Entrepreneur Talks: Networking through Narrative

Join us for a dynamic networking event designed to foster meaningful connections and inspire conversations through the power of storytelling. This event series will feature a spotlight storyteller sharing a personal or professional story that offers key lessons and insights for entrepreneurs; followed by roundtable discussions related to the event’s theme. We will conclude with open networking and additional refreshments, providing further opportunities to connect and reflect on the conversations and stories shared. "Entrepreneur Talks: Networking Through Narrative" is an engaging and enriching experience, blending storytelling with professional networking to spark new ideas and relationships. This event is for you if you're an Entrepreneur, a Business Professional, an Entrepreneur Service Provider or an aspiring Entrepreneur interested in the power of narrative. About the Spotlight Storyteller Sandra Bueckert-Davison is an industry-recognized, award-winning personal training pioneer in the city of Calgary. In the eighties, unlike now, personal trainers were a luxury for celebrities and movie stars. In 1989, 23-year-old Sandra Bueckert wondered: what if she used her knowledge as an award-winning athlete to show regular, everyday folks how to get better results in the gym—One-On-One? When she went into the gyms to train clients, the owners thought she was crazy. “Sell a membership! There’s no future in personal training!” In 1989, she was ahead of her time. In 2022, the personal training industry was valued at 13 billion U.S. One of her first clients was a chef who had gained 40 pounds. After helping him to trim down, his wife asked for her help to return to her pre-pregnancy fitness. level. The referrals kept coming. Sandra also has personal familiarity with her clients’ experience. She had two sons and weighed well over 200 pounds during her pregnancies. Losing the weight allowed her to empathize with her clients. She knows what it’s like to run a business, have children and struggle to find time to exercise and eat well. She dropped 70 pounds in 2005 and returned to the competitive arena after a 15-year layoff! Competing also helped her handle her mother’s death from breast cancer. She won her class, earned her pro-card and CTV awarded her the Athlete of the Week. Besides being a fitness expert for CTV, Sandra has been interviewed by QR77 Radio, CBC Radio, Breakfast Television, The Globe and Mail, the Calgary Chamber Of Commerce magazine, City Scope magazine, Avenue magazine, IMPACT magazine, and the Calgary Sun. One On One Personal Fitness was featured in a twelve-week series by the Calgary Herald. Sandra has also appeared twice on the front page of the Calgary Herald Real Life section. Most people recognize Sandra from the X-weighted television series on the Slice network. She was also featured in the LA Times. In July of 2023 Sandra was the guest on Hit Play Not Pause: Feisty Menopause podcast. "Resilience: You Are Not What has Happened to You" is her memoir and she is pleased to add Author to her list of accomplishments.