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  The Authority Mirror for Building Better Teams

  Bob Graham, Author, Speaker, Trainer, Coach, SpearPoint Ink

  TOPIC CATEGORY: Business

  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 another to develop and test their own authority mirror. MORE >

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  All the Answers You Need are Hidden Inside You – Keynote

  Bob Graham, Author, Speaker, Trainer, Coach, SpearPoint Ink

  TOPIC CATEGORY: Motivational

  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 the Renegade in You. MORE >

  Participants will discover how to access inside each of them the Renegade, someone who is finding their own unique pathway to success. He will show them how that Renegade can be empowered to solve problems and how those solutions will encourage them to take greater personal risks and experience great rewards.

  As cohost of the Today's Antidote podcast since March 2020, he shares stories and anecdotes that highlight this uniquely simple way to solve problems. In his presentation, he gives actionable steps that will drive people to collaborate and operate more effectively individually and in teams.

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  3 Big Secrets About Stress That Are Keeping Your Health Hostage

  Dr. Anne Berkeley, Naturopathic Physician, Dr. Anne Berkeley PLLC

  TOPIC CATEGORY: Health & Fitness

  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 change the way our bodies respond. We’ll talk about how stress impacts many different aspects of our health and what the best strategies are to quickly help our bodies recover. MORE >

  You will learn simple techniques to help increase resilience, improve performance and manage stressful situations. Join us to talk with Dr. Anne Berkeley about an individualized and holistic approach for managing stress and what this could look like for you.

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  Power of the Mind

  Martin Vendemia, BCH, MNLP, Hypnotist, Master NLP Practitioner, Inner Group Inc.

  TOPIC CATEGORY: Self-Improvement

  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. MORE >

  Show is typically fun, entertaining and somewhat educational. Shows are about 1 hour (but can be longer or shorter as needed). Typically done with audience participation either on stage or from their seats. We use imagination, fantasy and creativity to bring out these great shows.

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  Maximizing Social Security

  Tayvon Jackson, Financial Advisor, New Perspective Financial Solutions

  TOPIC CATEGORY: Financial

  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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  The Role of Personal Peace in World Peace

  Ukpeme Okon, Charismatic Speaker, Creative Author, Ambassador for Peace , The Values Sting, LLC

  TOPIC CATEGORY: Educational

  A peaceful individual is likely to be an agent of peace in her or his family, neighborhood, workplace, community and the world. Peace is possible. This presentation will teach participants how to achieve peace, become ambassadors for peace, prevent conflicts, and resolve conflicts in peaceful ways.

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

  Michelle Hutchings-Medina, Speaker & Pressure Strategist, Michelle Hutchings-Medina, LLC

  TOPIC CATEGORY: Motivational

  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 a powerful framework for transforming pressure into clarity, agency, and forward momentum. MORE >

  Key Takeaways:

  - Gain emotional clarity about what is truly happening beneath pressure
  - Recognize the core value being challenged in high- pressure moments
  - Discover how shifting focus to controllable outcomes restores agency
  - See how pressure can be redirected into purposeful action

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  National Security Topics: From Military Planning to Negotiating with Foreign Governments and War Criminals to Complex Military Operations

  Daniel Gerstein, CEO and Author, SciTech Strategic Solutions

  TOPIC CATEGORY: Miscellaneous

  Dr. Gerstein is a national security professional who has had a unique insider perspective on the United States' national security strategy and policy having been a close advisor to many of the key decisionmakers over several decades. By the end of his time in government, he had become a senior principal responsible for developing and executing the policies of the U.S. government. His service included advising foreign governments on a range of sensitive issues. He continues to speak and write extensively on these issues. MORE >

  He has worked on a range of issues from assessment of threats and risks, development of strategies and policies, and has deployed on a variety of operations. In the U.S. Army, he served on four continents while participating in combat, peacekeeping, humanitarian assistance, counterterrorism and homeland security. During his time in uniform, he served in sensitive positions as an aide-de-camp for the four-star Vice Chief of Staff, Army (General Gordon Sullivan); speechwriter for the three-star Director of Strategy and Policy (J-5), The Joint Staff (General Wesley K. Clark); Director for Army Transformation for the Chief of Staff, Army (General Eric Shinseki); executive officer for the Under Secretary of the Army (Raymond DuBois and Pete Geren). He also worked on several national security documents such as the National Security Strategy, the National Military Strategy and the Chairman’s Program Assessment (CPA). He also led teams that conducted analysis, modeling and simulations of various threats and risks.

  He has extensive experience in international negotiations and arms control having served on the Holbrooke Delegation that negotiated the peace settlement in Bosnia; developed and analyzed negotiating positions for the Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE) talks; developed a counternarcotics initiative to improve cross border communications between Andean Ridge nations and negotiated the destruction of SS-24 intercontinental ballistic rocket motors in Ukraine. Additionally, Dr. Gerstein led the Army’s most comprehensive restructuring since World War II and guided an effort to develop a comprehensive biosurveillance system for the Department of Defense.

