Resources Affiliate Speakers Program

When you are looking for fantastic Professional Speakers to help make your event successful, look no further! We are happy to introduce you to some world-class speaker from right in the Okanagan Valley.

Linda Edgecombe
Linda is an internationally renowned, award-winning humorous speaker, trainer, consultant and owner of Learning Edge Resources. She is a best selling author who energizes every room as she leads people to loosen up, lighten the load and laugh. Her audiences are motivated and shown how they can shift their perspectives on life, work and themselves. Change has never been this painless! Topics Include: Shift Or Get Off The Pot (from her soon be released book), Batteries Included, Shift Happens, Note to Self and more.

Anita Bakker
As a Coach - Facilitator - Learning Navigator, Anita brings business experience from government, health care, colleges, small business, and career development. Anita combines other diverse interests and studies with an intense curiosity and a deep respect for people. Creating a safe and open environment for unguarded and spontaneous communication, Anita has become highly skilled at aligning people's talents and deeply held values with systems and processes. Topics include: Change in Mind and Personality Dimensions.



Hugh Culver
Highly sought after keynote speaker and corporate trainer, Hugh D. Culver, MBA, CSP is an Ironman Competitor, Mountain Climber, Marathoner and successful businessman. His powerful keynote presentations and training programs are thoroughly researched, content-rich and delivered with a passion for creating lasting change in audience's lives. Hugh's humour and insights will entertain and educate your audience to the powerful choices that are always available in their work and their lives Topics include: Power of Passion and Moving to Mastery.



Crystal Flamanm
Crystal's engaging and lively presentation style is highly interactive and includes numerous personalized stories. She inspires others by describing her own trials and tribulations of being a successful Entrepreneur, business owner, Ironman triathlete, teacher and aspiring author. Crystal's credo is "Become More Than You Were When You Woke Up This Morning". Topics include: Discovering your Life's Purpose, What Brings you Joy and What are you Passionate about?





Terri Knox
Terri is an insightful, innovative and high energy speaker, author, trainer, and life coach who will challenge you with tools such as introspection and humour to live each day with passion and purpose as you journey on your road to self discovery and enlightenment; learning to maximize your unique God given potential on both a personal and professional level. Her major areas of expertise are: personal development, achieving work life balance, self-image, team building and customer relations. Topics include: Balance...Inside and Out, You're the Boss of You and more.



Richelle Lawrence
Richelle is the guiding and motivating force behind "Play is the Concept". As a speaker, educator and trainer, Richelle has been inspiring audiences using play as the vehicle for learning. Her hands-on, interactive, play-filled approach combined with theory and related information ensures learners a well-rounded experience. Topics include Playing for Profit...it just makes good cents!, Playing for the Health of It, and The "Y" Generation Standing Between You and Your Profit.



Pam Nelson
Pamela has a wide-ranging business background encompassing the technology, legal, engineering, manufacturing and retail industry sectors over the past 25 years in business. As a training and facilitation expert, Pam brings loads of interactive energy to her clients and programs. You will be informed and entertained as Pam leads your group to interact, get accountable and have fun. Topics include: Strategies for Success, Innovative marketing and more.




Myrna Park
Myrna is a Certified Behavioural Analyst, Values Analyst as well as a Bill Gove trained keynote speaker. She is a qualified trainer for The Pacific Institute's Investment in Excellence. Myrna inspires individuals and organizations to maximize potential by helping them understand how they do what they do, why they do what they do and will they ever do it. Topics include: The Chameleon Communicator, Maximizing Potential by Mastering Perspective and Maximizing Leadership.



Rhonda Victoor
Coach Rhonda Victoor will incite you to achieve BIG goals and juggle it all so you can finally "get a life!" In 2004 she did just that by winning the World Effective Speaking Championship in Japan just 2 weeks after giving birth to her first child! She literally wrote the book on communication and networking success and shares those gems in her signature presentation Out with Schmooze! Her keynote Tiny Lies that Keep Us Average is a raw, honest look at the journey toward personal mastery. The shift it causes in audiences is visible and lasting!



Daren Wride
Daren is an author, speaker, outdoorsman and expert in life planning and personal change. Based on his book "Release", Daren gives audiences a thorough overview of the process
and action points that allow them to implement desired changes in their lives. He helps people harness history, focus on the future and master the moment. Topics include: Release, The Power of Team and Motivating Yourself to Motivate Others.



Liz Mckinney
Liz is a Radio Broadcaster, Singer, Musician, Voice-over artist and Story-teller. The stories she has gathered from her 20 plus years in radio and entertaining with her piano and songs are inspiring, riveting and real. She has lived an interesting life and encourages people to realize the interesting parts of their own life while bringing a positive perspective to messages shared with every audience. Topics include: Tune "IT" In and Law of Attraction.



Jeremy Heighton
Jeremy Heighton, founder of WOW can speak to your group on a variety of business and personal excellence topics. With a background in radio and television, and years of experience in government and as a consultant, Jeremy brings his terrific voice and unique perspective to the speaking circuit. Jeremy is engaging, highly energetic and fully committed. Topics include: Teamwork, Change Management, Leadership and Trust.




Stephen Hammond
Stephen is a lawyer turned workplace and community human rights speaker and educator. His Bachelor of Arts in political studies is from the University of Manitoba and his Bachelor of Laws degree is from Osgoode Hall Law School in Toronto. Stephen is the author of Managing Human Rights at Work: 101 practical tips to prevent human rights disasters and Steps in the Rights Direction: 365 human rights celebrations and tragedies that inspired Canada and the world. Topics include: Dancing Backwards and in High Heels, Overcoming the obstacles women face at work, The Million Dollar Mistake and Respectful Workplaces.



Cheryl Cran
Cheryl is the President of Synthesis at Work Inc. and an internationally renowned keynote speaker. She provides practical tools and creative strategies for individuals to take their current level of success and boldly grow it to the next level. The companies that Cheryl works with are top performing organizations with a strong focus on becoming a workplace of choice. Topics include: ?U@ - BCNU - LOL, Learn Their Language to Boldly Lead the Gen X, Y & Boomers, Bold Leaders Rock and Say what you Mean.




Stephanie Staples
Professional speaker and certified life coach, Stephanie Staples is a woman on a mission - to reinspire, reenergize and reengage individuals to live their lives with full gusto!  She does that by connecting with audiences internationally and inspiring them to create “something more.”  Stephanie is frequently featured on television and in print focusing on her unique vision that redefines the typical approach to wellness. Topics include: When Enlightening Strikes, Your Life, Unlimited, Quitchyercomplainin'....it's Drainin'

Call Learning Edge Resources to inquire or book the next speaker for your event.
1-888-868-9601 0r 1-250-868-9601