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Carrie Vanston shares practical, fun, easy ways for shifting your audience out of the alligator pit of too much stress, demands, and expectations to an energizing mindset in her fun and motivational leadership presentations and workshops. With inspiring examples and lots of interaction, she helps audiences deepen relationships, open up opportunities, and move successfully forward in their lives and businesses. Carrie is co-author of the award-winning book “MiniTrends: How Innovators & Entrepreneurs Discover & Profit From Business & Technology Trends” with Dr. John Vanston. Her Energizing Your Leadership Presentations and Programs help executives increase engagement, improve productivity, and drive growth In Carrie’s signature presentation/workshop, “The 3 Secrets for Getting Out of the Alligator Pit – And Moving On!” she shares how to: Secret #1: Get Out of the Pit by significantly raising your energy and decreasing stress quickly and effectively; Secret #2: Stay Out of the Pit by easily shifting the other person’s energy to match yours for true win-win outcomes; and Secret #3: Move On From the Pit by inspiring others to follow you by turbo-charging your ‘whys” Carrie has shared her leadership and motivational presentations with such highly-respected groups as World Futures Society, IEEE, University of Texas SAGE, World Affairs Council, Six Square, Business Success Center, RISE, HIREDTexas, West Point Society, Morgan Stanley, Laurea University, Finland, BiGAUSTIN, Product Camp, Texas Women’s Chamber, and many more. Inspire your audience to take their best steps forward in their business and lives by contacting Carrie now.
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Norm Johnson is the Human Resources Manager at Golden Eagle Casino in Horton, KS. He has five years’ experience in the Human Resources field and holds a master’s degree in business administration. He volunteers on the Topeka SHRM board of directors. His areas of specialty are data analytics, training, and performance management.
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Erin Brown is an aspiring motivational speaker, author and self-proclaimed Life Influencer. Erin has always been in the service business; she may not have always known it though. After being given the opportunity to introduce a keynote speaker at a student leadership conference, she knew her passion was to travel the world, serving others from a stage. She has spoken to groups throughout the Lynchburg, Virginia area and presented at Confidence-Con in October 2018 in Atlanta, Georgia. Topics including college success, diversity and inclusion and conquering fear. Erin founded EBSpeaks, LLC in January 2019. The mission of this company is to help people build confidence within themselves in order to pursue the lives they deserve. Erin represented the Central Virginia Community College class of 2019, by giving the student address at graduation, which she earned a standing ovation and graduated Summa Cum Laude with her degree in Administration of Justice. With the help of a mighty few, Erin held her first back to school drive on August 11, 2018. Giving away over 120 backpacks and other school supplies to students in Lynchburg and the surrounding areas.
$251 - $1,500
Maureen Scanlon is the founder and CEO of Maureen Scanlon Life Coaching. She is an author, relationship expert, motivational speaker, positive change integrator, and spiritual coach who has successfully helped many people, from experienced professionals to young adults, make positive changes to overcome past experiences and negative thinking. When Maureen is not working to change the world, you can find her at home relaxing in Mesa, Arizona, with her husband, Dennis, and her furry babies, Jade and Brodie.
$1,501 - $5,000
Ryan is the Co-founder and CEO of ExpoCart. ExpoCart makes ordering products for your event easy through a global online marketplace that connects users with hundreds of third-party event suppliers. The goal is to create a vast network, making organising events as easy as booking a hotel room or ordering a takeaway.
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Nick Jackson is the proud owner and creator of Nick Jackson Speaks and Speakers of Love. He is a motivational speaker who inspires people through his experiences and empowering stories. Nick commits his life to helping people of all ages reach their higher purpose and unleash their true potential. He was honored with the 2014 TedX-Cincinnati People’s Choice Award for his inspiring speech at Memorial Hall. To date he has enlightened, entertained and championed the lives of over 1 million people. In 2016 he became the only keynote speaker to present at Anthony Munoz' student leadership seminar for eight consecutive years and counting. His motivational speeches are founded in the principles of loving thy neighbor and serving one’s community. He graduated with an education degree in 2003 through the Mount’s Project EXCEL program. He began his career as the first African-American male teacher and coach at Norwood High School in Ohio and later he taught and coached at Fort Thomas (Highlands) Independent School District in Kentucky and goes down in the history as their first Afro-American educator. While at those schools, Nick coached two football teams to state championships and never had a losing season. He was also elected by NBC, Showtime and Fox Sports’ Cris Collinsworth to become the national spokesperson for UGive, a nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering the next generation of volunteers. Nick believes his crowning achievement in life is orchestrating volunteer groups that have generated over 100,000 meals and 2,500 haircuts for homeless neighbors, single mothers and friends.
