Here are a few small clips of past speeches that Dick has delivered to audiences.

Professional Development

Topic:
Goal Setting, New Years Resolutions

Audience:
120+ Software Engineering Students, UX Design Students, and Professors at Prime Academy

Description: 
​This ice breaker talk was delivered to Prime Academy students during their Toast Master's meet-up.

Podcast Guest

Topic:
My Entrepreneurial Story

Audience:
100,000+ listeners of Success and Beauty Talk Radio Show
Hosted by Charlotte Howard

Description: 
​I was a feature guest on Charlotte Howard's podcast and radio show where I told my entrepreneurial story, I answered Charlotte's questions, and we opened the phone lines to listeners for questions. 

Social Media / Entrepreneurship

Topic:
Entrepreneurship, Social Media

Audience:
80-90 Sauk Centre High School Students

Description: 
​This video is a recording from one of three speeches I gave to high school students during their annual Career Day. 

Host Interviewer

Topic:
​Evan Carmichael
Entrepreneurship, Social Media, Fundraising

Audience:
#Growthers (our YouTube, blog, and podcast followers)

Description: 
​Evan has been interviewed hundreds of times but most of them had never heard his "origin story". In this interview I extracted stories that Evan said "made him think WAY back!"
My objective hosting isn't to have the guest retell the same story they've told a thousand times on podcasts and interviews, I do deep research on my guests beforehand to extract the stores and "gold nuggets" they've never told. 
I have interviewed over 200 achievers in the last 10 years both on panel discussions and for Online Growth Systems content.

Technical Demo

Topic:
Software Development and Project Management

Audience:
100+ Software Engineering Students from Prime Academy

Description: 
​I presented a React application that I built during a 2 week sprint showcasing the Browser Transcription API and teaching lessons I learned during the project.

Solar Energy

Topic:
Solar Panels, Investing

Audience:
150 Kiwanis Club members

Description: 
​I was asked to speak at a Kiwanis Club dinner and speak about the technology of solar panels.

Dialysis Patient / Kidney Transplant

Topic:
Dialysis, Kidney Transplants, Chronic Diseases, My Kidney Failure Story

Audience:
Images are taken from various school groups ranging from elementary to college medical students

Description: 
​I am frequently asked to tell my kidney failure story and educate students on the functionality of the renal system as well as provide insight into how to persevere against tremendous obstacles.

Dick's Talks

​Be the Scrum Master of Your Own Life

How to apply agile software development principles in your daily life

Do you have a to-do list that seems to be a black hole abyss with hydra-like characteristics? Every time you get something done, two more tasks seem to pop up!

Have you ever noticed that some people somehow get more done in a day than others? We all have the same 24 hours in a day, so how is it that the Elon Musks of the world seem to accomplish more in a year than most people do their entire lives?

Learn how to be the Scrum Master of your own life and use the agile principles that the world's most efficient teams use to build the apps and products you use every day.
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In this audience-interactive workshop, you'll learn:
  • How I scratched my own itch to reach my goals faster in 2019
  • How to get $530 worth of tools for $50
  • What Scrum, Kanban, and other Agile methodologies are
  • How to apply Wolf of Wall Street goal setting/achieving tactics
  • Why I bolted a whiteboard into my living room wall
  • Be the Scrum Master of Your own Life

Achieving Immortality

How Tech is Helping Us Live Longer

Star Wars isn't that far from becoming reality.

The tech, at least. Being frozen in carbonite to cheat death, replacing your hand (or your lungs in Vader's case) with that of a robot's, and having androids perform surgery are medical feats performed previously only in movies.

This past year I've been interviewing these Jedi of medical technology and you'll get to see how dialysis patients are becoming cyborgs with tech from UCSF, how Alcor is using cryonic sleep to preserve your grandpa to meet your great-grandkids, how body parts are being 3D printed, and more.
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In this talk, you'll learn:
  • What technologies are being developed (or are already in use) that are saving millions of peoples' lives
  • Which companies and individuals are leading the charge against disease, aging, and death
  • Predictions from these innovators about the future... and when
  • How you can get involved with these organizations

Dick Polipnick

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Bio:

Dick Polipnick is a serial entrepreneur and startup advisor. He has helped big-name brands turn their e-commerce businesses to profit and advised startups to win business competitions.

Dick is a tech hybrid that combines his business experience, marketing background, and software engineering education to solve tough problems.

In addition to being a developer and an entrepreneur, Dick is the host of Online Growth Systems- an online community of #growthers (or people that focus on "growthing" their health, wealth, love and happiness) by creating digital content including blogs, videos, podcasts, and a newsletter called "The #Growther's Digest."

Dick enjoys backpacking and traveling as well as board games.