Motivational Speakers
The Sweeney Agency helps you find the perfect Motivational Speaker by aligning with your event goals and audience. We provide bios, videos, and insights—including access to the top 10 Motivational Speakers in the world—to guide your choice. Once selected, we ensure the speaker delivers a presentation that informs, inspires, and entertains.
Jon Acuff
Jon Acuff: New York Times Bestselling Author | Leadership Speaker | Expert on Goals, Overthinking and Change Turn Good Intentions into Finished Work Your team has goals. What keeps them from making progress? Often it’s overthinking, waiting for the per …
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Jon Acuff: New York Times Bestselling Author | Leadership Speaker | Expert on Goals, Overthinking and Change
Turn Good Intentions into Finished Work
Jon Acuff makes those habits easier to recognize and change. The author of Soundtracks, Finish, and All It Takes Is a Goal brings humour, relatable stories, and practical tools to audiences that want to adapt to change and follow through. The Sweeney Agency
Why Book Jon Acuff?
Jon takes challenges that can feel personal—self-doubt, perfectionism, and procrastination—and shows how they affect team performance. He gives people useful language for the thoughts that slow them down and simple ways to take action.
For organizations asking people to embrace change or meet ambitious goals, Jon delivers an upbeat keynote with a practical next step.
What Makes Jon Different?
- Humour and storytelling that make difficult habits easy to recognize
- A clear framework for changing patterns of overthinking
- Practical ideas audiences can apply to their work
- A message that connects individual habits to team results
- Programs focused on mindset, change, and finishing goals
Why Is Jon Right for Your Audience?
Jon is a strong fit for leadership meetings, company conferences, sales kickoffs, and teams navigating change. He is especially valuable when people know what they need to accomplish but need help getting past hesitation, distraction, or the pressure to do everything perfectly.
Book Jon when your audience needs to:
- Stop overthinking and start taking useful action
- Navigate change with greater curiosity and confidence
- Turn ambitious goals into consistent progress
- Reduce the drag of perfectionism and procrastination
- Build a shared language for more productive thinking
- Finish important work
Audience Takeaways
Attendees will leave:
- Able to spot recurring thoughts that hold them back
- Equipped to replace those thoughts with ones that support action
- More confident about taking the next step amid uncertainty
- Ready to make visible progress toward their goals
- Motivated to follow through on work that matters to their team
Keynote Programs
Soundtracks
Jon shows teams how to recognize repetitive thoughts that fuel overthinking, replace them with more useful ones, and reinforce new habits. Ideal for change, productivity, and performance events.
The AI Mindset
When AI changes faster than a team can plan for it, fear and overthinking can stall progress. Jon applies his Soundtracks framework to help audiences approach AI with curiosity and a mindset ready for change.
From Start to Finish
Jon explores why capable people leave goals incomplete and how to build the habits that help them finish. Ideal for sales teams, leadership conferences, and organizations focused on execution. The Sweeney Agency
Why Contact The Sweeney Agency Now?
Tell us what is slowing your team down and what you want them to accomplish after the event. We can help you choose Jon’s most relevant program, discuss the format, and confirm his availability and current fee.
Is Jon Right for Your Event?
Tell us about your audience, the goals in front of them, and the obstacles to making progress. We’ll help you assess Jon’s fit and plan the next step.
To check availability and fee of this speaker, call 1-866-727-7555 or email [email protected].
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Jay Acunzo: Business Storyteller | Author of Break the Wheel | Speaker on Differentiation, Messaging and Public Speaking
Make Your Ideas Matter More
Jay Acunzo helps organizations answer that question with a clearer message and a stronger story. Drawing on marketing experience at Google, ESPN, and HubSpot, he shows audiences how to build ideas that resonate and move people to act. The Sweeney Agency
Why Book Jay Acunzo?
Jay helps marketing, sales, and leadership audiences define the idea they want to be known for—and communicate it so the right people care. His sessions connect differentiation to the words, stories, and presentations teams use every day.
That makes his keynote especially valuable when an organization has strong expertise but struggles to explain why its work matters.
What Makes Jay Different?
- Experience developing stories and original content for brands and business leaders
- A focus on finding one clear, ownable idea
- Practical tools audiences can use to sharpen their message
- An engaging presentation style rooted in the craft he teaches
- A keynote he customizes to the audience and its goals
Why Is Jay Right for Your Audience?
Jay is a strong fit for marketing conferences, sales meetings, leadership events, and client programs. He is particularly relevant when a team feels pressure to publish more or speak louder while its central message remains unclear.
Book Jay when your audience needs to:
- Differentiate its ideas in a crowded market
- Explain value in language buyers remember
- Build a consistent story across marketing, sales, and leadership
- Turn expertise into a clear point of view
- Create stronger presentations and thought leadership
- Move people from attention to trust and action
Audience Takeaways
Attendees will leave:
- Better able to identify a signature idea their audience cares about
- Equipped to make their message clearer and more distinctive
- Ready to develop stories that make their expertise relevant
- More confident speaking to customers, colleagues, or larger audiences
- Focused on the influence of their ideas
Keynote Programs
Resonance Over Reach
Jay’s most-booked keynote helps audiences clarify their message and organize their work around an idea they can own. Ideal for marketing, sales, brand, and executive audiences.
The Last Great Advantage
Jay explores public speaking as a valuable human skill in the AI era. By breaking down effective talks, he gives audiences structures and techniques they can use to make their own presentations more compelling.
The Power of a Premise
Jay shows teams how a clear premise can distinguish their work, strengthen their storytelling, and make their expertise easier to remember. Ideal for organizations building thought leadership or refining how they communicate their value.
Why Contact The Sweeney Agency Now?
Tell us what you want people to say or do differently after the event. We can help you choose Jay’s most relevant keynote, discuss customization, and confirm his availability and current fee.
Is Jay Right for Your Event?
