Communication
Phil M. Jones
About Phil M. Jones – Bestselling Author and Speaker on Persuasion, Influence, and Sales
About
Phil M. Jones: Bestselling Author of Exactly What to Say® | Speaker on Sales, Influence and Persuasive Communication
Why Book Phil M. Jones?
Phil makes his ideas immediately useful. He works through language audiences can apply in sales conversations, leadership meetings, customer interactions, and follow-ups. His presentations can be tailored to the situations your audience faces every day.
Why Is Phil M. Jones Right for Your Audience?
Phil is a strong fit for sales kickoffs, leadership conferences, customer-facing teams, and company events where important conversations affect performance. He is especially valuable when talented people know their products or goals but need more confidence and precision in what they say next.
Book Phil when your audience needs to:
- Ask questions that open productive conversations
- Respond more effectively to hesitation and objections
- Explain value without overwhelming a customer
- Guide discussions toward a clear next step
- Give feedback and create buy-in with greater care
- Make everyday communication more intentional
Audience Takeaways
Attendees will leave:
- More aware of how small word choices affect a conversation
- Equipped with phrases and questions they can adapt to their work
- Better prepared for common sales or leadership objections
- Ready to make requests and next steps clearer
- Focused on improving the conversations that matter most to their results
Keynote Programs
Exactly What to Say® – The Magic Words for Influence and Impact
Phil’s signature keynote explores how the words people choose can change the direction of a conversation. He applies examples from his bestselling book to the audience’s business situations, helping participants approach important discussions with greater confidence and purpose. Ideal for sales, leadership, and broad business audiences.
Exactly What to Say® When Your Customer Is More Informed Than Ever
Today’s customers arrive with research, comparisons, and questions. Phil helps sales and client-facing professionals use language that acknowledges that knowledge, builds trust, and guides a decision without sounding pushy. Ideal for sales and customer success events.
Lead With Language: Exactly What to Say® to Inspire Action
Phil focuses on the conversations leaders use to create clarity, ownership, and momentum. He offers practical ways to frame feedback, address resistance, and invite people into action. Ideal for management and leadership conferences.
Is Phil M. Jones Right for Your Event?
Tell us which conversations your audience finds most challenging and what outcomes you want to improve. We can help choose Phil’s most relevant program, discuss customization, and confirm his availability and fee.
Contact The Sweeney Agency 1-866-727-7555 or [email protected] for more information on this speaker.
Dr. Mary C. Kelly
Commander U.S. Navy (Ret.), Author, International Speaker on Leadership, Growth and Productivity, Highly Respected Leadership Economist
About
Dr. Mary C. Kelly: Economist | Retired U.S. Navy Commander | Speaker on Leadership, Business Planning and Change
Why Book Dr. Mary C. Kelly?
Mary connects the wider business environment with the choices managers can make inside their organizations. Her presentations encourage audiences to examine priorities, communicate direction, and prepare their people to act when circumstances change.
Why Is Dr. Mary C. Kelly Right for Your Audience?
Mary is a strong fit for executive meetings, leadership conferences, industry associations, and business planning events. Consider her when leaders need to connect economic uncertainty with practical organizational decisions.
Book Mary when your audience needs to:
- Clarify priorities during uncertain conditions
- Communicate direction more effectively
- Consider economic factors in business planning
- Prepare teams for changing demands
- Strengthen leadership accountability
- Turn strategic discussions into clearer next steps
Audience Takeaways
Depending on the program selected, attendees will leave:
- Clearer on the questions their plans need to answer
- Ready to review a leadership priority
- More aware of economic influences on their business
- Equipped to discuss change with their teams
- Focused on an action they can take within their role
Keynote Programs
Options include Navigating Turbulence and a tailored economic and business planning presentation:
Navigating Turbulence
Mary examines leadership when organizations face disruption and uncertainty. Ideal for managers and executives responsible for guiding people through change.
Economic Outlook and Business Planning
Mary connects economic developments with questions business leaders should consider. Ideal for industry and executive audiences reviewing their strategic assumptions.
Is Dr. Mary C. Kelly Right for Your Event?
Tell us about your audience, the leadership decisions your audience faces and the business conditions it needs to understand. We can help select Mary’s most relevant program, discuss customization, and confirm availability and fee.
Contact The Sweeney Agency 1-866-727-7555 or [email protected] for more information on this speaker.
Michael Kerr
Entertainer and speaker on health, reducing stress, and using humor in the workplace.
About
Michael Kerr: Author of The Humor Advantage | Workplace Culture Expert | Speaker on Leadership, Humor and Employee Engagement
Why Book Michael Kerr?
Michael brings an engaging style to a practical culture discussion. His message encourages leaders to look beyond stated values and consider the meetings, conversations, and habits through which employees experience those values each day.
Why Is Michael Kerr Right for Your Audience?
Michael is a strong fit for leadership conferences, employee events, customer service meetings, and culture programs. Consider him when an organization wants stronger connection and a more positive working environment.
Book Michael when your audience needs to:
- Make workplace values more visible
- Build connection through appropriate humor
- Improve everyday team interactions
- Recognize behaviors that undermine respect
- Create more welcoming employee experiences
- Connect workplace culture with customer service
Audience Takeaways
Depending on the program selected, attendees will leave:
- Clearer on how daily behavior shapes culture
- Ready to bring more intention to team interactions
- More aware of the difference between inclusive and harmful humor
- Equipped with ideas for strengthening connection
- Focused on a workplace habit they can improve
Keynote Programs
The Humor Advantage
Michael explores the role of humor in connection, communication, and workplace experience. Ideal for employee, leadership, and customer service audiences.
Inspiring Workplaces
Michael examines practices that help people feel engaged in their work. Ideal for organizations seeking a stronger, more respectful culture.
