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    Sally Hogshead Speaker

    Sally Hogshead

    Branding and innovation expert, author of Radical Careering, one of advertising’s most celebrated thinkers.

     About

    • Speaker on Innovation in Branding and Marketing
    • Talks about: How TO Fascinate: From First Impressions to Lasting Value
    • Author of the New York Times bestseller, FASCINATE: How to Make Your Brand Impossible to Resist
    • Past clients include: Cisco, Human Business World, Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Corporation, Wall Street Journal

    Sally Hogshead is a Hall of Fame speaker, international author, and the world's leading expert on fascination. Growing up with the last name Hogshead would give anyone an unconventional point of view. After graduating from Duke University and starting in advertising, Sally was named the most successful junior copywriter of all time. At age 27 she opened her first agency, and went on to conquer the worlds of branding and marketing.

    Over the past decade, Sally's research has uncovered surprising trends. In today's distracted world, people have a 9-second attention span. With only 9
    seconds to communicate value, we must use our advantages to immediately break through. Sally teaches how to break through the distraction and competition by creating moments of intense focus.

    When you fascinate a customer or employee, you create exciting moments of connection. Your listener is far more likely to remember and value you.

    In her research, Sally has measured over 100,000 people to identify a scientific approach to personal branding.

    A few findings in Sally's research:

    • Your personality uses identifiable patterns of persuasion
    • When you fascinate customers, they're more likely to trust and respect you
    • Fascinating brands can charge up to 4x more than commodity brands
    • Companies that fascinate employees have higher productivity
    • Women will spend more to be fascinating than they spend on food and clothes combined ($338/month)

    Rather than measuring how you see the world, Sally measures how the world sees you.

    Sally's first book was Radical Careering: 100 Truths to Jumpstart Your Job, Your Career, and Your Life. She toured the country as a spokesperson for CareerBuilder.com, teaching how to apply strengths at work.

    Her next book, FASCINATE, was published around the globe, earning Sally a frequent spotlight in major media including Today Show and the New York Times. The press describes Sally as a marketing icon who has changed the face of North American advertising.

    In 2013, HarperCollins will publish Sally's new book, How The World Sees You: From First Impressions to Lasting Value.

    Few keynote speakers blend a research-based message with the high-energy delivery required to inspire big audiences. Sally is a 2012 recipient of the coveted
    CPAE award for lifetime achievement in speaking excellence. Recent clients include Intel, Cisco, Million Dollar Round Table, GE, New York Life, YPO, and Intuit. Her audiences ranging from Fortune 500 CEOs to entrepreneurs in Saudi Arabia.

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    David Horsager Speaker

    David Horsager

    Author, Global Trust Expert, and Speaker on Leadership, Customer Service, Innovation and Sales

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    • David is a leading authority on leadership, customer service, innovation and sales and how TRUST is the common thread that weaves success into every business relationship and endeavour.
    • Teaches audiences an actionable framework they can use immediately to build trust and solve their biggest challenges
    • Inventor of The Enterprise Trust Index™, director of the annual study—The Trust Outlook™, and national bestselling author of The Trust Edge.
    • Past clients include: FedEx, IBM, MDRT, Nationwide, New York Yankees, Pfizer, Toyota, Verizon

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    David Horsager, MA, CSP, CPAE is the CEO of Trust Edge Leadership Institute, national best-selling author of The Trust Edge, inventor of the Enterprise Trust Index™, and director of one of the nation’s foremost trust studies: The Trust Outlook™.  David is a leading authority on leadership, customer service, innovation and sales.

    His work has been featured in prominent publications such as Fast Company, Forbes, The Huffington Post and The Wall Street Journal. David has advised leaders and delivered life-changing presentations on six continents - with audiences ranging everywhere from FedEx, Toyota and global governments to the New York Yankees and the Department of Homeland Security.

    Shama Hyder Speaker

    Shama Hyder

    A Visionary Strategist for the Digital Age, Best-Selling Author & CEO of Zen Media

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    Shama Hyder is a visionary strategist for the digital age, a web and TV personality, a bestselling author, and the award-winning CEO of Zen Media – a global marketing and digital PR firm. She has been named the “Zen Master of Marketing” by Entrepreneur Magazine and the “Millennial Master of the Universe” by FastCompany.com. Shama has also been honored at both the White House and The United Nations as one of the top 100 young entrepreneurs in the country.

    Shama is the bestselling author of The Zen of Social Media Marketing, now in its 4th edition and Momentum: How to Propel Your Marketing and Transform Your Brand in the Digital Age. An acclaimed keynote speaker, Shama has delivered keynotes in over 20 countries and spoken for recognized brands including Movado, Prudential, Chase, Tupperware, and Inc 5000.

    As a result of her success, Shama has been the recipient of numerous awards, including the prestigious Technology Titan Emerging Company CEO award. She was named one of the “Top 25 Entrepreneurs under 25” by Business Week in 2009; one of the “Top 30 Under 30” Entrepreneurs in America in 2014 by Inc. Magazine; and to the Forbes “30 Under 30” list of moversand shakers for 2015. LinkedIn has named Hyder one of their “Top Voices” in Marketing & Social Media for three years in a row. Her online videos were awarded the Hermes Gold Award for
    Educational Programming in Electronic Media and most recently she was given the Global Empowerment award for Marketing and Technology by Anokhi Media.

    As the CEO of Zen Media, she and her team help both B2B and B2C brands to make meaningful connections with the modern-day customer via influencer marketing, and experiential and digital storytelling — and then turn those connections into bottom line results. Notable clients include Chase Business, The US Navy, DFW Airport, Mary Kay, and Tupperware.

    Chad Hymas Speaker

    Chad Hymas

    World-Class Wheelchair Athlete and Speaker on Overcoming Adversity

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    Chad Hymas inspires, motivates, and moves audiences - creating an experience that touches hearts for a lifetime. The Wall Street Journal calls Chad Hymas “one of the 10 most inspirational people in the world!”

    In 2001, at the age of 27 - Chad’s life changed in an instant when a 2,000-pound bale of hay shattered his neck leaving him a quadriplegic. But Chad’s dreams were not paralyzed that day - he became an example of what is possible.

    Chad is a best-selling author, President of his own communications company, Chad Hymas Communications, Inc. - and a recognized world-class wheelchair athlete. In 2003, Chad set a world record by wheeling his chair from Salt Lake City to Las Vegas (513 miles).

    Chad’s speaking career in the areas of leadership, team building, customer service, and mastering change - has brought him multiple honours. As a member of the National Speakers Association, Chad travels as many as 300,000 miles a year - captivating and entertaining audiences around the world. He has graced the stage of hundreds of professional and civic organizations including Wells Fargo, Blue Cross Blue Shield, AT&T, Rainbird, IHC, American Express, Prudential Life, Vast FX, and Merrill Lynch.

    Ignite Your Innovation Speaker

    Ignite Your Innovation

    The Top Ten Keynote Speakers on Innovation

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    10 Most Requested Speakers on Innovation

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    Innovation is the catalyst for growth, profit, and sustainability for any business so it is no wonder that it is one of the most requested speaking topics from just about every industry. Here are our highest rated Speakers on Innovation:

    Scott Anthony | Innovation Strategist

    Video: https://thesweeneyagency.com/speakers/Scott-Anthony

    Lisa Bodell | CEO of Futurethink and Best-selling author of Kill the Company

    Often innovation is associated with a complicated and overly challenging process, however, innovation expert Lisa Bodell argues that this need not be the case. Lisa’s keynotes demonstrate that the complex processes that organizations have developed over the years actually hinder innovation and block original thought.

    Video: https://thesweeneyagency.com/speakers/Lisa-Bodell

    Whitney Johnson | Co-founder of the Investment Firm Disruptive Innovation Fund

    Whitney Johnson will inspire audiences with her call for personal disruption as a means to create an organization-wide innovative culture. She motivates attendees to actually do the things they would only dare to dream. Whitney Johnson is a true influencer and innovator and will teach your audiences how to do the same.

