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Matthew Ward is director of history communications consultancy, HistoryNeedsYou. Matthew is an historian with wide ranging knowledge and plenty of wit, humour and experience in public speaking. He has appeared on television and radio many times, including BBC Radio 4's 'Great Lives', Blue Peter and award-winning tv show 'Horrible HIstories'. He's also a consultant to tv productions, including 'Poldark', and films including 'Testament of Youth' and 'The Little Stranger'.
$251 - $1,500
I'm on mission to help entrepreneurs build and grow profitable businesses. Trained as a systems integrator, I have a unique twenty-five year background in executive leadership, business development, organizational change, strategic planning and project management on Fortune 500 multimillion-dollar system integration projects. I leverage this experience to my provide my clients unique advantages. In 2005, Zerion Group was formed. A firm that delivered ERP systems to over 200 small and midsize enterprises. Prior to Zerion Group, I served as a Division IT Manager for a Fortune 500 Wholesale Distributor (HD Supply) during their corporate wide software migration. I am graduate of the University of Florida (Economics) and a Masters in Computer Information Systems. I am currently an Adjunct Professor at Seminole State College. I am currently serving on the Board of Directors for FFVA Mutual and MADI Apparel, with previous Board service for PACE Brantley School. I am a member of the CEO Leadership Forum in Orlando, FL and have lead a monthly discussion group for 1st stage CEO's since 2015. My focus is to be a “Trusted Advisor” to my clients by providing proven solutions and industry best practices to help them solve their business challenges.
$251 - $1,500
In 2002, Steven left his cushy gig as an enterprise technology executive to prove and develop technologies and practices that would enhance the ability for distressed urban areas to become economically secure. He soon discovered this wouldn’t be a direct nor simple path and used a mix of entertainment and innovation to bring his brand of change to the city of Chicago. His long-term Array of Opportunity project in Chicago presents the notion of establishing cyberinfrastructures to commercialize inclusive smart city edge innovations to tech-enable companies in distressed retail corridors. Steve has worked with clients like United Airlines, Merrill Lynch, and Northeast Utilities and is the designer and producer of the first digital entertainment network between jukeboxes, a pharmaceutical trials platform, and even co-authored an award-winning play. Described as cross between tech nerd and comedian, Steve often speaks about economic development and urban planning process of cities through his unique lens and experiences working with a range of community, municipal and industry stakeholders. Steve is a frequent speaker on civic tech engineering with a focus on urban planning and engagement as it relates to Internet of Things, urban sensing data analysis, drones use, augmented telematics, other digital assistive innovations and potential for funding their implementation through social impact, Opportunity Zone investments and PIPE (private investment in public equity) initiatives. Steve is co-founder of XtraMedium Communications Group, Managing Director of Colony 5, a not-for-profit tech accelerator dedicated to helping Black male entrepreneurs, former Entrepreneur in Residence at UI Labs and City Tech Collaborative, a Blackstone Foundation/World Business Chicago Inclusive Entrepreneurship Challenge awardee, senior member of the Argonne National Labs Array of Things Executive Oversight Committee, Civic Tech Advisor for the Imagine Smart City Project, board member U.S. Green Building Council-Illinois, executive board member of Collaboraction Theatre, mentor for the Eric and Wendy Schmidt Data Science for Social Good Fellowship program, social ventures fellow for Center for Neighborhood Technology, and mentor for Northwestern University Farley School of Engineering, Design for America and Global Engagement Summit and architect of Chicago’s Responsible Retailer Initiative.
$251 - $1,500
From a young, successful principal at the age of 28 to an unemployed 34 year old, Cory Strathman has experienced it all. He is now determined to bring attention on how to handle life's challenges after his came halting to a stop in January 2019. Cory is a son, husband, father of 2 boys, but most of all he was lost. Depression led to alcohol abuse, a DUI, resignation from a prominent job, and deep soul searching. Cory decided it was time to surrender to God. With a multi-tiered plan of supports, he has now found a clear path to redemption. Cory said if his words reach even just one person, then his time is well spent. He reminds us that you are not alone. Cory states he will break down the social stigmas in life and encourage everyone to speak up. Through his actions, people will see asking for help is not a weakness, but the biggest strength of all! Continuing to follow his trust in God, Cory and his family took on a new challenge this year by relocating to New Jersey from Kansas in January 2020. Even though he and his family left behind all their family and friends, Cory will continue to let God write his story of redemption. He is excited about the possibilities for GIYC on the East Coast!
