Val Carter

403-281-8841

Val Carter, CHRP, CTDP

Val Carter helps people create lasting change for personal and professional success. She encourages everyone to turn the mirror on themselves. This is when the fun begins!

She’s walked the talk. From over 20 years of experience in the corporate, entrepreneurial, public, and not-for-profit sectors around the world, Val has gained a wealth of knowledge – plus some excellent stories. Val does her homework. This ensures that your audience connects with Val, laughs with her, learns with her - and thanks you!

Popular sessions:

• How to Win a Goat
• Beyond “Here’s My Card”
• The Time of Your Life
• Wasps in the Workplace
• “No” Is Not a Four-Letter Word

Bob 'Idea Man' Hooey

780-736-0009

Past CAPS National Director

Co-founder and Past President Caps Vancouver

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 Alberta Advantage in building a successful career, in selling more, or in leading a successful organization.

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 was born in Calgary and is frequently found visiting and working here.

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 did an 8 day speaking tour in Iran in November (08) and spoke in Mumbai, India in January 2009.

Desiree Bauer

403-356-1598

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Desiree Bauer, Certified HBDI™ practitioner

Potential. Everyone is full of it. Unlock yours. Literally change your world by understanding and appreciating the power of natural strengths. The Herrmann International system (HBDI™) is an intelligent way to harness the combined analytic, organizational, human and creative skills required to succeed today.

Using the Herrmann assessment system and tools, 2020 Mindsight delivers executive level professional development sessions, on-site corporate training, private one-to-one workshops and the HBDI™assessment. Download brochure.

Benefit from improved performance at every level, in every department:

• Strengthen teams and their ability to solve problems, create new processes and manage projects
• Boost individual and team performance in sales, customer service, marketing and research & development
• Create a positive workplace environment that recognizes, values and engages each team member’s natural strengths
• Transform strategic thinking, optimize leadership capacity and effect change management
• Achieve personal and professional excellence

Alberta-based “Whole Brain Thinking” expert, Desiree Bauer, has a history of drawing diverse teams together to reach common goals as evidenced by her nomination as “Economic Developer of the Year”. She is a certified HBDI™ practitioner, certified ChangeWorks™ practitioner and contributing author to Quantum Success (www.quantumsuccess.biz).

Robert Manolson

780-929-5949

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Robert Manolson, Powerful Play Experiences
Workplace Fun & Wellness Workshops

Planning your next team building session, staff retreat, conference or seminar?

Stuck with planning something that is fun and have no idea what to do or
who to bring in?

Powerful Play Experiences is in the business of raising fun levels at your next event. We use cooperative play as our innovative and creative, leading edge tool to engage co-workers, open lines of communication, manage stressors, and improve staff relations. Powerful Play Experiences achieves the goal of simply bringing people together in a most unique experience. Nothing else compares.

Your company is a great place to work, right?

Then show your staff how important they are. Invite fun and playfulness into the daily grind. Powerful Play Experiences are highly interactive, highly engaging, results-based workplace fun & wellness workshops. Create the WOW FACTOR to your company's next event that's so amazingly awesome, your staff leave 100%
re-charged, re-juvenated, and re-energized.

After all, isn't it really all about a smile on everyone's faces at the end
of the work day?

Denise Miller

780-905-7404

Denise Miller

Denise is dynamic and insightful as your keynote speaker, seminar facilitator, or entertainer. As a Master Storyteller and a Master Practitioner of Body-Mind Communication and Psychosomatic Therapy, she weaves life experience and story together to inspire and entertain your group. She is about communication - at all levels!

Denise Miller will remind you that life is about the journey, not the destination - to define success on your own terms! Live more deliberately, authentically, and purposefully.

Denise speaks at conferences, conventions, meetings and private functions, has been a teller at many storytelling festivals and has helped hundreds of schools and libraries celebrate life with story, song and drum.