Is Michael Kerr Right for Your Event?
Tell us about your audience, the workplace experience you want to create and the team behaviors you want to strengthen. We can help select Michael’s most relevant program, discuss customization, and confirm availability and fee.
Contact The Sweeney Agency 1-866-727-7555 or [email protected] for more information on this speaker.
Dr. Nicole Lipkin
Organizational Psychologist and Speaker on Leadership and Managing Generational Differences
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Clint Pulver: Hall of Fame Speaker | Author of I Love It Here | Speaker on Employee Retention and Leadership
Why Book Clint Pulver?
Clint delivers that message with stories, humor, and a high-energy stage presence. His sessions show managers how mentorship, advocacy, and everyday interactions can shape an employee’s experience. For teams that need an interactive event, he can also bring music and drumming into the presentation.
Why Is Clint Pulver Right for Your Audience?
Clint is a strong fit for leadership conferences, manager meetings, sales kickoffs, and company events. He is especially valuable when an organization wants its leaders to improve engagement and its employees to feel more connected to their work and one another.
Book Clint when your audience needs to:
- Understand what encourages employees to stay
- Lead through mentorship and advocacy
- Strengthen trust across teams and generations
- Improve relationships with customers
- Rebuild energy and shared purpose
- Experience an interactive message they will remember
Audience Takeaways
Attendees will leave:
- More aware of the daily leadership moments that shape retention
- Ready to ask better questions about what team members need
- Equipped to make mentorship part of their management approach
- Clearer on how trust supports collaboration and loyalty
- Motivated to act on one way they can support someone else
Keynote Programs
I Love It Here: How Great Leaders Create Organizations Their People Never Want to Leave
Clint shares what he has learned from employees about the leadership that earns their commitment. Through stories and practical ideas, he helps managers move toward mentorship and create a workplace where people can grow and contribute. Ideal for leadership and employee engagement events.
Make Your Sales Soar
Clint helps sales professionals build stronger customer relationships by listening closely and guiding buyers through decisions. He explores how meaningful connection can support trust, referrals, and lasting loyalty. Ideal for sales meetings and client-facing teams.
United We Stand: How Trust and Unity Create Transformational Change
Clint combines a message about teamwork, accountability, and purpose with an interactive drumming experience. He gives audiences a shared way to explore what it takes to work together through challenges. Ideal for broad company gatherings and team events.
Is Clint Pulver Right for Your Event?
Tell us whether your priority is employee retention, sales relationships, or stronger team unity. We can help select Clint’s most relevant program, discuss the event format, and confirm his availability and fee.
Contact The Sweeney Agency 1-866-727-7555 or [email protected] for more information on this speaker.
Matthew Luhn
Top Creativity Keynote Speaker, Former Pixar Animator, Story Artist, and Author
About
Matthew Luhn: Former Pixar Story Artist | Storytelling Consultant | Speaker on Business Storytelling and Leadership
Why Book Matthew Luhn?
Matthew connects storytelling craft with business communication. His presentations help audiences consider whose experience a message centers on, what gives it emotional relevance, and how its structure can make the idea easier to follow.
Why Is Matthew Luhn Right for Your Audience?
Matthew is a strong fit for marketing conferences, sales meetings, leadership events, and customer experience programs. Consider him when strong expertise needs a clearer, more engaging way to reach people.
Book Matthew when your audience needs to:
- Make complex ideas easier to follow
- Connect messages with the audience’s experience
- Develop a clearer narrative structure
- Use stories more intentionally in presentations
- Communicate the significance of a business idea
- Examine leadership through character and action
Audience Takeaways
Depending on the program selected, attendees will leave:
- Clearer on the elements of a useful story
- Ready to reconsider the structure of a message
- More aware of the audience’s perspective
- Equipped with questions for developing a narrative
- Focused on making their communication more memorable
Keynote Programs
Storytelling for Business
Matthew connects storytelling techniques with business messages. Ideal for marketing, sales, and leaders who need to communicate ideas more effectively.
Effective Leadership as Told by Movie Heroes
Matthew explores leadership through the choices and development of memorable characters. Ideal for management and leadership audiences.
Is Matthew Luhn Right for Your Event?
Tell us about your audience, the ideas your audience needs to communicate and the people those messages need to reach. We can help select Matthew’s most relevant program, discuss customization, and confirm availability and fee.
Contact The Sweeney Agency 1-866-727-7555 or [email protected] for more information on this speaker.
Rachel Mahoney
Communication & Relatability Expert, Media personality, and Author
About
Rachel Mahoney (formerly Rachel DeAlto): Author of The Relatable Leader | Speaker on Communication and Human Connection
Why Book Rachel Mahoney?
Rachel makes connection tangible. Her presentations invite audiences to consider how they make others feel seen and heard, then give them ways to improve conversations with colleagues, customers, and the people they lead. Her keynotes can be shaped for leadership, sales, customer experience, or company-wide audiences.
Why Is Rachel Mahoney Right for Your Audience?
Rachel is a strong fit for leadership conferences, sales kickoffs, customer experience events, association meetings, and gatherings focused on workplace culture. She is especially relevant when an organization wants to improve collaboration and engagement by changing how people communicate with one another.
Book Rachel when your audience needs to:
- Build trust across teams and departments
- Help people feel heard, valued, and included
- Communicate with greater clarity and empathy
- Strengthen relationships with customers and clients
- Reduce friction in everyday interactions
- Lead through connection while maintaining accountability
Audience Takeaways
Attendees will leave:
- More aware of the behaviors that help people feel seen
- Equipped to build trust through everyday conversations
- Ready to listen and respond with greater intention
- Better able to connect across roles and perspectives
- Focused on one practical way to improve a working relationship
Keynote Programs
RELATABLE
Rachel shows how relatability can strengthen communication, trust, and influence. The keynote can be tailored for leaders building engaged teams, colleagues working across silos, or sales and customer experience professionals who need to understand the people they serve. Ideal for audiences seeking stronger relationships that support better results.
