Green House Gas, Emissions, Reductions
“Small groups of dedicated people are the ones who make huge amounts of change,” says Andre Mech, Principal at Mech and Associates. Discussing emissions, carbon credits, and offsets, he explores greenhouse gas measurement and explains how it’s done. As Andre Mech breaks down the complex terminology, he explains the existing systems, the growth of the industry, and the role that government plays. Siting facts and figures, he discusses the Kyoto Treaty – the impact and the disappointment – while encouraging our own due diligence.
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Fast food, Retail, Marketing
“We cook with a conscience.” Denise Meehan, founder and owner of Lick’s Homeburgers, shares the defining inspiration behind this Canadian institution. Maintaining the ‘homemade’ taste unique to Lick’s, she discusses the reach into grocery retail, controlling the supply chain, and protecting the integrity of quality. Denise Meehan recounts how the Natureburger her investment in beef pasteurization has paid off by providing food that fills a growing demand for healthy and safe options. Maintaining the mantra that Lick’s serves good food that is good for you, the Lick’s experience hasn’t changed much over the years. Maintaining an eye on food quality and service, Denise Meehan talks about staying ahead of industry trends and what’s next for Lick’s Homeburgers.
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Urban Architect and Designer
“Without the urban design, you cannot create the architecture.” Discussing the balance of community and urban development is Cliff Korman, Senior Partner, Architect and Planner of Kirkor Architects & Planners. Running through the thousands of considerations in an architectural project, Cliff Korman uses two of his recent projects as examples: the Bell TIFF Lightbox and the Hull Centre. This award-winning architect shares his thoughts on ‘smart growth’ and urban intensification with examples of enhancements benefiting community needs. Cliff Korman reveals the steps in building a collaborative planning process.
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Creativity, Innovation, Solutions
“There is no problem that is not solvable.” Min Basadur, founder of Basadur Applied Creativity, discusses innovative thinking. Defining ‘complexity’, Min Basadur discusses inventing the process of problem solving. Comparing innovative thinking to analytical thinking, he summarizes the industry of thought. Using actual case examples, he introduces his famous ‘Simplexity’ while defining some of the skills and tools needed to use the process. If there’s a problem to solve, learn how to get the right people in the room, and learn how to get the right process to solve it. And learn how Min Basadur helps people make complex problems simple.
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Hotel Management and Development
Attitude is paramount. At least it is in the hotel business. Anne Larcade, President & CEO of Sequel Hotels & Resorts, defines the challenging role she plays in hotel management and development. Sharing lessons learned from her 25 years in the industry, she reveals Sequel’s winning strategy of Sequel Hotel’s unique guest centric structure. Defining the challenges of Canadian tourism, she shares her views on guest expectations and intuitive service. Anne Larcade discusses hotel revenue streams, mystery shopping, and the landmark Gladstone Hotel. Learn how to reinforce examples of amazing service. Learn how to motivate and keep younger staff. And learn what ‘management’ means in the hotel industry.
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Public Benefit Initiatives
Creating an opportunity for collaboration, the Centre for Social Innovation’s founder and Executive Director, Tonya Surman, talks about how they came to be and what they do. Offering offices, desks, and collaboration, the Centre for Social Innovation (CSI) opened its doors in 2004 and hasn’t looked back. Naming several collaborators in the process of CSI’s growth, Tonya Surman reveals the challenges along the way and how she overcame them. She talks about the process of creating the Community Bond and the purchase of their new permanent home at 720 Bathurst Street. Opening a third location in Regent Park, Tonya Surman discusses the growth of CSI, their direction, and how we all can be Agents of Change.
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Surveys, Reasearch, Interviews
Do you need more information? Gerald Bramm, of G.Bramm & Associates, reveals trade secrets in the field of Market Research. As he traces the history and pivotal highlights of market and consumer research, Gerald Bramm defines its impact on society over the years. Discussing development, collection, and analysis, Gerald Bramm explains the variations between focus groups, interviews and surveys and how technology is impacting the industry.
