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  Healthy Drug-Free Lifestyle, How To Say No!

  YM/SgtMaj Nina Staben, Division 5 Young Marine of the Year, Young Marines

  TOPIC CATEGORY: Health & Fitness

  This presentation is designed for any youth program or school from grades 3 - 12. In this presentation Young Marine Sergeant Major, Nina Staben will speak about gateway drugs, the negative effects they have on a body, and how drugs affect school, family, friends, and your future. There will also be a discussion on peer pressure and how to effectively get out of a situation in which someone is pressuring you to do something you don't want to do. MORE >

  Each presentation will be tailored according to the age group. For kids in middle and high school, the presentation will include real-life stories of drug use and discuss how to manage peer pressure.

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  The Leadership Challenge: Why Sales Management Fails

  Bill Bartlett, Owner & CEO, Corporate Strategies & Solutions, Inc. A Sandler Training Center

  TOPIC CATEGORY: Business

  This session is for business owners, presidents, entrepreneurs and other sales executives facing business obstacles when it comes to selling, managing a team and growing their business. MORE >

  Participants will learn how to:
  • Gain the upper hand during sales calls and prevent unpaid consulting
  • Roll out simple behavior modification that lead them to quota achievement
  • Build proactive prospecting plans to fill pipelines and drive new business
  • Shorten sales cycles by avoiding time wasters and unqualified prospects

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

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  Protecting Seniors from Identity Theft, Scams, and Elder Abuse

  Julianne Rizzo, RN, MBA, Certified Senior Advisor, Oasis Senior Advisors

  TOPIC CATEGORY: Financial

  This presentation discusses how to protect seniors against scams. Julianne will go over Identity Theft: What it is, how it happens, prevention, and actions to take after your identity has been stolen. Scams: Types of scams, situations to avoid, at-risk activities, targets, perpetrator’s intentions. Caregiver Abuse and Family Perpetrators: Signs to watch for, prevention tips, and victims resources.
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  10 Soft Skills Every Leader Needs

  Bette Lawrence-Water, Founder and Principal Consultant, Spectrum Strategic Solutions

  TOPIC CATEGORY: Business

  Having the technical skills and knowledge to successfully execute your job duties is only one part of being the best you can be in the workplace. In addition to these “hard” skills, we also need “soft” skills. Soft skills are those skills which allow us to effectively work with others. No matter what your position, organization, or industry, you work with people! Taking the time to build effective soft skills can contribute to a more efficient, more harmonious, and more productive workplace, as well as to your own overall job happiness and satisfaction. MORE >

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  Togetherness: Achieving Sales and Marketing Alignment

  Jeff Davis, Sales and Marketing Alignment Expert, The Sales and Marketing Alignment Summit

  TOPIC CATEGORY: Business

  Aberdeen Group estimates that companies with poor sales and marketing alignment experience an annual 4% revenue decline. In today's B2B business environment sales and marketing can no longer operate in silos. We must find a way to create "Togetherness" and use the collective knowledge of each team to win. MORE >

  The goal of this presentation is to achieve making CEOs and other customer-facing executives think differently about how sales and marketing should interact. With increased scrutiny for marketing to prove ROI on their activities and it becoming increasingly hard for B2B salespeople to even get in front of customers, the old way of doing business is no longer an option. This presentation focuses on using evidence-based research and empirical knowledge to propose real-world strategies that work.

  The key objectives of the presentation are to:

  * Establish an understanding of the detrimental effects that occur by not aligning sales and marketing
  * Explore the key reasons why this relationship continues to be a challenge for most organizations
  * Examine strategies and tactics to promote cohesiveness between these two functions that will lead to improvements in achieving revenue targets.

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  How to Find Your WOW, NOW

  Ben Dooley, Master Certified Coach (MCC), BeDo Coaching

  TOPIC CATEGORY: Business

  Let's be honest. What you offer--your product and service is likely not new. Not only that, but there are others out there who offer the same thing. Don't believe me? A one minute Google search will clear that up quickly. MORE >

  So how do you stand out in the crowd? What is it that makes your company, product and service unique? What makes your marketing attractive and successful? How do you make work easy and productive? Imagine if you could truly tap into your business's WOW. What would be possible then?

  Would you believe it all comes down to only FIVE words that will make an amazing difference?

  And I'm not kidding when I say these words will change your life!
  * Identify your team branding.
  * Establish an aligned team all working in the same mode and direction.
  * Access the power to overcome when your team feels stuck, overwhelmed and unmotivated.
  * Have an Affirmation that WORKS!
  * Leverage your five words to increase your customer relationship and experience.
  * Create deep and unshakable confidence in your team, your organization.

  This interactive workshop/presentation explores how to CREATE CONFIDENCE, DISCOVER IRREFUTABLE PROOF OF YOUR AWESOMENESS, and it reveals the 5 words that will completely EXPLODE your business!
  Perfect for large and small groups.

  This workshop can also be modified to focus on personal life development and success with equal awesomeness.

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  Developmental Childhood Disorders

  Iuliana Lixandru, L.Ac., MSOM, Vitality Natural Wellness

  TOPIC CATEGORY: Health & Fitness

  A talk about different development childhood disorders, which one is on the rise, common and non common symptoms, motor system and primitive reflexes, metabolic contributions to ASD, mitochondrial dysfunction, autoimmunity and the brain, gut brain axis and optimization of gut health, supplementation options.

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  Negotiating internationally with confidence

  Kirk Samson, Owner, Samson Atlantic LLC

  TOPIC CATEGORY: Business

  Negotiating effectively is critical to your business and personal success. The importance of this skill is reflected in the wide range of books you can find in libraries or bookstores on how to improve your negotiation savvy. Unfortunately, almost all of these books represent an American perspective on how to negotiate. The negotiation process and strategies can vary wildly around the world, and many of the techniques that business people use daily here in the U.S. will serve you poorly overseas. MORE >

  In this presentation, Kirk Samson will highlight some of the major differences you can expect while negotiating overseas and how you can 'shift gears' to negotiate with confidence around the globe.

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  Is Your Business A “Digital Disaster”

  Jody Jankovsky, Founder and Managing Member, Black|Line Consulting

  TOPIC CATEGORY: Business

  Black|Line's "Digital Disaster" presentation explains how many businesses are failing to create and maintain some of their most valuable assets, their digital ones. Mr. Jankovsky explores what "Digital Assets" are, why they are important to a business/organization and how to avoid becoming a "Digital Disaster". The presentation can be made to fit a 30-60 minute format and can be tailored for your organization or business. MORE >

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