Event Title: Futures Conference 2012

Event Description: First Work: The Ontario Association of Youth Employment Centres holds a conference each year for the youth employment preparation community from Ontario and across Canada. Our conference focuses on issues faced by professionals working with young people, particularly at-risk youth, in the employment field.

Managers, front-line staff, private funders and government representatives meet to share experiences, resources and ideas, and to collectively solve problems that we face in our demanding field. Personal, professional, organizational and sector-wide issues are the focus; practical, creative solutions to take back to your communities are the outcomes.

Present a workshop at the Annual Conference

Volunteers and professionals working in the field of youth and/or employment are encouraged to share their skills, perspectives and resources by presenting at our conference. Workshops will focus on one or more of the Conference’s Guiding Principles, listed below, and will target Board, volunteers, program managers and/or front-line staff.

Complete a Proposal Outline by submitting your workshop ideas online at http://www.firstwork.org/wp/2011/01/request-for-presenters.

Conference Guiding Principles We are seeking workshops that focus on addressing one or more of the Conference’s guiding Principles:

1. Non-Profit: The First Work Network is comprised primarily of non-profit organizations. Our conference will focus on sharing information and solutions by and for non-profit organizations.

2. Youth Work: The conference focuses on the people and organizations that work with youth, particularly at-risk youth. We recognize that youth work is incredibly challenging; workshops will reflect this reality by providing information useful to real-world youth practitioners.

3. Personal & Professional Renewal: Workshops will provide a relevant, refreshing and re-invigorating experience for participants.

4. Core Functions: First Work is a member association. Our Annual Conference will meet the needs of our membership and the sector by serving our core functions:

• Government Relations
• Knowledge Transfer (effective practices)
• Strategic Communications
• Professional Development

First Work supports and advocates for a sustainable youth employment network in Ontario. Over the past 20 years, First Work has emerged as the leading forum for the exchange of knowledge and practice related to youth employment. We have a strong member network of over 70 youth employment centres across Ontario.

For more information on the Futures Conference, please visit http://www.firstwork.org/futures.

Deadline for Proposals: April 13th, 2012

Event Date: October 17-19, 2012

Event Location: Blue Mountain Resort in Collingwood, Ontario

Website: http://www.firstwork.org/wp/2011/01/request-for-presenters/

Speaking Topics Required: Communicating Effectively, Coaching Staff, Positive Discipline, Motivating Staff, Emotional Intelligence, Building Collaborative Relationships, Time Management, Customer Service, Generational Differences in the Workplace, My Leadership Style Using the Myers Briggs Type Indicator, Dealing with Conflict, Facilitating Successful Meetings, Managing Change and Transition, Creativity & Innovation in the Workplace

Submission Deadline: April 13th, 2012

Contact Name: Michelle Haddad

Email: futures@firstwork.org

Event Title:  2013 NCTM Baltimore Regional Meeting & Exposition

Event Description:  The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Regional Meeting & Exposition audience includes educators ranging in level from pre-kindergarten through college, supervisors and administrators. Attendees will be provided with a wide variety of presentations, including Focus of the Year/ Learn↔Reflect Strand, sessions, and gallery workshops.  The program will include mathematics based topics ranging from algebra and applications to professional development and technology. This includes focuses on such things as Principles and Standards, Teacher Research, and timely national topics.

Event Date:  October 16-18, 2013

Event Location:  Baltimore, Maryland USA

Website: http://www.nctm.org/conferences/content.aspx?id=28020

Submission Deadline:  September 30, 2012 

Contact Name:  NCTM Regional Conferences staff

Contact Email:  egconf@nctm.org

Event Title:  2013 NCTM Louisville Regional Meeting & Exposition

Event Description:  The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Regional Meeting & Exposition audience includes educators ranging in level from pre-kindergarten through college, supervisors and administrators. Attendees will be provided with a wide variety of presentations, including Focus of the Year/ Learn↔Reflect Strand, sessions, and gallery workshops. The program will include mathematics based topics ranging from algebra and applications to professional development and technology. This includes focuses on such things as Principles and Standards, Teacher Research, and timely national topics.

Event Date:  November 6-8, 2013

Event Location:  Louisville, Kentucky USA

Website:  http://www.nctm.org/conferences/content.aspx?id=28020

Submission Deadline:  September 30, 2012

Contact Name:  NCTM Regional Conferences staff

Contact Email:  egconf@nctm.org

Event Title:  2013 NCTM Las Vegas Regional Meeting & Exposition

Event Description:  The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Regional Meeting & Exposition audience includes educators ranging in level from pre-kindergarten through college, supervisors and administrators. Attendees will be provided with a wide variety of presentations, including Focus of the Year/ Learn↔Reflect Strand, sessions, and gallery workshops. The program will include mathematics based topics ranging from algebra and applications to professional development and technology. This includes focuses on such things as Principles and Standards, Teacher Research, and timely national topics.

