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Melissa is excited to help parents and school districts across the country navigate the school system, negotiate IEP & 504 plans, and consult in complex casework. Melissa has an “insiders perspective” as an experienced district Special Education Senior Supervisor, a district Supervisor over inclusionary practices, a district-level compliance teacher, and a school-level ESE coordinator and ESE teacher. This in-depth experience serves as the foundation for her practice. Melissa focuses on how to use a simple 3 step process to build communication between families and schools. This is centered around a collaborative framework rather than conflict and adversarial relations. Melissa has in-depth experience in inclusionary practices, extensive knowledge of state board statutes and rules, and has developed procedures and processes based on special education best practices and legalities across the elementary, middle, and high school levels. She has also served as a special education advocate for families in over 20 states and is passionate about sharing her knowledge in order to help parents and educators understand how they can change the trajectory of special education through their unique role. Additionally, Melissa is a foster parent and the oldest sibling of 5 children. She uses powerful storytelling and uplifting stories to empower parents in their journey in parenting. Melissa's family is transracial and she speaks to the critical dialogue and communication that is needs in order to have a family that connects through conscious feelings and empathy.
$251 - $1,500
Catherine Bell is a successful entrepreneur, business leader and best-selling business author. Catherine founded BluEra, a Profit 500 executive search and team transformation company. As a top 200 growing company in Canada and top 10 in Alberta, and best workplace, BluEra was a shining example of the Awakened Company System in action. With the sale of BluEra to DHR, Catherine now focuses on awakening the fire within organizations as founder of The Awakened Company. Author of The Awakened Company, Catherine’s revolutionary business book was awarded the Nautilus Book Awards in Business & Leadership, a best seller one week after its release, a best seller on Amazon, chosen as “8 of The Best Leadership Books of 2015”, and recognized as a top book combining business and mindfulness. Catherine has been published in Fortune, HBR, Profit, Conscious Company Magazine, Women of Influence and written for the UN. She has worked around the globe from the UK to Cuba and with Fortune 500 companies to serial entrepreneurs. Catherine has an MBA from the Smith School of Business at Queen’s University, a sociology degree from Western University, is certified in the Enneagram, and is a yoga instructor. She is currently a Jarislowsky Co-Fellow at the Haskayne School of Business at the University of Calgary. Catherine now consults all over the world on how to create Awakened Companies. The Awakened Company’s aim is to Awaken The Fire within Organizations with passion, purpose, and playfulness. She also started The Awakened Project, which ignites presence. She has created a jewellery line with a Canadian Artist that symbolizes awakening ourselves, relationships, teams, communities, and globe. The jewellery serves as a reminder we are in it together. 50% of the Awakened Project’s profits go to setting up a fund to help female entrepreneurs start their own business. Catherine lives in Calgary, Alberta with her husband of 22 years and 2 sons. When she is not chasing her boys around you can find her learning to surf, play tennis, skiing, doing the occasional triathlon, taking another course, meditating, or volunteering for something.
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Pooja is a neuroscientist and started her career focusing on the dementia care sector. She has personal and professional experience as a carer and working as a digital health consultant. She now is the founder and CEO of CogniHealth. In 2018, she started CogniHealth, an intersection of all her experiences in research, caring and technology. Her vision with CogniHealth is to improve the quality of life of families affected by long-term conditions, including dementia. She has brought several award-winning digital solutions to the market that address dementia, functional neurological disorder, and children's mental health. She works with patients, carers, academics, charities, healthcare professionals, and care providers collaboratively to co-produce solutions. This gives her real insight into the health and social care sector. Her work so far at CogniHealth has led her to be named the Top 20 women to watch out for in 2018 by Business Insider. Pooja is a former RSE Unlocking Ambition Enterprise Fellow and won the AcceleraterHer Award hosted by Investing Women. She hopes to transform the lives of people affected by long-term conditions and help improve cognitive health around the world. Pooja is interested in the role and use of digital technology in health and social care, with the viewpoint of "it's not about the technology but people and their mindset". She has been a keynote speaker and a panelist sharing her thoughts and insights about this topic at several conferences and events internationally. She brings real stories to the table from both her personal experiences and professional work, where the audience is able to easily understand and relate to the views she shares, even on futuristic technology applications. She also encourages students and empowers girls/women to consider STEM and entrepreneurship. She has spoken at schools, science festivals, and PhD career talks, sharing her journey - both her failures and successes and the role her work has played in her life. Her voice is passionate, thought-through and motivating. SPEAKING INQUIRIES If you have a need for a speaker for a conference, panelist session, workshop, or other event, please contact: [email protected]
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My wife told me I needed to share my story. She told me I needed to impact the world and help everybody that needed my help. I have lived life by the rules of the streets, which allows me to become my own influence. My goal is to share my stories to motivate individuals that need hope. That need to hear the right words at the right time. Sometimes all we need is hope to make the change. To change our direction and find our purpose.
