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Dennis Perkins is Chief Executive Officer of The Syncretics Group, a firm devoted to effective leadership and teamwork in demanding environments. Dennis has studied leaders and teams facing conditions of extreme challenge – a place he calls The Edge – the outer limits of human endurance. Based on his research, Dennis has identified critical strategies that enable leaders and teams to reach their greatest potential in any challenging environment. Dennis’ passion to understand The Edge has taken him to disparate places – to Antarctica, where he retraced the footsteps of famed explorer, Ernest Shackleton; and to Australia, where he sailed with the crew of the Midnight Rambler, winners of the challenging 1998 Sydney to Hobart Race. He subsequently completed the 626 nautical-mile race, often called the Everest of offshore racing, as a crew member on a Volvo 60 racing boat. Dr. Perkins has worked for over thirty years as a trusted advisor to senior leaders and teams in organizations ranging from Fortune 100 corporations to nonprofit associations. He is a highly, sought-after keynote speaker and an accomplished author. His riveting keynote presentations feature dramatic stories recounted in his best-selling books, Leading at The Edge and Into the Storm. A graduate of the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Dennis served as a Marine infantry officer in Vietnam. He subsequently received his MBA from Harvard University, and a PhD in psychology at The University of Michigan. Before he founded The Syncretics Group, Dennis was a faculty member at the Yale University School of Management. Dr. Perkins has written extensively on leadership, teamwork and organizational effectiveness. He is the author of Leading at the Edge: Leadership Lessons from the Extraordinary Saga of Shackleton’s Antarctic Expedition; Into the Storm: Lessons in Teamwork from the Treacherous Sydney to Hobart Ocean Race. Managing Change: The Challenge of Building a New Organization; Racing through the Storm: Building Exceptional Teams in Extraordinary Times; and Using the Power of Resonant Metaphor to Increase Leadership Effectiveness.
More than $10,000
Relationship Coach As a military brat, who moved many times, in my childhood I became very aware, that I was not alone when it came to wanting to create and nurture beautiful relationships. In my teen years, and beyond, people would often seek me out to get advice on their relationships with family, friends or their most recent crush. I later found myself working with people on their belief systems when it came to relationships with themselves and others. So, I decided to make it my profession, and eventually ended up at Erickson International, and got my certification as a Professional Life Coach and NLP Practitioner. I was the one that people talked to when they needed advice. I was also the one who had to learn about my own relationships and how to create and nurture them. I have the tools and understanding to help YOU to create the relationships you imagine, turn them into reality and get a renewed sense of self worth. I can help you change your perception relationships so that it is filled with love and harmony. But what I do is so much more than that. I help people to boost their self esteem,, change the way they communicate with others, to remember who they are when they have forgotten, create deeper connection and conversations with potential partners, If you’re interested in how I got here, see below. If you’re ready to have the relationships you always imagined, click contact me now. You might be thinking, so how did Caterina become a Relationship Coach? How I became a Relationship Coach After important relationships came to an end, I realized, that the common denominator was me. I needed to make some changes in my own life, so that I could help others to create lasting change in theirs. I became a Professional Life Coach and began Imagine Life Coaching in 2011. My dream was to help people one on one to leave behind their old way of thinking and interacting in the world of relationships, and embrace a new way of looking at relationships. Today, I coach people to first love themselves, by using proven processes, visualizations and conversations so that they can create the relationships of their dreams. I have included speaking in my work, so that I can reach more women and men and share some of the work I do in a larger group.
$1,501 - $5,000
Jackie Woodside, CPC, LICSW is a best-selling author, TEDx speaker, radio and television personality and seminar leader who is passionate about the expanding the edge of human potential. Jackie has written three best-sellers: ~Money Vibe: Your Financial Freedom Formula Whether You Have Money Or Not ~Calming the Chaos: A Soulful Guide to Managing Your Energy Rather than Your Time ~ Time for a Change: Essential Skills for Managing the Inevitable Jackie was featured along with Jack Canfield and Don Miguel Ruiz on the Wake Up! TV show in 2015 and has been a guest expert on numerous television programs. Jackie provides custom training programs, workshops and keynote speeches for businesses, government and non-profit organizations, spiritual centers and national organizations around the country. She lives between her homes in Washington, DC, Massachusetts and the Thousand Islands of Upstate New York. Here’s what you can count on: Direct communication, a quick mind and clarity of thought, integrity of action, a heart and mind wide open to whatever you bring to the table, uncanny wit and crack-up-at-myself sense of humor, impeccable delivery on the results you want and ruthless follow through until the results are produced. Just the Facts: An Amazon Bestseller of three books. Highly regarded keynote speaker around the US and Canada TEDx Speaker, “Creating Conscious Communities” Masters degree in clinical social work from Boston College Certified Professional Empowerment Coach by the Institute for Professional Excellence in Coaching (IPEC) Over 25 years of clinical experience as a manager, therapist and consultant Fluent in American Sign Language and helped to start many programs serving the Deaf Community. Company and audience remarks: "That was the best keynote presentation we ever had!" ~ Planning Committee CoChair "To say we were skeptical at the beginning is an understatement. We were all hooked in the first ten minutes!" ~ Department Head "I am more interested in having someone who can deliver the goods, and you deliver in a way that is engaging, relatable and that our servicemen can have immediate benefit." ~ Command Chief Master Sergeant, Air National Guard Jackie lives with her family between their three homes in Washington, DC, the 1000 Islands of Upstate NY and Central Massachusetts.