Tell us about your audience, the message you want to sharpen, and the action you want to inspire. We’ll help you assess Jay’s fit and plan the next step.
To check availability and fee of this speaker, call 1-866-727-7555 or email [email protected].
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Jeff Adams: Paralympic Gold Medalist and Six-Time World Champion | Entrepreneur and Lawyer | Speaker on Resilience, Teamwork and Achieving Goals
Why Book Jeff Adams?
Jeff’s experience extends beyond sport. He founded medical device engineering businesses before pursuing a career in law, graduating from Osgoode Hall Law School and practicing in labour, employment and human rights. His presentations connect lessons from these different chapters with the challenges people face at work: adapting, learning, overcoming barriers and helping one another succeed.
Why Is Jeff Adams Right for Your Audience?
Jeff is a strong fit for company gatherings, leadership meetings, association conferences and recognition events. His experience across sport, business and law gives organizations several ways to connect his story with their goals, particularly when teams need renewed motivation and a shared sense of possibility.
Book Jeff when your audience needs to:
- Regain momentum after a setback
- Turn ambitious goals into steady progress
- Recognize the support behind individual achievement
- Prepare for important performance moments
- Approach barriers with determination and resourcefulness
- Celebrate progress and shared success
Audience Takeaways
Depending on the program selected, attendees will leave:
- More motivated to persist through challenges
- Clearer on the role of preparation in achievement
- Ready to break larger goals into manageable steps
- More aware of how teammates contribute to success
- Inspired to recognize progress and encourage others
Keynote Programs
Getting Back Up
Jeff shares lessons on recovering from disappointment and finding the support to move forward. Ideal for teams facing setbacks, change or demanding goals.
One Step at a Time
Drawing on experiences including climbing the CN Tower in a wheelchair and winning Paralympic gold, Jeff explores the process behind ambitious achievements. Ideal for audiences seeking motivation to pursue meaningful goals.
Incredible Moments
Jeff examines the preparation behind memorable performances and how people can get ready for their own moments of excellence. Ideal for teams approaching major milestones or important challenges.
Celebrating
Jeff explores how recognizing achievement can encourage continued effort and strengthen a team or community. Ideal for recognition programs and events celebrating collective progress.
Is Jeff Adams Right for Your Event?
Tell us about your audience, the challenges it faces and what you want people to do differently after the event. We can help select Jeff’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.
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Our Sales Speakers have used their knowledge to adapt and create actionable and engaging presentations on how organizations can pivot to embrace the opportunities presented by the pandemic.
Ranging from Virtual Keynotes to Fireside chats, all with interactive elements, let our Sales Speakers help your 2021 Sales Conference.
We work with some of the best Sales Speakers in the speaking world and asked them all the same question:
What is your number 1 sales tip?
Here’s how they answered:
Saying “yes” implies a course of positive action. The predictable expletive, “No!” can fill up our time and energy because saying “no” is
frequently a commitment to an unproductive struggle that reinforces helplessness and inertia.
Responding positively to problems is the prerequisite to overcoming bad things that occur so we can break down our challenges and move forward.
People thrive on challenges, and are the winners who get things done.
Scott McKain is a Dynamic Speaker on Innovation, Sales & Customer Service.
2. The 80/20 Rule – Tim Sanders
Some great advice we received from Tim Sanders, VP of Customer Insights for Upwork just after starting The Sweeney Agency:
“Don’t think about sales or closing deals, just position yourself so that whenever you can help someone you help them, without any expectations. 20% of the people you help you’ll never hear from again, but that won’t matter because you will certainly hear back from the other 80%. They will remember you and your incredible help and that will create such great relationships
that you will build both a great business and a great life.”
Tim Sanders is a renowned Communication and Leadership Speaker.
3. A Vision of the Future – Ryan Estis
Communicating compassionately, consistently, confidently and courageously is precisely what is required during a crisis. Our research has found that two of the biggest drivers of engagement and commitment from employees are confidence in their senior leadership and confidence in the future of the
organization.
Now is the time to model scenarios to create a long-term plan and vision for your business, fully aware that you will be agile enough to adapt when new information is available or the landscape suddenly changes.
Ryan Estis speaks on Business Performance, Leadership and Sales.
4. Be Indiana Jones – Sterling Hawkins
At the climax of Indiana Jones & The Holy Grail, the Nazis are turned to dust after selected a gem studded chalice they believe to be the Holy Grail. Indy chooses a simple wooden cup that is in fact the true Holy Grail.
In the context of business, most of us scramble to have the “right” message on social media or want to make things look a certain way. The same optics that make the false grail so beautiful.
This is a powerful lesson: the substance of something, is ultimately infinitely more important than what it looks like. Optics may present a short term gain but will always lose in the long run and at a macro level.
5. Ask Open-Ended Questions – Diana Kander
Your customers’ natural inclination is to be nice, not honest. Open-ended questions give your potential customers the option to respond very honestly and to fully explain the problems they’re
facing (that your product may or may not solve).
Ask leading questions that broadcast the answer you want to hear, such as:
- “Are you…”
- “Will you…”
- “Won’t you…”
- “Didn’t you…”
- “Can’t you…”
Diana Kander is an Entrepreneur, Author, and Speaker on Innovation.
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Cam Awesome: Motivational Keynote Speaker on Resilience, Mindset & High Performance | Champion Boxer | Team USA Captain
Get Comfortable Being Uncomfortable
What could your people accomplish if setbacks stopped being reasons to quit and became reasons to grow?
Cam Awesome is a champion boxer, former Team USA captain and dynamic motivational keynote speaker on resilience, mindset, overcoming adversity and high performance.
Why Book Cam Awesome?
Cam delivers something every event planner wants: a motivational keynote that's inspiring, entertaining and genuinely useful.
His story isn't about winning every time. It's about learning how to respond when you don't.
Cam shows audiences that resilience isn't something you're born with—it's something you develop by changing the way you interpret setbacks, failure and discomfort.