  He has served in and worked with organizations across the U.S. government. He served in the Department of Defense and retired as a Colonel and served later in the Department of Homeland Security as Under Secretary (Acting) and Deputy Under Secretary in the Science and Technology Directorate. In these assignments, Gerstein worked closely with the Intelligence Community, and the Department of Energy (nuclear weapons issues), Commerce (export control and technology management), Health and Human Services (medical countermeasures, countering biological warfare and bioterrorism) and Department of Agriculture (agricultural biodefense).

  Gerstein has authored several books on national security, strategy, policy and decision making including War Without Humanity: Conflict in the Post-Human Era (Casemate, 2026); Tech Wars: Transforming U.S. Technology Development (Praeger. September 2022. (Paperback version released in 2024)); National Security and Arms Control in the Age of Biotechnology: The Biological Weapons Convention (Rowman and Littlefield, 2013); Bioterror in the 21st Century, (Naval Institute Press, 2009); Assignment: Pentagon: How to Excel in a Bureaucracy (5th Edition) (University of Nebraska Press, 2020); The Story of Technology: How We Got Here and What the Future Holds (Prometheus Books, 2019); Leading at the Speed of Light: New Strategies for U.S. Security in the Information Age, (Potomac Books, 2006); Securing America's Future: National Strategy in the Information Age, (Praeger Security International, 2005).

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  Science, Technology and Innovation for the Development of Emerging Technologies

  Daniel Gerstein, CEO and Author, SciTech Strategic Solutions

  TOPIC CATEGORY: Educational

  Daniel Gerstein brings a unique perspective to the understanding of technology and it's impact on society. In this formulation, Gerstein offers that the history of humanity and the history of technology are one and the same. MORE >

  Throughout recorded history, humankind has used science discovery, technology development and innovation to solve practical problems, build economies, growth societies and improve the quality of life. As the capabilities of humankind have increased, the quest for gaining a fundamental understanding of the world has driven greater scientific study which has in turn fueled greater technological achievements.

  Today, the world is more connected than ever -- some might even say smaller -- where events in one part of the world have implications for nations and peoples thousands of miles away. Advances in information technologies, communication and cyber are allowing for sharing of ideas, data and information in real-time. Dual use technologies allow individual actors to have state-like capabilities. Areas of science and technology that once were the exclusive domain of nations, such as global positioning systems or GPS, have become parts of our daily lives. Multi-national corporations are complicating controls on science and technology proliferation.

  Today emerging technologies are resulting in complementary increases in legal, policy and ethical questions and issues. Often, advances are so rapid, they are outpacing policymakers’ ability to place adequate controls on research, development and behaviors with potentially devastating consequences, and certainly before treaties, laws, policies and regulations are in place.

  Dr. Gerstein is an expert in military and homeland security technologies. From precision guided munitions in the first Gulf War to drones and humanoid robots in Ukraine, Gerstein has written and spoken about a range of technologies including artificial intelligence, biotechnology, cybersecurity and communications, quantum, material science and advanced manufacturing, autonomous systems and robotics, social media and deep fakes. Dr. Gerstein led the U.S. Army’s most comprehensive restructuring since World War II and guided an effort to develop a comprehensive biosurveillance system for the Department of Defense.

  He is also the author of several books on technology including War Without Humanity: Conflict in the Post-Human Era (Casemate, 2026); Tech Wars: Transforming U.S. Technology Development (Praeger. September 2022. (Paperback version released in 2024)); Assignment: Pentagon: How to Excel in a Bureaucracy (5th Edition) (University of Nebraska Press, 2020); The Story of Technology: How We Got Here and What the Future Holds (Prometheus Books, 2019); Leading at the Speed of Light: New Strategies for U.S. Security in the Information Age, (Potomac Books, 2006).

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  Burnout Is a System Signal. Not a Talent Problem.

  Kafi A. Joseph, PMP, Founder, inRG.Design

  TOPIC CATEGORY: Business

  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 MORE >

  When employees cannot act without unacceptable cost — reputational, relational, financial, or moral — burnout emerges as a rational adaptation rather than disengagement.

  This keynote reframes burnout as a systems signal. Leaders learn how role design, reward patterns, accountability structures, and implicit cultural norms can unintentionally threaten safety and restrict agency.

  Drawing on her experience leading in high-stakes military and corporate environments, Kafi helps leaders examine where saying “no” carries cost, where overextension is quietly rewarded, and where design, not talent, is driving burnout risk.

  Learning Objectives:
  ✓ Explain why burnout survives wellness initiatives
  ✓ Identify safety threats embedded in role design
  ✓ Distinguish between real structural constraints and cultural misperceptions
  ✓ Apply a safety–agency lens to reduce burnout risk without lowering standards

  Best For: Leadership Programs, Executive Teams, Organizational Change

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