Prosperion EDU is a one-day educational conference for clients and their guests. Prosperion EDU 2019 was held Oct. 12, 2019 at the Hilton Inverness. The half-day event featured:
- 18 unique and exciting presentations on a variety of topics
- A continental breakfast and plated three-course lunch with selected seasonal ingredients
- A keynote address by professional speaker and business owner Brad Montgomery
From Denver’s Evolving Food Scene to The Creative Process in the Life of a Sculptor, the classes aimed to inspire and entertain attendees, all while encouraging a life lived on purpose.
Three of the workshops are available in full on video. We encourage you to watch the overview video above and the three selected courses below. If you’d like to attend our next EDU event, please contact us.
Keynote Speaker
Brad Montgomery – Professional Speaker, Speaking Hall of Fame Inductee, Writer, Blogger, and Business Owner
Embrace Your Awesomeness
In his keynote address, Brad Montgomery will challenge you to find your purpose, and perhaps offer positivity as an answer. We have a greater ceiling for positivity than we think; when we strategically use positivity we improve ourselves, the people around us, our organizations and our communities. We often downplay positivity as a soft skill, and joke about “rainbows and unicorns.” But in this session Brad will teach even the most hardened skeptic that approaching our days with a positive outlook can have Hard Skill outcomes; it helps our own personal bottom lines.
What would it mean to you if you were able to help motivate the people around you by giving them what they crave? What would it mean to your own happiness to improve the attitude of your friends and family? It means you’d fundamentally change your life for the better.
Brad has transformed audiences in all 50 states and on four continents. His clients include Microsoft, Verizon, the FBI (yes, that FBI) the CIA (yes, that CIA) and the IRS (where he withheld 30% of his best strategies.)
Breakout Session 1
Jessica Baumgart – Owner, Delicious Denver Food Tours
Denver’s Evolving Food Scene – The History and Hidden Gems of Denver
For those who have lived in Denver, the changes we’ve seen over the past 5-10 years have been immense. From new skyscrapers to ever-crowded traffic, things are…different. But along with the crowds of new people have come exciting changes in the local food scene. With the emergence of the farm to table movement and a focus on craft and local, new eateries are challenging the status quo for quality restaurants.
Join Jessica Baumgart, owner of Delicious Denver Food Tours, to discuss all things food. From our history to where we’re at and where we may be going she’ll talk about how food has evolved here in Denver. Then she’ll highlight some of her favorite hidden gems and what makes them so special. Even better, she’ll teach you what to look for when scouting new restaurants.
Fred Bartlit – Owner, StrongPath, American Bar Journal “personally one of the most successful corporate litigators ever, with a long history of big wins, represented two American Presidents (Bush, Obama)
StrongPath: Redefining Aging Through Strength
Recent developments have changed our understanding of aging. Is weakness, fragility, and increased risk for disease a foregone conclusion the older we get? Or is there something we can do to fight back?Medicine can’t prevent these negative effects. What can is choosing to change how we live. STRONGPATH is a powerful, clinically supported way to better health and quality of life.
In this course, Fred Bartlit lays out science’s current understanding of Sarcopenia, or the loss of skeletal muscle mass as we age. He discusses why this issue may be one of the most significant to face our generation and what can be done to minimize its effects.
David Morrison – LPL Financial Advisor, Prosperion Financial Advisors
Living Your Ideal Life
Management Consultant and Author Peter Drucker said “The best way to predict your future is to create it.” But how do you start creating it? Where do you even begin planning “your life”? What are the elements of your ideal life?
We believe that you can have your ideal life, but it’s not going to happen by accident. In this interactive session David will help you explore your ideal life and the action steps for you to start living it!
Amy Quinn – Founder, A Traveling Time, Certified Consultant, Search Inside Yourself Leadership Institute
Neural Pathways to Well Being: Cultivating Self Awareness and Empathy Through Mindfulness
Born at Google and based on neuroscience, this workshop teaches Emotional Intelligence skills to increase self-awareness, self management, motivation, empathy and leadership with compassion.
Join Amy Quinn as she introduces Emotional Intelligence: what is it and why it’s important. She’ll explore self awareness (understanding your thoughts, emotions and habits) through mindfulness (the science of being present), and the current neuroscience behind it. She will also cover empathy which attunes us to how others are feeling. Increased self awareness and empathy translate to greater purpose and well being in our relationships and life.
