All Topics in Washington D.C.
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Empowering Returning Citizens
Alex Simmons, Chief Executive Officer, ReStart Solutions Group, LLC
TOPIC CATEGORY: Self Improvement
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. MORE >
The lecture/workshop cultivates:
1. Self-Discovery – the process of acquiring insight into one’s own character; finding one’s purpose: the why I’m here on this earth.
2. Self-Management – self-control and the taking of responsibility for one’s own behavior, well-being, and resources (spirit, soul, and body).
3. Self-Actualization – the fulfillment of one’s own talents and potentialities; a manifestation of self.
4. A Healthy Imagination – Imagination stimulates creativity and innovation; “Imagination is everything. It’s the preview of life’s coming attractions.” (Albert Einstein). -
Energy Conservation… It’s Not Just About Global Warming
Mark Shuler, President, The Shuler Group LLC
TOPIC CATEGORY: Self Improvement
There are many areas in our lives where we lose precious time, energy, and aliveness. This happens for a variety of reasons: stuck in a routine, tradition, not enough time, and overwhelm, to name a few. What if you could remove the negative influences and replace them with positive influences or with the freedom to explore new possibilities?
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Enough With the Boring Meetings
Bob Graham, Author, Speaker, Trainer, Coach, Breakthrough Solutions
Staff meetings, weekly meetings, project meetings and a litany of Zoom, Skype, Facebook Teams and other video meetings seem to be an increasingly annoying fact of life. In this engaging and action-based workshop, find out ways to ensure that everyone is engaged and involved in every meeting. Find out how shared objectives, organic agendas, action steps and other hacks can make running and attending meetings more useful. And most importantly, discover how to make EVERY meeting matter and an alternative that will not only ease boredom, but encourage greater teamwork, innovation and creativity. MORE >
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Estate Planning 101: What You Need to Know
Lars Etzkorn, Lawyer, Lars Etzkorn Law PLLC
TOPIC CATEGORY: Financial
Do you really need a Last Will and Testament? What is a trust? What are the documents needed to protect you and your loved ones in case of incapacity? Learn what you need, how to find a lawyer, and how much it will likely cost to get an estate plan.
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Exploring Cultural Assumptions: Way Beyond Diversity 101
Dr. Mallary Tytel, President, Healthy Workplaces
TOPIC CATEGORY: Business
We live and work in a complex world and every day we must work effectively and smartly with diverse populations in a fair, balanced, and collaborative manner. While many of us have been taught to overlook differences around us, particularly in power, privilege and hierarchy, bias and discrimination are still embedded patterns in our lives. These are called perspective, and along with it comes myriad assumptions about the world. MORE >
Now more than ever we need to examine our own patterns, beliefs, and connections. What exactly are the nature of differences; the concepts of power and influence; and daily expectations for interaction and relationships? This timely presentation will challenge participants to new ways of seeing, understanding, and influencing the culture around them. -
Federal Government Retiree: How to maximize your benefits
Jacqueline Schadeck, CFP ®, AWMA ®, Certified Financial Planner® Professional, Golden Wealth Strategies
TOPIC CATEGORY: Financial
This educational presentation is tailored to Federal Government workers within the FERS system who are retiring within the next 3-5 years. The goal is for attendees to leave with clarity on how to maximize their pensions, carry on their benefits after retirement. and utilize their TSP so they don't run out of money.
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Financial Planning and The Importance of Having a Fee-Only, Independent Fiduciary On Your Side
Paul Trinh, Financial Planner, Wharf Financial
TOPIC CATEGORY: Financial
On top of the difficultly you may face getting your finances in order, picking the right planner is another challenge all on its own. We'll go over the keys to building a solid financial plan, and highlight how important it is to work with someone who is independent, has no conflict-inducing commissions to work for, and has no proprietary products to sell. MORE >
Whether it's something as micro as week-to-week budgeting, or a 30,000 foot view of a retirement plan, I can tailor a presentation and conversation to fit your group's needs. I enjoy conversations a lot more than lectures! -
Following Your Dreams Despite Challenges
Anastasia Martynova, Founder and President, Your Sunshine
TOPIC CATEGORY: Motivational
As of 2012, over 38.4 million Americans, were living with a disability, according to the Annual Disability Statistics Compendium. The discrimination towards individuals with disabilities still continues to negatively affect the opportunities and lives of people with disabilities. Treating disabled individuals differently can give them a negative attitude towards others and life itself. MORE >
It is important that we try to understand how disability discrimination is affecting other individual's lives in a negative way. No one should be excluded from activities because they have a "disability.” Anastasia Martynova is proof that nothing should stop someone from reaching their goals in life. -
Frame for Change
Shayanna Whitaker, CEO, The Institute for Dynamic Leaders
TOPIC CATEGORY: Business
Organizations are in a constant state of change, but employee competency and communication styles get in the way of the best experience of change. As a result of this talk, the audience are enabled to organically find common ground with teams and grow in conversations with clear intentions in favor of organizational change.
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From Pain to Purpose: How to Turn Life’s Hardest Moments into Your Greatest Opportunities.
Katie DePaola, Founder and CEO, Inner Glow Circle
TOPIC CATEGORY: Motivational
After a broken engagement, losing her brother, and a 10 year battle with chronic illness, Katie DePaola has finally found her glow. In 2015, Katie opened the doors to Inner Glow Circle, a coach training and personal branding company for women. Within months, her youngest brother died of an accidental overdose. MORE >
This monumental lose set off a domino effect of changes and challenges, but through it Katie learned to survive by doubling down on her commitment to her vision. Even on the most ill or grief stricken days, her power lies in her purpose.Now, Katie teaches others how to make their hardest life experiences their greatest opportunities through the principles of Post Traumatic Growth (PTG). PTG is the subject of a growing field of research into the healing that may be accessed when we choose to grow from our trauma and lose.