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Miranda McLaughlin Wise, CPO® is a Certified Professional Organizer® and Productivity Coach based in Madison, WI. Her business, Wisely Organized, offers hands-on organizing, virtual organizing, productivity coaching & consulting, and presentations & workshops about time management and organizing. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Advertising from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, CA. While working as a copywriter, she discovered the organizing and productivity industry. She knew she had to make a career change. In 2011, she started her organizing business, then called “Miranda The Organizer,” in Oakland, CA. In 2015, Miranda relocated to her hometown, Lubbock, TX. That year she rebranded as "Wisely Organized" and earned her certification from the Board of Certification for Professional Organizers®. When Miranda moved to Madison in 2018, she became the only Certified Professional Organizer® in Wisconsin.
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I'm a motivated, inspirational and ambitious author, coach and speaker with diverse experience in product, business and market development experience across a variety of industrial sectors. Having recently published my first successful book, my interests are in speaking, teaching, sharing knowledge and inspiring people with stories and wisdom. Working across the spectrum from start-up companies through to mature and well established businesses, I have expanded my entrepreneurial approach to planning and decision making activities. This enables confident multitasking at high energy levels and a can-do attitude to work.
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Bobi Siembieda is the founding principal of Conrad Business Results. Energized by the American entrepreneurial spirit, Bobi helps company leaders work together as a more cohesive, functional team and ensures that everyone in the organization makes progress each day towards achieving the vision, resulting in a better-run, effective, efficient, controlled, profitable, and ultimately, fun, business. She is passionate about helping entrepreneurs get what they want out of their businesses, having either worked in, managed, serviced, or run entrepreneurial businesses her entire career. She is a teacher, coach, and facilitator of the Entrepreneurial Operating System. She works with teams to get them to focus on six critical components of the business, not the 136 things they have going through their heads daily. Her successful outcomes include enhanced overall productivity, accountability, clear prioritizing of goals and directives to accomplish them, increased sales/profitability, fewer people issues, and improved time management. She also sees leaders able to take vacations and have time for clarity to pursue their passions. Bobi spends her spare time counseling America’s small businesses with SCORE, working with a women’s group providing mentoring services to domestic violence victims, and as a professional mentor to students enrolled in DePaul’s School for New Learning program.
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As a John Maxwell Certified Coach, Teacher and Speaker, I can offer you workshops, seminars, keynote speaking, and coaching, aiding your personal and professional growth through study and practical application of John’s proven leadership methods. Working together, I will move you and/or your team or organization in the desired direction to reach your goals.
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Don and Betsy — a dynamic and professional husband and wife team – are experts at helping your audience develop stronger personal resilience – the resilience needed to manage the constant pressures that test one’s ability to answer the question: Can I do it? With six decades of organizational careers between them, they enjoyed a comfortable life path — until in one instant — everything changed. A house fire that caused life-threatening burn injuries to Don turned their personal and professional lives upside down, having them question their capacity to deal with it all. But in their journey together rebuilding their lives, they found how resilience could be strengthened to overcome the uncertainty and challenges they faced. They now share their experience with you with heartfelt purpose. The Spark Your Resilience™ Presentation In this presentation, you will experience the powerful themes of resilience, the strength of the human spirit, empathy, teamwork, vulnerability, transformation, and overcoming obstacles — all in a presentation that deeply connects with you. Don and Betsy’s presentation demonstrates how you can take personal action and accomplish what you want. No PowerPoint, no bullets, no handouts, and no sitting back — this transformative experience strengthens your resilience on the spot.
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A renowned speaker and community leader, Dr. Patrecia Williams followed her dream and vision to develop a community service organization dedicated to enriching lives and improving communities throughout the Greater Washington / Baltimore Metropolitan Area. In 2009, The Organization of Hope (OOH) was formed. As Founder and Executive Director of OOH, Dr. Williams manages the organization’s board relations, corporate affairs, strategic planning, and organizational governance / cultural efforts. Dr. Williams also serves as the Chief Financial Officer for AMO Consulting Solutions and is an Adjunct Professor for Southern New Hampshire University. She works as an advisor to organizations, including the government, where she oversees major projects and studies of critical importance to decision-makers and mission. Dr. Williams is assigned as a reservist serving as the Reserves Captains Career Course Director and Special Project Officer with Soldier Support Institute’s Financial Management School at Fort Jackson, SC. Dr. Williams possesses 20+ years expertise managing enterprise-wide projects in a variety of industry executive and staff positions with Home Depot, Washington Metropolitan Transit Authority, UPS, non-profits, and other federal agencies. Additionally, she served 7+ years as a GS15 government employee on the Secretary of the Army’s staff within Headquarters, Department of the Army (Pentagon). Throughout her government tenure, she forged the Army’s business transformation network. Throughout the last 22 years, Dr. Williams has supported our country in uniform; serving with distinction as both a non-commissioned officer and a Distinguished Military Graduate (DMG) Army Officer in the Medical, Chemical, and Finance Corps. An executive risk taker, Dr. Williams knows that “what got you here; won’t get you there”. She collaborates with forward-thinkers and intelligent risk takers. Dr. Williams is known as one who takes on turnarounds that no one in their right mind would touch. Using her holistic core competencies, diverse experiences, catalyst with an eye for detail, Dr. Williams helps organizations realize their financial dreams and develop and inspire people to achieve unseen opportunities. Dr. Williams’ life philosophy is “What you make happen for others, God will make happen for you.” Originally from North Carolina, Dr. Williams holds a BS, Marketing and Management from the University of North Carolina, Greensboro; an MS in Quality Systems Management from National Graduate School; and a Doctorate of Philosophy in Organizational Management and Leadership from the University of Hartford.