Mel Mottram

cell: 780-983-5142

Mel Mottram, M.A.
Speaker, Trainer/Facilitator, and author

Mel’s motto is simple, “If you don’t have an attitude, he’ll give you one”. All of Mel’s sessions and materials have one primary focus --- Attitude. A person can have all the skills in the world, but how, or even if, they use those skills is attitude.

Mel Mottram has a Masters degree in psychology with a research background in how adults learn. With more than 25 years of adult education experience in a variety of fields including safety, petrochemical, utility, auto manufacturing and driving, Mel has become a leader in the fields of "Train-the-trainer" and "Attitude on the road and in the workplace".

Mel has received national recognition as the executive producer of 2 highly successful audio visual productions dealing with safe driving. The programs are both titled Road Kill and have been regularly viewed across Canada on videos and network television. Mel is an accomplished public speaker and is in constant demand as a conference speaker, trainer, and facilitator.

Mel Mottram has recently written a book and produced a DVD, both called I’m A Good Driver --- Right? Mel applies the same down-to-earth approach to writing and videos that he does in his speaking engagements and courses. His combination of personal experiences, laughter, research background and industrial experience offer a truly enlightening look at some of the key issues with driving attitude.

Mel is currently the owner of Attitude People Inc. Fun is always a key factor in his presentations and he enjoys involving the audience. He loves a variety of sports, particularly soccer (not surprising given his Brit background) and golf.

Michel Neray

416-534-4766

2008 President CAPS Toronto

Michel Neray, MBA, B.Sc.
Do your customers know your Essential Message®?

You've never heard a motivational speaker like this before!!! Michel Neray has over 25 years of experience as an award-winning copywriter, an Internet pioneer, a tradeshow pitchman and a senior sales and marketing executive.

He has worked with major corporations including Honda, Volvo, Upjohn, Alias-Wavefront, Nikon, The Royal Bank, The Quaker Oats Company, Marathon Brokerage, Guardian Mutual Funds, Mackenzie Financial and many others.

An online pioneer, Mr. Neray was one of the first marketing professionals to embrace the Internet by building websites as early as 1993. In 1994, Michel co-authored a book entitled “The Great Crossover: Personal Confidence in the Age of the Microchip”, which made it to Jack Canfield’s Achiever’s Recommended Reading List. Michel founded Portfolios.com in 1995, the world’s first online source directory for creative professionals.

Since creating The Essential Message® in 2003, Michel has helped thousands of independent professionals and entrepreneurs as well as growing corporations find a better way to differentiate, position and brand themselves.

In 2005, his chapter, "Everything Starts With A Conversation" was selected as the lead for the book, "Sales Gurus Speak Out" and re-published in 2008 for 'Awakening The Workplace Volume 3'. He is also a co-author of In the Company of Leaders (2008) with 40 top North American leadership experts and authors.

He has a science undergraduate degree from the University of Waterloo, a second-degree black belt in Karate and an MBA from McGill University. He's married with three children, two dogs and one motorcycle.

"Michel you were an awesome addition to our speaker line-up this year and a great facilitator for some of our sessions at the SOHO SME Business Conference & Expo! We received great feedback on your presentation and I want to thank you for bringing exceptional value to the event and to our attendees." Moe Somani President/CEO

Michel's presentations include: Ditch Your Pitch!
Everything Starts With A Conversation (including your next sale)
What Drives You Crazy Makes You Great!

Larry Ohlhauser

780-423-9952

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Voted Top 2007 TEC Speaker

Dr. Larry Ohlhauser- The Healthy CEO

Did you know that 62% of people over the age of 50 die from heart attacks, strokes, or colon cancer? Did you know most CEO’s are in the highest risk categories?

In the business world, there is a focus on speed, multi tasking and immediate deadlines, with little or no regard to what toll the work is having on your body. Too many times a poor state of health creeps up and suddenly you are in a desperate health situation.

In the area of health and wellness, no one is better respected than Medical expert Dr. Larry Ohlhauser. His book The Healthy CEO is groundbreaking in its active message to help people prevent serious health issues.

