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In 1986, Sharon Wood became the first North American woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest. She has acquired over twenty years of experience as a professional and elite climber. In addition to climbing Mount Everest, she has successfully climbed numerous other 20,000-foot-plus peaks.
Since climbing Mount Everest, Sharon has addressed hundreds of groups worldwide as a keynote speaker. Her presentation is a compelling, true story about beating the odds. She speaks about meeting that challenge, and about the associated struggles and gains that closely parallel those of most striving individuals and organizations. Through her personal disclosure of confronting and overcoming challenges and fears, she succeeds in using the imposing example of climbing the highest mountain in the world to provide her audiences with a tangible means of grasping the essence of her story - living and working closer to our potential.
Presentation Topics
Sharon Wood teaches, entertains and inspires with her personal story of the Mount Everest expedition. Her story is about an astonishing personal and team accomplishment under conditions of extreme physical and mental duress. The challenges her team faced closely parallel those of striving individuals and organizations.
Awards and Achievement
- Awarded an Honorary Doctor of Laws Degree by the University of Calgary
- Appointed to the Honor Roll for Outstanding Achievement by Canada’s weekly news magazine, MacLean’s
- Recipient of the inaugural Tenzing Norgay Award as “Professional Mountaineer of the Year” from the American Alpine Club and the New York Explorer’s Club
- Recipient of the Bill March Summit Award of Excellence
- Awarded a Meritorious Service Medal by the Governor General of Canada
Testimonials
"I feared these people were too "sophisticated" to respond to a motivational speaker. I couldn't have been more wrong. Your story, and the slides and the video that went with it were fascinating. You clearly understood the problems we faced, and tailored your presentation to our needs. Your low-key style set off the message like black velvet behind diamonds."
RBC Group
"Sharon Wood Spoke to over five hundred RE/MAX sales people at a sales rally. I have helped organize these events for seven years, and she had the greatest positive response we've have ever had. She left the audience feeling ordinary people can do extraordinary things, and they were as charged up as if they had gone up Everest themselves."
ReMax
"Most important they said that they could relate to your accomplishment and story in a way that they had not experienced with other speakers. Not that they thought they could climb Everest, but that through personal commitment and teamwork they could take their ordinary skills and develop them in a way that would allow them to deliver more both personally and professionally than had thought possible."
GlaxoSmith Kline
Past Clients
American Airlines
Amex Canada
Bank of Montreal
Campbell Soup Company
Dupont
GE Capital
Hewlett-Packard Company
IBM
Investors Group
Macdonald’s Restaurants
Mattel Canada Inc.
Owens-Corning
Pillsbury
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