Speakers

Dr. Erik J. Huffman

What would you have done if you got an email one day from your mom with a heart wrenching request for help with bills? Ignore it? Respond right away? Human Hacking: The Psychology Behind Cybersecurity | Dr. Erik J. Huffman | TEDxColoradoSprings
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Laurel Williams

As a perinatal professional, Laurel has focused her twenty-six year career on offering the latest evidence-based information to help update professionals on practices, policies and the hot topics in lactation. She spends the majority of her time as an International Keynote Speaker at conferences and offering perinatal workshops to nurses, doctors, midwives, public health, WIC, and community support professionals. Laurel will be connecting the latest research to parents’ everyday practices to inspire us all to find ways to eat, grow, and develop more effectively.
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Davide Di Giorgio

He has dedicated his life (and multiple careers) to raising the bar and being a positive role model for young people and has become known and celebrated for his uncommon approach and uncanny ability to create unmessable individuals and teams that achieve more and never quit. Davide is on a mission to empower everyday extraordinary individuals, especially young people, to compare less and celebrate more.
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Isaiah Acosta

Isaiah Acosta has a simple and powerful message to share for all of those who have ever felt muted or who have hesitated to share their voice or message. Born without a jaw and no vocal voice, Isaiah knows what being muted feels like. It’s a label he’s carried his entire life. Isaiah discovered a way to redefine labels that will empower you to UNmute yourself and to stand up and speak out for who you are and what you believe.
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Cesar Cervantes

Your boss probably isn’t funny. And they don’t have much in common with a stand-up comedian, or at least that’s what you might think. Cesar Cervantes explores the relationship between leaders and stand-up comedians — from bombing to thriving. Former college dean, comedian and founder of Stand-Up At Work, Cesar Cervantes believes everyone should try stand-up comedy. After years of teaching his course, Stand-Up Comedy Writing & Performance at Colorado College, he began to see relationship between comedy and leadership. He experienced the benefits of these insights both personally and professionally and now, he’s on a mission to bring it to you.
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John F. Register

Is tolerance the final state for social acceptance and social inclusion? Society might say yes. However, if I am tolerating another custom or culture, am I really in a space of hierarchical control? This talk focuses on moving beyond tolerance to the outcome people are truly desiring which is value and appreciation.
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Elena Joy Thurston

Elana‘s message about the power of stepping back from your judgements – even if you think of yourself as a non-judgmental person – will change how you think. You won’t believe how this practice changed her life, but you see it in her portrait, don’t you?
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Cindi Bright

Cindi has made a career of consulting on various diversity related issues, and often highlights how she’s half German and half Arkansas descent. She summarizes her talk in this simple phrase: “I am not who you think I am. You are who you think I am.” She says the shape of our hearts informs how we see those we live and work with, and her talk will explore how that awareness applies to our individual lives, and our country as a whole.
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Russell Klimas

Do you wonder if there is still magic in this world? With light painting photography, we explore the seemingly infinite possibilities of what you can create with long exposures, and anyone can do it. When Russell Klimas takes a liking to something he goes HARD. In the span of two years, he has been published on multiple online photography blogs such as Petapixel and DIYPhotography, as well as his work appearing in the Daily Mail UK, Fox, and the Japanese show Tokudane! Currently, he’s sponsored by Lumecube and Ants On A Melon for his work with their tools to create light paintings. He’s also developed techniques for using drones to light paint in ways that aren’t widely used and is continually pushing light painting to its utmost limits. Since this talk was filmed he’s already created the next idea that hasn’t been done before.
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Akbar Sheikh

How does a junkie go from half-dead and living in an electric closet to the top of his industry? Hear a raw and sometimes uncomfortable recap of the one-act that changed everything. Akbar Sheikh is a multiple award-winning business coach and philanthropist. He has spoken around the world, and become a #1 international best selling author. His mission is to help others Make More, so they can Give More to their favorite charities, communities, and families.
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David Prosper

David grew up with what he calls, graciously, “poor leadership” (relatable?) – and he knows from experience as a kid and now as a parent that the language we use with each other can make the difference between inspiring each other to grow and do our best, or seeding fear.
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Anna Christensen

In this talk, Anna, a Colorado high schooler and animal rights activist, describes the choices she made when faced with planet-scale problems. She researched common-sense solutions and put them in place in her own life. In a world that is facing many problems, the solution starts with each of us as individuals. Anna’s challenge to you is simple: You can make an impact with as small a change as your next meal. What we eat directly impacts our entire planet’s environmental and humanitarian health.
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Jennifer Knowles

Unleash the power within you to change your world. Drawing from her personal story, Jennifer Knowles shares how she positively persevered and allowed herself to be vulnerable as she changed laws and started a national movement to support lemonade stands and children’s entrepreneurship. She uses this experience to inspire and show how you can change something that matters to you.
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Laurianne Fiorentino

usic is a big part of life with expression and the world around you. Laurianne delivers a moving experience with her time on the stage that will show you the healing powers that music can have on your world.
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Alex McElroy

Are you asking yourself the correct questions to reveal your purpose? Are you making wise choices and purposeful decisions? Listen to this and learn some unconventional questions you should ask yourself for the sake of your future. Alex McElroy is an international speaker, leadership advisor, Apologist, author and blogger for RelentlessPursuitofPurpose.com. Alex has been instrumental in implementing his message of leadership and purpose in the business world and has enjoyed tremendous success in the mortgage industry, insurance, and financial services, as well as in the arena of energy efficiency. He is also a dedicated husband to his supportive wife and a loving father to two beautiful daughters.
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Scott McFadden

Scott McFadden is a Licensed Addictions Counselor, who also identifies as a person in long term recovery from heroin and other drugs. He shares a harrowing story of incarceration and a long journey to recovery while explaining the dynamics of addiction and the labels, shame, and stigma which have become the greatest obstacles to turning around the opioid epidemic. He shows us the need to talk to one another to overcome the secret places where shame resides. This is a story of vulnerability and hope!
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Roger Gilbertson

When does our future meet our past? How does our scientific knowledge grow and change? A newly recognized type of Earth orbit can travel directly above a great circle formed by some of the oldest and most distinctive ancient human constructions on the surface of the Earth: the Giza pyramids, Machu Picchu, Easter Island, Angkor Wat, Mohenjo-Daro, and many others.
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Karen Curry Parker

What if all the articles you’ve read about burnout were wrong… what if there’s another cause? (note: this speaker was moved to our Sept. 2020 event, Bloom)