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Terry is an insightful, authentic and high-energy executive and keynote speaker that specializes in Leadership Training, Developing Peak-Performance Cultures and Creating Top Tier Sales Teams. For the past 19 years, Terry has presented workshops, speeches and personal coaching to sales organizations and leaders nationwide. Terry has become a master at tailoring his message to each individual audience to fit their precise needs. Working with all levels of an organization, Terry engages the audiences with his interactive, entertaining and captivating style. Terry is known for taking massive amounts of research, combined with his personal hands-on experience to deliver timely, focused, and results-driven programs. He carefully creates customized workshops and presentations that reflect the newest research and most current thinking. Attendees walk away energized, motivated, and equipped with the necessary tools to improve their performance and excel in their current roles within their organization. Starting in direct sales at the ripe age of 17, Terry has become a multi-dimensional executive with a 25-year track record of igniting sales and revenue growth initiatives, regardless of economic conditions. He is astute in designing intelligent solutions, establishing strategic alliances, and building top-tier sales teams that win and sustain long-term engagements with notable organizations. Among these are The Veterans Health Administration, Dept. of Defense Hospitals, GE-Med Systems, Bank of Oklahoma Financial, Conoco/Phillips, McKesson and Jiffy Lube International. Some of Terry's earlier career highlights include expansion of the (Eleven-Fifteen) 1115 Medicaid Waiver across California and Texas; self-funding a software company; and an appointment by the Deputy Director of the Veteran Health Administration to serve on a National Revenue Taskforce; subsequently consulting with Department of Defense Hospitals, Department of Health & Human Services and the Indian Health Services. Terry has been involved with the American College of Healthcare Executives since 2009. He's also a contributing member of the Healthcare Financial Managers Association and the American Health Information Managers Association (AHIMA), where he remains a frequent guest lecturer for TxHIMA and their regional chapters. Terry serves on the Board of Directors for many start-up companies and enjoys mentoring entrepreneurs as an advisor for the Texas Medical Center's Innovation Institute, TMCx.
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Julia Knach is currently the Mental Health Program Supervisor at Baltimore Child Abuse Center (BCAC). She recently accepted this position in order to undertake the creation of a mental health program at the BCAC. Previously, Julia Knach was the Clinical Supervisor with Family and Children’s Services (FCS), supervising both Baltimore City and County. She was with FCS for 1.5 years. She works with all populations dealing with trauma and abuse. Prior to joining FCS, she worked at Hope Health Systems satellite office. Here she worked with families throughout Baltimore City that were dealing with both trauma and addictions. The families had been separated due to addiction and she provided both mental health and addictions counseling. Before Hope Health Systems, she worked at Harbel Prevention and Recovery as the adolescent team leader. She received her BA from Arcadia University in 2002, where she received her BA in Art’s for psychology. During her time in undergraduate, she spent a year in Australia studying abroad. She attended University of Baltimore and received her Master’s degree in Applied Psychology with a minor in Forensic. She grew up in Baltimore, Maryland and has spent most of her adult life in Maryland.
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I help manage technology & data risks, and use data to identify and solve business problems. Over 15 years of experience providing services to clients in a variety of industries in Australia, the United Kingdom, South Africa, Singapore, Papua New Guinea and Greece. Managed numerous assignments, with the large majority of these relating to assurance, regulatory compliance, investigations and risk management, including: - Reviews and audits (IT controls, process/risk analytics) - Regulatory reporting (Basel II controls, data flows, analytics) - Lending systems (process improvement analytics, regulatory compliance) - Core banking transformation (data migration) - Money laundering (analytics) Experience across various systems and processes, helping manage risk and improve business outcomes by: • Identifying control breakdowns and risk occurrences using data driven approaches • Analysing various data sets to identify and quantify potential improvements • Identifying inappropriate payments to suppliers and employees; finding and quantifying inappropriate behaviour to support fraud risk management and forensic investigations • Communicating data insights through data visualisation techniques (e.g. interactive dashboards) • Conducting reviews of data quality and data integrity.
