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Billy delivered a half-day workshop for a client recently and asked delegates a very important question: Why do we gossip? According to Billy, we gossip because it makes us feel better and allows us to remain dominant. Unfortunately, gossip destroys relationships and trust and makes working
together and communicating difficult. As Billy described it, your workplace is like a swimming pool and complaining and gossiping is like “peeing in the pool.”

During his half day workshop which was entitled “No More Peeing In the Pool,” Billy shared many examples of how to stop the water cooler "gossip sessions" and the stories we tell ourselves and others to justify our behavior.  Although a sensitive subject, Billy's comedic timing and real life examples allowed delegates to hear what he has to say all the while laughing.

Billy has a doctorate in sport and exercise psychology from the University of Illinois and is a Certified Somatic Coach (Strozzi Institute), a Certified Laughter Yoga Teacher, a Certified Laughter Leader and a Certified Professional Co-active Coach so don’t let his “clown like” behaviour fool you; he means business.

On a personal note, Billy shared recently that his parents were social workers and his primary motivation for doing what he does is to make a difference.   I enjoy working with Billy and would recommend him for your next conference, professional development day or event.

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The words I’d use to describe David are “calming, gentle, engaging and professional.

Recently David was asked to step in when another speaker could not make an event and in true professional order David knocked it out of the park. In fact, the client and her committee actually said “I think David was better than the person we had originally hired.” With less than 24 hours to prepare, David jumped on a plane, read through reams of materials and delivered a 60 minute keynote on Self Direct Learning and had the audience at "hello".

As the founder of Emotional Intelligence Training Company, David has years of experience to draw upon and customizes every keynote he delivers. I truly enjoyed working with David and am completely comfortable recommending him to my clients.

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In addition to a Master of Arts Degree in Adult Education, David is certified as a trainer/facilitator with several leading corporate training companies such as Achieve Global and Development Dimensions International. He is a Certified Trainer in the area of Emotional Intelligence with MHS Inc. and is considered to be an international expert on the integration of emotional intelligence and leadership development.

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In addition to a Master of Arts Degree in Adult Education, David is certified as a trainer/facilitator with several leading corporate training companies such as Achieve Global and Development Dimensions International. He is a Certified Trainer in the area of Emotional Intelligence with MHS Inc.

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As a “cusper” I gained a lot of insight as I sat back-of-room for a recent keynote delivered by Seth Mattison.  Not only did I gain insight into why my Gen X or Millennial children do what they do, I got to laugh at the stereotypes we all hold near and dear to our hearts when we describe another generation.

Seth’s session on “Bridging the Gap: Leading & Managing the Workforce of the Future” was insightful, engaging and left me wanting to learn more.  As I watched the delegates, it was obvious that he had captured their attention and according to the client, he really “nailed it.”  Seth’s style is bold. He delivers with style and creativity and is a speaker I’d highly recommend.

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If the name sounds familiar it's because back in the 80's he was a force to be reckoned with. Producing such hits as "Overload" which was penned for Disney's Dirty Dancing and many  other hits, Alfie is one of  Canada's premier songwriters and performers.

I recently got the opportunity to see Alfie Perform at Festival Place in Sherwood Park and although he's traded in his black leather pants for a suit, he is still a consummate performer. As I sat in the front row I didn't know what to expect.  I found myself drawn in by his tone and intellectual lyrics and found myself wanting more even after his final bow.

Described by one journalist as having a "touch of old world beauty in his songs that reflect the songbook greats" I would recommend Alfie for your next event - think Christmas Party

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When I met Valerie in a coffee shop in Calgary two years and I found her smile and enthusiasm
infectious!  In seconds, I could tell that she was passionate about her work and about helping people take control of their own lives.  Valerie is the author of “Bully Free Work Places” and owner of one of Canada’s top training companies.  She has been described as enthusiastically…subtle, delightfully…engaging, creative, humorous and genuine and I can tell you from firsthand experience that the words are fitting. Valerie is a professional and a joy to work with and invests a great deal of time in getting to know her audience.

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What Valerie is Passionate About

Bully Free at Work: Creating a Respectful Workplace

What can you do when 'extending the olive branch' doesn't seem to work anymore? Handling workplace bullying is actually 180° different than 'working with a difficult person'. Traditional conflict resolution does not work when dealing with someone who is highly oppositional. That's why this session is different.
Here's What You Will Learn and Experience:
- What is Workplace Bullying exactly?
- How is workplace bullying different from working with a difficult person?
- How to determine if you are being bullied or not - and what to do about it.
- The approach to take with a difficult person vs. a bully - they are they different!
- What motivates a bully? Why do they do it?
- The top common bullying tactics used and how you can overcome them.
- What to do if you are a target: specific steps to cope and gain your confidence back.
- The best thing you can do to help someone else who is being bullied.

You will gain the full awareness, hope and implementation to help cope with and stop workplace bullying and disruptive behaviors both personally and organizationally. You will have restored hope and feel inspired once again!

The Politics of Workplace Bullying: Creating Civility & Accountability

If it's not rational, it's political! How much time and energy have you already invested into tying to navigate through and deal with disruptive behaviors? Handling these disruptive, abrasive and bullying behaviors successfully requires some non-traditional training. This advanced session is more than 'winning with difficult people'. Without this kind of training, you're in the battlefield unprotected.
What You Will Learn:
- What is Workplace Bullying exactly?
- How is workplace bullying different from working with a difficult person?
- How to determine if you are being bullied or not - and what to do about it.
- The approach to take with a difficult person vs. a bully - they are they different!
- What motivates a bully? Why do they do it?
- The top common bullying tactics used and how you can overcome them.
- What to do if you are a target: specific steps to cope and gain your confidence back.
- The best thing you can do to help someone else who is being bullied.

You will leave with a blue print implementation plan of:

- Being able to create trust with all stakeholders and lead them through, not around the 'issues'.
- How to lead through the "he says, she says" scenario with employees. How to handle the 'who do I believe' challenge.
- A process you can use to fully understand 'what happened' and how to resolve staff issues, disagreements and any disruptive behavior.
- A plan to limit time spent worrying and trying to assess and help everyone and still remain effective.
- What to do if you feel you've displayed bullying behaviors - how to recover and create true respectful followership.
- Understanding when and how to hold a 3-way mediation and when to hold an intervention: they are different!
- What to do if you don't have the support you need and - How to support those that reach out to you for help.

You will leave with a renewed sense of confidence because you will know what to do!

The Behavioral Economics of Building Trust

Wouldn't it be great to know how to handle others 'who don't get it" and to be able to lead them to a win-win understanding with ease?!

This inspirational keynote will help professionals want to 'work through anything with anyone'! This session helps to remove defensiveness with understanding through humor, relevant examples and creates the ability for participants at all levels to be able to approach others easily. You will be able to narrow the inter‐personal gaps between co‐workers and figure out 'why do they do what they do' in order to create a respectful workplace for all.

- You will be inspired through humor and specific insights, which will give people an open mind to hear you;
- You will be able to identify your "most difficult situation" at work and be able to have a "here's what I can do about it" plan;
- You will find that while it is often natural to take things personally, it is not productive. But how do you take things professionally? This will show you how!

How To Build Goodwill So You Can Say What You Need To Say!

Have you found yourself in situations where the ability to communicate tactfully, yet with confidence, would help you get what you want? Most of us also want to do that in a way that is not at the expense of others or ourselves. We can ignore these conversations, but doing so will become the number one reason for low morale and lack of accountability, and these avoidance situations can be turned around if you have a "safe" way to approach one another.

- Learn how to address things sooner and remove hesitation and fear.
- Creative ways to stop giving excuses when you rather not confront an issue.
- How to hold some accountable (yes, you can and you can still keep your job)!

This session gives everyone tools on 'how to say it', but not at the expense of yourself or others...in a classy and uplifting way!

Why You Need Valerie

Valerie is an award-winning presenter who is considered one of North America's top experts in the field of coping with and stopping workplace bullying. She is the Founder of Bully Free at Work, which is dedicated to helping you cope with and stop workplace bullying, and the author of the best selling book "Bully Free at Work: What You Can Do To Stop Workplace Bullying Now" which is currently distributed in over 100 countries.

With a solid organizational development background, not purely an academic or an "opinion based" approach, Valerie's style is not only informational, but inspirational; you will feel hope to turn the corner - even with the most challenging situations.

For the past 20 years, Valerie has led hundreds of sessions throughout North America, Europe, China and Russia, with a relevant, humorous and heartfelt approach combined with a true sense of wisdom. She has a stand up comedian presence while still talking seriously and strategically about the realities and implementation of workplace bullying in organizations.

In addition, Valerie has earned the Certified Speaking Professional Designation (CSP), which is the highest earned speaking designation in the world with less than 1000 recipients worldwide... and as one of the first females in Canada! In addition, Valerie's ratings as a presenter average 4.9/5.0 for all size audiences.

As CEO of one of Canada's largest training companies for 10 years, Valerie helped turn this near-‐bankrupt company into profitable success. In addition, her work in creating inspired workplaces, where people "want to", helped raise satisfaction levels in organizations to over 80 - 90% -‐ sustained.

Valerie was the 2002 National President of the Canadian Association of Professional Speakers and has received the President's Award for distinguished service - twice! She was also unanimously voted by the National Board to receive the "Spirit of CAPS" Award for her outstanding contribution and professionalism to the speaking industry worldwide.

Valerie has genuine compassion and she is knowledgeable and well researched. She can turn a lifetime of hurt into hope.

Why You Will Love Valerie

"Valerie, your evaluations were the highest of any speaker at the Virginia State SHRM Conference! Your ability to establish rapport and engage our audience was absolutely effective and energizing. Your expertise in understanding workplace- bullying goes far beyond the academic world- you are practical in your approach as well as relevant and inspiring! We're so glad we had your Bully Free at Work session certified for educational credits. You are a gifted speaker - I am confident that every audience would find value and inspiration in your presentations.

P.S. Thank you for filling in at the last minute due to our speaker cancellation delivering "How to Build Trust With People You Don't Understand, Don't Connect With, But Have to Work With" to a packed room (word got out!). You received a perfect score and inspired us to go back to work energized, confident and able!"

"Words cannot even begin to describe the overwhelming positive reaction that SAP employees had to Valerie's Session - "Bully Free at Work: Creating a Culture of Respect." We were fortunate enough to come across Valerie's work online and after just one phone call, were able to connect directly with Valerie and get our desired session on the calendar. It was so easy!

From the initial phone call, to her flexibility with our delayed vendor approval process, to her arrival and departure, Valerie and her team were flawless.

Employees were completely engaged. Valerie's charisma and ability to relate to the audience made her session that much more enjoyable. In addition to her well-researched facts and examples surrounding workplace bullying, she peppered in personal stories and down to earth examples we could relate to.

Many employees stayed after to discuss details of creating a respectful work environment. Valerie continued until the last person left and really made each attendee feel as if they were not alone and that she was there to help. Valerie went above and beyond and offered to help some employees outside of our session and has stuck to her word in following up with all employees who were in need of help.

We were thrilled with our decision to bring Valerie to SAP. We would absolutely recommend Valerie for companies big or small, local or international as a great resource in helping employees manage workplace bullying!"

"We were very impressed with the content of Valerie's presentation and her depth of knowledge; we also very much enjoyed and benefitted from her delivery style which captivated the room. There was much anticipation before the 90 minute session and Valerie did not disappoint! The content was understandable and direct, and Valerie really helped humanize and organize a topic that is often hard to approach and get your arms around.

We highly recommend Valerie for her well-researched content as well as her amiable and appealing delivery style. In fact, we have had several requests to have Valerie join us again for another session next year. We look forward to having her back."

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No two keynotes are the same!

Every keynote delivered by Richard Worzel is prepared specifically for the client. As” Canada’s leading Futurist” Richard looks beyond the proverbial crystal ball and does extensive research into every industry he speaks to; deciphering what the signs and changes mean and providing suggestions to leverage or address the impact of what he sees.

Richard spoke at the Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Counties in 2013 and provided delegates with insights into the industry and what and how the changing demographics will affect or limit the delegate’s ability to attract members to their communities.

His look may be a little unconventional but don’t be mistaken, Richard is an amazing professional who captivates is audience from the moment he steps on stage.