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Harnessing the Power of Stories
When you tell it well, people listen. At a time when technology has all but taken over, Susan Luke-Evans, Corporate Mythologist, discusses the art of storytelling and its effectiveness in corporate environments. Used for centuries as an unofficial communication tool, she describes how stories evoke a practical outcome within an individual or an entire organization. Giving engaging examples from her repertoire, Susan Luke-Evans defines the structure of a story and how it can be applied to any message.
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Publishing, B2B, Media
What’s the difference between a good magazine and an exceptional one? Ask Ellen Kral, CEO of Kenilworth Media. As one of Canada’s Top Women Entrepreneurs 2010 by PROFIT magazine, she offers insight into the realm of successful trade and association publishing. Profiling several of Kenilworth’s publications, Ellen Kral discusses the delicate balance between content and advertising. Revealing industry challenges and how she’s overcome them, she talks about Kenilworth’s competitive strategy and plans for growth.
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Founder, Fitness, Philanthropy
Overcoming the odds, David Patchell-Evans founder and owner of Goodlife Fitness, discusses how he entered the business of fitness. Now with over 300 clubs across Canada and counting, he talks memberships, motivation and the health of Goodlife Fitness. Talking about his book ‘The Real Sexy, Smart and Strong’, David Patchell-Evans reveals the strategy behind the book and why its impact is timeless.
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Event Marketing
Bringing your brand to life. Grail Noble, Founder and President of Yellow House Events, talks about events – from planning to execution to marketing – and how to use events to connect your brand to your customer. Specializing in corporate events, Grail Noble discusses the various points that make an event successful and uses actual client examples from her diverse portfolio to prove it. Taking an in-depth look at a recent ‘flash-mob’ event, Grail Noble takes us through the steps of organization while watching the final moment on video.
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Liberating Marginalized Youth
74.3 percent of adult prisoners were adult offenders. Battling this statistic is Frederick Dryden, Executive Director of Liberty for Youth and Top 40 Under 40 winner. Targeting marginalized, at-risk youth, he defines several of the Liberty for Youth programs and how these programs provide life-saving skills and necessary support.
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Ethical Behaviour Change
50-70% of people don’t adhere to doctor’s orders. Jill Donahue from Excellerate shares how she is teaching the medical community to influence behavior change – ethically. Discussing the ‘staircase’ of behavior change, she reveals the change process and gives examples and concrete demonstrations of how her process works.
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Creator, Designer, Strategizer
With almost two decades of experience in the business of design and advertising, Michele Bailey, founder and president of Blazing The Agency, talks marketing, advertising, and design. Referencing QR codes, smart phones, and iPads, she discusses digital marketing and how Blazing The Agency uses technology.
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Championing Tomorrow's Entrepreneurs
She’s in the business of entrepreneurship. Vivian Prokop, the CEO of the Canadian Youth Business Foundation (CYBF), shares the secret to their 94 percent success rate. Defining the parameters of the successful program, she traces the process of a CYBF entrepreneur applicant and outlines the stepping-stones to their destined success.
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Social Media & Web Strategist
In response to viewer demand, Randall Craig, the usual host of Professionally Speaking TV, steps in as a featured guest in this episode. As a best-selling author, and sought after consultant in the field of social media and web strategy, he shares several best practices on how to successfully bind online activities to a business strategy.
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Caterer, Cookbook Author, Nutritional Consultant
Sixty-eight percent of Canadians are obese with one in four children contributing to this statistic. In comes Rose Reisman, health and nutrition expert, with seventeen cookbooks and several healthy ventures to inspire Canadians to change the way they eat. Breaking down food groups, she offers tips and strategies for healthy eating.
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Fresh Intelligence Gathering
From data to intelligence, Fresh Intelligence founder and CEO, Corrine Sandler, defines market research in today’s fast-paced society. With almost a decade in the marketing and market research industry, she offers a revolutionary blending of methodology and technology that gathers online and digital intelligence.
