How simply asking questions can heal family divides | Shannon Milliman

Asking questions and documenting senior's memories gives understanding, meaning and insights that have the capacity to heal family divides, reinforce value for the senior and bring connection and answers to daily life for all generations.

What clowns can teach you about vulnerability in leadership | Michaud Garneau

The role of the clown is to connect with the audience. Their role is to build trust, build understanding and reflect back to the audience what they see through their own absurdity. The role of the clown is to laugh at themselves, to take risks, to show what is possible. At the core of the clown is the ability to show the deep vulnerability in ourselves so that others can see themselves there too.

Purchases connect us to someone. Who do you want to connect to? | Stephanie Edwards

Who made the clothes that you’re wearing right now? Does that job empower that person and pay their bills or trap them in a cycle of poverty and endangerment? In a global economy, we are directly connected to people we have never even met, and can impact their lives for the better or worse. When we make conscious purchasing decisions and choose to buy from trusted sources, small businesses, and ethically traded goods, we positively impact individual people, as well as build up communities and transform the trajectory of the next generation.

Living with Grief: What we learn about ourselves in the process | Michelle Eubanks

Grief doesn't have to be debilitating. The flaws and scars that result from loss make us unique and different, some of us emerging as stronger. While there is no right or wrong way to grieve, we all have an opportunity to learn through tragedy.

Many people are disconnected from, and lack access to, the sources of their food. Recent events throughout the country illustrate that people are not only disconnected from their food, but also from each other. This talk demonstrates how the simplicity of a garden can teach us how to reconnect to each other.