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What Richard is Passionate About

Accelerating Horizons: Technology and Our Future

Of all the forces driving change in our lives, technology is the wildest wild card. Not only is technology's rate of change accelerating, but that rate of acceleration is increasing. And technology affects everything in our world: our economy, the workplace, the kinds of jobs we can find and do, what we need to know, how we use things, transportation, what we eat, which publications survive and which books get published, who's famous - even art and performance are changed by technology.

Futurist Richard Worzel is a business visionary, a former institutional investor on Wall Street, and a best-selling author. In this presentation, he talks about how the future will change technology - and be changed by it.
Among the things he'll discuss are:
* How do you know if a new technology will make it or not?

* Why is data suddenly a problem, and what can we do about that?

* Where is technology leading us?

* How will it affect tomorrow's society?

Finally, Richard will turn to innovation, and discuss why organizations actively try to avoid it, even while claiming they are dedicated to it, how to overcome this hurdle - and how to kick-start an innovation culture.

After this presentation, your future won't be any less scary or exciting, but it will be more manageable!

The Fifth Principle of Leadership: Embedding Foresight and Change Management Into Your Organization

In addition to presenting his Four Principles of Leadership, futurist and business visionary Richard Worzel reveals a new Fifth Principle: Foresight and Change Management. In a world where change is not only accelerating, but the rate of acceleration is increasing, the ability to anticipate what might happen, and be prepared for it, has become vital to survival and success. Moreover, it's necessary for a leader to be out in front, and foresight enhances this aspect of leadership.

In this presentation, Richard outlines how an organizational leader can entrench foresight thinking and change management into his or her organization or group. Richard outlines the principles of foresight, and provides tools for its practice, including:

* Environmental scanning - What to look for, where to look for it, and who should do the looking;

* Scenario planning - Considering what might happen, assessing the probabilities involved, and developing contingency plans to prepare for the most likely possible futures;

* Risk and change management - Change is risky - but so is standing still. How do you decide which is better, and how do you manage the changes necessary to optimize the balance between risk and opportunity?

* The Desired Future & Backcasting - Defining the future you want to have happen, and then working backwards to the present to make it happen, developing robust plans that are likely to survive no matter what the future throws at you.

Your people will walk away with a deeper understanding of the future and how to make use of it, with toolsets designed for this purpose. Your leadership will be enhanced, and your people will be both better followers and better leaders, enhancing the prospects for your entire organization.

Innovation Beyond Motherhood: How to Turn Your Company into an Innovation Organization

Everyone talks a good game when it comes to innovation, but the hidden, ugly truth is that organizations actually fear innovation. Why is this so? And what can you do to change the attitude of your colleagues from going through the motions in order to look good, to actively and eagerly engaged in being good?

In this half-day workshop, futurist Richard Worzel, a business visionary and corporate innovation specialist, leads you through the process of engaged innovation, including: Innovation beyond motherhood

* Why is it that people and organizations don't want to innovate, what stands in their way?

* How to remove the risks associated with innovation in order to change attitudes about it.

* How to focus on aspects of your business that you've never considered before so that you can see things with fresh eyes, rather than merely repeating stale opinions and repeating yesterday's actions.

* How to look at the world through your clients' eyes, and then what to do about it.

Richard will end the workshop with a handbook that will allow your people to take home what they've learned, and make use of it with other colleagues, seeding your organization further with innovation beyond motherhood.

Get Your Game On: The Sweet Spot Is Back for the Property & Casualty Industry

The economy has just entered a new sweet spot. Growth, although slower than in past expansions, is steady. Inflation is cool and likely to remain so. And talk of deflation has died out. All of this is good. Meanwhile, the consumer markets for auto, business, and home insurance - and all other consumer goods - are shifting in unprecedented ways, changing patterns of demand and market niches. Futurist Richard Worzel is a business visionary and a Chartered Financial Analyst. In this presentation, he surveys our future, and identifies the shifts that may catch us by surprise, including:

* Why we're in a sweet spot, for how long, and whether it's likely to last, or get shot down by some of the uncertainties hovering around us.

* How technology is going to disrupt our expectations and the way we do business all over again. And how it's going to change our daily lives and the ways we interact.

* Who and where the critical markets of tomorrow will be, and how you should position yourself to prepare for them.

* How climate change is unfolding, and what surprises it contains that we are not expecting.

Richard will provide a roadmap of the future, then end with a toolkit that will allow you to capture and make use of the uncertainties ahead to build your business. You'll walk away with a better understanding of what's ahead, and tools that can help you turn that knowledge into market power.

Farms and the Future: What's Ahead for Farmers & Farm Incomes

Farmers lead the economy in many ways: involvement in the global economy; consumers of data and information; users of technology, both in IT and biotechnology; and leaders in what happens to consumers & the economy. But what's next for farmers? Futurist Richard Worzel has worked with farming groups for more than 20 years, and brings a wealth of experience to helping them anticipate that very question. In this wide-ranging presentation he will deal with emerging agricultural technologies, new genetic and biotech developments; what's expected from climate change; what will affect the global economy and farming input costs; and how these things will affect farm incomes and profits.

Where Humanity Meets - and Creates - the Future

The term "innovation" has become a motherhood term to which everyone pledges allegiance. Yet, ironically, most organizations avoid true innovation even as they pay lip service to it, because it is difficult, dangerous, and you have to be willing to fail. Yet, innovation is how organizations will survive into the future. Indeed, innovation allows organizations to create the future they want.

Business visionary Richard Worzel is a professional futurist, as well as a best-selling author and innovation facilitator. In this presentation, he shows how people and organizations can use innovation to adapt to, and adopt, emerging technologies. Among the topics he will cover are:

-Where is technology headed, and how will it affect us? The broad range of technologies emerging include the biosciences, which will allow us to extend our life spans, perhaps dramatically; 3D printing, which will be as disruptive in the real world as the Internet has been in the virtual world; computers and robots, including computer intelligences, such as IBM's Watson, and the newly emerging Fog computing. The implications for society, for communities, and for individuals will be wide ranging and profound.

-How is - and should - society adapting to the changes ahead? Technology is changing the way we communicate and interact, and with whom. It is prolonging our lives, which may threaten our ability to cope, financially, with an aging population. And it is challenging us to find more creative, more productive - more innovative - work by automating most forms of routine work.

-How can we overcome the problems and risks of innovation, and entrench it in our organizational culture? Here Richard will introduce the Opportunity Matrix, a tool to help people view their situation and environment afresh, and come up with dozens of incremental improvements that, collectively, can produce remarkable change. He will also leave conferees with a users guide to taking these techniques home to their own organizations, and allow them to create an innovation organization

Demographics Are Destiny: How Population Trends Affect the Economy

It's easy to forget that people are the basis of everything relating to economic trends, including consumer demand, housing, tourism, and potentially even inflation and deflation. Or, to put it another way, without people, there is no economy.

That being the case, how are national and global demographic trends shaping the destiny of tomorrow's economy?

-As America's population ages, its labor force growth falls, which leads to lower, slower GDP growth.

-An aging population buys replacements rather than increasing demand, hence an aging consumer force leads to lower economic growth and lower demand.

-Aging boomers will look to sell their family homes, but those who can afford to may wind up with two domiciles instead: one for winter down south, the other for the rest of the year up north. Or one in an urban center, the other in a calmer, more rural setting.

-Meanwhile, younger consumers, especially Millennials, are finally starting their long-delayed move into their household formation years. This will goose demand for housing, cars (somewhat - younger consumers are less interested in car ownership than earlier generations), baby clothes, insurance, and even the beginnings of retirement planning.

-Globally, the developed countries will face significant financial problems because of aging populations, established developing countries (except China, which is aging faster than almost anyone else) are burning through into their "demographic dividends", and newly developing countries, notably in Africa, with their still-growing populations will win their place in the spotlight as quickly as they can develop stable governments and legal systems that protect property rights.

-All told then, at every level, demographics is signaling a changing of the guard, with some groups losing influence, and others gaining them.

Innovate, Automate, or Evaporate: What's Ahead for Higher Education

Whenever anyone starts talking about the future, no matter where they start, if they talk long enough, they will wind up talking about education, particularly higher education. But higher education itself is changing in ways that those involved may not recognize, and for which they will not be prepared. Business visionary Richard Worzel is today's leading futurist. In this presentation, he discusses the forces that are driving change in education, ending with what private universities should do to thrive and survive, including:

-Why the answer to "Should I got to college?" is no longer an emphatic "Yes!"

-What the alternatives are to higher education, and why they are threatening colleges and universities.

-What's wrong with the past model of higher ed, and how it will change.

-How technology is re-writing all the rules on post-secondary education - and where it's going next.

-What MOOCs can't do, and how to fix them.

-The way ahead: A different model of educating.

"Formal education, the pivot of tomorrow's world, must perforce change, or it will become irrelevant," says Worzel. "To keep it relevant implies staying slightly ahead of the forces driving change. Those who do this will profit mightily. Those who do not will be forced out of business."

Why You Need Richard

Richard is today's leading global futurist, with a client list that includes companies like Microsoft, Lexus, Coca-Cola, Proctor & Gamble, the U.S. Navy, the Clerk of the House of Commons, the TD Bank, Sun Life, and many more.

With degrees in mathematics and computer science, as well as the Chartered Financial Analyst Designation, what sets Richard apart is the intricate customization he undertakes for every single presentation, including the interests of each specific conference within a global context.

Why You Will Love Richard

"The Gulf Coast Power Association had Richard Worzel address the 2016 Fall Conference on issues that may impact the electric power industry in the future. We were looking for a speaker that could address industry blind spots, in other words, what future issues are evolving outside of the electric power industry that could impact how, when and where business is transacted in this industry. Richard delivered. His presentation gave the conference attendees things to think about after the conference...along with the message that even if they did not...someone else is. Great food for thought. If you have an industry that needs to consider its "blindsides", I recommend getting Richard to give his perspective of the future."

Gulf Coast Power Association, Austin, Texas

"Richard was a fantastic speaker at our National Sales Meeting. We're a multi-generational tech company with a very broad range of knowledge, backgrounds and talents. Richard customized his entire presentation to fit the entire group's needs - and got us thinking about how we need to lean on each other to be a successful company. Great stuff!"

AVI Systems, Bloomington, Minnesota

"Richard Worzel was a pleasure to work with. He took extra time to cater his message specifically to meet the needs of our very unique audience-no canned speeches here! Conference attendees call Worzel "an engaging speaker," "easy to listen to," and "captivating." He provided "excellent triggers for thought" and can be described as "enlightening.""

International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans, Calgary

"It is with great pleasure to write this letter to thank you for your excellent presentation at Endurance's Annual Risk Symposium in Naples, Florida. Our senior executive team and our clients always have high expectations for this select client event, and you not only met, but clearly exceeded them!

We always take a chance when we engage speakers who are not in the insurance or reinsurance business and so all of us were gratified that you took the time to learn about our industry, our business, the nature of the event, and how your presentation would fit with the other pieces of our program. We were delighted that you forwarded us your speaking notes in advance of the meeting so that we could work with you to customize it, making your presentation that much more meaningful and provocative. The resulting presentation hit the nail squarely on the head for our attendees. It was entertaining, intriguing, thought-provoking, timely, and immediately useful to our clients. We know from the feedback we received from our clients that your presentation had an impact on the way they plan for and think about the future. Indeed, we know this is true because one of those clients has now hired you to work with their board of directors. That says everything we need to know about how effective your presentation was.

On a personal note, what particularly pleased me was how you handled yourself in our social events, outside of the presentation. You attended the formal dinner with our clients the night before, and sat with one of the most strongly-opinionated people in the room. You not only kept up with him, but engaged him in a thoughtful and constructive manner that turned him into a big fan of yours. And working with you, both in preparation, during the event, and in the follow-up that you did afterwards was a pleasure. You are a true professional and made yourself part of our team, instead of just a hired gun who showed up, spoke, and left.

We appreciate your efforts on our behalf. You helped us create an outstanding event, but left us with a significant problem: Where will we find another speaker capable of following your act? We have no hesitation in recommending you to other organizations, and look forward to working with you again."