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The Extraordinary Team
The shift from melting pot to salad defines the contrast in teamwork that Kristin Arnold, high-stakes meeting facilitator and President of QPC Inc., calls attention to. She reveals the 9 hallmarks of a high performing team, the development of team charters, and the leading teamwork killers that everyone should be aware of.
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The Business of Art
“The Arts make us human.” Ann Webb, Executive Director of the Canadian Arts Foundation, Founder of the Reel Artists Film Festival, and Publisher of Canadian Art magazine speaks about art in Canada – emerging and long standing. Revealing her challenges and passion in the arts, Ann Webb traces her career path through some of Canada’s most revered cultural institutions. Naming several ‘Art Stars’, she discusses art coming out of Canada. Ann Webb discusses the success of the Reel Artists Film Festival, a venture which she founded in 2004, while outlining the year over year success this community festival has experienced.
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Explorer, Adventurer, Entrepreneur
Chief Bargains Officer
Who doesn’t love a bargain? President and Chief Bargains Officer of The Bargains Group, Jody Steinhauer talks about the wholesale industry and the development of retail discount in Canada. Discussing the apparel industry, major chains, and the coming of American retail into Canada, Jody Steinhauer offers insight into the business of merchandise in North America.
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Word of Mouth Marketing
What’s the secret to a good buzz? Laura Booker, Word-of-mouth Marketing Expert and Business Strategist, shares the strategy of designing a successful word-of-mouth campaign. Using Laura Bookers intricate formula of the five T’s of the three C’s of the five P’s we learn the breakdown of how starting the right conversations with the right people on the right topics can create a hailstorm of increased revenue.
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The Business of 'Green' Power
It makes sense to invest in cleaner forms of energy, but what is the business of ‘Green’ power? President of Bullfrog Power, Tom Heintzman helps define what “green” power is and why a mortgage on the environment isn’t what we want to leave behind. Sharing how Bullfrog Power began, their successes and their challenges, Tom Heintzman explains why most people don’t play a role in decisions relating to energy and why educating consumers is a priority. From Wind Turbines and Solar Thermal Deployment to ‘Green’ Natural Gas and Biodiesel, he talks about the new developments being proposed and how the eco-logo can help consumers make smarter choices.
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Network, Connect, Relationships
Networking expert and President of Elevate Biz, Allison Graham, shares strategic business networking tips designed to “deepen the level of conversation”. As she advises on ways to create a genuine connection, Allison Graham reveals typical blunders and top tips to keep in mind at your next networking event. Learn effective ways to manage a large network. Learn how to politely disengage from a conversation. And learn what Allison Graham’s personal mission is – and why you really should never do this.
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Theatre, Investment, Philanthropy
Entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist Aubrey Dan, from DanCap Group of Companies, talks about his investment business, his theatre line-up and his 20 million dollars in charitable donations. Sharing lessons from his beginnings, he discusses exit strategies, investment tactics, and good business criteria.
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Founder of College Pro Painters
College Pro Painters founder, Greig Clark talks franchises, venture capitalism, and advisory boards and how the success in each area is all about getting the right people. As he traces his career back to starting the popular franchise College Pro Painters, he talks about the learning curve of building the business and how he knew it was time to leave. 15 years after entering the arena of venture capitalism, Grieg Clark discusses what he learned: evaluating the players, analyzing the financial proposal, and indicators of success or failure. Offering tips on how investees and entrepreneurs work with a venture capitalist, he explains the importance of continuous process improvement.
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Business and Management Coaching
Do you work IN your company and not ON your company? Can your business survive without you? Wayne Vanwyck, author of The Business Transition Crisis, discusses the issues that business owners struggle with. He talks about preparing your business for sale or succession, planning the next steps, and what happens when there is no plan. Offering advice and tips, Wayne Vanwyck discusses the problems that can occur in the process and how to handle them.
