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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Dr. Mylene Hopf

Dr. Mylène Hopf has dedicated her career to understanding the complexities of correcting posture to enable her patients to stand straight, and ultimately feel better. She has a variety of experience hosting workshops, corporate lunch and learns and coaching on topics ranging from posture, stress management, injury prevention and nutrition. She is actively engaged in the NUCCA organization, pursuing both clinical excellence and staying up to date with the most current research. Athletic experience including a passion for volleyball and running help motivate Dr. Hopf to reach out into the community and inspire healthy lifestyles.

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Laurel Vespi

Laurel Vespi is a certified life coach and the creative energy behind stone circle coaching. With more than 30 years experience as an educator, consultant and group facilitator, Laurel particularly loves helping people live with conscious intention, balance and satisfaction in their lives. In other words Laurel helps people and organizations awaken to the possibilities in life. Laurel has a Master of Education degree and is designated as a Professional Certified Coach by the International Coach Federation. Laurel is the author of the award winning book Spontaneous Combustion: Setting Your Life on Fire, a kick in the pants look at how to stop waiting for the most important things in life. Her newest book, To Be Awake provides practical ideas to help people keep their eyes wide open in life.

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Karen Hope

Karen Hope describes herself as a “serial entrepreneur.” Twenty-two years ago she voluntarily left her position as the first Marketing Director at Eau Claire Market to start The Marketing Edge only to pioneer another company - Cattle Boyz Foods Ltd, 2 years later. As the Managing Partner for 11 years she demonstrated her ability build a multi-million dollar company and a new brand. After selling her shares, she returned to The Marketing Edge but soon after also started Hopeco Ltd.that would build a high end duplex with her husband's reno company. For the last 5 years, she has contracted to entrepreneurs, kept her family’s reno business busy and managed two corporate rental duplexes. With challenges and achievements under her belt, Karen offers a variety of educational and motivational talks aimed at strategic risk-taking and marketing innovation.

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Sharon Carne

Sharon Carne, BMus, M.F.A. is an author, speaker, musician, recording artist, sound healer, Reiki master and consultant. She has been a faculty member of The Conservatory at Mount Royal University in Calgary, Alberta since 1988. Sharon is the founder of Sound Wellness, whose programs are at the forefront of education in how sound and music can be easily applied to your everyday life - to reduce stress, help you concentrate, energize you, support your health and so much more. Sharon is the author of Listen from the Inside Out, and has produced and recorded several CDs, solo and with others. She is invited to speak about sound healing to a wide variety of corporate and private audiences, many within the medical community.

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Shelly Ptolemy Bischoff

I have an interesting life story and am blessed to have the opportunity to contribute to making a tangible difference to the human captial strategies in organizations I am a Registered Nurse, Certified Occupational Health Nurse, Certified Human Resource Professional and Certified Health and Safety Consultant I have been working with both public and private sector organizations since 1996 in the areas of Occupational Health, Safety, Wellness and Disability Management My areas of expertise are in disability management, occupational health, wellness and safety and I frequently speak to leadership groups and present at conferences on these topics I consult to organizations across the Nation and am an instructor and subject matter expert with the University of New Brunswick online Health and Safety diploma and Occupational Health Nursing certificate programs

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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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David Nagy

"David is an entrepreneur, strategist and Internet marketing professional. He is well-versed in a wide spectrum of business and marketing disciplines, with core competencies in online marketing, digital strategy, business development, lead generation and leadership. David has enjoyed success in the startup community as a Founding Partner and VP of Marketing for LiveOutThere.com, one of Canada's fastest growing businesses acknoledged on Profit Magazine's HOT50 list and the Alberta Venture Fast Growth 50 list. David has also led digital teams for clients such as Bayer, General Motors, HBO Comedy, Virgin Mobile, Wendy's, CMHC, Rocky Mountain Soap Company, Western Direct Insurance and many others. His work has spanned many industries from retail to travel/tourism, agriculture, healthcare and real estate.

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Beth Castle - Dietary Technician

Beth Castle is an Award Winning eBook Author in NYC/Dietary Technician/Speaker with 27 years experience helping people lose weight and deal with WHY WE EAT. Healthy Eating on the Go REMOTE Employees. Book your Egg Info Session! Learn about Protein and EGGcellent information about the powerhouse of EGG nutrition and it's inexpensive too! Have Beth come out and help with: The mental part of food. •Emotions •Cravings •Habits •Treats •Metabolism •Social Event Eating •& more! Most information with regards to healthy eating deals with menus, what we eat, diet, types of foods and exercise. That is great information, however, if people don't address the 'WHY" and the emotional or mental part of food - all of those great habits of food and fitness will be lost until the next healthy time for that person! Engaging, Educational, and Enjoyable! a little laughter too

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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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Jim Beswick

Jim Beswick: is an operations consultant specializing in enabling companies use the best of Lean thinking and tools to achieve operational excellence. Jim has 20 years of hands-on experience working with leadership teams to create both the culture and mechanisms needed to champion continuous improvement. Once the right strategy and direction is in place the tactical work of developing the operations staff’s skills and capability to deliver the goals set by the leadership team.

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Tonya Lailey

Tonya Lailey is a winery owner, sommelier, food advocate and writer. Raised on a vineyard, she's knows vine growing and winemaking from the dirt level. She understands intimately the business of wine in Canada and that its challenges are typically more political than geographical. Tonya loves to cultivate relationships to the land through taste experiences. She aims to build confidence in the abilities of her audience members to interpret aromas and flavours and to evaluate wines. She hopes to remind people that wine is a playground for creativity and can ground us by triggering memory through our senses.

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