Time To Shine Today

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Oreet is on a mission to eliminate boring, panic-filled presentations for good. As the founder of OC Presentation Designs, she transforms complex ideas into clear, visually stunning slides that connect, inspire, and get results. With 20+ years in instructional design, Oreet helps professionals craft powerful stories through presentations—so they can show up with confidence, own the room, and leave a lasting impression.

 📣QUOTE:  “My job is to help people shine. I simplify, clarify, and design so they can show up with confidence.” ✨- Oreet Kaufman  

Fergie’s Top 5+ Knowledge Nuggets and Take-Aways:

1. Stop boring your audience—communicate with visuals that actually connect and leave an impression 🔥.
2. Design your message for impact in 3 to 5 seconds—because that’s all the time you really have ⏱️.
3. Cut the clutter in how you speak, write, and present—Oreet calls it “word dieting” ✂️.
4. Stay flexible. Stay true to your brand, but don’t be afraid to add your own flavor 🎨.
5. Think beyond aesthetics. How does your message feel to the people receiving it? 💡
6. Lead with empathy and curiosity—two of the most underrated tools in business and life 👂.

🔹 Valuable Time-Stamps🔹

🕒 [00:04:58] Origin story: Oreet’s corporate frustration sparks her presentation design mission

🕒 [00:05:52] The 3–5 second rule for visual impact that actually connects

🕒 [00:08:47] Word dieting defined: how Oreet simplifies cluttered slides

🕒 [00:12:20] Her aha moment: realizing her brand is clarity and design

🕒 [00:16:42] 3-day keynote rescue: how she redesigned 30+ slides under pressure 

🛠️Recommended Resources:  

Visit OC Presentation Designs

Oreet’s Linked IN

Visit OC Presentation Designs Facebook Page 

Oreet’s Word Dieting Tips! - A MUST READ

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Koryn Greenspan is a professional Certified Pet Loss Bereavement Specialist, Professional Dog and Puppy Trainer and a passionate advocate for pet wellness and holistic pet care.   

 📣QUOTE:  “In anticipatory grief, there’s an opportunity to plan the entire trajectory of your pet’s passing with love, intention, and grace.” 🐾 - Koryn Greenspan     

Fergie’s Top 5+ Knowledge Nuggets and Take-Aways:

1. Recognize that healing often comes from unexpected places—like a rescue dog who becomes your teacher and partner 🐾
2. Treat every loss—human or animal—with the same level of compassion and support 🕊️
3. Use your pain as fuel to guide others through their own journeys with empathy and care 🤝
4. Understand that true leadership often means walking beside others, not in front of them 🌟
5. Level up your relationships by being fully present and listening with your whole heart 👂
6. Trust your intuition when it tells you it’s time for a change—it could lead to your next big leap 🔑

🔹 Valuable Time-Stamps🔹

🕒 [00:04:00] From PR to Healing Hearts – Koryn’s pivot into pet care and entrepreneurship

🕒 [00:07:00] Selling a Business Overnight – How she let go to follow her calling

🕒 [00:10:00] The Birth of The Parted Paw – Turning grief into a compassionate mission

🕒 [00:18:00] Planning a Pet’s Passing With Love – The power of anticipatory grief

🕒 [00:22:00] The Quality of Life Scale – Helping pet owners make informed, heartfelt decisions 

🛠️Recommended Resources:  

Visit The Parted Paw

Koryn’s LinkedIN

TikTok The Parted Paw 

Koryn’s Email: [email protected] 

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Van Lai-DuMone, founder of worksmart Advantage, is a dynamic force redefining how teams harness creativity and curiosity in the workplace through her groundbreaking Creative Integration™ method. With 20+ years of experience spanning startups to industry giants like Google and LinkedIn, she designs transformative learning experiences that drive innovation from the inside out. A TEDx speaker and author of What If Pigs Can Fly?, Van draws deep inspiration from her mother—a Vietnamese refugee who became one of the first licensed Vietnamese manicurists in the U.S., igniting an $8.3 billion industry. Van’s work is a bold invitation to reimagine what’s possible when curiosity leads the way.

 📣QUOTE:  “Curiosity is the most powerful thing we own 🔑. It’s an invitation to ask, ‘What if?’ and reimagine what’s possible.” - Van Lai-Dumone
 

Fergie’s Top 5+ Knowledge Nuggets and Take-Aways:

1. One small skill can spark an empire 💅. What untapped talents could you develop into something world-changing?
2. Infuse creativity and curiosity 🎨 into your work to unlock innovation and stand out as a leader.
3. Even with massive achievements, like speaking for TEDx and advising Google 🌐, prioritize real human connection—it’s where fulfillment lives ❤️
4. You don’t have to build the biggest empire 🏛️ to inspire others—you just need to lead by example.
5. Strive to be remembered for how you helped others 👐—not just what you achieved.
6. Engage your hands and mind together 🖐️🧠. Simple tools like LEGO can unlock complex breakthroughs.