Endurance Insurance & Reinsurance, Naples, Florida

"As a team, we really enjoyed your future-oriented approach to strategic selling. It fit perfectly with what we've been trying to put forward to our selling partners for years. You helped us make our case by putting it in concrete terms so they could see the benefits immediately. And the participants liked it very much as well: the survey response from our partners on your session was very favorable. On a personal note, I want to thank you very much for all of the preparation and hard work you put into the presentation. It really showed, and we appreciate it."

Motorola Solutions, Las Vegas

"We recently engaged Richard Worzel to help us with strategic planning for our [New York City construction] company, Cauldwell Wingate. This is the third time we've used Richard's services for this purpose, and we view him as an essential part of our planning team.

Richard is a professional futurist, and brings an impressive and wide-ranging knowledge of what's ahead for the world, for America, for our city, and for our company to the table. At the same time, he understands business, and his research is firmly grounded in reality. In both his prepared remarks, and in the give-and-take of free-form discussion he is able to provide both information and ideas about the future that are intriguing and useful to our planning.

When it came to helping us create a strategic plan for our company's future, he was able to help us identify the critical issues, and to focus on how we can prepare for them. By the end of the day we spent with him, we had the clear outlines of a workable plan to accomplish the things we need to do - and I very much doubt we would have been able to accomplish anywhere near as much without his guidance.

In short, Richard brings discipline, information, ideas, structure, and even wisdom to the strategic planning process, as well as a sense of humor that makes it easier and more enjoyable to work on life-and-death strategic issues. We have found his services to be invaluable."

Caudwell Wingate, Naples, Florida

"As Chairman of CEO Edge (a Florida based multi-industry group) for our annual retreat I selected Richard as our keynote speaker. The format was small group half day session with Richard both presenting and leading the discussion. The group was comprised of both CEOs and their spouses, 24 in total. As a Futurist, Richard worked with me to craft the right blend and sequence of topics for the discussion. Throughout the pre-planning work Richard was collaborative and responsive to the audience mix and size. The session itself was nothing short of our most successful retreat to date. He clearly knows his material and everyone was impressed with the depth and breadth of his research in each area. The audience was so engaged in the discussion (held on a Saturday in Miami in January) they asked Richard to return after lunch for another hour and to join the group for dinner on Saturday night. I would recommend you consider Richard if a Futurist with good strategic planning skills is your target."

CEO Edge, Miami Beach, Florida

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Quick, funny, engaging and relevant are all the word I would use to describe Donald Cooper.

Donald has years of experience in the retail, customer service, business development and leadership and always goes the extra mile when it comes to preparing for a speaking engagement.

Donald delivered a keynote entitled "Is Your Service Worth Lining Up For" for one of my Edmonton clients and delegates told us he was "the best speaker" they've heard in years. Delegates found Donald to be very honest and real and thought his session was informative, fun, entertaining and motivating. One delegate event went so far to say "You've been a great stress reliever."

If you are looking for a high energy, content rich session Donald is your guy.

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What Donald is Passionate About

Sell More, Manage Smarter, Grow your Bottom Line...and Have a Life!

Managing any business today is tough and getting tougher. We are all faced with more demanding customers, more and stronger competition, increased complexity and shrinking margins. Through Keynotes, interactive Workshops and one-day Management 'Boot Camps,' Donald has helped thousands of business owners and managers to create a compelling competitive advantage and long term profitability. Donald speaks, writes & coaches in the key areas of marketing, management and business excellence. He will help you to create and deliver extraordinary value and experiences that will grab your target customers, differentiate you from your competitors and grow your bottom line. Learn how to effectively market, sell and promote that value and build a powerful brand in a crowded, confused and cynical marketplace.

The 8 Essential Steps to Finding, Leading and Keeping the Best Staff!

Whether your business is large or small, not having the right people in every position carries a huge bottom-line cost in lost business, inefficiency, missed opportunity and frustration! We become what we hire, so we need to attract and hire extraordinary talent, not just "bodies." Then, we must train, inspire and empower them to WOW your customers and achieve world-class operating efficiency. Everyone on your team must be clear about your customer promise, direction and values. They must be committed to specific outcomes, be held accountable for their performance and rewarded for their success. Then, non-performance must be dealt with promptly and firmly. Donald's 8 steps to finding, leading and keeping the best staff delivers a clear process that will help make you a world-class recruiter and a world-class business.

HUMAN MARKETING®

Whether you sell to consumers or to other businesses, your customers are more demanding, more confused, more time‐compressed and more cynical than ever before. They want your best service and your best price...and they want it now. On top of that, you have way too many competitors, you all look pretty much alike...and some of you aren't going to make it!

So, to succeed we must stand out. We must create compelling value and experiences that make powerful connections with our target customers. Simply
put, we must be extraordinary. Mediocrity is no longer an option.

Then, we must communicate our value in a way that 'grabs' our target customers, clearly differentiates us from our competitors and makes us 'famous'. And we
have to do all of that on a tight budget , so that we grow our bottom line.

Creating loyal and profitable customers for life is not that complicated. In fact, you'll be amazed at how simple and do‐able it actually is. We are all human beings selling something to other human beings. How darn complicated should this actually be?

Human Marketing®, is Donald's trademarked term for his unique insights into why people buy, why they don't buy...and what they really want when they do buy. Donald has created these insights based on his 30+ years of experience as a world‐class manufacturer and an award‐winning retailer.

Donald debunks tired myths about loyalty, price, advertising and value and then replaces them with powerful insights and management tools that will help you to create a compelling completive advantage, more effective marketing and a better bottom line. Human Marketing® will re‐energize and transform your business.

Why You Need Donald

Donald transforms businesses...and business people! He has helped thousands of companies throughout the world to add more real value to their customers' lives...and more dollars to their bottom lines!

Donald started his business career at the age of 6, sweeping the floor in the family business for 5 cents a day. Long days and low pay...excellent early training for an entrepreneur!

He earned an undergraduate business degree and an MBA from the Ivey Business School at the University of Western Ontario, back when dinosaurs roamed the earth...followed by 18 years at Cooper Canada, the family business. Cooper Canada became the world's leading maker of hockey equipment and a Canadian Brand icon.

As Cooper Canada grew, partners were bought out; the company went public, then went global, was unionized and un-unionized; built a dedicated, world-class team; opened an offshore factory; imported and exported; bought competitors and, finally, sold to the wrong people.

At age 43 Donald left the family business to do something less corporate, reinventing himself as an award-winning retailer. In just 3 years he fundamentally redefined the customer experience, for which he received 7 Awards of Excellence for marketing, service and business innovation.

Drawing from his real-life experience as a world-class manufacturer, retailer and business coach, he now helps companies rethink and reinvent themselves to create compelling customer value, clarity of purpose and long-term profitability.

When not speaking, flying or researching, Donald and Wanda hide out at their country place where they create gardens, boat or play in the snow...but not all at the same time.

For his unique business content and compelling presentation style, Donald has been awarded the Certified Speaking Professional (CSP) designation, the highest earned designation in the world of professional speaking...and he has been inducted into the Canadian Speaking Hall of Fame. His insights into how to sell more, manage smarter, grow your bottom line and have a life will inform you, challenge you, disturb you, inspire you...and leave you with a new and powerful understanding of your business, your customers and your life!

Why You Will Love Donald

"Your presentation was the highest rated at our 3-day conference. After the first 5 minutes, I knew we had a winner on our hands. Your presentation style was absolutely dynamic; your content exceptional, your material was personalized to our company and your message was truly motivational. I look forward to working with you again next year."

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Everything we do is about delivering outcomes. We talk to clients like you right across the country. And we listen to a lot of unique business challenges every day. But there's one part of the conversation that is always the same. The need for some kind of outcome. Sure, we have lots of great talent. Yes, we can source a speaker or entertainer from anywhere in the world. But what we really do take audiences where they need to go.

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Stop Procrastinating! You can reach big goals and Vince can show you how.  Vince spoke at the annual Eye Recommend Conference a year ago and I laughed so hard I cried.  Vince delivers a highly energetic keynote that will capture your audiences attention from the moment he takes the stage.  Sharing his personal experience and insights into how to achieve BIG GOALS, Vince gets the crowd going and is a great opening or closing keynote speaker.

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Michael uses humor to ignite performance; sales, customer loyalty and leadership.  Michael customizes all of his keynote presentations and recently provided me with a wonderful, creative video for a client who is looking for a keynote.  His video was humorous, his message spot on and our client was captivated by his ability to grasp their challenges.

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Motivational Sales, Culture, Customer Service Speaker Michael Hoffman

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Ignite your performance! Michael Hoffman inspires culture, builds sales skills, develops leaders, and engages employees in creating customer loyalty.

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Prior to becoming a keynote speaker, Simon worked at the Disney Institute and shares many stories about his time working for the worlds most "brilliant" corporation.  As an "average" manager he discovered the importance of being "brilliant" which he shares in his newly released book entitled, The Vuja' de' Moment! Shift form Average to Brilliant. In this book Simon invites readers to shift their thinking, creating a disruption from the norm that ignites creativity, drives productivity and increase accountability.

In a recently telephone conversation with Simon, I found him to be humble, inquisitive and extremely insightful with a passion to share his message.  His laugh will make YOU laugh and his humor and experience will draw you in. Simon is the type of speaker you will not be able to take your eyes (and ears) off of once he hits the stage.

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A best-selling author, Success Magazine's 2018 Top 25, hall of fame speaker, and renowned teacher, Simon has shaped the lives of more than 2 million people in 45 different countries. Whether advising CEOs or speaking at a conference, Simon challenges individuals to shift their thinking and create their future.

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Vik's thought provoking sessions do change lives and at a recent conference one delegate was so moved by Vik's session on "Reshaping the Non-Profit Sector" that she shared this note of appreciation:

"I truly appreciated your presentation.  It really altered the way I look at our charity and how we are doing things.  I am working hard to see the water we are in… your comments about our true values and our values in survival mode were particularly poignant!  In a very short time, you have really influenced my perspective!  I cannot thank you enough for such a great presentation!"

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From Change to Transformation: One Gives a Better Yesterday; The Other, an Entirely New Future

It sounds strange but, there are very few corporate change efforts that have ever failed. That is because change accomplishes exactly what it is designed for - making a better yesterday. This talk was born out of thousands of hours of performance coaching and consulting with organizations committed to their own reinvention. 99% of all change management efforts produce a modified version of what already exists in the organization. And organizations hope that these incremental performance gains will carry the day against the unprecedented pace at which local and global environments are shifting.

The deck chairs are shuffled, strategic plans are drawn up, GAP and SWOT analyses are done, yellow stickies litter the walls, and new visions are word-smithed until everyone's head hurts; all this in hopes of some marginal increase in profitability or service. And if we tell the truth about it - not many results or KPI's will really change in the coming year. And this continues to happen in board rooms or retreats around the world in spite of its proven ineffectiveness.
Why? Answer: Few leaders are successfully dealing with their culture.
As Peter Drucker eloquently put it, "Culture eats strategy for breakfast." And change is incapable of effectively addressing culture - at best change management deals with the products of the culture: process, roles, physical space, and behaviour. It does not confront the fundamental DNA of the organization, hence:

"The more things change, the more they stay the same." - Alphonse Karr
So how do you beat this predictable trap? Answer: Transformation NOT more Change.
So then, what's the difference? Transformation is not "better" change. Transformation produces a "wake up" an "aha". It reveals what you have not been able to see that has limiteded your view of success and of life. The result is an altered state. From Change to Transformation will describe a unique pathway for accessing breakthrough thinking in which:

- new possibilities emerge

- new actions become obvious

- new conversations start

- new behaviours become natural, and

- a whole new future becomes real

What will become possible form this talk is:

- Creation, Aliveness, and Purpose - REAL Purpose - starts to course through the veins of your organization.

- Employees naturally begin to act in ways that fulfill a new future that inspires every one of them.

- Business results move from incremental to breakthrough levels

The organization will have a new problem - the problem of being a leader in territory no one has charted before.