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Jeniece Stewart is a passionate Special Needs Advocate, Consultant and Speaker who provides resources and tools to assist special needs families and the community. She is the Founder of Special Needs Siblings, Inc. The proud mother of five beautiful children, one of whom has special needs, Jeniece believes by raising awareness, we will enhance the lives of people with special needs now and in the future. Her mission is to serve as a voice for the specials needs community and ensure special needs families never go at it alone and always feel supported.
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Tahbia Conrad, also known as The Chosen One, is a professional IT specialist, business analyst, writer, speaker and holistic alignment coach. She believes that wholeness is the key to manifesting one’s divine purpose and inner-peace. Tahbia is the co-founder and CEO of Next Digital Web Solutions, a digital marketing and web-development agency. In addition, Tahbia is the Founder and CEO of BlackSeed, a coaching and educational platform for emotional empowerment and strategic problem-solving. BlackSeed is a movement that fosters wisdom, innovation, and leadership in order to develop Purpose and Truth. Tahbia Conrad is a Brooklyn, NY native who migrated to Atlanta, GA to attend the illustrious Clark Atlanta University where she obtained her bachelors degree in Computer Engineering. Through the power of dedication and hard-work, Tahbia has created exceptional connections with local and global organizations around the world. In 2015, based on academic and diverse excellence, Tahbia became a recipient of the Color of Stem scholarship award and also was selected as a Research Collaboration Representative for the Minority Leaders of the Air Force Research Laboratory. In addition, Tahbia was selected to be a recipient of the Lauren H. Solomon scholarship award. In 2016, Tahbia served as the Academic Excellence Chair for the AUC National Society of Black Engineers. Later that year, Tahbia become a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc., an organization that inspires her to provide assistance and support through established programing in local communities throughout the world. In 2019, Tahbia became a member of the Digital Undivided (DID) Community, a social enterprise that takes an innovative approach to economic empowerment by encouraging women of color (WOC) to own their economic security through entrepreneurship. Like many of us, Tahbia has had her fair share of trail and triumph, and is now determined to utilize her experiences and lessons to assist others in not only standing, but thriving in their truth. Tahbia believes that through experience, patience, and perspective, anything is obtainable. “True power is in the alignment of your mind, body, and spirit”
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An energetic, passion-filled visionary, known for my enthusiasm for developing others. For over a decade, I have served as a leadership coach, consultant, and facilitator in the retail and healthcare industries. I have a keen ability to “push and pull” others through transformative experiences with a perfect balance of grace and grit. My inquisitive nature and hopeful spirit inspires individuals to leave better than they came. My gifts transcend the professional world, as I play the role of a wife and mother, devoted to teaching my three daughters how to face adversity with power, love, and self-respect. Although my experience consists of edifying and supporting a diverse audience, I have a special calling to ignite in women the desire and passion to become the version of themselves that God intends for them to be, recognizing and sharing their unique gifts and talents to achieve wisdom, wealth and wholeness.
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Dan Chrystal has over twenty-five years of coaching in relationship experience. He serves as a pastor for Bayside Church, under the dynamic leadership of the founding pastor, Ray Johnston. Dan is a vibrant speaker and a dedicated life, career, and couple’s coach. He holds an MBA in executive leadership from Kaplan University (now Purdue Global University) and is currently studying law at Concord Law School. His extensive ministry background has taken him all over the country, from the east coast to the west, where he has served in varying capacities, including Executive Director, Lead Pastor, Administrative Pastor, Associate Pastor, Worship Leader, and Youth Pastor. An avid student of relationship, Dan is passionate about helping others to love their neighbors as themselves.
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I enjoy working with people to help them start or grow their businesses--legally, while managing risks. I focus on actionable strategies that my audience will leave feeling empowered to implement. I help entrepreneurs with (1) personal branding, (2) business branding & trademarks, and (3) establishing a strong legal footing via proper business practices. I also help businesses manage risks, and protect intellectual property (IP). I teach startup law topics at Berkeley Law (including trademarks, copyrights, social media marketing, and advertising law. On behalf of Berkeley Law, I host legal workshops, speak at panels, and meet with business holders to help them with various legal and business topics relevant to entrepreneurs. I have 10+ years of experience simplifying complex legal topics to present them in a way that is understandable without being condescending. I am most excited by advertising law, fashion law, business branding, product branding, brand protection, trademarks, copyrights, IP licensing, negotiating contracts, marketing, tech, and e-commerce. I enjoy public speaking and participating in panels and events that promote entrepreneurship because I like fostering financial freedom. I have spoken to audiences including 500+ participants and feel comfortable speaking to larger audiences. I’m an experienced bilingual speaker (English and Spanish) on topics including personal branding, business branding, trademark law, entity selection, social media law, DMCA takedowns, privacy law, unfair competition, and digital influencers. Specialties: Brand & IP protection, branding, contract negotiation, IP enforcement, commercial transactions, contract drafting, advertising law, marketing law, FTC rules, corporate law, regulatory compliance, consumer protection, copyediting, content creation, and turning legalese into legal ease for laypersons.
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