Event Date:  October 23-25, 2013

Event Location:  Las Vegas, Nevada USA

Website: http://www.nctm.org/conferences/content.aspx?id=28020

Submission Deadline:  September 30, 2012 

Contact Name:  NCTM Regional Conferences staff

Contact Email:  egconf@nctm.org

Event Title:  2013 NCTM Annual Meeting and Exposition

Event Description:  Thousands of educators make presentations every year at The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics conferences. Share your teaching ideas and practices by presenting a session at the 2013 upcoming annual meeting

Event Date:  April 17-20, 2013

Event Location:  Denver, Colorado USA

Website:  http://www.nctm.org/conferences/default.aspx?id=450

Submission Deadline:  May 1, 2012

Contact Name:  NCTM Annual Meeting Coordinator

Contact Email:  annl-program@nctm.org

• Don’t limit your scheduling to business activities
• Schedule the priorities earlier in the week
• Schedule the important tasks during your prime time
• Don’t over schedule – don’t schedule more than 75% of your day
• Use a paper-based or electronic calendar
• Make sure you synchronize your smart phone with your online calendar daily
• Place deadlines on all appointments and meetings
• Plan appointments back-to-back
• Schedule tasks to be completed ahead of the deadline date
• Allow more time than you think the job will take
• Batch like activities and routine work like:
  • Checking voicemail
  • Returning Phone Calls
  • Reading and responding to e-mail
  • Dealing with regular mail
  • Social media
• Group appointments in similar geographic areas
• Above all, Schedule time for you
• Plan for tomorrow – today!

Have your calendar accessible at all times!

Good luck!  Actually if you have followed some of these ideas you won’t need good luck - you will be very impressed with yourself at how much you get done.

Author – Janis Amzallag

Click here to view Randall Craig’s LUNCHINARS profile.

Naomi Tickle is a world renowned speaker and career consultant.  She has appeared on CNN, NBC, BBC and numerous radio shows world-wide. She has been featured in major newspapers and magazines in England and the United States.

Naomi helps people find a career that ignites their passion. They have found her insights to be extremely valuable, validating much of what they already know.  Naomi sees this approach to understanding human behaviour as another tool we can use to bring balance into our lives.  It often answers the question we ask ourselves “Who am I?  What is my life’s purpose?”

Naomi’s workshops have been presented at Norwich University, IBM, ATT, National Semiconductor and a variety of organizations with diverse interests. Naomi has authored several books including “You Can Read a Face Like a Book”, and “Closing the Sale”.  These books are used as tools for sales, communications, understanding children, relationships, customer service, team building, career guidance and personal development. Naomi’s latest book has just been released – “What Makes People Tick and Why. The Answers are in the Face”. This book explains how face reading works.

“You Can Read A Face Like A Book” discusses sixty eight different traits in detail; how to recognize the trait and what it indicates.  All of the traits included in the book have been well researched and are at least 92% and higher accuracy.  The book is a great tool for understanding people both at work and home.

“Closing the Sale” is an ideal book for sales or marketing professionals.  There are photographs and sketches that show the trait on one page.  On the page opposite there is a brief outline on what the trait indicates and how to approach your customer. The bullet point style makes the information easier to access and understand.

Who Am I Who Are You – Article by Naomi R. Tickle

We all read faces from the moment we meet someone, we get a sense about who that person is. Over the years we subconsciously record these patterns and when we see someone’s face it triggers off a connection or memory we have noticed in the past. Face Pattern Recognition, which is the relationship between the facial structure and personality, provides us with a tool that helps us to better understand people we meet. Our face is the GPS to our inner blue print.

Face Pattern Recognition (formerly known as Personology) has been well researched over the years. It is a more scientific approach that studies the relationship between the facial structure and personality. In other words the shape of the face is the template to our inner blue print, which indicates our innate strengths and challenges. Many of these features or abilities can be seen at the time of birth, such as writing, music, design, detail, perfectionist, controller, etc.  Read more . . .

Upcoming Speaking Engagements

Naomi will be appearing in a television series which will be aired world-wide by the Back2Back television company in the UK.

Click here to view Naomi Tickle’s LUNCHINARS profile.