His energetic and often hilarious delivery gets audiences laughing while challenging them to take greater ownership, become more resilient and stop allowing fear of failure to limit their potential.
What Makes Cam Awesome Different?
- Champion athlete — brings real lessons from elite-level competition
- Former Team USA captain — understands leadership, accountability and teamwork
- Powerful resilience story — demonstrates how setbacks can become catalysts for growth
- Exceptionally entertaining — uses humor to make serious lessons memorable
- Authentic and vulnerable — openly shares both victories and failures
- High-energy delivery — immediately engages and energizes a room
- Practical mindset strategies — gives audiences ideas they can apply immediately
- Broad audience appeal — particularly effective for sales, leadership and employee events
Why Is Cam Right for Your Audience?
Cam is an outstanding choice when you want your audience to increase their resilience, become more comfortable with discomfort and take action despite the possibility of failure.
He is particularly effective for sales kickoffs, leadership conferences, corporate meetings, association events and teams working in competitive or rapidly changing environments.
Book Cam when your audience needs to:
- Bounce back faster from setbacks
- Become more comfortable taking risks
- Stop allowing fear of failure to limit performance
- Build greater confidence and resilience
- Maintain motivation when results don't come immediately
- Take greater ownership of their attitude
- Approach challenges with a stronger mindset
- Bring more energy and optimism to their work
Audience Takeaways
Attendees will leave:
- Thinking differently about failure and setbacks
- Better prepared to respond when things don't go according to plan
- More willing to step outside their comfort zone
- Equipped with practical strategies for strengthening resilience
- Understanding how mindset influences performance
- More confident taking action despite uncertainty
- Energized and ready to approach their next challenge differently
Cam Awesome Keynote Programs
Getting Comfortable Being Uncomfortable. Growth rarely happens inside your comfort zone.
Cam shares the lessons he learned from years of elite competition and the setbacks that threatened to derail his ambitions.
He challenges audiences to rethink their relationship with discomfort and recognize that difficult experiences can become opportunities to learn, adapt and improve.
Ideal for: Sales kickoffs, leadership conferences, corporate meetings and organizations navigating change.
The Awesome Mindset. You can't control everything that happens. You can control what you do next.
Cam shows audiences how changing their perspective can change the way they respond to pressure, disappointment and adversity.
Using humor, personal stories and lessons from competitive boxing, he demonstrates how people can develop a mindset that helps them recover faster and continue moving toward their goals.
Ideal for: High-performance teams, sales organizations, leadership events and employee meetings.
Turning Failure Into Fuel. What if failure wasn't the opposite of success—but part of the process required to achieve it?
Cam challenges the fear of failure that often prevents people from taking risks, pursuing opportunities and reaching their potential.
His experiences demonstrate how setbacks can provide the lessons, perspective and motivation needed to come back stronger.
Ideal for: Sales teams, emerging leaders, high-performance cultures and organizations pursuing ambitious goals.
Why Book Cam Awesome Through The Sweeney Agency?
Cam Awesome combines championship-level experience, powerful resilience lessons and exceptional humor—but the real value comes from connecting his message directly to the challenges your audience is facing.
The Sweeney Agency can help you:
- Confirm Cam Awesome's availability and current speaking fee
- Determine which Cam Awesome keynote best fits your audience
- Discuss customization around your event objectives
- Coordinate format, timing and event logistics
- Compare Cam with other leading motivational, resilience and high-performance speakers
Is Cam Awesome Right for Your Event?
Tell us where your people need greater resilience, confidence or motivation.
We'll help you determine whether Cam is the right fit, confirm availability and fees, and make the booking process simple.
To check availability and fee of this speaker, call 1-866-727-7555 or email [email protected].
Robyn Benincasa
Adventure Racer, Firefighter, Speaker on Leadership & Teamwork
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Robyn Benincasa: World Champion Adventure Racer | New York Times Bestselling Author | Firefighter | Extreme Teamwork Expert
Make Winning Inevitable
Robyn Benincasa shows audiences how to become that kind of team. A World Champion adventure racer, veteran San Diego firefighter, bestselling author and founder of the Project Athena Foundation, she combines gripping stories, dramatic footage and practical strategies that help people collaborate, embrace change and perform under pressure.
Why Book Robyn Benincasa?
Robyn gives audiences more than temporary inspiration. She provides a memorable operating system for achieving difficult goals together.
Her lessons come from 17 years of expedition adventure racing, where every teammate had to reach the finish line together, and more than 23 years as a firefighter. Her energetic multimedia presentations make teamwork, resilience and leadership real, relevant and immediately useful.
What Makes Robyn Different?
- Extraordinary real-world credibility and a powerful stage presence
- Unforgettable stories that make business lessons easy to remember
- Practical habits audiences can apply immediately
- A message that connects departments, generations and leadership levels
- Customization around the organization’s challenges and objectives
Why Is Robyn Right for Your Audience?
Robyn is an excellent choice when an organization needs people to move beyond individual achievement and perform as one team. She is particularly effective for leadership conferences, sales kickoffs, association events and organizations navigating change.
Audience Takeaways
Attendees will leave:
- Ready to shift from “me thinking” to “we thinking”
- Equipped with practical habits for strengthening teamwork and trust
- Better prepared to turn pressure and setbacks into momentum
- Focused on the team’s most important finish line
- Inspired to lead with greater courage, empathy and determination
Keynote Programs
Adapt, Overcome and Win as One
Robyn shows teams how to move decisively through disruption, create stability in uncertain conditions and turn change into opportunity. Ideal for transformation, restructuring, rapid growth, AI adoption and competitive pressure.
Extreme T.E.A.M.W.O.R.K.
Audiences discover how trust, shared ownership and commitment to one another turn talented individuals into an exceptional team. Ideal for strengthening culture, collaboration and collective performance.
