The AGC Experience

The AGC Experience podcast features our AGC Talks speakers sharing their message in an audio podcast that you can listen to from anywhere. Listen in to our recent AGC Talks featured guest. Listen as Les Hill shares Communication's Integrity - 7 Steps a motivational talk with AGC Minneapolis August 2021. 

Where did this conversation start, you might ask? Where in our education system do, we teach people how to communicate effectively and how to actual be participatory in conversing with another human being or with a group. Yes, there are speaker academies and mentors -- the real question? how is their Integrity and how do they approach communication without it being a pitch fest? In the next 12-15 minutes you will be empowered with Tips Techniques and a powerful approach to Transforming Your Mindset in 2021. 

Learning Objectives: 

• Listening 
• Looking / Seeing 
• Being Present 
• Speaking 
• Body Language 
• Being in Another 
• Mindset / Manifestation 

Speaker Bio: 

Les lived in England and France until he came to America when he was 12-years old. After finishing school, he enlisted in the U.S. Army serving for 5 years. He spent most of his career in the wine industry, working for a major liquor distributor as their wine guy and eventually becoming a Certified Sommelier. 

Les learned while living in Europe that a good glass of wine, paired with the right food, could enhance conversation and communication. Now, he pairs his military experience, his expertise in food and wine, and his passion for helping others to meet their goals in both life and business. In his unique Keynote meetings, communication luncheons, small group breakout sessions, and dinner events, Les creates a memorable and deeply motivational experience. 

Les takes a holistic approach to coaching your business and personal life, giving you the tools to communicate with integrity, resolve conflict, and experience business, financial and personal freedom! He is the first of his kind in the world - He is an Integrity Coach 

AGC Accelerated Global Connections is a business networking organization that helps connect business professionals globally through in person networking, motivational talks, and online social profiles. To learn more about AGC and membership in this growing organization.  Visit https://www.joinagc.com/  

The AGC Experience podcast features our AGC Talks speakers sharing their message in an audio podcast that you can listen to from anywhere. Listen in to our recent AGC Talks featured guest. Listen as Anthony David Adams shares Psychedelics, Creativity & Deep Leadership a motivational talk with AGC Minneapolis August 2021. 

Join us for a vibrant talk and discussion with Anthony David Adams sharing the wisdom he has won coaching billionaires, running an underground psychedelic therapy practice, and acquiring Captain Morgans Pirate Island in Panama. 

Gain a new powerful perspective and tools (whether you are a creative genius or creatively blocked) that will enable you to find new solutions, navigate inner and outer challenges and inspire transformation from the teams that you lead.  

Speaker Bio: 

Anthony David Adams is a visionary, inventor, activist, artist, entrepreneur, and transformational coach / trusted advisor to the founders of the world's greatest organizations and their teams. 

Hes known for his capacity to support the world's most powerful leaders in doing deep inner and outer work. 

Anthonys body of work has been featured in hundreds of media outlets including PBS, CNN, Forbes, Entrepreneur, Time, The New York Times, Huffington Post, and Fox. 

Clients have included founders and teams from Asana, One Project, Bombas, Summit Series, The United Nations, Ben & Jerrys, Google, and The Salvation Army. 

His products and inventions have been sold everywhere from Urban Outfitters to Ritz Carlton Hotels. 

Anthony is an advisor to STS Capital Partners and a former World Games Invitee. 

He holds a BA in Psychology from Edinboro University and an MS in Urban Planning from Wisconsin. 

As an activist, he’s one of the country's leading voices on psychedelics and mental health reform - recently becoming the first person to hold space for an underground MDMA therapy session on national television. Hes credited with being a primary catalyst in integrating race-segregated proms in southern public schools as well as ending corporal punishment in New Mexico, which has since prevented millions of children from being legally beaten. 

AGC Accelerated Global Connections is a business networking organization that helps connect business professionals globally through in person networking, motivational talks, and online social profiles. To learn more about AGC and membership in this growing organization.  Visit https://www.joinagc.com/ 

The AGC Experience podcast features our AGC Talks speakers sharing their message in an audio podcast that you can listen to from anywhere. Listen in to our recent AGC Talks featured guest. Listen as Laura Moody shares Taking Risks: An unconventional path to support COVID-19 vaccine manufacturing a motivational talk with AGC Minneapolis August 2021. 

With an advanced degree in cellular and molecular biology, anyone would think that Laura's contribution to COVID-19 vaccines would come from a lab bench. Through a series of twists and turns in her professional life, she'll share how taking risks allowed her to contribute to our global health crisis in an unexpected way. Having the confidence to change a career path, especially after many years in the same field, isn't easy. Learn how making the leap and using your skills in a new setting can allow you to accomplish growth in both your work and home life. 

Learning Objectives: 

• Building confidence ahead of a professional risk 
• Changing your career path 
• Applying your skills in a new industry 
• Getting out of your comfort zone 
• Learning to appreciate change 

Speaker Bio: 

Laura Moody, Ph.D. is the North American product manager at Syntegon Pharma Technology. Prior to Syntegon, Laura was the technical lead for the cell-based drug screening and manufacturing group at Thermo Fisher Scientific. Laura earned her Ph.D. in cellular and molecular biology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She's also a wife, mother, nature-lover, avid reader and baker. 

