Past Speakers - 2018

December 2018

Christmas Party Event

Each holiday we gather to celebrate the season, mingle with friends, raise money for charity and generally have a great time.

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November 2018

Make 2019 Your Best Year in Biz with Deb Alcadinho

November is the best time to plan for the upcoming year. Join Deb Alcadinho, founder of WWBN and small business consultant, for an engaging keynote to help you plan for your most amazing year in biz. Deb will focus on 4 things to set you up for success. Mindset. Time Management. Planning. Money.

In the Thursday keynote Deb will give you essentials. In the Friday workshop the following day, you’ll be going in depth and get all the templates and forms Deb uses in her business. Learn how to:

Plan your calendars (like you’ve never seen it before) and learn how to manage your time, so you can be strategic, making the most of the time you have.
Get comfortable with your money – track it, keep it and know it inside and out. Don’t give away the power.
Set realistic goals, assign projects and action plans to attain them. Goals are great but if you don’t have metrics in place to achieve your goals you won’t see the success you dream of.
Improve your mindset so you don’t get in your own way.

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October 2018

Build an Online Course with Theresa Scholes

Have you ever considered creating an online course or membership site? Imagine creating that course/membership based on your expertise, then take that content and share it with your audience! By teaching a topic that you are knowledgeable and passionate about, you relay that information to your audience and leave them with no doubt you are an expert in your field. The online course idea is a perfect complement to any entrepreneur as part of their marketing toolkit.

Theresa will expand on the aspects of the fundamentals you need to know about:

What is an online course?
What is a membership site?
How do I start with creating the content for a course or membership?
How is the course content formatted on your website?
How do I market my course or membership?

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September 2018

Taking the Leap into Business with Lara Martens

Join Lara Martens, founder of Water Baby, as she outlines how she started with an idea and developed it into a successful business in a short period of time.

You’ll leave with a deeper understanding of the process involved, knowing your market, the lessons learned, and leave feeling inspired to move your own idea into reality.

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August 2018

Build a Business That Matters with Deb Alcadinho

The world is ready for those who want to be change makers. The world is ready for you! But are you ready?

Join Deb Alcadinho for this inspirational, action-oriented keynote on how you can formulate a business that has impact! We’re not talking vision boards, we’re talking a gritty vision, filled with your heart and soul that encompasses the greater good of what you want to achieve in this world. Deb believes we were all put on this earth for a reason.

You will come away from Deb’s presentation with 6 action steps to get inspired and ready to create or revamp the future of your business to create real impact in your life and the lives of others. Be the Change!

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July 2018

Possibilities with Susan Simmons

Be inspired by a truly inspiring story of determination and commitment to one’s goals. Learn about how one woman took what seemed impossible and continuously overcame challenges to achieve success. Susan Simmons is both an ultra-marathon swimmer and an advocate for people living with Multiple Sclerosis. Diagnosed herself over 20 years ago, she uses swimming and veganism to manage the disease. Last year she completed a one way crossing of the Juan de Fuca Strait from Port Angeles, swimming with nothing more than a swimsuit, cap and goggles. At 52, her crossing is the fastest one on record.

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June 2018

Wisdom Leadership with Chantal Normand

A new leadership model that uses the natural gifts of women – our warrior way of being, our intuition and our ability to create safe spaces – has been created by Chantal Normand. Wisdom Leadership is the leaders that will move us to the next dimension.

Wisdom leaders have the ability to lead on a different dimension that allows for clearer decision making, non-judgement, people contributing their natural gifts and talents, and more joy and peace of mind.

We’ll examine the 6 areas including a little magic of what is takes to step into this kind of leadership.

I invite you to join in this dynamic presentation where we will be taking a deep dive into the different aspects of stepping into the wise leader you truly can be.

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May 2018

Get Debt off Your Back with Chris Grew

35% of Canadians are in credit crisis. It’s much easier to get into debt than get out. And it’s not always that people are spending in a careless manner. Sometimes a job loss, or health issue in the family can make it impossible to meet cash outlay needs. Are you or someone you know in debt crisis?

In this keynote you will learn:

The 8 debtor options available
What makes a debt restructuring plan successful
Myth busters about banks not lending to people who go bankrupt or file a consumer proposal
How to rebuild your credit rating to a great score.

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April 2018

Facebook for Business with JUHLi SELBy

Wondering if you should continue spending time promoting and managing your Facebook Business Page in 2018? Or should you shift your marketing time and resources elsewhere? Recent announcements about Facebook’s News Feed algorithm changes have prompted people to claim ‘Newsfeed Apocalypse’! They’re saying that free, organic reach for pages will finally be zero, unless you pay to advertise. Now is a great time to learn what’s new and how it can affect your business online.

In this talk we will cover:

How things have evolved for Facebook Pages – Including reach, engagement, & the News Feed Ranking changes (the algorithm)
2 different ways you can use your Facebook page (one takes a lot more time than the other) *Why you should consider a monthly Facebook ads budget as a part of your strategy – “Pay to play”
The Top 5 Reasons You STILL NEED a Facebook Page for Your Business in 2018

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March 2018

Social Video with Steve Dotto

Bonus Workshop was held from 10 AM to 1 PM on March 23rd

Learning to create and compose video is a skill set that can take your business to new heights. Steve Dotto is of the opinion video is the most valuable digital asset in the online world. More valuable than blogs, tweets, downloadable PDFs or any other digital content. But all video is not created equal, and we are not just talking about quality and content.

The type of video that you create for each social platform needs to be carefully crafted to serve your and your audience’s needs. You do not need to invest huge dollars or massive amounts of time. You DO need to commit to a process and trust yourself. You can do this!

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February 2018

Sales Made Simple with Caterina Alberti

Caterina Alberti has trained hundreds of individuals and teams over a 30 year period, with an 8 Step Sales Process that builds confidence and puts you in a position of leadership.

She knows first hand that SALES is “The Most Important Skill You Can Learn” and simplifies the process.

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January 2018

Discover Hidden Revenue Streams with Charmaine Hammond

There are BILLIONS of dollars in funding that are earmarked to go to projects just like yours every year, the trick is knowing who has the grants, donations and sponsorship funds, how to engage them and then what you need to do in order to close the deal.

Learn how to have every imaginable part of your project paid for (and even some things you never would have thought possible) through collaboration, partnership and sponsorship.