All Topics in Washington D.C.

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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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  Have You Ever Considered Getting Into Real Estate?

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

  TOPIC CATEGORY: Business

  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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  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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  Intro to Meditation

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

  TOPIC CATEGORY: Health & Fitness

  A enlightening speech that both teaches the basics of meditation but also the science behind it. Participants can even watch their own brain patterns on a portable EEG device to see feedback of what meditation looks like and compare it to what they think it might be. This type of class is often groundbreaking for individuals who are often doing meditation improperly and getting poor results for years. MORE >

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  Going from Manager to Leader

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

  Most people see managers as people to tell others what to do. By contrast, good leaders collaborate, inspire, motivate and celebrate their team members and the collective success. Ideal for new and seasoned managers, Bob Graham explains the benefits of being a leader, then provides participants with actionable strategies for becoming the leader their teams need. This interactive workshop can radically improve how teams operate. MORE >

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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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  Building C3 Communities with Talent Optimization

  Mali Phonpadith, Founder & CEO, SOAR Community Network, LLC

  TOPIC CATEGORY: Business

  Build Compassionate, Cohesive and Collaborative (C3) communities within organizations using behavioral science and talent optimization disciplines. Mali shares strategic approaches to help executives drive business results by building and maintaining compassionate, cohesive and collaborative communities within the organization.
  The focus and goal of the session will help executive leaders: MORE >

  *Come to a consensus on new strategic priorities;
  *Use behavioral science to design high performing, innovative and cohesive teams;
  *Drive business results by aligning people data (behavioral strengths) with strategic objectives

  Takeaways:
  *Participants will be able to evaluate and prioritize their strategic objectives
  *Participants will be able to analyze and design people/team/talent strategies that creates C3 Communities within their organizations
  *Participants will be able to establish a new approach to talent management that increases engagement, improves collaboration, drive business results and improve organizational effectiveness
  *Participants will be able to assess how their “team type” and “culture map” (based on the results of their people data) impact engagement, productivity and innovation

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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.

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  Budgeting Time for Efficiency

  DeDee Cai, Founder and CEO, FIT TO PROFIT

  TOPIC CATEGORY: Business

  We all know about financial projections and budgeting. What if you can use the same concept in budgeting your time to be more effective and efficient? As a leader, you want to lead with power and clarity, but you find yourself spinning the wheels to keep up. You can tell you are on the verge of a massive burnout. You know what you are doing is not sustainable, but your team and everyone depends on you. What if you could achieve 10X the results by learning how to budget your time while managing your energy? Join us to explore the optimal ways to upgrade your habits, and retrain your brain for peak performance.
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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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