AGC Accelerated Global Connections is a business networking organization that helps connect business professionals globally through in person networking, motivational talks, and online social profiles. To learn more about AGC and membership in this growing organization.  Visit https://www.joinagc.com/  

How to become Fear-less in business and in life 

The AGC Experience podcast features our AGC Talks speakers sharing their message in an audio podcast that you can listen to from anywhere. Listen in to our recent AGC Talks featured guest. Listen as Kari Lyke shares How to become Fear-less in business and in life a motivational talk with AGC Indiana August 2021. 

How powerful would you be if you could control the fear that's holding you back in your business and your life? We are the chokehold of our business and our life. It is our own self who holds us back from living an extraordinary life and the number one thing that holds people back is FEAR. Becoming Fear-less, isn't about completely eliminating fear in your life. Becoming Fear-less is about controlling the fear so you act in spite of the fear, until you get to a point where there isn't much that holds you back from taking the actions you need to take to live an extraordinary life. 

Learning Objectives: 

• Change your Story & Find your Hunger 
• Visualize what it is you want and act like you already have it. Arrival before departure. 
• Become comfortable with uncomfortable. Pain is a requirement for growth. 
• Demand that giving up is not an option. Fail as many times as it takes to be successful 
• Invest your time and your money like a Dhando 

Speaker Bio: 

Kari Lyke is the Founder and Host of The Investor Warrior Podcast, a no BS approach to the real and raw side of real estate education. The show talks about the good, the bad and the ugly of real estate entrepreneurship and is for those who want to live an extraordinary life through the vehicle of real estate investing. After attending college and grad school, 7 years of higher education and a secure job in the medical profession, Kari realized quickly that she wanted more out of life than clocking in and out and waiting for those 2 weeks of vacation. She then replaced her medical professional income in little more than 6 months, after becoming active in the real estate investing field. Kari has now been a real estate entrepreneur for close to 9 years, where she has managed hundreds of real estate investment transactions, most without the use of banks, cash or credit. 

AGC Accelerated Global Connections is a business networking organization that helps connect business professionals globally through in person networking, motivational talks, and online social profiles. To learn more about AGC and membership in this growing organization.  Visit https://www.joinagc.com/  

The AGC Experience podcast features our AGC Talks speakers sharing their message in an audio podcast that you can listen to from anywhere. Listen in to our recent AGC Talks featured guest. Listen as Nicole Majik as shares Annihilate Self Sabotage a motivational talk with AGC California August 2021. 

Do you find yourself in a never ending loop of self sabotage? Did you know that 87% of what we think and say is negative, greater than 95% of what we do is subconscious and the subconscious is 1000 times more powerful than the conscious the perfect trap for self sabotaging behavior ... Imagine a life in which you cannot feel fear anymore. There is nothing to stop you from achieving the life you deserve without compromising who you are or what you love. Learn the 3 step process that turns your inner critic into your biggest cheerleader and shows you a clear path to create a life you love. 

• Eliminate self sabotage 
• Have more time to spend how you please 
• Learn the steps to be seen for your fearless authentic self 
• Create healthy habits, get more restful sleep and increased energy 
• Gain clarity, focus and a sense of joyful wellbeing 
• Monetize your business and skillsets, while reducing work time 
• Have no more self doubt and have unwavering confidence 

Speaker Bio: 

Nicole Majik, owner of Majik, LLC for 13 years, holds a bachelors degree in Biology/Chemistry and a Masters in Metaphysics. She is an accomplished leadership and empowerment strategist and educator, and has created a highly effective, life-transforming empowerment program: The Alchemy of Transformation. She awakens your true potential by erasing limiting beliefs and showing you how to live a life you deserve without compromising who you are or what you love. 

Nicole has appeared on various radio shows, local TV, as a keynote speaker for international conferences and has even appeared on the Travel Channel for Greatest Mysteries: Smithsonian as well as Beyond the Unknown Season 2 Episode 13. 

AGC Accelerated Global Connections is a business networking organization that helps connect business professionals globally through in person networking, motivational talks, and online social profiles. To learn more about AGC and membership in this growing organization.  Visit https://www.joinagc.com/ 

The AGC Experience podcast features our AGC Talks speakers sharing their message in an audio podcast that you can listen to from anywhere. Listen in to our recent AGC Talks featured guest. Listen as Bo Young shares The Magic of Being Memorable a motivational talk with AGC Minneapolis August 2021. 

Each of us is remarkable in our own way, and the impact we have on others matters. When we embrace the gifts we have been given and share them with the world we have the ability to inspire and improve our lives and the lives we intersect with. Learn how kindness can be a competitive advantage and discover the consequences of caring for your community. 

Learning Objectives: 

• Recognizing what makes you remarkable and the reason to embrace your uniqueness. 
• The importance of being your authentic you. 
• How to stand out from your competition and stay top of mind. 
• Gain awareness of the way you make people feel. 

