Martin Parnell

International Keynote Speaker and Author At 47, Martin Parnell wasn’t in running shape. Now only 13 years later, he’s completed an astonishing 250 marathons in one year, set five Guinness World Records, summited Kilimanjaro in 21 hours and traversed 1,000 kms around the South West Coast Path of England in 25 days. At the end of 2014, he finished his “Quests for Kids” initiative, completing 10 quests in 5 years, raising $1.3M for Right To Play and changing the lives of over 27,000 of the world’s most disadvantaged children. With 25 years’ experience in the Canadian mining industry, Martin has held positions of responsibility in engineering and human resources. He is a member of the Association of Professional Engineers of Ontario, the Human Resources Professionals Association of Ontario, the Human Resources Institute of Alberta and the Canadian Association of Professional Speakers.

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Tina Olivero

Tina Olivero is the founder of The Oil and Gas Magazine. A true visionary she started the publication 6 years before there was a drop of oil in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador. She went on to develop and grow the publication to one of Canada’s leading energy magazines and also became a motivational speaker on topics of personal and professional mastery, corporate culture, organizational integrity, corporate communications, peak performance and experience architecture. Today you will find Ms. Olivero traveling the globe planting seeds of corporate wisdom that fundamentally have each individual take a leadership role in their own work lives. She teaches powerful performance, increased vision and idea generation, and heightened levels of responsibility, communication, accountability, authenticity and integrity. Long term sustainable results start here.

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Trina Lo

Trina is passionate about helping others find their voice in a world of noise. A marketing expert with a background in magazine publishing, graphic design and writing, she added social marketing to her arsenal of power tools. Finding her own voice while growing up in a family with very different cultural values than most of her friends was a challenge since childhood. Not being heard as a child, teenager and even young adult shaped her future in communications. The desire to not only be heard, but the desire to help others share their own message is what drives her. With her Coaching Certification and extensive experience working with businesses to overcome all kinds of communication challenges she would like to help you find a smooth, harmonious voice in your business too.

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Denise Baril

Denise grew up in an entrepreneurial family in Winnipeg, Manitoba learning about business development from the ground up. Denise has owned and /or operated businesses in the toy, financial, transportation, and health industries. Denise is the founder of Marketing Matters Canada and the Workplace Speaker Network.

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Lana Bullough

Lana is an award winning speaker, trainer, educator and founder of her company, You Unlimited. Her 17 year's experience in the post-secondary education environment as a department leader, member of the Board of Governors, College Recruiter, Career Advisor and Marketer combined with corporate and business knowledge gained as a entrepreneur and business owner provides her with a real world perspective of people, organizations and the stress associated with work and life. Her goal is to help YOU and you, your employees and your organization be the best they can be!

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Alice Wheaton

Alice has always been a front-runner. She went from being a critical care nurse to being hired at Xerox Canada in Toronto,without any prior business experience. She went on to win the prestigious President’s Club Award and was the top salesperson for her team with 198% achievement in her first year. She was assigned the responsibility of training new recruits and it was then that Alice developed the skills to speak into the lives of others to help fast track their success. Her proven record of accomplishments in public relations, sales and marketing, and leadership provide Alice with a unique ability to recognize how to help others out-perform expectations so that they easily gain the next promotion. Alice has the unique ability to (1) inspire, (2) educate, and (3) challenge her audiences to make positive changes.

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Cam Hodgson

Cam Hodgson draws from his years of leadership experience as an All-Canadian student-athlete, teacher, principal, coach, CEO, board director, entrepreneur, and consultant. He was inspired by powerful leaders at an early age and began the quest to learn what makes an effective leader. This journey has proved to him the more you know, the more you realize how much more there is to learn. Cam assists organizations and individuals in their pursuit of personal and corporate excellence.

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Gail Mukaida

Gail is a Registered Nurse who graduated in 1987 with her BSN from the UBC School of Nursing. She specializes in Mental Health & Wellness and adult psychotherapy. Gail is an instructor for Mental Health First Aid Canada and the Changeways skills training series. She is also certified as a Legal Nurse Consultant. Gail strives to support employers in their successful management of workplace mental health issues.

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Russell Stratton

Russell is an engaging and innovative Leadership Champion, Certified Trainer, Coach and Speaker with a Masters Degree in Human Resource Management. His engaging presentations help people make the transition into leadership roles by increasing both capability and confidence through experiential and accelerated learning and coaching. Working with clients in the private, public and not for profit sectors, from small businesses to large corporations in both the UK and Canada, Russell builds on three decades of experience working with and developing leaders from the front line to the boardroom. All of Russell's work is backed by a 100% money back guarantee.

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Lynnell Ible

Lynnell is a certified Coach, Speaker and Trainer with the John Maxwell Team. She was a 4 time Provincial and Western Canadian Champion in Orienteering, scholarship winner for dance and varsity rugby player for Concordia University. As an athlete Lynnell experienced the set backs of limiting beliefs, lessons from losing, overcoming resistance and how to win as a team! Her background in fitness and sports lead her to coaching in Australia, England and Canada. Over the past 15 years she has coached athletes, weekend warriors, other fitness coaches and executives helping them to change their limiting beliefs, learn from their losses, overcome resistance and celebrate their wins. In April 2009 Lynnell moved back to Canada and settled in Calgary. She didn't know anything about business and she didn't have a network. In a few short years she had a successful personal training business.

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Leslie Davies

Leslie has been described as a fun, friendly and creative image consultant who takes the stuffiness out of professionalism and puts the personality back in! With over 18 years in human resources, recruiting, management and sales, Leslie has witnessed how appearance and behavior impacts confidence and success.

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Charmaine Hammond

Charmaine Hammond has been in the business of transforming lives, building sustainable collaborations, and helping businesses succeed for more than 25 years. She is committed to helping businesses and corporations form sustainable collaborations within their own companies and across departments, as well as with community organizations and stakeholders. She has worked on several disaster management projects. CSP™ Certified Speaking Professional, bestselling author ( 5 books & featured in 6 others) with a Master's Degree in Conflict Management, she has developed collaborations and sponsorship relationships with more than 40 sponsors and 60 business partners and has helped her clients do the same.

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Stephen Zanini

Besides outgoing, gregarious and spirited, you can expect a person who combines skills in communication, consultation and results to deliver based on your needs, your budget and your desire to create a strong workplace. An environment where people choose to stay and share their gifts and talents as they translate corporate intent into action. So let me ask, What results are YOU looking for? What will IGNITE you to action? Why not NOW? My full profile and website are listed below. I look forward to meeting you and discussing how I may be of service. CREATE a GREAT DAY!

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