Event Title: eLearning Development and Implementation: Best Practices

Event Description:

The eLearning Guild’s Online Forums offers focused content on a wide array of current topics, presented by professionally coached and engaging speakers. The Online Forum content and format ensures real learning, resulting in both professional development and improved job performance.

eLearning Development and Implementation: Best Practices How can you develop and deploy eLearning quickly, efficiently, and with positive results and buy-in? What does the research say about which eLearning development and implementation methods work best and which methods are unreliable or ineffective? This Online Forum will identify and explore current best practices for eLearning development and implementation, and discuss proven and practical tips, techniques, and tools for creating and delivering high-quality eLearning.  Check the Proposal Submission Instructions  for complete information, event structure, technical requirements, presenter eligibility etc.

Event Date: Sep 13-14, 2012

Event Location: Online

Website: http://www.elearningguild.com/online-forums/content/1562/schedule-at-a-glance/

Submission Deadline: April 16, 2012

Contact Name:  Chris Benz

Contact Email:  CBenz@eLearningGuild.com

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Randall M. Craig

President, Pinetree Advisors Inc.

Pinetree Advisors: Social Media consulting to knowledge-based organizations

http://www.ptadvisors.com/

Randall Craig’s speaker credentials
http://www.RandallCraig.com

A few of my Social Media Books
http://www.OnlinePRSocialMedia.com

My LinkedIn profile (and a few client testimonials):
http://www.LinkedIn.com/in/RandallCraig

Interviews with the nation’s top thought leaders: 
http://www.ProfessionallySpeakingTV.com

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Canadian Association of Professional Speakers, 2010 Toronto Chapter President

1. What are the competitors doing?

2. What evidence do you have that the competitors are actually successful?

3. Have they already taken advantage of a first mover advantage?

4. How have they organized the implementation – internal/external mix?

5. Who has organized the implementation – consulting firm, ad agency, third world workers, etc. – and why this way?

Click Here to continue reading.

Author  -  Randall Craig

Click here to view Randall Craig’s LUNCHINARS profile.

Author  -  Naomi Tickle

What Makes People Tick and Why – The Answers Are in the Face.

International Speaker, Career Consultant and author – International Speaker, Career Consultant and author of What Makes People Tick and Why – A great tool for sales, personal development, team building and communication.

Relationship compatibility and Career Assessments from photographs or in person.

Are you looking for a speaker for your event or company? Lectures and workshops are offered World-Wide.

www.thefacereader.com - (http://www.naomitickle.com/)

Click here to view Naomi Tickle’s LUNCHINARS profile.

 
Randall Craig has founded several successful start-ups (including Pinetree Advisors), has held a long-time position at a “big-four” consulting firm, and was an executive at an American public company.  Randall has been advising on Web Strategy since 1994 - he put the Toronto Star online, the Globe and Mail’s GlobeInvestor/Globefund, several financial institutions, and about 100+ other major organizations.

Randall lectures at the Schulich School of Business, has a column on Monster, and is the host of Professionally Speaking TV. Randall is the author of six books, including the Online PR and Social Media series, and Social Media for Business.  He has appeared on numerous TV and radio shows, and has been profiled in all national media.

Randall serves on the national board of the Canadian Association of Professional Speakers, and has earned a CFA, MBA, CMC, and a Black Belt in karate.


“Choosing a Social Media Speaker” – Article by Randall Craig

Quite unfortunately, there is no shortage of people who claim to be experts in Social Media.   How do you choose the best one for your conference, meeting, or webcast? The best way is to ask some questions – here are seven to get you started:

Seven questions for hiring a Social Media Speaker:

1) How much do you really know about Social Media? A tough question, but if the answer is ‘read all of my books and here are example consulting clients’, then the person is probably an expert. If the clients are just “speaking” clients, then they probably don’t have much depth. (Feel free to read all three of my books: one for professionals, one for associations/not-for-profits, and the latest for businesses. I’d be happy to list my social media consulting clients as well.)   Click here to view the rest of this article.

“Social Media For Event Planners” – Article by Randall Craig

Filling seats and delivering value without wasting your time.

Today’s conventional wisdom is that if you’re not Twittering, YouTubing, Facebooking, and LinkingIn your annual conference, you’ve missed the boat. While this is for the most part true, the excitement of using the new tools can get in the way of applying them productively. In this article, we review practical ways to use social media for your event—planning it, promoting it, delivering it and after it’s over.  Click here to request the rest of this article.

