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Masterful Networking – How To Create Massive Amounts of Business From Your Networking Efforts
Tom Kelly, Business Coach, Potential In Motion
TOPIC CATEGORY: Business
Request This Free SpeechAre you a small business owner or professional that struggles with networking? Are you tired of attending networking events, and walking away empty handed? Are you starting to think that networking events are a complete waste of your time? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then this presentation is for you! MORE >
In this presentation, Master Certified Coach Tom Kelly will teach you the shifts that you need to make with respect to networking that will enable you to easily turn networking events into the #1 way you generate business! -
What’s the one thing you can’t buy? Time.
Kimberly Kolb, Author & Speaker
TOPIC CATEGORY: Self-Improvement
Request This Free Speech168. That’s how many hours are in a week. Do you use them wisely? Kimberly wrote a novel in a year while working and raising three kids in travel sports. She will show you how to find that kind of time for you. MORE >
Kimberly is proud to be a part of Free Speakers since 2015, but will only present to not-for-profit groups. -
Disinheriting Uncle Sam – Estate Planning for Illinois Residents
Laurence Kline, Attorney, Hoogendoorn & Talbot LLP
TOPIC CATEGORY: Financial
Request This Free SpeechWith 40 years of experience, Kline explains how Illinois residents should plan their estates to minimize taxes, avoid probate and dispose of assets.
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Chapters – The Forty Year Rehearsal
Roger Renik, Support Group Facilitator for "Chapters"
TOPIC CATEGORY: Self-Improvement
Request This Free SpeechDecades before the formal diagnosis of Depression and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Roger came to understand that something in his life was "different" from what he viewed as "normal" in others. Although he carried on daily living as best possible, unexplained sadness tied in with repeating habits and emotional breakdowns brought him to seek professional assistance. He now offers an interactive and non-medical discussion focusing on life experiences up to and following the diagnosis. MORE >
This presentation is an honest dialogue on how everyday living can be reshaped and life can continue regardless of your own personal challenges. -
The Science and Fun of Hypnosis
Joe Rosner, Sales Success Trainer, 1st Ayd Corporation
TOPIC CATEGORY: Self-Improvement
Request This Free SpeechKey Learning Points include-
What is Hypnosis?
What Hypnosis is not.
The Human Brain Consciousness, Unconscious and Focused Attention
Practical Benefits of Hypnosis.Willing participants will have an opportunity to experience hypnosis in a fun, entertaining experience.
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Advance Health Care Directives
Beth Kljajic, Financial Advisor , Westpoint Financial MassMutual
TOPIC CATEGORY: Financial
Request This Free SpeechThe Conversation Project toolkit provides a great starting point to completing an Advance Health Care Directive. We will discuss, interactively, the reasons these instruments are needed, what the goals of them are and that they are dynamic instruments that can be changed as desired. MORE >
I add tools to help this whole conversation become more than just a heavy burden; fun games, books, raffles, TV shows and more liven it up and bring everyone out of their shells. -
Concussion Roulette
Anthony Surrusco, D.C., Clinic Director, Clarendon Chiropractic
TOPIC CATEGORY: Health & Fitness
Request This Free SpeechDid you know these alarming statistics? 70% of Players Played with Symptoms of Concussions; 40% of Coaches Didn’t Know About the Injury; 33% of Concussions Occur at Practice. A 10 to 30 minute presentation for coaches and parent meeting on the seriousness of concussions and how performance can be affected for athletes.
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You Can Soar! There’s Purpose In Your Pain
Cherise N Ragland, Producer, Actress, Public Speaker, Author
TOPIC CATEGORY: Motivational
Request This Free SpeechCherise Nicole speaks from her book "You Can Soar" encouraging her listeners to believe they can reach their dreams despite adversity, whether they grew up in a dysfunctional household, experienced poverty, divorce, physical or sexual abuse, an absentee parent, struggle with inadequacies, low self-esteem, or a sense of loss because of the painful effects of their past. MORE >
The bald eagle uses strong winds from a storm to lift it higher above the clouds. The storm actually gives the eagle an opportunity to glide and rest its wings. Cherise will motivate you to "action" and teach you how to turn your heartache into a heartbeat, take lemons and make lemonade, and allow the abrasive sandpaper of life to smooth you. There’s purpose in your pain and like an eagle, you can SOAR above it all! -
Rearchitecting Work: POSSIBILITY PARTNERS UNLEASHING POTENTIAL
Dianne M. Michels, HR Possibility Partner, Author, Rearchitecting Work Speaker, possibilitypartners.org
TOPIC CATEGORY: Business
Request This Free SpeechA Blueprint for "Unlocking the Power of Human Resources to Unleash the Potential of Human Beings" . . . enabling organizations to set bold goals that can be achieved with more PREDICTABILITY, INNOVATION, and EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT! MORE >
Learn about the key paradigm shifts that provide the foundation for the changes in conditions, relationships, cultural norms, and leadership approaches that can transform people's relationship to work from a burden to survive to a possibility to thrive . . . while producing results that meet or exceed revenue, profitability, and growth goals of the enterprise.You will be introduced to the 10 design principles that support the paradigm shifting changes in assumptions, beliefs, and behavioral practices that enable people to go beyond learning new skills to expanding their adaptability, flexibility, resiliency, and self-directedness in a world that is increasingly more volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous.
The 10 design principles include:
Ch. 1 Alignment between HR and the CEO
Ch. 2 Unlocking the Power of HR to Unleash the Potential Within Your Workplace
Ch. 3 The Power of Possibility - "There are no mistakes; only possibilities" Tina Fey
Ch. 4 Leadership Beliefs and Behaviors that model mutual respect, trust, transparency . . .
Ch. 5 Inspiring Ownership for Results vs. Holding People Accountable
Ch. 6 Igniting Results: Expressing Our Value vs. Proving Our Worth
Ch. 7 Participating, Contributing, Self-Expressing vs. Checking Off Our To Do Lists - "Only do what your heart tells you." Princess Diana
Ch. 8 Celebrating Diversity as a Competitive Edge!
Ch. 9 Recruiting: Creating Raving Fans - "Transforming often dreaded interview interrogations into life-affirming conversations.
Ch. 10 Communications: Creating Psychological Safety so People can Speak Candidly With One Another Regardless of the Hierarchy -
"Relationships determine the quality of our lives, and conversations determine the quality of our relationships."Can be presented virtually via ZOOM.
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Elder Mediation
Karin McNicholas & Dennis McNicholas, Mediation Services
TOPIC CATEGORY: Miscellaneous
Request This Free SpeechMediation allows families to explore mutually acceptable solutions to difficult problems with parents and elderly relatives. It encourages creative problem solving within the private family setting rather than relying upon the legal system to resolve these issues.