SEEN
Rachel explores what it means to acknowledge, include, and understand people at work. Through stories, reflection, and practical tools, she helps leaders and teams recognize when people feel overlooked and change the interactions that shape belonging and contribution. Ideal for culture, engagement, and leadership events.
Is Rachel Mahoney Right for Your Event?
Tell us which relationships your audience needs to strengthen and what you want people to do differently after the event. We can help choose Rachel’s most relevant keynote, discuss customization, and confirm her availability and fee.
Contact The Sweeney Agency 1-866-727-7555 or [email protected] for more information on this speaker.
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Michael Maslansky: Language Strategist | Co-Author of The Language of Trust | Speaker on Persuasion, Trust and Effective Communication
Why Book Michael Maslansky?
Michael brings the conversation toward the words businesses choose and the assumptions behind them. His message encourages leaders to listen before trying to persuade, consider the audience’s concerns, and communicate in ways that make their position easier to understand.
Why Is Michael Maslansky Right for Your Audience?
Michael is a strong fit for leadership meetings, sales conferences, financial services events, and communications programs. Consider him when an organization needs clearer language for sensitive or complex messages.
Book Michael when your audience needs to:
- Understand how audiences interpret their words
- Recognize language that can increase skepticism
- Explain complex ideas more clearly
- Listen for concerns behind objections
- Build a more credible communication approach
- Reconsider assumptions about persuasion
Audience Takeaways
Depending on the program selected, attendees will leave:
- Clearer on the gap between intention and interpretation
- Ready to review a message from the audience’s perspective
- More aware of language that may weaken trust
- Equipped with questions for refining communication
- Focused on explaining a position more effectively
Keynote Programs
Presentations can focus on the following areas:
The Language of Trust
Michael explores communication with skeptical audiences. Ideal for organizations whose messages depend on clarity and credibility.
Persuasion
Michael examines how people respond to arguments and the language used to present them. Ideal for sales, leadership, and communications audiences.
Is Michael Maslansky Right for Your Event?
Tell us about your audience, the messages your audience needs to communicate and the trust or understanding it wants to build. We can help select Michael’s most relevant program, discuss customization, and confirm availability and fee.
Contact The Sweeney Agency 1-866-727-7555 or [email protected] for more information on this speaker.
David Maxfield
Coauthor of New York Times Best-selling books of Change Anything: The New Science of Personal Success and Influencer: The Power to Change Anything, expert on the art of influencing.
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David Maxfield: Psychologist | Co-Author of Influencer and Change Anything | Speaker on Communication, Accountability and Behavior Change
Why Book David Maxfield?
David connects individual choices with the environments in which people work. His presentations encourage leaders to look beyond simply asking for more effort and consider how they can discuss difficult issues and support different behavior.
Why Is David Maxfield Right for Your Audience?
David is a strong fit for management conferences, leadership development programs, employee meetings, and change initiatives. Consider him when important concerns remain unspoken or expectations are not producing consistent action.
Book David when your audience needs to:
- Discuss difficult issues more constructively
- Clarify expectations and commitments
- Recognize factors that influence behavior
- Address gaps between promises and action
- Consider the environment supporting a change
- Build greater responsibility into working relationships
Audience Takeaways
Depending on the program selected, attendees will leave:
- Clearer on a conversation they need to have
- Ready to review how an expectation is communicated
- More aware of influences beyond personal motivation
- Equipped with questions for addressing a performance gap
- Focused on supporting a specific behavior change
Keynote Programs
Crucial Conversations
David examines communication when issues matter and perspectives differ. Ideal for leaders and teams working through sensitive discussions.
Crucial Confrontations
David explores how to address unmet expectations and commitments. Ideal for managers seeking a more constructive approach to accountability.
Is David Maxfield Right for Your Event?
Tell us about your audience, the conversations your audience needs to have and the behavior changes you want to support. We can help select David’s most relevant program, discuss customization, and confirm availability and fee.
Contact The Sweeney Agency 1-866-727-7555 or [email protected] for more information on this speaker.
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Dr. Nick Morgan: Founder of Public Words | Author of Can You Hear Me? | Speaker on Executive Communication and Presence
Why Book Dr. Nick Morgan?
Nick brings the science of communication into practical focus. He examines how stories, body language, and presence affect what people hear and trust, then gives audiences ways to improve their own messages. His direct approach challenges even experienced communicators to think more carefully about the impact they want to have.
Why Is Dr. Nick Morgan Right for Your Audience?
Nick is a strong fit for executive meetings, leadership conferences, sales events, and gatherings where people must present ideas or guide others through change. He is especially valuable when an organization needs its leaders to connect across a room, a screen, or a difficult conversation.
Book Nick when your audience needs to:
- Communicate a high-stakes message more effectively
- Build trust and presence as a leader
- Turn complex ideas into stories people remember
- Understand the role of body language in communication
- Connect more effectively in virtual and hybrid settings
- Move an audience from listening to action
Audience Takeaways
Attendees will leave:
- Clearer on what makes a message connect with its intended audience
- Better able to recognize the signals their body language sends
- Equipped to develop stories around important ideas
- More confident communicating with authenticity and authority
- Ready to adapt how they connect across in-person and virtual settings
Keynote Programs
Connecting with People in a Virtual World
Nick explores why remote and hybrid communication can feel distant, even when the technology works well. He gives leaders ways to reach the people on the other side of the screen and build a stronger sense of connection. Ideal for distributed organizations and virtual leadership events.