Being Unstoppable: Mastering Conversations which Impact THE Most Difficult People

At some point in your career you will encounter other people that you are not designed to deal with. They will stretch you to the limits of your emotional and intellectual capacity - and break you. Break you in the sense that you will stop being yourself around them. And you will spend more and more time not being you until - not being you IS YOU! And you will predictably become resigned (pretend it doesn't matter), avoiding, reactive, despondent, or forceful when dealing with them. And you will spend incredible amounts of time in your own head thinking about these people, plotting against them, and playing out fantasies about taking them on. And some of you will spend an inordinate amount of time complaining about them.

"Coaching difficult people is the most critical skill for leaders to master," - Chris Argyris (Guru of Organizational Behaviour)

Here's the good news: No one is designed to deal with them. They are not ordinary people. When you engage these people everything you know to be true about yourself vanishes and you are left fighting against your own physiology to act effectively. Now, what if it were possible to:

- distinguish and put to rest the triggers that activate you

- be powerful and unflinching in the face of anyone's conversation

- say things that will derail their predictable speaking pattern and

- generate a completely unexpected outcome from historically broken relationships?

What would that level of "unmessability" and power be worth? What would that kind of readily accessible skill make available for your career and your life? The opportunity of this one realm of organizational and personal performance is incalculable.

This talk will leave you with an opening for power well beyond what talking tips, formulas, active listening, and personality profiling can provide. It will leave you with a profound understanding of where you limit yourself in these conversations and present a pathway out; leaving you naturally invulnerable to these difficult people. And once your unique triggers for these difficult people is actually identified, they will lose their grip - giving you a whole new ability to coach them and others around them and undo the havoc they have been wreaking.

History-Making Teams: Aligning Smart People Who Don't Think Alike

Our systems produce smart individuals. The paradox of smart individuals is that they are often challenged to be a smart group. We then have organizations, institutions, governments that are filled with people who have high levels of personal performance. At the same time the world has massively reorganized itself and new performance outcomes are required to be effective; performance outcomes that demand individuals come together to produce ideas and innovations that no one of them can generate alone - much less implement alone.

In the absence of being able to unlearn the "me or you" mindset, we then look to motivational gimmicks, personality tools, team formulas about storming and norming, and other compensations for our lack of ability to be with different people with different views. All of these tools and models take effort to understand and master and produce incremental gains at best - if you can remember them.

"Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships." - Michael Jordan

What if you could just remove what was in the way versus working around it? What if it were possible to dissolve the artificial barriers to collective action and rapidly rehabilitate people's natural drive to accomplish together? Teams of animal certainly don't need to know each other's personality, profile, or "score" - why would we? When's the last time you saw a team of ants exchanging their "colours" or a goose gripe about leading?
This talk will:
- annihilate what you consider "best practice" for team building and

- open up a whole new dimension to the understanding of team that will

- rapidly, deeply, and sustainable give you access to authentic and natural collaboration

In this talk you will have to confront if your team is just here to make money - or here to make history.

Although Vik had been working with organizations for years, in 2008 he participated in the Landmark Forum which deliver a powerful "wake up" that left him with a penetrating insight into his taken-for-granted views that limited his life and what was possible.

Within the process of his own transformation he realized what it takes to make a REAL difference in others.

Vik has been speaking on, teaching, facilitating, coaching and leading game-changing conversations for over 13 years. He has dramatically shifted governments, corporations, boards, non-profits and teams of people.

His clients have ranged from the United Way to the United Nations; from the First Nations of Nunavut to the Government of Dubai. He has broken a deadlocked $4 Billion international impasse on carbon capture and taught hostage negotiation to the RCMP. At the most human level, Vik has permanently and positively transformed the relationships, quality of life and futures of communities, organizations and families.

He has a masters degree in molecular and cell biology, is trained in high stakes conflict, ontology, group behaviour, neuro-linguistic programing, and the use of language systems in shaping human thinking and behaviour. He is also the co-founder and former CEO of a now 200+ person international education design company.
Most impressive of all, Vik can wiggle his little toes independent of his other toes and apologizes for self-aggrandizing biographies written in the third person that are clearly authored by the subject of said biography!

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Everything we do is about delivering outcomes. We talk to clients like you right across the country. And we listen to a lot of unique business challenges every day. But there's one part of the conversation that is always the same. The need for some kind of outcome. Sure, we have lots of great talent. Yes, we can source a speaker or entertainer from anywhere in the world. But what we really do take audiences where they need to go.

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Shaw is a bit of a jokester who likes to poke fun of the fact that he was an only child who grew up in a family that made it their mission not to spoil him.

Shawn delivered a session on engagement and how to "engage and retain a volunteer culture" at the recent 2013 Vitalize Conference. During his session he was informed that someone had tunnel vision and another was deaf and would have an interpreter so Shawn adjusted his presentation style to accommodate these individuals, all the while being focused on delivering a highly engaging session for everyone.

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Shawn's expertise and passion for helping teams achieve peak performance didn't just happen overnight. After a nearly twenty year corporate career in automotive, packaging, pharmaceuticals, electronics, and power generation holding various leadership roles from team leader all the way up to Assistant General Manager, he learned a thing or two about being an effective leader, and more importantly what it takes to build a strong and productive team that would consistently deliver results.

Interestingly Shawn learned that it wasn't just great leadership that lead to high levels of team performance, it was through the introduction and effective integration of employee empowerment and autonomy.

His journey as a professional speaker began in 2009 when he left his corporate career to launch his speaking career. Today, as a speaker, consultant and author Shawn invests significant time studying top performing organizations around the world, consulting with and advising CEOs and Entrepreneurs on how to grow their organization by empowering their teams to maximize customer value through the creation of compelling employee-customer connections.

Shawn's experiences have lead him to work with Fortune 500 companies such as CN Rail, Tim Horton's, and Pepsi Co; with some fast growing and dynamic mid-market companies including Calhoun Superstructure, Eaton Lighting, Gerson and Gerson Incorporated, and Saje Natural Wellness, and with various franchise organizations such as Winmar Corporation. As the composition and performance of teams are the same in both the for-profit and not-for-profit sectors, Shawn's also spent a considerable time working with several not-for-profit and charitable organizations that include the Electricity Distributors Association, Kids Help Phone and the Chartered Professional Accountants.

Recognized as a thought leader in the area of team development, Shawn's ideas and perspectives are frequently published in industry publications including the Association for Manufacturing Excellence, Fast Company, Industry Week, 20/20 Magazine, the Globe and Mail and CFO Magazine to name a few.

His prolific publishing includes over 1000 articles, booklets and resources on topics related to improving team and individual performance. Shawn has also served on several not-for-profit boards, providing him with insight into the areas of growth, member retention and motivation and engagement of volunteers.

Recently, continuing his mission to spread the word about how to improve team performance, Shawn published his first book with McGraw Hill entitled "Operational Empowerment: Collaborate, Innovate, and Engage to Beat the Competition." You can view a free chapter or order your own copy by visiting shawncasemore.com .

Despite a hectic travel schedule across North America, Shawn enjoys spending time with his wife Julie and their two young boys in the small town of Chatsworth, just North of Toronto, Ontario. In his free time Shawn also enjoys cross-fit, golfing, and what he describes as riding an assortment of fun, albeit dangerous, motorized vehicles.

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Everything we do is about delivering outcomes. We talk to clients like you right across the country. And we listen to a lot of unique business challenges every day. But there's one part of the conversation that is always the same. The need for some kind of outcome. Sure, we have lots of great talent. Yes, we can source a speaker or entertainer from anywhere in the world. But what we really do take audiences where they need to go.

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If you are looking to add a little punch or energy to your conference Tyler Hayden will not disappoint. Tyler’s quirky style is what makes him stand out from the crowd.  He is a professional keynote speaker, team building expert and trainer who has a knack for making people laugh. Tyler is a wonderful individual who is a joy to work with.

In addition to delivering high energy keynotes, and workshops Tyler has emceed the PMISA Conference in Calgary for a number of years offering clever solutions to bridge breakout sessions and energizing the delegates throughout the three day conference.  If you'd like to know more about conference "busters" or how Tyler can help increase your delegates learning

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What Tyler is Passionate About

Livin' Life Large™

Based on Tyler's bestselling book Livin' Life Large: Simple Actions that Create Success, this show will not only have your group rolling in the aisles with laughter but will also have them leaving the presentation room with simple changes that they can easily make to begin to create a balanced lifestyle in both their personal and professional lives.

Tyler delivers keynote speeches like you've never heard before! The content for Livin' Life Large combines expert storytelling, current research about your custom learning objectives, engaging audience participation, and Tyler's clean corporate humor.

This presentation is all about creating long-term life satisfaction by living "every single moment of every single day." In doing so we are able to effectively and efficiently balance the rigours that work and life throw our way.

This presentation has been a hit at conferences and conventions from 50 to 5,000 people. It's hilarious. It's high energy. It's impactful. It's 100 percent Tyler Hayden.

Friday!

With text messages flying, Facebook posts burning up cyberspace, and Twitter tweeting like a hungry crow - the plans are in the works for the best weekend ever! So much so you can already taste the Martinis! Friday! is the best day of the week because it is a gateway to freedom... But, you know that, that freedom is not yours because of looming deadlines, emails to respond to, and product to deliver. So somehow you innately change your state of mind to meet the needs of the day. You will seamlessly achieve everything, cause it's Friday!, and you've got plans for the weekend.

Friday! is truly is a state of mind, and with the Friday mind set you can achieve corporate well being. It is a time when you pull out all the stops, get busy, and get 'er done. Join Tyler as he explores the 9 ¾ most important skills to living the Friday! state of mind, every day. Laugh along with Tyler while you learn among other things to: drop old behaviors, boost creativity, master meaning, create connection, optimize optimism, vet vision, and peak perform.

So mix up a Martini, turn up the tunes and lighten your load. We're unleashing Tyler to change your Monday morning blues, into a Friday! state of mind.

Workshops
Team-Building Intelligence
Discover ways to connect and inspire your team by engaging them using their Multiple Intelligences. Get road ready and tested tools to start building a stronger team that is more efficient and effective.
Leader's Pack
Explore 81 different team-building solutions that can be applied immediately. Explore Virtual and On-Site Team options that will help you develop a great team of engaged colleagues.
Team Avatar
Building teams when you aren't in the same area code can be tricky. That's where this Team Avatar comes in! Explore some fun and efficient ways to get your group members to know each other in a digital world. Learn out-of-the-box, unique team-building ideas for getting the group to share insight about themselves individually and as a group in a digital world.

Teambuilding Events
Gladiator Olympics
Pure energy and team fun is this event's theme. Complete with is a series of highly engaging olympic challenges that involve rubber gloves, pencils, and fabulous prizes.
Light It UP!
We will work together to create a themed set of questions and then deliver those with classic game shows complete with lights and buzzers. Your team will have so much fun being part of the action!
Team Mover
Combine keynotes, workshops, and team building using our "bulk buy" opportunity. Team Mover allows you to choose from Tyler's deep menu of offerings to come up with several solutions at one low price.
NABCAR Derby
Ride in style as you build, stylize, and compete in this race to end all races. Build skills in competition, team bonding, and style. Your team won't believe what they can achieve in such a short time!
Halifax Explosion
Halifax Explosion is an interactive foot or car pursuit that is custom designed for your locale. It's complete with challenging local trivia, engaging puzzles, hilarious group activities, and of course fantastic prizes!
Monet's Canvas
Build your team awareness, without breaking a sweat. This highly engaging event has your entire team working independently on a masterpiece. Then they will be added together to demonstrate your team's collective brilliance.
Perfectly Putt
Perfectly Putt is a totally portable mini-putt course that not only allows your group to design the holes, but also will deliver on some of your meeting's educational outcomes. Perfectly Putt can be a team-building event, deliver product knowledge, or build learning on a focus area (i.e., Customer Relationship Management).
Leader's Pack
Explore with Tyler a customized solution for your team from his two decades of experience. He will help design a program to suit your specific learning needs with your group's Multiple Intelligence Quotient in mind.
Bike Shop
Corporate social responsibility is not only market savvy, but the right thing to do. In a matter of hours your group will change lives, leave a legacy, and make dreams come true - and build your team while you are doing it!