    Video: https://thesweeneyagency.com/speakers/Whitney-Johnson

    Kaihan Krippendorff | Strategy and Innovation Expert & Founder of Outthinker

    Kaihan Krippendorff is committed to helping organizations and individuals thrive in today’s era of fast-paced disruptive technological change. Kaihan is known for his ability to turn difficult concepts into easy-to-understand ideas that drive meaningful outcomes and actions. He is an internationally recognized thought-leader, battle-tested consultant, and sought-after keynote speaker on the topics of business strategy, growth, transformation and innovation.

    Video: https://thesweeneyagency.com/speakers/Kaihan-Krippendorff

     

    Polly LaBarre | Author, Speaker, and Entrepreneur

    Understanding that many organizations have been working since their inception to maintain and protect the foundational practices on which it was built, Polly LaBarre pushes audiences to break the status quo in order to achieve exceptional performance. Her keynotes highlight the importance of adaptability – or risk paralysis. Polly’s presentations are truly inspiring as she encourages attendees to be relentlessly creative, excited, and inventive.

    Video: https://thesweeneyagency.com/speakers/Polly-LaBarre

    Josh Linkner | Bestselling Author on Creativity, Innovation, and Leadership

    You’ve come up with a spectacularly creative idea for your organization – so the hard part’s over, right? Unfortunately it’s not. Turning raw, unpolished (albeit great) ideas into a reality can be very challenging. Josh Linkner’s keynotes provide practical tools and methodologies to turn those big ideas into big results and big profits. Oh, and he’s an excellent jazz guitarist too!

    Video: https://thesweeneyagency.com/speakers/Josh-Linkner

    Mike Walsh | Best-selling author of FUTURETAINMENT, Speaker on Technology and Innovation

    So often companies survive on one big idea or major breakthrough, however, in contemporary business those who thrive are continuously creating and cultivating those big ideas and breakthroughs. Mike Walsh helps organizations create strategic priorities in order to prepare for the future of business today.

    Video: https://thesweeneyagency.com/speakers/Mike-Walsh

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    Derek Sweeney is the Director of Speaker Ideas at The Sweeney Agency. www.thesweeneyagency.com. For 15 years Derek has been helping clients find the right Speakers for their events. Derek can be reached at 1-866-727-7555 or [email protected]

    Ron Insana Speaker

    Ron Insana

    CNBC Senior Analyst & Contributor, Trailblazing Financial Journalist, Best-Selling Author and Financial Industry Expert

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    • 40-year veteran, financial news reporting
    • CNBC senior analyst & commentator
    • Host, the market score board report
    • CEO and founder, the Insana Entertainment Group
    • Author of four books on investing and financial markets trends
    • Past clients include: Adecco. Deltek, Xerox Corporation, Prudential Financial, Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch and Cobank.

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    In the midst of the chaotic forces impacting business and the economy, Ron Insana delivers clear insights business leaders and financial professionals can use to make smarter decisions. A pioneer in television financial news reporting, Ron is currently senior analyst and commentator at CNBC. He also hosts The Market Score Board Report, a daily nationally syndicated radio program. As CEO of iFi AI, an AI-powered stock research platform created in partnership with IBM watsonx, Ron has a front row seat to the transformative AI revolution. He is also founder and CEO of The Insana Entertainment Group, a film and TV production company. Ron is author of four books on investing and financial markets dynamics. In his speeches, Ron makes sense of the business, economic, technological, and political news – distilling it into actionable insights his audience can use to navigate change, protect what they have, and spot fresh opportunities. Besides keynoting, he is also an outstanding moderator and interviewer.

    Ron’s career in financial reporting was a total accident. He had graduated from college with a degree in film production when a producer friend at the Financial News Network hired him on as a freelance producer in 1984. FNN was the first television network devoted exclusively to financial news. One day in 1985 the network’s only two anchors got sick on the same day and Ron found himself on the air for a full eight-hour shift. That launched Ron’s financial broadcasting career. When the Financial News Network merged with CNBC in 1991, Ron became a regular anchor there and a frequent presence on other NBC News shows.

    Ron was named one of the “Top 100 Business News Journalists of the 20th Century” and was nominated for a news and documentary Emmy for his role in NBC’s coverage of 9/11.

    His four books on investing include: TrendWatching: Don't Be Fooled by the Next Investment Fad, Mania, or Bubble; The Message of the Markets: How Financial Markets Foretell the Future--and How You Can Profit from Their Guidance; Traders' Tales: A Chronicle of Wall Street Myths, Legends, and Outright Lies; and How to Make a Fortune from the Biggest Bailout in U.S. History: A Guide to the 7 Greatest Bargains from Main Street to Wall Street.

    Ron is a highly regarded speaker on domestic and global economics, financial markets, economic policy issues, and technology trends impacting business. He graduated with honors from California State University at Northridge.

    Andrea Iorio Speaker

    Andrea Iorio

    Leading Global Keynote Speaker on Digital Transformation & AI,  Best-selling Author, and MBA Professor

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    Andrea Iorio is one of Brazil’s most requested keynote speakers about Digital Transformation, Innovation, Leadership and Soft Skills, and he shares his thoughts and ideas at the intersection of business, technology, philosophy and neuroscience in his more than 200 keynotes per year. He holds more than 10 years of experience in multinational and tech companies: he has been the Head of Tinder across Latin America for 5 years, and Chief Digital Officer at L’Oréal Brazil.

    He is an economist with a Degree from Bocconi University (Milan, Italy), and a MA in International Relations from Johns Hopkins’ SAIS (Washington, DC), and is now an MBA professor at Fundação Dom Cabral.

    He is the author of the books “6 Competências para Surfar na Transformação Digital” and “O futuro não é mais como antigamente”: both reached the n. 1 position on Amazon in the People Management and Leadership sections in Brazil He has more than 65k followers on Linkedin, and his podcast Metanoia Lab is among the top 100 podcasts in Business in Brazil.

    Amy Myers Jaffe Speaker

    Amy Myers Jaffe

    Leading expert on the geopolitics of oil, energy, security and risk, author of Oil, Dollars, Debt and Crises

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    Amy Myers Jaffe is a leading expert on global energy policy, energy and sustainability and geopolitical risk and author of “Energy’s Digital Future.” Jaffe currently serves as a research professor and Director of the Energy, Climate Justice and Sustainability Lab at New York University's School of Professional Studies. She teaches graduate level courses examining clean tech innovation and business, global climate finance, and energy and climate policy. Jaffe is widely published on energy, commodity markets, and finance and is author of several books including her most recent book, “Energy’s Digital Future” published in 2021 by Columbia University Press and Oil, Dollars, Debt and Crises: The Global Curse of Black Gold (with co-author Mahmoud El-Gamal) published by Cambridge University Press in 2010.

    Jaffe is a regular contributor to the popular podcast “The Energy Gang” and a frequent media commentator in television and print media, including the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, Financial Times of London, and CNN International. She holds a career prize in energy economics from the US Association for Energy Economics and also served as the organization’s President in 2020. She is a lifetime member of the Council on Foreign Relations, where she served as the David M. Rubenstein Senior Fellow for Energy and Environment and Director of the Program on Energy Security and Climate Change from 2017 to 2020.

    Ms Jaffe has advised numerous organizations on geopolitical risk and climate and sustainability including multinational organizations and major Fortune 500 companies. She is a non-resident Senior Fellow at the Climate Policy Lab at Tufts University's Fletcher School.  From 2014 to 2017, Ms. Jaffe served as senior advisor on sustainability to the Office of the Chief Investment Officer of the University of California, Regents where she helped design the sustainable investing framework for the UC’s $140 billion in pension and endowment funds. She has taught energy and sustainability classes at several universities including New York University, Rice University, Yale University, and University of California, Davis.

    She holds a bachelor of arts degree from Princeton University in Near Eastern Studies with a specialization in Arab language and history.

    Ryan Jenkins Speaker

    Ryan Jenkins

    Wall Street Journal Bestselling Leadership Author, and #1 Team Connection & Generations Expert

     About

    Ryan Jenkins is a Wall Street Journal bestselling leadership author on the topics of team connection, generational differences, and the future of work. Ryan’s thought leadership has been featured in Forbes, Fast Company, Fortune, and CNBC.

