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SUMMARY:How to Land a TEDx Talk & Spread Your Message to Millions In As Little As 30 Days...
DESCRIPTION:Do you know what separates the top 1% of entrepreneurs\, coaches\, and experts in the industry… from everyone else? \nAuthority.  \nAnd there is no quicker way to establish authority and credibility than to be seen speaking from the stage. \n(I’ve been speaking for years\, and it has been one of the most impactful things I’ve done to grow my coaching practice.) \nSo why don’t more people get on stages and start speaking? \nFrankly… most people don’t know how. \nAnd because I know just how powerful speaking can be to your career\, I went out in search of someone who is one of the best in the world at helping coaches and purpose-driven entrepreneurs take their expertise\, craft it into a compelling message\, and share it on stages. \n \nAnd it just so happens that this person is not only an expert at helping people turn their expertise into compelling\, viral-worthy talks… \nBut he and his team also help people land speeches on one of the most influential and widely-viewed stages in the world… TEDx. \nHis name is Taylor Conroy\, and his company Thought Leader has helped over 650 clients (and counting!) land TEDx talks and spread their message to millions of people. \n(In fact\, they guarantee it). \nHe’s broken this process down into a science (Taylor himself has spoken at TEDx 4 times)\, and I’ve convinced him to share his entire process with us LIVE on November 20th\, 2025\, at 7:00 PM ET. \nIf you’ve ever wanted to turn your expertise into a ready-to-share message from stages… \nOr you’ve ever wondered what it actually takes to be invited to speak at a TEDx stage… \nThis webinar is for you. \n \nQuestionnaire —  https://leadr.co/caps \nWe’re excited to learn more about you and your goals. Completing this short questionnaire helps us understand your objectives so we can ensure our time together is valuable and focused on you. \n  \nAbout Taylor Conroy \nTaylor Conroy is a meditating surfer obsessed with building businesses that make change. His first social enterprise\, Change Heroes\, mobilized people in 80 countries to fund and build  \n400 schools\, water projects\, libraries\, girls scholarships\, anti-sex trafficking work\, and more for 200\,000 people around the world. \nHe has lectured at Harvard\, Princeton\, NYU\, Cornell\, and the United Nations on the subject of social enterprise (How to make money while making profound impact in the world)\, and regularly presents to corporate audiences like Disney\, Pfizer\, Lululemon\, KPMG\, and Morgan Stanley\, as well as social good events with audiences of 10\,000+. \nTaylor has been a professional firefighter\, a real estate entrepreneur\, and a bodybuilder; he has studied with Zen monks in Japan\, run with the bulls in Spain\, has explored every continent on earth including Antarctica\, has surfed the longest wave in the world in Peru\, and has filmed mini-documentaries in the red light district of Cambodia to combat sex trafficking\, the Ecuadorian Amazon to catalyze microfinance\, and the jungles of Uganda as an activist for human rights. \nTaylor is the co-founder of Thought-Leader\, where he works with entrepreneurs\, professionals\, and change-makers to get their message out into the world by leveraging the power of speaking from the world’s biggest stages like TEDx. He has spoken on the TEDx stage 4 times and to date has helped over 550 people land TEDx talks of their own. \n  \n\n 
URL:https://www.canadianspeakers.org/event/how-to-land-a-tedx-talk-spread-your-message-to-millions-in-as-little-as-30-days/
CATEGORIES:CAPS National
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SUMMARY:Protecting Your Livelihood: Intellectual Property Law for Professional Speakers
DESCRIPTION:This month on CAPS Behind the Mic\, CAPS Member Norm Bowley and Marcus Gallie will take us through a high-level overview of intellectual property and related law\, then a drill-down into the major concerns of speakers in terms of protecting their copyright and trademarks\, and avoiding infringement on the property of others. We will conduct a tour d’horizon of the issues and provide practical insights both for protection and avoidance of infringing the rights of others. A high-level overview of intellectual property and related law\, then a drill-down into the major concerns of speakers in terms of protecting their copyright and trademarks\, and avoiding infringement on the rights of others. CAPS member Norm Bowley and former colleague IP specialist Marcus Gallie will conduct a tour d’horizon of the issues and provide practical insights both for protection and avoidance of infringing the rights of others. Q&A. \n \n  \n\n\n\n\nNorman Bowley \nNorm Bowley is a CAPS member who teaches primarily on professional excellence and communication. Norm practiced law in Ottawa from 1981 to 2018\, and before that was a teacher. Norm earned his JD (Cum Laude) from the University of Ottawa in 1979 and his Master of Laws from York University. Along the way he acquired his Trademark Agent designation\, as well as that of the Trust and Estate Professional. Norm does not profess to have the IP depth of Marcus\, but along his journey assisted in drafting some really interesting patents and litigated some pretty wild patent and copyright infringement cases\, including one which tangentially involved chasing cows through Saskatchewan mud.