Why Winners Win
Created for sales and high-performance audiences, this keynote demonstrates how top performers can share knowledge, combine strengths and compete as one. Ideal for sales kickoffs, revenue teams and ambitious growth initiatives.
Inspiring Greatness Through G.R.I.T.
Robyn reveals how sustainable resilience grows from connection—to the mission, to teammates and to the leader we choose to become. Ideal for audiences facing setbacks, prolonged uncertainty or depleted morale.
Why Contact The Sweeney Agency Now?
The right speaker must do more than impress. They must fit your audience, address the challenge behind the event and support the outcome you want to achieve.
Contact us to:
- Confirm Robyn’s availability and current fee
- Identify the best keynote for your objectives
- Discuss customization, format and event logistics
- Receive comparable recommendations if another speaker may be a stronger fit
Is Robyn Right for Your Event?
Tell us about your audience, their challenges and what you want them to think, feel or do differently. We will provide an honest assessment of Robyn’s fit, confirm availability and fees, and help you move forward with confidence.
Contact The Sweeney Agency to discuss booking Robyn Benincasa.
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JJ Birden: Former NFL Wide Receiver | Author of Beat the Coverage | Speaker on Performance Under Pressure
Find the Opening. Make the Adjustment. Deliver Results.
When the competition is stronger, the pressure is higher, and the original plan stops working, what helps a team keep moving toward its goal?
JJ Birden learned to answer that question as an undersized wide receiver who built a nine-year NFL career. Today, he helps audiences recognize obstacles, prepare with purpose, and execute when it matters most. His message turns lessons from the field into practical ideas for business and life.
Why Book JJ Birden?
JJ’s story makes resilience and discipline tangible. After walking onto the University of Oregon football team and overcoming setbacks on his path to the NFL, he learned to study the opposition, play to his strengths, and adjust under pressure.
He now shares a framework audiences can use to assess their situation, spot opportunities, build a plan, put in the work, and adapt as conditions change. His keynotes combine an engaging sports story with a clear call to take action.
What Makes JJ Different?
- A nine-year NFL career built through preparation, persistence, and adaptability
- A firsthand account of succeeding despite being underestimated
- A six-step Beat the Coverage framework for execution under pressure
- Lessons that translate to sales, leadership, and team performance
- An energetic presentation style grounded in specific actions
Why Is JJ Right for Your Audience?
JJ is a strong fit for sales kickoffs, leadership meetings, company conferences, and events focused on resilience or performance. He is especially relevant when people need to regain focus, compete against larger rivals, or take ownership of the opportunities in front of them.
Book JJ when your audience needs to:
- Execute more confidently under pressure
- Recognize opportunities amid change and competition
- Turn setbacks into adjustments and forward action
- Build the discipline to prepare before the decisive moment
- Use individual strengths to improve team results
- Challenge complacency and raise its standard of performance
Audience Takeaways
Attendees will leave:
- Better able to identify the obstacles between them and their goals
- Ready to look for openings others may overlook
- Clearer on how preparation and repetition support strong execution
- Equipped to adjust a plan when circumstances change
- Motivated to act with greater ownership and consistency
Keynote Programs
Beat the Coverage
Using his experience as an NFL wide receiver, JJ teaches a six-step framework for reading the situation, finding an opening, preparing, and executing. Ideal for sales and leadership audiences facing pressure, competition, or rapid change.
Seize Your Opportunities
JJ shows audiences how preparation, discipline, and personal ownership help turn promising moments into results. Ideal for teams that need to move beyond waiting for the perfect conditions and take purposeful action.
Winning as an Underdog
JJ explores how being underestimated can sharpen focus and reveal a competitive advantage. Drawing on his journey to the NFL, he helps audiences play to their strengths, respond to setbacks, and compete with confidence. Ideal for organizations taking on larger competitors or ambitious new goals.
Why Contact The Sweeney Agency Now?
Tell us what your audience is up against and where stronger execution would matter most. We can help select JJ’s most relevant keynote, discuss how it can fit your event, and confirm his availability and current fee.
Is JJ Right for Your Event?
Tell us about your audience, the pressure it faces, and the actions you want people to take afterward. We’ll help you assess JJ’s fit and plan the next step.
To check availability and fee of this speaker, call 1-866-727-7555 or email [email protected].
Walter Bond
Former NBA Athlete, Author and Speaker on Mentorship, Leadership, Teamwork & Motivation
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Walter Bond: Former NBA Player | Hall of Fame Keynote Speaker | Expert on Leadership, Accountability and Performance
Give Your Team a Way to Make Progress
Walter Bond helps leaders and teams answer that question. An undrafted player who earned a place in the NBA, he combines the energy of a sports story with practical ideas about focus, coaching, teamwork, and execution. His goal is to help audiences understand where they are going and the role each person plays in getting there.
Why Book Walter Bond?
Walter understands the gap between wanting a result and doing the work it takes to achieve it. His journey from an undrafted athlete to the NBA gives him a memorable way to talk about discipline and ownership; his work with organizations connects those lessons to business goals.
He can tailor his message to the challenge your audience faces, whether that is stronger sales execution, a more accountable culture, or managers who need to coach their teams more effectively.
What Makes Walter Different?
- Firsthand experience reaching the NBA as an undrafted player
- Induction into the National Speakers Association’s CPAE Speaker Hall of Fame
- Experience addressing leadership, sales, teamwork, and accountability
- Memorable frameworks that give audiences a shared language for action
- High-energy delivery paired with practical steps for the workplace
Why Is Walter Right for Your Audience?
Walter is a strong fit for sales kickoffs, leadership conferences, franchise meetings, and company-wide events. He is especially relevant when a team has clear ambitions but needs stronger alignment and follow-through.
