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Aamina L. Hennings is a part of an encouraging way to view life in a world that is not always conducive to positive productivity - DNA Generation. The basis of this idea as pertaining to youth of all ages is the fact that no matter what one has been exposed to or no matter what one’s DNA says about their future in today’s society, we all have the choice to break cycles and pursue a life that is one to be personally proud of each day. Aamina was a School Counselor for 9 years and has continued making every effort to help youth outside the four walls of her office. Dedrick Hennings, Aamina’s husband, has encouraged her as she creates/posts videos (Aamina’s Moment on youtube.com), participate in online posts/dialogue that’s encouraging to all who are connected to her on Facebook and Twitter. Aamina’s passion to help today’s youth, in any way she could, began with her experiences of her brother who struggled with addictions all of her life, the 90 days her and her mother spent in a homeless shelter, and the years of living in public housing in Hammond, Indiana. Aamina had a great opportunity to represent Lake County of Indiana as a young participant in the Governor’s Commission for a Drug-Free Indiana. This opportunity allowed Aamina to travel throughout the state to meet with other youth and advocates of a Drug-Free Indiana; this experience was just the beginning of Aamina’s desire to help youth of all backgrounds and lifestyles. After receiving her B.A. in Sociology, M.S. in Education with a minor in School Counseling, and her pursuit for her PhD in Counselor Education and Supervision, Aamina has a great love to see others succeed in and out of the classroom. The voice of DNA Generation is based on the well-being, success, and motivational aspects of adolescents, teens, and young adults.
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Bob Paff is a highly sought after Keynote Speaker, Communications Consultant, Relationship Coach and best selling author. His platform and company namesake “Communicating to Win” empowers people at their core so they can effectively communicate in all aspects of their life from a place of ultimate confidence to bring about the success they desire in themselves and others. Bob‘s impressive accomplishments for inspiring, motivating and empowering others covers a diverse list of prominent institutions such as Johns Hopkins University Hospital and PNC Bank. In addition, Bob has been seen on his “Competitive Edge” television segment on Fox, heard on CBS Radio with his “Communicating To Win” show as well as appearing on ABC’s “Good Morning Maryland” among other media outlets. Bob’s passion for life, work and helping others succeed began long ago outside of the spotlight as a young boy setting up bowling pins in the basement of a Church bowling alley for three dollars a night. Bob Paff’s inner strength has always been humbly rooted early on in the simple but powerful words of Abraham Lincoln who said “Whatever you are, be a good one” that has since been Bob’s guiding force and life philosophy. Bob’s natural and genuine ability to motivate and inspire others comes from his thirty plus years of earned life experiences as an entrepreneur, business owner, caring father of six and as a Board member of many philanthropic organizations. Engage with Bob Paff Today!
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Kerwin is an ex-airline employee who travels on average over 250,000 miles a year. He writes up-to-date airport, destination and ground transportation guides plus airline flight and hotel reviews with a mission to motivate airline employees to use their travel benefits at Passrider.com. He's flown over 160 airlines and visited 114 countries/geographical and teaches travelers how to be loyal to travel brands and make the most of airline stopovers at www.Cruisinaltitude.com/stopovers. Kerwin is also an author of travel books as well as a speaker at travel conferences.
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Kelly Leonard is a speaker, trainer, television show host/executive producer, award-winning CEO, and former Fortune 100 Vice President. A certified public accountant (CPA-inactive) and corporate trainer with 25+ years serving government, non-profit, private and public industries, Kelly has an innate ability to connect with diverse audiences across disciplines. Prior to becoming CEO of Taylor-Leonard Corporation (T-LC), Kelly held leadership positions with GE Capital, Kaiser Permanente, and PriceWaterhouseCoopers. Currently, Kelly oversees T-LC's [LinkedIn] training and business development practices. She has personally delivered the company’s signature B.O.O.S.T. My LinkedIn strategies to over 5,000 individuals. Among her clients are entrepreneurs and small businesses as well as large organizations like Pentagon Federal Credit Union, NIH, National Cancer Institute, Montgomery County Government, Tesoro Corporation, and Montgomery College. Using the same strategies Kelly teaches, her company generated $500,000+ in new consulting revenue in their core practice area (Customer Relationship Management) within the first 24-months of consistent implementation. Although Taylor-Leonard Corporation’s clients include government agencies, non-profits, and publicly traded companies, Kelly’s most passionate about leveraging the best practices of multinational enterprises to be a catalyst, compass, and connector of new business development and expansion for entrepreneurs and the small business community.
