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Kate Emmerson – South Africa’s Leading De-Clutter Specialist
Kate Emmerson (THE QUICK SHIFT DEVA) is known for her “KickassKate” style of facing life head on as she delights and inspires audiences to let go of all those things that no longer serve you, be it physical clutter, emotional baggage or toxins at a body level. As a clutter expert and well known professional lifestyle coach for the past 9 years, she shares practical life changing insights and tools with her audiences. She enlivens you to think big, be prepared to LIVE LIGHT so you can LIVE LARGE and reminds you that everyone can deal with whatever life throws your way. Her boundless energy, ideas and inspiration translate into helping thousands of women to re-evaluate their lives and make inspired choices to achieve juicy goals.
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Janie du Plessis – Former Television Personality and Model • Breast Cancer Survivor
Gorgeous, entertaining and hugely inspiring, it’s not surprising that Janie du Plessis was one of South Africa's youngest ever TV presenter. Her personal charm and enduring good looks make her a popular South African celebrity who, today, is much in demand for guest appearances, magazine covers, advertising promotions, TV shows, public speaking tours and more. Each 'performance' is unique and she seldom speaks from notes. ("My audience usually guides me into the direction the speech needs to go.") She prefers to tap into her audience, quickly getting them on board through infectious humour and a very genuine concern. Janie encourages her audiences to want to pick themselves up… dust themselves off… and make a new start.
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Abner Mariri - "Make It Happen!"
Abner is an inspirational speaker whose enthusiasm is contagious. He consistently dazzles his audience – not with complicated theories but with real life examples of the importance of persistence, determination, passion and hard work. During his seven years in the United States, Abner obtained a Bachelor’s Degree from UCLA. In addition, this multi-talented professional speaker also worked on many entertainment projects which lead him to cross paths with comedian Bill Cosby, Little Steven, the legendary music producer Quincy Jones and Mrs Martin Luther King Jnr - the widow of the great American Civil Rights Leader.
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Annette Jahnel – Global Adventurer, Explorer and Top Photographer: “My Year of Beds"
To travel alone is to develop a deep awareness of your own ignorance and insignificance and to become aware of the grand splendour of the planet that harbours us and the universe of which we are a small part. Join Annette Jahnel, the first woman to drive solo around the planet, in a glorified delivery van called ‘The Wish Mobile’. Share Annette’s experiences as she explores the caves of Slovenia; swims in the crystal water of Croatia and nearly drives off the top of Mount Olympus in Greece and learns how to drink horse milk beer before camping in the Charyn Canyon under the silver full moon.
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John Mitchell - Coach of the 2011 Curry Cup Winning Team, the Lions
John Mitchell is a noted former rugby union player and former coach for the New Zealand All Blacks.
In 2010, he was appointed coach of the Golden Lions for the 2010 Currie Cup. Later that year he was appointed the coach of the Super Rugby side, the Lions.
In 2011 the Lions won the Curry Cup, their first South African Championship win since 1999.
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Lewis Gordon Pugh - 'The Human Polar Bear"
Lewis Gordon Pugh is an environmental campaigner, a maritime lawyer and an endurance swimmer.
He frequently swims in vulnerable ecosystems to draw attention to their plight. He is best known for undertaking the first swim across the North Pole to highlight the melting of the Arctic sea ice and for swimming across a glacial lake under the summit of Mt Everest to draw attention to the melting glaciers in the Himalayas, and the impact the reduced water supply will have on peace in the region.
Lewis’s accomplishments have received extensive media coverage by the BBC, Good Morning America, CNN, Jon Stewart, National Geographic, Sky News, Al Jazeera, Jay Leno and many more.
His autobiography “Achieving the Impossible” is a Bestseller and was chosen for Oprah’s Exclusive Book List.
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Barry Blomkamp – “Turbo Talk: You don’t need Sight to have Vision!”
After a meteoric rise up the entrepreneurial ladder and well-set to do extremely well for himself, a silly mistake resulted in a motor car crash which almost cost Barry Blomkamp his life. Suddenly totally blind, contemplating amputation of both his legs, physically and mentally broken, forced to stay months in hospital, his young family in ruins, his expanding business down the tubes, reliving the mistake every day, emotional despair, feeling trapped in a disabled body with no way out - then, the light... he extracted an extremely important lesson from the tragic mess he had found himself in.
With fifteen years of public speaking experience, and virtually every conference he speaks at evaluating him as "Best Speaker", Barry Blomkamp is a top Inspirational Speaker.
