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  Your Communication Is Your Culture — Here’s How Leaders Get It Wrong (and Right)

  Khewna Dawar, Leadership and Human Behavior Expert, The Growth Lab Show

  TOPIC CATEGORY: Business

  In today’s workplace, culture is no longer defined by posters on the wall or leadership statements — it is shaped, moment by moment, through communication. Every email, meeting, message, and micro-interaction creates a psychological climate that either builds trust and clarity or fuels confusion and disengagement. In this session, Khewna Dawar unpacks the behavioral science behind how leaders unintentionally communicate the wrong signals, even with the right intentions, and how small shifts in language, presence, and awareness can transform a team’s performance. MORE >

  Grounded in organizational psychology and real-world leadership experiences, this presentation reveals the hidden patterns that undermine culture: misaligned expectations, inconsistent messaging, psychological unsafety, and the gap between what leaders say and what teams actually hear. Khewna offers a practical, actionable framework that helps leaders redesign their communication to drive connection, accountability, and high trust.

  Leaders will walk away with tools they can apply immediately — including techniques to navigate difficult conversations, create clarity under pressure, and communicate with presence and emotional intelligence. This session is ideal for organizations looking to elevate leadership effectiveness, strengthen team cohesion, and build a culture where people can grow, perform, and thrive.

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  How to Standardize and Scale Your Membership Sales Across Multiple Locations

  Don Walker, MBA, CEO, GymRamp

  TOPIC CATEGORY: Business

  In this high-impact presentation, Don Walker explains the essential strategies for creating a unified, scalable, and consistent membership sales system across every location in a fitness organization. Drawing from decades of experience building sales processes for national fitness brands — and now through his work with GymRamp’s adaptive training and diagnostic platform — Don demonstrates why the biggest performance gap in most organizations is inconsistency. MORE >

  This talk teaches owners, directors, and franchisors how to implement a standardized sales process that every facility follows step-by-step, regardless of location, staffing differences, or market variables. Don breaks down the critical components of a unified sales system, including structured greetings, guided tours, prescriptive selling, price presentation, closing strategies, and long-term follow-up methods. He shows how standardizing these elements eliminates confusion, raises conversion rates, strengthens brand identity, and ensures predictable results across all clubs.

  Attendees also learn how to use technology, AI, and performance tracking to continuously monitor execution, hold teams accountable, and correct inconsistent behavior before it affects numbers.

  By the end, leaders will understand exactly how to scale their sales model across multiple locations with precision — creating an organization where every prospect receives the same high-quality experience, and every staff member sells the membership the right way every time.

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  An Extraordinary Life: From a Jail Cell to Hollywood Producer

  Yvonne Chotzen, CEO, Chotzen Communications

  TOPIC CATEGORY: Entertainment

  Yvonne shares her captivating story from the stage, and reads the room: Want to hear a clip from her upcoming Memoir? Want mesmerizing vignettes from the world of true crime? or her story of accidentally hitchhiking into the Gaza Strip with her baby sister? MORE >

  Her movies have ranged from violent and searing (The Girl in Room 13) (Anne Heche's last, heart wrenching true trafficking story) to heart warming (I Am Somebody's Child: The Regina Louise Story) and the birth of each movie is an extraordinary drama in its own right. Yvonne will motivate, captivate and enthrall your audience large or small.

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  Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: When Equality Doesn’t Translate Equally for Everyone

  Dr. Indhushree Rajan, Clinical Psychologist, CEO, Relationship Coach, The Conscious Life Psychological Services

  TOPIC CATEGORY: Miscellaneous

  In today's local and global cultures, inequities among genders, races, cultures, and subcultures still prevail. The truth is that equality and opportunity simply don't translate in equal or fair ways for everyone. Dr. Rajan has been a socio-cultural activist and cross-cultural scholar, advocate, and professor for the better part of three decades. When Dr. Rajan speaks to DEI issues, she brings fire, inspiration, perspective, and solutions. MORE >

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  Communication is a Contact Sport

  James (Mac) McPartland, Executive Coach and Keynote Speaker

  TOPIC CATEGORY: Business

  Master the challenging art of communication! James dives deep into exactly what is required for effective connection, underlining the importance of intentional interaction between those involved. He shares how to enter into conversation with focus and a willingness to share the space. MORE >

  In this presentation, audience members will gain a fresh perspective on the meaning of full engagement and how to connect in a way that is authentic and purposeful, allowing for mutual understanding despite potentially differing points of view.

