Sheri Andrunyk

Sheri Andrunyk is the President and Owner of Insightful Communications and Women For Women.  She generously shares her knowledge and experience gained from 24 years as a successful entrepreneur: 11 of those years she spent as a progressive and forward-thinking franchise owner in the beauty industry.

Sheri has extensive training and mentoring in business and direct sales; and has earned numerous awards for personal achievement and staff development.  Through her intense commitment to higher learning, not to mention her ever-expanding and varied client base, Sheri has acquired considerable expertise and insights into many industries.

Sheri Andrunyk believes that, deep inside, we all know what’s best for our own life and business.  She is a catalyst who brings exactly that to the forefront; empowering her clients with unexpected vision, wisdom and support.  Her coaching guides you with passion to the next level, while maintaining the work/life balance that is best for you.

Being a communication expert makes Sheri an invaluable source in your professional or personal journey.  As a Master NLP Practitioner, she uses Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) techniques to help you create, anchor and reinforce productive, high-impact states.  Sheri is masterful at managing time and resources for you and your organization. She has the ability to get you to focus on what is critical and helps you create alternative behaviours you can consistently use to achieve more than you thought was possible.

Sheri is a dynamic, energetic, powerful speaker, trainer, coach and consultant who is focused on her clients and will stop at nothing to ensure they achieve their full potential.  A leader like no other, Sheri walks her talk ‘and then some’.  She leads by example with integrity and commitment in everything she does, and gives 200 percent to you and your business so you have what you need to be the best that you can be.

Chris Keeler is the founding partner of NLP Canada Training Inc. and with training partner Linda Ferguson, host of the HOPE Symposium.

Chris is a gifted and charismatic trainer and coach who has been working in neuro-linguistic programming for almost fifteen years. He founded NLP Canada Training in 2000, after the death of his mentor, Derek Balmer (who trained with John Grinder and Richard Bandler and was one of the first people to bring NLP to Canada).  Currently, Chris is busy with new challenges, but he still participates in most practitioner trainings and some evening and weekend events.

Chris has used NLP to create success in fields that range from  professional beach volleyball to education and marketing. His practice of NLP involves heightening sensory awareness to gain access to more information about leverage points for growth and change. He can often help individuals to achieve generative change as quickly as they can think through the patterns. Learn more about Chris at his Linked In profile.

Linda Ferguson is Senior Partner, NLP Canada Training Inc. She and Chris Keeler will be hosting the HOPE Symposium.

Have you ever lost track of time listening to someone tell stories?  Linda Ferguson is blessed by a fine ear for stories. She loves to listen as people tell the stories of their lives and work, and she loves to listen as the stories she sometimes tells offer people ways to open up new possibilities.  Linda began coaching and teaching while she was still a young teenager; her career has included a doctorate in literature, post-secondary teaching, business writing, and storytelling.  She is passionate about the way that stories enter our lives, shape our perceptions, store our wisdom, and change our actions so we can change our world.

Linda Ferguson believes that human beings learn and function most effectively in connection with other people. Her enthusiasm, widespread learning, and deep commitment have been inspiring clients for more than 20 years. She is a coach with a finely tuned ear for opportunity and a delight in leading people safely through change. Linda is also an extraordinary storyteller with a gift for building metaphors that support individual and group transformations.

A graduate of Trent University, the University of Western Ontario and the University of Toronto, Linda has taught at post-secondary institutions, written for business and trade publications, and developed customized learning experiences for people of all ages. Linda is currently responsible for the day-to-day management of NLPCT inc. and develops courses in NLP, language, metaphor and influence. Learn more about Linda at her Linked In profile or her Ezine Articles Author’s Page.

Speakers and Their Guests

All speakers are invited to contribute $35 towards the costs of the symposium.  Speakers who wish to contribute $100 will receive 3 additional weekend passes to distribute to their guests. We would be delighted if you would call Carole at 416-928-2394 to arrange your contribution and passes for your friends, family or colleagues.

The NLP Canada Training Community & Friends

Weekend passes will be available to members of the NLP Canada Training community and their friends by calling 416-928-2394 before September 12.  If you are reading this, you are a friend (even if we have not yet met you).  Weekend passes will cost $40 per person (includes GST).  You can pay for your registration online by clicking the BUY NOW button below.

A limited number of day passes will also be available at the door on the days of the symposium. Day passes will cost $30 per person (includes GST).

All passes will be available at the symposium.  Please arrive by 10:15 to pick up your pass and programme.  Orders for two or more passes may be mailed to you if you order before September 1.

PAY YOUR REGISTRATION ONLINE
(Fee of $40.00 includes GST)

Registrants Full Name

Saturday, September 19

10:00 – 10:30:  Registration

10:30  - 12:00

Mike Murray: The Advantage

Karen Petcoff:  Life’s a Pitch

Ron Vereggen: Building Your Lighthouse

1:30 – 3:00

Kathleen Milligan: Fertile Minds

Maxx Kochar: Lifestyle Management System

Bev Hagerdorn: What do you see if you’re standing next to God?

Zoe Pepler:  Stories of Success

3:30 – 5:00

Andrew Reid: Living on the other side of the finish line

James Perly: The Technology of Hope

Linda & Chris: Mine, Yours and Ours

Sunday  September 20

10:00 – 10:30:  Registration

10:30 – 12:00

Barb Luedecke: More Power to You: The Power of “NLP Plus” in Executive Coaching

Christine Laperriere: Changing Your Perception of Change

Iryna Reim: The Art of the Question

1:30 – 3:00

John Dafos: Finding Hope within Bliss

Willard Bond: TBA

Al Crossley: Recording Hope in Audio

Mike Verhey: Stalking the Shadow of Hope

3:30 – 5:00

Sheri Andrunyk: Helping Other People Evolve (and be) Extraordinary

Mike Murray: TBA

Linda & Chris: Hope for Monday Morning

Emmanuel College, University of Toronto

Hope.  It means knowing that something good is possible.  It means there’s a reason to formulate goals and strategies, to get busy, to be brave and creative and persistent.  Hope is the beginning.

Neurolinguistic Programming provides a set of principles and practices that support hope. That’s why NLP Canada Training has invited 20 of its practitioners to speak about the way they discover, grow, support and maintain hope in themselves and others.  They include coaches, trainers, managers, entrepreneurs, consulting hypotists,sales professionals, writers and teachers.  All of them are active members of our community.  All of them inspire hope.

Explore this site to learn more about the people, the presentations and the celebration that will mark this first symposium sponsored by NLP Canada Training. Then get involved.  Offer to help, register to attend, spread the word.  Everyone can use a healthy dose of Hope to take them into the fall of 2009.