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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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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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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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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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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Jo-Ann Pawliw

Jo-Ann is passionate about helping people manage pressure with resilience and poise. Keeping on track, focused and calm when work and life feels overwhelming is a skill that can be learned. Studying the science of stress and implementing evidence-based strategies and tools learned at Harvard and HeartMath, has enabled Jo-Ann to offer her clients the most leading edge and successful Personal Leadership and Coaching programs. Jo-Ann has trained many companies in Managing Pressure, including Husky Energy, City of Airdrie, Allnorth Engineering Co. Alberta-Pacific Forest Industries, Inter-Line Pipeline, and Mount Royal University . Her Coaching practice includes Leaders, Managers, Employees and Athletes. Programs Include: *Emotional Intelligence for Personal Leadership: The Science and Strategies of Performing Under Pressure *Managing Difficult Conversatio

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Jean-Paul Bohemier

Dr. Bohemier is dedicated to optimizing human potential. His goal is to help people improve, be productive and express better health. He accomplishes this by educating his patients, community and corporations on the four key areas of health (mental, structural, chemical, environmental) and it's effects on all aspects of life. His engaging presentation style and easy tips inspire you to think and want to make changes in your life.

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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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Margo Purcell

Margo Purcell is a visionary in leadership and organizational development. Founder of Open To Possibilities Inc., Margo is a highly skilled facilitator who is certified in many leading edge workshops and professional development tools. Her own signature program is TeamScaping™, unique system that connects an organization’s vision and goals and a team’s everyday work by defining purpose, outlining goals and creating a plan to reach those goals. Created after years of helping teams focus on working well together, TeamScaping™ is a completely customizable process designed to build thriving, energized and resilient teams. Margo's greatest areas of interest and expertise are in change, career management and leadership development.

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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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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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Kurt Spady

Kurt Spady is a management and organization development consultant and trainer based in Red Deer, Alberta. He has over 15 years of practical management and leadership experience with private and public business, unionized workplaces, retail service providers, health care and academic institutions. Kurt has conducted extensive training and consulting in supervision, communications, team building, and total quality management with individuals and organizations to help them identify and develop areas for productive change. He provides Management Consulting and Training Solutions to post-secondary institutions, businesses, and individuals. Specialties include: o Online Learning o E-Learning o Education o Training o Professional Development o Business Administration o Management o Leadership Education Kurt holds a Bachelor of Management degree (BMgmt) with a major in Human Resources, a

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