Wednesday, December 07, 2005 — Ryan Walter

Highly animated and energetic, Walter provides a variety of skills and techniques to assist his audiences with both personal and professional development. As a Stanley Cup winning Professional Athlete, Business man and Broadcaster Ryan Walter has actually lived and experienced why teams win and lose.

In addition to a full schedule of Key Note speeches, Team/Leadership development sessions and Personal high performance Coaching, Ryan has authored 3 highly successful books: Off the Bench, MPower Forward and Simply the Best.

Ryan Walter started his high performance career early, drafted to the NHL 2nd over all in 1978, becoming the youngest captain in NHL history, playing professional hockey for 15 seasons in over 1000 NHL games. Walter personally experienced how leadership affected both struggling and successful teams. Walter’s career culminated in two trips to the Stanley Cup final, winning in 1986. Ryan then turned his energy towards Business, Broadcasting and Professional Speaking.

Walter believes that adults learn best by doing and therefore creates individual client-driven, interactive, engaging sessions that practically add value and create positive change.

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Wednesday, November 02, 2005 — J. R. Whitby

President and Chief Executive Officer of Gospel Communications International

J. R. Whitby is an accomplished saxophonist and vocalist who has performed on the same stage with such notable artists as Roy Clark, Pat Boone, Lionel Hampton, and The Imperials. He graduated Magna Cum Laude from John Brown University with a Music Performance degree and toured with The Sound Generation traveling 125,000 miles and performing over 900 concerts during one three-year period.

He has performed in such diverse venues as the Presidential Prayer Breakfast in Washington DC, in Anaheim Stadium in California, in the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, the Orlando Arena in Florida and on television in Dallas bringing his unique musical stylings to thousands across the U.S. and Canada.

He is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Gospel Communications International, a non-profit, Christian media company in Muskegon, Michigan. He is also a member of the board of directors of Gospel Films, Inc., the Canadian sister ministry to GCI. Prior to joining GCI, Whitby ran a film distribution company with outlets in Tulsa and San Diego. He also did freelance production work in Tulsa for touring recording stars such as the Oak Ridge Boys, the Gatlin Brothers and Roy Clark.

He has been the executive in charge of production for multiple dramatic and documentary productions, the executive producer of two international films and the co-producer of FREE AT LAST – THE MOVIE with DC Talk.

J. R. has been the sound recording engineer on several documentary productions and has been a creative and script consultant for independent producers who have made films for GCI.

He and his wife Melody have been married for 35 years. They have two married daughters and four grandchildren.

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Wednesday, October 05, 2005 — Michael Gibney , B.Th., CFP

President, Covenant Planning Group

Michael Gibney is passionate about helping people live their lives on purpose. With over 17 years of experience in the financial services industry, he has recognized that financial issues must be addressed holistically in order to be truly effective. As head of estate planning at the western Canadian office of a multinational financial company, he recruited and trained financial professionals. In 2000, he launched Ronald Blue & Co. Canada Inc, a firm whose mandate is to apply biblical principles in the area of stewardship. Over the next few years, Michael’s team committed over 1,000 hours to designing questions that help their clients become more intentional and effective in their personal and professional lives.

In 2004, Ronald Blue & Co. Canada Inc. changed its name to Covenant Planning Group after acquiring a mutual fund dealership and the approval of an investment counsel firm. Together with Covenant Capital Management and Covenant Financial, this group incorporates a Financial Planning firm, Investment Council firm, Business Planning firm, Life Planning firm, and Charitable Planning firm.

A B.C. native, Michael has a Bachelor of Theology degree and is a Certified Financial Planner. He is the father of four children between the ages of 7 and 16 and has been married to Tanja for 18 years. We strongly encourage you not to miss this opportunity to hear Michael and learn a few principles for our own financial and personal journey.

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Wednesday, September 07, 2005 — Terry Kooy

Head of School, Pacific Academy

We are honored next Wednesday, September 7, 2005 to have Terry Kooy as our guest speaker. You will be interested in hearing Terry's talk because:

·She is an accomplished educator with a sincere passion to see the next generation of young people prepared for leadership and service. ·She is a pioneer in the field of education being the first high school female principle in the Kelowna school district. ·She is experienced as a leader having held the role of middle to high school principle for 11 years in the Kelowna public school district. She is presently Head Of School for a private school, Pacific Academy, where she carries the responsibility for overseeing a student body of 1400 students. ·She is a devoted wife (married to Doug Kooy who is well known for his talk show On Line on NOW TV). She is also a committed mother and grandmother. ·She is a believer in the love of God. Having faced many challenges in her life, including the loss of her mom when she was a young girl. Terry has a strong story of how God's grace can carry you through the dark moments and help you break the barriers in your life. ·She is an excellent communicator who leaves students and adults inspired to do more with their lives.

We strongly encourage you not to miss this opportunity to hear Terry. She will speak on how God has sustained her over the years and how you too can be a leader of velvet and steel.

