Tina Olivero

Tina Olivero is the founder of The Oil and Gas Magazine. A true visionary she started the publication 6 years before there was a drop of oil in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador. She went on to develop and grow the publication to one of Canada’s leading energy magazines and also became a motivational speaker on topics of personal and professional mastery, corporate culture, organizational integrity, corporate communications, peak performance and experience architecture. Today you will find Ms. Olivero traveling the globe planting seeds of corporate wisdom that fundamentally have each individual take a leadership role in their own work lives. She teaches powerful performance, increased vision and idea generation, and heightened levels of responsibility, communication, accountability, authenticity and integrity. Long term sustainable results start here.

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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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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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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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Ron Guidinger

Ron Guidinger knows that the qualities of effective leadership are universal; that leading scores of missions as a fighter pilot in the Air Force and playing a senior role in business have much in common – both involve special ops, risk and looking out for your wingmen. Ron served in Canada’s Air Force for 28 years as a fighter pilot and senior officer, retiring as a Colonel. Ron is a seasoned Project Management Professional, Business Leader and Executive Coach.

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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