“Social Media For Business” – new book written by Randall Craig

Randall’s new book “Social Media for Business”  is filled with the latest information about Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube, and other key social-media sites.  This all-purpose guide provides specific strategies and tactics that focus on building business. In addition to marketing and PR, this resource addresses recruiting, risk management, cost, and other key business issues. Marketing, sales, public relations, and customer-service professionals within any business will learn how to save time and develop a weekly checklist of social-media priorities, connect social-media sites together, attract the right job candidates, and help improve customer satisfaction and brand loyalty. Keeping a close eye on return-on-investment, this clever resource promises to help market-savvy businesses outpace their competition.  Click here to purchase Randall’s book.

Click here to view Randall Craig’s LUNCHINARS profile.

Author  -  Rob Eagar  -  www.StartaWildFire.com

Event Title:  Graphic Design, UI Design, and Visualization for eLearning

Event Description:

The eLearning Guild’s Online Forums offers focused content on a wide array of current topics, presented by professionally coached and engaging speakers. The Online Forum content and format ensures real learning, resulting in both professional development and improved job performance.

Graphic Design, UI Design, and Visualization for eLearning: To be appealing and effective, most eLearning deliverables require more than just text and a few random graphics. eLearning requires good graphic design to be visually attractive and coherent, good user-interface design to ensure learners can access the content they need, and sometimes good visualization when explanations require more than words. This Online Forum will show you how to add these skills to your eLearning toolkit. Check the Proposal Submission Instructions for complete information, event structure, technical requirements, presenter eligibility etc.

Event Date:  Aug 23 - 24, 2012

Event Location:  Online

Website: http://www.elearningguild.com/online-forums/content/1586/online-forums-home-/

Submission Deadline:  March 26, 2012

Contact Name:  Chris Benz

Contact Email:  CBenz@eLearningGuild.com

Marlene George is a Holistic Healer, Keynote Inspirational Speaker, Author, Life and Wellness Coach and Business Coach.  Marlene offers treatments where she combines techniques of Reiki, Therapeutic Touch ™ and CranioSacral Therapy for a holistic (wholistic) approach to assist her clients achieve complete wellness.  She also offers courses teaching others how to learn Reiki and other healing techniques which she is qualified to teach.  Marlene’s wellness workshops, wellness teleclasses, private counseling sessions, private telephone counseling sessions and holistic healing treatments have helped many heal physical and emotional challenges.  Some examples are overcoming depression, overcoming stress, overcoming fear and anxiety, breaking addictions, releasing anger, recovering from sexual abuse, recovering from emotional abuse, and healing grief.  Many people have received guidance from Marlene about their health, financial problems, business success problems, and relationship problems.

For the past 21 years Marlene has operated a full-time holistic (wholistic) healing practice from her home in Brampton, Ontario, Canada (located near Toronto).  Marlene has also done wellness retreats acting as an inspirational speaker and personal coach to corporate and private groups in Canada, the USA and also exotic locations such as Mexico and Africa.  Marlene George has also authored books and CDs teaching her wellness principles based on the universal Law of Attraction. Marlene George has inspired many in radio and television interviews.

Marlene George’s clients come from all walks of life and consist of people from various ethnic and religious backgrounds.  Many of Marlene’s clients come from guiding youth groups, women’s groups, schools, colleges and various corporations.  Marlene acts as a personal coach to her clients encouraging them to learn to use the universal Law of Attraction to achieve complete wellness, happy relationships, financial security, business success and manifest their dreams and wants to live a complete and fulfilling life.  The universal Law of Attraction is the basis of all of Marlene’s teachings and healings whether it is a health challenge, relationship challenge or business challenge her client is dealing with.

Marlene’s clients are so thrilled with her workshops, philosophy and teachings that she received many requests for a book to summarize her ‘Nine Principle’s For Joyous Living’.  Marlene responded by writing her book ‘Your Life is Now! – Now is the time to live the life you want!’ and accompanying Visualization, relaxation and exercise CDs for complete guidance in wellness;  Her book and CD topics include healing physical health problems, increasing self-esteem and self-confidence, achieving business success, achieving financial security, creating happy relationships, and overcoming fear and anxiety.

Marlene’s ‘Celebrating Birth CD’ also allows parents to raise their children in a positive way using the Law of Attraction principle’s right from when the child is in the womb until early adulthood.

Marlene was awarded the ‘Entrepreneurial & Business Reward’ by ‘The South African Women for Women Organization’ in 1999 for her outstanding achievement of her home-based holistic wellness services.

