Our Speakers:
Steve Feld
Specialties
- Coaching
- Leadership
- Negotiation
- Success
- Networking
- Entrepreneurship
- Management
- Marketing & Sales
- Time Management
- Business Customer Service
Steve Feld, MBA, is a Certified Business Coach, Author, Professional Speaker, and award-winning Business Management Executive. Over 300 businesses have sought out his services to work with them on gaining much-needed clarity, implementing solid strategic plans, and achieving positive growth results.
Steve is passionate about business growth, efficient operations, and long-term success. He has built, owned, and operated 6 lucrative businesses. He has consulted with other businesses providing change management and process improvement. He operated within 3 Fortune 500 companies, manning and boosting an entire division for them.
Today, businesses hire Biz Coach Steve to skyrocket their revenue and profits. With an array of resources from 1-on-1 and group coaching to mastermind facilitation and an E-Learning Academy and proprietary software, Steve has all the proven tools and resources businesses need to expand.
Biz Coach Steve provides workshops, training, and business performance coaching to business owners, professionals, and executives in any business stage. Has written 5 books to date.
- Your Message is Money! Want more Money?
Most business owners have no real strategy when marketing their business. Start getting a high return on your marketing/advertising investment. In this presentation, you will learn 3 crucial steps to market your business more effectively. These proven strategies can be used to generate immediate cash flow while tripling the number of your leads, conducting more transactions, improving your conversion ratio, and more than doubling your profits. Target your market with a message that resonates with them. Be the expert in your industry and not be part of the pack.
- Perform at Your Best
Why are some people more successful than others? Why haven’t you achieved the success you want in your life? These questions have been asked by intelligent men and women for over 2,500 years. What if you knew the keys to success? What if you had those success keys and implemented them in your life? How would your life change?
This life-altering workshop will teach you how to achieve the success you want in your life. Learn the proven keys successful people do every day and how to implement the keys into your life today. Steve has worked with numerous individuals to transform their lives to achieve the success they wanted.
- Many other presentations depending on the request
Travis Hardin
Specialties
- Leadership
- Team Building
- Inspirational Keynote
- Athletics
- Marriage / Family
- Financial Literacy
- Facilitator / Master of Ceremonies
Travis is a professional speaker, trainer and author. With more than 20 years of effective communication and collaboration strategies experience Travis does not allow an environment of mediocrity to infiltrate his territory. He offers workshops, seminars, keynote speaking, and coaching, aiding your personal and professional growth through study and practical application of proven leadership methods.
Working together, we will move you, your team or your organization in the desired direction for continued growth. It gives me the greatest level of humility to inspire people and demonstrate in practice that all of us can grow and increase our positive influence on this generation and those around us beyond our wildest expectations. With the performance history, resources and expertise of the John Maxwell Team, I would love the opportunity to collaborate with you and your team to recognize your dreams and maximize your potential. I challenge you to a new season of growth.
- The Influential Side of Your Purpose
Length of Time: 30 – 90 minutes
Have you ever asked yourself “Am I leading to the best of my ability?” Together we will look into the need for structure, but not allowing your structure to get in the way of personal growth. We will unfold leadership as a process that depends on influence rather than rank or title. The growth outcomes include:
1) Developing skills and abilities to effectively lead change and motivating others
2) Exhibit the ability to work in harmony with those different from themselves
3) Understanding group dynamics and effective teamwork
- Identifying Your Leadership Potential
Length of Time: 30 – 90 minutes
You will discover the fun in conquering the mountains of challenge in your life and not taking the status quo as an acceptable standard anymore. You will walk away from this session with growth in the ability to:
1) Develop a strong sense of purpose and direction as a leader
2) No longer be content with settling among comfortable
3) Establish a growth in areas you thought were unattainable.
- Identifying Leadership Visual Impairment: Uncovering the Passage to Inspiring your TEAM
Length of Time: 30 – 90 minutes
You and your team will be challenged to identify which leadership trends may be affecting your organization. Learn how your leaders can drive team member engagement, retention and satisfaction. Uncover common leadership deficiencies that may be undermining your team culture and start to identify your organization’s leadership performance gaps.