    For over a decade as a keynote speaker and consultant, he has helped hundreds of the world’s leading organizations like Salesforce, Coca-Cola, Delta Air Lines, State Farm, and John Deere.
    He is also the owner of Rivet, the AI powered connection tool trusted by Netflix, Walmart, and PepsiCo to strengthen their teams and engage their audiences.

    Today, Ryan is on a mission to help leaders and organizations Be Connectable™— unlocking the essential trait to move teams from isolated to all in.

    Ryan lives in Atlanta, GA with his wife, three children, and yellow Labrador.

    Dane Jensen Speaker

    Dane Jensen

    Acclaimed speaker, Media Commentator, Educator and Author of The Power of Pressure

     About

    Dane Jensen is the CEO of third Factor, an acclaimed speaker, an instructor at Queen's University and the University of North Carolina, a regular contributor to Harvard Business Review, and the author of The Power of Pressure (HarperCollins).

    Dane oversees Third Factor's delivery of leadership development programs to leading firms across North America, including RBC,  Asana, Microsoft, Starbucks, Pfizer and more.

    He teaches in the Full-Time and Executive MBAs at Queen's Smith School of Business in Canada and is Affiliate Faculty with UNC Executive Development at the Kenan-Flagler Business School in Chapel Hill.

    In addition to his corporate work, Dane works extensively with athletes, coaches, leaders, and boards across Canada's Olympic and Paralympic sport systems to enhance National competitiveness.

    He has worked as an advisor to Senior Executives in 23 countries on 5 continents and is a regular contributor to Harvard Business Review.

    Frans Johansson Speaker

    Frans Johansson

    Author of The Medici Effect, speaks on Diversity and Innovation.

     About

    Frans Johansson is the best-selling author of The Medici Effect: Breakthrough Insights at the Intersection of Ideas, Concepts and Cultures (Harvard Business Press, Republished 2017). Translated into 22 languages, The Medici Effect was named one of the top 10 best business books by Amazon.com. His acclaimed follow up, The Click Moment (Penguin Portfolio, 2012), obliterates the idea that in business we can plan and strategize our way to success. Known for his provocative, high-octane delivery style, Johansson is a widely sought-after leadership speaker. His presentations cover topics such as:

    • how to successfully execute innovative ideas
    • leverage different perspectives in an organization to create and execute new ideas
    • how to apply ideas from other industries and cultures to drive innovation, growth and profit
    • why and how diversity drives innovation

    In his role as thought leader and CEO of The Medici Group, Frans has advised executive leadership at Fortune 500 companies such as Disney, IBM, Nike, and Synchrony (formerly GE Financial).

    Johansson has lived all his life at the intersection where ideas from different fields and cultures meet and collide. He was raised in Sweden by his African- American-Cherokee mother and Swedish father. Johansson earned his B.S. in Environmental Science from Brown University and his MBA from Harvard Business School. He founded both a Boston-based software company and a medical device company operating out of Baltimore and Stockholm, Sweden. He has written articles on healthcare, information technology and the science of sport fishing and has been featured on CNN's AC360, ABC's Early Morning Show and CNBC's The Business of Innovation series along with Jack Welch and Muhammad Yunus.  Frans currently serves on the Board of Trustees for the New York Hall of Science.

    The Click of the Moment: Seizing Opportunity in an Unpredictable World is Johansson's latest book.

    Daymond John Speaker

    Daymond John

    Founder/CEO of FUBU, CEO of The Shark Group and Marketing & Branding Expert

     About

    Daymond John, from his wildly successful role on ABC’s smash hit, Shark Tank, to his distinguished status as a Presidential Ambassador for Global Entrepreneurship, has become globally recognized for his relentless and commitment to promoting and supporting entrepreneurs.

    Daymond initially made his mark as the entrepreneur and branding expert behind the groundbreaking lifestyle brand, FUBU, which eclipsed more than $6 billion in global retail sales. From the streets of Hollis, Queens, Daymond started a global movement from the basement of his mother’s house by capitalizing on the then fledgling hip-hop culture. Today, the streetwear market that FUBU pioneered is a $20 billion dollar industry.

    Since then, Daymond has continued to challenge himself and the business world in which he operates. In 2009, Daymond was tapped by lauded television producer, Mark Burnett, to join the cast of a new business-reality concept, Shark Tank. After 8 seasons, 4 Emmy Awards, multiple Critic’s Choice Awards and millions of dollars in investments, the show has become the most watched program on Friday nights, and one of the most successful business reality series of all time. Over the course of the series, Daymond has been a mainstay of the cast of Sharks and is now affectionately referred to as, “The People’s Shark.”

    Resolved to expand his own brand, Daymond has written three books, the most recent of which debuted at #2 on the New York Times best-seller list in January of 2016. The wildly successful release, The Power of Broke (Crown Publishing) takes an in-depth look at how successful entrepreneurs who started from broke were forced to think more creatively and to leverage their resources more efficiently, than their counterparts. While his previous books, Display of Power and The Brand Within were national best-sellers, The Power of Broke stands as the only New York Times best-selling book from any of the Sharks.

    Beyond the brands, the television series and the books, Daymond’s commitment to entrepreneurship has been celebrated on a global level. In 2015, he was named a Presidential Ambassador for Global Entrepreneurship and was part of an exclusive group who joined President Obama at the Global Entrepreneur Summit in Kenya. In March, Daymond accompanied The President on his historic trip to Cuba, which represented the first time a sitting US president visited the island since Calvin Coolidge did in 1928.

    One of Daymond’s greatest accomplishments is his continued fight against dyslexia. He has worked with the Yale Center for Dyslexia and he currently sits on the advisory board of Understood.org. Daymond has embraced his affliction allowing it to be a catalyst for his career as a highly sought after motivational public speaker and author.

    As a dynamic speaker with more than twenty-five years of proven business experience, Daymond has become one of the most highly sought after speakers in the country. He regularly speaks at Fortune 100 companies, conferences, universities, and independent businesses alike. Daymond’s high energy presentations give audiences relatable advice and practical takeaways. His S.H.A.R.K. Points are actionable principles that bring long-term results. Entrepreneurship, marketing and branding, financial literacy and goal-setting are among his most popular topics. Daymond has delivered keynote speeches for organizations such as General Mills, Johnson & Johnson, Samsung, AT&T and dozens more.

    A recipient of more than thirty-five awards, including the Brandweek Marketer of the Year and Ernst & Young’s Master Entrepreneur of the Year, Daymond serves as CEO of the brand consultancy, The Shark Group, which specializes in brand strategy and development, artist relations and talent development. Under Daymond’s leadership, The Shark Group has re-written the script on how companies, brands and products can seamlessly work together to yield a sum greater than its parts. The Shark Group works with a wide range of businesses and brands, including Capital One, HSN, Forbes, Miller Lite, Gillette, Shopify and Infusionsoft and superstars such as Muhammad Ali, the Kardashians, Pitbull, Stan Lee, Carlos Santana, Jillian Michaels and others.

    Chris Johnson Speaker

    Chris Johnson

    Founder of On Target Living, Speaker on Health and Wellness.

     About

    Chris Johnson is the leading authority on small steps to healthy living. As Founder/CEO of On Target Living, Chris is a highly respected expert and accomplished executive, who has spent over 30 years researching and building optimal health and performance programs for individuals and corporations. He is the architect of the Food Target® that shifts from counting calories to concentrating on the nutrient values of foods that guide healthy choices.

    Chris likes to say he was 'raised by wolves'. Growing up struggling with terrible skin and chronic health issues, he had no idea how his lifestyle affected his health. The doctors couldn't help him, and despite all the medications they prescribed, his health did not improve. By his mid-20's, deeply frustrated and feeling hopeless, Chris set out to heal himself. On his quest, he learned how food affects the body, the importance of sleep, and why people need to move. These discoveries transformed his life. Conditions which plagued him for years disappeared, and his energy and attitude reached new heights. Amazed at how good he felt, Chris knew he’d found his calling, and needed to share his discoveries.

    Today, Chris works with organizations to transform their performance from the inside out. He applies the principles of REST-EAT-MOVE to educate, engage and motivate teams around the world. Chris graduated from Michigan State University with a Master’s Degree in Exercise Physiology, and received his Bachelor’s Degree in Business and Economics from Western Michigan University. He holds certifications from The American College of Sports Medicine, The National Academy of Sports Medicine and the American Council on Exercise and Certified Natural Health Professional. Chris earned and maintains a reputation of providing groundbreaking lifestyle modification strategies with integrity, humor and passion.