Announcing “Wellness Within” by Marlene George

Look for Marlene George’s insightful analysis of personal and professional success contained within the pages of this ground breaking book.

Inspired by her collaboration with Dr. Deepak Chopra.

Based on decades of her personal experience and observations of her clients’ struggles on their road to a successful destination.

Included are steps, strategies, and practices to guarantee your success.

Insight Publishing requested Marlene George’s contribution for their newest publication, “Roadmap to Success”.  After reviewing her extensive client records, Marlene discovered a central theme throughout: in order to achieve a successful outcome, each client began with healing within.  Their journey continued until their success was achieved by drawing their internal wellness out to share with the world as it was exhibited in their every action, speech, and vision for the future.

Discover your secret to success, “Roadmap to Success” will be available soon.


Click here to view Marlene George’s LUNCHINARS profile.

Event Title: Managing Projects and SMEs for eLearning: Proven and Practical Solutions

Event Description:

The eLearning Guild’s Online Forums offers focused content on a wide array of current topics, presented by professionally coached and engaging speakers. The Online Forum content and format ensures real learning, resulting in both professional development and improved job performance.

Managing Projects and SMEs for eLearning: Proven and Practical Solutions: Whether you are an eLearning designer, developer, trainer, or manager, you probably need to deal with project-management issues and with subject-matter experts. Do you have the time and resources you need to lead or contribute to a successful project? How can you get your subject-matter experts (SMEs) to be partners in, rather than obstacles to, project success? Join this Online Forum to learn proven strategies and tactics for successfully managing eLearning projects and SMEs. Check the Proposal Submission Instructions  for complete information, event structure, technical requirements, presenter eligibility etc.

 Event Date: July 26-27, 2012

Event Location: Online

Website: http://www.elearningguild.com/online-forums/content/1586/online-forums-home-/

Submission Deadline: Feb 27, 2012

Contact Name: Heidi Fisk

Contact Email: hfisk@eLearningGuild.com

From poverty row to mahogany row, Cathrine Ann has come a long way from her humble beginnings to achieve the level of success many only read about.

Homeless, Unemployed and Broke, into Multi-Business Award-Winning Entrepreneur, Highly Acclaimed Inspirational Speaker, Author and Millionaire!

Cathrine Ann‘s personal story is truly rags to riches.  She went from being homeless, broke and unemployed, into a Canadian business leader, heading a multi-million dollar organization that provides contract work to thousands.  She has since won numerous entrepreneurial awards including the prestigious YWCA Women of Distinction award.  As a child and young adult, Cathrine endured countless debilitating circumstances that might have otherwise lead to a life of despair.  Instead, Cathrine overcame them all and prospered.

Cathrine understands that at sometimes in everyone’s life, their inner fire goes out.  And it sometimes takes an encounter with another human being to rekindle that fire.  Not by someone that brings other people’s stories of success, but by someone who is living proof that dreams really can become a reality. Cathrine‘s story has the ability to rekindle that fire in others so that it bursts into flames and results in willing action.

As Governor Linda Lingle of Hawaii said “Your story is truly amazing…the success of the 6th annual International Women’s Leadership Conference was due in large part to the addition of your unique story, personal passion and words of wisdom.”

Click here to read  Cathy Watters great article about Cathrine Ann in “Entrepreneurial Woman”

‘Beautiful Buttons: A Memoir of Survival & Triumph’

Cathrine Ann’s memoir ‘’Beautiful Buttons: A Memoir of Survival & Triumph’ has received rave reviews from Chatelaine Magazine as well as the Globe and Mail newspaper and is now available worldwide!

Chatelaine Magazine’s ‘Top Pick’ selection.  “Outrageous Autobiography!“….and “…Compelling like a train wreck!“

The Globe and Mail newspaper.  “….a book for Oprah lovers…” and “…Cathrine is an inspiration for women everywhere!“

Click here to read an excerpt from Cathrine Ann’s  insightful book.

Click here to view Cathrine Ann’s LUNCHINARS profile.

. No plan or direction

. Lack of priorities

. Inability to say “no”

. Taking on more than you can handle

. Failure to delegate

. Not writing things down

. Putting off something that should be done today

. Disorganization

. Jumping from one thing to the next

. Shifting Priorities

. Meetings without agendas

. Excessive Socializing

. Inability to make a decision

. Being kept waiting

. Not getting to the point

. Not using commuting or travel time wisely

. No paper processing system

. Poor knowledge of office equipment

. Equipment problems

Just try working on a few and you’ll be surprised at what a difference you see. Good Luck !

Author – Janis Amzallag