Enjoy four educational tracks, each with four workshops
Track: Leadership
Sponsored by Northwestern Mutual Financial Network
Monica Covert-Kerber and Tara Hall: Courage to Grow
Leadership
Thursday, September 18th, 9:00 am - 10:30 am
www.nmfn.com; tara.hall@nmfn.com; monica.kerber@nmfn.com
Monica Covert-Kerber has been with the Theodore Financial Group of Northwestern Mutual Financial Network since 2002. A graduate of Colorado State University in May of 2002, with a Bachelor of Arts in Speech Communication she networked her way into this career. She has been the Director of Selection since February 2003 and is always looking to meet career frustrated individuals who might be a good fit for the unique career opportunity that the Northwestern Mutual Financial Network offers. She is married to Kevin and they have one baby girl Emma.
Shawne Duperon: Transformational Media®: Change Your Channel
Leadership
Thursday, September 18th, 10:45 am - 12:15 pm
www.shawnetv.com
EMMY Award winning producer Shawne Duperon has been in television for 20 years and has trained thousands of people how to get on TV and how to network. She's worked for ABC, NBC, and has traveled the globe for the likes of World Business Review with Alexander Haig and The Science Museum of London. You've seen her programming on PBS and Discovery Channel. She's currently working on a documentary on the topic of forgiveness.
Shawne has interviewed many famous people including Yo Yo Ma, Morgan Freeman and Colin Powell. You've even heard her as the voice for OnStar. Shawne is a PhD student at Wayne State University in Detroit. Her research focuses on mass media and gossip.
Media she says, is the ultimate network. Knowing how to generate free publicity will have your business rock.
Pam Shipp:
Women and Leadership: Beyond the Obvious!
Leadership
Friday, September 19th, 9:00-10:30 am
pam@plshipp.com
Dr. Pam Shipp is leadership consultant and has gained international recognition as an educator and psychologist. In addition to her private work, she is currently adjunct faculty at the Center for Creative Leadership where she has trained executive leadership courses for twenty years and managed the nonprofit programs at the Colorado Springs campus. Prior to joining the Center, she worked as a public school administrator, a business management consultant, and psychotherapist.
Dr. Shipp’s publications include Counseling Blacks: A Group Approach, The Personnel and Guidance Journal, October l983. Managing Diverse Work Teams, Leaders in Action, Vol. 20, #6 Jan/Feb 2001. Building Communities For Tomorrow, One Person At A Time, (2002) written with Cathy O. Robbins. Dr. Shipp is an executive coach and an established expert on issues related to cultural influences in the workplace; community leadership and counseling across cultures.
Lynne Telford: Change You, Change Your Community, Change Your World
Leadership
Friday, September 19th, 10:45 am - 12:15 pm
When Lynne Telford heard that hundreds of fabulous women were gathering in the Colorado mountains to relax and refresh, she knew that she needed sign up. As a life-time Girl Scout, anything with called camping (especially 5 star camping) had to be great (and it was). Lynne was the first person to hand her credit card to Betsy and say “I’m in.”
Lynne attended both of first camps and found that many women were asking about how to make a difference in their community. Her vast experience and passion for the nonprofit sector led many camp women to connect with Lynne as a resource. So, this year Lynne is presenting a session on philanthropy, volunteerism, working in a nonprofit and starting a nonprofit.
Lynne has extensive nonprofit experience through her work as both Executive Director of the Center for Nonprofit Excellence and Vice President of Pikes Peak United Way, along with her wide-ranging community involvement. She speaks on a variety of nonprofit topics, including Standards for Excellence, board issues, and philanthropy. Lynne is a graduate from the Colorado Springs Leadership Institute (2005), Leadership Pikes Peak (2003), and the Community Leaders Program (2002).
In 2004, she received the Woman of Influence award in Colorado Springs.
Track: Success Skills
Sponsored by Staples
Cathy Hawk: The Secret to Lights on Living: The Key to Living an Energized Life Every Day of Your Life
Success Skills
Thursday, September 18th, 9:00 am - 10:30 am
www.clarityinternational.com
Cathy Hawk is Founding Director of Clarity International®, a coaching and training firm that teaches skills for how to see, sense and use energy as a primary life and work strategy. As a veteran energy coach, Cathy developed an innovative interview and image-feedback process called the Lights-On Learning Method©. This allows her clients to see themselves with such clarity that they are rapidly connected to their purpose and quickly go into intentional action. Through the Clarity process, profound shifts in physiology and energy occur; intentions are clarified and set on a course of aligned action that will change the individual's life and her expression in the world. Each person will know her destiny and will have the action steps necessary to lead her life from a place of vision.
