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Jun 07 2023

Bechler Inspires Rotary Leaders at District Conference

Kennewick, WA (June 1, 2023) – Leaders and members of Rotary District 5080 and District 5100 joined forces to host a remarkable Joint District Conference, centered around the theme “Friends and Neighbors: the Magic of Rotary.”

This event was held May 18-21, 2023 in Kennewick, WA, and consisted of Rotarians from the Pacific Northwest (Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Canada). Among the many highlights of the event was the captivating keynote address delivered by renowned leadership expert and former college basketball coach, Jamy Bechler.

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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Leadership, News, Personal Growth · Tagged: Conference, Events, exchange students, Inspiration, inspirational speech, making good choices, Motivational Speaker, motivational speech, Oregon, positive impact, positive influence, professional speaker, rotary, Speech, Success is a Choice, Washington, Youth

Jun 15 2021

Episode 170: Jake Kelfer, Professional Basketball Combine

Jake Kelfer is the 2x bestselling author of Elevate Beyond and Elevate Your Network, as well as a motivational speaker and the founder of Professional Basketball Combine. His first book Elevate Beyond, released in 2016, originally began as a series of blog posts for his friends and is a real-world guide to standing out in the job market and discovering your passion. Elevate Your Network, his follow-up book which was released in 2018, is all about how to build extraordinary relationships in life and business. His company, Professional Basketball Combine, provides NBA draft prospects an opportunity to raise their draft stock and achieve their dream of playing pro basketball through private workouts, combine testing and team interviews.

Click here to read more about Jake Kelfer.

In today’s episode, we discuss:
  • The greatest Laker of all-time
  • Who was the player he pretended to be for last-second shots
  • Being more important than Jerry West for 14 seconds.
  • Retiring on the same day as Kobe Bryant
  • What it takes to be an NBA player
  • … and much more!!!

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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Personal Growth, Podcast Episodes, Sports · Tagged: Alan Stein, Basketball, draft, draft combine, G-League, Jake Kelfer, Jerry West, Kobe Bryant, LA Lakers, magic johnson, Melissa Agnes, Motivational Speaker, NBA, Networking, Pro basketball, professional basketball, professional speaker

Dec 04 2017

Episode 032: The Speaker Lab Creator Grant Baldwin

Grant Baldwin is a successful speaker, podcaster, author, and entrepreneur. He has spoken at 500+ events to nearly 500,000 people and has earned close to $2 million in speaking fees. He created “The Speaker Lab” to help train others how to speak better and get paid for it. His most famous program was called “Booked and Paid to Speak”. His podcast is one of the best for those aspiring to be a public speaker. Grant has spoken in 45 of the 50 U.S. States. He lives in Nashville, Tennessee with his wife and three daughters.

In today’s episode, we discuss:

  • How Grant went from youth pastor to high-demand professional speaker
  • What to do if you miss a flight to a speaking gig
  • Tips for people when they have to speak in public
  • Whether you should use power point the next time you give a presentation

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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Podcast Episodes · Tagged: Fear of Speaking, Grant Baldwin, Humor, Podcast, Power Point, Presentations, professional speaker, public speaking, Seinfeld, The Speaker Lab

Aug 14 2017

Episode 024: Stadium Status Author John Brubaker

John Brubaker is a highly sought after keynote speaker, award-winning author and executive coach known for his unique approach to performance enhancement. He has front line,high-stakes, high-stress experience as a championship coach. His 12 year coaching career ended with him getting fired – on his birthday! This experience taught John all the powerful lessons of coaching: teamwork, setbacks, strategy,and implementation – but equally the importance of balancing your life.  Coach Bru’s programs are based in real-life and are road-tested. John has devoted the past 20 years as a coach, bringing together and building on the combination of his life experiences to help leaders and teams not just move to the next level but to Stadium Status.

In today’s episode, we discuss:

  • Common traits of successful people
  • What leaders can learn from country music’s biggest stars
  • How he got fired on his birthday but it might have been a good thing

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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Podcast Episodes · Tagged: author, Business coach, Coach Burt, consulting, country music, Dan Tudor, executive coach, Keynote Speaker, Leadership, Micheal Burt, NCRC, NCRC 2017, professional speaker, Seeds of Success, Stadium Status, Success is a Choice, The Super Coach

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