Karen Hewitt
Specialties
- Coaching
- Leadership
- Entrepreneurship
- Internet
- Motivating/Inspirational
- Drowning Prevention
- Domestic Violence Awareness
Karen is a certified Life and NLP coach as well as a successful, multifaceted entrepreneur. She shares her story and her gifts in an empathic and authentic way to help others. Discovering real-life gifts where introverts have the most power, Karen teaches her clients how powerful, creative, and successful you can be as an introvert, a woman and a busy mom juggling it all! Karen’s story takes her from almost losing her life to a man she thought was there to help her gain strength, leaving her with agoraphobia, PTSD, and anxiety where she became completely locked in her introverted world to becoming a true powerhouse in helping others stand true in their own gifts and strengths. As an empathic and compassionate speaker, she connects with introverted individuals that know that there is something more to what they are doing, but don’t know how they can impact or express themselves because of feeling shy, introverted or even unworthy.
- Hidden Gifts
In a world that feels like people who are the loudest and craziest receives all the rewards. I help those that are introverted and empathetic to discover their personal power by uncovering gifts that are introvert driven and will propel you to success in the workplace, self and home.
- Replace Fear with another Four-Letter Word
Not for the faint of heart, let’s talk about creating situations which have been fear lead to an attitude of success and passion. Three guesses on the four-letter word we will leave being able to yell from the rooftops
- Social Media is meant to be Social
Forget posting algorithms, set systems for posting, let’s talk about educating your raving fans and creating a customer base that will not only follow you, but share and embrace your content.
Sara Mayer
Specialties
- Leadership
- Team Building
- Entrepreneurship
- Strategic Planning
- Motivation
- Inspiration
Sara Mayer, owner, and creator of Sara Mayer Consulting is your go-to expert on organizing your hectic days, weeks, and months into manageable, and functional chunks of work. Through her work as a champion for multiple philanthropies in Arizona and her commitment to building the capacity of the community, Sara has personally mastered maximizing every minute of every day to ensure she meets the expectations set before her. Upon her mastery, she began consulting and speaking locally and nationally with others in similar positions. Sara’s clients gain tools to help them close their laptops at the end of each day knowing they accomplished everything on their task list. Sara is a Distinguished Toastmaster and the Palo Verde Division Director. She has received numerous awards, including the prestigious Sandra Day O’Connor Community Service Award and The Leukemia Society Woman of the Year. She is a founding member of the Joyride Society, served on the Association of Junior Leagues International Governance Committee, and most importantly, a licensed foster parent to two teen daughters and a strong advocate for foster youth.
- Set and Crush your Bold Goals
Goal achievement is a skill. One that many people struggle with. It’s easy to set goals. It’s more difficult to achieve those goals without a plan and action.
Randy Casarez
Specialties
- Coaching
- Leadership
- Relationship
- Self-esteem
- Common Sense
Giving speeches on common sense, I believe the most important thing is to connect with the audience. The message that everyone will need to hear common sense. There is no better feeling when you have given a speech and someone from the audience said, “Your speech made me think about my life.” I believe common sense will get you far in life. Common sense will help you grow.
- Mental Illness
Mental illness is one of the biggest problems that we are facing. We are seeing increase in bipolar disorder. However, the key to succeed is dealing with mental illness. How do you deal with bipolar disorder? Working in behavioral health taught me how to live with mental illness. I want to give speeches about how to deal with mental illness. This is topic that everyone needs to talk about
- Communication and Leadership
Communication and Leadership is the key to success. There is right way to lead and there is the wrong way to lead. There is no better to lead by example. Being in Toastmaster, I have learned the importance of leading by example. Right now, in our society, we need leaders. Toastmaster has given me the knowledge to communicate as leader and be able to take on big projects.
Silvia Davis
Specialties
- Empowerment
- Religion
- Self-esteem
- Diversity
- Motivation/Inspiration
Silvia is an award-winning author and podcast host. She excels in helping others realize their value and obtain the courage needed to reach their goals with the help of God. In addition to publishing her first book in 2021, Silvia has also helped women across the United States to reach their health and fitness goals by doing what she does best, reminding them that they are worth taking care of.
Silvia is a devoted Christian, a wife, and mother of two adult children.