Since 1994, Cathy, along with Clarity trained coaches, has inspired thousands of people from all walks of life to find and answer their callings. Drawing upon entrepreneurial expertise gathered from almost 30 years of visioning and team building in her professional practice, she has also coached visionary entrepreneurs and business owners to create enlightened business practices and results through a personalized coaching journey.
She and her husband, Gary, have co-authored, Creating the Rest of Your Life, An Atlas for Manifesting Success & Excellence in Life & Work, and the Creating the Rest of Your Life Journey Map.
Caroline Turner: Learning to Ask
Success Skills
www.athenagroup.biz
Thursday, September 18th, 10:45 am - 12:15 pm
A dynamic and engaging workshop facilitator, speaker and executive coach, Caroline Turner is a principal in The AthenA Group LLC, a consulting firm that specializes in organizational culture change, multidimensional leadership and workforce excellence. Caroline is the former senior vice president, general counsel of Coors Brewing Company. Caroline is a member of the Board of Directors of the Women’s Vision Foundation and Warren Village, the advisory board of The Mentoring Company and the honorary board of the Colorado Women’s Hall of Fame. She has served on the board of the Women’s Forum of Colorado and has participated actively in the Women’s Initiative at Mile High United Way and in several capacities at the University of Denver College of Law. She is a former trustee and chair of the Board of Warren Village. She also represented Coors as a member of the Board of Greater Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce and the advisory boards of the National Hispana Leadership Institute and the National Council of La Raza.
Rene Marie: Marrying Yourself—The Ultimate Commitment
Success Skills
Friday, September 19th, 9:00 am - 10:30 am
www.renemarie.com
I was born into a family of 9 in a very small town in Virginia. Music played a pivotal role in my life from the very beginning. It was at home that I learned the value of telling the story behind the music and how powerfully that story can move the listener and impact one's life. I learned how vital it is to convey emotion in the music by watching my father’s facial expressions and body language when he listened to music.
At the age of 18 my boyfriend and I joined a very strict religious group, got married and stopped performing in public - for good, it seemed. Four years later, I was a mother of two sons and found myself inculcating in them a love for music the same way my father had with me – by example.
In January 1996 I was 41 and working full-time at a bank when my oldest son convinced me to start singing again. Between 2000 and 2004, I recorded four CDs on the MaxJazz label and have won several awards, both domestic and international, for those recordings.
Next I decided to slow things down and work on a one-woman show. In 2007, I released "Experiment In Truth".
I have never forgotten the early lessons learned about the power of music. Today, I try to imbue that feeling of emotion into every song I write – every song I sing – every time. I am very happy to be singing today.
Ruby Newell-Legner, CSP: Reflections in the Rear View Mirror: Study the Past to Create Your Future
Success Skills
Friday, September 19th, 10:45 am - 12:15 pm
www.RubySpeaks.com
Ruby Newell-Legner, Certified Speaking Professional, founded RubySpeaks, Inc. in 1994 with a singular mission: To provide the hands-on training employees need to create a more customer-focused work environment where everyone can excel on the job. Over the last decade, she has presented more than 1700 programs in nine countries and has shown tens of thousands of participants how to quickly improve workplace performance as well as their individual perspectives.
Ruby helps organizations build strong teams between front line staff and management, and make exceptional customer service a way of life. As an award-winning, international speaker, Ruby works with organizations to build better relationships: from front-line employees to customers, between co-workers and their peers, and from managers to the employees they supervise. She helps participants refine skills that make relationships work. Ruby provides guest relations staff training to venues such as Six Flags Amusement Parks, Wild Wadi Water Park (the largest water park in the Middle East) and for major events that include Super Bowl XLI, the Grey Cup and the upcoming 2010 Olympics.
Ruby is a Certified Speaking Professional, a designation bestowed by the National Speakers Association to less than 400 speakers in the world. Her new book, Blueprint for Success, co-authored by Ken Blanchard and Stephen Covey will be published in 2008.
Track: Creative Thinking
Sponsored by Coors Brewing Company
Holly Stiel: Open the Gate, I’ll Show You the Way
Creative Thinking
Thursday, September 18th, 9:00 am - 10:30 am
www.thankyouverymuchinc.com
Holly Stiel is a trailblazing service philosopher who innovated a method of training based on the practices and principles of the world-class concierge. Her teaching has been heard in 25 languages, from Japan to Johannesburg, for businesses ranging from The Bank of America to NASCAR.