    Whitney Johnson Speaker

    Whitney Johnson

    Author and Co-Founder, with Clayton Christensen, Rose Park Advisors’ Disruptive Innovation Fund

     About

    Whitney Johnson is recognized as one of the 50 leading business thinkers in the world since 2015 (Thinkers50), Whitney Johnson is an expert on disruptive innovation and personal disruption? specifically, a framework which she codifies in the critically acclaimed book Disrupt Yourself: Putting the Power of Disruptive Innovation to Work. She is also the author of Dare, Dream, Do: Remarkable Things  Happen When You Dare to Dream.  Her latest title, Build An “A” Team: Become a Boss People Love, will be released in May 2018 by Harvard Business Publishing.

    She developed her proprietary framework and diagnostics after co-founding The Disruptive Innovation Fund with Harvard Business School’s Clayton Christensen. This framework is complemented by a deep understanding of how executives create and destroy value, having spent nearly a decade as an Institutional Investor ranked equity analyst on Wall Street.

    In addition to her work as a speaker and advisor, Whitney is one of Marshall Goldsmith’s original cohort of 25 for the #100 Coaches Project, is a coach for Harvard Business School’s Executive Education program, frequent contributor to the Harvard Business Review, is a Linkedin influencer, and hosts the twice-monthly Disrupt Yourself Podcast. You can follow her on Twitter at @johnsonwhitney.

    Omar Johnson Speaker

    Omar Johnson

    Culture, Diversity, Marketing and Branding Speaker, Former CMO at Beats by Dre, and Former VP of Marketing at Apple

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    • Omar talks about how brands can use curiosity and creativity to create stand out brands that authentically connect with consumers.
    • Audiences leave inspired to think about branding from a new perspective that involves the consumer to drive exponential growth and sustainability.
    • Omar is the former Chief Marketing Officer at Beats by Dre and former VP of Marketing at Apple, and the creator of the Nike+ sports music platform, establishing Nike’s first revenue-generating relationship with record labels.
    • Past clients include: Nike, Coca-Cola, Kraft Foods and Campbell's Soup.

    As the former Chief Marketing Officer at Beats by Dre and former VP of Marketing at Apple, Omar Johnson has created strong consumer connections with the brands he’s represented. He drove explosive growth at Beats, leading groundbreaking campaigns with celebrities such as LeBron James, Chris Rock, and Eminem – helping to take a $20 million company to a $1.1 billion dollar global icon and category leader.

    Johnson drove explosive growth in the headphone category through groundbreaking campaigns including #ShowYourColor Solo Campaign, Powerbeats starring LeBron James and The Pills featuring Chris Rock and Eminem. He used “ambush marketing” and influencers to expand the brand—giving athletes and musicians free headphones at private company parties—which helped turn Beats into the headphone of choice for the best musicians and athletes in the world.

    Previously, Johnson led innovative marketing programs for international brands such as Nike, Coca-Cola, Kraft Foods, and Campbell Soup. As an advertising lead at Nike, Johnson produced some of Nike’s most memorable TV commercials including “Rise,” starring LeBron James, “All Together Now,” featuring Kobe Bryant, and “The Most Valuable Puppets”.

    Johnson also built the Nike+ sports music platform, establishing Nike’s first revenue-generating relationship with record labels. Johnson and his team created an industry-first sports music program with Universal, Interscope, Sony, Capitol, Def Jam and more than 25 independent labels. This collaboration sold +5 Million tracks and deepened the connection between music and sports.

    Johnson is from Brooklyn, NY. He received a BS in Biology and Chemistry from Georgia State University and an MBA from Goizueta Business School at Emory University.

    Phil M. Jones Speaker

    Phil M. Jones

    About Phil M. Jones – Bestselling Author and Speaker on Persuasion, Influence, and Sales 

     About

    • Phil’s unique philosophy of using specific word choices to teach people “Exactly What To Say” in order to influence, persuade and drive outcomes, has made him one of the most practical and in-demand business experts & speaker.
    • Audiences leave with specific tools to build great relationships with clients and win more business.
    • Author of the “Exactly” book series with more than 1 million copies sold. Has delivered 3,000 presentations in 57 countries across five continents, training more than two million people (both sales and non-sales professionals, leaders and experts) to learn how to have more influence, confidence and control when steering their conversations.
    • Past clients include: Accruent, Citizens Bank,  DHL, Ferring Pharmaceuticals, Microsoft, ReSound, SHRM, Volkswagen

    An entrepreneurial success story and founder of 5-multimillion-dollar companies, Phil M Jones is Strategic Advisor to pioneering leaders of the world’s biggest brands. The author of 7 best-selling books including the “Exactly” Book Series with over 2 million copies sold, he is the Producer of the “Most Listened To” Audiobook of all time and Innovator of the highly coveted “How to Persuade” audible production. To date, more than 800 different industries, across 59 countries and 5 continents have benefited from his input. Phil recently joined a long list of global leaders who serve in residence at High Point University’s Access to Innovators Program. The program at HPU connects students with industry leaders for networking and mentorship opportunities. He joins Apple Co-Founder Steve Wozniak, Netflix Co-Founder Marc Randolph and many others.

    Phil M Jones thinks and acts differently. His precise insights around communication, added to a proven personal pedigree of peak performance and a richness of real-world experience mean that Phil is the kind of thought-leader whose council is sought by other thought- leaders.

    He believes with passion that the answer to increased success, in every area of life, is to ask better questions, focus on QUALITY of conversation as well as quantity and that quite often, the difference between you, and all the others, is knowing Exactly what to say, when to say it, and how to make more of your conversations count.

    Entering the world of business at the tender age of 14, with nothing more than a bucket and sponge, he went from single-handedly washing cars on weekends to hiring a fleet of friends working on his behalf, resulting in him earning more than his teachers by the time he was 15.

    His early career was dynamic and challenging including leading experienced teams of sales professionals through his early twenties, as well as guiding Premier League Football Clubs to maximize sponsorships and licensing agreements, in addition to helping grow an independent real estate business to a revenue in excess of $240m with a sales team of just five.

    After several years of being one of the most in-demand young sales leaders in the UK, Phil decided it was time to dedicate his future to helping others to succeed. Ever the entrepreneur, Phil started his training and consulting business from scratch in 2008 and has grown a deep body of work that showcases his core belief that changing your words can truly change your world.

    Best known for his international best-selling book, Exactly What to Say – The Magic Words for Influence and Impact and his vast experience as a professional speaker at conferences and events, what is often overlooked is the strategic intellect he provides behind the scenes for some of the world’s biggest brands to understand their critical conversations and the success language required to maximize their effectiveness.

    To date, more than 800 different industries, across 59 countries and 5 continents have benefitted from his input. Trusted by dynamic and aspiring leaders in Healthcare, Real Estate, Automotive, Financial Services, SaaS, Home Improvement, Retail and many more – Phil is the kind of expert that achieves his success through the people he supports and adores seeing other people shine.

    Click Here to Watch Phil's Virtual Presentation

    Bobby Jones Speaker

    Bobby Jones

    Author, Speaker & Expert on Purpose as a Force for Good & Growth

     About

    Bobby Jones is a pioneer in purpose transformation in business. He is a best-selling author, entrepreneur, speaker, and one of the most influential voices in the worldwide movement of conscious capitalism. His work has helped leaders in over 150 countries to develop solutions to global challenges.

    Since the release of his best-selling book Good is the New Cool: Market Like You Give A Damn in 2016, Bobby's talks, books, events, and podcasts, have sparked a worldwide movement of creators using business and culture to implement bold actions that lead to positive change. His second book on 2021, Good is the New Cool: Principles of Purpose, has become a go-to resource for CEO’s worldwide who want to build a purpose-driven enterprise. He is also the founding partner of the purpose consultancy Conspiracy of Love, helping the world's leading companies, including adidas, a2, GSK, Unilever, AB InBev, Mondelez, Diageo, and PepsiCo, to grow their business through societal impact. B Labs recently recognized Conspiracy of Love as one of the Best for the World™ B Corps of 2022.