Book Walter when your audience needs to:
- Take greater ownership of its results
- Align individual effort with a shared goal
- Build trust and accountability across teams
- Turn managers into more effective coaches
- Stay focused through setbacks and competition
- Move from motivation to consistent execution
Audience Takeaways
Attendees will leave:
- Clearer on the goal they are working toward and their role in it
- Better equipped to connect daily actions with long-term results
- Ready to approach obstacles with more discipline and confidence
- More aware of how communication and trust shape team performance
- Motivated to make measurable progress together
Keynote Programs
Make Progress
Walter helps audiences align around a target, develop a practical playbook, and recognize how each role contributes to the result. The emphasis can be shaped around leadership, culture, sales, accountability, or execution. Ideal for organizations seeking a common direction and a clear next step.
No One Can Stop You But You
Walter challenges audiences to examine the mindsets and habits that limit performance. He focuses on accountability, discipline, opportunity, and commitment. Ideal for sales and employee events that call for renewed personal ownership.
The Shark Mindset
Using his memorable shark metaphor, Walter encourages teams to move forward with focus and confidence when they face uncertainty or competition. Ideal for sales kickoffs and performance-focused meetings.
TeamMastery
Walter explores the traits that support a winning team, including trust, communication, shared goals, and commitment. Ideal for organizations that need stronger chemistry and cooperation across roles.
From Boss to Coach
Walter shows managers how to create clarity, build connection, and develop people through consistent coaching. Ideal for leadership audiences seeking stronger engagement and accountability.
Why Contact The Sweeney Agency Now?
Tell us what progress would mean for your organization and where your team is getting stuck. We can help select the most relevant program, discuss customization, and confirm Walter’s availability and current fee.
Is Walter Right for Your Event?
Tell us about your audience, its goals, and what you want people to do differently after the event. We’ll help you assess Walter’s fit and plan the next step.
To check availability and fee of this speaker, call 1-866-727-7555 or email [email protected]
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Les Brown: Motivational Speaker | Author of Live Your Dreams | Speaker on Achievement, Resilience and Personal Potential
Why Book Les Brown?
His storytelling, humor and energetic delivery make personal achievement a compelling event experience. For an organization asking people to raise their standards or regain momentum, Les brings a message about persistence, possibility and the choices that move goals forward.
Why Is Les Brown Right for Your Audience?
Les is a strong fit for sales rallies, company conferences, association meetings and personal development events. Consider him when your audience needs an emotional lift alongside a clear challenge to take action.
Book Les when your audience needs to:
- Reconnect with meaningful personal and professional goals
- Build confidence after setbacks
- Challenge assumptions about what is possible
- Take responsibility for the next step
- Strengthen persistence when progress is difficult
- Bring renewed energy to ambitious goals
Audience Takeaways
Depending on the program selected, attendees will leave:
- More willing to pursue goals they have postponed
- Encouraged to question limiting beliefs
- Ready to approach setbacks with greater persistence
- Clearer on the role of effort and personal commitment
- Motivated to turn inspiration into action
Keynote Programs
You’ve Got to Be Hungry
Les explores the drive required to pursue ambitious goals, using his own experiences to make persistence and initiative memorable. Ideal for sales and achievement-focused events.
Achieving at the Next Level
Les challenges audiences to expand their sense of possibility and develop the mindset needed to pursue higher performance. Ideal for teams ready to raise their expectations.
Live Your Dreams Now
Les encourages people to act on what matters rather than continually defer it. Ideal for audiences seeking renewed purpose and motivation.
Is Les Brown Right for Your Event?
Tell us about your audience, the goals you want to reinforce and the energy you want people to carry back to work. We can help select Les’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 Burrows
Inspirational Speaker, Bestselling Author, Wheelchair, Athlete & Successful Entrepreneur
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Scott Burrows: Author of Vision, Mindset, Grit | Inspirational Speaker on Resilience, Change and Performance
Why Book Scott Burrows?
His keynote connects a powerful personal story with choices people face at work: maintaining perspective, taking ownership and continuing through discomfort. The presentation combines storytelling, video and a memorable live demonstration, giving teams a shared language for facing challenges.
Why Is Scott Burrows Right for Your Audience?
Scott is a strong fit for sales kickoffs, leadership conferences, company meetings and incentive events. Consider him when your audience needs renewed confidence and determination during change or after setbacks.
Book Scott when your audience needs to:
- Maintain a clear vision through difficulty
- Focus on actions within their control
- Respond constructively to unexpected change
- Build persistence when results take time
- Step beyond familiar routines
- Execute with greater composure under pressure
Audience Takeaways
Depending on the program selected, attendees will leave:
- Clearer on the connection between vision, mindset and grit
- Ready to take a useful next step through adversity
- More willing to challenge self-imposed limits
- Equipped with questions that redirect attention toward action
- Encouraged to persist while adapting their approach
Keynote Programs
Stand Up to Any Challenge: Vision • Mindset • Grit
Scott’s signature keynote connects his personal journey with practical ideas for resilience and performance. Ideal for broad employee, leadership and sales audiences.
Is Scott Burrows Right for Your Event?
Tell us about your audience, the challenges it faces and the response you want to inspire. 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.
Jack Canfield
Motivational Speaker and Co-Creator of Chicken Soup for the Soul Book Series
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Jack Canfield: Co-Creator of Chicken Soup for the Soul | Author of The Success Principles | Speaker on Achievement and Personal Responsibility
Why Book Jack Canfield?
His sessions combine stories with exercises that encourage participants to apply the material. Jack offers a practical way to begin a conversation about goals, responsibility and consistent effort, making him a useful choice when you want attendees actively involved in their own development.
Why Is Jack Canfield Right for Your Audience?
Jack is a strong fit for company conferences, sales meetings, leadership retreats and association events. Consider him when your audience needs greater clarity about its goals and a stronger commitment to follow-through.