The Big MC

The Big M.C. answers a meeting planners' need to build a conference experience that will not be soon forgotten. Tyler carefully and hilariously weaves the business of the day with innovative and exciting audience interaction. Elements include: Keynote, Workshop, EMCEE, Keynote Speaker Interviews/Games, Icebreakers, Networking and Full Conference Team Building to name a few.

Why You Need Tyler

Tyler Hayden is an international leadership and team consultant, an elected government official, has over two decades of experience as a speaker and organizational consultant. He is the author of over a dozen books on leadership and team building including the bestseller Livin' Life Large™- Simple Actions that Create Success. These are just some of the reasons why Tyler is regularly chosen for leadership and team events internationally.

As one meeting planner said, "Tyler had us at Hello. He is pure energy and you can't help but hang on every word ... [we] only wish we'd had more time with him."

You will quickly see why Tyler regularly scores as the top keynote speaker at conferences and meetings from Health Care and Government to Oil and Gas and Banking - Tyler knows how to deliver just in time and on target learning in an engaging and inspiring way. His trademark "Livin Life Large" leaves audiences with actionable items, custom learning, and a sore belly from laughing so hard.

Tyler's team building repertoire includes high adventure activities, virtual team toolkit, onsite adventures, unique professional measures and more. You'll have to check out his list of team design tools from secret agent movie trailers and off the wall olympic games to cardboard arcades and retro game shows. His team events blend knowledge development and team skills with hilariously fun and out-of-the-box innovation.

You may meet Tyler as your keynote speaker solution, then like many you will engage him in helping to build customized solutions in the areas of leadership development, virtual and onsite team building, personal development, structured mentoring, and staff retention and engagement,.

As one YPO member said, " You were not only able to achieve them [our objectives] with exacting detail, but you exceeded every members expectations."

Some of the success stories he has helped author with clients include: structured mentoring in health care, customer relationship management in IT/IMS, team building for key account sales, applied research studies, and team building in virtual and 24/7 work environments - Tyler's thought leadership will help guide innovation, leadership and team skills within your business for years to come.

Come join Tyler Hayden, and "Live Life Large™"

Take care and make today a great day!

Why You Will Love Tyler

"It was an absolute pleasure working with Tyler, and his sessions were hilarious and really made a splash at our event. "

Andrew Bucci
Association of Municipal Administrators

"Tyler's 150% explosive energy is the first thing we enjoyed about him. Then he took the stage with his hilarious stories, heartfelt reminders of what is important in life, and his ability to inspire audience members and we loved him even more. Tyler made room in his schedule to contribute his professional stories to our post-secondary student session and offered an inspiring leadership based workshop. He also took the opportunity to remain at the conference and met staff, volunteers, and conference attendees, spreading his energy and enthusiasm with witty conversations and unique stories. We enjoyed Tyler's contributions to our conference and would highly recommend him as a keynote speaker!"

Executive Director, Recreation Connections Manitoba

"Entertaining, energetic and certainly outside the box, Tyler left our group with some key messages that we will carry with us going forward and these will ultimately help us be even more successful. His presentation was full of energy and very entertaining, yet our managers took some key messages that were consistent with how we want to build our team and achieve success as we move into a new fiscal year."

AGM, Sales and Service, Scotiabank Atlantic Contact Centre

"Tyler, your ability to tie your message of Livin' Life Large into our "Focusing on the Customer" theme was not only motivational, it was exciting. You delivered the message with so much energy and humor that participants are still laughing. You engaged the audience at the first minute and never let go...you were more than we ever expected."

Sales & Business Development, Intact Insurance, Atlantic Division

"We worked with Tyler for 4 years as our main stage host. Every year he reinvented himself, bringing amazing audience participation, engaging dialogue with keynoters, and a fun yet professional image to our event. I would not hesitate for a moment to recommend Tyler as your EMCEE and Keynote solution for your next event."

Past President, Project Management Institute, Southern Alberta Chapter

"Feedback from the participants was glowing for both presentations. Light it Up was an exciting ice breaker for the crowd and really made sure participants met everyone at their table. Interestingly, I personally had even more feedback on Livin Life Large, where people seemed to really connect with the messages of "one little thing today", "be a little outside of you comfort zone", and "enthusiasm is caught, not taught".

A great kick off to our conference, Tyler you really took the materials we provided, you seemed like one of us, and made both sessions OUR sessions.

Senior Director, Customer Insights and Loyalty, Lawtons Drugs

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Olympian, Scientist & Social Entrepreneur

Using rowing terminology and drawing upon his Canadian Olympic rowing team experience, Adam reminds us that no matter your position, your title or role everyone is important to the success of every team or company.  Adam’s style is energetic, his stories hilarious and his desire to make a difference undeniable.

Adam's recent rescue from the ocean is one you won't soon forget. Creating meaningful keynote presentations using his expedition experience makes Adam a truly unique speaker.  Standing almost 7' tall (ok he looks tall because I'm 5'4") Adam will have you at hello!

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The Branding Highway

Gair Maxwell is an award winning speaker who reminds us that often as business owners we forget our story; the story that connects us to our customers, the one that evokes emotion and a sense of loyalty.  I have worked with Gair and was back of room when he spoke to over 50 TEC Canada CEO's and Presidents. His unique perspective and understanding of "relationship" building as it relates to business is truly refreshing.   As a former radio announcer, his voice is captivating and his message will have you wondering what you did before you met Gair.

Gair won the 2012 Speaker of the Year award from TEC Canada and we're proud to call him one of our own.

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What Gair is Passionate About

The Reinvention Code
In this Keynote/Workshop you will learn:

-Common patterns of successful reinvention from large corporations and small companies to communities, careers and the common man.

-Specific reasons why most "change management" efforts sputter and fail.

-Timeless principles that guide personal or professional "do-overs".

Today's warp speed, changing world demands the ability to "re-invent" has become more of a necessity than choice. In this interactive presentation, Gair Maxwell reveals universal secrets of successful reinvention; whether it's a firm looking at re-branding, a career path that needs changing or relationships that require overhaul, THE REINVENTION CODE™ helps any person or organization shift or get off the pot and fashion a new future liberated from the past.

THE BRANDING HIGHWAY™
In this Keynote/Workshop you will learn:

-How any brand can be reinvented, reignited & realigned to boost revenue, increase market share and build shareholder equity.

-Specific reasons why most marketing tactics and ad campaigns are wasted efforts; yielding minimal results despite maximum cost.

-Why Brands of Distinction™ consistently outclass & outperform competitors wearing mere "badges of ownership".

Fortunes are made and companies sold way above asset value, primarily through the intangible strength of a compelling brand. But, why are some firms like an Italian sports car builder or an American motorcycle maker wildly successful at leveraging their brand while others squander buckets of time and money only to look like everyone else as hard-earned marketing dollars go down the proverbial drain?

Join Gair Maxwell on THE BRANDING HIGHWAY™ and discover how certain companies he has worked with grew more than 5-10 times their original size in less than 4 years... while setting themselves apart from competitors and slashing their advertising budget! You will see why developing a brand involves much more than picking colors, a logo or spewing empty promises of "features, advantages and benefits". Learn universal secrets of iconic brands such as Ferrari and Harley-Davidson, how they can be adapted to your market and fuel the hearts and minds of loyal customers, despite a saturated advertising world (online and off) jammed and crammed with the escalating clutter of "white noise" and "ad-speak".

THE KNOWING-DOING G.A.P
In this seminar you will learn:

-Six factors that sabotage team and human potential

-A practical process to move beyond personal "comfort zones"

-Proven science that links good intentions to ruthless execution

Books are read, seminars attended, ideas generated but when it's time to head back to the office, little if anything, really changes. "A-ha moments" fade faster than a New Year's resolution and the same self-defeating patterns persist. As much as people talk about success, the truth is many individuals and organizations never achieve it. Not because they can't, but because they choose not to act on universal knowledge that would take them off the behavior treadmill of average; or worse, mediocrity.

Based on a global experiment involving 32,000 subjects, Gair Maxwell reveals why THE KNOWING-DOING G.A.P. exists and how to close it with new mind-to-muscle patterns that inspire growth, action and passion for one's cause, company or personal purpose. No more excuses. No more inertia or irrational fears. Just effective, deliberate action, releasing untapped organizational power and human potential.

THE KNOWING-DOING G.A.P. has been lauded by conference organizers as "the picture-perfect message at the perfect time." As an event opener, it sets the stage for active participation and personal accountability for the entire conference. As a closer, it serves as the "big bang showstopper" that unifies overarching themes and activates attendees for the post-event "real" world.

Timeless insight worth "KNOWING". A learning experience definitely worth "DOING"!

Workplace Safety & The Reptilian Brain - How to Avoid Accidents Waiting to Happen
In this seminar you will learn:
-Three Hazardous Attitudes that Trigger Human Error

-The Real Impact of Sleep Deprivation

-Warning Signs that Signal Danger Ahead
Safety is more than policy or procedure. It's a state of mind.
What if more than 80% of all workplace accidents could be prevented by knowing the thoughts, behaviors and attitudes that precede them? Workplace Safety & the Reptilian Brain is a seminar devoted to understanding the deeper connection between what happens with the way we think prior to any calamity caused by human error.

Internationally acclaimed author and speaker Gair Maxwell takes your safety culture to the next level by sharing the latest research and first-hand observations from diverse fields and industries such as aviation, medicine and transportation. This is NOT your typical safety seminar filled with redundant stats and a finger wagging facilitator spouting "do's and don'ts". Highly interactive and at times entertaining, this program provides practical tools and techniques for better decision-making when danger lurks just around the corner.

Keeping employees safe isn't just the right thing to do; it's one of the smartest long-term investments you can make in your company. Discover how you and your team can leverage our "gears between the ears" with Workplace Safety & the Reptilian Brain.

Reinventing the Customer X-Perience

In this seminar you will learn:
- How to reimaginate & rescript a consistent "WOW" Customer X-PERIENCE.
- 3 ways to deliberately plan and purchase 'Word of Mouth'.
-Secrets to recreate the magic of Disney with the systems of Starbucks.

The real service mission of any business is NOT just to get the customer in the door, but to make sure they come back again and again. Even a 5% increase in customer retention can boost profitability by 25-100%. REINVENTING THE CUSTOMER X-PERIENCE helps owners, managers and troops in the trenches 'land on the same page' to sell bigger orders, attract new customers, and most importantly generate consistent, repeat (and profitable) business.

If work is theatre and every business a stage, internationally-acclaimed keynote speaker/author Gair Maxwell helps you develop standing ovation strategies to create customers for life. Expect to challenge the norms of your own industry with an explosive mix of newfound energy and creativity that translates into specific, doable action steps ready to be implemented Monday morning.

Gair customizes every presentation to speak your company's language and be aligned with your objectives. Notorious for having people on the edge of their seats with an over-the-top rope engaging style, he helps attendees discover how to unearth memorable and meaningful "living the brand" moments (even if you're on a $10 ad budget) with REINVENTING THE CUSTOMER X-PERIENCE!

Death of the Drama Factory
In this seminar you will learn:

-Why most companies & families manufacture their own dysfunction.

-How to detect, defuse & destroy the omnipotent "Drama Triangle".

-A reinvented approach to leadership without title, tenure or talent.

There is a universal desire for teams at work or home to want to be "on the same page" or "rowing in the right direction". Problems arise, however, when people have different ideas of what should be written on that page or where the canoe should be headed. In order for any whole to become greater than the sum of its parts, clear expectations and personal boundaries are crucial. However, those expectations and boundaries are often at odds with flawed assumptions, archaic thinking, unwritten rules and conflicting agendas, generating endless mini-dramas full of empty excuses, dropped balls and pointed fingers. And you already know how a lot of these movies end.

"DEATH OF THE DRAMA FACTORY" breaks new ground by focusing on what everyday people can do to eliminate time wasting, energy sucking spirit & hours from any company or family. In a provocative, tell-it-like-it-is fashion, Gair Maxwell helps attendees develop higher levels of leadership thinking, initiative and personal accountability, crucial to organizational or interpersonal success. His highly engaging style sets a positive tone for tough choices required to foster a unified, cohesive unit that works together and laughs together as opposed to a status-quo subculture of isolated, disruptive grumblers.