    Bobby is a renowned international speaker whose keynotes and workshops provide business leaders with key principles and tools to drive growth and impact with purpose. Audiences walk away empowered with roadmaps to find lasting fulfillment and meaning in their work, igniting a fire that transforms their lives, work, and the world for the better. In 2023, Bobby will launch his latest entrepreneurial venture, Rivet, the world's first consumer-facing brand rallying youth worldwide to channel their collective power as consumers to fuel their work as activists, innovators, and social entrepreneurs. Over the next ten years, Rivet will invest $250 million in youth-led social innovation.

    Diana Kander Speaker

    Diana Kander

    New York Times Bestselling Author and Speaker on Innovation

     About

    Diana Kander: Keynote Speaker on Innovation, Curiosity & Growth | New York Times Bestselling Author | Entrepreneur | Innovation Consultant

    Better Questions Create Better Results. What opportunities are your people missing because they've become too comfortable with the way things have always been done?

    Diana helps organizations turn curiosity into a competitive advantage. Through entertaining case studies, interactive exercises and practical tools, she shows audiences how to uncover blind spots, challenge assumptions and ask the questions that lead to better ideas, stronger customer relationships and new opportunities for growth.

    Why Book Diana Kander?

    Diana's message starts with a deceptively simple idea: the more experienced we become, the easier it is to stop questioning what we think we already know.

    She calls this the Expert Plateau—the point where expertise can begin creating blind spots that prevent people from learning, improving and recognizing new opportunities.

    Diana helps audiences break through those blind spots by developing curiosity as a daily habit.

    Rather than simply telling people to “think outside the box,” she gives them practical tools for asking better questions, challenging outdated assumptions and turning curiosity into measurable business results.

    What Makes Diana Kander Different?

    • New York Times bestselling author — her books are taught in more than 100 universities
    • Serial entrepreneur — built and sold millions of dollars of products and services
    • Innovation expert — has helped organizations develop multi-billion-dollar products
    • Curiosity specialist — turns curiosity from an abstract concept into a practical business skill
    • Highly interactive — uses exercises and case studies to keep audiences involved
    • Immediately actionable — audiences leave with tools they can start using right away
    • Sales relevant — applies curiosity directly to customer relationships and revenue growth
    • Highly customized — adapts her content to the organization, industry and audience

    Why Is Diana Right for Your Audience?

    Diana is an outstanding choice when you want your audience to challenge the status quo, ask better questions and discover opportunities they may currently be overlooking.

    She is particularly effective for leadership conferences, sales kickoffs, innovation summits, association meetings and organizations navigating change or pursuing growth.

    Book Diana when your audience needs to:

    • Challenge outdated assumptions
    • Build a culture of curiosity
    • Identify opportunities hidden in everyday problems
    • Reduce the risk associated with new ideas
    • Become more innovative without simply adding more work
    • Understand customers more deeply
    • Improve sales conversations
    • Eliminate habits and processes that no longer create value

    Audience Takeaways

    Attendees will leave:

    • Understanding how expertise can create dangerous blind spots
    • Better equipped to ask questions that uncover new opportunities
    • More willing to challenge “the way we've always done it”
    • Able to identify unnecessary activities that should be eliminated
    • Better prepared to test new ideas while reducing risk
    • More curious about customers, colleagues and competitors
    • Equipped with practical tools for driving innovation
    • Ready to turn curiosity into action

    Diana Kander Keynote Programs

    Unleash Your Curiosity! What if the biggest barrier to innovation isn't a lack of ideas—but believing you already know the answer?

    Diana shows audiences how experience can create an Expert Plateau, where people stop questioning familiar assumptions and become less open to better ways of working.

    Drawing from her work on The Curiosity Muscle, Diana helps participants develop simple habits that make curiosity part of how they approach problems, decisions and opportunities.

    Through entertaining case studies and interactive exercises, audiences discover how to uncover blind spots, reduce the risk of new ideas and prevent yesterday's success from limiting tomorrow's growth.

    Ideal for: Leadership conferences, innovation events, corporate meetings and organizations focused on growth and transformation.

    Innovate to Sell. What if your salespeople could win more business by becoming more curious—not more persuasive?

    Diana applies her innovation principles directly to sales, helping teams rethink how they prioritize opportunities, understand customers and approach important conversations.

    Drawing from Get Curious & Grow, she gives salespeople practical tools to eliminate distractions, uncover hidden customer needs and develop more innovative strategies for winning business.

    Rather than another traditional sales presentation, Innovate to Sell helps salespeople rethink how they sell.

    Ideal for: Sales kickoffs, national sales meetings, account-management teams and revenue organizations.

    Customized Innovation Keynote. What innovation challenge does your organization need people to think differently about?

    Diana can customize her innovation and curiosity content around the specific issues, opportunities and objectives facing an organization.

    By connecting her frameworks directly to the audience's world, she helps participants see familiar challenges through a different lens—and identify opportunities they may have previously overlooked.

    Ideal for: Executive meetings, industry conferences, transformation initiatives and organizations facing a specific innovation challenge.

    Why Book Diana Kander Through The Sweeney Agency?

    Diana Kander combines innovation expertise, practical business tools and an exceptionally engaging presentation style—but the real value comes from connecting her curiosity framework directly to the challenges and opportunities facing your audience.

    The Sweeney Agency can help you:

    • Confirm Diana Kander's availability and current speaking fee
    • Determine which Diana Kander keynote best fits your audience
    • Discuss customization around your industry and business objectives
    • Coordinate format, timing and event logistics
    • Compare Diana with other leading innovation, sales and business-growth speakers

    Is Diana Kander Right for Your Event?

    Tell us where your organization needs people to ask better questions, challenge assumptions or uncover new opportunities.

    We'll help you determine whether Diana is the right fit, confirm availability and fees, and make the booking process simple.

    Planning a leadership conference, sales kickoff, innovation summit or corporate event? Contact The Sweeney Agency today [email protected] to discuss booking Diana Kander as your keynote speaker.

     

    Katty Kay Speaker

    Katty Kay

    Senior Editor and Executive Producer, OZY Media; Award-winning Journalist & Former BBC America Lead Anchor; and Bestselling Author

     About

    • Unpacks insights that help audiences understand more clearly the forces at play around the world and how they will impact their future.
    • Former lead anchor of BBC America World News, New York Times Bestselling Author 
    • Past clients include: Accenture, AICPA, AT&T, Deloitte, Deutsche Bank, J.P. Morgan, MetLife, NMS Management Group, Toyota

    Katty Kay is an award-winning journalist whose instinctively global perspective on American politics and global affairs comes from having lived and worked in the Middle East, South Africa, Japan, Europe, and the U.S. throughout her career. Now Washington-based, Katty has been with the BBC for nearly 30 years as a reporter and lead anchor, reporting on six U.S. presidential elections, Washington politics, financial crashes, world trouble spots, sex scandals, global affairs, and much more. She is currently U.S. special correspondent for BBC Studios –where she hosts TV documentaries from both the U.S. and Europe, presents her own podcast series, and writes a weekly column. Kattyis a regular contributor and substitute host of Morning Joe on MSNBC and also writes on the art and science of self-assurance in women and girls. She is co-author, with Claire Shipman, of four New York Times’bestselling books: Womenomics, The Confidence Code, The Confidence Code for Girls, and Living the Confidence Code. Katty is an engaging keynote speaker on a wide range of topics as well as a brilliant moderator, interviewer, and event host.

    Currently the U.S. special correspondent for BBC Studios –Katty hosts TV documentaries, presents her own podcast series and writes a weekly news column for BBC News. Her first TV documentary, Trump: The Comeback?(2022), takes a closer look at the fate of American democracy and provides insight on what may come in the 2024 presidential election. Katty is also a regular contributor on MSNBC’s Morning Joe as well as serves as a guest-host for the program on occasion.

