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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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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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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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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Tom Grbich

Tom Grbich's worst performance as a consultant in over 30 years, was to improve revenues in a multi-national company by 100% in 12 months – his best improved the revenues of a division of another Japanese multi-national by 300% in his third month. Tom says “if you want to be the best you can be – in ANY capacity, you have to be “different - not for the SAKE of being different, but because it MATTERS. He prefers to work with those who have no interest in being PART of the competition; they have to want to BE the competition! A 12-month close rate of 91% (all sales profitable) placed Tom in the worlds’ Top 1% of Salespeople, he is rated in the Top 20% in the world in Leadership by Kouzes & Posner, & was inducted into the Stanford’s “Who’s Who of Business” in Canada in 2011. Tom is a Certified Radio Electrical Engineer and EFT Practitioner.

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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 & Addictions 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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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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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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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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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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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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Sidney Craig Courtice

Sidney’s work is all about teams and leaders. She trains, facilitates, coaches, and speaks about the positive impact of true collaboration, helping people in the workplace become more engaged, inclusive, and effective. Her approach is strengths-based, built on the sturdy foundation of people’s natural strengths, as she fosters better communication, deeper understanding of diversity, greater productivity, and more supportive team relationships. Sidney has a Master’s degree in Workplace Learning and Leadership and is certified to facilitate several programs that build on people’s natural abilities, including Gallup’s Clifton Strengths (StrengthsFinder), Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)®, Intercultural Development (IDI), and Emotional Intelligence (EQ-i 2.0 and EQ360). She is also a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) and Mentor Coach with the International Coach Federation (ICF).

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