Atlantic Canada was the first site of Canada experienced by thousands of new Canadians over the years as they journeyed to their new home. They came with dreams of building new lives, careers, businesses and homes. And they did!

Atlantic Canada is also a leading resource and exporter of some of the best leaders, motivational speakers, engaging trainers, inspirational leadership, sales training, business success coaches, innovative consultants, leadership, career and business expert authors across North America.

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Bob 'Idea Man' Hooey

780-736-0009

Past CAPS National Director

Past CAPS Vancouver President

Honorary Haligonian

Bob 'Idea Man' Hooey,
CKD-Emeritus, Accredited Speaker, Creative Leadership Catalyst

If you are in leadership, sell for a living, or depend on your ability to persuade for your success - Bob can help give you the Edmonton Edge in building a successful career, in selling more, or in leading a successful organization to the next level.

Protect your conference investment - leverage your training dollars. Call NOW to engage Canadian Ideaman, Bob Hooey and his profitable, innovative Ideas At Work! for your company, convention or association. Ideas At Work! - Strategies to Success!

Bob's humorous, interactive, conversational and, sometimes provocative style inspire his audiences across North America. As a business, leadership, sales success expert and prolific author, Bob's innovative development programs have helped thousands of leaders and professionals dramatically and profitably increase their effectiveness. Bob 'Idea Man' Hooey will help you inspire, equip, and lead your audience, association, sales team, or company to greater success!

Bob was the 48th person worldwide to earn Toastmasters International's coveted professional level, Accredited Speaker designation. Watch his induction into Toastmasters International Hall of Fame for his "professionalism and outstanding achievements in public speaking," at their 1998 International convention. Bob just returned from a 6 day speaking tour in Iran.

Jeffrey Hosick

902-678-0538

Jeffrey H. Hosick, PHD
Psychotherapist, Coach, Author, Professional Speaker

Creative Management Solutions

Jeffrey Hosick, a psychotherapist, Life and Business Coach, has a PhD in Counselling and has had over 20 years of working with groups and group dynamics. Jeff trained as a marriage counsellor and has handled the most intense relatioships at their peak moments. He has developed workshops, keynotes, articles, and other resource material, hightlighing the importance of communication to recover and prevent problems, and to design deeper dynamics in all relationships, whether its at the office or at home.

Keynote Topics: Personal and professional development & Communication , Crisis Intervention, Trauma Recovery.

Jeff has also produced a series of Audio Books That do more than talk at you - they make changes: Insomnia; Anxiety; Grief;and Critical Incident Stress

Kaye Parker

902-463-8900

Kaye Parker, B.Ed, APR, CHRP, RPR

Facilitator, trainer, author and speaker with an interest in optimism and human dynamics.

Kaye Parker, APR, CHRP, CTM, facilitator, trainer, and author, president of PBBA Atlantic. Kaye has a background as a teacher, (Teachers College, Education, UNB, a certificate in Adult Education from St. Francis Xavier University), and a breadth of experience developing and designing adult learning materials. Kaye delivers workshops for Saint Marys University Professional Development Program, University of Cape Breton, and the Province of Nova Scotia, as well as designs and facilitates PBBA Atlantic public workshops in supervision, communication, train the trainer and facilitation. Kaye is qualified to administer and interpret the MBTI, and has been trained as a Personal Efficiency Coach.

Kaye has received recognition from the museum community in New Brunswick, the tourism industry in both New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, Fundy Cable, and most recently has been twice a finalist in the Woman of Excellence awards with the Progress Club.

Leslie Southwick-Trask

902-420-9630

Leslie Southwick-Trask, BA

Lesley Southwick-Trask is the architect and implementer of thousands of change interventions in 400+ large-scale organizations whose mandates require market responsive and publicly responsible sustainable strategic and operational outcomes. Lesley is the master developer, strategist, and facilitator of the state-of-the-art transformation processes and tools that concurrently build the capacity for break throughs and ongoing transformational capability at four levels - individual, team, organizational and the marketplace / societal level.

Ms. Southwick-Trask is a cultural anthropologist who has blended the social and physical sciences in her work associated with human change. She masterfully weaves modern western business acumen with ancient transformational wisdom. CEO’s and their leadership teams engage Lesley when either their present or their future appears difficult (daunting) and complex - whether this is due to the requirement for double-digit growth or a strategic turnaround in mandate, profitability or productivity. As a CEO herself – Lesley has personally experienced the realities of the market place and public arena in which she consults. Her advice represents a magical blend of the practical & proven, in conjunction with the unleashed potential that arises from the genius of human creativity.

Lesley’s work and the client successes she has masterfully navigated are highly recognized. More recently (November 2003) Lesley was recognized as one of the Top 100 Most Powerful Women in Canada (by the Women’s Executive Network in association with the Richard Ivey School of Business). This award followed her recognition as one the Top 50 CEOs in Atlantic Canada for 2001 and one of the Top 100 Women Business Owners in Canada (2001) by Profit Magazine -The Magazine for Canadian Entrepreneurs and Chatelaine (2001).