    Helping women turn thoughts into action and master a more confident mindset is one of Katty’s passions. She is co-author of five books with Claire Shipman, including four New York Times bestsellers –two were #1. Their first two bestsellers focus on women, success, and work. Womenomics: Write Your Own Rules for Success examined the workplace revolution and inspired women to take control, dream big and discover a different way of weaving work into their lives –and in the process create more profitable companies with happier and more productive employees. They followed up with The Confidence Code:The Science and Art of Self-Assurance—What Women Should Know, which inspired women to understand that confidence –the lynchpin of success –is a choice.

    After The Confidence Code was released, parents everywhere asked about confidence and girls. That led to three more books co-authored by Katty with Claire Shipman and Jill Ellyn Riley. The Confidence Code for Girls: Taking Risks, Messing Up, and Becoming Your Amazingly Imperfect, Totally Powerful Self, was released in April 2018 and debuted at the #1 spot on The New York Times bestseller list. The empowering, entertaining guide gives girls the essential yet elusive code to becoming bold, brave, and fearless. The follow-up, The Confidence Code for Girls Journal: A Guide to Embracing Your Amazingly Imperfect, Totally Powerful Self, is based on their in-depth research and helps teens and tweens tackle any challenge. Their most recent book, Living the Confidence Code: Real Girls, Real Stories, Real Confidence, debuted at #1 on The New York Times bestseller list (Children’s Middle Grade) and is a collection of 30 true stories of real girls pursuing their passions, struggling and stumbling, but along the way figuring out how to build their own special brand of confidence. Katty and Claire are currently co-authoring their sixth book on women and power and have plans to launch a podcast.

    On the fun side, Katty had the distinction of being immortalized in pop culture in 2018 when her name was the answer to a question on the Jeopardy game show. In the same week, she was portrayed in a skit on Saturday Night Live which satirized a moment from MSNBC’s Morning Joe program.

    Katty Kay settled in Washington, DC in the mid-90s where she lives with her husband, two cats, and a dog. They have four grown children.

    Click Here to Watch Katty's Virtual Presentation

    Kevin Kelly Speaker

    Kevin Kelly

    International Speaker, Best-Selling Author and Creator of the “Xceptional Execution” Methodology

     About

    Kevin Kelly is an internationally acclaimed Speaker, best-selling author and expert on Sales, Leadership, Storytelling and Execution. His focus is on moving organizations, large and small to Do!, to execute, and to move in the direction of their dreams and vision.

    From the age of six, Kevin was selling in his family retail environment. Upon graduating with a Marketing degree, Kevin consistently broke sales records in each of the companies he worked for culminating in him being continuously head hunted. Finally in 1990 (after being offered a job by an Italian business man who couldn’t speak English) Kevin honoured his entrepreneurial DNA and set up his own company, Advanced Marketing. The company dedicated itself initially to increasing the sales of small and medium businesses in addition to exhaustively researching the area of personal and business potential.

    In 1996, Kevin committed to writing a best-selling book on motivation “How? When You Don’t Know How” - sold 15,000 copies, an unparalleled feat for Ireland, and Kevin learned a very valuable lesson in terms of Doing and execution: knowledge may give you enough reasons not to act - but Do! it anyway and be prepared to end up in a place you recognize and accept as better than your starting point. This book became the foundation on which he built his international speaking career.

    Since then he has written four more books, including the first ever graphic novel which aims to educate the next generation on the key skills of emotional intelligence.

    His most recent book is the critically acclaimed “DO! The Pursuit of Xceptional Execution”, in which he uncovers the success strategies of the leaders of some of the most exciting start-ups on the planet. Tom Peters described it as “the book I would have loved to have written.”

    Staying true to his Irish roots, Kevin is a master storyteller who has worked around the world with Fortune 500 companies and prestigious associations like the Million Dollar Round Table. He has consulted with some of the biggest brands on the planet, including Microsoft, for whom he developed a unique video series for their World Wide Partner Community.

    Kevin’s keynotes consistently deliver an interactive conversation that engages, informs, inspires and empowers attendees with a toolbox of invaluable takeaways.  His consultancy projects are built on delivering results for you. You set the agenda, and Kevin works with you and your team to address your specific challenges and reach your stated goals.

    In 2016, he created the first ever Speaker Summit in Ireland where six of his colleagues from around the globe taught potential and existing speakers the A-Z of the Speaking profession. This was followed with another first in 2017 – the first conference on Storytelling and Sales. Kevin is currently researching his new book on that topic and is also in consultations with VR/AR companies on how to share his knowledge in new ways.

    Dr. Mary C. Kelly Speaker

    Dr. Mary C. Kelly

    Commander U.S. Navy (Ret.), Author, International Speaker on Leadership, Growth and Productivity, Highly Respected Leadership Economist

     About

    From Dr. Mary C. Kelly's days as a naval intelligence officer to her role as one of today’s most influential economists, Commander/Dr. Mary C. Kelly has carved out an unforgettable career in leadership. Former chief of police, professor, realtor and HR Director - Mary has spent over 25 years teaching and training more than 40,000 military and civilian personnel. Mary is now on a mission to spread and communicate her message of success with audiences worldwide, sharing with them the secrets to being a true leader in today’s workplace.

    A high-energy keynote speaker, Mary is focussed on using research, laughter, and experience to show professionals how to excel. Mary’s relatable, no-nonsense approach inspires audiences to embrace their roles, surpass their goals - and plan for the future.

    Mary is the author of 13 books on business growth, leadership, and today’s economy. She is a speaker, coach and trainer who has worked with hundreds of organizations and companies across the globe.

    Click Here to Watch Mary's Virtual Presentation

    Michael Kerr Speaker

    Michael Kerr

    Entertainer and speaker on health, reducing stress, and using humor in the workplace.

     About

    Michael Kerr (“The Workplace Energizer!”) is recognized as one of North America’s most prolific thought-leaders on inspiring workplace cultures. Michael’s known for his high-energy, humor-filled presentations that are packed with thought-provoking ideas on workplace culture, culture leadership, and how businesses and leaders leverage their humor resources to drive outrageous results.

    Michael has traveled the world researching great places to work, so his ideas are based on real world examples – something audiences always appreciate because they can see that these ideas actually work! Michael’s Inspiring Workplaces blog has been recognized as one of the top-30 workplace blogs in the world, and his insights on inspiring workplaces have been featured in Forbes, Fast Company, Business Insider, and scores of publications around the world.

    He is also the author of 8 books, including, “The Jerk-Free Workplace: How You Can Take the Lead to Create a Happier, More Inspiring Workplace,” “Hire, Inspire and Fuel Their Fire: How to Recruit, Onboard, and Train New Employees to Live Your Culture Out Loud,” and, “The Humor Advantage: Why Some Businesses are Laughing All the Way to the Bank.”

    Michael’s upcoming book will dive into how leaders can step up as truly inspiring culture leaders to build more resilient, collaborative, and service-focused cultures that drive outrageous business results. All of Michael’s presentations include a complimentary teaser video to help you promote your event, copies of his books as door prizes, a follow-up video reminding participants of the key messages and follow up action items, and follow up eResources, including the eBook, 401 Ways to Create a happier, More Inspiring Workplace Culture.

    Ian Khan Speaker

    Ian Khan

    About Ian Khan – National Bestselling Author, Thinkers50 Award Shortlist, Highly Rated Futurist:  Ian Khan, the Futurist, is a USA Today & Publisher Weekly National Bestselling Author of Undisrupted, Thinkers50 Distinguished Achievement Award in Fu …

     About

    His work is frequently featured on CNN, the BBC, Fast Company, Bloomberg and other global media outlets.

    Brett King Speaker

    Brett King

    Author of Bank 2.0 and speaker on financial services and the customer experience

     About

    Brett King, the best selling author of the groundbreaking book BANK 2.0, is the founder of the first direct mobile bank in the US and UK (Movenbank) and a strategic advisor to the world's leading financial services organizations. He is an International Judge for the GSMA Global Mobile Awards, the Asian Banker Retail Excellence Awards and for the MiddleEast Business Achievement Awards.

    A speaker at global events for financial services and innovation, King is a sought after expert on
    innovation, technology disruption, customer experience and channel distribution strategy. He publishes regularly in his role as industry advisor on The Huffington Post, Internet Evolution, FinExtra and his personal blog Banking4Tomorrow.com. He has recently been featured on Bloomberg TV, BBC, CNBC, Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, The Economist, etc.