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A Dallas native, Elyse Eriksson has been surrounded by entrepreneurs her entire life. From watching her father build his construction business to owning Classic Cast Stone of Dallas and Slate Select, Inc. and later partnering in an internet based craft company, Elyse has been involved in all aspects of starting and building small businesses including export/import. It was while serving as Director of Training at the Small Business Development Center that Elyse honed her knowledge of the details of exporting. However, she saw that even great information is ineffective when presented in “old style” training techniques. Like many innovators, Elyse saw a better, more effective way to conduct export training. It was time to teach entrepreneurs in a whole new way! After seizing an opportunity to present at the Guam Export Trade Show, Elyse took her export knowledge and combined it with extensive research on adult learning techniques. Elyse’s easy-going, fun, and informative style hooks audiences from the “get-go”. Her workshop, “The Riddle of the Exporter™ : An 8 Step Process to Conquer the World of Exporting” is the only workshop of its kind that speaks directly to entrepreneurs. In September 2013 and 2014, The Riddle of the Exporter™ was the opening day international training for the ASBDC (America’s Small Business Development Centers) Annual Conference. Sponsored by the TPCC (Trade Promotion Coordinating Committee), the SBA OIT (Office of International Trade) and the ASBDC International Committee, it was the only non-government seminar invited to be part of this program. The Riddle of the Exporter™ Letters of Credit video has been translated into Arabic by USAID, where it has been used to train Middle Eastern bankers. Elyse has also presented to the Wichita-South Central Kansas Public Officials, multiple Small Business Development Centers including their national conference, the Texas Economic Development Council, the Guam Export Trade Show, Puerto Rico Export Initiative Luncheon and the Minnesota Export Expo. She earned her MBA in International Management and Masters in Civic Affairs from the University of Dallas in Irving, and BS in Design from the University of Texas, Austin. Elyse is also a Certified Global Business Professional and has served as the Director of Training at the International Trade Center – Small Business Development Center in Dallas. Elyse has served on the board of Scandinavian American Economic Development Alliance and OWIT-DFW and Executive Secretary of the North Texas District Export Council in 2016. In 2011, she submitted “Ode to The Riddle of the Exporter” and was selected as one of the 250 finalists in the British Airways Face Of Opportunity contest and traveled to events in New York, London and Prague, courtesy of British Airways. In her spare time, Elyse likes to walk Atlas, her 100-lb Rhodesian Ridgeback, study languages, and keep her passport dusted.
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Ethan Raath, ThD., is an executive leadership speaker, coach, consultant, and trainer, committed to helping present and future leaders successfully balance personal and professional demands of life and work. Affirmed for his engaging presence, eloquent speaking, and inspiring presentations, he weaves personal experience, meaningful insights, appealing humor, animated story telling, and practical principles into his presentations to inspire, motivate, and inform his audiences. Ethan draws on a richly varied background and 40 years of public speaking experience, which equips him to effectively relate to all types of audiences. In corporate, academic, nonprofit, and religious settings, he has served as executive director and head of staff, communication professor, faith leader, and consultant in leadership growth, team development, employee relations, organizational dynamics, conflict management, and career transition. As owner of Highwire Leadership, he coaches people to make a difference by leading with excellence. With his calm professionalism and skill, leaders learn to balance the push for results and pull of relationships that affect performance by growing their potential, maintaining their equilibrium, enhancing their ability to manage relationships, and increasing productivity. Originally from South Africa, he engaged in the struggle for human rights, race relations, and community development and worked with refugee relief, which informs his speaking engagements. Raath was honored with the Friendship Medallion from the Cincinnati Human Relations Commission for his work in promoting race relations. He enjoys traveling for his work.
