LINDA EDGECOMBE csp
 

Certified Speaking Professional,
Award-Winning Speaker & Humorist
Best-selling Author & Motivator
Organizational Change, Health-Wellness,
Leadership & Team Work Expert

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Linda Edgecombe, is an internationally-renowned, award-winning and outrageously-funny speaker, trainer, motivator and consultant. She is also 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!

Linda's latest book "Shift - or Get off the Pot"
- Simple Truths About Getting A Life -
was released in the fall of 2008.

 

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As a professional, with a degree in Physical Education, Linda brings 20 years of Recreation, Employee Wellness, Lifestyle and Corporate Consulting experience to her programs and her clients. She was a consultant for PARTICIPACTION promoting healthy living to Canadians and is known for being one of the country's most popular Speakers. More recently she was featured in the Wall Street Journal as an expert in “Shifting Perspectives”.

Inside all the laughter, Linda’s audiences are inspired to find the meaning in what they do and let go of what’s not working. Her message is a welcome as a deep belly laugh and as profound as an honest look in the mirror.
 

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SPEAKING PRESENTATIONS & WORKSHOPS :

In addition to speaking presentations, all programs are available for half or full day programs, unless noted. All programs are intended to be adaptable to align with your specific learning outcome goals for your group.  Please contact our office to discuss your program needs.

Through all the learning each participant will experience a variety of activities, individual and group, that will get everyone laughing while creativity flows.
 

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LINDA'S MOST POPULAR PROGRAMS:

SHIFTING PERSPECTIVES
– Lessons to Energize and Balance Your Life™

Take your organization on an Energy Boost. Linda will lead your group through an educational, hands on, and highly humorous ride that will re-focus and re-energize your team. This program is available as a workshop as well as an entertaining keynote.

Your team will come away with:

● An honest snapshot of themselves and how they affect the energy in their work and home life;
● Ideas how to change negative drainers in their lives and produce more positive effects;
● The motivation behind the perfectionistic unattainables so many of us are striving for;
● 5 Keys to increasing your personal, family and co-workers Energy Levels;
● An honest look at the Balance in your Life;
● Steps to get you moving towards a more balanced, energized work and home life.;
● Clearly know their own “Personal Recipe for Happiness” in their life.
 

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Note to Self – Remembering What you Already Know!
An Extreme Accountability Makeover

LEADING - Change Ready Cultures: Linda uses humorous life experiences and activities to get her audiences laughing while they move to ‘accountable thinking’. Unleashing Leadership Potential has never been this painless. In an upbeat, highly interactive workshop, your team will explore a variety of aspects of what it means to be a leader today. An informative and energizing workshop that will leave the participants with a renewed perspective on themselves and their work.

In this workshop the following Key Points will be covered:

● The key steps to move towards accountable attitudes;
● Tips to improve our work/life balance;
● 3 Keys to creating a healthy ‘change response’ personality; Develop a plan for ‘shifting perspectives’, ‘facing your fears’ and ‘dumping excuses’ in the face of change, while acknowledging the internal turmoil being experienced by the team. All of which can hold you back;
● Strategize an Action/Focus Plan vs. a Perfection Plan;
● Strategies to Re-Energize Yourself, Your Team, Your Family;
● Learn the secrets to Motivational Motion? and “Just do it.”

After the workshop, the participants will:

● Take responsibility to create their futures;
● Have a sense of what TEAM efforts can accomplish;
● Leave inspired, optimistic and recharged;
● Break out of Limiting Thinking and become Accountable "Perspective Specialists."
 

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Guilt Free Accountability ™
"Growing through the Growth of Others"

(Available as Executive Coaching)

B A G s = BOLD, ADVENTUROUS and GUTSY

Who are you and your staff accountable to? How do we motivate our teams to take responsibility to drive their own lives while following through on commitments and goals set out for them? This program is receiving great success, by taking the guilt out of goal setting. Everyone is the Winner with the "Guilt Free Accountability Success Program"™

After this program the participants will go away with:

● A great understanding of how easy it is to develop goals that are achievable;
● Learn to drop facades that are not assisting in building the career and lives they want;
● Take an honest look at a snapshot of how in or out of balance their lives are;
● Be energized with a renewed sense of themselves and their vision for work and home life;"
● "Don't Be Cranky, Be a BAG!"
 