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My name is Joe and I have many years experience in the non-profit sector. I've been a development and growth specialist for a number of those years and have a broad range of experience and expertise specifically helping small to medium non-profits develop into bigger, faster growing and more professional operations. I particularly specialise in making this happen on a budget. So whether you're a solo operation with a budget of effectively zero, keenly trying to raise your head above the crowd, or an established non-profit with a solid foundation but you're struggling to kick on, I can help. I don't tell people that social media is what it's all about or how spending a fortune on marketing is the way forward. The World has enough people telling you that already. I'm yet to encounter a charity or non-profit who's best plan is just to throw money at something or start fixating on likes and re-tweets. Instead I offer a mixture of practical experience and some inventive insights I've learned over the years working with non-profits that need to find a new approach or just some support getting where you need and want to be. My focus is usually on helping charities develop a clearer picture of their objectives, then drawing coherent and practical planning to connect where they are now, to where they want to be. I support this professional experience with an extensive network of connections in the non-profit sector as well as the media and political spectrums. I'm always be able to offer some 'zero cost' options to raise a charity's profile and in turn expand, develop and grow. I back this up by being able to point to the numerous times these methods have been implemented, and worked well. During my professional career, I've worked with major companies in the private sector, I've been an advisor in the public sector for government departments and have for the past decade focussed heavily on non-profit development in the community sector. I'm a frequent expert contributor to the media and have appeared on BBC Radio, BBC One, ITV News and numerous documentary series such as the recent A Matter of Life & Debt. I also founded and run Third Sector Network, where we offer online training events designed especially for the non-profit sector. You can find out more about this at www.thirdsectornetwork.co.uk
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Greg Shapiro: Comedian. American. Dutchman. He has 20 years’ experience as Event Host, Keynote Speaker and Talk Show Host – for multinational clients such as Philips, Shell and ING. He has hosted events for the King of the Netherlands, French President François Hollande, and NATO. Shapiro has performed at over 1000 corporate events: as Event Host; as Talk Show Host; or as Keynote Speaker. Shapiro’s specialty is ‘Culture Shock Therapy,’ based on his books How to Be Dutch: the Quiz – and his latest – THE AMERICAN NETHERLANDER: 25 Years of Expat Tales. You may know Greg from Boom Chicago comedy theater, Comedy Central, and as the voice of Trump in the ‘Netherlands Second’ video (with over 50 million views online). You may also know him from BNR, VPRO, ZDF, or from his YouTube show ‘Climate News Comedy.'
$1,501 - $5,000
Vice President/Partner
Eric Edelsberg is the Vice President of CultureFit Technology Staffing. CultureFit is a boutique recruiting firm that specializes in technology and marketing roles, rooted in Chicago and recruiting across the United States. He has partnered with upwards of 600 organizations and has placed 2,000 candidates successfully. Eric and his team were mentioned as one of the best recruiting firms by Expertise, Upsitty, Start-Up Weekly, Verge, BuiltIn and other well-known publicications with their standards of practice and market knowledge being their differentiating factors. CultureFit has also been recognized as one of Inc. 5,000 Fastest Growing Companies in 2020. He staffs a breadth of mid to senior level jobs in technology and marketing ranging from data scientists to user experience designers, from cloud specialists to project managers and the list goes on. With Eric at the helm, CultureFit is becoming synonymous with technology, success and Chicago. Eric has been with CultureFit for over seven years during which he has spearheaded incredible year over year growth through ambitious and aggressive business solutions. Relaxation and complacency are foreign words to him. He is driven by delivering what other IT Staffing firms can't, and he lives to mentor equally ambitious employees. In his free time, he is constantly on the go with his family and friends or watching any sporting event that involves Cleveland in any way or playing golf.