🔹 Valuable Time-Stamps🔹

🕒 [00:03:00] Van shares her family’s dramatic escape during the fall of Saigon 🇻🇳

🕒 [00:05:00] How Tippi Hedren sparked an $8.3B nail industry 💅

🕒 [00:13:00] The turning point that led Van to launch WorkSmart Advantage 🚀

🕒 [00:19:00] Using LEGO and creativity to unlock leadership potential 🧱

🕒 [00:27:00] Van’s advice to her younger self about overcoming self-doubt ✨ 

 🛠️ Recommended Resources:  

Visit Work Smart Advantage

Pick Up Van’s Book: What if Pigs Can Fly

Leadership Canvas Cohort

Worksmart Shop

Van’s Linked IN

Van’s Facebook

Van’s Instagram

Van’s Youtube  

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As CEO and Founder of Tracy Beavers Coaching, Tracy has a proven track record in business growth. With an award winning career spanning 20 years, Tracy has guided hundreds of entrepreneurs to grow their business visibility through organic marketing strategies. She is a public speaker, and a published author. She has been featured by CBS television, the Wall Street Journal, Vanity Fair Lingerie, and Kajabi. She is the creator of the top ranked business podcast “Create Online Business Success!”

 📣QUOTE: "Your email list is the only thing you truly own in your business. Social media can disappear — but your list is your lifeline." 📧 - Tracy Beavers

Fergie’s Top 5+ Knowledge Nuggets and Take-Aways:

1. Don’t fall for the corporate safety myth. 🏢💣 -  If you're building someone else’s dream, they can pull the rug out at any time. Tracy's story proves it.
2. Freedom comes when you control both your calendar and your cash flow. 🗓️💵 - Entrepreneurship gives you both — if you build it right.
3. Want consistent income? Get consistent visibility. 👀📈 - If people don’t see you, they won’t buy from you.
4. Know who’s listening. 🧐📊 - Track what your subscribers open, click, and download. Then meet them where they are.
5. Make your emails feel like a conversation, not a commercial. ☕📬- Speak to your list like a friend — not a pitch machine.
6. Know who’s listening. 🧐📊 - Track what your subscribers open, click, and download. Then meet them where they are.

🔹 Valuable Time-Stamps🔹

⏰ [00:04:58] Corporate career collapse sparks entrepreneurial leap

⏰ [00:11:47] Why your email list is your #1 business asset

⏰ [00:17:10] Busting the myth that organic marketing is slow

⏰ [00:20:14] How segmenting your list leads to higher conversions

⏰ [00:24:02] $15K earned from 103 personalized Loom videos 

Recommended Resources:  

Visit Tracy’s Site for Consistent Monthly Income

Tune into Tracy’s Top Rated Podcast: Create Online Business Success

Tracy’s Linked IN

Tracy’s Facebook

Tracy’s Instagram

Tracy’s YouTube

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Meet Emily Hawkins, creator of LeaderSHIFT and a powerhouse in helping small business owners escape overwhelm and build profitable, sustainable businesses they actually love. After saving corporate giants millions, she now brings those same high-impact strategies to the small biz world—simplifying operations, boosting profits, and reigniting joy. With an MBA, supply chain expertise, and a life coaching cert (featured in Forbes), Emily proves that success doesn’t require fancy degrees—just curiosity and a bold willingness to try something new.

📣QUOTE: "I don’t want you playing small. I want you scared, stretched, and growing — because that’s where the magic happens." 🌱

Fergie’s Top 5+ Knowledge Nuggets and Take-Aways:

1. Leadership isn’t about power — it’s about people. 🤝
    Great leaders ditch assumptions and lean into curiosity.
2. Culture starts with you. 🌱 -  If your team isn’t thriving, maybe it’s time to rebuild the foundation.
3. Want better results? Start communicating more. 📣
    Silence kills momentum. Clarity builds it.
4. Empower your team to act like owners. 👔
    Turn employees into “intrapreneurs” — leaders of their lanes.
5. Save thousands by cutting the fat, not adding the fluff. ✂️
    Look for waste before you look for sales.
6. Stop playing small just to stay comfortable. 🚫
    Growth starts where comfort ends.

🔹 Valuable Time-Stamps🔹

🕒 00:05:00 – From toxic leadership to transformation

🕒 00:09:00 – Building the dream team from scratch

🕒 00:14:00 – Why more isn’t the answer in business

🕒 00:17:00 – Weekly goals that drive momentum

🕒 00:33:00 – Customer journey mapping = game changer

Recommended Resources:  

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Emily’s Linked IN

Emily’s Facebook

Emily’s Instagram

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Kirstin Carey is a dynamic serial entrepreneur, sought-after speaker, and holistic practitioner who has built multiple six- and seven-figure businesses—both brick-and-mortar and online. After overcoming two autoimmune conditions, she discovered a powerful truth: success loses its meaning when burnout takes over. With more than 30 years of experience under her belt, Kirstin now helps high achievers master the art of sales, build unshakable resilience, and find true balance. Her motto? If selling feels hard, you're doing it wrong—and she’s here to help you change that. 