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Powerful Conversations
Motivational, musical, and sometimes autobiographical, Stuart Knight discusses the multi-faceted path that lead him to his book, “You Should Have Asked: The Art of Powerful Conversation.” Offering up tips and suggestions to open up the dialogue, Stuart confides the best way to not kill a conversation and ways of making conversation available. Always looking for the next experience, he talks about the Evolution Group and the six-week course that counters the reality of Monday.
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Speaking, Gestures, Pauses
Do you have a fear of public speaking? Self-conscious about your voice? With over 40 years of professional speaking experience, Master Vocal Coach Earl Sky, takes the audience through exercises on vocal projection and controlled breathing. He discusses a variety of professional and personal speaking issues, including effective gestures, and meaningful pauses.
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Magic with a Message
It’s a vanishing art, but Anthony Lindan, professional magician, speaker, and presenter, has built a professional career from his passion of magic. While demonstrating several magic tricks, he talks about the control of audience perception, and managing and influencing the perception process.
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Creative Problem Solving
Recovering Senior Executive, Jennifer Spear, discusses how building managers into leaders drives change in an organization. Sharing the eight principles of management innovation, she exposes current practices, how we do the work, and how to do things differently. As Jennifer Spear reviews the Creative Problem Solving process, she puts creativity into action.
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Small Business Coaches
Helping small businesses grow exceptional business, Nick and Judi Hughes founders of Your Planning Partners, discuss the importance of being clear and practical in a strategic plan. Starting with the importance of a vision statement, they trace the steps to successful business planning through a 3-year picture, Gap analysis, and 1-year goal. Nick and Judi Hughes reveal the 6 key actions for strategic growth, and discuss the difference between urgent, and important.
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Body Language and Gestures
Do you give speeches or presentations? How do you want to be perceived? Honest? Energetic? Arrogant? Mark Bowden, creator of Truth Plane – a model of training in communication, shares how gestures impact communication. Specializing in non-verbal communication, Mark Bowden demonstrates common gestures and explains their connection to the audience’s perception of the speaker. He discusses the use and view of gestures across, cultures, stereotypes, geography, and age. Mark Bowden reveals techniques to become a calm and confident speaker.
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Doing Great Work
With the goal of infecting a billion people with the possibility virus, it’s clear that Michael Bungay-Stanier feels strongly about ‘doing great work’. Defining what ‘great work’ is, he explains the theory behind his book Do More Great Work and the plethora of free, animated videos designed to expound on this thought. A self-proclaimed sufferer of Shiny Object Syndrome, Michael Bungay-Stanier works with many micro-tribes: facilitation, speaking, writing, coaching, and on-line presence as he shares his popular topics: The 5 ¾ Questions that People Avoid, Get Unstuck and Get Going, and The Eight Irresistible Principles of Fun. Designed to provide thought-provoking questions while interjecting fun and powerful tools, Michael Bungay-Stanier knows what it takes to live a powerful life, do you?
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Corporate Sales and Lead Generation
Fear motivates people. It’s what motivated Christine Aquin-Pope, President of Gun Powder Business, to succeed in sales and business development. With a focus on selling to Fortune 1000 companies, she reveals how to set your sales force up for success. Sharing her secrets on sales lead generations and garnering C-level meetings, Christine Aquin-Pope talks about how she developed her niche specialty.
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Procurement, Supply Chain, Demand
Corporate Recovery Specialist
Corporate Recovery Specialist, Stuart Morley talks about strategy with a focus on troubled situations. Being the stop before insolvency, he shares turn around stories from a variety of industries. He addresses what mid-sized businesses should do in a down economy and discusses how turn around plans solve the problem of misunderstanding the market. Looking at his newest edition of Weather the Storm, he talks about helping mid-sized companies, family-run businesses and the considerations that are made.
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Time Management
You can’t manage time, but you can manage yourself in respect to time. With 17 books published and over 2000 workshops and seminars on time management, Harold Taylor, from Harold Taylor Time Consultants, has defined himself as the definitive Time Management Trainer. Talking about the change in time management tools with the development of technology, he discusses the use of smart phones, e-mail, and social media with relevance to multi-tasking.