Unforgettable Storytelling
Nick helps audiences find and shape stories that make their ideas easier to understand and remember. This interactive session focuses on using story to hold attention and move people toward action. Ideal for leaders, sales teams, and anyone who presents important ideas.
Secrets of Body Language and the Unconscious Mind
Nick examines what body language can tell us about how people respond to one another. He helps audiences understand how nonverbal signals affect trust and how to bring their delivery into better alignment with their message. Ideal for leadership and communication events.
Neuroscience, Authenticity, and Executive Presence
Nick explores why audiences respond to authentic communication and how leaders can develop a presence that fits their own voice. Ideal for executives and emerging leaders who want to speak with greater clarity and authority.
Is Dr. Nick Morgan Right for Your Event?
Tell us which messages your audience needs to deliver and what you want listeners to think or do afterward. We can help select Nick’s most relevant program, discuss customization, and confirm his availability and fee.
Contact The Sweeney Agency 1-866-727-7555 or [email protected] for more information on this speaker.
About
Richard Newman: Founder of BodyTalk | Bestselling Author | Speaker on Communication, Storytelling and Influence
Why Book Richard Newman?
Richard combines engaging demonstrations with practical tools for storytelling, body language, voice, and confidence under pressure. His keynotes show audiences how to make their message clearer and more compelling in the conversations that matter.
Why Is Richard Newman Right for Your Audience?
Richard is a strong fit for leadership conferences, sales meetings, client-facing teams, and events where people need to present ideas or influence decisions. He is especially valuable when an organization wants its people to communicate complex information with greater confidence and impact.
Book Richard when your audience needs to:
- Make presentations and pitches more memorable
- Explain complex ideas with clarity
- Use stories to move people toward action
- Strengthen presence in important conversations
- Adapt body language and voice to support a message
- Perform more confidently in high-pressure moments
Audience Takeaways
Attendees will leave:
- Better able to shape a clear, compelling story around an idea
- More aware of how nonverbal behavior affects a message
- Equipped with practical ways to improve their speaking presence
- Ready to prepare for high-stakes meetings and presentations
- Focused on communicating in a way that helps others listen and respond
Keynote Programs
Stories that Win
Richard shows audiences how to turn ideas and complex information into stories people can follow and remember. He introduces his PRO Story System™ to help attendees communicate with greater clarity and encourage action in meetings, presentations, and conversations. Ideal for leaders, sales teams, and anyone presenting important ideas.
The Science of Personal Impact
Richard draws on his research into nonverbal communication to demonstrate how body language and voice affect the way a message is received. Interactive exercises give audiences techniques they can apply to communicate with greater presence and influence. Ideal for leadership and client-facing events.
Peak Performance Mindset
Richard explores how to prepare for presentations, pitches, and conversations when the stakes feel high. He shares techniques for managing pressure and staying focused so people can put their communication skills to work when it matters most. Ideal for sales, leadership, and high-performance teams.
Is Richard Newman Right for Your Event?
Tell us what your audience needs to communicate more effectively and where the stakes are highest. We can help select Richard’s most relevant program, discuss customization, and confirm his availability and fee.
Contact The Sweeney Agency 1-866-727-7555 or [email protected] for more information on this speaker.
Lindsey Pollak
New York Times Bestselling Author, Keynote Speaker and Multigenerational Work Expert
About
Lindsey Pollak: Author of The Remix | Multigenerational Workplace Expert | Speaker on Leadership, Communication and Generational Collaboration
Why Book Lindsey Pollak?
Lindsey encourages audiences to look for common ground while staying curious about differences. Her presentations connect generational understanding with the decisions managers make about communication, development, and collaboration in a changing workplace.
Why Is Lindsey Pollak Right for Your Audience?
Lindsey is a strong fit for leadership meetings, HR conferences, employee events, and emerging leader programs. Consider her when teams need to work more effectively across career stages and generations.
Book Lindsey when your audience needs to:
- Communicate more effectively across generations
- Question assumptions about age and career stage
- Develop employees with different experiences
- Find common ground around shared goals
- Support emerging leaders more deliberately
- Adapt workplace practices to changing expectations
Audience Takeaways
Depending on the program selected, attendees will leave:
- Clearer on opportunities for generational collaboration
- Ready to question a workplace stereotype
- More aware of different communication preferences
- Equipped with questions for development conversations
- Focused on a practice that helps more people contribute
Keynote Programs
The Remix
Lindsey explores collaboration across generations in an AI-enabled workplace. Ideal for broad employee and leadership audiences.
Leading Across Generations
Lindsey examines managing and developing multigenerational teams. Ideal for managers and HR leaders.
Becoming the Boss
Lindsey offers guidance for new and emerging people leaders. Ideal for leadership development programs.
Is Lindsey Pollak Right for Your Event?
Tell us about your audience, the generations represented in your audience and the communication or leadership skills you want to strengthen. We can help select Lindsey’s most relevant program, discuss customization, and confirm availability and fee.
Contact The Sweeney Agency 1-866-727-7555 or [email protected] for more information on this speaker.
About
Adam “Smiley” Poswolsky: Bestselling Author | Workplace Belonging Expert | Speaker on Human Connection and the Future of Work
Why Book Adam “Smiley” Poswolsky?
Smiley brings energy and warmth to a subject many organizations struggle to put into action. He connects the challenges of hybrid work, generational differences, and AI adoption to everyday habits that help people feel included and supported. Audiences leave with ideas they can try with their teams right away.
Why Is Adam “Smiley” Poswolsky Right for Your Audience?
Smiley is a strong fit for leadership conferences, company meetings, association events, and gatherings focused on culture or the future of work. He is especially relevant when a team needs to rebuild connection across roles, locations, or generations while adapting to change.