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A Licensed Sexologist, I have been helping women of all ages to overcome their body hatred and fear of sex. I taught Creative Dance to thousands of individuals of all ages in my school - The School for Creative Movement. A former dancer, I introduced Movement Therapy to my private practice which helped patients effectively deal with aging and sexual issues. Beginning a modeling career in my 70s, in VOGUE Magazine, I represent the unique beauty and desirability of the older woman. A featured guest on international talk shows - RuPaul; Dr. Phil; Good Morning, Australia; Nightline; Inside Edition, women of all ages are inspired to defy society's demeaning views on their power and beauty.
$5,001 - $10,000
Being an Architect, Entrepreneur, Metaverse and Web3 Enthusiast and Tech Transformation Advocate, My passion for public speaking started back when I worked as a Seasonal Guide at a Reserve in Mount Lebanon back in 2017 where I used to address Environmental Topics and give speeches on the biosphere and the importance of its preservation and grew with me through my days College days explaining architectural concepts to juries all the way until giving my debut keynote on Tech Transformation at the 2022 BITS conference which I took part in organizing with InnovatorsGate. The topics I love to bring to the table are on Metaverse, Web3, Business and Motivational speeches, with my main motive being to inspire those around me to achieve in spite of whatever setbacks they might have in their way.
$1,501 - $5,000
CHRP, MBA, CPA, CHSA, Co-Founding Partner
Shelly, a CHRP, CPA, MBA, Certified psychological health & safety advisor, co-Founded Navigation Consulting & Training driven by a desire for positive and meaningful impact and a strong belief in both the business and social imperative for healthy work environments. She empowers organizations and individuals as a speaker, facilitator, coach and consultant. Shelly is a self-described recovering Type A with executive-level experience in a professional services environment. Her multi-disciplinary background has given her a depth and breadth of experience in leadership, organizational effectiveness and beyond. She is passionate about learning from others and sharing her knowledge to help others strive for success. Shelly believes in the vital collaboration between employers and employees to create safe, productive, and socially responsible work environments. When she's not leading the charge, Shelly enjoys sailing, squash, live theatre, and spreading random acts of kindness. In order to make for more dynamic and engaging presentations Shelly generally presents with her business Partner Martin Franchi. Martin and Shelly co-founded Navigation Consulting & Training with a mission to foster thriving and healthy workplaces for organizational success, through strategic HR consulting, training and development and workplace harassment investigations. They bring a wealth of expertise and passion to the table. Martin is an engaging and knowledgeable facilitator and certified psychological H&S advisor with extensive experience leading certified workplace health & safety courses. His expertise navigating OH&S requirements has been further deepened as a certified joint H&S committee member. He is an advocate for healthy work environments and reducing stress in the workplace. Beyond his professional endeavors, Martin expresses his creative side as a Master's-educated fine arts photographer. Cycling and sailing fuel his adventurous spirit. Together, Shelly and Martin are committed to transforming workplaces into thriving ecosystems. Join them on a journey of growth, inspiration, and the pursuit of excellence.
$5,001 - $10,000
Miles is a young man who has experienced life as a college student, employee in corporate America, a pastors kid, a minister, and a business owner. He has a desire to help people avoid the mistakes he has made, and help them make some good decisions he did not make.
$251 - $1,500
Freelance Writer and speaker
Bobby Lewis is an author, award-winning TV reporter, and public speaker who specializes in connecting people. A passionate Christian, Bobby has spoken across the U.S. to people in search of light in a dark world. Finding joy in the heaviness of day-to-day is the theme of his messages, which have been given to people all ages.
$1,501 - $5,000
