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Stop Procrastinating
Rochelle Melander, STM, PCC, Owner, Write Now! Coach
TOPIC CATEGORY: Motivational
Request This Free SpeechDo you wonder if you can ever stop procrastinating and focus? The average person wastes 55 days a year procrastinating. What would you do with 55 extra days of time? Go on a vacation? Start a blog? Write a book? You can. You can stop procrastinating and focus because procrastination isn't a trait. It's not how you’re built. It's a habit you can break. MORE >
Even though overcoming procrastination may sound like a herculean task, it’s not. If you’ve been able to establish any habit, like brushing your teeth or drinking a daily cup of tea, you can beat procrastination once and for all. Want to learn how?Come to Rochelle Melander’s class Stop Procrastinating and you'll learn:
- The harmful myths about procrastination that keep you stuck
- What type of procrastinator you are
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Stop Loosing On Purchases: It’s RFP Time!
Sean Jones, MS, MBA, 3X Founder | Investor | Psychotherapist | Entrepreneur |, Sean B. Jones Enterprises
TOPIC CATEGORY: Business
Request This Free SpeechDo You Make Capital Purchases?
Have you ever spent a significant amount of money on equipment, software, services, or a major project only to discover months or years later that it was not what you hoped it would be, or that it no longer meets your organization's needs? It's more than buyers regret. MORE >
One of the most overlooked yet important tools in business is the Request for Proposal (RFP) process.An RFP is a disciplined business practice that forces organizations to clearly define their needs, expectations, requirements, timelines, and evaluation criteria before making a significant investment.
Too often, companies make purchasing decisions based on relationships, marketing materials, vendor presentations, or the first proposal they receive. While these factors may be important, relying on them alone can lead to costly mistakes, operational inefficiencies, and years of frustration.
A well-designed RFP creates a level playing field. It allows multiple vendors to compete against the same set of requirements, making comparisons objective rather than emotional. It also helps identify hidden costs, implementation challenges, potential risks, and significant differences in vendor capabilities that might otherwise be overlooked.
The financial impact can be substantial. A strong RFP process can save organizations tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, or even millions of dollars over the life of a project while increasing the likelihood of selecting the right long-term partner.
In this session, participants will learn the essential components of developing and utilizing an effective RFP process. An extended workshop version will provide hands-on experience, allowing participants to develop either a mock RFP or a real RFP for an upcoming organizational need.
Whether you are purchasing software, equipment, professional services, or planning a major capital investment, this session will provide practical tools that can improve decision making, reduce risk, and protect your organization's resources.
Learning Objectives
Understand when an RFP is appropriate and when it is not.
Learn the key components of an effective RFP.
Develop objective vendor evaluation criteria.
Identify common mistakes organizations make during procurement.
Create a framework for a real-world RFP that can be immediately applied within your organization. -
Simplify Your Fitness with 3-2-1
Paul Warloski, Owner and Head Coach, Simple Endurance Coaching
TOPIC CATEGORY: Health & Fitness
Request This Free SpeechWhen clients ask about the best way to build fitness and lose weight, the answer is building healthy habits that you can sustain. That means having a plan that gets the most of your limited time and energy. With a few hours a week in the gym or outside, you can start to reach your fitness goals. MORE >
In this presentation, I’ll share the current research and practice about getting fit and losing weight. It’s not magic, it’s just 3-2-1. -
Simple Strategies to Write Your Book
Rochelle Melander, STM, PCC, Owner, Write Now! Coach
TOPIC CATEGORY: Self Improvement
Request This Free SpeechAre you one of the 80 percent of Americans that want to write a book? Only 3 percent of people who start writing will finish their book. But you can ensure you’re one of them by learning simple strategies to write your book this year.
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SCORE: For the Life of Your Business
Joyce Goulet, Business Coach, SCORE
TOPIC CATEGORY: Business
Request This Free SpeechScore is the mentoring and education arm of the Small Business Administration. It is dedicated to helping small businesses grow, one business at a time. We know that small business is the back bone of America's economy. As a national organization, our mission is to significantly increase employment and entrepreneurship across the nation. Learn how we do it. MORE >
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Sales is not a Dirty Word!