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Researcher, best selling author, storyteller, teacher; Gary Lear is the Founder of Resource Development Systems, LLC, an organizational performance research and consulting firm dedicated to helping its clients increase performance by being more effective at Managing the Human Side of Business℠. Gary combines the teachings from his American Indian heritage with the most modern business research. With over 25 years of experience working with culture change and leadership development, he has worked with thousands of managers across a broad spectrum of industries, from small businesses to Fortune 50 companies, including the US military. Gary is also the developer of the Seven Elements of High Performance™ model, which is the outcome of three years of research on high performance organizations. Shortly after publishing the model in a white paper, the US Navy’s Center for Naval Leadership approached Gary to gain permission to use the model in all of their leadership development programs. The model is now used in many organizations and taught in university business courses. It has been almost 15 years since Gary first began his research into what makes a difference in organizational performance, and the Seven Elements of High Performance™ model still tells the story best. Leadership. Trust Personal Responsibility. These, and the other elements, are what are important for success. Gary customizes each of his presentations to meet your needs by incorporating the Seven Elements of High Performance™ in a way that your attendees can use when they get back to work. Gary will engage, entertain, and provide a thought provoking message that will inspire your audience to make a difference in their organization, whether it is a keynote or an executive briefing. Using the Seven Elements of High Performance™, he challenges their current thinking to explore what their organization could become, because the best organizations just don’t do things differently; they do different things. Gary is the author of the bestselling Leadership Lessons from the Medicine Wheel: The Seven Elements of High Performance, which is used as a text book in some university courses. His upcoming book, Rising Above Mediocrity: The Path to Performance, takes the reader deeper into the Seven Elements of High Performance™ model and provides a strong understanding of how the individual elements work with each other to impact organizational performance. Gary has served on the Board of Regents for the Institute of Certified Professional Managers, an international management certification body located at James Madison University. He was a columnist for Management World Magazine, and is currently a contributor to ICPM’s MGMT Blog, and is also a contributor to Georgia CEO Magazine.
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Employee Engagement Specialist, Management / Leadership Trainer, Business Coach and Organizational Development / Consumer Psychology Expert … …are just a few of the titles Jacqueline holds! And as an international speaker, Jacqueline has dedicated her career to assisting businesses of all sizes, from Fortune 500 Corporations, public / private businesses, small “mom and pop” businesses and non-profit organizations, transform their operations into the productive powerhouse they were always meant to be. Jacqueline believes that a company’s successes are an outcome of efficient operational processes. Understanding this, she uses a her ‘back to basics of psychology and social ecosystems’ approach in guiding and teaching leadership and management teams to reengage and understand what motivates their employees. Her goal is to help her clients establish and implement an environment of trust and support, where everyone can achieve and realize their true potential both professionally and personally. Using her background in psychology, education, business, and leadership she guides her clients through the process of rethinking their management style and transforming their employee processes and business operations to be more creative, more productive, and more efficient. Jacqueline brings a passion and energy to her presentations, workshops, and seminars, empowering her audiences to understand their potential and devise strategies to implement critical action plans that drive change. She prides herself on her ability to develop programs relevant to most current topics covering Executive Leadership, Team Motivation, Goal Setting, Improving Communication, Effective Time Management, Identifying Talent and Employee Potential. As a leadership and business growth professional, she is passionate about helping Executives, Supervisors Team Leaders and employees to get the most out of their businesses and careers while at the same time finding the balance in life to enjoy every day to the fullest. Based on her commitment to this driving principle she has created additional training series, designed specifically to empower and inspire her clients and patricians across many facets of life. Unlike many other Psychologists, Jacqueline also holds postgraduate qualifications in professional education and training. She utilizes these experiences to further enhance her work. Jacqueline is certified to provide the following trademarked programs: Neuro Linguistic Processing, Myers Briggs, Therapeutic Crisis Intervention, and CBITS (Cognitive Behavior Intervention for Trauma in Schools). Additional topics include: “5 Common Mistakes Made by Managers”, “The Power of Interpersonal Relationships”, “Burn Out: Effects and Avoidance”, “Sensitivity in Society: The New Equality”, “How to Feel Inspired”, “Understanding Own Potential”, and “Emotional Intelligence is Gold”.
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I am a talented and successful creative industries executive with 25 years of experience in the sector, most of that time at board and director level. As the Chairman of C8 Associates - a consultancy specialising in creative and digital businesses - we work with corporates and SMEs to manage risk and exploit growth opportunities. I also hold directorships with Immersive Album, JiveBird, JazzUK and Nacro, as well as other advisory roles, including the Linked Content Coalition, CICI, the Creative Content Network and the Advisory Board of Intellectual Property Magazine.
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