Thursday 5/7/2020 Tensie Taylor @tensietaylor​

Tensie Taylor speaks on the art of networking: Network intentionally with care. "Do NOT look at networking as a transaction... If you form a genuine relationship with someone you will go so much further." Tensie Taylor is the Associate Director of the USC Black Alumni Association, where she directs the Legacy through Leadership Mentoring Program. Tensie is a former red-carpet correspondent in Hollywood, where she met and interviewed celebrities, including Magic Johnson, Vanna White, Jay-Z, Beyoncé, and more. Her book entitled BULLIED From Terror to Triumph, My Survival Story is an autobiography in which she recounts the physical, verbal, and emotional bullying she experienced for 13 years from students at school and how she turned the negativity she faced into positivity. She has appeared in many radio, television, podcast, and newspaper interviews sharing her story in hopes of deterring incidents of bullying. Tensie’s hobbies include playing the piano and trumpet and traveling. She has traveled to 32 countries and 6 continents. One of Tensie’s favorite quotes is by Mahatma Gandhi: “Be the change that you wish to see in the world.

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Friday 5/8/2020 Duncan Wardle @duncanjwardle

"Diversity is innovation. If somebody looks different from you, they think differently from you. And if they think differently from you, they can help you think differently". Duncan Wardle speaks on how to thrive in the age of artificial intelligence. Creativity is the ability to have an idea - we can all do that! And innovation is the ability to get it done. Duncan Wardle: Former Head of Innovation & Creativity at @Disney & Keynote Speaker. As Head of Innovation and Creativity at Disney, Duncan and his team helped Marvel, Pixar and Disney Parks to innovate, creating magical new storylines and experiences for consumers around the globe. As founder of iD8 & innov8 he now brings his extensive Disney experience to audiences around the world using a very unique approach to Design Thinking. Delivering a series of keynotes, workshops and ideation forums, his unique Design Thinking process helps companies embed a culture of innovation into everyone’s DNA. Duncan is a multiple Ted X speaker and contributor to Fast Company Magazine. He teaches Master Classes at Yale and Duke University and received the American Citizen of Choice Award at the White House.

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Monday 5/11/2020 Patrina Wisdom @patrinawisdom

Patrina Wisdom shares the secret to living a bodacious life and speaks on how to effectively move the audience."Vulnerability and surrender is key". Intention is everything. Patrina Wisdom is an Amazon Best selling author, speaker, Wealth Mentor, and creator of the Badass Bodacious Life Movement. She believes that in order to live a BadAss Bodacious Life you must connect with, embrace, and exercise every part of yourself. After losing her husband of 20 years to suicide in 2009 and learning that she was pregnant with her fourth child the same day, Patrina Wisdom took her personal story and decades of experience as an entrepreneur and business leader, and began the process of creating her Badass Bodacious Life.

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Tuesday 5/12/2020 Betsy Finkelhoo @betsyhoo

Betsy Finkelhoo speaks on how to read the energy in the room as a speaker and provides some flags to notice on stage when the energy is downward shifting."The most important thing is to be yourself and speak from your heart. The authenticity of who you are is what people really enjoy. There is something special about giving access to the feeling of your heart to your audience. You are unique! Allow yourself to drop into that passion... the love you have for that message will translate to the audience". Betsy Finkelhoo is a dynamic and intuitive hands on healer, event producer, artist and friend to all. Her ability to access healing energy through gentle guidance into meditation is deeply nurturing, while her transformational programs create empowering pathways to tangible growth. Betsy is local to Encinitas and has been sharing her healing gifts for over 14 years while also successfully producing a local event called the Community Speaker Series. By being a model of continuous transformation and self love, she holds and empowers others to experience their own inherent intuitive guidance, wisdom, and reverence for their most vibrant way of being!

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Wednesday 5/13/2020 Paul Fishman @paulfishman

Paul Fishman shares the key to blossom into a life you love: The definition of People Pleaser is someone who says "YES" to everyone first and silences themselves...[but]the reality is that most people want you to be happy. And if they don't want you to be happy then they aren't the right person to be in your life. "If you're not saying YES to you, you're not gonna get anywhere." Paul Fishman is a self love Coach and you-do-YOU activist on a mission to empower and inspire humanity to love unconditionally. He has spoken on personal development panels across the country and has been featured everywhere from FabFitFun to his local news station.