Joyce Goulet, Business Coach, SCORE
TOPIC CATEGORY: Business
Request This Free SpeechNobody likes a salesman. Yet, everybody has to sell their products and services. Without sales, the economy would grind to a halt. This talk will discuss a sales technique that isn't "pushy". It works and it's fun. Try it, you'll like it!
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Rewrite the Story, Reclaim Your Life: A Practical Framework for Lasting Change
Heather Lyons, Founder & Coach, Aletheia Life & Leadership Coaching
TOPIC CATEGORY: Self Improvement
Request This Free SpeechThis interactive, skills-focused presentation takes audiences through Heather’s signature 4-Step Framework—Recognize, Rewrite, Rewire, Reclaim—and gives them practical tools for identifying the subconscious narratives that drive their decisions, relationships, and sense of self. MORE >
Participants learn how to surface and challenge the self-limiting beliefs that keep them stuck, how to use the brain’s natural neuroplasticity to build new patterns, and how to design a values-aligned life that reflects who they truly are, not who they were told to be. The result is a tangible, empowering process of self-discovery that participants can begin applying immediately.This talk is especially effective for organizations seeking to support employee well-being, resilience, and professional development, particularly in the context of change, leadership transitions, and workplace culture.
What Your Audience Will Take Away:
• A new framework for understanding and rewriting self-limiting beliefs
• Practical tools for aligning daily actions with personal values and goals
• A renewed sense of possibility, agency, and direction
• Insight into the neuroscience of behavioral change and how to make it stick
• The confidence to lead their own lives, at work and beyond -
Retiring? Let’s do it right!
Jennifer Martin, MA, LPC, NCC, Clinical Therapist
TOPIC CATEGORY: Business
Request This Free SpeechJumping into retirement is a lot like jumping into a swimming pool on the first day of summer. The water looks refreshing, and you think you’ll like it. But you’re not sure, and you realize that you might not like it at all. MORE >
You may not even be sure of how you want to do it. Just jump right into the deep end? Ease your way down the steps? Dive in, or just sit on the side and dangle your feet? And what if you end up in a belly flop?Yes, retirement is a lot like getting into a swimming pool, and there is a surprising degree of uncertainty and stress that come along with it.
This speech covers the many aspects of retirement to consider in order to make that transition an enjoyable one from the workforce into life after work. While most materials focus only on the financial aspect of retirement, this talk will introduce the full spectrum of considerations.
Points covered will be how to prepare for all the adjustments that a successful retirement requires, including the areas of the social, physical, relational, recreational, emotional, marital, and, yes, the financial.
Done well, retirement is an exciting and satisfying time of life. Let’s make it happen!
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Restoration and Hope for Women Out of Exploitation & Trafficking
Krista Hull, Founder & Executive Director, Redeem and Restore Center
TOPIC CATEGORY: Educational
Request This Free SpeechExploitation and Trafficking is shattering lives, destroying families, and rendering victims hopeless and isolated. It takes a village to bring hope and restoration.
Each of us desire to be seen, heard, known, and loved. Acknowledging this fact for the women we have the privilege to walk alongside, is the key to hope for them. Though the traumas they have survived are more than most of us can even begin to understand; we CAN love, restore, and support them to restoration.
Our team of volunteers and funders are loving, restoring, and supporting women to restoration! Be inspired by stories of women who have overcome so much to redeem their lives and live in true freedom! MORE > -
Redefining AI: Authentic before Artificial for Intelligence
Sree Ramachandran, Director - Data & AI, Milwaukee Tool
TOPIC CATEGORY: Business
Request This Free SpeechArtificial Intelligence dominates today’s conversations because it is the trend of our times. Yet true progress begins with Authentic intelligence - the distinctly human strengths of empathy, critical thinking, and imagination. Organizations that prioritize human intelligence before algorithmic output will inevitably lead the way in designing AI that amplifies rather than replaces, human potential. MORE >
By redefining AI as Authentic before Artificial, we foster trust, ease fear, accelerate adoption, and create a future where technology elevates humanity instead of diminishing it.