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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
Request This Free SpeechHave 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. -
Guerrilla decarbonization: Tactics for decarbonizing your life without help or permission
Heather Jackson, President, Interlock Energy
TOPIC CATEGORY: Climate
Request This Free SpeechIn 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. -
The Four Decisions Companies Must Get Right to Scale Up
Corwin Smith, Entrepreneur / Scaling Up Coach, Transcend Growth Parnters
TOPIC CATEGORY: Business
Request This Free SpeechLearn the four decisions companies must get right - People, Strategy, Execution & Cash. CEO's and business leaders will walk away with tools for strategic planning along with making sure that they Scale Up effectively.
People - Getting the right people in the right seats doing the right things MORE >
Strategy - A truly differentiated strategy that is simple.Execution - Processes running flawlessly and without drama
Cash - Cash is like oxygen for a growth company, run out and risk death!
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Broken No More: Confronting and Conquering Workplace Bullying
Dr. Deitra Payne, Founder & CEO, Fabulous Coaching, Training, and Productions, LLC
TOPIC CATEGORY: Business
Request This Free SpeechWorkplace bullying is one of the most damaging — and most underreported — threats to organizational health today. Dr. Deitra C. Payne, whose award-winning research paper Broken: The Harmful Effects of Workplace Bullying earned a Distinguished Paper Award at an international academic conference, brings both scholarly authority and human compassion to this critical conversation. She doesn't just name the problem — she gives leaders and teams the tools to dismantle it. MORE >
Attendees will gain a clear understanding of how workplace bullying manifests, the devastating impact it has on individuals and organizational culture, and the concrete steps leaders and HR professionals can take to create environments where every person is treated with dignity. This session is equal parts eye-opening and empowering — and one every organization needs to hear before the damage is already done. -
Networking for Love or Money
Joan Betsy Kurasch, Founder, The Silver Compass
TOPIC CATEGORY: Self Improvement
Request This Free SpeechThe techniques are the same for meeting the love of your life or the important business contact. In this presentation the correct handshake, ice-breaker, and how to enter an existing group will be addressed. Created for both the extrovert who needs to tone down his/her approach or the introvert who just wants to hide in the corner, this program will give "specific" tips that can be used immediately. MORE >
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Resilience Is a Practice: How to Bounce Back Stronger Every Time
Dr. Deitra Payne, Founder & CEO, Fabulous Coaching, Training, and Productions, LLC
TOPIC CATEGORY: Self Improvement
Request This Free SpeechResilience isn't something you either have or you don't — it's a skill that can be built, strengthened, and called upon in even your darkest moments. Few speakers can speak to this truth more authentically than Dr. Deitra C. Payne, who lost her father and her ability to speak within days of each other, and came back to the stage stronger, clearer, and more committed to her purpose than ever before. Her story doesn't just inspire — it proves that resilience is possible for anyone willing to do the work. MORE >
In this powerful and practical presentation, Dr. Payne shares the strategies, mindset shifts, and daily practices that carried her through unimaginable adversity and back to thriving. Audiences leave with a personalized resilience framework, a deeper understanding of how stress and trauma affect the mind and body, and a set of immediately actionable tools for bouncing back from setbacks — big or small. This session is for anyone who has ever been knocked down and needed both the inspiration and the instruction to get back up. -
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
Request This Free SpeechGiving 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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The Stories We Tell Ourselves: The Importance of Shifting Your Mindset
Brad Graber, Author, Dark Victory Press
TOPIC CATEGORY: Motivational
Request This Free SpeechWe 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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You’re Not Broken – You’re Blocked: Rediscovering What Was Never Lost
John Wiley, CEPA, CEO, Private Equity Strategist, Navy Veteran, Author, John Franklin Wiley
TOPIC CATEGORY: Self Improvement
Request This Free SpeechThe self-help industry has spent decades telling you something is wrong with you – that you need to be fixed, healed, or optimized before you can live the life you want. But what if the entire premise is the problem? What if you’re not broken at all – just blocked? In this thought-provoking talk, John Franklin Wiley draws on his own journey – from incarceration and transformation in his early twenties to leading companies, building nonprofits, and publishing a book on consciousness – to challenge the stories we’ve inherited about what’s wrong with us. This isn’t self-help. It’s self-recognition. An invitation to stop chasing arrival and start noticing what’s already here. MORE >
Your audience will walk away with:
• Why the “fix yourself” industry keeps you stuck by design
• The difference between healing and remembering
• One practice for reconnecting with the clarity you already carry For anyone tired of performing their way to wholeness.Ideal for wellness groups, interfaith gatherings, book clubs, and personal growth audiences.
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How to Claim Social Security for Maximum Benefit and Litetime Income
Jeff Young, Senior Wealth Manager, Kierland Financial Group
TOPIC CATEGORY: Financial
Request This Free SpeechAround 45% of Americans take their Social Security benefits at the earliest possible time, usually around their 62nd birthday. For a great majority of these people, that is both a grievous and irreversible decision that has long-term deleterious effects. MORE >
Jeff Young has spend a decade teaching people about the most efficient manner to take these distributions and for a couple, the difference in doing it right and doing it wrong can mean tens of thousands of dollars. Jeff explains how people can benefit from understanding the various strategies available to them and exactly how to employ them. This is an eye-opening session and one you will want to hear prior to making those significant decisions about Social Security.