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Fitness, Health, Lifestyle
Exuding positive health and wellness, Canada’s First Couple of Fitness, Kary and Uche Odiatu, join us to talk about how they discovered their passion for health, how it’s changed their lives, and how it can change yours. Retracing how they met and built their careers, Kary and Uche Odiatu share how they maintain the balance in their lives together. Offering advice for those who are starting on the road to health, they give tips and strategies on how to integrate health into a lifestyle and make time for your health.
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Good and Bad Stress
Are you stretched too thin? President of Work Smart Live Smart, Beverly Beuermann-King discusses workplace wellness and stress management. Defining ‘stress’, she lists the signs and symptoms of critical stress levels. Balancing that with “good stress”, Beverly Beuermann-King tells us what makes it “good”. Learn the cost of stress and the impact of stress on a business, how to measure a stress reduction program, and the balance of wellness responsibility.
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Professional Organizer, TV Personality
“It’s not about perfection,” says Helen Buttigieg, Certified Professional Organizer. She has built a reputation and career on helping others reduce clutter and learn the psychology of organizing. Sharing some tips from her recent book, Organize Outside the Box, she discusses organizing styles and how to work successfully within them.
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Karate, Business, Education
“Without ‘art’, Martial Art is just another way of fighting.” Scholar, teacher, martial artist, and founder of The Toronto Academy of Karate, Dr. Burt Konzak explains and expounds upon the history, wisdom, and practice of Karate. Describing his split career as University of Toronto professor and Karate Sensei, he discusses Karate’s deep training in ethics and it’s basis in character development.
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Corporate Jester
With a start in theater and bridging many skills, corporate jester Paul Huschilt talks about how he fell into his niche as a Professional Speaker. Starting with his “Ultimate Ending” keynote, he shares his creative process and what kind of impact a humorous keynote can have. With the ability to perform in English, Japanese and French, Paul Huschilt talks about humor across cultures, and varying audience cues.
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Non-traditional Marketing
Author of bestseller Secrets of Power Marketing: Promote Brand You, George Torok shares his expertise on non-traditional marketing, and presentation skills. Discussing the use of marketing oriented systems, he gives examples of follow-ups and checklists that make all the difference.
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The Case for Sustainability
‘Enough for all forever’. These four words are the motivation behind Change Agent and Sustainability Guru, Bob Willard. Quantifying the business case in sustainability, he discusses economic, social and environmental operations that support and benefit from sustainable behavior. Bob Willard offers an inclusive look into what businesses need to do to become more sustainable.
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Speech, Language, Pronunciation
Would you like to reduce the struggle to be understood? Speech Language Pathologist, and President of Speech Science, Bonnie Gross discusses the instant emotional reaction to how someone speaks. From combating impediments to combating nervousness, she reviews techniques and activities that can help.
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The intersection of Sales and Strategy
Are you selling something? Founder and CEO of Whetstone Inc., Adrian Davis offers insight into healthy selling. As he details the connection between sales and relationships, we learn lessons and concepts in strategic selling.
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Marketing Differentiation
Chief Differentiation Officer, Michel Neray, shares how he found his Essential Message and built his company around it. Leveraging his pull between creativity and strategy is how he helps find the real core differentiation in his clients. Sharing the lessons he learned in this discovery process, he explains how he saw what was previously invisible. Michel Neray discusses getting client buy-in, involving the client in the solution, and why an essential message is more effective than an elevator pitch.
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Developing Authentic Leaders
Are you ‘inspiractional’? According to Jim Clemmer, President and CEO of The Clemmer Group, leaders and managers should possess this quality. Jim Clemmer reviews the traps and pitfalls of typical management teams and discusses the practical application of building leadership behavior and culture within an organization. As the author of several books including; The Leaders Digest, Moose on the Table, and his newest book Growing @ the speed of Change, Jim Clemmer talks about his writing process and the development of his books.