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Twylia Reid is a native of Columbus, Mississippi who currently resides in Savannah, Georgia. She studied and obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Management at Trident University International while continuing to work as a Human Resource Manager in the United States Army where she is a 20-year retiree. #1Best Selling, Multi-Award-Winning, multi-published non-fiction Author, 2019 Trinity Nonprofit Awards Finalist, 2019 Blacks In Government Featured Speaker, 2019 110th NAACP Conference Featured Author/Panelist Moderator, 2019 Unspoken Wounds Women Veteran's Portrait of Personal Courage Award Recipient, 2019 ACHI (Strength In Sisterhood) Magazine Woman of Achievement & Author of the Year Award Nominee, 2018 48th Congressional Legislative Caucus Featured Author, 2019 Winner of The Authors Show Health/Fitness/Wellness Top Female Author, 2018 Winner of The Authors Show Female Non-Fiction Author, 2017 American Book Fest Best Book Awards Finalist, The Huffington Post Expert Feature Series “Who’s Who –10 Black Female Experts to Watch in 2018” selected, and the 2017 Indie Author Legacy Award Author of the Year finalist. She’s the Founder/CEO of Broken Wings, Inc., a 501(c)3 Nonprofit Organization, Founder/CEO of When Heaven Speaks, LLC – Book Coaching & Publishing, minister, speaker, group facilitator, and brain injury advocate. She is also the founder of Broken Wings Brain Injury Empowerment Group, an online brain injury support group, and the Founder/Executive Producer/ Host of the Conquerors Café on Blog Talk Radio. Grateful for the support she’s received, and passionate about her role as a Traumatic Brain Injury advocate and caregiver, she was inspired to write her first book entitled “Broken Wings” to help others understand the life of a brain injury survivor and his caregiver. She also published “What Do You Do…When Caregivers Need Care Given” as a resource for those operating in the role as a caregiver to those with chronic or lifelong illnesses. Educating, empowering, and enlightening others she shares wisdom gleaned from the years of personal and professional care-giving experience for maintaining your physical, spiritual, and emotional well-being while caring for others. Inspiring and motivating others is what she lives for. Teaching them how to turn their tragedy into working strategies to get results in spite of life challenges is her calling. Her mantra is “Aspiring to Inspire Others”! She’s also the visionary and author of her signature book “From Tragedy to Working Strategies: Turning Your Traumatic Events Into Empowering Moments”, “Just Because I Have A Brain Injury Doesn’t Mean…”, “SOARING By the Power of God” 31 Day Devotional For Spirit-Filled Living, “My Journey Goal Setting Journal”, “The WORD, the Truth & the Light: Bible Study Notebook”, “A Survivors Goal Planning Journal: A Brain Injury Survivor’s Guide to Goal Setting”, “Pray Believe Receive Prayer Journal”.
$1,501 - $5,000
In an increasingly competitive workplace, igniting the spirit of cooperation among colleagues to solve complex problems can be challenging. But how can team members learn to embody their individual and organizational values while embracing their differences? We all share a primary human drive: relatedness. We seek to connect with others, contribute, and belong. When this drive is unaddressed, we may feel disconnected, triggering a sense of meaninglessness in the workplace. Our relationship with work can make it either dreadful or meaningful, both of which can impact our overall well-being. As changemakers, we must explore our relationship with work and how it affects our interactions with team members. This process helps us understand ourselves and our colleagues so that we can collaborate effectively to solve our clients' most pressing problems. How can I help you? I assist leaders in establishing a sense of purpose and meaning among team members by facilitating conversations that engage all parties in a personal, social, and worldview exploration. This holistic approach plants seeds of change that support and enhance team members' interpersonal skills. Here are some ways we can work together: • Facilitation of Human-Centered Workshops • Consultation for Training and Development • Consultation for Change Management • Grant Writing • Organizational and Employee Development By working with me, leaders will develop exceptional relationships with internal and external stakeholders, leading to enhanced collaboration and teamwork.
$251 - $1,500
Jim Haudan is a different kind of CEO, with a passion that goes beyond leading Root to success. For more than 20 years, he has been helping organizations unleash hidden potential by fully engaging their people to deliver on the strategies of the business. With his background as a coach, it’s not a stretch that the company Jim co-founded focuses on tapping employees’ discretionary efforts – the kind that produces winning results. From its headquarters in Sylvania, Ohio, and office in Chicago, Root partners with senior teams at major companies worldwide to build creative ways to execute strategy. A unique blend of 119 business experts, analysts, artists, writers, and educators, the Root team draws an organization’s people into the business by appealing to basic human curiosity and intelligence and by combining insights, art, visualization, and dialogue in innovative ways. Jim believes that business results don’t come from creating a great strategy, but by meaningfully connecting it to all of the people in the company to bring it to life. And the Root team agrees, resulting in eight straight years on the Great Place to Work® Institute’s 25 Best Small and Medium Workplaces and being among the 2009 Top Small Workplaces according to the Wall Street Journal and Winning Workplaces Inc. Root’s clients include some of the biggest names in business, such as Gap Inc., Petco, Dow Chemical, Pepsi, FirstEnergy, Taco Bell, and Hilton Hotels – more than 500 companies and tens of millions of people. In 2008, Jim wrote a national best-selling book in response to the impact that the Root methodologies and disruptive techniques have had on such a great number of people. "The Art of Engagement: Bridging the Gap Between People and Possibilities" reflects more than decades of lessons learned while working with some of the largest companies in the world. Jim is a frequent speaker on leadership alignment, strategy execution, employee engagement, business transformation, change management, and accelerated learning, and has contributed to numerous business publications. He lives in Sylvania with his wife Michelle. They have three children, Brad, Brooke, and Blake. When he’s not traveling the globe visiting clients, he enjoys relaxing with his family at their lake cottage, playing golf, fishing, photography and going to Jimmy Buffett concerts.
