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Helen Thayer's Programs are Motivational, Entertaining and Educational.
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Through captivating on-location photography and personal narrative the audience shares Helen's powerful adventures first hand. By comprehending her struggle to survive one is led to the understanding of how problem solving and overcoming obstacles along with an unshakable belief in the ability to reach a goal will finally bring the reward of success. The three major components of all of Helen's programs are:
- A compelling, convincing motivational message that applies to real life
- A well told story of a remarkable, challenging journey
- Extraordinary photography
Programs normally run 45 minutes but can be adjusted for time and event theme. [CLIENT LIST]
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Helen's dynamic energy and positive enthusiasm is caught up by her audiences, keeping them on the edge of their seats, inspiring people of all ages to look to higher levels of achievement, plan for success and forge ahead in the absolute belief that the goal will be reached in business or in life. Helen helps her audiences realize they can dream, set goals, and reach for the top and succeed by explaining: "I've been there and here's how I did it."
More than just an "armchair adventure" presentation, Helen can motivate an audience to believe that they too have unlimited horizons. Helen believes, "My journeys are like life itself. We all have our North Poles and our Gobi Deserts, but we can all reach our goals just as I did, one step at a time, never giving up on ourselves. If we reach for the top and believe we can do it, we can make our dreams come true."
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Helen Thayer gave one of the best presentations we've been to. A gifted speaker and photographer, she is humble, down to earth and realistic in every way. Her speech was not only motivational but also illustrated in a dynamic way her ability to problem solve even under the most difficult of conditions. An extraordinary individual. Men and women, young and old, need to hear her speak.
---- William F. Wilson, Florida
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KEYNOTE PRESENTATIONS:
:: POLAR DREAM - Achieve the Impossible -- Imagine trekking hundreds of miles across a perilous, frozen world with all of your life-support, food and shelter on a sled that you must pull over Arctic sea ice while keeping a constant watch for polar bears. Helen made history at age 50 when she became the first woman to travel alone to any of the world's Poles as she walked to the Magnetic North Pole. Hear the dramatic and inspiring story of her struggle to reach her goal through ice storms, over unstable sea ice and polar bears and how a dog named Charlie saved her life from these awesome but dangerous animals. It is a story that leaves audiences inspired and motivated to reach for their own goals and push their horizons to the limit. Her powerful slide program shows the beauty of the Polar Ice Cap and the polar bears that live there. Helen wrote the best selling book Polar Dream (Simon & Schuster, NewSage Press second edition) about her historical journey.
Polar Dream Photographs YouTube version (HD)
Be sure to click full screen - Images from Helen Thayer's trek across the Arctic ice to the Magnetic North Pole. This is a collection of photographs from the full presentation.
:: 3 AMONG THE WOLVES - Daring to Challenge Yourself -- Although the remarkable and unique story of living with wild wolves for one year above the Arctic Circle is the subject of this book, the story is also about a dream that became a goal and through planning and persistence the yearlong goal was reached and is proof that careful planning and persistence will win the day. Helen and her husband Bill travelled to the Arctic to live within 100 feet of a wild wolf den. They spent a summer observing and documenting the daily lives and activities of the pack and returned in the winter to study the wolves' interaction with the polar bears on the Arctic sea ice. It is a remarkable story of wolves in the true wild; their pup care, their hunts, and their social hierarchy. Audiences want to take this wolf family and their mischievous pups home with them. This is a motivational program of rare photography, not only of the wolf family but many other Arctic animals such as grizzlies, moose and the elusive lynx, and of the great tundra plains of the far north. Helen wrote the book 3 Among the Wolves (Sasquatch Books), a finalist at the Banff Mountain Book Festival.
:: WALKING THE GOBI - Quitting is Not an Option -- At age 63 Helen with her husband Bill 74, walked the entire distance west to east across the Mongolian Gobi Desert. In a journey of discovery they covered a distance of almost 1,600 miles, enduring sand storms, 126 degree temperatures, and at one point a desperate search for water.
At 13 years old Helen set a goal to walk across the Gobi. A year before the expedition, after a serious car accident, she was told she would never walk again. She didn't give up; she fought through therapy and pain. Finally, still fighting injuries, she set out to realize her dream of crossing the entire desert on foot. Although still recovering, she kept going, even though some days pushed her to the limit. This is a story of courage, perseverance and motivation to rise above adversity to reach a goal and make a dream come true. Compelling, rare photography tells of the Thayer's close interaction with the Gobi Desert nomads who still live the centuries-old lifestyle of their ancestors. Helen tells the story in the book, Walking the Gobi (Mountaineers Books) which is now published in five languages.
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