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Thursday 5/14/2020 Michael Anthony@michaelunbroken

Michael Anthony speaks on the best way to get better at speaking."We are the stories that we tell ourselves. And if we changed our story then we can become the hero of it"Michael Anthony is an advocate for adult survivors of child abuse, international speaker, and author. Michael has been called the "Tony Robbins of Trauma" and spends his time helping other survivors get out of The Vortex to become the hero of their own story and take their lives back. Michael hosts both The Michael Unbroken and Think Unbroken Podcasts and blogs weekly at www.ThinkUnbroken.com

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Friday 5/15/2020 Zondra Evans @coachzondra

Tap into your greatness & be who you are...Authenticity is key. When you understand WHO you are and WHY you're here it helps define what you need to do. "I want to reframe your mindset to be courageously intentional...Courageous intention is being willing to navigate terse waters that you have never been in before” Zondra Evans has 40+ years of corporate experience and is a Talk Show Host and Executive Producer of Real Biz Talk with Zondra, a global TV platform to showcase small businesses on streaming platforms. She is also the Host and Executive Producer for an unscripted Talk Show called “Fireside Chat with Zondra.” As founder and owner of ZEDs Corp – ZondraTV Network. Her goal is to provide an affordable global media exposure experience for small businesses. Her motto is… – “Be Heard, Be Seen and Grow”. Zondra is a motivational speaker and is known for her revitalizing messages... She is a captivating, compelling force on the platform, arming her audiences with current, creative and practical ideas for increasing leadership skills and personal growth. She is an Author, Certified Self-Investment Coach and Strategist, helping people navigate the terse waters of their personal and professional journey. 

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Saturday 5/16/2020 Lynda Sunshine West @lyndasunshinewest 

Lynda Sunshine speaks on how to effectively connect with the audience and shares the key to confidence. "As long as we are 100% authentic, 100% ourselves, we can't go wrong" Lynda Sunshine West is a Speaker, Bestselling Author, Executive Film Producer of Wish Man, Red Carpet Interviewer and Philanthropist. For an entire year, in 2015, she faced one fear every day. In doing so, she gained a huge amount of confidence and uses that confidence to make a difference on the planet. She believes in cooperation and collaboration, not competition. She’s produced more than 100 events and proudly donates 10% of her profits to The Giving Angels, a nonprofit whose mission is to eradicate global homelessness once and for all. As founder of Women Action Takers her mission is to help women discover their value and share their voice with the world. She accomplishes this mission through her Women Action Takers Podcast and collaborative books. Lynda finds it extremely important for women to band together to lift up each other.

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Monday 5/18/2020 Jonah Novazzi Lavitt

Jonah Lavitt speaks on the best confidence booster: "The only real way to build real confidence is successful attempts"Jonah Lavitt shares the secret to building authentic relationships from cold connections.Connection Expert & Social Strategist Jonah Lavitt is an International Best-Selling Author of 7 Books on this topic; he is an Award-Winning Coach and featured speaker. After overcoming ongoing emotional abuse from his elementary school teacher, and the 8 years of depression and social isolation that followed, Jonah studied the art of connection, and by age 30, personally reached the Top 1% of dating experience in the USA and has rebuilt high-level social empires in multiple cities from scratch, and now he is an internationally sought-out expert, teacher, and consultant. 

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Tuesday 5/19/2020 Bill Walsh @billwalsh360

Bill Walsh shares the secret to success. Learn the 10 before 10 rule to make tomorrow one of the most successful days ever - well rested, inspired, and productive! "Don't be afraid to bring your message to the market. Don't be afraid to fail. Persistence + Failure = Success" Bill Walsh is a venture capitalist and is the CEO & Founder of the Success Education/Business Coaching firm Powerteam International. Bill hosts and speaks at events all over the world! With a very successful background in finance and marketing his passion is to empower entrepreneurs and business owners to create massive success. He is the best selling author of the book “The Obvious”, is an amazing speaker, radio personality and movie celebrity. He has spent over two decades working with start-ups to major global brands to help them increase sales, productivity and overall success.

