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Saturday – 9:10am to 10:10am

Leadership (Cumberland Room):

Influencing People

Do you find influencing people a challenge?

Want to know how to trigger others in order to win their buy-in?

• Boost your presence with the best knowledge developed for sales and corporate executives.
• Discover a simple process to influence.
• Learn the 5 key characteristics that guarantee you will ‘CLICK’ with others.

Attend this workshop to unleash your powers of influence and achieve your BEST with a new confidence.

For 22 years, Roman Smolak employed influence as a technology sales representative for NCR, 3COM, Hummingbird and OpenText.  He holds a Masters degree in Interdisciplinary Studies and a Masters Certificate in Adult Training and Development.

Roman teaches “Influence and Persuasion” for the Toronto District School Board’s adult continuing education program.

Diamond sponsor: Greyguard Health Solutions Inc.      Gold sponsor: Marli Mechanical Ltd.

 

 Communication (Albany Room):

Storytelling in the Business World

Interested in storytelling lessons that will help boost your career, increase your productivity and widen your opportunities?

Now more than ever, employees need the ability to influence team members, senior management and other stakeholders.

In this engaging and interactive session, discover when and how to develop stories for the business world.

You will walk away knowing how to:

• Define storytelling, and describe how it can increase organizational productivity and unlock professional opportunities;
• Determine simple, but effective business narratives that engage different stakeholders, and;
• Develop compelling stories for the business world more easily with a customized blueprint.

Ron Tsang, a former Bay Street stock analyst, has evaluated thousands of CEO and CFO presentations.  Ron is a professor of business communication at Centennial College’s School of Business. He also teaches at the University of Toronto’s Rotman Executive Programs. As a professional speaker, some of Ron’s clients include Honda North America, RBC, TD, CIBC, and SickKids Foundation.

Ron is the Amazon-bestselling author of From Presentation to Standing Ovation.

Gold sponsor: Mon Sheong Foundation                   Silver sponsor: Shinhan Bank

 

 Personal Development (Howland Room):

Get Motivated:  Living Life to the Fullest

In this interactive workshop, you will explore what it takes to live the life you want and be inspired to bring your best self forward.  Through storytelling, reframing and practical tools, this workshop will enable you:

• To define the current state of your personal and professional life and identify areas that you want to focus on;
• To identify what’s holding you back and how to get motivated when you are “stuck”.

You will leave the workshop with a plan on steps to take to bring you closer to the life you desire.

Munira Premji is an HR Practitioner with expertise in the areas of Organizational Effectiveness, Training & Development, Leadership Development, Talent Planning and Coaching.

She is also a Cancer Warrior and has battled 3 cancers.  Check out her blog: i-will-survive.org which has over 200,000 hits.

Diamond sponsor: HSBC Bank Canada                               Gold sponsor: Satellite Solutions Inc.

 

Saturday – 10:25am to 11:25am

Leadership (Cumberland Room):

Boosting your Career through Creativity

Today’s reality:  If we aren’t uncovering new ideas and new modes of thinking, we will not be marketable in the next 2 – 5 years. This applies to us individually and to our organizations.

Innovative thinking is the ability to approach problems and situations in different manners – to uncover and develop solutions that differ from the status quo. Valuable, yes, but challenging to remember, practice and implement.

Learn:

• Different ways to foster innovation within yourself;
• Tips to encourage innovation in others, and;
• Best practices to create an organizational culture to foster innovation.

This interactive, hands-on workshop will provide you with practical tips and suggestions. Come prepared to participate, solve problems and think differently.

Michelle Warren is an Innovation and Leadership Coach.  She works to empower leaders to establish dynamic vision intentions, and then identify realistic and inspirational goals.  Michelle motivates people to inspire their team members to be the best they can be.

Diamond sponsor: Diva Construction Ltd.                Silver sponsor: Cabana Excavation Ltd

 

 Communication (Albany Room):

Mastering Communication Skills to Resolve Conflict While Achieving Your Goals

In a world of instant messaging and immediate gratification, we have lost the art of effective communication in conversation.  In this workshop you will arm yourself with tools and techniques to improve your communication results.

• Learn how to manage and negotiate difficult conversations more effectively to create more successful results.
• Master words and phrases that empower and create results instead of inciting blame and assigning judgment.
• Discover how to discern the difference between direct and explicit speaking instead of indirect and implicit communication styles.

In this workshop you will learn how a successful framework for language can help you become a better communicator.  You will leave more conscious of how you naturally communicate (and what gets in your way), as well as recognize how others listen and speak.

Using the tools in this workshop you can learn how to build greater workplace respect and a stronger work dynamic in any environment.