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-- 2013 to present: member of the Legal Service of the European Parliament. In this capacity I represent the institution in court cases and give in-house legal advice. -- 2009-2013: Official at the secretariat of the EP Committee on Constitutional Affairs -- 2004-2009: Lawyer linguist at the EP Directorate for Legislative Acts -- 2003-2004: legal advisor for the office of the Ombudsman (Hungary) -- 1999-2002: official at the Prime Minister's office (Hungary) -- 1998-1999: trainee lawyer
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Andhyta is an MPP candidate at Harvard Kennedy School, focusing on policies at the intersection of environmental sustainability and human well-being. Previously, she led the Climate Program at World Resources Institute Indonesia, working with the government and civil society organizations to promote climate action in the land and energy sectors. At 17, she co-founded a volunteer-based organization Indonesian Future Leaders and later became the Chairwoman of its flagship project Youth Parliament Indonesia, a national political education movement that has reached out to almost 20,000 Indonesian young voters. In 2013, she was selected as the Head of State for Indonesia to the Y20 Summit where she advocated youth solutions on global problems to Russian President Vladimir Putin. Andhyta also holds a BA in International Relations from University of Indonesia. In her free time, she writes social commentaries through national media, her blog, and spoken word.
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Originally a "Seasoned Sysadmin", and by that I mean a sysadmin with a sense of humor?... To summarize I am a passionate sysadmin/people person who is always up for a new challenge. Gateway drug into sysadmin was Linux in the early days of compiling your own Kernel. As thing got complex this led me more into development and to cooking things up with Chef, creating dashboards and automating anything I got my hands on. Living the devops life I ended up replacing myself with tools which led me to more complex systems, People. As a people manager I work with individuals and teams. I continue to apply system thinking into new subset of problems, or in other words, teams are my new microservices. My approach is to concentrate on growing and helping people unlock their potentials. This can be by either by coaching the individual or working on organization development to change the environment.
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Award-winning humor author/award-winning children’s author Debbie Roppolo grew up in the Blackland Prairie region of Texas, where miles of grassland and her horse stimulated very imaginative adventures and served as writing fodder for later years. She had to do something with those memories; having tea parties with chickens was too good to keep to herself. She has written for several of the Chicken Soup books in addition to various magazines and newspapers. Her children’s book titles include: Amelia Frump and her Peanut Butter-Loving, Overactive Imagination; Amelia Frump…is Cooking Up a Peanut Butter Storm (award-winning activity/cookbook); He’s My Brother. Shortly after beginning her own family, Roppolo discovered the reason why her mother turned prematurely gray, and that a cell phone, toilets and toddler make a poor combination. Rather than sitting in a corner, whimpering, and eating her weight in chocolate, Roppolo wrote her first parenting humor book, The Toilet is Overflowing and the Dog is Wearing My Underwear, that was based on her family’s antics. The book contains the award-winning essay “Age is a State of Mind—Too Bad I Can’t Find Mine.” Roppolo’s father gave her two important pieces of advice when she was a child: 1. Life was filled with challenges and adversities, but almost anything could be accomplish and overcome as long as she put her mind to it. 2. A sense of humor was important. She realized how valuable her father’s wisdom was when he was killed shortly before her sixteenth birthday, and years later when she was in a near-fatal car accident, the latter ending her dreams of a kinesiology career. Because of her father's teachings, tenacity replaced grief each time, and she overcame the situation--each time a little tougher, more empathetic, and an increase in wisdom. It’s her goal to assist others in overcoming adversity by offering inspiration through her personal stories. After her younger son was diagnosed with autism, Roppolo and her husband co-founded Central Texas Autism Network, a network for persons who may have a relative or friend diagnosed with Autism, or professional that may deal with Autistic persons. She serves as an advocate for people with autism through her writing, by speaking to groups, and spreading awareness as various health-related functions. She is currently the editor-in-chief for a small publishing company. Roppolo has participated in radio interviews, TV appearances, and has had extensive experience with school visits promoting literary awareness and her children’s books. Married for over twenty-four years, she resides in the Texas Hill Country with her husband and two children.