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Wednesday 5/20/2020 Haleh Gianni @505living_

Haleh Gianni speaks on the power of inner purpose: When there's something inside of you that is ready to come out, it becomes your mission, your purpose, your why to be able to give it words to express it. “When you get YOU, it's like putting on different glasses... it stretches your horizons and makes your vision more panoramic. Haleh Gianni is a master trainer in an advanced human assessment instrument through The Y.O.U. Institute, where she is currently an active Board Member, serving as the Vice President of Global Outreach. Haleh has earned a Master’s Degree in Communication Management and Bachelors of Science in Biochemistry from Georgia State University. She later established a successful career in the field of technology. All through her professional endeavors and growth, she has been fascinated with what makes people connect and communicate authentically. She has a natural way of relating to people and their unique situation. Today, she focuses on helping singles make conscious decisions about their personal and love life, couples to enhance their relationships, and businesses to create cohesive and collaborative team environments. Haleh Gianni has been a recipient of The Y.O.U. Consulting Group Practitioner of The Year and The Wisdom Award.

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Thursday 5/21/2020 Manny Lopez@learnwithmanny

Most people are never going to remember the stats and figures...they want the stories, experiences, and authenticity. Manny Lopez shares a powerful strategy on how to quickly prepare for a talk. Manny Lopez, founder of Mannifestation School of Business, has developed & delivered a combination of education & resources on how to start your own business! Manny helps create & enhance speakers, coaches, authors, & consultants with strategic PR opportunities & dynamic systems of automation. A husband and father of 3, he devotes his time to creating a lifestyle of being #TooBlessedToBeStressed while creating opportunities for his network of over 30,000 business professionals worldwide! Manny’s work has been showcased on NBC, The Huffington Post, Bloomberg Radio, and recently named “BEST NEW MEDIA". Manny is passionate about fixing the foster care system because he knows what it’s like to be forgotten. But that’s only where his story began.

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Friday 5/22/2020 Amelie Karam @ameliekaram

Amelie Karam speaks on the key to making a good first impression: Anybody can read the research... you have to have the personal stories and the data."Take advantage of your advantages...We all have stories that have shaped us and make us who we are." Millennial Specialist- Generational Speaker and Consultant Amelie Karam recognized that people in her Gen Y age group, known as “Millennials,” view the world differently than do previous generations. Amelie is passionate about bridging generational gaps. She speaks and consults both nationally and internationally about how organizations can better work together to attract and retain the Millennial generation to ultimately bridge generational gaps. Past clients include: Fit Bit Health Solutions and Dignity Health. Through her Millennial perspective and rich research, along with her background in theatre, film, health, and wellness, Amelie brings an entertaining and informative voice to this important and highly sought-after topic. 

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Tuesday 5/26/2020 Hemalayaa Behl @hemalayaa

Hemalayaa shares how to overcome pitfalls: "Stagnation is our kryptonite" - Continuously choose to move forward, to get up each time you fall. Hemalayaa speaks on inspiring creativity: Follow your heart and the pathway to listening to your heart is being in your body. "We are so magic when we allow ourselves to be in our heart space." Hemalayaa Behl is a Transformation Facilitator who empowers with her unique blend of traditional and modern mentorship and coaching. She provides tools to break down barriers that hold us back from experiencing a powerful spiritual connection. She is the host of Embody Freedom - an online series of ancient practices for modern-day insanity. She's been featured on ABC, Ellen, NBC, Shape, and The Today Show and now she's here with us today to teach us valuable tips and strategies that have propelled her successful career.

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Wednesday 5/27/2020 Carrie Margaret

Carrie Margaret shares the secret to making genuine connections: Show up with every person like they are a significant person in your life... Show up with heart, service and curiosity. "It's so important to own things without shame and love yourself in the journey" As a registered nurse, Carrie Margaret is immensely curious about the depth and resiliency of the human spirit. Her interest in speaking came both out of her need to move through old codependent and people-pleasing behaviors and to find her own voice. She is passionate about authentic expression and thinks that everyone has a powerful story to tell. After living an international life of traveling, living in over 10 different countries and traveling through over 30 countries, Carrie moved back to San Diego with her children and co-parent, and started an internal journey of exploration. This led her to put all of her energy into returning to an authentic relationship with self, and every relationship in her life. She believes that all of your relationships are a reflection of your relationship with yourself, and helps people reconnect to themselves and their loved ones. 

