All Topics in Washington D.C.

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  Proven ways to overcome change resistance under the most challenging of circumstances

  Robert Smith, PhD, Author, Selling Change, The Change Shop, LLC

  TOPIC CATEGORY: Business

  Change Management discussion will cover case studies and success stories for proven techniques to achieve organizational transformation and revitalization; case studies of leaders and organizations who have overcome years of entrenched organizational cultures and mindsets to generate profitability and reignite engaged teams; leadership styles that engender change commitment and transformation success. MORE >

  Ways to engage and motivate people to make a difference in bottom-line business results; the case for engaged talent in sales and customer service; the role of human resources in achieving business goals

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  You and Birthday Cake Alone in a Room: The Unexpected Truth to Maximizing Diet Willpower

  Laura Ellen, Nutritionist + Life Coach, Laura Ellen Coaching

  TOPIC CATEGORY: Health & Fitness

  The formula to health and weight loss seems pretty clear: Don’t eat sweets or junk food. Exercise. Reach your body goals. If it’s so clear, then why do so many people have to return to dieting year after year? And why do 93% of dieters put on more weight than they originally lost? And why can one inanimate cake cause us to act in exactly the opposite way of our goals? MORE >

  Laura Ellen breaks down how the conventional weight loss and fitness industries’ approach to dieting sabotages willpower and is the cause of their terrible client success rates. She then teaches practical, science-proven methods to maximizing diet willpower and motivation that you’ve never heard from a health professional before.

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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. 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. MORE >

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  Stop Hiding Your Wrappers: How Food + Body Shame Keep Us from Our Healthiest Selves

  Laura Ellen, Nutritionist + Life Coach, Laura Ellen Coaching

  TOPIC CATEGORY: Health & Fitness

  In her years as a nutrition student, wellness consultant, and now as a health coach, Laura Ellen has come to realize one very key trend: we’re all keeping the same secret, hoping nobody finds out our secret. And that secret is - we all feel crazy with food. MORE >

  From doctors, to physique competitors, to weight loss clients, Laura has worked with person after person who is waiting to get they’re eating “under control” before they really show up in the world - professionally, personally, or otherwise. And it’s this waiting and hiding, not the eating itself, that keeps them stuck in the same habits.

  In this talk, Laura Ellen breaks down how shame perpetuates unwanted eating behaviors and keeps up from our health and diet goals rather than motivating us to success.

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  The Power of Facebook Live, How to Build Credibility and Sales in 3 Minutes

  Jean Kuhn, Business Strategist / Consultant, Bounce Solutions Jean Kuhn

  TOPIC CATEGORY: Business

  In this entertaining 45 minute presentation, Certified Master Speaker, Jean Kuhn, shows your audience how to go from ordinary business owner to “Expert/Celebrity” business owner and why that’s important to getting new customers. MORE >

  Your audience will learn how to make content rich videos in a matter of minutes with their phone, tablet or desktop to create raving fans and buying customers. Something their competition is not doing... yet.

  Your audience will learn:

  * How to increase their customer reach
  * How to retain clients that stay longer and spend more money
  * How to get over 1000 views from their videos
  * How to create instant credibility
  * Hear real-life statistics that Jean and her clients are getting as they are building their businesses and getting new clients from video
  * To finally have fun with their marketing while making more money

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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.

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  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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  Your Progress is Holding You Back

  Cheryl Abram, Learning Doula, Ypifany

  TOPIC CATEGORY: Business

  In this high energy session, Cheryl helps decision-makers see and understand why change is necessary, difficult and rewarding. As the accountable party, decision-makers need to evolve while embracing real change. The session includes practical guidance for how to cultivate the power of personal accountability at home and at work.

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  Marketing your Self

  Marvin Meinders, Owner, Meinders Consultant, LLC

  TOPIC CATEGORY: Self Improvement

  Now that you have finished your education and ready to find that perfect job you have been working for, now is the time to find the job. You can be the perfect candidate for the job, but if you do not market yourself well, all your training may have been in vain. Most people do not think much about marketing themselves until it is time to look for a job, but if you wait until then, you start out at a disadvantage in the job market. MORE >

  Marketing and networking are keys to finding good jobs today. You may think that automated job searches and automated applications are the way to employment in today’s market. But with these tactics alone you will miss about 80% of available job opportunities. Did you know that according to Steven Rothberg, founder of job search website CollegeRecruiter.com, approximately 80 percent of the jobs are never advertised? We will discuss how the use of networking and social media can improve your marketability.

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  Ok, Boomer; Those Millennials – Dealing With Generational Differences

  Bob Graham, Author, Speaker, Trainer, Coach, Breakthrough Solutions

  The widest range of ages in history have to work together in offices. With the shift to more Millennial managers and the first members of Generation Z joining the Silent Generation, Baby Boomers and Generation X in the workplace, things are getting really complicated and at times confrontational. Through engaging discussion and fun activities, discover who is in each group and what makes them excited and enraged; learn tips and tricks for how to work with older or younger colleagues; find out new ways to communicate to ensure success when dealing with colleagues from other generations. MORE >

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