A former HR professional, Gail Scott is now a Certified Coach and Professional Speaker specializing in TRUST and Emotional Intelligence.  Having presented over 1000 Corporate workshops, Gail has also created and facilitated over 25 unique self-improvement workshops to various audiences.  She is frequently featured as a guest expert on international Radio, Online Media and TV including BBC Worldwide and Rogers TV.

Diamond sponsor: Guelph Imaging              Gold sponsor: Professional Carpentry Ltd.           Silver sponsor: Compliments of Tim W. Kwan

 

 Personal Development (Howland Room):

Effective Networking Strategies For Success

In today’s competitive business environment, entrepreneurs and business professionals need to tap into the strength of their network for expertise, collaboration and strategic partnerships, and to mastermind alliances and sales opportunities.

Having such a network in place is a strong foundation for success which requires a purposeful strategy for building a powerful network.

In this interactive and enlightening workshop, you will discover how to choose and prepare for networking events; as well as how to maximize your effectiveness in attracting the right people.

Here’s what you can expect:

• A game plan for networking success;
• Preparedness to answer the two most important networking questions;
• How to grow your influence within your network and beyond.

Marlon Shaw is the founder of Speak And Grow Your Business™, Entrepreneur Public Speaking™ and a contributing author to the new book, Thought Leaders, Visionaries and Influencers.  As speaking coach and trainer, Marlon empowers entrepreneurs and business professionals to use speaking as a marketing strategy to grow their influence and their business.

Gold sponsor: Oxford Windows                                Silver sponsor: Tri-So Property Services Ltd.

 

Sunday – 11:30am to 12:30pm

Leadership (Albany Room):

The ARt of Negotiation

Have you ever completed an interaction feeling like you were in a prize fight, and lost?  Do difficult conversations with your boss, clients or team cause you stress?  Well, no more!  Whether you’re in sales, marketing, customer service or just want to get along better with your in-laws, negotiation skills are a great predictor of success.

Join us and discover a world where the only limitations on what’s possible are those of your imagination.  After this workshop you will know how to: set out with clear objectives; effectively advocate for yourself and others; easily determine what issues to compromise on and when to hold your ground; and leave a negotiation feeling comfortable you received the best outcome possible.

Learn how to:

• Identify/recognize your true goals and those of the other party;
• Empower yourself with the confidence to pursue our objectives;
• Acquire techniques that lead to win-win outcomes;
• Strengthen interpersonal relationships both personally and professionally, and;
• Negotiate your way to results you never dreamed possible.

Resiliency expert, Rose Adams has over 20 years’ experience as a litigation lawyer.  She teaches active listening skills, how and when to use direct/indirect questioning, the power of paraphrasing and when rapport just might be your best strategy for success. Do you want to leave negotiations confident both parties’ goals have been met?  Then Rose is the trainer for you.  In addition to advocacy training.  Rose has a tool belt full of mediation and collaborative strategies for win/win outcomes.

In addition to training people in negotiation, Rose Adams teaches business owners across North America how to move beyond limitations, bounce back from challenges and adapt to change.  Although an award winning business woman and entrepreneur, Rose says her most meaningful negotiations have been navigating the role of step-mother and becoming best friends with her husband’s ex-wife!

Diamond sponsor: Ozz Electric Inc.                          Gold sponsor: Pelican Woodcliff Inc.

 

 Communication (Cumberland Room):

Become A Powerhouse Listener

This interactive workshop delivers a 5 Step Process, based on Ray’s 20+ years of experience in Performance Improvement Coaching, to dramatically improve listening skills at work, at home … heck … everywhere!

Benefits will be:

• Increased trust;
• Stronger relationships, and;
• Improved personal & professional reputations.

Come, learn [or re-learn] listening techniques and have some fun! while doing it.

Ray Pons has been a full time Professional Speaker since 2001.  He now dedicates his time as a Performance Improvement Coach on issues of personal leadership, business growth & strategic planning and communication training.

Gold sponsor: Premform Limited                             Gold sponsor: Mjolnir Security

 

 Personal Development (Howland Room):

Emotional Intelligence: Does It (Really) Matter?

This presentation is anchored in EI theory which proposes four fundamental emotion-related abilities/skills that include the understanding of emotion and perception, the expression of emotions and the regulation of emotions.

The participants will gain knowledge of harnessing the power of EI in decision making, interpersonal relationships, work performance, health management and overall quality of life.

In this interactive presentation, you will:

• Learn about the four clusters of the Emotional Intelligence (EI) Framework;
• Understand how you can apply EI skills to your personal and professional life;
• Identify tools and strategies to increase your EI skills, and;
• Learn to use the W.I.N. and I.C.E. success formulae.

Cynthia Bondoc holds a Master of Education degree in Adult Education and is a Certified Life Coach and Conversational Intelligence (C-IQ) Practitioner.

Diamond sponsor: Premier Event Support              Gold sponsor: Compliments of Wilson Tran