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Thursday 5/28/2020 Tina Torres @thegratitudespecialist 

Tina Torres shares the key to building true relationship: Authenticity and the KLT Factor. "You have to go through what you know. Learn something new every single day...and never stop working on your dream" 

Tina Torres is the best selling author of The Gratitude Journal. She is the founder of the  Connection to Client Blueprint - a proven follow up method to enhance relationships with clients and potential customers. Her mission is to show the world how implementing gratitude into your daily life can change your business. Tina is also a morning TV show host and global speaker. She lives in Charlotte, NC where she is living an attitude of gratitude and showing the world how to build relationships that matter.

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Friday 5/29/2020 Asal Dean @asaldean  

Asal Dean speaks on making forward moves: "It's all about being that stand for your story or whatever message you want to get across and seeing how people are gonna just show up in your life." Gratitude visionary AND Pharmacist, creator of TheGratitudegrams, and Tedx speaker. Asal Dean is a conscious reminder of Gratitude. Her experiences as an Oncology Pharmacist led to the creation of the Gratitudegram. As a Gratitude Visionary, Asal created the Growing Gratitude Movement, consisting of people sharing their gratitude with others through the use of Gratitudegrams, leading workshops focused on building human connection and sharing gratitude.

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Monday 6/1/2020 Lauren Turton @laurenturton 

Powerful words from Lauren Turton: "Oftentimes when we look at people who are successful, we're looking at the shiny things...but there's a lot of work that goes into where they are now... Diving in and dealing with past traumas...allows creativity to flow in. Push forward. You can't give up because there's people who need you - your words, your knowledge, your value. Don't be selfish and not keep pushing forward." Lauren Turton, Revenue Expansion Specialist for Wellness experts, co-creator of The Wealthy Wellness System, a transformational program for wellness experts, Vice President of Namaste Wings to Fly and partner at Ciao Ciao Piadina, an Italian restaurant located in La Jolla, San Diego, CA.

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Tuesday 6/2/2020 Will Little @latif_muhsin 

Key tips from Will Little:

1) Learn forward - don't dwell on the past.

2) Stay true to yourself and allow yourself to be vulnerable.

3) Know yourself. Peel off the layers and be yourself.

Will Latif is an impressive motivational speaker who spoke on countless stages including Tedx talks, author, and mentor. Desensitized to crime and violence, Will shares his story on how he overcame the street life. His past of incarceration, including being on death row, turned around when he found his why.

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Wednesday 6/3/2020 Sydney Williams @hikingmyfeelings

Sydney Williams speaks candidly on the power of sharing her story: "...my story is my truth and it's really hard to deny the power of that when you're in the presence of it” Sydney Williams shares how she broke free from societal expectations and began to share her story. Sydney Williams: When former collegiate athlete and competitive skydiver, unexpectedly found herself on the receiving end of a Type 2 diabetes diagnosis, while grappling with unresolved trauma from a decades-old sexual assault, Sydney set out on a mission to turn her pain into power. Two hikes across Catalina Island and 80 miles later, she founded Hiking My Feelings® to help others tap into the mind-body connection and healing power of nature that helped kick her self-limiting beliefs and disease into remission. Having more than 12 years of marketing experience with Fortune 500 companies and emerging brands, Sydney serves up her “truth juice” style of storytelling to break wide open tough conversations with practical, powerful content and experiences. Today, she is the author of Hiking My Feelings: Stepping Into the Healing Power of Nature and travels across the country empowering others to summit their personal mountains on their way to becoming Well Beings.

 

Thursday 6/4/2020 Dave Kemp@dtomusic 

DTO shares the key to reduce anxiety. He breaks down the communication pathways & discusses powerful ways to effectively communicate. "Be present...be YOU authentically... and breathe. Allow for parts and pieces of who you are to be expressed. Share ALL of that. People want to know the rawness of who you are." Dave Kemp, aka DTO, is an award-winning music producer, designing inspirational music that raises the vibrations of the planet. DTO kicked off his career with a spark with his remix of “Love Me” by Grammy-nominated producer, StoneBridge. DTO is passionate about creating unique multi-sensory experiences through music designed to elevate human consciousness and give back to our global communities through his work with nonprofits. DTO performs his live yoga music internationally with world-renowned yogis. Previously a spanish teacher for middle and high schools, DTO now speaks on his transformation into a musician and digital marketing coach.