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Accountable Teams Apprentice Style

Join Linda for a Full or Half day workshop where she will combine Team Building Material with energizing Team “Challenges” so the participants can examine themselves and their team-mates throughout a day of activities “Survivor Style”. Her goal has always been to make learning fun and interactive.

After the workshop your team will come away with:

● A greater understanding of themselves and their impact on Team Outcomes;
● How effective or ineffective the team is operating at the present time;
● Specific areas the team must work on to become a fully operating, effective team;
● An understanding of age diversity and how it affects the outcomes of their team;
● An action-plan to make meetings more productive;
● Communication and Problem Solving tools;
● An outlet for fun and humour that will be essential in the success of the team.

Throughout the workshop we bring in “Team Challenges” that will bring out specific behaviours in the individual team members, while keeping the entire group Laughing and Energized throughout the day of learning.

 

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Positive attitudes energize and uplift us and they create the basis for all our successes in life. With a positive attitude and energized motivation, anything is possible. This program will give you the hands-on tools to shift your attitudes, which is truly the secret to maintaining Motivation in your life.
 

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Effective Communications for Work and Home

Personal Note from Linda Edgecombe:
80% of your successes are based on your Relationship Skills and the most important skill to work on is your ability to Communicate Effectively. Join us for an upbeat look at all aspects of effective communications. Through group interaction and various self-assessments each participant will come away with an enhanced view of what it takes to succeed in work and home relationships.

After the workshop the participants will come away with:

● Communication Style Evaluations; Getting to know yourself and understanding others;
● Problem solving skills;
● How better to relate to difficult Personalities and Situations;
● Taking full responsibility for all communications they are involved with;
● A keen sense of their own listening skills;
● Tips on successful negotiations;
● Building Credibility
 

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TESTIMONIALS >>>

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"We would like to express our sincere thanks for the great presentation you made at our 2007 Franchisee Meeting in Toronto. Your message was delivered with such energy and enthusiasm that everyone left the meeting on a high.  We clearly had those "belly laughs" our emcee, promised with your introduction. Please feel free to use our company as a reference and our thanks to K&M Productions for recommending you."
- BULK BARN FOODS LIMITED
 

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"Linda was an overwhelming success for our organization. Everyone had a wonderful time listening to Linda's words-she made us think and renew ourselves-all the while laughing and enjoying every minute of her presentation!!"  "Energy, perspective and fun-those are the resounding feelings that we received from Linda."
- SHELL OIL
 

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"I thought that Linda was absolutely terrific!! I can’t remember when I last laughed so much in one day… She is truly an inspiring personality and is extremely good at what she does. ‘Dynamic’ would be the catchall word."
- HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT CANADA Canada
 

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"Because Linda delivers her message with such great humor, it has allowed our staff to get introspective in light of the major turmoil we are experiencing at this time. She has delivered this presentation to our management team as well as our frontline staff."
- TELUS COMMUNICATIONS
 

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"The audience was engaged in Linda’s presentation immediately. Following the presentation, this is what some of the attendees had to say. ‘Absolutely awesome speaker. What a positive attitude and view of the world. Thank-you. I laughed until I cried, then laughed again! Excellent speaker.’ We recommend Linda and she was a delight to work with."
- PHARMACISTS ASSOCIATION
 

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"Your speech was dynamic and energizing and even though you were near the end of a busy three days, you got everyone listening and actively involved in what you were saying.  It was fantastic and I can't tell you how much we appreciate you helping us finish our WON Conference on such a high note.  After hearing you speak it is obvious why you are in such high demand as a keynote speaker. Thanks so much for helping us make our conference a huge success."
- McDONALD'S WOMEN OPERATORS NETWORK
 

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CLIENT LIST >>>

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Corporate:

