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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Emily Marasco

Emily Marasco is an engineering education researcher, writer, musician and dancer in the Calgary community. She is an experienced speaker and workshop organizer on a variety of topics. Engineering Education Topics - Cross-disciplinary and interdisciplinary curriculum and project development - STEM education at the elementary school level - Education innovation and module development - Leading education workshops - Research communication skills - Technology tutoring Wellness - Relaxation through belly dancing (women only) - Beginner belly dancing (women only) - Moving meditation Fine Arts - Music theory - Oboe and piano performance - Writing non-fiction and essays - Fiction writing groups - Editing services - Middle Eastern dance performance

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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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Patricia (Trish) Dick

Employee Engagement Strategist with a passion and expertise in Intrinsic Motivation. Motivation auditing on an individual, team and company perspective. Focused on "seeing" the individual first, then the Team! Identifying, Applauding and fueling unique motivators to allow individuals through to full companies to flourish and bloom where they are planted. Developing Healthy emotional language to build bridges between individuals and teams. Follow through coaching and long term implementation for sustainable results.

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Katharin Pritchard

Katharin Pritchard is a Registered Social Worker and University instructor who teaches people how to live their lives to the fullest with joy and passion. Through her business: Discover Your Greatness, she teaches, individuals and groups, employees and business organizations how to view their work through a strengths-based lens to be more effective and engaged in their lives and work.

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Annette Stanwick

Annette Stanwick’s positive attitude, deep faith, understanding of human behavior and the power of positive choices enabled her to triumph over adversity, including the murder of her beloved brother. As a health care executive, and former member of a committee on Mental Wellness in the Workplace, she recognizes the value of relationships and mental and emotional wellness in the workplace. She understands how emotional issues impact productivity, team cohesiveness and the bottom line. Her passion is inspiring and empowering others to let go of things that hinder happiness, destroy freedom and sabotage success in the workplace. Through dynamic keynotes, workshops, seminars or coaching programs, her transformational messages leave a profound affect. As an inspirational speaker, author and “Freedom Facilitator” her life changing strategies release you from the bondage of painful experiences, negative emotions and self-limiting beliefs; helping you and your employees find freedom, peace and joy that will change your life and your success in the workplace!

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Peter Bishop

From animation and illustration to programming and design, there's almost no digital stone that Peter's left unturned. His passion for innovative solutions has won him countless awards both locally and internationally as well as cemented relationships with brands such as British Telecom, Alberta Health Services, Time Life and The BBC. Today Peter is a Partner and Digital Creative Director at ZGM, one of the biggest marketing agencies in Alberta. Peter is responsible for direction and quality of the digital experience. It’s his job and his passion to keep up to date on emerging technologies and make decisions on where ZGM is pointed. Peter currently is the President of Digital Alberta, consults with the local universities on their digital curriculum, mentors students and is a regular judge with various interactive groups including Applied Arts and the Digital Marketing Association.

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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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Mona Cooley

Family and Peer Support Specialist, brings practical tips, wealth of knowledge and resources, quick insight to problems, firm guidance and tools and techniques to guide families living with mental illness to discover solutions. Feeling overwhelmed with emotions to deal with the multiple challenges, her unique methods lessens the loneliness, instills hope, builds confidence and raises your belief what seems impossible is possible to have a more relaxed family environment. Whether speaking, facilitating, or coaching, Mona supports families in identifying, building on and utilizing their unique strengths, abilities and resilience to manage life challenges and improve overall health.

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Ron Guidinger

Ron Guidinger knows that the qualities of effective leadership are universal; that leading scores of missions as a fighter pilot in the Air Force and playing a senior role in business have much in common – both involve special ops, risk and looking out for your wingmen. Ron served in Canada’s Air Force for 28 years as a fighter pilot and senior officer, retiring as a Colonel. Ron is a seasoned Project Management Professional, Business Leader and Executive Coach.

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Wendy Giuffre

Wendy Giuffre is a Human Resource Professional with 30 years generalist experience. She has practiced in all aspects of HR with a vast breadth of experience starting from solid training at a major oil to consulting work with many small to mid-size businesses crossing various industry sectors. She has practical hands-on experience clients can benefit from. Wendy’s career includes 16 years working for a major O&G company to consulting as an independent in all areas of HR and group benefits for 14 years. Wendy is a grass roots HR practitioner and believes in the simplifying process and brings back the human in Human Resources. She manages to gain trust and respect from both staff and management to allow for HR processes to happen.

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Crystal Phillips

From a life changing illness to raising over a million dollars for neurological research, Crystal's story will take you on an emotionally charged journey. You will leave feeling inspired with new strategies and perspectives as you advance your various pursuits in business, sport and health.

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Yvonne Silver

Yvonne E.L. Silver is passionate about fostering Business Harmony© for Women – to have less stress and more JOY in business! She helps savvy Business Owners and Entrepreneurs to Flourish. Leveraging 25 years of high growth business leadership experiences (VP & Director level), she inspires visionary women to achieve extraordinary growth results with less burnout in business, master work-life integration, and increase quality family time. She partners with women entrepreneurs and business owners, leaders and professional business women to share her expertise in: Entrepreneurial Balance using Powerful Language, Agile Leadership, Emotional Intelligence and Visioning strategies, to support purposeful growth. Her keynotes, talks and workshops are insightful, lively, & tailored for her audience for maximum impact and learning.

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