Book Smiley when your audience needs to:
- Build stronger relationships among colleagues
- Increase trust and a sense of belonging at work
- Improve collaboration across generations
- Engage teams through uncertainty and change
- Keep human connection central as AI changes work
- Put simple connection habits into regular practice
Audience Takeaways
Attendees will leave:
- Clearer on how daily interactions shape workplace belonging
- Equipped with practical ways to strengthen team connection
- Better able to recognize assumptions about other generations
- Ready to create more opportunities for trust and collaboration
- Focused on habits they can use with colleagues and clients
Keynote Programs
The Power of Human Connection
Smiley shows leaders how stronger relationships can support engagement, teamwork, and retention. He offers practical ways to help people connect with colleagues and customers amid hybrid work and rapid technological change. Ideal for leadership and broad employee audiences.
Belonging in the Future of Work
Smiley explores how organizations can build a culture where people feel connected and able to contribute. He addresses challenges including uncertainty, burnout, and the impact of AI, then gives teams habits they can put into action. Ideal for culture, engagement, and future-of-work events.
Engaging the Multigenerational Workforce
Smiley helps audiences move beyond stereotypes and communicate more effectively across age groups. He examines what people across generations share and offers ways to strengthen collaboration, engagement, and trust. Ideal for leaders and teams working across generations.
Is Adam “Smiley” Poswolsky Right for Your Event?
Tell us where your audience needs stronger connection and what kind of team culture you want to build. We can help select Smiley’s most relevant program, discuss customization, and confirm his availability and fee.
Contact The Sweeney Agency 1-866-727-7555 or [email protected] for more information on this speaker.
Clint Pulver
The Ultimate Experience to Engage, Retain, and Inspire Your People
About
Clint Pulver: Hall of Fame Speaker | Author of I Love It Here | Speaker on Employee Retention and Leadership
Why Book Clint Pulver?
Clint delivers that message with stories, humor, and a high-energy stage presence. His sessions show managers how mentorship, advocacy, and everyday interactions can shape an employee’s experience. For teams that need an interactive event, he can also bring music and drumming into the presentation.
Why Is Clint Pulver Right for Your Audience?
Clint is a strong fit for leadership conferences, manager meetings, sales kickoffs, and company events. He is especially valuable when an organization wants its leaders to improve engagement and its employees to feel more connected to their work and one another.
Book Clint when your audience needs to:
- Understand what encourages employees to stay
- Lead through mentorship and advocacy
- Strengthen trust across teams and generations
- Improve relationships with customers
- Rebuild energy and shared purpose
- Experience an interactive message they will remember
Audience Takeaways
Attendees will leave:
- More aware of the daily leadership moments that shape retention
- Ready to ask better questions about what team members need
- Equipped to make mentorship part of their management approach
- Clearer on how trust supports collaboration and loyalty
- Motivated to act on one way they can support someone else
Keynote Programs
I Love It Here: How Great Leaders Create Organizations Their People Never Want to Leave
Clint shares what he has learned from employees about the leadership that earns their commitment. Through stories and practical ideas, he helps managers move toward mentorship and create a workplace where people can grow and contribute. Ideal for leadership and employee engagement events.
Make Your Sales Soar
Clint helps sales professionals build stronger customer relationships by listening closely and guiding buyers through decisions. He explores how meaningful connection can support trust, referrals, and lasting loyalty. Ideal for sales meetings and client-facing teams.
United We Stand: How Trust and Unity Create Transformational Change
Clint combines a message about teamwork, accountability, and purpose with an interactive drumming experience. He gives audiences a shared way to explore what it takes to work together through challenges. Ideal for broad company gatherings and team events.
Is Clint Pulver Right for Your Event?
Tell us whether your priority is employee retention, sales relationships, or stronger team unity. We can help select Clint’s most relevant program, discuss the event format, and confirm his availability and fee.
Contact The Sweeney Agency 1-866-727-7555 or [email protected] for more information on this speaker.
Ravi Rajani
Author, Keynote Speaker, and Sales Consultant on the Art of Influential Communication
About
Ravi Rajani: Communication Speaker and Author | Speaker on Trust, Storytelling and Sales Relationships
Why Book Ravi Rajani?
Ravi connects communication with trust and leadership. His presentations encourage people to listen more deliberately, explain ideas clearly, and use stories that make their message relevant to the person in front of them.
Why Is Ravi Rajani Right for Your Audience?
Ravi is a strong fit for sales kickoffs, leadership conferences, customer-facing teams, and communication programs. Consider him when an audience needs to build relationships through better conversations.
Book Ravi when your audience needs to:
- Ask questions that deepen understanding
- Explain business ideas more clearly
- Build rapport with customers and colleagues
- Use stories more intentionally
- Listen before presenting a solution
- Communicate with greater confidence and authenticity
Audience Takeaways
Depending on the program selected, attendees will leave:
- Clearer on a conversational habit they want to strengthen
- Ready to ask a more meaningful question
- More aware of the listener’s perspective
- Equipped to develop a concise story
- Focused on building connection in their next conversation
Keynote Programs
Communicate for Trust
Ravi explores habits that support customer relationships and meaningful conversations. Ideal for sales and business development audiences.
The Influential Leader
Ravi examines communication that helps leaders build trust and connection. Ideal for management programs.
Stories That Sell
This workshop focuses on crafting and delivering a relevant story. Ideal for teams that want to practice communicating their ideas.
Is Ravi Rajani Right for Your Event?
Tell us about your audience, the conversations your audience needs to improve and the relationships it wants to build. We can help select Ravi’s most relevant program, discuss customization, and confirm availability and fee.