Alberta Weekly Newspaper Association
BC Gas
BC Hydro
Bulk Barn Foods Limited
Camrose Exposition
Capri Insurance
Clarica/London LifeC
Credit Union Banks of BC
Co-op Canada
Coast Realty Group
Clarion Insurance
Coneco Equipment
CRI Canada
Franklin Washington Public Utility
Fording Coal Company
Humpty's Restaurants
Husky Oil
Institute of Law Clerks of Ontario (I.L.C.O.)
Lilydale Canada
London Drugs
Mainroad Contracting Ltd.
McDonalds Restaurants
Melcore Developments Ltd.
Molly Maid
Mount Vernon Public Power
Okanagan Daily Courier
Prospera Credit Union
Pulp & Paper Woodworkers of Canada
ReMax
Royal Bank of Canada
Royal LePage Realty
SaskTel
Shell Oil
Snow Valley Ski Club
Sun Rype
Star Produce
TD/Canada Trust
Telus Communications
Thompson Communications (Newspapers)
Dominion Construction
Apex Mountain Resort
Uniglobe Travel
Unipharm

Government:

Agriculture Canada
Alberta Agriculture, Food & Rural Development
Alberta Justice Department
Alberta Public Affairs Bureau
BC Transit Authority
Canadian Centre for Management Development
Canada Post
Canada Revenue Agency
City of Kelowna
City of Red Deer
Franklin Public Utility District
Human Resources Development Canada
Jackson Hole Airport Board, WY
Ministry For Children and Families
National Capital Commission
National Public Employees Association
Northwest Public Power Association
Public Affairs Bureau
Public Service Commission
Sea Tac Airport
Seattle Port Authority
Vancouver Port Authority
Western Canada Government Finance Officers Association

Associations:

Alberta Association of Municipal Districts & Counties
Alberta Association of Recreation Facility Personnel
Alberta Home & School Counsels Association
Alberta Institute Purchasing Management Assoc. of Canada
Alberta Recreation and Parks Assoc.
Alberta Association of Professional Engineers and Geologists
American Society of Assoc. Exec.
BC Human Resources Management Association
BC Recreation and Parks Association
Big Brothers & Big Sisters of Canada
Canadian Association of Equipment Distributors
Canadian Assoc. for Students Against Drinking Drivers
Canadian Society of Association Executives
Credit Union Managers Association
Executive Women International
Institute of Law Clerks of Ontario (I.L.C.O.)
International Airports Association
MPI
Mechanical Contractors of America
Medical Technical Association
National Communities in Bloom
National Paperbox Association
National Convience Store Distributors
North West Wall & Ceiling Association
NSA New Zealand
NW Public Power Association
Professional Retail Store Maintenance Association
Rotary International
Salvation Army
Saskatchewan Safety Council
St. Albert Association for People with Disabilities
Vernon Women in Business
Wild Rose Foundation
Washington Society of Associations
YWCA Women of Distinction Awards

Education:

Academy of Learning
BC School Executive Assistants Association
Bremerton School District, Washington
Bridges.com
Career Explorer
Calgary Teachers Association
CE Alberta Teachers' Convention
Clemson University
Delta Teachers Association
Detroit City Schools, Michigan
Edgecombe County Schools, North Carolina
Educational Facility Planners Int'l
George Brown College
Greater Edmonton Teachers Association
Greater Peace Teachers Association
International Coop Education Assoc.
International University Chair Academy
Kwantlen College
New West Minister Teachers
North East Alberta Teachers
Okanagan University College
Oxnard School District, California
Queens University
Red Deer College
Regina Catholic Schools
Sask. Assoc. of School Counsellors
SE Alberta Teachers Association
University of Alberta
University of Calgary
Virginia Beach Public Schools

Healthcare:

Alberta Assoc. of Rehab. Centres
BC Association of Health Care Auxiliaries
Batten's Disease SRA
BC Association of Medical Radiation Technologists 
Capital Health Authority
Emergency Room Nurses Association
Hamilton Health Sciences Authority
Health Record Association of BC
KGH Nurses
National Emergency Nurses Association
NW Seniors Wellness Conf
Peach Arch Hospital
Peel Health Region
Peter Lougheed Health Centre
Pharmacists of Alberta
Radiologist Association
Saskatchewan Association of Health Organizations
Saskatchewan Health Authority
South Fraser Health Region
Surgical Nurses Association
Surrey Memorial Hospital
University of Alberta Hospital

 

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