    King also a runs a niche strategic advisory firm, User Strategy and is a Board Advisor at Geezeo, a leading software services provider for banks and credit unions. He also advises IAFM, the International Academy of Financial Management (previously known as the American Academy of Financial Management). As one of the founders of IAFM, one of the world's fastest growing professional associations with more than 200,000 members, associates and affiliates in 145 countries,King was instrumental in the development of the worldwide certification training provided by IAFM.

    Previously, he led the Asia division for Modem Media/Digitas (part of the Publicis group) managing revenues in excess of $10m per year and a 100 to 150 staffpersons. King was also the Director of e-Business for Deloitte Consulting with service line responsibilities in the technology integration arena across the Asia region, particularly within the financial services practice. He is working with global banks like HSBC, BMO, TD, RBS and others as a strategic advisor, and also provides thought leadership to leading service organizations like Sapient, WiPro, Oracle, Microsoft and others.

    Scott Klososky Speaker

    Scott Klososky

    Technology Speaker, Author, Consultant and Founder, TriCorps Technologies

     About

    Throughout his career, Scott Klososky has stood on the nexus between technology and humanity. He has worked to define and help organizations discover the ideal blend of technology and human effort. He is widely recognized for his ability to forecast how technology will impact organizations, industries, and our world. He is the founder and principal at FPOV as well as a renowned consultant, speaker, and author.

    Scott’s unique perspectives on technology, business culture, and the future allow him to travel the globe guiding senior executives in organizations ranging from the Fortune 500 to universities, nonprofits, and countless professional associations and coalitions. He has worked with organizations such as American Fidelity Assurance Company, Roche, IBM, General Motors, Georgia Pacific, Legrand, International Franchise Association, and Great Clips. He regularly speaks in front of major conferences helping leaders in countless industries improve the way they integrate technology into their organizations. He is the author of four books including his latest title Did God Create the Internet? The Impact of Technology on Humanity.

    Scott began his career fresh out of high school, where his job as a delivery boy was a springboard into the world of technology. He became division head of a computer sales division and then purchased it as his own company. It was eventually built into a twelve-store operation in three states.

    His next endeavor was as founder and CEO of Paragraph, Inc., a Soviet/American joint venture founded in 1988, despite international tensions. Half of the company was sold to Silicon Graphics, and the other half is still expanding today (Parascript, Inc.).

    Scott then collaborated with H.R. Haldeman to publish a diary of his years as an aide to President Nixon, which was a bestseller (Putnam Publishing), and involved Sony Interactive in the release of a book companion CD-ROM.

    The evolving Internet ushered in a world of opportunity for inspiring pioneers, and Scott was not left behind. He was founder and CEO of webcasts.com, an early producer of webcasted media ranging from corporate and government communications to sporting events and entertainment. He sold webcasts.com in 1999 for $115 million. His expertise in leadership and his creative approach to business direction inspired Critical Technologies to hire him as a turnaround CEO, where he completely rebuilt the underlying products and brought the company to profitability.

    In 2007, Scott founded a start-up called Alkami Technology. This company developed a second-generation online banking platform with innovative features non-existent in current systems. In 2021, the company went public valued at $2.9 billion.

    Nataly Kogan Speaker

    Nataly Kogan

    About Nataly Kogan – Keynote speaker, Bestselling author, Former tech CEO, 3x founder, Artist:  Nataly Kogan is a keynote speaker, bestselling author, former tech CEO, and artist who helps leaders and organizations turn change into their catalyst to gr …

     About

    Nataly Kogan is a keynote speaker, bestselling author, former tech CEO, and artist who helps leaders and organizations turn change into their catalyst to grow and create their next.

    She is the creator of REINVENT•ABILITY™, a framework grounded in neuroscience and psychology that helps people thrive through change, reframe the beliefs that hold them back, and take bold action before they feel ready. Nataly built her expertise from the inside out. She came to the United States at 13 as a refugee from the Soviet Union with no English and no money, starting over in the projects outside Detroit. She learned to speak English by watching Who’s The Boss? on TV.

    She went on to build a career spanning McKinsey, Microsoft, venture capital, and five tech startups, including Happier, one of the world's first gratitude platforms, which helped hundreds of thousands of people around the world lead happier lives. But at the peak of her success, Nataly burned out. That burnout became the catalyst for her most important reinvention, and for the REINVENT•ABILITY™ Framework she now brings to leaders and organizations navigating change.

    Today, Nataly delivers keynotes and leadership experiences for organizations including Google, Disney, Dell, Capital One, and Intuit, helping their people grow and reinvent through change.
    She works closely with leaders, founders, and creators at the threshold of something new. She guides people to see what is truly possible, release the beliefs holding them back, and build the path to bring that possibility into reality. Nataly has helped spark more businesses, books, podcasts, and reinventions than she can count.

    Nataly’s work has been featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Harvard Business Review, Forbes, and hundreds of other publications. She is the best-selling author of Happier Now, The Awesome Human Project, and The Awesome Human Journal, and hosts the Dare Yourself podcast.

    At 40, she picked up a paintbrush for the first time. At 50, she had her first international solo show in Mexico City.

    Nataly does not believe patience is a virtue, loves bold colors, and proudly holds the title of funniest person in her family, a distinction her husband and daughter have never once disputed. (This is obviously a joke.)

    Kath Koschel Speaker

    Kath Koschel

    Founder, The Kindness Factory, Former Australian Cricketer, Triathlete and Motivational Keynote Speaker on Resilience, Teamwork & Change  

     About

    Kath Koschel is a survivor who has overcome incredible odds and unimaginable tragedy to inspire ordinary people to do extraordinary things. Koschel is a former cricketer and Ironman competitor whose world came crashing down when she broke her back twice in the span of five years and was told that she would never walk again. Instead, she faced the challenges head-on and defied all medical prognosis by teaching herself to walk again on three separate occasions. In the midst of these harrowing experiences, she believes she experienced two things in large amounts: adversity and kindness.

     After re-learning to walk for the second time in her life, this realisation kickstarted a 2-month journey around Australia which relied solely on the kindness of strangers. No cash, credit card food or water – and no help from family or friends! Now a best selling book, Kath shares some of the insights learnt on this trip as part of her best-selling memoir and has transferred these learnings from book form to keynote on stages around the world.

    Tom Koulopoulos Speaker

    Tom Koulopoulos

    Chairman and Founder of Delphi Group, Author and Speaker on Innovation & The Future

     About

    Tom Koulopoulos: Keynote Speaker on AI, Future Trends & Innovation | Futurist | Founder of Delphi Group | Author of Gigatrends

    Understand What's Next—Before It Changes Everything. How do you prepare your organization for a future being reshaped by AI, digital workers and technologies moving faster than ever before?

    As Chairman and founder of Delphi Group, Tom has spent decades studying how disruptive technologies change organizations, industries and human behavior. His latest book, Gigatrends, explores the powerful forces shaping how we will live, work and compete throughout the 21st century.

    Tom helps audiences look beyond today's headlines to understand what's coming next, why it matters and what leaders should be doing about it now.

    Why Book Tom Koulopoulos?

    Tom doesn't simply showcase futuristic technologies. He connects emerging technology directly to the decisions leaders need to make today.

    His presentations explore AI, digital workers, changing demographics, frictionless commerce, autonomous technologies and other forces transforming business and society.

    But Tom's message isn't that technology will determine the future. People will.

    With a combination of research, provocative ideas, humor and compelling examples, Tom helps audiences understand disruption without becoming overwhelmed by it—and recognize the opportunities hidden inside enormous change.

    What Makes Tom Koulopoulos Different?

    • Founder of Delphi Group — a Boston-based technology and futures think tank
    • Author of 14 books — including Gigatrends, The Gen Z Effect and Cloud Surfing
    • Deep AI expertise — explores AI's impact on work, business and human behavior
    • Decades studying disruption — brings long-term perspective to today's technology changes
    • Innovation authority — former Director of the Dell Innovation Lab
    • Academic perspective — professor at Boston University
    • Business experience — combines futurist thinking with real organizational insight
    • Engaging delivery — makes complex technology understandable, relevant and entertaining

    Why Is Tom Right for Your Audience?