Contact The Sweeney Agency 1-866-727-7555 or [email protected] for more information on this speaker.
Michelle Ray
Sought-After Keynote Speaker on Change, Communication and Leadership.
About
Michelle Ray: Leadership Expert | Speaker on Change, Communication and Leading in Real Time
Why Book Michelle Ray?
Michelle brings the discussion into everyday leadership situations. Her presentations encourage people to examine how they listen, respond to uncertainty, and show up when a familiar approach no longer meets the needs of the moment.
Why Is Michelle Ray Right for Your Audience?
Michelle is a strong fit for leadership conferences, management meetings, employee events, and organizations navigating transition. Consider her when leaders need to be more responsive and intentional in their relationships.
Book Michelle when your audience needs to:
- Respond more thoughtfully to changing conditions
- Build trust through everyday communication
- Strengthen relationships with employees
- Examine their own leadership habits
- Give clearer direction during uncertainty
- Connect authenticity with visible behavior
Audience Takeaways
Depending on the program selected, attendees will leave:
- Clearer on a leadership response they want to improve
- Ready to approach a team conversation differently
- More aware of how their behavior affects trust
- Equipped with questions about changing employee needs
- Focused on a practical next leadership action
Keynote Programs
Real-Time Leadership
Michelle explores being ready and responsive in a changing environment. Ideal for managers and leaders navigating uncertainty.
The Transformational Leader
Michelle examines authenticity and the relationships leaders build with their teams. Ideal for leadership development and management programs.
Is Michelle Ray Right for Your Event?
Tell us about your audience, the changes your leaders face and the working relationships you want them to strengthen. We can help select Michelle’s most relevant program, discuss customization, and confirm availability and fee.
Contact The Sweeney Agency 1-866-727-7555 or [email protected] for more information on this speaker.
Ken Schmidt
Authentic Leadership and Customer Loyalty Expert; Senior Role in Harley-Davidson Turnaround; and Author, Make Some Noise: The Unconventional Road to Dominance
About
Ken Schmidt: Former Harley-Davidson Communications Leader | Speaker on Reputation, Differentiation and Customer Loyalty
Why Book Ken Schmidt?
Ken encourages organizations to look beyond descriptions of what they sell. His presentations challenge leaders to consider the experience they create, the stories customers share, and the behaviors that make a brand feel different.
Why Is Ken Schmidt Right for Your Audience?
Ken is a strong fit for sales meetings, leadership conferences, marketing events, and customer experience programs. Consider him when a business wants to strengthen differentiation in a crowded market.
Book Ken when your audience needs to:
- Clarify what makes their organization memorable
- Build more personal customer connections
- Look beyond product features in brand messaging
- Align behavior with the reputation they want
- Develop stories that communicate a distinct identity
- Recognize opportunities to improve customer interactions
Audience Takeaways
Depending on the program selected, attendees will leave:
- Clearer on the impression their business creates
- Ready to question a familiar brand message
- More aware of experiences that influence reputation
- Equipped with questions for developing a stronger story
- Focused on a customer interaction they can improve
Keynote Programs
Full Throttle
Ken explores differentiation and customer connection through lessons from Harley-Davidson. Ideal for sales, leadership, and service audiences.
Revving Up Reputation
Ken examines storytelling and the choices that shape how an organization is perceived. Ideal for marketing and executive programs.
Is Ken Schmidt Right for Your Event?
Tell us about your audience, the reputation you want to build and the customer relationships you want to strengthen. We can help select Ken’s most relevant program, discuss customization, and confirm availability and fee.
Contact The Sweeney Agency 1-866-727-7555 or [email protected] for more information on this speaker.
About
Curt Steinhorst: Bestselling Author of Can I Have Your Attention? | Former Head of People at Venus Aerospace | Speaker on Leadership, Culture and Focus
Why Book Curt Steinhorst?
Curt connects engaging stories with specific choices leaders and employees can make. He helps audiences examine what is slowing their work, clarify what matters most, and communicate in ways people can hear and act on. His keynotes are tailored to the challenges facing the people in the room.
Why Is Curt Steinhorst Right for Your Audience?
Curt is a strong fit for leadership meetings, company conferences, sales events, and gatherings focused on culture or the changing workplace. He is especially valuable when competing priorities, constant communication, or new technology are making it harder for people to do their best work.
Book Curt when your audience needs to:
- Protect time and attention for its most important work
- Lead teams through change without adding unnecessary friction
- Communicate priorities more clearly
- Build a culture that can handle demanding goals
- Reach customers or colleagues amid information overload
- Think carefully about where AI helps and where human judgment matters
Audience Takeaways
Attendees will leave:
- Better able to spot habits that divide a team’s attention
- Clearer on which priorities deserve time and energy
- Ready to improve the meetings and messages they control
- More aware of what people need from leaders during change
- Equipped to make important communication easier to hear and act on
Keynote Programs
Rethinking Leadership
Curt examines what teams need from leaders as AI changes how work gets done. Drawing on his experience leading people strategy at an aerospace company, he helps audiences consider which tasks can be handed off and where leaders must stay engaged. Ideal for executive and management audiences navigating new technology.
Rethinking Culture
Curt looks at how the work people are asked to do, and the way they are asked to do it, creates culture. He helps leaders identify practices that create friction or exhaustion and make clearer choices about how teams work together. Ideal for organizations pursuing ambitious goals through change.
Finding Focus in a Distracting World
When everything is a priority, attention gets scattered. Curt helps audiences decide what deserves focus and examine the interruptions, meetings, and messages that pull people away from it. Ideal for company meetings and teams seeking better work habits.
Breaking Through the Noise
Curt shows leaders, sales teams, and communicators how to earn attention in a crowded information environment. He explores what audiences already believe, why they might listen, and how to shape a message they can understand and act on. Ideal for anyone whose results depend on influencing others.
