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Alison Rapping the President of Alison Rapping and Associates, a fundraising and strategy consulting firm that provides consult to community benefit organizations in the USA & Africa. (resides in CO & AZ) A recognized leader in the nonprofit community, she brings more than 25 years nonprofit experience to her work; She supports nonprofits & community collaborations to be effective, innovative and well-resourced. She specializes in board development, fund development, nonprofit management and program design and implementation. Ms. Rapping served as CEO of the Alliance for Arizona Nonprofits, where she oversaw the successful launch of this new statewide organization focused on promoting, supporting and serving Arizona’s nonprofit community. She invested 12 years of her professional career with HandsOn Greater Phoenix, a nonprofit dedicated to mobilizing volunteers and developing and managing innovative community programs. While at HOGP, she served on the National Board of Directors for HandsOn Network. On behalf of Hands on Network, Alison traveled to Zimbabwe, South Africa, Korea, and the Gulf Coast to support & provide organizational development and fundraising training to organizations interested in creating HandsOn Network models of service. Ms. Rapping has served as the Vice Chair for the City of Phx Commission on Housing and Neighborhoods, been a member of the City of Phx Bond Committee, Chair of the City of Phx CDGB review panel, and has served on the Board of Directors for numerous community organizations. She was named one of The Business Journal’s ‘40 Under 40’ emerging leaders in 2002 and is a graduate of Valley Leadership. Ms. Rapping received her MPA from the UMASS-Amherst. Specialties: Fundraising, Community& Organizational Development, Community Organizing, Strategic Planning, Coaching, Training, Certified "Emergenetics" Facilitator, Graduate/Facilitator "Creating the Future" Institute.
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Scientist, educator, author, speaker, coach, award-winning leadership expert and filmmaker. Silvia is the creator of the i4 Neuroleader Model, Methodology & Assessment Tools, author of the ‘Leadership is Upside Down’ book and producer / director of the documentary ‘Make Me A Leader’. Silvia's scientific background and curiosity about the human brain led her to a decade long journey of research into optimal brain functioning and the application of neuroscience in leadership and daily life. Her past and current roles have uniquely prepared her for the current undertaking, that of leadership activist & change agent. Silvia Damiano founded The About my Brain Institute in 2009, with the purpose of democratising leadership & neuroscience. She has a passionately held belief, that leaders in our 21st century global economy and their organisations must radically change long-held ideas of what constitutes effective leadership. In her ground-breaking book ‘Leadership is Upside Down’ and the 2018 documentary ‘Make Me A Leader’, Silvia provides compelling evidence and explores the importance of leadership in our personal and professional lives and what it takes to develop the human behind the leader. Silvia has worked in different countries, across many industries, helping teams and organisations improve business performance. Silvia’s clients have described her as a passionate, dynamic, a highly experienced speaker and master facilitator on the topics of Emotional Intelligence, Cultural Change, Neuroleadership & Engagement.
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D.W.(Dick) Powell, is the CEO of Earth Wind Fire Water Training and Development. He is known as the Leadership Wrangler, a story teller with a message. He is a Best-Selling author of How Not to Lose your Bass in Business: An entrepreneurial guide to get into business and stay in business. His new book Woodscraft Nation; A resource to rekindle our connection with Native American culture and teach leadership skills in a meaningful and life changing way. Dick is found on www.WOTGradio.com daily on the Leadership Corner. A full time Keynote Presenter, Author, Instructor, Facilitator, and Coach. D.W.(Dick) Powell 727-422-1833 Dick@LeadershipWrangler.com
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Do you : -have multiple interests, passions, and professional endeavors? - seek and seize opportunities at a pace that makes the average person's head spin? - constantly get asked (and ask yourself!) how you manage to do it all? - know the value of hardwork and self-confidence? - have a burning desire to make your world a better place? - want to rise above the grind to create "profitable passion", along with health, fulfillment, generosity, and personal growth? Multipreneurs come in all ages, shapes, sizes, and income brackets. Their passion, heart, and intelligence are unrivaled and, in some cases, underappreciated. If you are a multipreneur, a hustler, or a passionate soul who is hungry for more out of life, you've come to right place. Kacey specializes in coaching clients toward achieving more than they previously thought possible in their life, business, and personal goals. She is passionate about helping clients discover more confidence, fulfillment, better communication, leadership, and most importantly, new actions and ways of showing up in the world that lead to transformation. The internet is FILLED with ebooks, video seminars, and blogs that offer advice, wisdom, and promises of a happier life, fame, fortune, and soulmates. Self-help books and positive affirmations are great tools, but there is no substitute for the personal, one-on-one reflection, support, and accountability a coach provides. Coaching is a unique and powerful conversation and process that is all about you, what you want, and how to create a future that's above and beyond your current comfort zone. If that's a conversation you're ready to have, reach out and get started!
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30 years of business consulting clients in over 50 different industries to increase revenues and profits. Certified executive coaching and numerous executive improvement tools.
