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  • Unlocking Your Inner Entrepreneur: From Idea to Impact

    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

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  • 3 Big Secrets About Stress That Are Keeping Your Health Hostage

    Never before have we experienced stress as we do today. With advances in technology and the increasing pace of modern life, stress levels are high. Our bodies are trying to help us out, but we are not meant to be under stress all the time. Although we cannot escape it completely, there are proactive steps that we can take to

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  • Networking, Like Life, is a Process Not An Event

    Mixing stories with light humor, Dan shares how to build a networking community through systematically managing network contacts from the point of simple awareness through a series of measurable milestones. Dan's networking system is adaptable to virtually any set of circumstances. His presentation can be customized for audience members who interactively learn how to build their networking community and how

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  • All the Answers You Need are Hidden Inside You – Keynote

    In this motivational keynote address, Bob Graham delivers an message on how we can solve even the most complex of challenges. Using personal experiences (including his successful 25+ year battle with cancer, as well as wit and hard-earned wisdom acquired from his varied career as a journalist, marketer, professor and business coach, Graham delivers a powerful presentation focused on Embracing

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  • Retiring in the Federal Government

    This informational seminar is designed for Federal Government workers under the FERS system who are retiring within the next 5 years. We will discuss the TSP options, how to maximize your pensions, and how to incorporate Social Security into your retirement.

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  • Respectful Workplace Training

    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. By strengthening awareness of unconscious biases and providing

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  • From Code to Collapse and Back Again: Tech Lessons from Building and Losing a $24 Million Business

    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. This talk is

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  • Senior Driver Safety and Mobility: Planning for Life Beyond the Driver’s Seat

    Maintaining mobility is essential for independence, social connection, and quality of life. As we age, physical and cognitive changes can affect how safely and comfortably we drive, yet conversations about “driving retirement” often occur only after a crisis. This informative session, presented by driver safety expert Kurt Gray, provides a proactive, supportive approach to understanding and managing the challenges aging

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  • Vet 2 Success – A Program for Veterans Transitioning from Military to Civilian Life

    The goal of Victorious Vets is to help future vets confidently transition to the civilian world and thrive through personalized life and success planning. Victorious Vets provides one on one coaching, group coaching, ebooks, digital courses, and weekly podcast specifically tailored towards veterans. Providing mindset work to overcome imposter syndrome, tangible resources and a safe space for similar people to

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  • Power of the Mind

    Using Neurolinguistic Programming (NLP) and other techniques of the mind, audience and participants can get first hand experience what their mind and body is capable. And those limits of money, health, family, relationship or other areas can be made aware. Show is typically fun, entertaining and somewhat educational. Shows are about 1 hour (but can be longer or shorter as

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  • Maximizing Social Security

    This financial seminar will educate you on how to maximize your social security. We will discuss strategies to pay the least amount of taxes on your social security along with how to properly claim off your spouse. Participants will leave this event with better knowledge on how social security incorporates with their retirement.

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  • Burnout Is a System Signal. Not a Talent Problem.

    Why burnout persists even when resources are added — and why it's a structural warning, not an individual resilience deficit. Organizations often treat burnout as a workload issue or an individual resilience deficit. But burnout persists even when resources are added. Why? Because burnout is not an outcome. It is a symptom. Burnout = Threatened Safety × Limited Agency When

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

    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

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  • Fun with Hypnosis (fun and comedy)

    A lighthearted fun show that usually runs about 1 hour to 1.5 hours. Clean show good for schools, business, religious organizations. Can be used for fundraising. Typically fun skits with people doing silly things and cutting loose and having a great time. Audiences and participant laugh so much and have such great time. Specialized topics can be added into the

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  • The Authority Mirror for Building Better Teams

    Bob Graham helps participants hold up what he calls the "Authority Mirror" to help teams build cohesion, confidence and consistency across their organization. By learning how to align every message with shared purpose, teams find new clarity, opportunity and success. Rather than a lecture or PowerPoint presentation, Graham will ask participants will to use his framework and insights from one

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  • Burnout Isn’t an Outcome. It’s a Symptom.