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Gary Magenta is an internationally renowned speaker, author, and wiseguy. Whatever the challenge, Gary brings more than 30 years of business experience to every client, supported by a realistic outlook, a durable "street sense" for creating results, and a sense of humor that puts things into perspective. Thousands of people have laughed, cried and danced their way through Gary Magenta's unique, exhilarating sessions for more than 10 years. (Yes, danced!) His highly engaging, humorous and direct approach bring insights based on more than 30 years of expertise helping organizations change. Whether it's a private corporate event or a big industry conference, executives, managers and front-line employees look to Gary to inspire, transform and elevate their work and lives. Gary is the author of "720 Haircuts—Creating Customer Loyalty that Lasts a Lifetime", "The Un-Bossy Boss", and the forthcoming book, "Disrupt, Defy, Differentiate!". Gary is a highly sought after media resource and speaker for client events, industry conferences, and business strategy and human resources seminars. Areas of Expertise -- Culture Change -- Leadership Development -- Leadership Alignment/Strategy -- Employee Engagement -- Manager Development -- Retail/Hospitality/ Transportation -- Customer Experience — Customers for Life -- Coaching He has been recognized with a Stevie American Business Award for Executive of the Year. Gary lives in Chicago, Illinois and Fort Myers Beach, Florida with his wife and has two grown sons. He is a serious foodie, a Google fanatic and an unapologetic reality show junkie.
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Chris helps organizations shape and evolve their cultures. He has enabled dozens of Fortune 500 organizations to intellectually and emotionally engage their employees in transformational change. Root is a creative consultancy that helps the world’s largest organizations bring their strategies to life and drive critical change by engaging their people in a different way. Simply put Root help organizations get better at executing strategy through their people, using a blend of strategic consulting expertise, creative & visual methodologies and people driven insights. Specialties: Leadership Alignment, Strategy Deployment/Execution, Culture Change, Business Transformation, Organizational Change, Strategy Sustainment, Employee Engagement, Experiential Learning, Distance Learning, Onboarding, Manager Development, Instructor Led Training, Business Development.
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Mike Ganino is a culture + storytelling expert who helps executives, teams, and thought leaders communicate, connect, and engage. He is the author of Company Culture for Dummies and has been named a top 30 Culture Speaker by Global Guru. His unique experience as a hospitality and tech industry executive combined with his years as an improv actor help his clients and audience craft the kinds of stories that drive their culture, boost results, and increase sales. Mike’s work as a professional speaker, communications coach, Emcee, and trainer has helped create memorable performances and events for companies like Snagajob, PeopleMatter, Uber, US Foods, American Marketing Association, and more. He is faculty member at Heroic Public Speaking where he works with authors, experts, and professional speakers to improve their storytelling skills. Mike’s the Head Performance Coach for TEDx Cambridge. Audiences love Mike’s high energy, high engagement keynotes that fire them up to rewrite the stories happening in their organization. They leave with real-life strategies they can begin implementing immediately for improved culture that drives employee and customer experience. With a strong background as a hospitality and tech industry executive in charge of creating compelling cultures at companies like Protein Bar, ChowNow, Lettuce Entertain You, and Potbelly Sandwich Shop, Mike is the perfect choice for companies trying to create employee and customer experiences that deliver big results. His organizational know-how matched with his improv background from world-famous Second City, Upright Citizen’s Brigade, and Improv Olympics helps him work impactfully with executives and leaders to communicate on target.
More than $10,000
William Grigsby is a content manager at assignmentmasters.org. He writes on a big variety of subjects. Besides marketing, SEO, business, and psychology, William’s passion for the SEO industry had him turn his attention towards the field.
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At the age of 13, I ran away from home and never returned. Having made wrong choices at that age led me down a long road of abuse and addictions. Today I have mental diseases that prevent me from living a normal life. My goal is to reach teenagers about the choices they make.
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