\n\n\n\nMarcus Gallie \nMarcus Gallie is an intellectual property lawyer practising in Ottawa. Called to the Bar in 1989\, he was also registered as a Patent Agent and as a Trademark Agent in 1992. He holds both an LLB and a Master of Law.  Prior to his legal career\, Marc obtained a B.Sc and an M.Sc. in the Environmental Science area. \nSince 2008\, he has been the Editor in Chief of the Canadian Patent Reporter\, roughly the legal equivalent of having your HoF and CSP. A member of the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada and the International Trademark Association\, he has also served on the Patent Agents Examination Board. He is considered one of the foremost IP lawyers in Canada and has extensively presented nationally and internationally. \nMarc was a Partner for over 20 years in one of Canada’s oldest Intellectual Property Practices until its acquisition by a publicly traded company in 2023.  He is now on gardening leave until he resumes practice in early spring.\n\n\n\n  \n  \n\n 
URL:https://www.canadianspeakers.org/event/protecting-your-livelihood-intellectual-property-law-for-professional-speakers/
CATEGORIES:Behind the Mic,CAPS National
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260317T200000
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SUMMARY:Financial Foundations for Professional Speakers
DESCRIPTION:Professional speakers are experts at delivering powerful messages on stage\, but many struggle with the financial and tax decisions that happen behind the scenes. Irregular income\, complex tax rules\, and entrepreneurial responsibilities create challenges that traditional career paths do not prepare them for. \nIn this practical and informative session\, GBA LLP will guide professional speakers through the key financial decisions that can significantly impact long-term success. Topics include choosing the right business structure\, understanding when incorporation makes sense\, how to pay yourself through salary or dividends\, managing vehicle ownership for travel-heavy careers\, navigating HST obligations\, and building strong financial literacy to handle fluctuating income. \nDesigned specifically for speakers and independent professionals\, this presentation translates complex accounting and tax concepts into clear\, actionable insights. Attendees will leave with a stronger understanding of how to structure their finances\, avoid costly mistakes\, and build a sustainable\, profitable speaking business. \n \n  \n\n\n\n\nTrevor Buttle \nTrevor Buttle\, CPA\, CA\, MBA\, LPA\, is a Founding Partner of GBA LLP\, Chartered Professional Accountants\, with over 30 years of entrepreneurial experience and more than 20 years as a Chartered Professional Accountant. A trusted business advisor\, Trevor helps entrepreneurs and organizations across Canada navigate complex financial and tax decisions through clear\, practical strategies. He is passionate about improving financial literacy and empowering business owners to build sustainable\, long-term success.\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n  \n  \n\n 
URL:https://www.canadianspeakers.org/event/financial-foundations-for-professional-speakers/
CATEGORIES:Behind the Mic,CAPS National
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260414T200000
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SUMMARY:Behind The Mic - Winning Corporate Business
DESCRIPTION:Winning corporate business requires understanding how leaders think\, what challenges they face\, and where external partners can add value. \nIn this one-hour virtual session\, hosts Rob Rudy and Ross Saunders sit down with Paul Bognar for a live Q&A on leading and growing a national service business. Paul will briefly share his leadership context\, followed by a focused discussion on the real pressures companies face today. \nThe conversation will explore issues such as managing a people-driven operation with high turnover\, maintaining service consistency across multiple locations\, responding to instant customer feedback\, competing in crowded markets\, and navigating rising costs and uncertainty. It will also look at how organizations continue to evolve as customer behaviour shifts. \nEach challenge will be examined through a practical lens. Where is the opportunity for a speaker\, trainer\, or advisor to help? What problems are worth solving? What topics matter? How do you approach a company like this and get in front of decision-makers \nThe session is primarily Q&A\, with Rob and Ross leading the discussion and participants contributing questions through the chat. The goal is to help members connect real business challenges