QUOTE: “Our bodies know how to heal. We just have to stop interrupting the process.” 🧘‍♂️🌿 - Kirstin Carey

Fergie’s Top 5+ Knowledge Nuggets and Take-Aways:

1. Stop glorifying burnout — Pushing too hard for too long costs you everything. Learn how to rise without running yourself into the ground. 🚫
2. You're not “unemployable,” you're a born creator — Step into your calling and build what lights you up. 🚀
3. Your body can heal itself — Kirstin reversed two autoimmune diseases using science, nutrition, and emotional clarity. So can you. 🧬
4. Your team’s health affects your revenue — If they’re exhausted, your business is leaking energy and profit. 🔋
5. Sales problems often start with energy problems — Misalignment repels. Grounded energy attracts. ⚡
6. Curiosity unlocks the truth — Ask better questions and your blind spots turn into breakthroughs. 🔍 

🔹 Valuable Time-Stamps🔹

• [00:03:00] Built Businesses from College Dorm
• [00:04:00] Reversed Autoimmune Through Nutrition
• [00:07:00] Holistic Healing vs. Medication
• [00:11:00] Energy Impacts Sales Performance
• [00:33:00] People Want to Feel Understood

Recommended Resources:  

Visit Evolve Minded 

Kirstin’s Linked IN

Kirstin’s  Facebook

Kirstin’s Instagram

Check Out Need A Closer Directory 

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Michelle Schafer is an ICF-certified coach and facilitator, specializing in career transition and leadership. She is the owner and founder of Michelle Schafer Coaching, empowering people to achieve career fulfillment. Michelle is passionate about people and inspired by their progress, working with clients at all levels of an organization and across sectors including federal and municipal government, high tech, not-for-profit and financial services. Michelle offers coaching 1:1 and in groups, and most recently was recognized as one of Ottawa's Top Coaches in 2024.

🗣QUOTE:  "Look through your network, not just at it 🔍🤝. Every connection you have knows someone who could change your life 🌟💼." — Michelle Schafer

Fergie’s Top 5+ Knowledge Nuggets and Take-Aways:

1. You Bring Value—Right Now 💥 - You don’t need a new title to matter. You already have wins, skills, and wisdom to share. Own that truth.
2. Turn Setbacks Into Setups When life knocks you down, use it as fuel to rise higher. Your toughest transitions can become the foundation for your purpose.🔁
3. Give More to Grow More - The more value you pour into others, the more success flows back. Lead with generosity, and watch your 💧📈
4. Build Your Team of Champions - Success isn’t a solo sport. Surround yourself with people who challenge, support, and believe in you. 🏆🤝
5. Asking for Help Is Strength - Needing support doesn’t make you weak—it makes you smart. Lean in. Reach out. 💪📞
6. Stop Selling. Start Serving - Relationships are built on value, not pitches. Connect first—business follows. ❤️📬

🔹 Valuable Time-Stamps🔹

⏱️ [00:04:00] — Reinventing After Job Loss:  Michelle shares how losing her job twice led to discovering her purpose in coaching.

⏱️ [00:08:00] — Free Support Strategy:  Michelle explains how she offers free LinkedIn tips and 30-min consults to job seekers.

⏱️ [00:14:00] — Networking Mindset Shift:  Game-changing insight: “Look through your network, not just at it.”

⏱️ [00:23:00] — Overcoming Imposter Syndrome:  Michelle breaks down how to reframe limiting beliefs through evidence and feedback.

⏱️ [00:27:00] — Not Your Forever Place:  A powerful reminder to job seekers that current struggles are temporary.

Recommended Resources:  

Visit Michelle’s Coaching site: 

Pick up Michelle’s Book: Cultivating Career Growth - Navigating Transitions with Purpose

Michelle’s Linked IN

Michelle’s Facebook

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Laura Templeton, author of Compassionate Leadership, joins the Time to Shine Today podcast to explore powerful strategies for business owners and professionals to lead with empathy and impact. Founder of 30 Second Success, Laura brings 25+ years in marketing, specializing in authentic brand communication that connects deeply with clients. Through her books, workshops, and speaking engagements, she empowers leaders to communicate with clarity, confidence, and compassion, inspiring growth and success at every level. 