Glenda Crawford – Home Organization Expert, Certified KonMari Consultant
Marie Kondo Tidying 101: Sparking Joy in Your Home
You’ve tried to reorganize and control the clutter, but it only lasts a couple months. You’ve read home organization books. Pinned beautiful home ideas on Pinterest, in hopes you can magically achieve this for your own home…But nothing has worked. You know the importance of an organized home for your family – that it could reduce your stress and chaos in your daily routines, and improve your health and relationships. If you are done being frustrated and disempowered in your home and are ready to take back the control this presentation is for you.
Join Glenda Crawford, a Home Organization Expert and Certified KonMari Consultant, to find out why you can’t keep your house in order and why decluttering room by room or little by little doesn’t work. Learn how to tidy your home using the KonMari Method, a decluttering and organization technique, for lasting results that will transform your lifestyle and spark joy in your life.
Roger Bianco, CIMA® – Senior Vice President, American Funds
Prepare for the Unknown – Sponsored by American Funds
We are now in uncharted territory: the longest bull market in the history of the United States. What comes next? We can’t say for certain, but we can work to help weatherproof a portfolio and keep it afloat no matter what comes along.
Join Roger Bianco for a look into what makes a bull market, what factors have led to bear markets, and what can be done today to help prepare for the unknown.
Breakout Session 2
Jessica Baumgart – Owner, Delicious Denver Food Tours
Denver’s Evolving Food Scene – The History and Hidden Gems of Denver
For those who have lived in Denver, the changes we’ve seen over the past 5-10 years have been immense. From new skyscrapers to ever-crowded traffic, things are…different. But along with the crowds of new people have come exciting changes in the local food scene. With the emergence of the farm to table movement and a focus on craft and local, new eateries are challenging the status quo for quality restaurants.
Join Jessica Baumgart, owner of Delicious Denver Food Tours, to discuss all things food. From our history to where we’re at and where we may be going she’ll talk about how food has evolved here in Denver. Then she’ll highlight some of her favorite hidden gems and what makes them so special. Even better, she’ll teach you what to look for when scouting new restaurants.
Hanna Krieger – Executive Director, Mentor Colorado
How to be a Mentor (and why you should be!)
When you were young, did you know how to study for a test or make plans for college? Do you remember wanting your first car or looking for a part-time job? Simple things that may seem easy or straightforward to you now may be a complete mystery to a young person.
Mentoring relationships are a shared opportunity for learning and growth. Many mentors say that the rewards they gain are as substantial as those for their mentees. But how do you find a mentee? What should the relationship look like and how will it work? Join Mentor Colorado Executive Director Hannah Krieger to find out!
Delissalde – Bronze Artist, Wyoming State Capitol
The Creative Process in the Life of a Sculptor
Adorning the newly remodeled Wyoming State Capitol building four beautiful bronze sculptures were permanently installed inside the dome in June. Starting with only a dream and a pencil, artist sculptor Delissalde created these monumental allegories to inspire and elevate the Wyomingite sprit.
Join him for a conversation on the creative process in the mind of the artist. A guided interactive presentation illustrated with photography and video of this latest group of sculptures, Delissalde will walk attendees from conception to completion and installation of his monumental work, the personal journey from hope to conquest.
Lisa Billings, Ph.D. – Adult and Adolescent Psychotherapy
Living with Loss – Personal, Professional, and Everything in Between
While we, in fact, have very little control over many of the difficult things that life throws us, there are a number of practices we can develop to help us manage our reactions to these experiences. As people enter middle age many individuals face multiple life stressors all at the same time (e.g., spike in divorce rate, onset of illness/death in our own parents, stress of parenting teens, kids leaving to college, job loss, job market re-entry, downsizing), which can result in overwhelming feelings of identity conflict, alienation, and in some cases, onsets in symptoms of depression and anxiety.
As a licensed clinical psychologist, Lisa Billings role is to help move clients through the grief around the inevitable “loss” that showed up in their lives, toward acceptance, and on to actively creating a new, more enlightened version of themselves.
Anne Randolph – Creator of Kitchen Table Writing, former colleague at English National Opera, New York City Opera, and the Colorado Symphony.
Write Your Core: Find Your Authentic Voice
Any time you allow yourself to “free write,” this is Kitchen Table Writing. When you let energy flow, tell your truth, touch your core, you are Kitchen Table Writing. The essence of Kitchen Table Writing is to allow the pen to guide. Let whatever comes out of your hand, your pen, hit the page. Kitchen Table Writing is a time to begin your next chapter, develop a character, sort out a challenge, or describe the tree outside your window. Free your writing spirit and let what needs to come through your subconscious erupt on the page.