Serban Mare
Specialties
- Personal Development
- Clarity in Passion, Purpose and Fulfilment
- Mindset Hacking
- High-Performance Habits
- Coaching
- Workshops
- Motivational/Inspirational
Serban is a Project Engineer, husband, health enthusiast, and most importantly a Professional Speaker and Personal Development Coach. In 2005, he came to the United States with $200 to call his own. He has worked his way through adversity to create a better life for himself and his family. Despite achieving the “American Dream”, Serban realized he craved deeper meaning and fulfillment. After undergoing a personal transformation journey, he has accumulated an abundance of knowledge in personal development. Today he helps others transform their lives by guiding them through the same transformation he’s going through so they too can live a more fulfilled life. It is with honesty, passion, and an authentic spirit that Serban lives and teaches ancient truths in today’s modern world.
- Gaining Clarity in life for a better future:
Driving with a pair of dark sunglasses can blurry our vision and impair us to see what lies ahead. Most people go through life wearing dark glasses, not knowing which direction they want to go towards. They feel lost, anxious, and scared. When we remove those glasses – that fear and insecurity of the unknown – we can have the clarity that we need from our life. We do so by knowing ourselves and what we want. We do this by allowing ourselves to dream big and creating a clear vision for our future. Between where you are today and where you want to be there is a gap. And having clarity on how to bridge that gap will allow you to live a better, more fulfilled life.
- What does it take to become Fulfilled?
Fulfillment goes beyond being happy. We can be happy riding roller-coaster at Disneyland. Whereas being fulfilled means “sweating away”, staying up at night working on our passion feeling amazing by being in the zone – FLOW. There are only so many roller-coaster rides we can do until the thrill goes away, but spending time on something meaningful in your life, which gives you purpose, and fulfillment will last a lifetime. Fulfillment is the ultimate goal in our life and each one of us can learn and grow to reach it.
- Mind Hacking:
Have you ever got angry at something (or someone)? And then you got angry that you go angry? Understanding the way our mind and brain operate is a must to understand ourselves. Becoming more self-aware will help us control our emotions and our behaviors. When we’re able to tap into that gap between stimulus and response we will find the power to act instead of reacting. To stay calm instead of responding angrily, or panicking, or being scared. In that gap, there is the superpower of choice. We have the power to choose to become more peaceful and joyful in our life. We do so by hacking our minds to work for us not against us.
Lisa Raymond
Specialties
- Social Media
- Advertising
- Public Relations
- Marketing
- Networking
Lisa Raymond is a graphic artist, web designer, and social media and inbound marketing strategist working with small- and medium-sized businesses. Lisa believes strategic communication doesn’t have to be boring or combative, but it DOES have to create a clear message with actionable content and a specific call-to-action that tells viewers or listeners what the next steps are. Lisa’s philosophy: “If you want ROI, you need ROE!”
Her past and current clientele include Cardinal Proofreading and Editing, MyCarolAnne Jewelry, Friedman Realty Associates, Mueller Publishing, and Phoenix Hosting & VoIP. She is a marketing mentor for Sande Gene, owner of Jewelry by Sande Gene.
Lisa’s past social media presentations include The 101 Referral Network, The Hive in Phoenix, ThinkSpot in Mesa, Paradise Valley Mall, SCORE, and clients of Business Mentor Team. Her expertise includes strategic social media communication and promotion strategies on various platforms, and blogging strategies.
How Businesses Should Market On Social Media
Length: 45 mins.
Description: Any marketing your business does, it should do CONSISTENTLY, not necessarily frequently. Learn to create actionable, snackable post and article/video content and analyze the results. The focus will be on what is being marketed and on what social media channel, posting frequency, identified target audience(s), and specific calls-to-action.
Editorial Calendars and Print Marketing
Length: 45 mins.
Description: There’s still a lot of print marketing being used, but how do you know what campaigns are being used? How is each campaign working for your business? How do you connect the online and offline strategies to get them on the same page? How do you tracking results? Learn how to leverage an editorial calendar and connect your online and offline marketing strategies to communicate strategically and effectively.
Presentation Title: Public Relations For Clubs
Length: 60 mins.
Description: Many Toastmasters clubs find it challenging to get the word out to reach potential guests and new members. Join Lisa Raymond as she takes you on a journey to grow your club membership by involving the local press, sending out a story pitch, and building an active social media presence that cultivates both relationships and engagement.
Antonio F. Valles
Specialties
- Speaking and Story Telling Coach/Trainer
- Inspirational Speaker: Trust, Endurance, Empowerment
- Speech Writer
- Master of Ceremonies / Facilitator
Antonio is a World Class Certified Speaking Coach and Inspirational Speaker.
