This year our annual Engage Speaker Talks showcase series returned to Calgary for a morning filled with inspiration with two of our most requested speakers. Our first speaker of the day – Dr. Shawna Pandya – drew from her impressive list of accomplishments to show our audience some key leadership lessons she’s learned throughout her career. If […]

Today, our featured speaker is Student Inventor & Forbes 30 Under 30 Ann Makosinski. She is best known for her invention; the Hollow Flashlight, a device that runs solely off the heat of the human hand. The flashlight was recognized with the Google Science Fair Award, and received four awards at the Intel Science and Engineering F

International Women’s Day is just around the corner. It’s a call to action to forge a better way of life – a more inclusive, gender equal world.Throughout the month, we’ll be highlighting some of our acclaimed Women in STEM/STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics) speakers, who are breaking boundaries while inspiring other women to […]

Break things down. We are often told to ‘think big,’ but sometimes, in so doing, we intimidate ourselves with the enormity of the task that lies ahead. To get around this, in my start-up days, my co-founder and I jokingly developed the “sushi principle,” – that is, break things down. The best way to break a 1000 mile journey down is to start with a single step. Nobody becomes an expert and virtuoso overnight. That comes through hours of labour and years of practice. So whether you want to learn to play the piano or how to be an aerospace engineer, the key is to break things down into bite-sized pieces – just like sushi (or tofu-shi, for us vegetarians).

With Black History Month right around the corner, we’re featuring some of our leading voices on the subject. At a time when we reflect on our Nation’s 150-year legacy, these individuals inspire audiences to be the change makers towards a better future.Today’s guest blog is courtesy of Award-Winning Blogger, Journalist & Community Activist Bee Quammie. Bee uses her […]

National Speakers Bureau is proud to once again partner with PCMA for the annual Canadian Innovation Conference taking place in Toronto November 22-24.