Top 10 Closing Keynote Speakers
Do you know this feeling: the event is drawing to a close and your audience is fired up! Full of great ideas they are ready to unleash into their professional and personal lives.
How do you keep that momentum going?
By booking a brilliant closing keynote speaker. Here’s why:
A great closing keynote speaker will not only help close the loop on your conference theme, but also reinforce the motivation and inspiration your audience had on Day 1, allowing them to synthesize key insights and share their inspiration through their work and day to day lives.
What could be more powerful than that?
According to our clients, here are our Top 10 Keynote Speakers who send your audiences home inspired:
Named by Fortune Magazine as one of the Top 50 World’s Greatest Leaders, a recipient of the Muhammad Ali Humanitarian of the Year Award and listed as one of the world’s most influential creative people by The Creativity 50’s, Mick Ebeling is a maker, hacker and inventor who has sparked a movement of pragmatic, inspirational innovation. As a career producer and filmmaker and now founder and CEO of Not Impossible, Ebeling consistently speaks to companies and audiences all over the world inspiring them to change their world, and the world.
Called the “Elon Musk of Good,” Ebeling is only person to ever be honored 2x as a TIME Magazine Top Invention of the Year recipient, a 2x Tribeca Disruptor innovation winner, a 2x SXSW innovation of the year award winner, as a WIRED Agent of Change, a fellow with The Nantucket Project, and a recipient of every major creative and advertising award, Ebeling is on a mission to change the world by creating “Technology for the Sake of Humanity.”
Video: https://thesweeneyagency.com/speakers/mick-ebeling/
Cassandra Worthy – Change Enthusiasm Global Keynote Speaker on Change
With contagious energy that radiates throughout every room she steps into, Cassandra Worthy is the world’s truly DISRUPTIVE thought-leader on CHANGE that companies need to build organizational resilience and adaptability. During times of major shift such as merger, acquisition, organizational restructure, new systems integration, and market disruption RARELY do businesses ever face the tumultuous emotional landscape of the organization head-on. Only 10% of successful change adoption is about know-how…the other 90% is squarely centered on an organization’s motivation and willingness to embrace the change. Without addressing the emotions standing in the way of motivation, any transformation journey is stopped in its tracks. This is where Cassandra steps in. She has created and cultivated the unique strategy of Change Enthusiasm® which is arming individuals around the world with the means to harness the power of emotion, a resource in infinite supply, to embrace and accelerate change and transformation journeys. Cassandra’s message nurtures highly resilient and adaptable organizations beginning at the heart of the individual.
Video: https://thesweeneyagency.com/speakers/cassandra-worthy/
Robyn Benincasa – Firefighter, CNN Hero and Motivational Adventure Racer
Robyn Benincasa – NYT best-selling author of How Winning Works: 8 Essential Leadership Lessons from the Toughest Teams on Earth and World Champion Adventure Racer – accepts full blame for inspiring people to do insane things like climb Mount Kilimanjaro, run their first triathlon, start their own adventure racing teams, or start their own businesses. This is, after all, who she is and what she does: Robyn Benincasa inspires people to do amazing things. Her unforgettable presentations have taught countless high-performance leaders all over the world about Building World Class Teams
and the followership
skills necessary for dynamic role shifting and true teamwork.
Video: https://thesweeneyagency.com/speakers/robyn-benincasa/
As the founding CEO of RISE, a breakthrough wellness company, Suneel Gupta helped thousands of people build better habits for life and work. Now as a bestselling author and Harvard Medical School visiting scholar, Suneel has taken his mission one step further –helping people achieve sustainable peak performance by bolstering emotional resilience and engagement. Suneel offers leaders and teams a better way to work; one that results in sustainable innovation, productivity, and fulfillment. He arms people with science-based habits that will avoid burnout, boost energy, and improve their professional and personal lives.
Suneel is a business survivor and the author of the international bestselling book Backable(2020). That book is rooted in his inner journey from twice-failed entrepreneur to becoming a leader behind two IPOs and being named “The New Face of Innovation” by the New York Stock Exchange. The book reveals the mindset shifts and hidden habits of people who are extraordinary at pushing new ideas forward.
When a reporter once asked Suneel about his purpose, his response was to “find good people, and inspire them to do what inspires them.”
Video: https://thesweeneyagency.com/speakers/suneel-gupta/
Sebastian Terry is a changemaker, best-selling author and thought-leader. Residing in LA, California, Seb was shocked by the death of a close friend in his mid-twenties, Sebastian experienced a moment in his life where he asked himself a simple question; ‘Am I happy?’.
The answer was NO, and so, he created a list of 100things that he hoped would bring him closer to a sense of happiness, if not purpose, in life.
From Marrying a Stranger in Vegas (Goal #2) and Delivering a Baby (#23), to Living on a Deserted Island for 1 week (#63) and even helping a quadriplegic man complete a half marathon by pushing him (#26), Sebastian’s story has been turned into a best selling book, his own reality show and a renowned keynote that has inspired millions of people around the world.