Holly Stiel stands out as an authority and pioneer in the field of concierge services. In 1976, Stiel became the first female concierge in the country when she created the desk at the Grand Hyatt Union Square in San Francisco. Two years later she was the first American woman to be admitted to the exclusive Les Clefs d’Or Association for concierges. She recently received the association’s Lifetime Achievement award for her broad contributions to her profession. Her book Ultimate Service, The Complete Handbook to the World of the Concierge, is considered the definitive work on concierge service for hotel professionals. She also authored Thank You Very Much – A Book for Anyone Who Has Ever Said, “May I Help you?” and her book The Neon Signs of Service, advances the idea that the development of simple skills can elevate customer service into an art form.
After 17 years as a concierge, Stiel started her company ThankYouVeryMuch, Inc. to adapt her hotel experience to a variety of classrooms. Her client list includes: Disney, Nordstrom, AVEDA, American Express and Auberge Resorts, to name a few. StielMedia also has been a pioneer in multi-media training, creating three award-winning interactive DVD programs. Now, she is taking her teaching to a deeper level, from the boardroom to her own backyard, translating the service program into a path for personal development.
Dr. Deborah Sandella: Breakthrough to Your Inner Magician: Connecting With Your Intuition and Using It to Create a Magical Life
Creative Thinking
Thursday, September 18th, 10:45 am - 12:15 pm
www.innermagician.com
Dr. Deb Sandella has been helping others find themselves for over 25 years as a psychotherapist. It wasn't until she journeyed half way around the world on a personal sabbatical to Australia that she realized she had become more aware of her client's feelings than her own. Her life-changing Walkabout spawned a personal transformation that inspired her to close her practice and write her award-winning book and guided-intuitive meditation CD. She has been called a "master healer" by well-known author, Joan Borysenko Ph.D., and visionary physician Larry Dossey writes, "Dr. Sandella offers a practical, down-to-earth method of realizing the immense potential that lives within everyone." Currently, she has partnered with Jack Canfield, Chicken Soup co-author, to create a state-of-the-art visualization tool that helps you attract health, wealth and happiness.
Barb Stoker
Creative Thinking
Friday, September 19th, 9:00 am - 10:30 am
www.IntelligentRisking.com
Barbara Stoker’s expertise is in leadership, new business/product development and intelligent risking. She is devoted to helping individuals, teams and organizations find success by connecting the right dots, in the right way, at the right time. She has 30 years of corporate experience as a former executive for Hallmark Cards, Mattel Toys, Coors and Walt Disney. Barbara is a technical rock and ice climber as well as a paragliding pilot. Barbara’s background along with her consulting, speaking, research and writing allows her to bring a solid and diverse foundation of knowledge, wisdom and understanding to meet your goals.
Barbara is a best selling and award winning author. Her books include: Positive Risk , released nationally 1/06 by Jossey-Bass A Woman with a Minute... , released nationally 3/06 by Andrews McMeel IntelligentRisking for Women , released 1/04 by IntelligentRisking, Inc.
Cynthia James: A Time to Soar
Creative Thinking
Friday, September 19th, 10:45 am – 12:15 pm
www.whatwillsetyoufree.com
Cynthia is a lecturer, teacher and internationally renowned performing artist. She was the co-host of a talk show in Los Angeles and has counseled thousands of people; in corporate environments, as one-on-one clients, couples and created youth programs. She has facilitated hundreds of workshops and seminars and has been a featured speaker in business and spiritual forums.
Her life has transformed as she transcended her childhood of violence and abuse. Through education and personal healing, Cynthia created the foundation for this program and many other classes that integrate traditional therapeutic techniques, music, creativity and spiritual processes.
Ms. James graduated from two Masters Degree programs, one in spiritual psychology and one in consciousness studies. She currently serves as an associate minister at Mile Hi Church, one of the largest new thought spiritual centers in the world, with a congregation of over 10,000 member and friends. Cynthia lives and thrives in the beautiful mountains of Colorado with her husband Carl.
Track: Optimal Health: Mind, Body and Spirit
Leann Thieman: You’ve Got to See It to Be It: Balancing Life Physically, Mentally and Spiritually
Optimal Health: Mind, Body and Spirit
Thursday, September 18th, 10:45 am - 12:15 pm
www.LeAnnThieman.com
100 little babies lay three and four to a cardboard box, strapped in the belly of a gutted cargo jet. Saigon was falling to the communists - - and LeAnn Thieman was caught up in the Vietnam Orphan Airlift. An ordinary person, she struggled through extraordinary circumstances and found the courage to succeed. Her book, This Must Be My Brother, details her daring adventure and her story has been featured in Newsweek Magazine, Voices of the Century issue and PAX TV's It's a Miracle show. She has been a guest on CNN, Fox-TV, BBC, and PBS and most importantly, she was the closing keynote for the first CampExperience!
