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  • AI in the Modern Workplace Transforming HR Operations Employee Experience and Organizational Efficiency

    Edgar Ndjatou, Owner, Officium, LLC

    This presentation explores how artificial intelligence is reshaping the modern workplace and transforming the field of human resources by enhancing efficiency, accuracy and employee experience while ensuring organizations remain aligned with evolving HR policies, procedures and employment law requirements. Participants will learn how AI tools support critical HR functions including recruiting onboarding performance management compliance monitoring employee engagement and workforce planning. MORE >

    The session also examines how AI impacts the HR compliance and employment law landscape, including emerging regulations, data privacy standards, bias mitigation and ethical considerations that organizations must navigate as they modernize their HR systems. In addition, attendees will gain guidance on updating HR policies and procedures to reflect responsible AI use, transparency and risk management. Designed for business leaders, HR professionals and organizational decision makers, this presentation provides actionable insights into leveraging AI to improve productivity streamline workflows strengthen legal
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  • Respectful Workplace Training

    Edgar Ndjatou, Owner, Officium, LLC

    The Respectful Workplace Training is a comprehensive program designed to help organizations create and maintain positive, inclusive, and legally compliant work environments. This engaging workplace training equips employees and managers with the skills to identify, address, and prevent discrimination and harassment, microaggressions and unconscious bias, bullying, toxic workplace behavior, and sexual harassment. MORE >

    By strengthening awareness of unconscious biases and providing practical strategies for recognizing and responding to inappropriate conduct, the training supports stronger HR compliance and reduces the risk of costly workplace disputes. It also highlights the importance of building a respectful workplace culture that encourages safe reporting, promotes accountability, and fosters psychological safety, which are key drivers of employee morale, productivity, and retention.

    This respectful workplace program is ideal for companies seeking effective harassment prevention training, diversity and inclusion support, and actionable tools to improve overall workplace culture.

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  • From Manager to Changemaker: Leading Change When You’re Not in Charge

    Adriano Pianesi, MBA, ACC, Founder and CEO, ParticipAction Consulting, Inc.

    Most managers are asked to deliver transformation—but without the authority, clarity, or control to make it happen. From Manager to Changemaker is a practical leadership experience designed to help them do exactly that. MORE >

    Developed and led by Adriano Pianesi, this program equips mid-level and emerging leaders with the mindset and tools to create impact from wherever they stand. Drawing on principles of adaptive leadership, Liberating Structures, and systems thinking, participants learn how to mobilize people, build trust, and move real work forward—without waiting for top-down approval.

    The program reframes leadership as an act of exploration rather than command. Through interactive workshops, peer coaching, and field-based experiments, managers learn how to:

    - Diagnose what’s really blocking progress in their teams or organizations.
    - Build influence across silos and engage stakeholders with different priorities.
    - Design small, low-risk experiments that demonstrate results and build credibility.
    - Shift from managing tasks to mobilizing energy—turning frustration into forward motion.

    Each participant leaves with a personalized 30-day action plan, ready to test in their own workplace, and a community of peers committed to supporting one another’s experiments.

    Whether you lead a team of five or influence a network of hundreds, From Manager to Changemaker offers a proven path to lead with courage, clarity, and creativity—even when you’re not in charge.

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  • The Changemaker Atlas: A Field Guide for Navigating Organizational Life

    Adriano Pianesi, MBA, ACC, Founder and CEO, ParticipAction Consulting, Inc.

    The Changemaker Atlas is a practical and visual framework for anyone who wants to make meaningful progress inside complex organizations—without waiting for permission or perfect conditions. MORE >

    Developed by Adriano Pianesi, this field guide reimagines organizational life as a landscape to be explored rather than a system to be controlled. It helps leaders, managers, and teams map where they stand, identify what’s holding them back, and chart a realistic route toward impact.

    The Atlas introduces four territories every changemaker must traverse:

    - Islands of Preparation – where clarity, purpose, and readiness are built.
    - The Province of Compelling Leadership – where influence is earned through trust, not title.
    - The Land of Engaging People – where collaboration, energy, and dialogue take root.
    - The Territory of Measurable Results – where small wins become visible progress.

    Through stories, tools, and reflection exercises, The Changemaker Atlas teaches readers how to navigate organizational politics, surface hidden resistance, and lead from the middle. It combines the science of adaptive leadership with the art of facilitation and the mindset of a traveler—curious, observant, and ready to learn from the terrain.

    Whether you’re a team lead, project manager, or executive, this guide offers a map to turn everyday work into a journey of influence, growth, and contribution.

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  • Have You Ever Considered Getting Into Real Estate?

    Jim Gilbert, Broker DC, MD, VA, American Dream Team Real Estate Brokers Inc.

    What's the truth about being a licensed real estate professional? Can you really make a lot of money? Or will it devour your life? What are the steps involved? Why would anyone want to do this?

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  • Emotional Intelligence (EQ) at Work

    Dawn Shuler, CEO and Founder, The Shuler Group, LLC

    Emotional Intelligence (EQ) is one of the strongest predictors of success in the workplace—often more important than technical skill. When people develop EQ, they communicate more effectively, reduce conflict, and create stronger connections with colleagues and clients. MORE >

    In this interactive session, participants will:
    • Learn the four core components of Emotional Intelligence.
    • Gain practical tools for self-awareness, self-management, and empathy.
    • Discover strategies for building trust and collaboration across teams.

    This session is designed for anyone who wants to work more effectively with others and build a stronger, more resilient workplace culture.

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  • Unlocking Your Inner Entrepreneur: From Idea to Impact

    Dominique Pereira, CEO, Global Computers & Networks

    Dominique believes everyone has at least one idea that could change their life... but most never act on it. In this talk, he shares how he turned simple ideas into real businesses across tech, real estate, and agriculture, with no investors, no connections, and no perfect timing. He walks through the mindset, structure, and steps that helped him go from concept to execution. MORE >

    Whether you’re just starting or trying to scale, this session is built to help you stop hesitating and start building with purpose.
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  • From Code to Collapse and Back Again: Tech Lessons from Building and Losing a $24 Million Business

    Dominique Pereira, CEO, Global Computers & Networks

    Dominique built a $24 million business from scratch using real estate, digital products, and tech he developed himself… then lost it all. In this session, He walks through the rise, the fall, and what he learned the hard way. Dominique shares how he used technology to scale fast, where it went wrong, and how he rebuilt smarter. MORE >

    This talk is for entrepreneurs, developers, and anyone using tech to build something real. He’ll break down what worked, what didn’t, and the systems that helped him bounce back.
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  • Creating a Cohesive Team: Practical Strategies for Any Organization

    Roderick Mitchell, Owner, Success By Fire

    In a well run government agency, business group or board room, there is no place for I in team. The participants will explore the different levels of group cohesion, effective communication, decisive action and the importance of a mission driven mindset. Attendees will gain valuable insight and tools to help explore, recognize, and enhance individual talents. Collectively, creating the ingredients of a well functioning and successful team. MORE >

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  • Do You Have Rockstars or Rocks on Your Team?

    Dawn Shuler, CEO and Founder, The Shuler Group, LLC

    A player employees outperform B players by 3 to 1. B players outperform C players by 3 to 1 again.

    Do the math… that means A players (your rockstars) are worth NINE C players (the rocks). MORE >

    How can you tell if you have rockstars or rocks on your team? How do you hire rockstars? Can you train rockstars? Do you need all rockstars only? Is there a place for the rocks?

    In this session, we'll cover:
    - What makes someone a rockstar, and what makes someone a rock
    - What to look for to hire rockstars over rocks
    - What to do with the rocks

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