to clear opportunities for their work. \nParticipants will leave with a sharper view on how to position themselves\, how to align their expertise to actual needs\, and how to engage corporate clients in a way that leads to meaningful work. \n \n  \n\n\n\n\nPaul Bognar \nPaul J. Bognar is the President and Chief Operating Officer of Service Inspired Restaurants. Paul joined SIR Corp in 2012\, driven by his passion for people and hospitality\, and is at the center of the company’s culture. Paul has been the driver of improved processes focused on operational excellence and leadership development. Paul’s commitment to the company’s values and promises extends to both employees and the supplier community. \nPaul has been very active bringing visibility to the hospitality industry at both a Provincial and Federal level with a number of proposals and recommendations to ensure the success of the industry. \nSIR Corp consists of several brands\, most notably Jack Astor’s\, Scaddabush\, RED’S\, Edna+Vita\, Loose Moose and Duke’s. The company employs just over 4\,400 team members across its 55 locations\, generating over $320M in revenue.\nPrior to joining the hospitality industry\, Paul was the President of Simmons Bedding Company Canada\, Senior Vice-President of Maytag Corp.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n  \n\n 
URL:https://www.canadianspeakers.org/event/caps-behind-the-mic-april-2026/
CATEGORIES:Behind the Mic,CAPS National
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260519T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260519T210000
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SUMMARY:Behind The Mic - Reinventing Your Life\, Your Message\, and Your Market
DESCRIPTION:In this powerful\, story-driven session\, Executive Speaker Coach Samantha Kris shares her journey of reinventing her life and business\, from leaving behind a version of success that no longer aligned to building a new chapter in the U.S. market. Along the way\, she reveals what reinvention actually looks like behind the scenes and how to navigate the uncertainty that comes with it. \nFollowing her story will be a candid conversation with Rob Rudy\, where they will explore: \n\nWhy expanding into new markets requires an evolution of identity\, not just strategy\nHow strategic relationships can accelerate your next level\nWhat it feels like to enter a new arena\nWhether you’re refining your message\, exploring new markets\, or feeling the pull toward something more\, this session will help you move forward with clarity\, alignment\, and confidence.\nBecause the next level of your speaking business… requires the next version of you.\n\n  \n \n  \nSamantha Kris is the Founder of Stride\, a boutique communications firm trusted by some of today’s leading impact-driven CEO’s and thought leaders. She is also an author\, speaker\, and Certified Reinvention Practitioner. Real Leaders recently awarded Samantha as a Top Executive Coach\, and Microsoft recognized her as a Top 10 Leading Speaker to follow in 2025. She has the #1 TEDx talk on goal setting and has an ambitious goal of impacting 1 million people through the power of storytelling this year.
URL:https://www.canadianspeakers.org/event/caps-behind-the-mic-may-19-2026/
CATEGORIES:Behind the Mic,CAPS National
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260616T200000
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SUMMARY:Behind The Mic - Your New Business Card - The Benefits of Self Publishing Your Book
DESCRIPTION:In this presentation\, we delve into the advantages of creating your own book as a strategic tool for business growth and provide insights into utilizing your book as a dynamic marketing tool.\nWe’ll briefly overview where to start\, elements of a great entrepreneurial book\, and explain how self publishing can be more beneficial to your business than going the traditional route as well as what services are available to you when choosing to work with a professional services company. \nFrom there\, we’ll dive into the benefits a book has to your brand\, and cover some effective marketing ideas to maximize its impact on your speaking career.\nYou’ll leave this presentation with the inspiration and next actionable steps to create and harness the potential of your next self published book to help you elevate your brand. \nGiveaway:\nWe will be giving away an Editor’s Manuscript Evaluation to one lucky attendee. Attendees can opt into the giveaway during the presentation via QR code or link. \n\n\n\n \nPresenter\nEmily Perkins \n\n \nEmily Perkins is the Senior Publishing Consultant at FriesenPress – the largest publishing services provider in Canada. Her publishing career spans over 20 years – and the globe. She spent years in Amsterdam working in graphic design and later worked as a typesetter and proofreader in the financial printing industry. \nEmily’s eclectic experience allows her to provide a holistic approach to her part in guiding the FriesenPress sales team\, which ensures authors self-publish the best possible books.