Is now the time to send human-created mayhem packing? Are you ready to create a new pact with your team and boost levels of energy, engagement and execution? Step up to the plate ... and take a swing with an unconventional learning experience entitled "DEATH OF THE DRAMA FACTORY"

The "I" in Team - Exceptional Performance Through Everyday People
In this seminar you will learn:
-The invisible glue of any organization

-How "labeling" and the "drama triangle" will make or break any team

-Ways you can lead without a label
Is there an "I" in team? Gair Maxwell thinks so.
In a provocative, entertaining fashion, Gair challenges the way teams are expected to work together, allowing the whole to become greater than the sum of its parts. Those expectations often clash with traditional wisdom, unwritten rules and conflicting agendas, generating subcultures and mini-dramas full of empty excuses, dropped balls and pointed fingers.

The "I" In TEAM breaks new ground by focusing on what everyday people can do to achieve higher levels of leadership thinking, initiative and personal accountability, crucial to the success of any organization and the brand it represents.

Ready to hit home runs with your team and boost trust, commitment and collaboration? Step up to the plate ... and take a swing with an uncommonly unconventional learning experience discovered through The "I" In TEAM.

Branding @ 360
In this seminar you will learn:

-Why most "re-branding" efforts are doomed to fail from Day One.

-Key factors that link your marketing promise to frontline mindsets.

-How to turn Vision into Action and avoid "Disconnected Brand Disorder".

The business case for a vibrant internal brand is compelling. According to Gallup, robust cultures that foster high levels of employee engagement trigger 27% higher profits, 50% higher sales, 50% higher customer loyalty levels and 38% above-average productivity. From Apple to Zappos, the world's most successful brands have found a formula to infuse their DNA into marketing messages as well as company culture. But, no matter how much proof in the business pudding there is, many companies still struggle to find the right recipe that makes for a great-tasting brand at every employee or customer touch point.

BRANDING @ 360! shatters mission-statement mythology and inspires CEO's and senior execs to reinvent the way they get marketing, operations and HR singing from the same song sheet. International author/speaker, Gair Maxwell reveals branding blind spots that occur when companies keep telling people how great they are (in marketing/advertising) without that story being lived (on the front line); where employees wield the power to keep customers coming back and tweeting the word - good or bad.

WARNING: This highly interactive and eye-opening keynote/workshop has been known to make some CEO's squirm in their seats as they wrestle with discomforting clarity required to inspire positive change. BRANDING @ 360! allows high-flying eagles to soar above me-too, mission statement parrots and run circles around competitors. With provocative insights, real life examples and practical tools, Gair leaves attendees buzzing with ideas locked and loaded; ready to rock Monday morning.

Why You Need Gair

Gair didn't follow a safe or conventional path to get where he is today... not since the day he was fired from a two-decade career, with the news plastered on the front page of his hometown paper. Few back then, would have bet a plug nickel that he would rise from the ashes of the unemployment line and become an internationally-recognized author, speaker and entrepreneur. His story is one of going from flat broke to flat out successful; earning national awards from high level CEO organizations and sharing conference stages with business superstars such as Richard Branson and Gene Simmons.

If nothing else, Gair has the hard-earned cred from investing 10,000+ hours learning how to reinvent, recreate and blaze trails of one's own making.

Described as a shock stick of energy, this self-made, self-starting outlier, discovered tried-and-true methods to forge a new destiny; inspiring thousands of people and companies to build the business, life or brand they deserve. Combining fanatical levels of research, multi-media demonstrations, hustle, heart and in-the-trenches experience (with a twist of humour!), Gair has shown multitudes of individuals and organizations how to dream bigger, eliminate needless drama, build brands that stick and turn wishful thinking into concrete action and results.

Beginning in 2006 when Gair's counter-intuitive theories on "Branding With Distinction"™ were first applied, some independent business owners were astounded to see their enterprises grow more than 10-fold over a 5-year period. Some of those theories were sprinkled through his critically acclaimed book, Nuts, Bolts And A Few Loose Screws, which first appeared on book shelves in 2010. A former broadcaster, Gair racked up more than 10,000 interviews and 30,000 broadcasts in a two-decade radio and television career. The son of a former pro golfer, Gair struggles to break 90, grooves on '80s classic rock and became a lifelong fan of the Pittsburgh Steelers back in the '70s. A serial fitness buff, he also completed his first marathon in 2005 with less than a week of preparation.

Like we said, the path he follows leans sharply to the unconventional...

Why You Will Love Gair

"Gair - what a fabulous presentation. Thank you - surpassed all my expectations. We received 100% positive feedback from the audience we spoke with on their way out last night and from email TQs we are receiving ongoing today. Donnica and I enjoyed working with you and hope we have the opportunity to do business with you again."

"Thank you for an excellent and thought provoking morning. You rank #1 on my list of speakers-I hope to book you for my new Sarasota group (and will then include CE 2020 members who missed hearing you.

Today, I was proud to declare and share our Canadian heritage. Stay in touch bro."

"Let me start by saying how much I thoroughly enjoyed your sessions in Maui! Your wisdom, engagement and style is infectious and inspiring.

I do not believe in coincidences, and with that said I am most grateful for the opportunity to have shared the moment and stage with you. It may have appeared as a teachable moment for the crowd, however for me it was so much more. In the few "mili seconds" that each step took, I experienced inner dialogue running through my head that should have shook me to my knees, while at the same time my spirit was cheering me on because I have always had a burning desire to reach the top!!! I will remember that experience as being a defining moment in my life, thank you!"

"Friday's presentation was simply amazing!. We certainly started PD class with a wild and thunderous bang! Thank you so much!"

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By simply asking a better or different question you can change every relationship in your life. Stuart Knight’s high energy thought provoking keynotes are more than inspirational they are life changing for
many.

Stuart spoke recently at the MPI Edmonton Chapter National Industry Day and I found him to be a delight to work with.  His energy and enthusiasm is contagious and his passion for engaging in more meaningful conversations is obvious.  His fast paced keynote will have you laughing and wondering what you missed because you didn’t ask a better question.

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Toronto, Ontario

What Stuart is Passionate About

The Art Of Powerful Conversation

Having employees who possess the ability to connect with co-workers, customers, clients, service providers and administrators is key to any organization's success. Every interaction we have with another human being is an opportunity to build trust with those that matter and dramatically increase the productivity of the team as a whole. Although texting, faxing and emailing are part of any business, nothing beats the positive results one receives by connecting face to face and voice to voice.

The Art of Powerful Conversation teaches your team how to infuse the "human factor" into their important business activities. Whether it's selling a product or rallying colleagues behind a new concept, people are influenced by those they can relate to and understand. The Art of Powerful Conversation will give your team the skills they need to create relationships with those that impact your bottom line. If your company truly values its people, then stand behind that mission statement and create a corporate culture that is seen in action.

FOUR CONVERSATIONS FOR SUCCESS

Anyone can talk business. When was the last time you talked life? How do you feel when the guy behind the counter remembers your name? Why do people work hard for some managers and not others? Do your clients look forward to seeing you? What do you know about your customers that your competition doesn't? Do you see them? They're everywhere. That's right, they are called people and if you don't really know them, you're just another company trying to survive.
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THE CHOICE - FIVE DECISIONS ALL WINNERS MAKE

Do you know why some companies are more successful than others? Here's a hint. It has nothing to do with their people waking up earlier, working harder or having prestigious degrees. They simply make five decisions every single day. Do you know what they are? Don't worry, Stuart Knight does, and he'll inspire you to make them. Warning: This will lead you to greater success.
(Offered as a keynote or workshop)

Why You Need Stuart

Stuart Knight is an award winning entrepreneur, critically acclaimed author and one of the world's most prolific speakers. With over twenty years of business experience, Stuart has spoken to over one million people. You may have seen or heard him on Canada's biggest radio and television shows where he is often asked for his expert opinion on reaching high levels of success. As a renegade visionary, Stuart Knight has taken gut wrenching risks and come out on top!

Stuart Knight is a graduate from the School of Business and Economics at Wilfrid Laurier University. Sixteen years ago he thought teenagers were getting the wrong advice, so he wrote a show for them that ended up touring nationally with Coca Cola. Ten years ago he didn't know how to play an instrument, so using computer software he wrote two musicals that sold out to thousands of people across Toronto. Four years ago he noticed too many people having predictable conversations, which led him to write a critically acclaimed book teaching people how to create powerful connections. Two years ago he was dared to pitch a new business idea on TV and the idea is now about to become the world's biggest speaking event. And when he wasn't doing that, he stood on stage speaking to people about being their best.

Each year he speaks nationally helping some of Canada's biggest companies reach new levels of success. He has also written songs that have been heard around the world and commercials that have been seen nationally. He launched the Top Ten Event, which has raised thousands of dollars for charities in need and garnered almost 20 million media impressions. He is the author of the exciting book entitled You Should Have Asked, the Art of Powerful Conversation and is currently finishing his second book, which will be hitting the market soon!

As a renegade visionary, Stuart Knight has taken gut wrenching risks and came out on top. Today, with hilarious stories and thought provoking insights, he shares the lessons he has learned helping people reach goals they never imagined they could attain.

Why You Will Love Stuart

"We just had Stuart Knight as our opening keynote for a leadership retreat and he was the highlight of the conference. The audience loved his high energy, humour and relevant messages that they use every day in their businesses. He was a joy to work with and took the time to make the talk personalized to our industry. I would recommend Stuart to any organization ready to teach their team to how to build better relationships!"

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Referred to as the "Change Specialist" Dr. DeVolder's style is engaging, humorous and down to earth.  He truly has incredible insight into how to manage through change and provides great insights into how to engage employees in the process.

Mark spoke to a group from Suncor recently and told a funny little story about taking off after a would be "theif" which made me laugh. His personal stories make his message memorable and I truly enjoyed listening to Mark speak.

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What Mark is Passionate About

Harness the Hurricane: Adapt to Extreme Change and Achieve New Heights

Change is constant, unpredictable and accelerating. Extreme change can - much like a hurricane - leave you dizzy, disoriented and dazed, as though the earth is moving under your feet. Even if you survive the storm, you know more is coming.

Help is at hand. Change expert, Dr. Mark DeVolder, throws a lifeline to you, your C-level executive team, managers and employees with change strategies and tools he's developed to clear away the fog. Mark equips audiences with cutting-edge principles that energize people in the midst of change.

Mark's transition model enables people to Accept and Let Go of the past and discover opportunities buried in the rubble. These simple yet profound strategies work. Mark has received rave reviews and accolades from industry leaders on four continents.

Tighten your safety belts and get ready for a wild ride.
During Mark's high-energy presentation, you will:
- Overcome deer in the headlights syndrome
- Defy risk aversion through Mark's Wise-Risk approach
- Adapt for success through creativity, innovation and vulnerability
- Focus clearly with Vision-Renew to see and seize hidden gems
- Implement strategies to increase productivity, profitability and morale immediately
- Get unstuck. Be bold. Grab the rope and harness the hurricane- today!

Engagement: On Fire! Energized Together

When individuals lose their spark, organizations lose their fire. This predicament has a devastating effect on productivity, profitability and company reputation. But it doesn't have to be that way.

Mark's test-driven model of engagement equips people to identify the causes of "flame out" and recognize behaviours that act as a fire extinguisher. People will learn how to accept new practices and let go of the past with DeVolder's easy to apply engagement strategy that increases clarity, competence, influence and appreciation.

Sixty to Zero in Your Workplace: Engage High-Performance Safety

Hazards and obstacles abound in the fast and frenzied pace of business today. In the rush to stay competitive, people are increasingly tempted to take short cuts and sacrifice safety. However , the most common barrier is actually change itself. Some employees feel paralyzed not only by constant change, but by the sheer volume of change. In this environment, people disengage. Mark's proven engagement model enables people to get mobilized by becoming change-right and change-ready, increasing collaboration, productivity and safe practices.

Shape-Shifting Your Way To Business Success

Have you wondered why some people have the ability to change frequently, easily and quickly? Are you amazed at their creativity, tenacity and results? These people are entrepreneurs. Mark's ground-breaking presentation will touch on the heart and mind of entrepreneurs, how to reinvent yourself, overcoming obstacles and the three keys of entrepreneurship.

Resilience: Springing to Success

We live in a VUCA world: volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous. It's not surprising that leaders who survive, thrive and deliver in business today have one trait in common; they are resilient.