    Tom is an outstanding choice when you want your audience to understand where technology is taking their industry and become more confident navigating what's next.

    He is particularly effective for leadership conferences, association meetings, technology events, executive meetings and organizations navigating AI-driven transformation.

    Book Tom when your audience needs to:

    • Understand how AI will reshape business
    • Prepare for humans and digital workers working together
    • Anticipate major technological shifts
    • Identify opportunities created by disruption
    • Understand how emerging technologies change customer behavior
    • Navigate generational changes in the workforce
    • Challenge assumptions about the future
    • Turn uncertainty into strategic opportunity

    Audience Takeaways

    Attendees will leave:

    • Better prepared for the business impact of AI
    • Understanding how digital workers may reshape the workplace
    • More aware of the major trends influencing their industry
    • Better able to separate meaningful technological change from hype
    • Thinking differently about the relationship between humans and technology
    • More confident navigating disruption and uncertainty
    • Ready to identify opportunities created by emerging technologies

    Tom Koulopoulos Keynote Programs.

    Gigatrends: The Technologies Shaping Our Future. What forces will have the greatest impact on how we live, work and compete over the coming decades?

    Drawing from Gigatrends, Tom takes audiences on a fast-paced exploration of the technological forces reshaping society and business.

    From AI and digital workers to frictionless commerce, autonomous vehicles and changing generations, he helps leaders understand how seemingly separate trends are converging to create profound change.

    More importantly, Tom explores what these shifts mean for your organization and the decisions leaders need to start making today.

    Ideal for: Executive conferences, association meetings, strategy events and organizations preparing for long-term disruption.

    The Future of Work: Humans + Digital Workers. What happens when your next colleague isn't human?

    AI is rapidly changing what technology can accomplish, creating a workplace where people and increasingly capable digital workers will operate side by side.

    Tom explores how this transformation will change jobs, organizations and leadership—and why the opportunity isn't simply to replace human work, but to raise the bar on what people can accomplish.

    Audiences leave with a positive but realistic roadmap for navigating a workplace being transformed by AI.

    Ideal for: Leadership conferences, HR events, corporate meetings and organizations navigating AI transformation.

    AI: Navigating the Next Great Business Transformation.  AI isn't simply another technology trend. It's changing how organizations think, decide and compete.

    Tom cuts through the hype to help leaders understand where artificial intelligence is heading and what its rapid evolution could mean for their businesses.

    He explores how organizations can use AI to reduce friction, improve decisions and unlock new opportunities while keeping human judgment, creativity and trust at the center.

    Ideal for: AI conferences, executive meetings, technology events and organizations developing their AI strategy.

    Innovation in an Age of Constant Disruption. How do you innovate when the future refuses to slow down?

    Tom challenges audiences to rethink traditional assumptions about innovation and recognize how rapidly changing technologies create entirely new possibilities.

    He shows leaders how to become more comfortable with uncertainty, identify emerging opportunities and build organizations capable of adapting as technology and customer expectations evolve.

    Ideal for: Innovation summits, leadership conferences, strategy meetings and organizations navigating disruption.

    Why Book Tom Koulopoulos Through The Sweeney Agency?

    Tom Koulopoulos combines deep technology expertise, futurist thinking and practical business insight—but the real value comes from connecting those trends directly to your industry and the decisions your audience needs to make.

    The Sweeney Agency can help you:

    • Confirm Tom Koulopoulos's availability and current speaking fee
    • Determine which Tom Koulopoulos keynote best fits your audience
    • Discuss customization around your industry and business challenges
    • Coordinate format, timing and event logistics
    • Compare Tom with other leading AI, futurist and innovation keynote speakers

    Is Tom Koulopoulos Right for Your Event?

    Tell us what's changing in your industry—and what your leaders need to understand about what's coming next.

    We'll help you determine whether Tom is the right fit, confirm availability and fees, and make the booking process simple.

    Planning a leadership conference, association meeting, AI summit or corporate event? Contact The Sweeney Agency today [email protected] to discuss booking Tom Koulopoulos as your keynote speaker.

    Dr. Daniel Kraft Speaker

    Dr. Daniel Kraft

    Stanford and Harvard Trained Physician-Scientist, Inventor and Entrepreneur

     About

    Daniel Kraft is a Stanford and Harvard trained physician-scientist, inventor, entrepreneur, and innovator and is serving as the Chair of the XPRIZE Pandemic Alliance Task Force. With over 25 years of experience in clinical practice, biomedical research and healthcare innovation, Kraft has chaired the Medicine for Singularity University  since its inception in 2008, and is founder and chair of Exponential Medicine, a program that explores convergent, rapidly developing technologies and their potential in biomedicine and healthcare. Following undergraduate degrees from Brown University and medical school at Stanford, Daniel was Board Certified in both Internal Medicine & Pediatrics after completing a Harvard residency at the Massachusetts General Hospital & Boston Children's Hospital, and fellowships in hematology, oncology and bone marrow transplantation at Stanford.

    He is often called upon to speak to the future of health, medicine and technology and has given 5 TED and TEDMED Talks.

    He has multiple scientific publications and medical device, immunology and stem cell related patents through faculty positions with Stanford University School of Medicine and as clinical faculty for the pediatric bone marrow transplantation service at University of California San Francisco.

    Daniel is a member of the Kaufman Fellows Society (Class 13) and member of the Inaugural (2015) class of the Aspen Institute Health Innovators Fellowship.

    Daniel's academic research has focused on: stem cell biology and regenerative medicine, stem cell derived immunotherapies for cancer, bioengineering human T-cell differentiation, and humanized animal models. His research has been published in journals that include Nature and Science. His clinical work has focuses on: bone marrow / hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for malignant and non-malignant diseases in adults and children, medical devices to enable stem cell based regenerative medicine, including marrow derived stem cell harvesting, processing and delivery. He also implemented the first text-paging system at Stanford Hospital.

    He is heavily involved in digital health, founded Digital.Health, and is on the board of Healthy.io and advises several digital health related startups. Daniel recently founded IntelliMedicine, focused on personalized, data driven, precision medicine. He is also the inventor of the MarrowMiner, an FDA approved device for the minimally invasive harvest of bone marrow, and founded RegenMed Systems, a company developing technologies to enable adult stem cell based regenerative therapies.

    Daniel is an avid pilot and has served in the Massachusetts and California Air National Guard as an officer and flight surgeon with F-15 & F-16 fighter Squadrons. He has conducted research on aerospace medicine that was published with NASA, with whom he was a finalist for astronaut selection.

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    Sallie Krawcheck Speaker

    Sallie Krawcheck

    One of the Most Respected Voices on Wall Street and Speaker on Finance and Diversity

     About

    Sallie Krawcheck has a reputation for integrity, creativity, independence of thought, a sense of humor and an unrelenting focus on results, who has built a career that has reached the top levels of success across a range of functions: as a senior corporate executive, as a research analyst and now as an entrepreneur. Sallie Krawcheck is also CEO and Co-Founder of Ellevest, a digital investment platform for women. She was named number 9 on Fast Company’s list of the “100 Most Creative People 2014,” she has also been referred to as one of the most successful, strategic and influential executives in financial services. From turning around and growing troubled wealth management businesses to eliminating Wall Street conflicts of interest and advocating a true client-centered business model, Fortune Magazine called her “The Last Honest Analyst” during her tenure at Sanford Bernstein. She spent years as the guardian of such brands as Smith Barney, Merrill Lynch and US Trust.

    Krawcheck has often noted that “Investing in women is simply smart business” and is expressing this view through her ownership in the Ellevate companies. The Ellevate network (formerly 85 Broads) is a 34,000-strong (and growing) global professional woman’s network, the most expansive and diverse of its kind. Sallie is also the Chair of the Pax Ellevate Global Women’s Index Fund, which invests in the top-rated companies for advancing women.

    Krawcheck's embrace of social media as a means of including more people in her frank business conversations on women and business, regulatory reform and investor protection has garnered her more than 500,000 followers as a LinkedIn’s INfluencer and more than 22,000 followers on Twitter.

    A Tar Heel fan through and through, Krawcheck also spends her time advising start-up companies, focusing on education-oriented philanthropy and serving on a variety of boards.