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Claire Von Cleveland is a writer, entrepreneur, and cultural commentator whose work examines the hidden psychological and social systems shaping modern life — particularly the ways shame, media, institutional power, digital culture, and public narratives distort how human beings see themselves and one another. Her perspective was not developed primarily through ideology or academic theory, but through proximity. Over the past five years, Claire has lived inside what she describes as “the blast radius” of incarceration, public shame, trauma, redemption narratives, institutional exclusion, media extraction, and viral culture — as the wife of a formerly incarcerated man who speaks publicly about childhood SA, addiction, survival, and redemption. Living in close proximity to those realities exposed her to something she believes modern culture often conceals: the gap between the stories institutions tell about humanity and how human beings are actually treated once pain, stigma, risk, optics, and public perception enter the room. That experience became the foundation of her work. Her essays and talks explore how shame functions as social control, how trauma becomes content, how digital systems reward distortion over understanding, how institutions quietly prioritize optics over integrity, and how modern attention economies flatten human complexity into spectacle, identity, and reaction. Rather than speaking in ideological binaries or motivational clichés, Claire connects intimate human experiences to larger structural patterns. Her work sits at the intersection of psychology, media, culture, institutional behavior, masculinity, vulnerability, and modern public life. Audiences respond to her work because it articulates tensions many people feel but rarely hear described with precision: the exhaustion of living inside reactive systems, the commodification of pain, the collapse of nuance into tribal certainty, and the growing sense that modern culture increasingly rewards performance over humanity. Claire’s speaking style is calm, analytical, emotionally grounded, and culturally observant. She does not offer simplistic optimism or easy ideological answers. Instead, she helps audiences recognize the hidden systems shaping perception, behavior, conflict, shame, and belonging in contemporary life. She speaks at leadership summits, universities, justice reform gatherings, media and ethics conferences, cultural forums, executive retreats, and ideas-focused events exploring the psychological consequences of modern systems and public life.
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My goal is offering insights into people's underlying personal value systems which largely determine their thoughts and behavior. It also gives a chance to put this into practice. It provides a key to successfully bring organizations and their personnel closer together, to improve the atmosphere in the workplace and to bring the organisation to a higher plane. I believe that by watching the interactions you can bring a company's soul to a higher level. Self-employed Consultant, Coach and Trainer Founder of NEW DIMENSION & Partner of Amygdala B.V. (Netherlands) Country Manager – Profile Dynamics® Belgium ♣ Developing and promoting Profile Dynamics® in Belgium ♣ Recruitment and accreditation of consultants ♣ Support and monitoring of consultants ♣ Organizing information sessions and workshops Talent & Team Development with the Profile Dynamics® method ♣ It accurately and objectively measures people's driving factors and it offers a set of practical tools to improve how organisations work. ♣ There are different levels at which organisations can use their knowledge of these driving factors to promote growth and development at individual employee level or at the level of the organization itself. ♣ Process of a workshop: individual and team assessments, reporting on value systems with the Profile Dynamics® method. A 360° feedback individual sessions, theory of the 7 colors based on Spiral Dynamics developed by Dr. Clare Graves, team analyses, team workshop with focus on motivation and collaboration, conflict handling, team frustration, building trust. ♣ Applications for management: conflict analysis, - handling, consultancy, change management, team composition, team development, culture analysis, organizational development. For Human Resources: recruitment & selection, outplacement, training & coaching, re-integration, illness management, career advice, management development, competence management Coaching & Training in Body Language and micro-expressions for ♣ Management, sales business units, HR, HiPos, consultants, trainers, lawyers, entrepreneurs, coaches, etc. Coaching and Training in Emotional Management People who become emotional in negotiations lose their advantage (Source: Wharton Business School) Stress decreases your ability for creative thinking and can even cause blackouts (Source: various brain research). I help people to ♣ Reduce your level of stress and increase your energy level to find new inspiration and motivation at work ♣ Get more clarity about your decisions and goals to become more self-confident and achieve what you want ♣ Boost your creativity and effectiveness at work to gain more profit and success References: Bayer Healthcare, European Commission, Mobistar, Akza Nobel, Cronos nv, JUMP, hôtel Ivan Plaza, hôtel Le Geyser Kpalilmé etc. Lectures on: ♣ Afrika ♣ The Brain ♣ Body Language
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After waking up from a month long coma with severe brain damage I had lost everything. In this vacuum I took a look at my life and started reflecting on how it had evolved. This led to a revolution and I would reach Everest less than three years later. An impressive gimmick perhaps, but the true achievement lies in my personal transformation. This has become my life's mission. To show people how they can always keep moving forward, even with no end in sight. To share how they can reinvent themselves and have their limitations dissolve, by becoming more of their authentic selves. In an inspirational talk like no other I will be triggering you to re-think the way you look at yourself and the world around you. Challenging you to consider you might be more than the roles you fulfill and the skill set you possess. Showing you how to find strength in serenity and finding beauty in life itself.