Often noted as the highlight of any conference he presents at, Sebastian’s keynote is an experience that will make you audience laugh, think, cry and ultimately take action.
Video: https://thesweeneyagency.com/speakers/sebastian-terry/
Eric Boles – President of Game Changers Inc., Speaker on Leadership and Peak Performance
Eric Boles is the president of The Game Changers Inc., a training and development company dedicated to maximizing the human asset. Through assessment, consulting, coaching and corporate training, The Game Changers Inc. has set the standard for helping organizations enhance their culture and develop greater levels of commitment and performance.
Eric Boles is also a highly acclaimed keynote speaker and consultant for some of the most recognized and respected organizations in the world. His insights on Leadership, Peak Performance, Team Dynamics, and Managing Change has been shared with clients such as Dunkin’ Donuts, Nationwide Insurance, AVIVA Insurance, Alaska Airlines, State Farm Insurance, Starbucks Coffee, USAA, MetLife, and Novo Nordisk . Eric also speaks to a variety of organizations and associations, including those in sales, education, government, healthcare, manufacturing and financial services.
Video: https://thesweeneyagency.com/speakers/eric-boles/
Liz Bohannon – Author & Inspirational Speaker on Entrepreneurship
Liz Bohannon is the Founder and CEO of socially conscious fashion brand Sseko Designs, which she founded in 2008 as a way to provide educational and economic opportunities for women in East Africa. Liz shares the lessons learned from her 10-year journey growing Sseko from three women under a mango tree, into a successful international fashion brand that provides employment, educational and entrepreneurial opportunities to thousands of women across the globe.
Her story is filled with lessons for success that are grounded in the principle of having a beginner’s mind, which Liz sums up in her new book, Beginner’s Pluck: Build Your Life of Purpose and Impact Now. In it, as in her presentations, she shares uncommon ideas toward success like, Own Your Average, Stop Trying to Find Your Passion…Create It, and Dream Small so you can do big things. Liz continues to channel her inner beginner as she manages 100s of employees across multiple continents, and her mindset sets her apart as a courageous, creative and effective leader.
Video: https://thesweeneyagency.com/speakers/liz-bohannon/
Alex Weber – American Ninja Warrior, Inspirational Speaker on Leadership & Peak Performance
With his contagious positive energy, Alex Weber immediately impacts audiences and ignites record-breaking achievements! Alex is an International Keynote Speaker, Award-Winning Host for NBC, competitor on American Ninja Warrior. Alex helps Leaders, Individuals, and Organizations be relentless, gain their competitive edge, and unlock new levels of peak performance.
Alex connects so well with audiences because of his genuine openness about the challenges, self-doubt, and uncertainty that we all face – and how you can overcome it! As a professional entertainer, US Lacrosse Coach of the Year, and acclaimed Author, Alex is highly sought after for his unique ability to engage, transform, and empower audiences. Alex has positively inspired over 3.5 million people worldwide, and worked with major companies like ABC, Apple, Amazon, Under Armor, LinkedIn, The Los Angeles Lakers, Stanford Business and many more. Alex is also the only person ever to Host and Compete on NBC’s American Ninja Warrior.
Video: https://thesweeneyagency.com/speakers/alex-weber/
Speech Thomas – 2x Grammy Award Winning founder & lead singer of ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT
Speech Thomas, 2X Grammy Award-Winner exemplified brave leadership when he stepped into the hip-hop scene at a time when lyrics had a darker spin. Pushing against all trends around rap and hip-hop, Speech and his Arrested Development bandmates decided to focus on more uplifting and positive messaging, something he refers to as ‘LIFE MUSIC.”
Speech’s messages couldn’t be more timely for us today. With people feeling powerless and more overwhelmed than ever before, he inspires us to want to accomplish the extraordinary.
He challenges participants to look around the room and realize that everyone has the potential to “do what you can with what you have and with the people around you.” At a time when companies are trying to encourage their employees to grow in every way possible, this powerful talk can be used as a springboard for fostering a new generation of brave leaders.
Video: https://thesweeneyagency.com/speakers/speech-thomas/
Clint Pulver – The Ultimate Experience to Engage, Retain, and Inspire Your People
Clint Pulver is a motivational keynote speaker, author, musician, and workforce expert. He’s also fun, dynamic, entertaining – and the no-stress speaker clients love to work with.
Known as the Leading Authority on Employee Retention, Clint helps organizations retain, engage – and inspire their team members from the front desk to the board rooms and everyone in between. He expertly helps audiences navigate generational complexities, communication challenges, leadership mis-steps, and culture cues.
Clint strongly believes that a single moment in time can change a person’s life. He has traveled the world speaking to a wide spectrum of diverse audiences, challenging them to dream, excel, connect, and believe – both in themselves and in the power of others. For over a decade, Clint has dedicated his heart to helping organizations understand the younger generation and helping the younger generation better understand themselves by living a life of significance – rather than just a life of success. His mantra? “It’s not about being the best in the world… it’s about being the best FOR the world.”
Video: https://thesweeneyagency.com/speakers/clint-pulver/