But resilience is not just for a few; it can be learned. Mark shares how to rewire your brain to bounce back from adversity, overcome obstacles and adapt to constant change.

Audiences will learn success strategies to create a winning mindset, increase tenacity and decision-making instinct.

Why You Need Mark

Mark DeVolder is recognized as one of today's original thinkers and motivators on transitions. Known by his clients as the Change Specialist, Mark's presentations are in demand by some of the largest and most successful organizations in the world. And with good reason, as an expert in the dynamics of organizational change, DeVolder reveals why 70 percent of all change initiatives fail to achieve their stated goals. With convincing business examples and compelling stories, Mark unveils straight-forward strategies that produce dramatic results for organizations.

Why You Will Love Mark

"Our team has always struggled to figure out how to get our members to loosen up...... Mark showed us that they can do it! I'd highly recommend him to other states looking for a meaningful motivational speaker."

"We all left with a better grip on our own humanity and tools to soar higher."

Spaceport Operations, NASA

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As a former nurse manager in mental health nursing and organizational consultant Barb Fry offers a unique perspective on managing in a multi-generational work environment.  A true Easterner, Barb is a gentle soul who tells it like it is and is always a joy to work with.

In addition to being a true Easterner, Barb has been told she should be a comedian.  Her comedic timing is incredible and her ability to use humor to drive home her message is unparalleled.

Barb spoke to over 800 nurses at the UNA Conference in 2013 and received a standing ovation. After her keynote numerous people approached her, some in tears to say she had spoken their truth; that her message was so relevant and that they truly appreciated the fact that she was one of them.

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What Barb is Passionate About

Thriving in Our Challenging Workplaces Workplaces

This humorous and reflective presentation offers participants an opportunity to consider the impact of our changing world on the quality of service outcomes, workplace relationships and worklife. A description of toxic behaviors as evidenced by 'Workplace Royalty', Negaholics and Houseplants and strategies for managing them will be offered. Ten top tips for thriving with an emphasis on the power to choose one's attitude, professional accountability, and the importance of respect in the workplace will follow.

Got Gap? The Inter-Generational Workplace

Participants will learn about the forces that helped shape the general characteristics of each generation, their values, and expectations at work and how these impact the quality of work alike. Despite differences in each generational cohort they share a common need to be treated with dignity and respect and can tap into the power within to inspire, teach and learn from one another to come together to create a place where people want to work. A guided conversation will follow.

The Power of One: The Power of Many!

'If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito (Dali Lama). These words proclaim the power of one. When each staff member becomes aware of and proclaims their positive, professional power and work together for the greater good, amazing things happen! This insightful, potentially vexing and humorous presentation will create a powerful itch and drive to scratch your professional bestie your role at work and remind you of the difference you make. It will conclude with tips for individual and collective actions to positively transform quality of care and/or service provision.

DISCLAIMER: No mosquitos will be harmed during the presentation of this material.

Creating Your Future: Powering Up Nurse Manager Practice

Often feeling caught between a rock and a hard place, nurse managers find themselves struggling to balance operational requirements of doing more with less and ensuring quality care while attempting to create places where staff want to work. No small feat for the feint of heart! However, nurse managers have an incredible opportunity and are uniquely positioned in healthcare to inspire personal and professional growth among staff and create excellence in practice.

This presentation will provide opportunities for nurse managers to reflect on their current realities, gain some insights into managing change and staff behaviors, learn about strategies for success, and resolve to take steps to transform their leadership practice.

SPOILER ALERT: Reflective moments may be punctuated with bouts of laughter!

Creating Your Leadership Future

So how's your leadership style working in today's rapidly changing, doing more with less workplace? This presentation, peppered with humor will provide participants with opportunities to reflect on the good, the bad, the ugly, and the great realities of leadership. Participants will come away with a sense of renewal, be inspired to learn about new ways of leading in a changing world, and tips for creating places where people want to work.

Spells that Women Cast upon Themselves: Powerful Potions for Breaking Them

Research reveals that in our increasingly complex, networked, and relational world women have innate abilities to successfully handle the demands of being small business owners!

Women's capacity for web-thinking, reading people and connecting are considered valuable interpersonal assets necessary for business growth. Yet for many women these attributes can become barriers to their own personal growth and professional development and lead to feelings of frustration and perhaps failed ventures.

Balancing the demands and meeting the challenges of small business ownership requires women to become more aware of personal behaviors that may detract from their professional relationships and to learn about more effective practices for enhancing them.

This tongue in cheek, humorous, and interactive session will engage participants in dialogue about some self-induced limitations (spells they may cast upon themselves) and offers powerful strategies (potions) for overcoming them.

Shifting the Balance: From Recruitment to Retention

Today's competitive workplaces pour a great deal of attention and human and dollars into recruitment. Sadly once hired, new recruits often discover a workplace poisoned by toxic workplace relationships. This situation can lead to their rapid departure and wasted resources.

This presentation describes a four-phased process designed to assist managers and staff in improving the quality of their worklives, their peer group relationships, and creating a workplace environment where employees will thrive.

Why You Need Barb

Barb is a registered nurse, adult educator, workplace relationship and middle management consultant. Working in healthcare and business settings Barb delivers high energy, humorous keynotes and workshops to focus on professionalism, service excellence, improving generational relationships, and quality of worklife.

Over the course of 30 years, Barb Fry has held staff nurse, teaching and managerial positions, specializing in psychiatric mental health nursing. She played an instrumental role in a process to improve quality of worklife for leaders and staff during a merger of the Capital District Health Authority in Nova Scotia. In addition to participating on the change management team, she created a unique position to support 2,300 nursing staff during a multi-site merger.

Today, as a business owner and adult educator, Barb applies her knowledge of relational learning in the workplace to facilitate quality of worklife improvement for many different industries.

Barb offers high-energy presentations, coaching, and insightful facilitated workshops, to business owners, managers, and staff. Barb's sessions emphasize individual accountability and collective responsibility for creating healthy workplace relationships. She employs creative strategies such as storytelling and humor to facilitate new learning.

In addition to a Master's degree in Adult Education from St. Francis Xavier University, Barb holds a Bachelor's degree in Nursing and a Diploma in Teaching in Schools of Nursing from Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Barb has presented at national conferences on topics of coaching and mentoring, innovation in healthcare, leadership, and quality of work life. She has been published in Canadian Nurse and has authored a Health Canada Publication: Preparing for Change. More recently, Barb has been asked to contribute her perspective on workplace issues in a Report on Business column published by The Globe and Mail.

Barb is writing the second edition of Fast Facts for the Clinical Nurse Manager: Managing a Changing Workplace in a Nutshell. Springer: New York, (2010).

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Research Motivation Persuasion.

Mike's latest program 9 Star Social Values is helping individual’s breakdown barriers.

Mike delivers with intensity! He is an inspirational speaker who grabs your attention from the moment he steps on stage to his final words.  I found Mike to be very personable, very receptive and quite inspirational.  Mike spoke at the Alberta Senior Citizen Housing Association this past spring and received rave reviews.

In addition to captivating you on stage, Mike creates customized pre-event video's which you can use to engage your audience and create a "buzz" around your event.

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What Mike is Passionate About

The Checklist of Champions How to play at your best so you become the best Champions are people who win

They prove they are best of breed. They do the right things right and they don't get the wrong things wrong.

They are inspired by their cause and they are disciplined to defend it. Champions are gifted but they are also worthy of their gifts. They know what to do and they do what they know. They plan their execution and they execute their plan. They dream but they don't daydream. Champions talk the talk and they walk the walk. Their words inspire action. Every hour, every day, every week, every month, every year, champions do what needs to be done. No alibis allowed, no excuses permitted, no easy ways out. Champions become the standard by holding themselves to a higher standard. It's simple but it's not easy. Like trains have a track, Champions have a checklist. It focuses them while it sets them free. It's a way of being and doing at the same time. Mike Lipkin calls himself "The Championator." He studies Champions for a living. He lives with them. He works with them. He coaches them. His mission is to literally turn people into Champions. He helps them perform at their best to become the best. In this remarkable program, Lipkin will share the Checklist of Champions with you.
You will learn:
-How to identify as a Champion

-How to dream like a Champion

-How to plan like a Champion

-How to feel like a Champion

-How to play like a Champion

You may be one move away from being a Champion, or you may have miles to go. Mike Lipkin will give you the Checklist of Champions that will help you get there faster. One thing is for certain, if you want to win, this message is for you. Mike Lipkin is the founder and CEO of Environics/Lipkin, one of Canada's leading research and motivation companies. In line with his philosophy that life is theatre with consequences, he entertains his audience while he informs and inspires them. He also customizes his program to the specific challenges facing each audience.

Why You Need Mike

Mike Lipkin is a Toronto-based speaker, author, motivator and persuasion coach who has worked in twenty-two countries with over 1,000,000 people. He is also the President of Environics/Lipkin, the specialist motivation and persuasion company in the Environics Research Group, one of Canada's largest and most sophisticated research houses.

Born in the UK and raised in South Africa, Mike immigrated to Toronto in 1987. By combining Environics' Social Values Research with his personal expertise and experience, he provides people with the confidence and insights to connect with others at the deepest level. Mike makes the complex simple. He helps people "get it" immediately. His mission is to help people play big so they can expand their capacity to produce remarkable results.

Mike has also authored the following best-selling books: Your Personal Best: The 12 Personal Best Practices to Help You Live at Your Highest Level (2002), and Luck Favours the Brave: How the Five Social SuperTrends can make you very, very successful (2003), and On Fire: The Art of Personal Consistency (2004), Keeper of The Flame: How to Inspire Others on the Cusp of Change (2006) and his newest book - One Life, One Meeting, How To Build Preeminence One Conversation At A Time.

Why You Will Love Mike

"I've never seen (our delegates) give anyone a standing ovation until they gave one to you! Your energy, your humor and your pearls of wisdom were all so valued. You left us feeling better for having interacted with you. Very generous, gracious and motivating!"

General Mills

"This was the first time I had seen Mike Lipkin live and he did not disappoint! Mike had our group of 400+ sales and marketing team on the edge of our seats and waiting for his next brilliant and funny Lipkinism! Not only did he motivate and enlighten our group, he was also very accessible for a one on one discussion after his sessions were complete. Truly an inspiring individual! Well done! Here is the line (low line visual) and this is where we play (way above that line)!"

Bell Aliant

"Thank you most sincerely for making our day absolutely outstanding yesterday. You were a major WOW factor for all!"

South West CCAC

"Just a quick note to say thanks again for the outstanding and inspirational messages you provided our Team yesterday. After you left, many people came and thanked me for bringing you in to speak to us - both first and second timers. You will be gratified to know that several people that saw, and enjoyed, your presentation last year, stated that they thought you were even better this year, and that they took away more value and insight on how to become the growth generator we are counting on them to be."

GE Infrastructure

"You were awesome. I loved the way you always exceed our high expectations. You inspired the sales force and you left them focused and fascinated."

Pfizer US

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Everything we do is about delivering outcomes. We talk to clients like you right across the country. And we listen to a lot of unique business challenges every day. But there's one part of the conversation that is always the same. The need for some kind of outcome. Sure, we have lots of great talent. Yes, we can source a speaker or entertainer from anywhere in the world. But what we really do take audiences where they need to go.

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Bring About What You Think About and Employee Engagement are two areas Eddie speaks a lot on and he's one of the best.

According to one my clients who hired Eddie recently to speak at their AGM, "Eddie was the best speaker" they've had in ten years.  Eddie like Barb is an authentic, approachable speaker with an "Eastern" hospitality style.  Some have used words like down-to-earth and approachable  to describe Eddie after meeting him and he has an uncanny ability to connect with every audience he addresses.  With Employee retention and attraction on everyone's mind in Alberta Eddie has been extremely busy.

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What Eddie is Passionate About

Accelerate Sales Performance

In this powerful keynote, Eddie shares his insight from many years as a senior sales leader, the techniques and philosophies from his bestselling book, "Bring About What You Think About" and tools from his "Journey to Engagement" workshop to create powerful step-by-step process to build stronger sales results.