  Learn healthier approaches to communication that will strengthen both personal and professional relationships. Understand the value of listening, the power of silence, and walk away with inspiring new strategies for achieving greater communication success.

  LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES
  - Examine the power of words
  - Understand the difference between listening & hearing
  - Discover the importance of requesting feedback
  - Explore strategies for managing relational challenges in business & life
  - Gain tools for being more present in conversations
  - Learn to shape a culture of open communication & trust in organizations

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  Craft Your Signature Story and Magnetize Your Tribe, Draw More Clients and Lots More Money

  Yvonne Chotzen, CEO, Chotzen Communications

  TOPIC CATEGORY: Motivational

  For anyone who wants to captivate a room, your story is your currency. Using her own powerful life stories, Yvonne will share simple, easy to own techniques for you to discover your own story, develop it with commanding presentation skills, and deliver it with a WOW! This Presentation is fun, engaging and interactive. If you have ever dreamed of taking a stage, standing on the pulpit, being a knock out when you speak in any setting, this Talk- Workshop- will blast your audience to their dreams. MORE >

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  The Competitive Mindset: Building Discipline, Resilience, and Personal Momentum

  Brad Young, CEO, Operator, Transformation Expert, Young Performance Advisory

  TOPIC CATEGORY: Motivational

  Sustained success — in business or in life — rarely comes from talent alone. It is built through discipline, resilience, and the willingness to continue pushing forward when circumstances become difficult. In this presentation, Brad Young explores the mindset and habits that allow individuals to maintain momentum through adversity and uncertainty. Drawing from personal experiences in business leadership, physical discipline, and personal transformation, he shares how small daily decisions compound into long-term growth. MORE >

  The talk focuses on practical principles such as personal accountability, competitive spirit, health and wellness discipline, mental clarity, and the power of maintaining forward motion even when progress feels slow. The goal is to leave audiences motivated, grounded, and equipped with a renewed commitment to their own personal and professional growth.

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  Mars: Conquest and Colonization

  David Lehman, Project Manager, Retired from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory

  TOPIC CATEGORY: Educational

  This presentation traces humanity's journey to the Red Planet, starting with Mariner 4's pioneering flyby. The current phase of Mars exploration features advanced missions like Mars Odyssey, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MAVEN, Curiosity Rover, and Perseverance Rover, each contributing invaluable data about Mars' surface, atmosphere, and potential for life. Looking ahead, ambitious projects such as Mars Sample Return aim to bring Martian samples back to Earth for detailed study, while the ARTEMIS program envisions human missions to Mars, paving the way for future colonization. How will these endeavors shape our understanding and presence on Mars? Join us to explore this exciting frontier. MORE >

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  Turn Your Roadblocks Into Building Block

  James (Mac) McPartland, Executive Coach and Keynote Speaker

  TOPIC CATEGORY: Business

  In this session, we will explore how to shift our perspective on the challenges we face in both life and business. Often seen as obstacles, roadblocks can actually be powerful tools for growth. By reframing these challenges as opportunities for learning and development, HR executives can empower their teams to view setbacks as stepping stones towards success. We will discuss practical strategies for reallocating energy, turning roadblocks into teachable moments, and asking the right questions to unlock new possibilities. Learn how to cultivate a mindset that elevates both personal and professional performance, creating a culture where challenges fuel progress rather than hinder it. MORE >

  Three learning objectives:
  - Perspective Shift Framework: A structured approach to reframe roadblocks. This tool helps individuals identify when they are facing a challenge and guides them through a series of reflective questions to reframe the situation from an obstacle to a growth opportunity.
  - Energy Management Tools: Techniques for redirecting energy that would typically be spent on frustration or resistance towards constructive action.
  - Teamwork Empowerment Framework: HR executives can walk away with confidence to facilitate a culture of shared learning and growth within their teams when facing challenges.

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  Building Wealth on Purpose: Financial Success for the Real World

  Darrin Harvey, Financial Education Coach, Financial State of Minds

  TOPIC CATEGORY: Financial

  Drawing from his experience as a financial planner, business owner, educator, and founder of Financial State of Minds, Darrin Harvey provides practical strategies for achieving financial success and building a meaningful career or business. This presentation explores financial literacy, money management, entrepreneurship, wealth-building principles, and the mindset required for long-term success. Attendees gain actionable tools they can use to improve their finances, strengthen their decision-making, and create a stronger foundation for their future. MORE >

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