Is Curt Steinhorst Right for Your Event?
Tell us where your audience is losing focus, facing friction, or struggling to get its message heard. We can help select Curt’s most relevant keynote, discuss customization, and confirm his availability and fee.
Contact The Sweeney Agency 1-866-727-7555 or [email protected] for more information on this speaker.
Tamsen Webster
Tamsen Webster – Selected for 2022 Thinkers50 Radar, Best-selling Author, Keynote Speaker on Communication: Turn Ideas Into Action Great ideas don’t create change unless people believe in them. Tamsen Webster helps leaders turn complex ideas into clear …
About
Tamsen Webster - Selected for 2022 Thinkers50 Radar, Best-selling Author, Keynote Speaker on Communication:
Great ideas don't create change unless people believe in them.
Tamsen Webster helps leaders turn complex ideas into clear, compelling messages that build buy-in and inspire action. Drawing on more than 25 years in message strategy and change communications, she gives audiences practical frameworks for communicating ideas in ways people understand, believe—and remember.
Why Book Tamsen Webster?
Tamsen doesn't simply teach people to communicate better. She shows leaders how to build a case for change that audiences can believe in.
Her experience spans major organizations including Harvard Medical School and Fidelity Investments, as well as advising entrepreneurs through Harvard Innovation Labs and the Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship. She also spent more than a decade as an Idea Strategist for TEDxCambridge and was named to the Thinkers50 Radar in 2022.
What Makes Tamsen Different?
- A practical approach to building buy-in for change
- More than 25 years of message strategy experience
- Creator of the Red Thread® framework
- Two-time bestselling author
- Deep expertise in storytelling, persuasion and change communication
- Actionable frameworks audiences can use immediately
Why Is Tamsen Right for Your Audience?
Tamsen is particularly effective for organizations where leaders need people to understand, support and act on new ideas.
Book Tamsen when your audience needs to:
- Communicate change more effectively
- Build stronger buy-in for new ideas and initiatives
- Turn complicated messages into clear, compelling stories
- Influence without relying on pressure or manipulation
- Help people understand why change matters
- Move audiences from agreement to action
Audience Takeaways
Attendees will leave:
- Better able to build a persuasive case for change
- Equipped to make complex ideas easier to understand
- Clearer about why some messages inspire action while others fail
- Ready to connect new ideas to beliefs audiences already hold
- Able to create messages people remember and repeat
- More confident turning ideas into lasting action
Keynote Programs
Say What They Can't Unhear: How to Inspire Change That Lasts
Tamsen reveals why traditional approaches to change often struggle and shows leaders how to build messages around beliefs, identity and stories that people already understand. Audiences learn practical principles for creating change that lasts rather than generating temporary agreement.
The Logic of Belief: How to Make Inaction Impossible
Every decision involves an internal argument. Tamsen shows audiences how to structure the reasoning behind an idea so clearly that people can see why taking action makes sense. Her Core Case and If–Then–Because–And frameworks give leaders practical tools for building agreement, understanding and action.
The Red Thread®: How to Find and Tell the Story of Your Ideas
Tamsen teaches audiences how to uncover the essential story behind an idea and communicate it in a way others immediately understand. Participants learn the five building blocks of a powerful message and how to adapt that story for different audiences, formats and situations.
Why Contact The Sweeney Agency Now?
The right speaker must do more than deliver a great presentation. Their message needs to connect directly to what your organization wants people to think, believe or do differently.
Contact us to:
- Confirm Tamsen's availability and current fee
- Identify the keynote that best supports your objectives
- Discuss customization, workshops and event format
- Determine how her message can connect directly to your organization's change or communication challenges
- Receive comparable recommendations if another speaker may be a stronger fit
Is Tamsen Right for Your Event?
Tell us about your audience, the change you're trying to create and what you want people to think, feel or do differently. We'll provide an honest assessment of Tamsen's fit, confirm availability and fees, and help you determine the best program for your event.
Contact The Sweeney Agency to discuss booking Tamsen Webster.
About
Garrison Wynn: Keynote Speaker on Leadership, Change & Influence | Bestselling Author | Business Performance Expert
Influence People. Navigate Change. Get Better Results.
Garrison Wynn is a bestselling author, business expert and highly entertaining keynote speaker on leadership, change, influence and workplace performance.
Combining research, real-world business experience and humor, Garrison helps audiences understand what makes people listen, trust and cooperate. His practical approach gives leaders and employees strategies for communicating more effectively, navigating change and getting results—even when they don't have complete control over the people or circumstances around them.
Why Book Garrison Wynn?
Garrison tackles a reality every organization faces: being right isn't enough. You still have to get people to buy in.
Whether leaders are introducing change, salespeople are influencing customers or teams are trying to work more effectively together, success often depends on the ability to gain cooperation from other people.
Garrison shows audiences how to increase their influence, communicate in ways people respond to and become more effective at getting things done.
His presentations are funny, fast-paced and practical, making complex workplace challenges easy to understand and immediately relevant.
What Makes Garrison Wynn Different?
- Business-focused message — connects communication and influence directly to results
- Highly entertaining — uses humor to keep audiences engaged
- Practical strategies — gives people ideas they can immediately apply
- Influence expertise — explores why people listen, cooperate and buy into ideas
- Change relevant — helps leaders gain greater support during uncertainty and transformation
- Broad audience appeal — effective for executives, managers, salespeople and frontline employees
- Real-world perspective — focuses on what actually works when dealing with people
- Memorable delivery — combines useful content with an entertaining keynote experience
Why Is Garrison Right for Your Audience?
Garrison is an excellent choice when you need your people to communicate more effectively, gain greater cooperation and produce results in situations they can't completely control.