Speaker Bio: 

Bo Young wears a few hats, and he cherishes his roles as husband, father, son, friend, entrepreneur, ambassador of kindness, and advocate of showing appreciation. He has launched and sold multiple businesses, including a carpet cleaning company, janitorial service, insurance agency, and RV rental business. As the President and Chief Appreciation Officer of the William Young Insurance Agency, he believes in exceptional customer service and compassion. He is a relationship marketing enthusiast and he believes our communities are only as good as we make them. He aspires to continually encourage and share ideas with other businesses on how to build trust and show gratitude in new and creative ways. He is also a Super Affiliate with Mailbox Power and a proud member and sponsor of AGC! 

AGC Accelerated Global Connections is a business networking organization that helps connect business professionals globally through in person networking, motivational talks, and online social profiles. To learn more about AGC and membership in this growing organization.  Visit https://www.joinagc.com/ 

 The AGC Experience podcast features our AGC Talks speakers sharing their message in an audio podcast that you can listen to from anywhere. Listen in to our recent AGC Talks featured guest. Listen as Charlie Williams shares Finding your niche. The difficulties of transition for veterans a motivational talk with AGC Indiana July 2021. 

There are many challenges facing veterans as they move back into society. Hear one post-9/11 veteran's story of transition and finding his purpose again. 

Learning Objectives: 

Difficulties in transition for veterans 

Fighting stigma 

Veteran concerns 

Why a veteran can be a force multiplier 

How you can help 

Speaker Bio: 

Charlie Williams is the Program Director of Warrior Reunion Foundation. He is a Marine veteran and former police officer. He holds degrees in Aviation Technology and Aviation Maintenance and is a guest lecturer for the Military Family Research Institute at Purdue University, providing instruction on military culture and transition difficulties to behavioral health clinicians. 

AGC Accelerated Global Connections is a business networking organization that helps connect business professionals globally through in person networking, motivational talks, and online social profiles. To learn more about AGC and membership in this growing organization.  Visit https://www.joinagc.com/ 

Learning from the Minds of our Kids 

 The AGC Experience podcast features our AGC Talks speakers sharing their message in an audio podcast that you can listen to from anywhere. Listen in to our recent AGC Talks featured guest. Listen as Peter Tartaro shares Learning from the Minds of our Kids a motivational talk with AGC Minneapolis July 2021. 

The experience of guiding my daughter through her first season of youth soccer was eye opening. What I learned about her, and myself, in that journey, was that love and support are more important than discipline or motivation. 

Speaker Bio: 

Pete Tartaro is a NJ Native living in Chaska, MN with his wife Caitlin (a native Minnesotan) and their two daughters, Nora and Lily. 

Pete works in St. Paul, MN for Securian Financial, where he helps financial professionals think like better business owners. Outside of work, he enjoys cheering on his daughters at their events, running, reading, and has even taken his old trumpet out of it's case and began playing again. 

AGC Accelerated Global Connections is a business networking organization that helps connect business professionals globally through in person networking, motivational talks, and online social profiles. To learn more about AGC and membership in this growing organization.  Visit https://www.joinagc.com/ 

The AGC Experience podcast features our AGC Talks speakers sharing their message in an audio podcast that you can listen to from anywhere. Listen in to our recent AGC Talks featured guest. Listen as Bianca Riemer shares How to influence skeptical people without manipulating them a motivational talk with AGC Minneapolis July 2021. 

Do you have people in your life that seem to already have made up their mind about everything and it's impossible to get them to listen to you? During this talk, you'll discover why being enthusiastic is probably the worst thing when trying to sell to skeptical people, and what you can do instead to influence them. 

Speaker Bio: 

Bianca Riemer is a leadership coach and sales trainer who helps executives and entrepreneurs maximize their impact at work without burnout. She is a former multi-award-winning Equity Analyst at Morgan Stanley, and author of the international bestseller "When Women Heal". 

AGC Accelerated Global Connections is a business networking organization that helps connect business professionals globally through in person networking, motivational talks, and online social profiles. To learn more about AGC and membership in this growing organization.  Visit https://www.joinagc.com/ 

The AGC Experience podcast features our AGC Talks speakers sharing their message in an audio podcast that you can listen to from anywhere. Listen in to our recent AGC Talks featured guest. Listen as Kimberly Meredith shares 6 Ways to Elevate Your Client Experience a motivational talk with AGC Minneapolis July 2021. 

Customers no longer base their loyalty on price or product. Instead, they stay loyal with companies due to the experience they receive. So what do customers want? Kim Meredith will be discussing 6 Ways You Can Elevate Your Customer Experience. 

Speaker Bio: 

Kim Meredith has been working with small business owners for over 20 years. She helps her client get more business and increase their bottom-line revenue with online advertising from websites, social media, search engine marketing, search engine optimization and online display advertising. She also helps those small business owners run their daily business, so they keep their customers coming back to them and not their competitors with Thryv. Thryv is an End-To-End Client Experience Platform. 

AGC Accelerated Global Connections is a business networking organization that helps connect business professionals globally through in person networking, motivational talks, and online social profiles. To learn more about AGC and membership in this growing organization.  Visit https://www.joinagc.com/