Book Jack when your audience needs to:
- Clarify personal and professional goals
- Take responsibility for choices and actions
- Improve focus on meaningful priorities
- Build confidence through deliberate practice
- Ask for support and use feedback
- Turn intentions into consistent habits
Audience Takeaways
Depending on the program selected, attendees will leave:
- Clearer on the goals they want to pursue
- Ready to examine habits that affect progress
- More willing to take ownership of their next steps
- Equipped with exercises for focus and personal development
- Motivated to apply the principles in their daily work
Keynote Programs
Mastering the Principles of Success
Jack introduces methods, activities and exercises for moving from goals to action. Ideal for broad employee, sales and personal development audiences.
The Power of Focus
Jack explores the disciplines that help people concentrate their effort and pursue business and personal targets. Ideal for audiences balancing competing demands.
Is Jack Canfield Right for Your Event?
Tell us about your audience, the goals you want people to pursue and how much participation you want in the session. We can help select Jack’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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Virtual Events can:
- Reach a wider audience
- Offer a great experience at a much lower cost
- Create long term impact with recorded elements that allow for content to be watched over a period of time
- Have an increased impact over time, as viewers re-watch, discuss and connect over social media and other channels
And, most importantly: offer the ability for inspiring and impactful presentations to connect in a one-on-one way, directly to the attendee.
WHO is your audience?
Who are your virtual event attendees? Are they across a specific group within your organization, or are you serving clients across a wide range of levels? Determining who you are speaking to will help you determine a format for your event that will captivate your audience.
WHAT is your key message?
Are you focusing on change? Innovation? Leadership?
Creating a single focus or mission will allow you to hone in on the type of speaker(s) you need to engage your audience and help event producers to format the event into a dynamic program that balances inspiration with information and audience interaction.
WHAT type of event suits your audience?
- Virtual Conference
- Webinar
- Hybrid Event
Virtual event technology has come a long way over the last few months, offering a huge range of different options from pre-recorded webinars, to multi-day virtual conferences, to hybrid events with some attendees in the audience while the event is live streamed.
OUR ADVICE
A COMBINATION of live and pre-recorded elements will allow your virtual event to run smoothly and stay on time.
Many of our clients are also opting for multi-day virtual conferences with shorter segments spaced over a few days.
This allows some flexibility for attendees in different time zones and accommodates different teleworking situations for attendees, allowing them to tune in when it is convenient.
WHERE? It’s all about Tech.
Virtual meeting technology has exploded over the last few months as teleworking became the norm.
Consider your needs:
- Interactive elements like breakout rooms, polls & Q&A
- Seamless blend of live & pre-recorded elements
- Ability to replay segments
- Live tech support
If you plan for rain, it’s likely the sun will shine…
Tech isn’t perfect so don’t forget to test, rehearse and have a back up plan ready to go for your virtual event.
Pro Tip: Think of a virtual presentation like a podcast. Viewers can view the content multiple times and refer back to it.
WHEN? A Date… or Dates?
As we have all noticed, our attention spans for meeting in real life versus meeting online are a lot longer.
When deciding on a date, consider spreading your virtual event out over a few days, with a variety of speakers, interactive elements and information.
The benefits of a multi-day format:
- Viewers watch content fresh for a short period every day
- Allows attendees in different time zones to stay on top of the content
- Attendees can review & re-engage with content
Virtual Event Checklist:
Is your event?
- Interactive?
- Informative?
- Able to be rewatched?
WHY? Pandemic 2020
Just because you are online instead of in person, it doesn’t mean you are missing out on connection.
Using the technology that we have become so accustomed to over the last few months, our keynote speakers have the ability to connect to your viewers one-on-one, in a way that was impossible in live events.
FIND YOUR WHY…
What do you want the audience to leave thinking at the end of the presentation?
Apply this question to all the presentations and segments in your event to create a cohesive, impactful virtual event.
HOW? Virtual Event Checklist
To wrap it all up
- TECH: Find the right tech platform & don’t forget to test drive before your event
- AGENDA: Use a mix of live and pre-recorded segments, mixed with interactive elements, to ensure a smooth flow of events & audience engagement
- ANTICIPATION: Build up your event with emails, teasers and sneak peeks into what content will be offered
- NETWORKING: Create and encourage online chat functions, an event specific hashtag or even a dedicated event page to allow attendees to network virtually. Maximize the networking opportunities offered by your tech platform.
- EXTEND YOUR IMPACT: A dedicated social media page is a great place for attendees to connect after an event to discuss ideas and implement some of the learnings from the event.
Offer a password protected, limited time recording of keynote presentations to continue the conversation long after the virtual event has ended.
Continue the conversation with post-event touch points like emails or questions based on the key presentations.
To find a GREAT Speaker for your Virtual event, get in touch.
Andy Core
Speaker and Author on Work-Life Balance, Productivity & Well-being
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Andy Core: Author of Change Your Day, Not Your Life | Speaker on Adaptability, Resilience and Performance Under Pressure
Why Book Andy Core?
His interactive presentations combine stories, humor and practical exercises. Andy gives teams a way to examine how they respond to pressure, communicate through change and build patterns that support both performance and wellbeing.
Why Is Andy Core Right for Your Audience?
Andy is a strong fit for healthcare conferences, leadership meetings, employee events and organizations facing busy seasons or change. Consider him when your audience needs practical ideas for maintaining energy and improving its response to pressure.
Book Andy when your audience needs to:
- Respond to change with greater flexibility
- Stay focused during demanding periods
- Improve communication when pressure rises
- Build routines that support sustainable performance
- Connect everyday actions with personal purpose
- Strengthen resilience and motivation
Audience Takeaways
Depending on the program selected, attendees will leave:
- More aware of their response to pressure
- Ready to identify routines that support better performance
- Equipped with ideas for more constructive communication
- Clearer on how adaptability supports team effectiveness
- Prepared to make manageable changes to their day
Keynote Programs
Smooth Is Fast: The Psychology of High-Performance Under Pressure
Andy explores how people can stay composed, make decisions and work effectively through demanding periods. Ideal for leadership, healthcare and employee audiences.
The Transformational Communicator
Andy introduces communication frameworks for building clarity and buy-in during change. Ideal for managers and team leaders.