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I specialize in; Life Navigation (understanding then achieving your goals) Industrial & Organizational Guidance (establishing a healthy and productive environment for individuals and work teams) Relationship Advisory (finding, keeping, and rekindling love in romantic and platonic relationships) Separation Recovery (effectively navigating loss following deaths, break-ups, and other life-altering developments) Ecopsychology - Sustainable Lifestyle Coaching (promoting environmental prosociality as a means of improving well-being). Getting to know my clients as unique individuals helps me deliver higher-quality guidance. I am not just following a template, I want to help YOU as YOU! In return for candor and trust, I will devote myself to helping you detail where you want to be and what you want out of life... Then I'll help you make it happen! Thank you and God Bless.
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Judith W. Umlas is Sr. Vice President, author, and trainer at International Institute for Learning (IIL), a global corporate training company. She is the publisher of IIL Publishing, New York. She is the author of the ground-breaking book, The Power of Acknowledgment ©2006, IIL Publishing, New York, which has been credited with changing workplaces and lives by making use of the 7 Principles of Acknowledgment she developed. Her book on Grateful Leadership: Using the Power of Acknowledgment to Engage All Your People and Achieve Superior Results was published by McGraw-Hill Professional in association with IIL in early 2013 and You’re Totally Awesome! The Power of Acknowledgment for Kids was published in late 2013 by IIL Publishing. Judith delivers inspiring, motivational and transformational keynote addresses on Grateful Leadership and The Power of Acknowledgment all over the world. She also leads webinars and teaches full-day virtual and traditional courses to organizations such as Volvo, the U.S. Army, Prudential, JMP Engineering, the World Bank, Fannie Mae, IBM, AT&T, Google, Amway, the New York Police Department, and many others. She has trained tens of thousands of people through her leading-edge, highly interactive and engaging courses and keynotes – with outstanding and long-lasting results. Grateful Leadership and The Power of Acknowledgment are Judith’s passion, her mission, and her purpose!
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I'm a freelance garden designer with a passion to creating green spaces designed to not only look good, but feel good too. I'm not a climate change activist and I like the finer things in life. But I do think we have lost the connection with nature and I hope to restore it by designing spaces that encourage people spending more time outside. As someone that was not born in UK, I've had to battle with impostor syndrome and stigma of being from Eastern Europe before I was allowed to earn my stripes. Now I'm a female entrepreneur with a burning desire to expand my brand, grow my company and inspire other girls and women in the process.
$251 - $1,500
I possess a combination of skills , style , and experience that make me stand out from any crowd .
$251 - $1,500
Hannah Scheffer-Wentz is a seasoned public speaker within higher education and leadership. Her goal is to reach people young and old with her message of empowerment, perseverance, and grit. Dedicated to working young professionals, Hannah works as a GTA Communication Instructor teaching the art of public speaking and rhetoric.
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Faust A. Ruggiero’s professional career spans almost 40 years, and is diversified and compelling, as it has consistently established new and exciting cutting-edge counseling programs in its pursuit of professional excellence and personal life enhancement. He is a published research author, clinical trainer, and a therapist who has worked in settings that have included clinics for deaf children, prisons, nursing homes, substance abuse centers, inpatient facilities, and as the President of the Community Psychological Center in Bangor, Pennsylvania. In that capacity, he developed the Process Way of Life counseling program, and has developed it into a formal text presented in the Fix Yourself Handbook. In 1982, he accepted a position with the Lehigh Valley Alcohol Counseling Center. There he provided individual counseling services to clientele suffering from alcohol abuse and addiction, including the introduction to both the twelve-step recovery process, and family and intervention services. It was at the alcohol counseling center, where Mr. Ruggiero was asked to develop a Phase 2 counseling program for individuals convicted of drunk driving offenses. In 1984, Mr. Ruggiero left the Alcohol Counseling Center to pursue a treatment position at Northampton County prison. There, he provided psychological and substance abuse intake and counseling services to inmates. He coordinated all substance abuse services, and program development services for inmates. In 1986, he obtained his certification in substance abuse treatment in the state of Pennsylvania. He left Northampton County prison in 1989 pursue his endeavors at the Community Psychological Center on a full-time basis. As president of the Community Psychological Center, Mr. Ruggiero continued to provide services to individuals, families, those suffering with substance abuse, abused women and women in transition, couples and marriage counseling, counseling for veterans, law enforcement, and other first responders. In 1994, Mr. Ruggiero accepted an invitation to become a trainer for the Department of Health in Pennsylvania. Following several years of experimentation regarding the various therapeutic approaches, Mr. Ruggiero developed and began utilizing the Process Way of Life Program. The program consists of over fifty internal human processes, which can be accessed and developed to help clients address the various conditions which were affecting their lives. After the program was developed, it was rigorously researched and tested, and changes were made culminating in the approach presently being used by Mr. Ruggiero at the Community Psychological Center. Mr. Ruggiero decided to develop the Process Life Program into a text that can be published.The Fix Yourself Handbook was completed in December of 2019. On February 1st, 2020, The Fix Yourself Handbook received the Silver Award from The Nonfiction Authors Association.
