Example Topics for Keynotes & Seminars
Be a
Donor, Save a Life - It was my honor to donate a kidney on August 6,
2008. I am now available to give talks and presentations on my
experience and on organ donation in general. See
www.kidney4thomas.com.
Between a Rock and a Hard Place: How to Thrive in Tough Circumstances - Do you buy into the fallacy that the only way through the struggles in life is to suck it up and tough it out? This session will show you how to create an experience of power and flow - even in the toughest situations. You will learn how to: Clean up your triggers so people can't push your buttons easily. Listen and speak in ways that bring out the best in the people around you. Deal with that negative voice in your head that inhibits success and creates stress. Free yourself from previous constraints and limitations.
Fundraising from the Heart - Learn how to use the magic of Lynne Twist’s approach to individual donor fundraising. Lynne is a global activist and Author of The Soul of Money who has raised over $250 million dollars in service of the greater good of humanity. Transform your experience of and approach to fundraising so that it become a joy and a privilege.
The Secret on Steroids: Using the Law of Attraction for Humanity What if we realized that we really did have the power to create the world we wish for in our dreams? This session will blow the roof off what is possible and take it into orbit! "The Secret on Steroids" will show you how to create a life you love AND the world you wish for - with power and velocity; creating more joy and fulfillment in your life than you thought possible.
"Celebrating Our Humanity" Come prepared to celebrate the very best in you and others around you as an access point to creating the world we wish for - as individuals and as a global community. This session is fast paced, highly experiential, and content rich. You will leave the session with deep insights as to the cultural conditioning, not the personal failings , that has us falling short of our magnificence as human beings and equipped to ignite the passion, power, and possibility in yourself and in others around you.
"Igniting Passion, Power and Possibility" Come to this high powered session to stoke the flames that burn within each of us and create the world we wish for - as individuals and as a global community. This session is fast paced, highly experiential, and content rich. You will leave the session equipped to ignite the passion, power, and possibility in yourself and in those around you.
"Empowering Non-Profits" Marilyn has developed and tested a series of half-day workshops for non-profit staff that can transform the workplace culture. The workshop explores the cultural conditioning that inhibits people's capacity to thrive in work and in life. The series transforms these barriers into access points for change through skills development in self awareness, conflict transformation, interpersonal effectiveness, the art of inspiring others and more.
"Reclaiming Our Humanity: Transforming How We Teach and Train about Diversity" This workshop will present approaches and activities to effectively teach/train about a wide spectrum of diversity issues. The focus calls us ALL to reclaim our humanity and create a future that works for everyone. (This approach is especially effective in nurturing investment from those with privilege.
"Care Instructions for an Inspired Life". This is a self awareness workshop for people who want to make a difference in the world. It doesn't focus on the what - like exercising, eating right and reducing stress. It focuses why. Why we know what is healthy yet struggle to act on this knowledge. And it touches on how-how to have breakthroughs that maximize your impact in the world and your well being.
"Amazing Allies and Other Super Heroes/Sheroes". This session uses multiple engaging methods (experiential activities, discussion and creative arts) to teach effective ways to empower others in becoming amazing allies, passionately and powerfully investing in a world that works for everyone.
"Quest for Global Healing" Marilyn will share the wisdom passed on at The Quest for Global Healing Conference in Bali, Indonesia. This conference brought together activists and visionaries from across the globe to look at healing as individuals, in communities and as a global village. This message, while grounded in the reality of the massive challenges we face together, is ultimately a hopeful and energizing one.
"Effectively Handling Hurtful Remarks". Marilyn will provide guidance on effective ways to respond to hurtful incidences. These creative alternatives to the usual responses can be empowering for the people who use them and useful for the people who receive them. You will learn how to use these in your own life and how to teach others to use them as well.