Change Your Day, Not Your Life
Andy shares ideas for making daily patterns support performance and wellbeing. Ideal for broad employee and professional development audiences.
Is Andy Core Right for Your Event?
Tell us about your audience, the pressures it faces and the daily behaviors you want to improve. We can help discuss the most relevant program, customization and Andy’s availability and fee.
Contact The Sweeney Agency 1-866-727-7555 or [email protected] for more information on this speaker.
Dr. Susan David
Renowned Psychologist, and Expert on Emotions, Happiness, and Achievement.
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Dr. Susan David: Psychologist | Author of Emotional Agility | Speaker on Leadership, Culture and Change
Why Book Dr. Susan David?
Susan brings that framework into leadership, culture, and the future of work. Her presentations encourage audiences to acknowledge what they are experiencing, examine their assumptions, and choose actions that reflect what matters. That makes her message relevant when organizations need adaptability without losing direction.
Why Is Dr. Susan David Right for Your Audience?
Susan is a strong fit for executive meetings, leadership conferences, HR events, and organization-wide development programs. Consider her when your people need a more constructive way to work through uncertainty, difficult conversations, or competing demands.
Book Susan when your audience needs to:
- Build adaptability during organizational change
- Lead difficult conversations with greater openness
- Connect daily decisions with shared values
- Respond thoughtfully to challenging emotions
- Strengthen the human skills needed alongside AI
- Make culture visible through leadership behavior
Audience Takeaways
Depending on the program selected, attendees will leave:
- Clearer on what emotional agility means in practice
- More aware of the difference between feelings and chosen actions
- Ready to examine familiar patterns of response
- Better prepared to make decisions connected to their values
- Equipped with a framework for approaching uncertainty
Keynote Programs
The Real Revolution Isn’t Artificial. It’s Human
Susan explores the human capabilities organizations need in the AI era, including adaptability and connection. Ideal for future-of-work and transformation audiences.
The Leaders We Need Now
Susan focuses on leadership grounded in clarity, courage, and emotional agility. Ideal for executives and managers navigating competing demands.
Culture Is What You Do, Especially When It’s Hard
Susan examines how actions reveal organizational values when circumstances are difficult. Ideal for leadership and culture-focused events.
Is Dr. Susan David Right for Your Event?
Tell us about your audience, the changes your organization faces and the leadership or cultural habits you want to strengthen. We can help select Susan’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. Mark DeVolder: Change Management Expert | Author | Speaker on Transitions, Leadership and Employee Engagement
Why Book Dr. Mark DeVolder?
Mark’s presentations combine audience interaction with practical discussion of how people move through change. He connects the broader transformation agenda with the questions employees face each day, helping teams think about uncertainty, communication, and their next steps with greater clarity.
Why Is Dr. Mark DeVolder Right for Your Audience?
Mark is a strong fit for leadership conferences, management meetings, and employee events during mergers, restructuring, growth, or digital transformation. Consider him when a change initiative requires people to understand what is happening and participate more confidently.
Book Mark when your audience needs to:
- Understand the stages of organizational transition
- Navigate uncertainty about changing responsibilities
- Build leadership habits that support adaptation
- Improve communication during transformation
- Reengage teams experiencing repeated changes
- Turn broad change goals into practical next steps
Audience Takeaways
Depending on the program selected, attendees will leave:
- A clearer framework for understanding transitions
- More aware of their own reactions to change
- Better prepared to discuss uncertainty with colleagues
- Ready to identify behaviors that support engagement
- Focused on a practical action within their influence
Keynote Programs
Future Proof: Navigating Change with Confidence and Excitement
Mark introduces his Empowered Change approach to navigating transitions. Ideal for leaders and teams experiencing significant organizational change.
Harnessing the Hurricane: Leadership Secrets for Successfully Navigating Change
Mark explores the leadership mindsets needed during disruption. Ideal for managers building alignment and guiding teams through uncertainty.
On Fire! Energized Together: Everyone, Every Day
Mark examines behaviors that strengthen or weaken motivation, including clarity and appreciation. Ideal for organizations addressing change fatigue and employee engagement.
Is Dr. Mark DeVolder Right for Your Event?
Tell us about your audience, the transition underway and what your leaders and teams need to navigate it. We can help select Mark’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.
Jeff Evans
Adventurer, Expedition Leader, Motivational & Leadership Speaker, Author and Physician Assistant
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Jeff Evans: Mountaineer and Expedition Guide | Emergency Medic | Speaker on Leadership, Teamwork and Adversity
Why Book Jeff Evans?
Jeff connects those experiences with trust, communication, and serving the team. His stories give audiences a vivid way to discuss preparation, changing conditions, and shared responsibility. He encourages people to consider how they help others succeed when the route becomes difficult.
Why Is Jeff Evans Right for Your Audience?
Jeff is a strong fit for leadership conferences, sales meetings, company gatherings, and team development events. Consider him when your organization wants an inspiring story connected to collaboration, managing adversity, or preparing for a new challenge.
Book Jeff when your audience needs to:
- Build trust through clear and honest communication
- Put team needs into leadership decisions
- Adapt plans when conditions change
- Strengthen preparation for demanding goals
- Respond to setbacks with shared responsibility
- Maintain purpose and focus after a major success
Audience Takeaways
Depending on the program selected, attendees will leave:
- A memorable perspective on leadership as guiding others
- More aware of how communication supports trust
- Ready to examine their contribution to team success
- Better prepared to adapt when a plan needs to change
- Motivated to support colleagues through the next challenge
Keynote Programs
The Expeditionary Mindset
Jeff’s signature presentation connects guiding and expedition experience with leadership, communication, teamwork, and adversity. Ideal for organizations strengthening trust and coordination.
The Next Expedition – After the Summit
Jeff explores how teams celebrate, reflect, recalibrate, and prepare for what follows a major achievement. Ideal for organizations entering a new chapter after success.