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As a young owner of an ice cream parlor in Baltimore City, Dr. David Shar thought he had leadership figured out. Then one morning, a teenage employee showed up for her shift right after learning her boyfriend had been the victim of a violent crime. David told her to go home. She refused. "I need to be here," she said. "This is my happy place." That moment launched him on a two-decade journey to find out why. Why do some people find genuine meaning in their work... even scooping ice cream... while others with objectively important jobs dread Monday morning? And what happens when even the most passionate employees start pulling away? David turned those questions into research. His doctoral work produced the first qualitative study ever conducted on work passion decline, tracing exactly how and why the most passionate employees eventually fall out of love with their work and what we can do about it before it's too late. Today David is a keynote speaker, organizational consultant, and professor in the Industrial-Organizational Psychology graduate program at the University of Maryland. As founder of Illuminate PMC, he has spent more than 15 years working with leaders across industries to build cultures where passion and performance reinforce each other instead of competing. David has spoken to HR teams, leadership conferences, sales organizations, and company-wide audiences. His sessions are research-backed, interactive, story-driven, and laugh-out-loud funny. Audiences consistently describe them as the talk they are still thinking about weeks later. "David's energy is infectious and his real-life approach is a gift. His talk really left a lasting impression." — Nicole Rohloff, National Institutes of Health David holds a PhD in Business Psychology and a master's in Industrial-Organizational Psychology. He is a SHRM-Senior Certified Professional with more than 15 years of leadership and consulting experience across healthcare, technology, manufacturing, financial services, and beyond. David lives life passionately in Baltimore with his incredibly supportive wife, five hilarious kids, and Groot, their 225-pound English Mastiff puppy who has strong opinions about hustle culture.
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“In my almost 25(+) year career, I have been blessed to have spoken to large and small audiences in dozens of states, Canada, Thailand and around the world… and I have never stopped being inspired and thrilled at the same time. To me, the most important part of any and every talk/speech or training session and all the messages I share or will share will always be the audience who receives them. I find a huge amount of joy when speaking and sharing and even more so when I witness and feel them (the audience) engaging, sometimes laughing, sometimes crying but all of the time learning”. “What a refreshing approach to life and learning. Dale's heart-centered LIVE Now coaching classes, 28 Day Sculpting Challenge and events are packed with Live NOW tools… All delivered with deep sincerity, humor and a-ha moments.” Craig King, COO “I fill my seminars and training with tangible tools and methods for using that creates enthusiasm about the life you have been gifted (and soften business) and the amazing place you can take it”. Diagnosed with terminal Systemic Lupus, in 1975 and surviving heart attacks, a transplant, emergency open-heart surgery and many, many other challenges throughout his life, Dale has persevered to follow a belief and career path with one driving focus; Helping people own the life they have been gifted… and to be consciously awake. His deep belief is that no matter our differences or where we seek or look, each of us at some level, has a desire to know ourselves better…to grow our skills…to know who we are…to know why we are…to know how to grow beyond perceived restrictions. Dedicated to helping others, Dale takes his audiences and students on a real and tangible roller-coaster ride through truth and personal discovery that combined with application tools and a connection that leaves each person with real-life solutions, enthusiastically elevated and a new spark of belief about being all they choose to “be.” One of the many differences is that Dale writes the curriculum, provides the tools, and presents it based on “real life". His philosophy- “We are only alive NOW but not often are not really living now. People can and probably should alter this way of thinking and doing. Lawrence’s teaching is about learning how to consciously grow from the inside out by wrapping your heart and thinking around current programming, lack of belief, and lack of a process than can launch you forward instead of holding us back.” According to Lawrence, his Live NOW coaching as a name is no accident. Live NOW is all anyone can do. The questions; is this your best life now or, can you find reasons to alter your course? You CAN change your direction and own who you are, who you are going to be and your way of engaging in your life and/or business.
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