Dr. Ohlhauser is a certified professional speaker with presentations that are thoughtful, humourous, and poignant. His personalized accounts of his experiences in the medical field are riveting. His lectures can speak directly to CEO’s and entrepreneurs and will assist in discovering the full potential of their well-being.

Dr. Ohlhauser was named one of the top 100 physicians of the century by the College of Physicians and Surgeons and the Alberta Medial Association. He has also received the Alberta Centennial Medal in recognition of outstanding service to the people and province of Alberta, and the Dr. Louis Levasseur Distinguished Service Award from the Medical Council of Canada.

Dr. Ohlhauser has regular guest spots on CBC’s Wildrose Country, and on Breakfast Television Edmonton as a medical expert with the Edmontonians -Transformers Series - encouraging everyone to embrace physical, financial, and relational wellness.

Audrey Pihulyk

780-484-2197

Audrey Pihulyk
Live Life Stress Free!

As a professional speaker, author, and entertainer, “Nurse Audrey” believes that it is possible for us to live a more “distress free life.” In her presentations she shows you how by living in the moment and mobilizing your stress in creative ways you can achieve a life with more harmony and peace. With many years experience gained as a practical nurse and professional speaker, her customized programs – delivered in her own style of wit and humor, will inform, challenge and entertain your audience.

She holds a Certificate in Continuing Education from the University of Alberta, has designations from Toastmasters and is qualified in Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. Her training in both voice and piano allows her to inject variety and vocal variations into her presentations.

Nurse Audrey encourages her audiences to actively participate through listening, sharing and learning. They hear stories that inspire, that evoke laughter, and even those that bring an occasional tear. Audrey helps people from all walks of life shift their perspective to the positive, taking the struggle out of living.

Client’s comments:
“Our sincere thanks for your tremendous contribution to our Annual Professional Development Workshop…evaluations summaries showed your presentations were extremely well received and thoroughly enjoyed by all participants.”
COUNCIL OF LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSES ANNUAL WORKSHOP
ST. JOHN’S NEWFOUNDLAND

“Your presentation was informative, imparting many practical and useful strategies being delivered in an entertaining manner with humor and anecdotes to illustrate your message. Attendees spoke highly of your presentation style as well as the content of your presentation…the strategies and insights would be easy and effective to implement in their everyday work. ”
FACULTY, GRANT MACEWAN COLLEGE

Dave Rodwell

780-460-3028
dave@daverodwell.com

Dave Rodwell - SecuritySpeaking.com

Your audience will never forget Dave Rodwell. Using security strategies that are street-smart, practical and easily implemented in your daily life or corporation, Dave motivates his audiences to action, to prevent them being the victim of a crime.

In an entertaining manner, Dave imparts his gems of wisdom based on 28 years of investigating major crimes with the RCMP, and a 12 years year business career as an investigator and security consultant.

Using personal crime stories to illustrate his points, Dave will leave the audience with wisdom and the motivation, to take steps to reduce the chances of being a crime victim.

Find out why Dave Rodwell is your best choice if you are looking for a high impact, thought provoking speaker for corporate or association meetings, conventions, lectures, or special events.

Dave speaks on a wide variety of corporate and personal security topics.

Martin Sawdon

780-468-1097

Call now! 1-888-290-6929, Toll free in Canada and the U.S.A.

Martin 'Mr Sustainability' Sawdon
Creator of The Sustainable Workplace™ where everyone wins.

"At a time when many companies struggle to find and retain the talent needed in a hot economy and others have never recovered from downsizing, I want to see your organization emerge as a talent magnet," says executive coach and speaker Martin Sawdon.

"My job is to help you create the pinnacle of success, "The Sustainable Workplace™" with its trademark characteristics of increased talent retention, profitability, productivity and customer loyalty. This is also the workplace where everyone wins, the workplace which staff brag about."

"I do this via interactive workshops and keynote presentations combined with coaching programs to ensure long term retention of the benefits.

Martin's audiences talk about his passion, humour and powerful presence. He has worked in four countries, two continents and four professions. According to Martin, "the most important of all is the work I am doing right now, helping you to create a better workplace and put a huge smile on your C.F.O.'s face."

