Shifting Sands
As a young man, in the middle of the world's largest desert, Steve Donahue learned a lesson he would never forget; a map can't lead you across the shifting sands of the Sahara. Since then he has applied this wisdom to the ever changing and uncharted territory of life as a motivational speaker, internationally bestselling author and now a documentary filmmaker. Steve is proof that the secret to finding your destiny begins with losing the destination and throwing out the map so that you can follow the deeper direction of your own internal compass.

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From Holocaust to Harvard and Beyond
Dr. John G. Stoessinger is an internationally recognized political analyst and a prize-winning author of ten leading books on world politics. He holds a Ph.D. from Harvard and has taught at Harvard, MIT, Columbia and Princeton. From 1967 to 1974, he served as acting director of the political affairs division at the United Nations. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and lectures extensively throughout the world. He has been elected to Who's Who in America and Who's Who in the World.

On the eve of World War II, Stoessinger fled from Nazi-occupied Austria to Czechoslovakia. Three years later, he fled again via Siberia to China where he lived for seven years. In Shanghai, he served with the International Refugee Organization.
Dr. Stoessinger is the author of The Might of Nations: World Politics in Our Time, which was awarded the Bancroft prize. The book has gone through ten editions. He has also authored The Refugee and The World Community: Financing the United Nations Systems, Power and Order; The United Nations and the Superpowers; Nations at Dawn: China, Russia, America; Why Nations Go To War; Henry Kissinger: The Anguish of Power and Crusaders and Pragmatists: Movers of Modern American Foreign Policy. Dr. Stoessinger was Chief Book Review Editor of Foreign Affairs for five years and is presently Distinguished Professor of International Affairs at the University of San Diego. He has been the recipient of numerous honors and awards, including Honorary Degrees of Doctor of Laws from Grinnell College and the American College in Switzerland.

During the past year, Dr. Stoessinger has addressed audiences in the fifty states of the Union and in more than twenty foreign countries

Somebody Stole My Pie
The measure of a speech is not in the awards or praise a speaker receives. The measure of a speech is in its ability to change behavior. Ed's speech will challenge some of your own responses to life and offer changes to the way you do things.

"The measure of a speech is not in the awards or praise a speaker receives. The measure of a speech is in its ability to change behavior. Ed's speech challenged me to re-think some of my own responses and made me want to change the way I do things."

- Marsha H. Perkins, Federal Express

Life Support
Corry's well-known speech entitled "Life Support", chronicles the life-changing, true story of Corry's struggle for survival against a virus that was shutting down his organs and put him in a coma. An attention grabbing motivational talk filled with lessons on how to live life every day, it is emotional and often humorous. "Life Support" is motivating and inspirational and has an appeal that will impact your life. Once you hear the story you will never wake up the same. Corry lives with his wife of 25 years and is the father of 3 children.

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Polar Dream
In 1988 New Zealand born Helen Thayer became the first woman to walk and ski to any of the world's poles when she trekked solo to the Magnetic North Pole without dog sled or snowmobile. She was the first woman and first American to circumnavigate the Magnetic North Pole. Her best-selling book Polar Dream tells the story of her historic adventure with her beloved companion Charlie, her protector from the ever constant threat of polar bear attack. Helen has gone on to explore far corners of the world.

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The Organizing Chair of Motivational day, Alphonso is an author, publisher and one of the world's leading authorities in the Insurance world. A Jesuit educated linguist he has a command of 11 languages. His gift in life is about is seeing the talent in others. In 2006 he was the Chairman of Top of the Table which is made up of the top 1500 financial advisors in the world, before he reached this pinnacle; he was a new Canadian that arrived in Canada some 30 years to start from scratch to build a new life in Victoria. He is presently the CEO of Trenton Financial and the Critical illness Insurance Centre.

The Challenge of Finding Opportunity in Adversity
Challenging times call for a shift in perspective. Author and expert on change, Warren Macdonald's inspirational story and powerful message of hope delivers life-changing insight on how to navigate, and embrace change with focus, energy and confidence. Warren's unique perspective on these changes will help foster a mindset to think out of the box. The kind of thinking that led him to become the first double above the knee amputee to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro, Africa's tallest peak of 19,222ft. The kind of thinking that empowers and inspires you to grow and prosper and not limit your life because of your circumstances.

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Closing
A Will that defied death…twice. Opera singer, Actor, Speaker, Survivor, Walking miracle, and self titled, INSPIRATIONIST. Jason Black and his wife Tausha Black show how to find the victory in life as they recount their harrowing story of not only surviving two certain death accidents but rising through and beyond them. They will inspire you to Hope and Victory as they share hard-earned, real-life tools and lessons that you can apply to overcome your own circumstance and trials. They empower you to triumph over impossible odds and live each day of your life to the fullest.

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