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David Grier - Inspirational Speaker, Celebrity Chef and Extreme Adventurer
David Grier is an inspirational speaker, celebrity chef and extreme adventurer, having completed the first ever joint continuous run of the Great Wall of China, some 4000km in 98 days. In February 2012 David completed his 4000 km run of India in 93 days. David is always pushing his adventure side as well. Summiting Mt Kilimanjaro, running the Comrades Marathon, the 2 Oceans Marathon, the Puffer Ultra Marathon, and the Le Grand Raid - the worlds hardest single stage mountain race, 128km.
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Braam Malherbe - Extreme Athlete, Global Adventurer, Top Speaker and Television Presenter
Braam Malherbe completed a world first when he ran the entire length of the Great Wall of China in one go! That's distance of over 4, 200kms at a rate of over a marathon per day! Then he completed a second world first at the end of 2008, running from Namibia to Mozambique following the South African coastline – a distance of over 3, 300kms. Braam recently returned from Antarctica, where he took part in the grueling Scott-Amundsen Centenary Race to the Pole. Braam and Peter van Kets represented South Africa in one of the most extreme races in the world, a 704km odyssey across Antarctica to mark the centenary of the first-ever trip to the South Pole in 1912. They finished the race on 29 January 2012 in third place.
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Shurnell Andersson - Exceptional Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Performer!
Mother, wife and passionate believer in the potential of people! Shurnell Andersson is a brilliant Inspirational Performer, an internationally accredited Life Coach specialising in Workplace and Personal Relationships and Child & Youth coaching and an energizing Workshop Facilitator & Trainer. Shurnell has a background in Social Work and many years experience in Behaviour Change, Personal and Team transformation and Youth Development. Over 20 years of experience in human development has helped Shurnell hone her natural ability and allowed her to expand her talent for growing and inspiring others to reach their potential.
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Peter van Kets - Joint Winner of the Atlantic Rowing Race 2007 • Second place, Solo Class, Atlantic Rowing Race 2010
Peter van Kets is one of the world's top extreme endurance adventurers and international conference speakers. In 2008 Peter made his name known in the world of extreme adventure by winning the pairs division of the 5500km unsupported Woodvale Trans-Atlantic Rowing Race. In 2010 Peter spent 76 days alone in a 7 meter rowing boat crossing the Atlantic. His epic 5438 Km unsupported row across the Atlantic was a first for any African. With this he was awarded the S.A. OutThere Adventurer of the Year 2011.
He has just returned from an unsupported race across Antarctica to the South Pole to commemorate Scott and Amundsens race 100 years ago. As part of a two man South African team they made South African history becoming the first Africans to ever race to the pole.
Peter is a very popular guest speaker both on the South African and international speaking circuit. His presentations are powerful and inspiring receiving rave reviews everywhere.
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Sibusiso Vilane – “Beyond Everest”
First South African, and the first black person in the world, to complete the Three Poles Challenge!
On Thursday 12 April 2012, Sibusiso Vilane became the first South African, and the first black person in the world, to complete the Three Poles Challenge, when he arrived at the North Pole. Sibusiso overcame the harsh environment and a 112km trek on foot to achieve a life-long ambition. He has already conquered Mount Everest, the Andes, and the South Pole. In January 2008 Sibusiso Vilane and his partner Alex Harris were also the first South Africans to complete an unsupported and unassisted walk to the Geographic South Pole, earning them the title of 2007 “Out There” magazine Adventurers of the Year’!
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Craig Ferreira - Growth Beyond Fear
The world's leading authority on the most dangerous predator, the great white shark - is a man who teaches how to overcome fear and achieve any objective for a fearless approach to life and work. Craig's passion is to inspire his audience to drop limiting beliefs and step through their fears to engage life at its highest level. He believes that in order to live our best lives, we need to step out of the comfort zone and begin working from the heart and not from an intellectual perspective only.
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Riaan Manser – Extreme Adventurer, Dynamic Speaker and Best-Selling Author
In a world first, almost incredibly, Riaan Manser was the first person to cycle around the perimeter of the continent of Africa. It took him two years, two months and fifteen days. He rode 36 500 kilometres through 34 different countries.
In 2009 Riaan again set another world first when he became the first person to circumnavigate the world’s fourth largest island of Madagascar by kayak; another expedition achieved alone and unaided.
On 16 March 2011, Riaan began his “Iceland Inspiration” journey. This latest expedition sees Riaan partnered by Dan Skinstad, who has mild cerebral palsy. Riaan and Dan will be returning to South Africa fresh from their "Iceland Adventure" on the 5th of September 2011.
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Cameron van den Burgh - 2012 Olympic Gold Medal Winner • World-Record Holder
On 29 July 2012 Cameron van den Burgh won the first gold medal for Africa at the 2012 London Olympics, and set a new World Record for the 100 meter breaststroke.
