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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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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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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Orsha Magyar

Orsha Magyar, CEO & Founder of NeuroTrition Inc. is a neuroscience researcher turned neuro-nutritionist who brings brain and mental health research to people by translating nutritional neuroscience discoveries into innovative, integrative healthcare solutions. By harnessing the power of neuroscience, NeuroTrition creates practical tools to build and maintain happy, healthy brains in corporations, healthcare and clinical settings, and for the general public. Orsha’s extensive experience in both neuroscience and nutrition allows her the unique ability to share powerful ways you can use nutrition to completely re-engineer the way you think and feel, and how you and your team conducts business. Neuroscience meets nutrition? Now that's food for thought. Orsha’s seminars are guaranteed to feed your brain by making the brain science easier to digest and then, ultimately, use as brain fuel.

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Lisa Genovese

Lisa Genovese is the President at BottomLine, a firm specializing in helping brands level up and challenge the status quo. Evolving a business requires more than a surface-level strategy and that's why the team at BottomLine is hyper focused on uncovering key insights with their Impact Assessment process and helping their clients see, what others may not. From there Lisa works with her global team to help their clients implement kick-ass marketing and business strategies that help them get where they're trying to go- faster. For companies looking to move their business forward, faster, and with a massive impact on their bottom line, they’re here to do just that.

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Stacey Scott Nykolyshyn

Stacey Scott Nykolyshyn is childless by nature and by choice. She disrupted herself and traditional path to returned to school as a mature adult and transition from intrapreneur to entrepreneur. As a professionally trained, certified and ICF credentialed leadership coach and facilitator, she founded It's Your Shift to help new leaders, mid-career professionals and teams to navigate change. Feeling stuck, overcommitted and overwhelmed? Stacey can support you and your team clarify the change you wish to see in the world and confidently take the next step to get there. Counting on curiosity to create a legacy, Stacey has built a bilingual business and career portfolio across cultures and sectors from inside and alongside business, community and government not-for-profits in healthcare and higher education institutions. Her connections and credentials span Canada and the globe.

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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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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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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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Stephen Zanini

Besides outgoing, gregarious and spirited, you can expect a person who combines skills in communication, consultation and results to deliver based on your needs, your budget and your desire to create a strong workplace. An environment where people choose to stay and share their gifts and talents as they translate corporate intent into action. So let me ask, What results are YOU looking for? What will IGNITE you to action? Why not NOW? My full profile and website are listed below. I look forward to meeting you and discussing how I may be of service. CREATE a GREAT DAY!

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Caroline Brookfield

If you consider yourself technical or scientific, you still have a creative side. I provoke left brainers to embrace their inherent creativity as a boot camp for resiliency. Creativity is predicted to be in the top 3 skills required by employers in 2020. My happy place is at the intersection of Art and Science. As a veterinarian, I am deeply connected with data and logic, yet I love the challenge of facing uncertainty and failure with creativity. A lifelong learner, I have built two online businesses, and currently completing my Certificate of Professional Management (University of Calgary). A late diagnosis of ADHD, combined with abundant curiosity has inspired a passion for applied neuroscience. You will find me travelling, doing stand-up comedy, mountain biking, rock climbing and parenting.

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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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