Conference Keynote Speakers 2021

Your Most Important Superpower

Trust is the foundation of every relationship you have, and your trustworthiness is  critical to your professional success or failure. It is therefore the most important superpower you can have, more than the next four, combined. But trust is neither static nor universal. Dr. Yoram Solomon shares his findings from The Book of Trust and tells you two things you did not know about trust, which would help you be even more trusted.

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Dr. Yoram Solomon is the author of The Book of Trust and 12 more books, and an adjunct professor of entrepreneurship at SMU. He was named one of the Top 40 Innovation Bloggers and one of the Top 20 Global Thought Leaders on Culture consistently in the past few years. His insights on trust come from his original research and from his experiences as an infantry soldier in the Israeli Defense Forces, a pilot, a corporate executive, and an elected official.

Use CliftonStrengths to Soar

The audience will gain an understanding of the philosophy behind CliftonStrengths, what makes this approach valuable, and why companies are using a strengths-based approach to have a positive impact on engagement, productivity, and results.

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Brandy Schade is a global Gallup-Certified Strength Coach with 20+ years of experience in global Fortune 500, mid-size and start-up companies within an emphasis in the technology and insurance industries. She has 7+ years of coaching experience and has consulted over 1800 professionals and facilitated 100+ workshops across a diverse set of industries, within more than 15 business units and in 15+ different countries. Brandy Schade currently serves as Intrusion Inc.’s VP of People Development and Culture where she motivates, coaches and inspires to drive an engaged employee culture. She focuses on recruiting amazing talent and setting them up to succeed. In addition, she brings financial, operational and innovation experience to achieve operational excellence by reducing costs while increasing human capital efficiency.

The Focused Mind

In Warren’s presentation of The Focused Mind, he helps the audience to understand the power of the conscious and subconscious mind and how it dictates our outcomes. Then, he uses stories to illustrate how today is just a reflection of yesterday’s thought. True to his own motto “Purpose brings passion…Passion creates magic…Magic births miracles” he shows us how to create the magic for ourselves through our ability to Dream, Desire, Decide, and Design—all while having Faith, Fortitude, and Friends.

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Warren Honeycutt is a nationally recognized figure in Fitness, Nutrition and Lifestyle having appeared in over 750 radio and TV shows within the past 4 years. He has lived believing that we all are just one step beyond fear to fulfilling our dreams and has stayed true to his lifelong motto: “Purpose brings Passion…Passion creates Magic…Magic births Miracles”

This simple philosophy has given path to setting a national sales record with American Fidelity Assurance which stood for 25 years, being a six-time Mr. America finalist, being named Mr. Tennessee twice, being nominated for the USA Martial Arts Hall of Fame, and founding Honeycutt Inc. with annual sales in excess of $125M.

Warren is currently cast as lead in a new TV series “Captain Courage” created by Steve Ecclesine, a super hero show for children with emphasis on wholesome values, positive living, family, love, integrity, respect and abundant life.

You Have the (Super)Power Within

One of the more rare achievements in Toastmasters is the Distinguished Toastmaster achievement. In this talk, you’ll learn more about the Distinguished Toastmaster achievement, why it is important, and who in District 25 achieved the Distinguished Toastmaster this past year.

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