After her story was featured in Chicken Soup for the Mother's Soul, LeAnn became one of Chicken Soup's most prolific writers. She went on to co-author Chicken Soup for the Nurse’s Soul, Chicken Soup for the Christian Woman's Soul, Chicken Soup for the Caregiver's Soul, Chicken Soup for the Father and Daughter Soul, Chicken Soup for the Grandma's Soul, Chicken Soup for the Christian Soul 2, Chicken Soup for the Mother and Son Soul, Chicken Soup for the Nurse’s Soul, Second Dose Chicken Soup for the Adopted Soul. Balancing Life in Your “War Zones”; A Guide to Physical, Mental, and Spiritual Health, her own life-balance book.
As a renowned motivational speaker, she shares life-changing lessons learned from her Airlift experience. Believing we all have individual "war zones," LeAnn inspires audiences to balance their lives, truly live their priorities and make a difference in the world. LeAnn is one of about ten-percent of speakers worldwide to have earned the Certified Speaking Professional designation.
She and Mark, her husband of thirty-eight years, reside in Colorado where they enjoy their “empty nest.” Their two daughters, Angela and Christie, and son Mitch have “flown the coop” but are still drawn under their mother’s wing when she needs them!
Dr. Dianne Stone
Optimal Health: Mind, Body and Spirit
Friday, September 19th 9:00 am - 10:30 am
www.drdiannestone.com
In her mid-40’s, after marrying and becoming the stepmother of three teenagers, Dianne decided to leave the thriving OB-Gyn practice she had founded in 1991. After 15 years of the joyful but hectic and stressful life of delivering babies, she began to feel the longing for the intimacy and simplicity of a solo gynecologic practice dedicated to her passion—the care of the midlife woman.
Dianne was born and raised in Denver, graduating from C.U. in 1979. She completed medical school and did her residency training in OB-Gyn here in Denver. She started her own OB-Gyn practice in 1991 which flourished and eventually grew to a busy four-physician practice. After marrying in 2000 and becoming the stepmother of three teenagers, Dianne began to long for the intimacy of solo practice. In 2001 she opened her new solo gynecologic practice, Dianne C. Stone, MD PC.
Dianne’s practice focuses on her passion—mid-life health and wellness. She has received additional training in menopause, osteoporosis, female sexuality, cholesterol management and incontinence and is a certified menopause practitioner thru the North American Menopause Society. She has studied with a medical herbalist to help her patients who desire an alternative approach. She specializes in holistic care of the midlife transition.
Dr. Deb Kern: Finding Calm Amidst the Chaos: Creating a Sustainable Life
Optimal Health: Mind, Body and Spirit
Friday, September 19th, 10:45 am - 12:15 pm
www.DeborahKern.com
Dr. Deborah Kern is a health scientist who dares people to live in harmony with the wisdom of their bodies. This conviction was inspired by her pioneering research showing that mind/body integrated approaches to exercise are more effective at reducing anxiety than conventional approaches to exercise.
This discovery stimulated Dr. Kern to go deeper. Her search has included studying and practicing:
Herbal medicine while living with indigenous women in the rainforest of Costa Rica
- Yogic lifestyle while living on an ashram
- Nia -- a cardiovascular exercise that blends movements from the martial arts, dance, body integration therapies and yoga
- Ayurveda – the ancient healing system from India
- Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy – a body mind therapy
- Exotic Dance for Everyday Women
An internationally acclaimed speaker, Dr. Kern is also the author of “Everyday Wellness for Women” and co-author of “Create the Body Your Soul Desires: The Friendship Solution to Weight, Energy and Sexuality" Her years of practice as a nurse, health educator, personal trainer, yoga and Nia teacher and yoga therapist have given her lifestyle insights not found in books. She has become very aware that when people live their lives disconnected from their bodies’ messages, they not only miss out on the wisdom of their bodies and opportunities to heal emotional issues, but they are also more likely to experience stress and dis-ease instead of pleasure and joy. When they pay attention to body wisdom and continue to seek pleasure, "miraculous" changes can occur.
As a health scientist, speaker, author, mother and wife, Dr. Kern is passionate about creating health, balance, serenity and joy in her own life while assisting individuals and organizations to do the same in theirs. Dr. Kern studied Nursing at Vanderbilt University and received a B.A. and an M.B.A. from the University of Texas at Austin. She received a Ph.D. in Health Sciences from Texas Woman’s University in Denton, TX. She is a Black Belt Nia Teacher, certified Integral Hatha Yoga Instructor, Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapist and Mindful Change Coach.