$1,501 - $5,000
Barney Ellis-Perry is the Assistant Vice Chancellor for Alumni Relations and CEO of the UC Irvine Alumni Association. He is passionate about engaging people with organizations that make a difference in the world. Barney has a long and successful career in alumni engagement and fundraising. Previously, he served in a leadership role at his alma mater, the University of British Columbia. During his time there, Barney’s passion for innovation played a pivotal role in the university’s comprehensive re-engineering of alumni engagement, especially in the creation and successful execution of a campaign with the dual goals of raising $1.5 billion in private support and doubling alumni engagement. He is a recent recipient of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal from the Prime Minister of Canada for his volunteer efforts at the national level in Canada. His informal and creative presentation style is proven to engage and motivate audiences
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Working closely with student leaders, staff, faculty, and industry partners, Mark is thrilled to lead the way for the first official eSports program at a public research institution. Recognizing the opportunity to build on UCI’s strong gaming culture and take advantage of the massive world of eSports, Mark began developing a vision and plan for the UCI eSports program in 2015. Since coming to UCI in 2010, Mark has been advising student leaders and coordinating some of UCI’s largest and most successful events including coordinating six consecutive Guinness World Records. He helped create Soulstice – UCI’s premier talent show – and has taken campus traditions like Shocktoberfest to new heights. Mark has a B.S. in psychobiology from UCLA and recently completed his MBA at Cal State Fullerton Mihaylo College of Business and Economics. In his spare time Mark enjoys playing games with friends, spending time outside, and hanging out with his dogs Booyah and Shazam. He and his wife live in Irvine and welcomed their first child this spring.
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Wouter Lagerweij is an independent Agile Coach based in The Netherlands and operating throughout Europe. I love spending time with teams and organisations to figure out how to improve the way they make software, and make it more fun. To make that happen I use the knowledge and skills gathered in over eighteen years of experience applying Agile processes and practices from XP, Scrum, Kanban, Continuous Delivery, DevOps, Lean and Systems Thinking. To turn those improvements into real business opportunities, I’ve added Lean Startup/Lean Enterprise approaches. Occasionally, I even use common sense.
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I am a person who actually views challenges positively. My challenge is my best teacher. I am blessed with oratory eloquence and a motivating spirit enabling me to give powerful motivational talks and speeches based on my own life experiences to empower individuals and teams towards reaching their potential and achieving success. I believe in being phenomenal and leaving a positive mark in life.
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Steve is a talented public speaker, recognized futurist and widely-quoted technology authority who can unleash the potential for innovation in your organization when he gives you a glimpse of the future, conveys the excitement of new technologies and explains what they might mean for your business. Advances in technology will affect the business world in ways that we cannot imagine. For example, the use of robots will alter employment levels and how jobs will be learned and structured, 3D printing technology will cause shifts in manufacturing capabilities, regenerative medicine will heal and rebuild our bodies and alter medical care practices, and artificial intelligence will manage many of our businesses. Self-driving cars may do away with the need for car services and taxicabs and may drastically decrease insurance company revenues. Indeed, entire countries and economies will be transformed such that we will be forced to alter rapidly our business strategies. The key to adapting to, and profiting from, these coming changes is to understand them. Steve has a talent for describing complex concepts in science and technology (and their social and ethical implications) in an entertaining and easy-going manner using humor, personal experiences and clear and understandable language while drawing from his large repertoire of videos, images, and news articles. As a client said, "Your mastery of the information coupled with the exciting visuals made this a totally engaging experience...You opened a door to the future that is truly exhilarating." He is as comfortable presenting to scientific meetings and plenary sessions in large auditoriums as he is talking to venture capitalists and corporate directors in small conference rooms. Presentations are not "canned." Technology is constantly changing and Steve's lectures reflect that dynamism. He works with you to develop a customized presentation in one or more of topic areas to meet your group's needs. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a B.A. in biology, a M.S. in insect physiology and a Ph.D. in the field of immunogenetics and transplantation biology. Following completion of a postdoctoral fellowship at the Institute for Cancer Research in Philadelphia he joined the National Institutes of Health, the world's premier biomedical research organization, where he had over thirty-one years experience as a researcher, administrator and senior executive. Steve specializes in topics related to: • Aging Research • Biomedical Advances • Biometrics • Bionics and Human Enhancement • Brain-Machine Interactions • CRISPR technology and gene editing • Drones • Electric Vehicles • Future Trends • Internet of Things • Nanotechnology • Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) • Robotics • Tracking Technology • Wearable Technology • 3D Printing
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My programs offer message, motivation, humor and magic to guarantee a meaningful, fun, interactive event because that is what you are looking to achieve. I use magic in all my programs to illustrate points to make them more memorable to recall and put into effect. Also, I offer something that most speakers do not. Every attendee can sign-up for a free subscription to my weekly newsletter, Positive People Power! Because this insures that everyone receives follow-up motivational and inspirational material every week. I am in my 21st year of publication, so I don't just come in and leave. With the newsletter, I'm with your group every week from now on, at no extra charge, because everyone needs continuing inspiration. So why do many groups hire me: Because Jim – * Has delighted thousands of audience members for over 25 years. * Has entertained in 35 states and in Asia, Europe, North America, South America and on cruise ships. * Author of books to help you be more successful - Sixty Second System of Success, Positive People Power!, Words to Live By, Positive Spiritual Living and How to Make Every Hour in Your Life – Happy Hour . * Was honored by the Texas Legislature with a resolution recognizing Jim as “Mr. Positive,” for his efforts as a prominent figure in the world of positive thinking. * Offers customized programs to fit your needs and wants.
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