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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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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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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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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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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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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Ian Hope

Seeing a crying need in workplaces for improved qualities and skills in leaders, Ian, a professionally qualified accountant, became certified as a facilitator of Achieve Global’s highly acclaimed leadership and customer service training programs in 1999. Ian has developed a passion for the insights and learning that he shares using a wealth of stories and examples gained from his own leadership and customer service experiences. He focuses on benefits and energizes training participants with the challenge of strengthening their people skills- while also becoming better at giving recognition. Ian’s messages are all about positivity in communication and he is able to share his many ideas and techniques with his audiences who find them both inspiring and genuine. Ian says it’s not as much about lighting fires under people, as it is about lighting fires within them.

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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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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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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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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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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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