Friday Morning

Speech Title:

Wedding Productions without the drama . . . Yea right!

Description:

Whenever you put on a drama production, there will be drama. Since getting married can be a production, it would only make sense that some drama will follow. Jane will share how to hopefully skip some of the drama while planning a joy filled wedding celebration with a few laughs along the way.

Learning Objectives: N/A

Brief Bio:

Jane is a high energy, award-winning speaker, and author. She melds both humor and practical tools to educate and inspire. Her audience is diverse – from employees to educators, from U.S. Armed Forces to women inmates. Jane has an infectious enthusiasm for helping audiences build brilliance and sail through the stormy seas of stress! 

Speech Title:

What's Your "Why" Story?

Description:

What is the reason you do what you do? Why do you care about your business and the people you serve?  Deirdre Van Nest, speaker and corporate trainer, explains that everyone entrepreneur needs to know and be able to share their Why story.  According to Nest, "The purpose of this story is to build trust, connection and likeability in three minutes or less."  

Learning Objectives:

Examine why you do what you do as an entrepreneur and begin to form your why story to build trust, connection, and likeability.

Brief Bio:

Jane is a high energy, award-winning speaker, and author. She melds both humor and practical tools to educate and inspire. Her audience is diverse – from employees to educators, from U.S. Armed Forces to women inmates. Jane has an infectious enthusiasm for helping audiences build brilliance and sail through the stormy seas of stress! 

Speech Title: 

How to Change the World!

Description:

We all want to make a difference in the world, for the better!  Many times, however, we think our action has to be so big that we don't ever do it.  An excellent priest, Fr. Reiser, used to always say, "The road to hell is paved with good intentions."

Chris would like to share a few ways that our ripple in this lake can be very transformative in this world.

Brief Bio:

Christine A Ciccone is a wife, mother, and grandmother and lives in East Bethel, MN. She loves God, family, sewing, reading, baking, and being an Independent Distributor for Reliv International, a nutritional supplement company. She believes helping people is a journey of the heart. Public speaking is also now part of her journey.

Speech Title:

Just do it - the Power of Short-term Goals!

Description: 

Would you like to get more done in 12 weeks than others do in 12 months?  In this workshop, Diane Windingland will share a goal achievement approach that shortens the time horizon for goal achievement.  She will be presenting a slightly longer version of this workshop at a Toastmasters conference tomorrow. You will learn and apply concepts to achieve more than you thought possible.

Learning Objectives:

• The Basic Concepts

• Your Goal/Your Why?

• Diane’s 12-Week Year Goals

• Your 12-Week Year Goal

Brief Bio: 

Diane Windingland, owner of Virtual Speech Coach, was originally trained as an engineer, but since 2011, has been speaking, coaching, and writing on communication skills, and has published 11 books. Diane lives with her husband in Shoreview, MN and dedicates much of her spare time to Toastmasters International.