🗣QUOTE:   “When you have leaders who are willing to have the hard conversation and still elevate people — that’s where real growth happens.” - Laura Templeton

Fergie’s Top 5+ Knowledge Nuggets and Take-Aways:

1. 🔍 Lead with transparency — in work and life. Open communication builds real trust, not just authority.
2. 🚀 Never stop improving. Progress is a lifestyle, not a once-a-year goal.
3. 🔥 Speak up before the fire starts. Self-leadership means spotting the warning signs early.
4. 🧠 Micromanaging yourself is just perfectionism in disguise. Go deeper — what’s really going on?
5. 🚪 Saying “my door is open” isn’t enough. Show people they’re safe to walk through it.
6. 🤝 Asking for help isn’t weakness — it’s wisdom. Drop the ego and lean into support.

🔹 Valuable Time-Stamps🔹

Recommended Resources:  

Visit 30 Second Success

Pick Up Laura’s New Book: Compassionate Leadership

Laura’s Linked IN

Laura’s Facebook

Laura’s Instagram

Laura’s YouTube

Laura’s X (Twitter)

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As the CEO of TRANSFORM YOUR PERFORMANCE, Regina Huber helps her clients become THRIVING leaders with thriving teams and freakin’ amazing lives.

Her eclectic experience spans over five continents and includes ownership of businesses in Argentina, Brazil, and the U.S. 

This experience shaped her into a multinational Transformational Leadership Coach, Inspirational Speaker, and Author of Speak up, Stand out and Shine, as well as LIVING MY FREAKIN’ AMAZING LIFE. She is the Host of the RISE TO LEAD Podcast.

QUOTE: "These experiences weren’t just traumas — they were reflections of undigested emotions. Life was handing me a mirror until I chose to transform." - Regina Huber
 

Fergie’s Top 5+ Knowledge Nuggets and Take-Aways:

1. You don’t need permission to live boldly 💥 The world doesn’t hand you courage — you decide to show up with it.
2. Your toughest moments can become your greatest teachers 🧠 That challenge might be your next breakthrough.
3. Confidence starts with intention, not credentials 🎯 Focus less on proving. Focus more on serving.
4. You already have the power — stop outsourcing it 🔋 Nobody’s coming to empower you. Flip the switch yourself.
5. Every moment you live can plant a legacy 🌱 Even if you never see the impact, your actions echo.
6. Your story is power — tell it 📖 Someone out there needs your truth to rise.

🔹 Valuable Time-Stamps🔹

00:02:15 – Global roots of transformation

00:07:48 – Trauma as emotional reflection

00:13:03 – Stop outsourcing your power

00:19:22 – Confidence begins with intention

00:26:40 – Your story plants legacy seeds

Recommended Resources:  

Visit Transform Your Performance

Pick Up Regina’s Book, Living My Freakin Amazing Life (I was blessed to write the back cover blurb!)

Visit Regina’s Linked IN

Visit Regina’s Facebook

Visit Regina’s Instagram

Visit Regina’s YouTube

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Vicki Paris Goodman is the author of To Sam, With Love: A Surviving Spouse’s Story of Inspired Grief. Having lived most of her life in the Los Angeles area, Ms. Goodman now resides in the mountains of central Arizona. She is a retired mechanical engineer. She sings and plays violin semi-professionally. And for over twenty years she served a Long Beach (CA) area newspaper as theater critic. She is currently writing her second book, Speed Bumps: And Other Impediments to Life in the Fast Lane, a slightly self-deprecating treatise on the trials of life of a type A personality. 

QUOTE: "We’ve been conditioned to grieve in ways that keep us stuck. I’m living proof you can move forward and still miss someone deeply." 🔓 - Vicki Paris Goodman

Fergie’s Top 5+ Knowledge Nuggets and Take-Aways:

1. Transform your grief into growth. 💥 Don’t just survive your pain — let it lift you and show you a deeper strength you didn’t know you had.
2.  Stay open to unexpected awakenings. 🌅 Your most spiritual and transformative moments may arrive when you least expect them — be ready to receive.
3. Laugh through the tears. 😂 Don’t underestimate the power of humor. It’s not weakness — it’s a survival tool and a bridge back to joy.
4. Let optimism in. 🌞 Feeling hopeful after loss isn’t betrayal — it’s bravery. It means your heart is still open.
5. Challenge the grief script. ✍️ Just because culture says grief must look a certain way doesn't mean it’s right for you. Write your own healing story.
6. Don’t do grief alone. 🤝 Seek voices that understand. Books, podcasts, and community can help you feel seen and supported. 

🔹 Valuable Time-Stamps🔹

• [00:05:00] – Honoring Sam's Decency & Humor
• [00:10:00] – The Day He Died… Flooded with Optimism
• [00:17:00] – “Is Death Tragic?” A Bold Reframe
• [00:21:00] – Grief Myth-Busting: Activity vs Quiet Time
• [00:28:00] – Smelling the Roses: Slowing Down a Type A

Recommended Resources:  

Visit Inspired Grief

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