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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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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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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Ryan Clements

A passionate and entertaining speaker, insightful and articulate author and writer, and successful entrepreneur, Ryan Clements is driven to help people find fulfillment in their career, and maximize their personal potential. He is the author of the book Unsuited: How We Can Reject Conventional Career Advice And Find Empowerment. He speaks widely on topics of entrepreneurialism, marketing, productivity, sales, customer service, branding, performance mindset and motivation. He also speaks on career fulfillment and has delivered a TEDx talk on this subject. A former lawyer, he consults to many start up companies, and also runs, with his wife Meghann, a global marketing business. He is active in entrepreneurial related volunteer projects including being a coach for Startup Weekend EDU YYC, and also as a special marketing advisor to The Child Rescue Association of North America.

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Bob Wilkie

Bob is a former NHL hockey player. He is also an award winning Entrepreneur, best selling author and has been speaking to teams throughout North America about what it takes to be a championship team. His talks are thought provoking and inspiring to all who attend. His program Game On is an insightful program that brings a team together to achieve success.

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Maureen Towns

Maureen Towns, RN, BScN, MA is the founder and CEO of Maureen Towns and Associates, based in Calgary, Canada. With 22 years of experience in Nursing, and 24 years as experience as a parent, Maureen brings HOPE through perspective and experience, to overwhelmed parents of teens who may have drug, alcohol and mental health issues.

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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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Kellie Garrett

Kellie Garrett is a recovering executive, now speaker, coach, consultant and Board Director. A Certified Daring Way Facilitator and Dare to Lead Facilitator (Brené Brown), Kellie helps people get out of their own way so they can shine. How? By looking at themselves in the mirror and slaying their personal dragons. One of Canada's 100 Most Powerful Women and 25 Women of Influence, winner of the Red Cross Humanitarian award for autism advocacy, and credentialed up the wazoo.

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Tara Sue Moore

After 19 years as a stock broker, financial planner, and international wealth manager with a major Canadian investment firm, Tara Sue embarked on a new journey as the owner of Earth Rocks!!, Crystals and Gifts and Spirit of Oneness, Wholistic Life Choices. Tara Sue focuses on connecting the science, secular and the sacred; simplifying connections between the mainstream and the metaphysical world. Now a gifted, vibrant, and skilled speaker, teacher, and coach, Tara comes alive when sharing information from her heart. She is authentic and passionate as she openly shares about how different and fulfilling her life is from what she expected it would be. She brings the magic into our everyday lives, in a grounded, logical manner that just makes sense. From Stockbroker to Firewalker, Tara Sue connects with a wide variety of age groups and audiences.

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Bruce McGregor

Over 20 years’ experience in leadership, excelling in business planning, strategy development and process improvement. Bruce is a leader with strong business acumen, well-developed analytical skills that transforms into powerful operational business planning focused on people. Bruce helps clients to develop and manage strategic, cultural and structure changes within organizations or cross functional teams. He has recognized ability for strategic development and performance management planning that delivers measurable and sustainable results. Every business is unique. Each business is a sum of all of its parts working together to achieve results. Each business is comprised of individuals with their own strengths and weaknesses. How well are the individuals of your organization working together to achieve the results for which you’re striving? We partner with our clients to help them

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Carla White Connections

Carla White provides powerful strategies for professionals to thrive through challenges. As a resilience expert, captivating international speaker, and three-time-bestselling co-author, Carla positively impacts organizational culture by empowering employee excellence and transforming groups into highly effective and resilient teams. Carla’s professional background includes a Bachelor of Science in Nursing and fire fighting as an Emergency Response Professional. She was the program director and taught numerous corporate leadership programs at Keyano College. With 30 years of experience as an educator and wellness consultant, Carla imparts a unique and practical approach to personal development, resulting in higher workplace engagement, excellence, and positive culture. Carla is the author of the upcoming book: Burned Out to Fired Up: Extinguish Stress and Reignite your Spark, and a fe

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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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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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