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Wednesday, August 03, 2005 — Callen van den Broeck

Director of Operations; Citadel Commerce Corporation

Callen van den Broeck brings more than 20 years for experience in operations management from his work in South Africa for an international multi-million dollar value-added computer reseller. In Canada, Callen is now Director of Operations for Citadel. Citadel Commerce Corporation a world leader in complete turnkey payment processing for online commerce, now recognized as one of the leading e-commerce payment solutions.

Callen uprooted his family to come to Canada in 2001 due to the uncertainty he saw in his home country of 45 years. Compounding the challenge of coming to a new country, splitting of his family and engaging a new culture, he landed in North America in the middle of the dot.com meltdown after thriving in the technology industry for years.

You will find that in an international city such as Vancouver, many are facing similar challenges that Callen had faced, trying to do what is best their families. Come share his story of struggle and strength, failures and faith as he followed God’s voice in his heart.

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Wednesday, July 06, 2005 — Greg Gerrie

Author of “Fired Up For Life: How to Get and Stay Motivated"

Fired Up For Life

Greg Gerrie holds two degrees from Queen's University as well as a “PhD” from the school of hard knocks, the Canadian Armed Forces officer-training program. He has worked at the North Pole, been a tennis teaching professional, a bouncer in a bar, and engineer and has flown 100 hours in the Canadian Snowbird jet aircraft.

Greg is a Training Specialist and has consulted to many corporations doing both technical and human resource Needs Assessments. Greg is a past President of the National Society For Performance and Instruction-BC, the Canadian Association of Professional Speakers (CAPS)-BC and the 2002 Chair for the National CAPS Convention.

Greg has traveled to the USA, Canada, England, Ireland, Scotland, and Bombay (Mumbai) delivering his Motivational seminar and has recently authored his book, Fired Up for Life about living with passion and purpose both personally and professionally. Greg Gerrie’s humor will engage you; his experiences and stories will captivate you. Come as he shares his most important secrets of his success professionally, and personally, including his walk with God.

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Wednesday, June 1, 2005 — Rick Goossen

Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship and Law - TWU School of Business, CEO - M&A Capital Corporation“Meaning-Full Work and A Meaning-Less Life? Three Perspectives on Business and the Pursuit of a Meaningful Life”

Rick Goossen is a doer and not just a professor. As an entrepreneur he is the CEO of M & A Capital Corp, where he applies his knowledge of law and business in corporate finance for high growth companies.

Rick is an Adjunct Professor of Entrepreneurial Strategy & Finance at Trinity Western University. He is a graduate of Simon Fraser, McGill Law School and Columbia University Law School in New York City.

Rick is also an author and public speaker, which ensures that we are in for a quality engagement this June luncheon.

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Wednesday, May 4, 2005 — Al Egg

Chaplain for the Portland Trailblazers

“Too Blessed to Be Stressed”

Al Egg serves as Chaplain for the Portland Trailblazers, the Beavers Minor League Baseball Team and the Portland State University Football team for the last 25 years. He speaks at professional athletic conventions around the world and works the top athletes in a variety of sports throughout the globe.

He is a husband, father, and grandfather and lives in Portland, OR. Please welcome Al Egg to Canada as our next guest at Business by the Book.

For more information; see http://www.thegoal.com/players/chaplin/egg_al/egg_al.html

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Wednesday, April 6, 2005 — Dave Phillips

Dave is a former member and coach of Canada’s National Freestyle Ski team. He has also been a stunt man, professional ski show performer, business consultant and personal coach.

Dave broke two Guinness World records for ski duration. The first on snow by skiing continuously for over 83 hours (500 chairlift rides and over 340,000 vertical feet) and the second on water by skiing over 2140 KM in 57 hours (Almost from Vancouver to Winnipeg) with partner Ralph Hildebrand. Dave was also awarded the Bronze Medal for Bravery for his part in a life saving effort.

Currently he works as a speaker and a life and business coach for business leaders. Dave also does some work with Focus on the Family encouraging and building up Canadian Families. Over the past 15 years he has served on the boards of several public and private companies.

Dave is married to Ontario Native and Olympic Gold Medalist in Alpine Skiing, Kathy Kreiner-Phillips. They now live in Vancouver with their three Children, Nelson (12), Liam (10) & Michela (8).

For more information go to www.courage4u.com

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Wednesday, March 2, 2005 — Wayne Wachell

CEO & Chief Investment Officer, Genus Capital Management

Outside of the office, Wayne mentors University of British Columbia Commerce students focusing on a career in investment management. Wayne recently celebrated his 30th anniversary with his wife Raeanne and has a great relationship with their two sons Davyde and Michael.

You are invited to come and hear how Wayne's faith has given him the courage to carve out a great career and have a rich relationship with his family.

For more information about Wayne Wachell, please see: www.genuscap.

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Wednesday, January 5, 2005 — Mark Washington, BC Lions

Mark Washington, a 5-10, 180 pound defensive back from Temple Hills Maryland, had spent the previous six seasons with the Montreal Alouettes before signing with the Vancouver BC Lions. He attended Rutgers University where he was a team captain as a senior and majored in Industrial Engineering. As a junior, Mark was an All-Big East performer in 1994.

Mark talked on how his vibrant faith in Jesus Christ has given him an anchor in the turbulent world of professional football.

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