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Thursday April 27th, 2006.
Time: 6:00pm to 8:30pm
Location: Metro Hall, 3rd Floor, 55 John Street, Toronto, ON
Room: 302 (always check your digital invite for room number confirmation)
Meeting fee: $10 (to cover costs only)
Invite Link: tba
Agenda
Professional Development Session
Speaker: Barry Shainbaum, Principal, Barry Shaimbaum Productions
“From Obstacles to Opportunities”
 Do you fear problems and rejections? Do you understand that creativity and success can actually thrive from facing and overcoming obstacles? Would you like to get more meaning out of your work? Do you wish to make a difference in the world?
Nearly twenty years ago, Barry Shainbaum was “at the end of his rope.” He lost just about everything that we take for granted in life. Barry suffered a serious depression while taking a break from the medicine prescribed for bipolar disorder. Over the next year he lost his freelance photography business, apartment, car, and had a run in with the law. Barry ended up living in a psychiatric boarding house, awaiting trial. He lived there for over a year and spent his days sitting in the park and the library.
Cured of the illness seventeen years ago, today, Barry Shainbaum is a successful photographer, inspirational speaker, radio talk show host, and author of “Hope & Heroes: Portraits of Integrity & Inspiration.”
Do you wish to reinvent yourself, grow your business, or just get more meaning out of life? In this keynote address, Barry will share with you how by facing obstacles, we can identify and grasp opportunities to live a more fulfilling life while inspiring others.
Speaker Profile:
 Barry Shainbaum wears a number of hats. As a professional photographer, he does advertising, portraiture, events, glamour and news. In his book “Hope & Heroes, Barry photographed and interviewed 47 inspiring world figures including Nelson Mandela, Maya Angelou, Dr. Phil, Rick Hansen, Jane Goodall and more. You can hear actual audio excerpts of his interviews at: www.barryshainbaum.com.
As a professional speaker, he speaks to students, mental health groups, corporate groups and seniors.
His radio talk show broadcasts every Sunday morning at 11:00 am to 12:00 pm. In Kitchener it is heard on Faith FM, 94.3, and everywhere else through his website: www.barryshainbaum.com The show's topics include inspiration, self-help, Judaism, mental health, entrepreneurship, ethics and the arts.
Believing strongly in giving back to society, his volunteer activities include Covenant House, Distress Centres of Toronto, Mood Disorders Association of Ontario and playing his guitar and singing at a seniors’ home coffee-house monthly for the past 13 years.
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