Write your core with Anne Randolph, in an experiential writing workshop, inspiring participants to explore their guiding virtue and create by actually writing. Inspired by poetry, participants discover their personal core. The purpose of Write Your Core is to tap into imagination by writing.
Jae Shin, CIMA® – T. Rowe Price
Executive Stamina – Sponsored by T. Rowe Price
In today’s “new normal” environment, stamina is the key to driving high performance and ultimately improving outcomes. Maintaining energy, clear focus, and strategic thinking are critical to today’s professionals. The result is powerful—you’ll be more engaged, more resilient, and energized.
How do top executives achieve this so well? This presentation addresses the core issues and provides a smarter way to achieve sustainable success—for you, for your company, and for your clients overall. With this innovative, science based workplace model, professionals can take control of their calendar, align with their values, and create more time for their clients.
Breakout Session 3
Amy Quinn – Founder, A Traveling Time, Certified Consultant, Search Inside Yourself Leadership Institute
The World Within Reach
The World Within Reach workshop invites guests to explore, identify and share their aspirations for journeys near and far. It offers time for reflection and interactive brainstorms about what’s possible and how to achieve travel dreams. Whether far away or to a nearby city, most of us yearn to travel.
But the “Why” and “Where” of our desire to travel are not the same! What makes you want to travel? What inspires your destinations and what do you hope to take back from your time abroad? Answer these questions and more in an interactive travel workshop that aims to inspire and explore.
Jim Edfors – PGA Professional, Golf Instructor
The Peak Performance Approach to Golf
The Peak Performance Approach to Golf focuses on three key areas: mental, emotional, and physical strength and strategy. Whether you’re looking to improve your weekly skins game or just shave a few strokes off your score, this method can help improve your game around the course.
Join Jim Edfors, PGA Professional and head instructor at the Golf Club at Inverness for a presentation on his approach and why he has made a practice of studying the Body-Swing Connection. His teaching philosophy includes the idea that every “body” is different, so every swing will be different – he just needs to find the most efficient and repeatable motion for each individual.
Mandy Benedict – Certified Trainer, Consciousness Transformation, TEDx Speaker
Breaking Through Bad Habits
Do you find yourself falling into old habits? Just because you are motivated to change, doesn’t always mean it will translate to results. You can be incredibly motivated to change and not have the tools or understanding of how to do it. The latest research on the brain shows us exactly how habits work and are stored in the brain.
Join Mandy Benedict as she shares how to use the practices of Conscious Transformation to create new alternatives to your old habits. Understand triggers, routines and payoffs and how to use them in your favor, so you can embody the choices that empower you.
Beth Klepper – Owner, Mainstream Video Productions
Storytelling Through Video: Sharing Your Story Digitally
Do you want to share your story, but don’t know where to start? Video can be a surprisingly versatile, interesting, interactive way to share your story. Whether that’s your family history or something as simple as recording some of your family’s favorite recipes, see how video can help your story to life!
Join Beth Klepper, owner of Mainstream Video Productions, as she walks you through building your story, crafting a narrative, deciding on images, and actually filming your video. Video may seem difficult, but Beth will highlight how much more interesting and fun it can be!
Gail Horstman – Certified Life Coach
Change Your Words, Change Your Life
For Women Only
If it is true that women speak on average 20,000 words a day, then what is coming out of your mouth and how is it impacting others? Words are singularly the most powerful force available to us as mothers, wives, grandmothers, employees and friends. Dr. Gary Chapman says our words are either “bullets or seeds”. Our words have the ability to change our life and the lives of others. Words can attack, offend, harm and tear down or our words can elevate, encourage, create moments, reconcile relationships and make people feel special. What message do you want to communicate? Are the words you speak careless, idle or offensive?
Join Gail Horstman in a conversational setting where we will learn as women to pay attention to our choice of words, gain insights on our current patterns of communication, discover the art of reframing our words, understand the impact of our words and how to construct questions that will help us come from a position of curiosity in order to have more meaningful conversations.
Vinny Laverty – Vice President, Legg Mason Global Asset Management
Anatomy of a Recession – Sponsored by Legg Mason
As the markets enter their tenth year of expansion, it will make it the third longest expansion since 1900. Concerns of a possible recession are still on top of investors’ minds. To get a better handle on the potential tell-tale signs of a recession and how this might apply to college saving and funding higher education, please join our presentation featuring Vinny Laverty from Legg Mason.