As a coach and trainer, Antonio helps speakers develop their speaking and storytelling skills; as a speaker, he entertains and inspires his audiences to take action. Some of his themes include Trust, Endurance, and Empowerment
He is a retired Electrical Engineer, born in Mexico and moved to the U.S. in 1979 with his wife and three children. He is a U.S. citizen and speaks fluent English and Spanish.
As part of his job, he traveled to Europe, Mexico, and Southeast Asia to train Sales Engineers and give technical presentations.
Antonio joined Toastmasters in 1995, and throughout his journey, he has held several officer roles at the club and district level.
He achieved the Distinguished Toastmaster award, the highest award given by Toastmasters International.
Antonio is also a member of the National Speakers Association.
Connecting effectively with Your Audience
Length: 45 to 90-minute presentation.
It includes the principal tools needed to craft and deliver a powerful speech:
- Structure: The speech organization is the starting point of speech crafting. It deals with the sequence of the major elements of the speech, such as the message, opening, body (points), and conclusion
- Content: The points that convey the theme or message of the speech. A tool called the PARTS formula facilitates crafting and delivery. Included in this section are storytelling and humor; these two elements are vital to connecting with the audience
- Delivery: A well-delivered speech requires the use of verbal and non-verbal(body) language. The presentation on delivery includes specific tools to control stage freight, vocal variety, tips to use body language, use of the stage, and use of virtual environment
The Power of Storytelling
Two-part 60 to 90 minutes sessions
A well crafted and delivered story allows the speakers to connect with their audiences effectively
Below are some of the elements included in this presentation:
- Storytelling Model: the 9 elements of storytelling
- Why conflict is the hook and dialogue is the life of the story
- Skeletal Storytelling model
- Breakout sessions to develop attendees own story
- Coaching delivery of selected participants stories
- Story sources
Inspirational Speeches
Antonio will inspire the audience to take action. He will customize a speech with a message appropriate to the occasion
Please visit https://www.antoniospeaks.com. Watch some of Antonio’s inspirational speeches. Hear stories of perseverance and courage.
“Antonio Valles delivered a very informative and useful webinar on public speaking to our ERG group. Antonio’s presentation was packed with many useful tidbits particularly for those who are starting out as public speakers. Antonio is a diligent and dedicated trainer who is very sincere and truly crafts and delivers a custom experience for the audience. He communicated well and ensured that the objective of the talk were clearly understood and delivered to. There were many solid take aways that the audience liked very much as they suggested to host a follow up talk by Antonio. Thank you, Antonio!” – Ravi S., Oracle Professional Asian Leadership, Phoenix Chapter
Angel Larena
Specialties
- Transgender issues
- Diversity and Inclusion
- Humanity
Angel Larena currently has a Bachelor of Science in Computer Information Systems. She is currently pursuing her master’s in project management. She is a transgender woman located in Phoenix. In her free time, she likes to improve herself, listen to music, travel, and eating.
Lauren Riley
Specialties
- Communication
- Magic
- Creativity
- Motivation/Inspiration
My expertise is developing confidence by helping people tap into their inner being. I teach people what the world “Value” truly means. Value comes from inside. When you understand your own value. It pales in comparison to feat. The projection of negative future consequences does not matter. I have learned my own inner value through though times including a stint with homelessness. I lived thirty years of my life being co-dependent on someone else only to realize I had the power to change everything the entire time.
- Finding your inner value
I talk about a person’s inner value. People choose an action out of desire or out of fear. I inspire others to realize that value is not external by any means. When someone says X think is worth Y amount of dollars, what he or she means is that people will feel something is worth that amount of money. When you value yourself highly, then the images of potential negative consequences do not really matter anymore. Doing what a person loves while enjoying the moment to moment helps an individual strengthen the believe in his or her inner value.
- Authenticity gives you everything you want
I talk about being visible and how showing up is 75% of the battle. You can be the best at what you do, but if no one knows about who you are then it does not really matter. You are always responsible for creating opportunities to come your way. No one is obligated to give you anything. It is your job to ask for what you want. The more you show up as your authentic self, the more people will get o know you and associate you with your craft. Not everything you do will yield instant results, but it will have an impact in the grand scheme of your life.