Every Speaker Slam® competition brings a new lineup of voices to the stage. On November 22, 2016 at Revival Bar, Toronto, 8 speakers competed on the theme of Passion, Purpose, Perspective.
Meet the speakers below. See how the night ended in the results.
Joyce Dias
1st Place at Passion, Purpose, Perspective 2016
Business, Marketing, Project Management and Leadership Consultant Enthusiastic Entrepreneur Empowerment Mentor Transformational Trainer Technology Tamer An Internationally Renowned Speaker with a Passion for Developing Ethical Leaders in the Workplace, Joyce Speaks on How to Influence the world around you to make an Unforgettable Difference. From her humble beginnings in India, Joyce has risen to influence Global Leaders, both men and women, on several different continents, speaking her message of Truth, wisdom and How to make a Difference without breaking your Spirit. In 2008 she started her own Business, Success byHeart, based out of Toronto, Canada and has worked with several Multinational Companies and Teams around the world. She has led an International Worldwide Youth Leadership Campaign, been part of a contingent that drove National Leadership Transformation in Guatemala, sat on Leadership Award Panels and shared the stage with Top Leadership Experts like John Maxwell, Les Brown, Nick Vujicic and Paul Martinelli speaking to large audiences of hundreds representing 117 different countries. An international Marketing and Project Management Consultant, Joyce began her career in India and quickly rose in her career as she began to operate in the International Arena, starting with Europe and Australia and eventually settling down in North America. Top Business, Marketing and Leadership Consultant, Joyce Dias has trained thousands of people on how to connect the Heart line to the Bottom-line by Engaging their Authentic Strengths, Powerfully Connecting with People and Stepping into Their Unique Style of Leadership.
Julia Katsivo
2nd Place at Passion, Purpose, Perspective 2016
Julia Katsivo is a Career Transition Success Coach and Strategist. She motivates businesses and professionals to perform at high levels. She has over 17 years' experience working in communications, conflict resolution, market research, B2B and B2C sales and collections for some of North America's largest private organizations and the Canadian federal government, where she actively motivated internal and external clients to adopt self-management tools for greater life engagement and productivity. Julia has spoken in front of speakers’ clubs, business associations, community and corporate events, personal and professional development conferences, youth panels and private audiences. She has facilitated hands on workshops on career paths, life crossroads, finding and living out purpose, and has helped transform all who watch and listen to her with powerful eye opening insights.
Parmida Barez
3rd Place at Passion, Purpose, Perspective 2016
Author, Public Speaker, Songwriter, Ontario Certified Teacher and Philanthropist. Parmida strives to empower others to become the leaders, movers and shakers of their own lives. Both the breadth and depth of her experiences have equipped her with many life-changing tools, techniques and perspectives that she has dedicated her life to sharing with others on her journey.
Andrée Myette
Coach/Mentor, Communications Strategist, Trainer/Facilitator, Inspirational Speaker, Break the Silence and Bystander Intervention Advocate
Andrée loves to speak and inspire. This is especially true since she broke her silence, reclaimed her power, boosted her confidence and embraced authentic communication. It has transformed the way she works with others, strengthened her relationships and improved her wellbeing. She draws on this experience to educate, to inspire and to empower others. Her background in communications, her experience as an experiential learning trainer, and her personal story provide leverage to facilitate the clients she works with. Her purpose? Creating awareness around the damaging effects of silence and empowering women, one voice at a time.