    Why overwork persists even when you "know better" — and what it's actually protecting. Burnout is typically framed as overwork. A capacity problem. A resilience gap. What if exhaustion isn’t the result of working too hard — and is instead the symptom of something more fundamental? In this keynote, Kafi Joseph introduces a reframe: Burnout = Threatened Safety × Limited

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  • The Pressure Pivot: How Everyday People Transform Destructive Stress to Productive Pressure

    What if the very pressure you’re trying to escape is actually the force that can sharpen your clarity, strengthen your leadership, and move you forward? In this dynamic keynote, pressure strategist Michelle Hutchings-Medina reveals how to shift from reactive stress to purposeful action. Through humor, music, and the unexpected story of two rockstars who turned tension into brilliance, she introduces

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  • Awaken and Align: Creating a Life That Feels as Good on the Inside as It Looks on the Outside

    In this empowering and heart-centered talk, Tonya Hubbard guides audiences on a journey back to themselves. Blending spiritual insight with practical tools, she helps participants reconnect with their inner wisdom, release limiting beliefs, and step into alignment with their deepest truth. Perfect for women’s groups, leadership events, or wellness communities, this presentation invites listeners to stop chasing external validation and

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  • One Simple Thing

    Each of us has the power to make a difference in our own lives and the lives of others; and it is the little things that can accomplish great things. When we act in small, purposeful ways, with resolve, determination, and integrity, we can change the world. We can make a difference. This highly interactive workshop is drawn from my

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  • The New Age of Women and Girls

    As we witness the unprecedented presence of women in positions of prominence, it seems that fifty-one percent of the world's population has come into their own in a very big way. We see women and girls making a stunning impact on our world and our perception of possibility. It is an exciting time to be around these women, to be

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  • Speaking with Confidence

    Beginning with Lincoln Douglas debate, and ending with Executive presentations to the leaders of multi-billion dollar technology companies, Katerina has experienced all types of communication. During this presentation, she will share the subtle unspoken requirements of interpersonal communication and the best practices for speaking in public – whether it is giving an executive presentation or a persuasive speech at the

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  • Health and Weight Gain Depression

    Dr. Tia talks to teens and young adults about loving themselves and being comfortable in their own skin. Learning how to love yourself no matter what. Stop looking at social media and basing your life and weight on the men and women that actually are having plastic surgery to look the way they do. Finding ways to maintain a healthy

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  • Mastering Relationship Building as the Foundation of Exemplary Leadership

    COVID has thrusted us into the virtual world. Now we are starting to look at what the world will be like post-pandemic. Reintroducing people to one another post pandemic - relationship building, interpersonal, social skills, etc, will be foundational to every new leaders skills set. If you're having social anxiety, shyness, experiencing awkwardness when networking and socializing, Hazem the Coach

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  • Increase Your Cash Flow Fast

    Business owners, retail or service-based, all say the exact same thing. ‘We need more customers so we can earn more money.’ It’s tough out there for business owners in 2019. Jean Kuhn “has the backs” of business owners and delivers the hard facts, the truth and some laughs, on what it takes to become the leader in their industry and

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  • The Silent Struggle: Breaking the Stigma Around Mental Health

    Despite growing awareness, mental health remains a silent struggle for many - especially among high-achieving professionals, immigrants, and caregivers who are conditioned to “keep it all together.” In this honest and empowering talk, Shruti sheds light on the hidden toll of stress, internalized pressure, and perfectionism. She shares her own journey with mental health, including what it took to finally

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  • Transform Team Rapport

    There are no two individuals alike; therefore, two teams cannot be managed identically. As a result of this talk, individuals become aware and responsible for their behavior, executives and senior leaders support their staff and are better mentors, and organizations win with engaged personnel.

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  • Empowering Returning Citizens

    This presentation is about empowering our returning citizens to take up, restart, and resume their life in the community. In order to empower them, we integrate various disciplines to activate a positive change in attitude and disposition…activating intrinsic motivations…imploding various negative thought patterns. The lecture/workshop cultivates: 1. Self-Discovery – the process of acquiring insight into one’s own character; finding one’s

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  • Overcoming Adversity – From Refugee to Entrepreneur

    Mali Phonpadith arrived to the United States when she was five years old as a refugee after fleeing war-torn Laos with her family. Against all odds and shaped by a tumultuous journey filled with tragedies and losses, she shows us that we are capable of experiencing joy after pain, taking flight after the falls, and healing through the hurting. Clarity

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  • Wellness for the Busy Professional

    Objectives: Learner will identify 6 types of wellness, Discuss how to improve it, Where to access resources.

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  • Personalized Medicine in the Context of Diagnostics and Healthcare Improvement.

    Why has the trajectory of healthcare improvement from the Human Genome Project until today fallen so short of expectations? Why is cancer ahead of the pack? Why is 40-70% of testing for coronary artery disease unnecessary? Why are 50% of first heart attacks unexpected? What are some important differences between DNA and RNA when it comes to healthcare? This talk

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