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You can be FREE of any stage fright or fear of public speaking and become comfortable and confident as a performer, speaker or leader - in business, the arts, professions, academics or media. I have developed an original method that dissolves nervousness and maximizes confidence in any setting. I am the author of The Stage Fright Cure book and offer private coaching, classes and in-house training. In Seattle? Checkout: meetup.com/fearless-powerful-speaking. ☎ 206.362.8167 ✉ [email protected] ➣ www.stagefright.com ➺ facebook.com/yourstagefrightcoach ➺ Twitter @stagefrightcure ➺ www.meetup.com/fearless-powerful-speaking This approach is very different than the old "practice, practice, practice", "breathe deep" or "think positive" collection of suggestions you've heard a million times before. Developed out of my longtime professional experience, The Stage Fright Cure features the Rapid Relief Process(tm): an original, comprehensive mind/body method that literally shifts your felt experience from Stage Fright to what I call "Stage Freedom" and beyond to "Stage Flight". The Rapid Relief Process(tm) calms your fear response, "un-hooks" the forces causing your nerves and allows your natural confidence and talent to shine through. I offer private coaching in person or over online video, as well as live, professional Fearless Powerful Speaking classes and trainings. I would be happy to be of help to you, your group or organization. The Stage Fright Cure book and videos are available at stagefright.com. AND, If you are in the Seattle area, you may be interested in the free Fearless Powerful Speaking Meetup group at http://www.meetup.com/fearless-powerful-speaking. If you, or anyone you know, would benefit from being a more comfortable, confident performer, speaker or leader, ➺ Call me at 206.362.8167 ➺ Email me at [email protected] ➺ Connect with me using [email protected] in your invitation ➺ Check out meetup.com/fearless-powerful-speaking
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My mission is to help individuals and companies to be better than they are. I am a life coach and have worked as a IT Project Manager, Training and Education Consultant plus some time in UK Customs & Excise. I am now starting a new aspect of my career in Public Speaking and Consulting. Thank You for reading this.
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Every career move brought Toni Gattone to where she is today. After college, she taught school for several years and then transitioned into sales, delivering presentation skills to corporate executives. She joined the National Speakers Association and served on their local board of directors. In 1990, her entrepreneurial spirit bloomed when she created her company in the gift and garden industry. In 2011, Toni became a Master Gardener and began teaching as a way of giving back to her community. Today Toni Gattone is a speaker and author with a passion to help gardeners of all ages and abilities to garden for life. Toni knows from experience that physical limitations are the reason we need to re-evaluate how and when we garden, and how we can re-work our gardens for greater comfort and safety. With grace and humor, she explains how you can adapt your favorite tools, or replace them with quality ergonomic tools. Toni speaks to audiences nationwide to enable them to grow resilience, cultivate wisdom and inspire joy. Toni’s book, The Lifelong Gardener, Garden with Ease & Joy at Any Age, will be published in 2019 by Timber Press.
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Louis Lombardi has been an actor for more than 30 years. He is perhaps best known for his characters in the hit television series “24” as the lovable computer systems analyst, Edgar Stiles, and his recurring role on “The Sopranos” playing New York federal agent, Skip Lipari. Other television credits include the recurring role as Turtles Cousin Ronnie on the hit show “Entourage,” also “Ugly Betty,” “Las Vegas,” and “NYPD Blue.” He also has appeared in notable feature films such as Frank Miller’s “The Spirit” and the Oscar-winning "The Usual Suspects.” He has made a career of his unmistakable acting style and unforgettable characters. Louis co-starred as the brutish Cal, Mr. Roarke’s obedient jack-of-all-trades, in the 1998 ABC remake of “Fantasy Island” as well as CBS “EZ Streets,” “CSI”, “CSI: NY,” “Monk” and the new “Hawaii 5-0.” A film festival favorite, Lombardi has completed his first independent feature film titled “Doughboys” Shot on location at the infamous Conti’s Bakery in his hometown of the Bronx, this slice-of-life-drama was written, directed and stars Lombardi. In 1993, Lombardi co-starred in the Sundance Film Festival’s Grand Jury Prize Nominee "Amongst Friends" directed by Rob Weiss. His performance garnered the attention of director Oliver Stone and led to his pivotal role in "Natural Born Killers." He has also played featured roles in the comedy hit "The Animal" with Rob Schneider and "Deuces Wild." Louis wrapped up shooting the Hasbro game turned film “BATTLESHIP” Directed by Peter Berg. Also wrapped on the Allan Cummings film “ANY DAY NOW”. In addition to acting, Mr. Lombardi often speaks to organizations and individuals around the country, sharing his personal stories of triumph and overcoming adversity. With deep Italian roots, Louis spends much of his time in the kitchen, perfecting new recipes and entertaining friends and family. He launched his own line of specialty foods, and is currently working on expanding his food line and perfecting recipes for a future cookbook.
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