically safe culture: Speak Up, Listen Up, and Follow Up. Through research-backed insights, engaging stories, and practical tools, leaders will learn how to model inclusion, encourage open dialogue, and respond constructively when concerns arise.

  This session equips leaders to create environments where team members feel valued, heard, and empowered. By fostering trust, respect, and collaboration, leaders can strengthen team morale, enhance performance, and drive innovation across their organizations.

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  Bulletproof Your Body: What you Need to Know

  Ty Sinda, Doctor of Physical Therapy, Scottsdale Physical Therapy & Performance

  TOPIC CATEGORY: Health & Fitness

  I see so many people come into my clinic with pains, headaches and alignments. When people work with me, I make sure they leave stronger than when they were before an injury. In this lecture, I discuss the treatment philosophy needed to "Bulletproof your Body".

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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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  From Grief to Growth: Cultivating Passion and Purpose After Loss

  Frankie Kounouho, Master Certified Mindset Coach, Mindful Balance Transformational Coaching

  TOPIC CATEGORY: Motivational

  After the devastating loss of her four-year-old son, award-winning mindset coach Frankie Kounouho could have chosen to wither away her life in depression and self pity. Instead she chose to rise up from the dark depths of grief, and find herself in a life that is filled with passion and purpose. Frankie will take your audience on a journey exploring transformation from loss, whether it's the passing of a loved one, the end of a relationship, or the shattering of a dream to discovering profound growth healing and renewal. Your audience will walk away feeling uplifted and hopeful, and compassionate about themselves and one another! MORE >

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  Interfaith collaboration for environmental protection

  Vasu Bandhu, Faith Community Coordinator, Arizona Faith Network

  TOPIC CATEGORY: Climate

  The various religions collaborating together to protect the environment, through respect, understanding and education, in the religious diversity, to be an important ally of partnership with other sectors of society. Religions are constituted by principles that have existed for thousands of years in which they aim to promote harmony with others and with the environment in which we live. MORE >

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  Guerrilla decarbonization: Tactics for decarbonizing your life without help or permission

  Heather Jackson, President, Interlock Energy

  TOPIC CATEGORY: Climate

  In this talk, we will discuss meaningful ways in which individuals can reduce their carbon footprint and force their electric company to do the same. Because the amount of renewable energy that is available on the power grid fluctuates over time, we have the option to run our household appliances and climate control our homes preferentially when most of the power on the grid is carbon-free. MORE >

  We will discuss ways to know when clean energy is most available, and ways to avoid using energy when it is the most expensive and least clean. At the end of the discussion, individuals will be empowered to save money on electricity while reducing carbon emissions in their local area.

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  Solutions to Climate Change

  Gretchen Reinhardt, En-ROADS Climate Ambassador and Volunteer, Citizens' Climate Lobby

  TOPIC CATEGORY: Climate

  Engage your audience with a real-time policy simulator. This is a fun way to learn more about climate change issues, solutions, and the relative effectiveness of policy solutions. Can the audience solve the climate problem (stay below 1.5°C)? The audience chooses the levers they think will have the biggest impact and as a group we see what happens. The tool simulates their proposed solution(s) instantly in “real-time”. MORE >

  Climate Interactive and MIT Sloan have worked together to build a worldwide, science-based climate simulator. The audience is engaged to offer suggested solutions to slow climate change. This stimulates discussions as to why actions may or may not be as effective as expected. We’ll also share bipartisan actions that the US Congress is considering and evaluate what impact those actions are likely to have on climate change. Participants leave the discussion with new insights into policy approaches.

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  Finding Clarity in the Darkness

  Michael Pelaez, Owner, Mastery of Self

  TOPIC CATEGORY: Self Improvement

  When we are at our happiest we neglect to fully grasp the vastness of our abundance. That is because most often than not, our happiness comes when we are focused on specific life events - a stable job, home life, and health. We are happiest when those things are in line. When we lose one or all of this our stress, anxiety, and worry kicks up to high gear and it gives way to depression and fear - fear of our future. It does not have to be this way. Loss does not have to cripple us. MORE >

  Being in a "dark" place in our lives does not have become a daunting experience where we lose sight of our blessings. In fact this is the time were we ought to see with the most clarity! I can teach you how. Through my techniques of mindset reframing, Spatial Visualization Technique, and using my Triangle of Healing method, you can gain peace of mind and get back on track to the life you desire.

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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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  Thunderbird Field II Veterans Memorial & the History of the Scottsdale Airport

  Gunnar Buzzard, Exec. Vice President, Thunderbird Field II Veterans Memorial

  TOPIC CATEGORY: Educational

  Thunderbird Field II was built in 1942 for the sole purpose of training WWII Army Air Corp pilots. Over 5,500 pilots were trained at Thunderbird Field II between 1942 and October 16, 1944, when the school was deactivated. Many of these young aviators saw military action in Europe and the Pacific. Learn about the history of the 3 Thunderbird Fields, current Scottsdale airport operations, and the Thunderbird Field II Veterans Memorial. MORE >

  The Thunderbird Field II Plaza at the entrance to the new Scottsdale Airport terminal, business center and restaurant will include a monument with information on Thunderbird Field II and its military history. The Plaza’s centerpiece will be a Stearman PT-17, the aircraft used for training at Thunderbird Field II. The service plaques for all of our armed services as well as the revered POW-MIA plaque will be on permanent display.

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