He is particularly effective for leadership conferences, sales meetings, corporate events, association conferences and organizations navigating change.
Book Garrison when your audience needs to:
- Gain greater buy-in for their ideas
- Communicate more effectively with different personalities
- Influence without relying on authority
- Build stronger workplace relationships
- Navigate resistance to change
- Improve collaboration across teams
- Strengthen customer and client relationships
- Get better results through other people
Audience Takeaways
Attendees will leave:
- Better able to communicate ideas in ways people will hear
- Understanding why good ideas don't automatically gain support
- Equipped with practical strategies for increasing influence
- More effective at gaining cooperation from others
- Better prepared to communicate during change
- More aware of how trust affects business relationships
- Ready to adapt their communication to different people and situations
Garrison Wynn Keynote Programs
Being the Best vs. Being Consistently Chosen
Why aren't the best products, services or ideas always the ones people choose?
Garrison explores the factors that influence how people make decisions and why technical excellence alone doesn't guarantee success.
Audiences discover how trust, communication, relationships and perceived value can influence whether customers, colleagues and decision-makers choose to support them.
Ideal for: Sales conferences, customer-facing teams, association events and business-development meetings.
Change Management: Creating Buy-In
Change doesn't succeed simply because leadership says it needs to happen.
Garrison helps audiences understand why people resist change and what leaders can do to create greater cooperation.
He shares practical strategies for communicating change, building trust and helping people understand why moving forward is in their interest.
Ideal for: Leadership conferences, transformation initiatives and organizations navigating significant change.
The Truth About Success
What really separates consistently successful people from everyone else?
Garrison challenges conventional assumptions about talent, intelligence and hard work and explores the behaviors that help people gain trust, build relationships and achieve results.
Through humor, research and real-world examples, he shows audiences how to become more influential and effective in their interactions with others.
Ideal for: Corporate meetings, leadership events, sales kickoffs and association conferences.
Why Book Garrison Wynn Through The Sweeney Agency?
Garrison Wynn combines business insight, practical strategies and humor to create a keynote that is both useful and entertaining—but the real value comes from matching his message to the results you want your audience to achieve.
Contact The Sweeney Agency [email protected] to check on book Garrison Wynn's availability and current speaking fee.
Penny Zenker
Leadership Keynote Speaker, Bestselling Author, and Productivity Expert
About
Penny Zenker: Author of The Reset Mindset | Entrepreneur and Productivity Speaker | Speaker on Focus, Leadership and Change
Why Book Penny Zenker?
Penny encourages audiences to examine how competing priorities and familiar thinking patterns affect their work. Her presentations connect small reset moments with more intentional decisions, communication, and use of time.
Why Is Penny Zenker Right for Your Audience?
Penny is a strong fit for leadership conferences, company meetings, professional development events, and change programs. Consider her when an audience feels pulled in multiple directions and needs a clearer approach to priorities.
Book Penny when your audience needs to:
- Protect attention for important work
- Reconsider competing priorities
- Pause before repeating an unhelpful response
- Improve clarity in team communication
- Approach change with greater intention
- Connect daily activity with a larger goal
Audience Takeaways
Depending on the program selected, attendees will leave:
- Clearer on a distraction they need to address
- Ready to create a useful reset moment
- More aware of how thinking patterns affect action
- Equipped with questions about priorities
- Focused on a practical way to direct attention more intentionally
Keynote Programs
The Reset Mindset
Penny explores how leaders can adapt their thinking and actions during change. Ideal for management and transformation audiences.
Own Your Focus
Penny examines attention, distractions, and systems that support important priorities. Ideal for employee and professional development events.
Is Penny Zenker Right for Your Event?
Tell us about your audience, the competing priorities your people face and the focus you want to strengthen. We can help select Penny’s most relevant program, discuss customization, and confirm availability and fee.
Contact The Sweeney Agency 1-866-727-7555 or [email protected] for more information on this speaker.
Scott Zimmer
Speaker, Writer, and Market Researcher on Generational Differences in the Workplace
About
Scott Zimmer: Generational Speaker and Market Researcher | Speaker on Communication, Collaboration and Workplace Change
Why Book Scott Zimmer?
Scott also emphasizes the shared values that make connection possible. His presentations encourage teams to replace assumptions with conversation and consider how leaders can introduce new ways of working while maintaining trust.
Why Is Scott Zimmer Right for Your Audience?
Scott is a strong fit for leadership conferences, HR meetings, company events, and communication programs. Consider him when teams need to navigate differences in perspective or the human response to new technology.
Book Scott when your audience needs to:
- Improve communication across age groups
- Question assumptions about colleagues
- Recognize shared values within a diverse team
- Discuss reactions to workplace technology
- Build trust during organizational change
- Encourage collaboration across different experiences
Audience Takeaways
Depending on the program selected, attendees will leave:
- Clearer on a generational assumption worth revisiting
- Ready to ask colleagues more useful questions
- More aware of shared priorities across age groups
- Equipped with ideas for communicating during change
- Focused on a practice that improves connection within the team
Keynote Programs
Options include AI Across Generations and a tailored presentation on generational communication:
AI Across Generations
Scott examines the human response to AI and ways leaders can support trust and adaptability. Ideal for leadership, HR, and change audiences.
Communication Across Generations
Scott explores differences and common ground in a multigenerational workplace. Ideal for company meetings and team development events.
Is Scott Zimmer Right for Your Event?
Tell us about your audience, the communication challenges your teams face and the workplace changes you want people to navigate together. We can help select Scott’s most relevant program, discuss customization, and confirm availability and fee.
Contact The Sweeney Agency 1-866-727-7555 or [email protected] for more information on this speaker.
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