Finding Similarities

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How to Deal with Cancellations

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Start Before You Are Ready

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Ensuring Your Speaker is Spot On

?️ ? ????? ?? ?????? ???? ??????? ?? ???? ?? You’ve found the “perfect” speaker for your next event… and they just bombed onstage. If your speaker misses the mark, the outcome can be disastrous...

Life Happens! To You or For You?

???? ???? ???? ??? ?? ????????? ?? ???? ???? ? Life Happens! To You Or For You? Breakdowns in life happen all the time. Unwelcome news is something we all receive and often have no...

Open Talent Ecosystem

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5 Top Female Keynote Speakers 2022

5 Top Female Speakers in Business – 2022 If you are a leader looking for keynote speakers to inspire your team through a tough moment or you are looking for the best keynote speakers to help...

Dealing with Adversity

??????? ???? ????????? ? I visited with my neighbor this weekend and found out some really upsetting news. One of her daughters received a diagnosis of a terminal illness. This threw me off balance. I...

Talk About Race at Work

??? ?? ???? ????? ???? ?? ???? ? It's everywhere. Race relations and how to improve them. I was thinking about how difficult a subject it is to talk about. We have an incredibly diverse team...

Barbie’s Got Center Stage: A Reminder of the Fight for Equality

What Barbie Reminded Me About Equality ? Move over, Ken. Today, Barbie has got center stage. This weekend, I was in my home office catching up on some work when my focus was interrupted, and...

Prepare your Keynote Speaker

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Last-Minute Cancellations

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