Chris-Beth Cowie
Entrepreneur, Motivational Speaker, Empowerment Facilitator
Chris-Beth Cowie is always striving to make a positive difference in the world. She is a proud University of Guelph alumni, humanitarian, entrepreneur and motivational speaker. Chris-Beth believes in giving back to her community and empowering individuals to make a difference, and it is this belief that has led her to create and run her own business, Empowered for Excellence. The mission is to empower people to harness their potential, solve problems and live enriched fulfilled lives. At Empowered For Excellence we start with the fundamental belief that human capital is the driving force for success in any organization. We believe that investing in people through coaching and training, will lead to an empowered individual who understands their value and will thrive while living and working in community. We envision an empowered life as one that is based on the embodiment, practice and teaching of three leadership development core principles: • Value in Self • Value in What You Do • Value in Community Chris-Beth’s experience both at home and abroad on development projects in Paraguay, Bolivia, Nicaragua and Uganda have deepened her understanding of self, service, and building community. The Canadian winter blues sometimes chill her tropical Trinbagonian soul but her appetite to love more, be more, do more, earn more and give more grows everyday. For over 7 years she has been involved in the design and facilitation of about 150 workshops and various conferences, relating but not limited to leadership, community engagement and global citizenship, conflict resolution, team building, environmental sustainability, and personal empowerment and development, which she has participated in at universities, various School Districts across Southern Ontario, non profits and community groups. Chris-Beth continues to develop her speaking skills at Brampton Speakeasy Toastmasters where she has been a member for 3 years and has been awarded the honour of the Toastmaster Competent Communicator Bronze Certificate. She is a certified Motivational Speaker, as deemed by the International Associations of Professors Career College, and hopes to continue her journey to empower both youth and adults alike to live life as their best self.
Crystal Chen
Movement coach, Sales Coach, Motivational Speaker, Writer
I have been blessed to fall into the industry that I now can say is one of my passions. Being in the fitness industry for over 12 years, I have had the opportunity to manage, lead, train and mentor hundreds of people. Through my line of work, I have really been able to hone in on how much joy I got from helping people become successful, whatever that may look like to them. On my journey, I have had to face many obstacles and have learned many lessons. This lead me to always dream of sharing my stories and strategies with the world. I now am ready to make my voice heard and expand beyond my associates, clients and members. My purpose is to instill the skills and confidence into people and help create their own voice so they can position themselves to start taking action by first learning to love them
Nathalie Delorme
Inspirational Speaker, Coach, Adventurer, Healing Facilitator
Explorer of consciousness. When she developed severe eczema in 2009, the challenging circumstances lead Nathalie to embark on a path of healing. In search of what could help, she had no idea that this path would actually become the passion of her life. What began as a quest for physical healing became one that reached into the mental, emotional, and spiritual dimensions as well. Her curiosity led her to explore as many different healing modalities as possible, such as mindfulness, Reiki, meditation, sacred plant medicine, cognitive behavioral therapy, Network Spinal Analysis (NSA), yoga, conscious dance, tantra, intuitive healing, and coaching. While pursuing this journey of growth as a lifelong student, Nathalie’s dream is to share her knowledge and experiences with others so that they too can tap into their own innate ability to heal, transforming themselves and their lives.
Susan Lamb
Connector of dots, ideas and people, Inspirational Humorist, Author, Coach, Communication Specialist
She has been called an inspiring and dynamic speaker and author by her peers and past clients. She comes to the stage and the page with a winning combination of passion and humour. She inspires others to live an authentic life while pursuing their most important goal - self acceptance. Susan has made a name for herself as a much sought after keynote speaker using humour and inspiration to equal effect. She has been called a transformational speaker who inspires her audiences to look through the rubble of disappointment and despair and find hope and happiness. Her sincerity and vulnerability along with her passion and wit allow her to connect deeply with people from all walks of life. She is also an award winning speaker having placed 2nd in the 2011 semi-finals of World Championship of Public Speaking in Las Vegas ranking her in the top 18 out of 30,000 who competed worldwide that year. In 2008 she placed 2nd in the National Speaker's Gold Talent Search and was named one of Canada's up and coming speakers. Most recently she placed 2nd in the Dynamo Speaker Talent Search 2016. Susan is also a contributing author in three books on public speaking and has been coaching and mentoring students of all walks of life through her company called Out in Front. She is also the owner and operator of The Meeting Place, Rental Space for Learning, Laughing and Lounging in Mississauga