Studies show that top performing sales reps do not work more hours, nor do they have more product knowledge, tactical or strategic sales ability. Those who achieve success in sales do have commonalities. Successful sales professionals:

-Believe they can achieve their numbers

-Are confident in their abilities

-Understand the connection between their targets and their personal goals

-Align their personal goals with that of the companies objectives

-Engage in the selling process

-Have a clear vision of the outcome; focus on the outcome

-Use the knowledge and skills they already have to exceed their targets
By attending Eddie's session, you will discover how to:
-Change the way you think to create a mindset focused on exceeding your target

-Match your emotions with your targets to create maximum sales efficiency

-Craft your targets and goals to create the action you need to get results

-Overcome the five pitfalls that hold most sales people back from achieving their targets

Eddie has used these techniques to build sales teams that have sold hundreds of millions of dollars during the course of his career. He has spoken to and inspired thousands of sales people representing hundreds of businesses from around the world.

Leading Five Generations in the Workforce

Are you ready for yet another challenge at work? Have you notice the age difference of the people sitting around you at work? Look around at your next meeting and I suspect you will see someone close to retirement sitting next to a fresh out of school graduate. This phenomenon is contributing to the newest and probably most significant challenge for today's leaders.

People have been talking about the aging demographics and the shrinking workforce for a number of years. These statistics has led to the challenge of soon-to-be five generations in the workplace. With people living longer, staying in the workforce longer or re-entering the workforce after retirement we are seeing our latest form of diversity in the workplace. So why should leaders be concerned about this generation gap? There is overwhelming research that shows bridging the generation gap leads to a much more productive and happy work environment. We have passed the point where training leaders to manage a specific generation (i.e. the Millennials) is in any way affect. To be truly effective as a leader it is critical to understand, manage and communicate across all generations.

Eddie has been delivering keynote presentations and training sessions on "Leading the Generations" since 2005 and is considered a foremost authority on this topic. His presentations are delightfully entertaining and content rich. Tens of thousands of participants have learned from and enjoyed this presentation and it continues to be one of his most popular topics.
Eddie will customize your session specific to your unique requirements based on the challenges you personally face with the generation gap. Participants will discover:
-What impact the baby-boom cohort retiring will have on the workplace

-How to effectively communicate across five generations

-What unique characteristics each generation has and how to Lead them

-How to work effectively with each generation that you are not a part of

-The key motivators for each generation

-How to relate to all generations as your clients

This session is always a crowd favorite and often the highlight of the entire conference. Participants walk away with a much better understanding of each generation. It is delivered in an engaging fast-paced and very entertaining session filled with stories antidotes and videos. We would love to talk to you about customizing a session specific to your needs on this topic.

A Journey to Engagement: How to Attract, Retain and Motivate a Winning Team

In "A Journey to Engagement: How to Attract, Retain and Motivate a Winning Team," Eddie offers a proven process for engaging employees. Eddie shares insight on a number of issues affecting employee engagement in your organization including attraction and retention, aging demographics and managing four generations in the workforce. You will learn techniques you can implement to manage these that will lead to improved productivity, cost containment and increased profitability.
Attendees learn how to:
- Attract and retain a winning team of skilled workers.
- Understand the impact of aging demographics.
- Motivate the five generations in the workplace.
- Manage techniques to communicate to multiple generations.
- Implement the three steps in closing the engagement gap.
- Recognize their strengths as a team and work collectively to produce a stronger output.
- Understand age, gender and cultural diversity and their influence on the workplace.
- Interpret future trends and their impact on the organization.
Become an employer of choice.

Bring About What You Think About: A Practical Guide to Attracting the Life You Desire

In "Bring About What You Think About: A Practical Guide to Attracting the Life You Desire,"Eddie shares techniques that help audiences implement lasting change.
Audience members discover how to:
- Become happier at work and home* Create more of what they would like to have and less of what they would not
- Employ the power of emotions on relationships, success, health and happiness
- Break through fears to achieve higher levels of success
- Foresee pitfalls along the way and avoid them
- Achieve the outcome they desire

Why You Need Eddie

Eddie LeMoine a Canadian-born international author, keynote speaker, seminar leader and corporate trainer, he specializes in leadership, employee engagement and the psychology of success. Through his inspiring stories, great sense of humor and genuine care for people, Eddie easily connects with-and motivates-audiences all over the world. Eddie's unprecedented success is due to his powerful ability to close the gap between business results and personal development. He inspires greatness in corporations by inspiring greatness in individuals.

With innovation and creativity, Eddie moves people towards brilliance-and the results are immediate. His keynotes and seminars, rich with content, leave audience members energized and with the tools they need to implement change in both their work and personal lives.

Eddie has an uncanny ability to read and connect with his audience whether they are laughing, crying or simply rethinking. He has touched the hearts and minds of people around the globe; his audiences represent 83 countries and his speeches have been translated into five languages. A best selling author, his book, "Bring About What You Think About" helps readers understand that changing the way they think can absolutely change their lives. It teaches the importance of matching your thoughts to your emotions and how to embrace change. This book has become a must read for many companies across the country.

Why You Will Love Eddie

"I have had the pleasure of knowing Eddie LeMoine for almost 4 years and during that time period have had Eddie present to various groups on 4 separate occasions. Eddie's ability to articulate his ideas on how impactful our thoughts are on shaping the direction of our lives has been extremely well-received.

Eddie's ability to resonate with his audience is second to none, no doubt due to his sincere and forthright manner in which he engages with people.

It has been an honor to have Eddie present at these meetings and I certainly intend to request his speaking services again in the future."

"Eddie's captivating one hour keynote presentation on, "Bring About What You Think About" was filled with incredible innovation, and inspiration! We couldn't have asked for a better way to kick off our 2014 CHIMA Conference: Aspire and Lead. Eddie is a prime example of true talent, and the knowledge he shared with our 200 Health Information Management conference delegates, left them feeling motivated and enthused.

CHIMA would like to extend sincere thanks to Eddie LeMoine, for sharing his wealth of knowledge and expertise.

Even though our time with Eddie has come and gone, the ideas, knowledge and inspiration gained from his presentation will stay with us until we meet again."

"I am not in the habit of writing messages like this. In fact, I avoid doing testimonials totally.

In the case of Eddie LeMoine, I make the exception. Eddie's message is clear, based on real experience, connected, heart-warming and above all, authentic and genuine! His book "Bring About What You Think About" should be required reading for any leadership group and individual who needs to connect themselves with what matters most. I was inspired to look at myself differently. I consider myself a leader who values being curious, loves collaboration and can always learn more. Eddie's message connected me to all of this.

His keynote address will help any leader gain added focus and discipline. And above all, they will gain clarity of purpose and expand their strengths that are perhaps hidden inside, trying to find a way out. Eddie's book and his keynote delivered all of this(and more) and will make your team look inside themselves and be better people for their families and better leaders in whatever field they work in!"

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Attract, Keep and Engage Consumers. Toni is a dynamic speaker with a lot of insight into customer service. Toni's style is direct, humorous and full of energy. Many of our clients have told us that Toni keeps it real; she does a lot of research and is always prepared to work with clients to ensure she truly understands their desired outcome.

Toni does a number of intercepts with various people within the company before every engagement. Insight gathered through the intercepts not only gives her a snap shot of what the challenges are but also helps her customize her session for each client.  Toni is true professional who may ask the tough question but is always focused on delivering the BEST.

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Why? Why Not!

Turning inspiration into innovation and ideas into results. In today's economic reality, sustainable competitive advantage doesn't begin with what you do. It begins with how you think.

So... how does your organization think? Do you have the idea generation power to out compete your competition? To stay ahead of the high speed chase of change? To keep your employees empowered and engaged?

The Why? Why Not! program has been carefully designed to re-energize the collective imagination of your organization by accomplishing three simple but essential objectives.

- Creating a shift in mindset from "Why?" to "Why not!" thinking.
- Demystifying the concept of strategic innovation so that everyone can get engaged and on board; and
- Sharing some simple and yet highly effective tools that will enable each participant to tap into their own unique source of strategically innovative ideas.

Target Audience: This program is Toni's signature presentation and is ideal for many different audiences. Business and community leaders, owners of small and medium sized businesses, sales professionals and teams of all kinds will get great value from this program.

Available Formats: Why? Why Not! is a powerful and dynamic opening or closing keynote to any convention or meeting. It is also available in a half or full day workshop format.

SourceStrategyPurposeMindset: The Power of Fanatical Focus™!

How to position your business for radical growth in challenging timesWould you build a house without a foundation? Clarity of purpose is the solid foundation upon which successful strategic innovation is built because when innovation initiatives are held accountable to clarity of purpose, results happen.

Unfortunately, in today's challenging economic times, many of us have lost our clarity of purpose... spread ourselves too thin... forgotten why we do what we do in the first place. The Power of Fanatical Focus™ program is designed to help you as a business owner to take back control of how your clients perceive the unique value that you and your business bring to the marketplace.

Increase clarity of purpose - Increase Fanatical Focus - Increase business growth.

Target Audience: The content of this program is specifically designed for leaders who are able to influence the strategic positioning of their organization as well as independent professionals looking to gain competitive edge in the marketplace. Owners of small and medium sized businesses, leaders of divisions within organizations as well as entrepreneurs and sales professionals are the clients that this program delivers the greatest value to.

Available Formats: Although Fanatical Focus is often delivered in a keynote format, it is a powerful follow up breakout session to the Why? Why Not! presentation. It is also available in half day and full day workshop.

SourceStrategyPurposeMindset: Unexpected Encounters™

Innovative business strategies that attract, engage and keep more customers. It's simple.

If you can't get noticed, you can't get heard.
If you can't get heard, you can't get your message out!
And if you can't get your message out, your customers can't know what you want them to do next!

The Unexpected Encounters™ program guides you as a business leader through the "how to" of crafting innovative business strategies (or Unexpected Encounters™) that strategically influence what your customers will think, feel and do next so that you can accomplish your objectives.

Know your customers. Keep your customers. Grow your business.

Target Audience: This is another great program for general audiences. It delivers great value to leaders and their teams as well as to owners of small and medium sized businesses and independent professionals.

Available Formats: A dynamic and thought provoking keynote, Unexpected Encounters™ can also be offered as a breakout and in half day and full day workshop formats.

SourceStrategyPurposeMindset: Curious Cultures™

How great leaders cultivate the ideas that they need for the results that they want. If you are a business leader, chances are that you already buy into the need for your team to be innovative. But wanting ideas from your people is one thing. Understanding how to bring about the culture change that is required to sustain successful innovation is quite another.

The Curious Cultures ™ program is designed to guide leaders through some of the simple but essential elements of a culture that not only sparks innovation, but ensures that is it sustainable over the long term.

Target Audience: The content of this program is specifically designed for leaders and business owners who are in a position to create cultures that sustain innovation.

Available Formats: The Curious Cultures keynote provides a great overview of the essential learning for leaders. Follow up breakouts - or half and full day workshops - provide the additional opportunity to go deeper into the content and to build the foundation for a more lasting transfer of the skills.

Five-time award winning business owner Toni Newman, is a highly sought after Innovation Catalyst and professional speaker with an uncanny ability to help her clients turn information into innovation and ideas into results. With years of business experience in fields as diverse as law, advertising, tourism, entertainment and event management, Toni brings a uniquely powerful mix of strategy, creativity and real world insight to the table.

In today's incredible challenging marketplace, where competitive advantage is determined by our ability to effectively differentiate ourselves from the competition, highly respected leaders from sectors as diverse as Finance, Retail, Telecommunications, Health Care, Insurance and many others count on Toni to provoke the kind of strategically innovative thinking that is essential to propel their organizations forward.

As a speaker fluent in both French and English, Toni travels all over North America working with leaders who are committed to change and ready for results. Her approach is quite simply a breath of fresh air. Entertaining and yet highly knowledgeable, authentic and truly engaging, Toni gets her message across to audiences with both style and substance.

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I am passionate about building relationship and getting to know the partners I work with. With over 25 years experience working in the event planning, marketing and communications sector, I bring depth to every conversation and seek opportunities to truly make a difference.

Invite me into your boardroom; let met become a member of your team and I will help you and your team secure a speaker or entertainer who will resonate with your audience and leave them wanting more.