URL:https://www.canadianspeakers.org/event/caps-behind-the-mic-june-2026/
CATEGORIES:Behind the Mic,CAPS National
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260915T184500
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SUMMARY:Behind The Mic - Open Innovation - Here\, there and everywhere
DESCRIPTION:Join hosts Rob Rudy and Ross Saunders with Mike Rubenstein for a conversation on how innovation actually gets applied — from leading the innovation team across Rio Tinto Alcan\, where Mike built his understanding\, to the smaller companies across different industries where he’s applied it since. The takeaways are industry agnostic.\nFor our members —  trainers\, keynote speakers\, coaches\, consultants\,  the conversation turns to how we bring that same innovation into our own businesses\, so clients keep choosing us\, no matter which industry we’re each in. \n \nSession Title:\nOpen Innovation – “Here\, there and everywhere” \nSession Description \nOpen innovation recognizes that world-class ideas rarely observe corporate boundary lines. Instead of relying exclusively on centralized R&D labs\, modern organizations activate an interconnected ecosystem—unlocking insights from internal workforces\, supply chains\, customer bases\, and global technology networks. \nCore Pillars of the Ecosystem \n\nEmployees as Internal Consumers: Workers engage with products\, packaging\, and workflows daily as end-users. Tapping into front-line workforce insights yields rapid\, low-friction feedback on operational bottlenecks\, usability\, and product improvements before reaching the market.\nSuppliers & Value-Chain Partners: Co-developing solutions with material\, equipment\, and logistics suppliers shifts relationships from transactional procurement to strategic co-creation\, accelerating speed-to-market and lowering technical risk.\nExternal Innovation Networks: Partnering with startups\, research universities\, and specialized technology hubs grants direct access to specialized IP\, emerging science\, and agile development capabilities.\nCustomer & User Communities: Involving corporate customers early through joint development initiatives ensures alignment with real-world demand and market adoption goals.\n\n \nMichael Rubenstein is currently President & CEO of Rubenstein& Advisory\, a boutique advisory firm helping companies reach their full potential through strategy\, culture\, change management\, leadership development\, operational excellence and value creation. \nHe serves as Independent Board Chairman of Freshr Technologies\, a Board Observer for Vision Group\, and an Advisory Board Member of Hyperion Global Cities. He was previously a Director of Art Souterrain\, a non-profit organization whose mission is to make art more accessible\, and an Independent Director of the Board of Directors of Scotia Investments Ltd. and Blomidon Investments\, overseeing seven companies in biomedical\, energy\, recycling and packaging. \nMost recently\, he was Operating Partner\, Private Equity Québec for CDPQ\, the third-largest pension fund manager in the world\, where he worked with CEOs and leadership teams of portfolio companies to maximize value across the investment lifecycle\, including M&A activity\, strategy\, operating models\, human capital and ESG. \nPrior\, he was President and CEO of Biomod\, a biotech company whose patented technology was used in the manufacturing of dry facial masks. Previously\, he was Chief Operating Officer of Magil Laurentienne\, a Montreal-based\, integrated real estate company\, where he led a culture change\, restructured the organization and drove significant development projects. \nMichael held senior leadership roles in the packaging industry with Rio Tinto’s Alcan Packaging\, a US$6.5 billion world leader in specialty packaging with 131 facilities and 29\,000 team members in 31 countries. As Chief Growth and Innovation Officer\, he created the company’s Growth and Innovation vision and spearheaded a Global Account Management model with partners including Johnson & Johnson\, Kraft\, Unilever\, Danone and Procter & Gamble\, signing $350 million in multi-year global contracts.
URL:https://www.canadianspeakers.org/event/open-innovation-here-there-and-everywhere/
CATEGORIES:Behind the Mic,CAPS National
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SUMMARY:Behind The Mic - SAVE THE DATE
DESCRIPTION:CAPS Behind the Mic is our amazing monthly online speaker event. Members and non-members alike can gain access to pre-event networking and business-building programming from some of the speaking industry’s best teachers and leaders. \nSave the date! Check back for details. \nVisit the Behind the Mic page for details on the next event and for a sneak peek at some of the content we cover. \nhttps://www.canadianspeakers.org/events/#behind-the-mic \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.canadianspeakers.org/event/caps-behind-the-mic-october-2026/
CATEGORIES:CAPS National
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DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20261020T210000
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SUMMARY:Behind The Mic - SAVE THE DATE
DESCRIPTION:CAPS Behind the Mic is our amazing monthly online speaker event. Members and non-members alike can gain access to pre-event networking and business-building programming from some of the speaking industry’s best teachers and leaders. \nSave the date! Check back for details. \nVisit the Behind the Mic page for details on the next event and for a sneak peek at some of the content we cover. \nhttps://www.canadianspeakers.org/events/#behind-the-mic \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.canadianspeakers.org/event/caps-behind-the-mic-november-2026/
CATEGORIES:Behind the Mic,CAPS National
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