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Principal at Aurora Gregory Consulting
As an eighth grader, Aurora was a finalist in a speech contest. She didn’t win, but that just might have been the start of her career as a communicator. Some of the biggest brands in business have worked with her to get their message right, create communications programs that connect with target audiences, and set marketing strategies—all achieving stellar results. Aurora’s gotten high marks as a communications trainer, helping people develop skills to deliver their most important messages to customers, media, and presentation audiences. She has years of experience in leading speaker’s bureau programs that have placed hundreds of speakers at local, national, and international conferences. When she’s not talking, you’ll likely find her hiking the foothills in her hometown or on the sofa watching classic movies.
$1,501 - $5,000
Edna White | Speaker, Author & Life and Entrepreneurship Consultant What happens when the life you've built no longer fits the woman you've become? That is the question at the heart of Edna White's work. Edna White helps women navigating life and career transitions get unstuck, get clear about what they really want, reconnect with their purpose, and make a meaningful next move. A bestselling author, speaker, and Life & Entrepreneurship Consultant, Edna brings decades of lived experience, entrepreneurship, reinvention, and hard-won wisdom to conversations about the moments when women quietly ask themselves: “Who am I now?” “Why aren't I happy?” “Why do I keep putting everyone else first?” “What do I really want?” “What's next for me?” Her approach is direct, conversational, and practical. Rather than telling women who they should become, Edna creates the space to examine what no longer fits, challenge the assumptions keeping them stuck, and discover possibilities they may not have considered. Her five books form the foundation of her speaking platform: The YOU Project — Who am I now? No Period! — Why do I keep putting everyone else first? The Big Ask — What do I really want? Move Higher in Your Purpose — What's my purpose in this next chapter? Love Zombie: Get Your Love Back — How do I find myself again when I've lost myself in love? Together, they explore a powerful journey: Get Unstuck → Get Clear → Get Yourself Back → Get Purposeful → Make Your Next Move. Edna's signature message is especially relevant to women in their 40s, 50s, and beyond who may be experiencing a career shift, changing relationships, empty-nest transitions, entrepreneurship, leadership changes, burnout, or simply the realization that success on paper isn't the same thing as a life that feels right. For organizations, Edna brings these conversations into the workplace through keynotes and workshops focused on women's leadership, career transitions, purpose, work-life harmony, reinvention, resilience, and professional direction. Her signature talks include: From Stuck to Your Next Move Helping women see their situation differently, clarify what's really keeping them stuck, and identify what comes next. When Success Doesn't Feel Successful A conversation for accomplished women who have achieved much—and are beginning to wonder, “Is this still what I want?” The Big Ask A provocative exploration of what women want, why they hesitate to ask for it, and what becomes possible when they stop settling for a life designed around everyone else's needs. The Next Chapter Based on The YOU Project, this talk explores identity, reinvention, and creating a life that fits who you are now—not who you used to be. From Experience to Opportunity Helping experienced women recognize that everything they've learned can become an asset for their next professional chapter. Edna doesn't simply leave audiences inspired. She leaves them with a question they can't easily ignore—and a next move they can actually make. Because sometimes the problem isn't that you don't know what to do. You may simply be looking at your life from an old perspective. And that's where your next chapter can begin.
$1,501 - $5,000
Rob Lewis is passionate about helping leaders create engaging workplaces through the creation of a purposeful culture in their companies. Through his work as an electrifying speaker on company culture, he has engaged audiences throughout North America, Europe, and Russia. Along with his consulting career, Rob was mentored by one of the first business school professors to discuss and write about corporate culture, Dr. Manek S. Wadia. It has been through a unique fusion of his passion for public speaking and study of successful corporate culture that he has been able to produce a memorable experience for audiences across the globe. Rob earned his Masters degree from the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, and resides in San Diego, CA with his family.
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Mike is the founding Pastor of Power & City Church, also in Columbus. He is the Director of the Franklin County YouthBuild program and also serves as member of the Franklin County Urban Coalition. As the former President of the National Alumni Council (NAC), the governing body of the YouthBuild USA National Alumni Association, Mike provided leadership to more than 140,000 young Americans throughout the United States. Mike is also a part of the Graduate Speakers Bureau and has traveled to Capitol Hill to address the U.S. Congress on issues pertaining to low-income housing and crime in the low-income communities. In addition, he is a former member of the International Youth Corps (IYC) founded by the late Coretta Scott King and carried on by her son, Martin Luther King, Jr. III. With over 15 years of experience as a sought-after national lecturer, motivational speaker, facilitator, moderator and youth advocate, Mike Dean has conducted numerous radio, schools, media and television interviews throughout the nation. One interview was live on FOX Television News (Watts, CA). Mike spoke on the issues of entrepreneurship, union jobs and violence in low-income communities across the United States. Since the release of his book “What if I had a Father?” Mike has traveled across the nation and has been interviewed on numerous television and radio programs. He enjoys helping others maximize their potential through speaking and taking a stand on social, moral and ethical issues. Mike and his wife, Val, are parents to five children, and when he is not speaking, Mike enjoys fishing.
$1,501 - $5,000