David Saxby

2008 CAPS Calgary President

Past CAPS National Director

403-244-7450

David Saxby
Spark Communications, Inc.

David Saxby will ignite innovative thinking and boost your sales and marketing results.

A speaker and trainer for over 20 years and a marketing communications consultant for 30, David is President of Spark Communications Inc.

Keynote presentations range from 45 minute to 90 minutes and can be customized for you audience. Seminars or Training programs can be delivered in a 90 min to one and two day presentations and can also be customized for you audience.

All presentations are interactive, motivating sessions and packed full of strategies, tactics and tips based on over 30 years of professional experience in the areas of; Creativity and Innovative Thinking, Sales and Marketing and Professional Presentation Skills.

David has served on the CAPS National Board and is serving his second term as President of the CAPS Calgary Chapter.

Nelson Scott

2008 CAPS Edmonton President

780-433-1443

Nelson Scott
Creating Staff & Customer Loyalty

During Nelson Scott’s presentations, your managers and supervisors will develop skills that will enable them to:
• obtain high-quality information about job candidates needed to make hiring decisions matching the right person to the right job.
• use no-cost/low-cost recognition to improve morale, increase productivity, and reduce turnover.
• create customer loyalty by delivering exceptional service and responding quickly and effectively to customer complaints.
• retain top performers without spending buckets of money (which wouldn’t work even if you could afford it).
• conduct meetings that achieve more in less time.
• use effective leadership and communication techniques to guide productive work teams.

Is Nelson Scott the right speaker/trainer for you?

You decide. Nelson is the right person for your association, public, or private sector organization 'if' you want a speaker/trainer who:
• customizes presentations to your needs
• listens to you first, before planning his presentation
• provides content-rich presentations, delivered with clarity and humour
• challenges participants’ thinking
• focuses on changing behaviours, rather than just creating “good feelings”
• invites feedback from participants and shares everything he hears with you
• supplies follow-up information to participants

Barb Semeniuk

780-431-1284

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Barb Semeniuk
Author, Speaker, Industry Safety Guru

Safety Guru, because the 20 years of Industrial Health and Safety advice that Barbara offers saves lives… and forces your company to take a look at what might get in the way of keeping your employees safe and happier on the job.

Speaker, because she reflects the dynamic professionalism of the Canadian Association of Professional Speakers (CAPS), Barbara Semeniuk facilitates inspiring Industrial Health and Safety programs. She conducted over 500 audits of companies both large and small in the Construction, Food Processing, Oilfield, Trucking, Retail, Security, and Manufacturing industries. She taught auditing skills at Red Deer College, for the Food Processor’s Association, the Manufacturers’ Health and Safety Association and the Alberta Construction Health and Safety Association (ACSA). Barbara also pioneered the creation of ACSA’s auditor training course and the peer auditing system.

Any company in the Construction, Food Processing, Oilfield, Trucking, Retail, Security and Manufacturing industry who were wise enough to hire Barbara see transformations in their offices, construction sites and experience greater satisfaction in the quality of health and safety in general.

As an Author, Barbara Semeniuk specializes in industrial and high-tech safety and loss management articles about how to improve the safety policies and safety management systems in your company. Two decades of invaluable Industry Safety education is at your fingertips. Be the one to take action in your company with one of the industry best in your quest for safety issue solutions.

To receive details on how you can prepare your company to pass audits and safety inspections, contact Barbara Semeniuk.

Lorn Stanners

780-432-1931

Lorn Stanners, Certified Management Accountant

“Keeping the Jingle in YOUR Jeans!”

As a speaker and seminar leader Lorn focuses on financial matters including: income tax; fraud and understanding financial statements.

He is a down to earth, approachable speaker with a $ence of humour.

As an accountant Lorn Stanners, CMA is a name many people know and trust with their accounting, tax and business consulting needs. He has been serving clients from coast to coast since 1983. Lorn lightens your mind and your accounting and tax load by explaining these complex areas in understandable terms.