Cameron is considered one of the strongest breaststrokers in the world over short distance. In 2010 the South African champion confirmed his international supremacy as one of the world’s strongest breaststrokers. At the October Commonwealth Games, he won gold in both the 50m and 100m breaststroke, and at the World Short Course Championships in Dubai in December, he won the world title for the 100m breaststroke, while picking up a silver medal at the 50m distance.
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Hein Wagner – “A Blind Man With A Vision!” – Hein sets a new World Record!
“No one is as blind as those who refuse to see. Let Hein take you on an awe inspiring journey and show you the world through the eyes of a blind man with vision!.”
preconceptions or judgments of those with sight. Their minds become formidable think tanks…platforms from which they develop razor sharp insights into life’s everyday problems and challenges. Hein Wagner is such a man – a man who lists more personal achievements than many, the most recent of which was breaking the World Blind Land Speed Record and setting the new record at 269.2km/h on 8 September 2005. Added to this, some of his many other accomplishments include completing the Cape to Rio Yacht Race in 1993 and climbing the ten highest mountains in the Western Cape.
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Kim van Kets - Global Adventurer and Extreme Athlete
After having run the the Comrades and Two Oceans and countless road races for many years, Kim van Kets discovered trail running and was hooked by the solitude and beauty of the sport. Since then she has run a number of extreme off road races including the Addo Elephant 100 mile Trail Run (first woman and 6th overall), the 270km Transkei ultra from Port St Johns to East London (first woman and 4/5th overall), the 250km self-sufficiency race across the Kalahari (KAEM) etc. She has also paddled and cycled for many years and taken part in various multi discipline adventure races. Kim most recently completed an extreme and epic 6 772 km circumnavigation of South Africa in 2011 where she covered the distance on foot, bike and kayak in 148 days.
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Justin Cohen - Create Your Self • Natural Ecstasy • Creating Sales Superstars • Super Service • What's Your Story?
Justin is a high energy speaker and a favourite for management and sales conferences. He is an author of two best sellers Create Your Self and Natural Ecstasy, as well as seven audio books. He produced and presented his SABC 3 television talk show, Invent Your Self, where he interviewed some of the world’s foremost experts on success. A leading authority on personal development, with an honours degree in Psychology, Justin mixes a special blend of inspiration and insight along with plenty of fun and humour.
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Victor Vermeulen – “The Winner Within”
Positive Attitude • Endurance • Success • Overcoming Tough Times
A best-selling author, his book. “The Victor Within”, has sold over 21,000 copies. Victor has experienced firsthand the incredible power of resilience – he is a quadriplegic who injured himself in a swimming pool accident nine years ago. Before this time he was a gifted athlete who could have played professional cricket, soccer and rugby.
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Robin Banks – “Success is a Choice”
Self Motivation • Positive Attitude • Vision • Goals
Robin is South Africa’s leading authority on Mind Power and a highly sought-after international speaker. His positive attitude, passion and energy are infectious. A dynamic motivational speaker and a gifted trainer, Robin’s mission is to empower people to take charge of their lives and create a brighter future for themselves.
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Alex Harris – “Conquerors of Antarctica: A Story about Persistence and Guts”
Leadership • Teamwork • Learning From Failure • Strategy
In 2011 Alex Harris won the Freedom Challenge Race Across South Africa, in a record time of 12 days and 15 hours. The FC is arguably Africa’s hardest (completely unsupported) mountain bike race covering a distance of 2300kms, and traversing the high mountains between Pietermaritzburg and Paarl. In 2008 Alex and his partner Sibusiso Vilane were the first South Africans to complete an unsupported and unassisted walk from Hercules Inlet, on the edge of Antarctica, to the Geographic South Pole. It was a journey that took 65 days and covered almost 1200km. It was, in Alex’s words, ‘the hardest thing he had ever done’.
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Tracy Todd - “Why Walk When You Can Soar!”
Life is about attitude and effort • Turn negatives into positives • Laugh more often • Appreciate the miracle of life!
Tracy bares her soul as she shares her life changing experience. It is a story of tragedy and loss but more importantly it is the uplifting story of courage and inspiration. Her perfect world was shattered when she was involved in an accident leaving her paralysed from the neck down. Her entire world fell apart. Her new world is extremely different. Using her quick intellect, beautiful voice, sparkling eyes and her radiant smile, Tracy takes you on journey through her life, sharing her triumph over adversity and her deepest thoughts and emotions to inspire you to count your many blessings… just like she still does despite her misfortune.
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