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The 10-80-10 Solution
Beginning his international speaking career at 19 years of age, Sunjay Nath has spent the last 15 years snowballing. Discussing the relationship between keynotes, workshops and coaching/consulting, he talks about where he is in his career and the unique additional training that’s helped him out. Sunjay Nath talks about public speaking, presentation training and offers some easy tips and examples. He reviews his 10-80-10 principle and how the framework for empowering achievement has been used in some unexpected places.
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Improvisation Artist
It is said that the best conversations are improvised. If so, Brian Hayman, Jazz pianist and President of Getting In The Groove, is a great conversationalist. As an improvisation artist he uses the impact of jazz with audiences all over the world. Making the jump from corporate to entrepreneurship, Brian Hayman shares lessons learned and how the new company came to be.
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Information Contextualizer
For over 20 years he has researched leadership. Paul Bridle, Leadership Methodologist, shares his findings and case studies through his speaking. Sharing some of his accumulated knowledge, he talks about what leadership method works at which time, and areas of leadership focus. He shares insight into gaining support as a leader, blending management strategies with leadership strategies, and much more.
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Former Vice Chair of KPMG
How do you manage an organization by slogan? Ask Bob Coffey, Management Consultant and Coach. As previous Vice Chair of KPMG, past Vice President of Geneva Merger and Acquisition Services of Canada and various other senior positions, his experience spans decades. Journeying through his illustrious career he touches on what he learned from his coaches, and how he became ‘The Coach’ back in 1976.
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Trends Blending Expert
Known to be ahead of the curve, Trends Blending Expert, Warren Evans speaks on strategic planning, changing trends, and what drives them. With corporate roots, he talks about the three-year transition he made into speaking and the influences that add to his success. Being a founding member of CAPS and in the Canadian Speakers Hall of Fame, he discusses speaking as a critical job skill and offers advice to those Executives seeking to enter professional speaking. Feeding into his charitable foundation, Laura’s Hope, Warren Evans offers a speaker Boot Camp to professionals internationally to help work on structure and presentation.
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The Science of Networking
Creating, maintaining, and managing business relationships are important now more than ever. Michael Hughes, President of Networking for Results, and networking expert shares how to use networking as a business and life strategy. Discussing the networking process, Michael Hughes explains how relationships need to be stimulated and nurtured. He talks about using networking in a job search, and how to start the process. Discussing the science of networking, Michael Hughes shares the fundamental laws behind networks and how they evolve and grow.
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Personal Branding
What does your first impression really say about you? Do you think you can do better? Widely recognized as an authority on image, Personal Branding Coach Roz Usheroff shares tips and techniques on how to make those first four minutes count. How do you package yourself? How do you take charge of your image? Roz shares ideas on everything from dress and body language to attitude and personality.
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Internet marketing
The 101 Ways Susan Sweeney, Internet marketing expert and author of several books on the subject, shares some powerful information and Internet marketing wisdom. Susan Sweeney talks about how she became a force in the online marketing world as she traces her career history and all it’s triumphs and pitfalls. She reveals her no-nonsense approach of: meet objectives, fit target markets, and promote products and services.
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Success Strategist
According to Charles Marcus, perfection is a form of procrastination. Speaker, Success Strategist and author of Success is not a Spectator Sport, Charles Marcus defines his life as a speaker and the difference between perfection and excellence. Overcoming a strong speech impediment, he shares the lessons learned and the influences that helped him along the way.
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Building Total Recall
Are you good with names and faces? According to memory systems expert Bob Gray, everyone has the ability to have total recall. A professional speaker for 25 years and a Guinness Book of World Records holder, Bob Gray tells of the circuitous route that lead him to where is he today.
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Cooper Sports, Alive and Well
How they buy, and how we sell. Innovative retailer and marketer, Donald Cooper from Cooper Sports and Alive and Well, talks about creating an extraordinary customer experience. Having worked with forty different industries around the world, Donald Cooper shares his triumphs, influences, and challenges in business.
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