Is Jeff Evans Right for Your Event?
Tell us about your audience, the challenge ahead of your team and the habits you want people to bring to it. We can help select Jeff’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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Jenny Evans: Resilience and Performance Expert | Author of The Resiliency rEvolution | Speaker on Stress, Energy and Change
Why Book Jenny Evans?
Jenny combines humor, audience involvement, and small practices she calls Micro Strategies. Her presentations encourage people to consider routines they can fit into a busy day and give leaders a starting point for discussing how sustained demands affect their teams.
Why Is Jenny Evans Right for Your Audience?
Jenny is a strong fit for leadership meetings, sales conferences, employee events, and workplace well-being programs. Consider her when your audience feels stretched by continuous change and wants practical ideas for energy, recovery, and sustainable work habits.
Book Jenny when your audience needs to:
- Recognize how pressure affects their workday
- Develop routines that support energy and recovery
- Respond more thoughtfully to ongoing change
- Discuss workload and support needs more openly
- Make small practices easier to repeat
- Connect personal well-being with workplace effectiveness
Audience Takeaways
Depending on the program selected, attendees will leave:
- More aware of their own responses to pressure
- Ready to try manageable practices during busy days
- Clearer on the importance of recovery and energy habits
- Better prepared to discuss the strain of repeated changes
- Equipped to choose a practical routine to test after the event
Keynote Programs
Resiliency Rx
Jenny introduces Micro Strategies for responding to stress and supporting resilience. Ideal for broad employee and leadership audiences.
The Neuroscience of Change: It’s Not What You Think
Jenny explores how people experience repeated disruption and how leaders can support them. Ideal for organizations navigating transformation.
Energy for Resilience
Jenny focuses on daily habits involving movement, recovery, and energy. Ideal for sales teams, managers, and audiences working under sustained pressure.
Is Jenny Evans Right for Your Event?
Tell us about your audience, the demands your people face and the work habits you want to help them strengthen. We can help select Jenny’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.
Connor Fields
Olympic Champion, BMX Racing Legend, Near-Fatal Crash Survivor, TV Host, Mental Health Advocate
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Connor Fields: Olympic BMX Gold Medalist | Three-Time Olympian | Speaker on Resilience and Performance
Why Book Connor Fields?
Connor connects those experiences with preparation, identity, and the choices people make after success or adversity. His message gives audiences a memorable perspective on rebuilding momentum and focusing on the next action.
Why Is Connor Fields Right for Your Audience?
Connor is a strong fit for sales meetings, leadership conferences, company events, and healthcare gatherings. Consider him when your audience needs renewed determination and a practical conversation about responding to setbacks.
Book Connor when your audience needs to:
- Prepare consistently for important moments
- Regain direction after a setback
- Learn from outcomes without becoming defined by them
- Maintain focus under pressure
- Recognize the role of support in recovery
- Choose a next step when plans change
Audience Takeaways
Depending on the program selected, attendees will leave:
- A fresh perspective on resilience after adversity
- Clearer on the value of preparation
- Ready to identify a manageable next step
- More aware of how they respond to unexpected outcomes
- Motivated to rebuild momentum with purpose
Keynote Programs
Gold Medal Moments
Connor draws on his Olympic experiences to examine preparation, performance, and living with outcomes. Ideal for teams facing important goals and demanding expectations.
Is Connor Fields Right for Your Event?
Tell us about your audience and the challenges they are navigating. We can help select Connor’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.
Molly Fletcher
Inspiring Speaker on Leadership, Business Development, and Peak Performance
About
Molly Fletcher: Former Sports Agent | Author of Dynamic Drive | Speaker on Mindset, Leadership and Performance
Why Book Molly Fletcher?
Molly combines stories from competitive environments with practical discussion of discipline, resilience, and purpose. Her presentations encourage audiences to reconsider complacency and connect ambition with repeatable action.
Why Is Molly Fletcher Right for Your Audience?
Molly is a strong fit for sales kickoffs, leadership conferences, company gatherings, and women’s professional events. Consider her when your audience needs renewed drive and a clearer approach to personal excellence.
Book Molly when your audience needs to:
- Build discipline around important goals
- Maintain drive after initial success
- Respond constructively to change
- Strengthen confidence and professional influence
- Connect effort with a clear purpose
- Develop habits that support continued improvement
Audience Takeaways
Depending on the program selected, attendees will leave:
- Clearer on the role of daily habits in performance
- Ready to examine where complacency has developed
- More aware of what sustains their motivation
- Equipped with ideas for purposeful improvement
- Focused on a commitment they can put into practice
Keynote Programs
Unleash Your Potential
Molly explores mindset, discipline, and sustainable success. Ideal for broad employee and sales audiences.
Secrets of a Champion Mindset
Molly shares lessons on maintaining drive and raising standards. Ideal for teams pursuing demanding goals.
Women Winning in Business
Molly draws on her experience in sports representation to discuss confidence and influence. Ideal for women’s leadership events.
Is Molly Fletcher Right for Your Event?
Tell us about your audience, performance goals and the habits you want people to strengthen. We can help select Molly’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.
Tom Flick
Former Rose Bowl Champion, Inspiring Speaker on Leadership, Teamwork, and Change.
About
Tom Flick: Former NFL Quarterback | Leadership Expert | Speaker on Change, Teamwork and Execution
Why Book Tom Flick?
Tom’s presentations focus on clarity, trust, and purposeful action. He encourages audiences to think about how they lead others through uncertainty and create genuine commitment to the work ahead.
Why Is Tom Flick Right for Your Audience?
Tom is a strong fit for leadership meetings, sales conferences, company events, and transformation programs. Consider him when your organization needs to unite people around shared priorities and stronger execution.
Book Tom when your audience needs to:
- Lead people through significant change
- Build commitment to shared priorities
- Improve trust and team alignment
- Replace scattered activity with focused action
- Strengthen leadership throughout the organization
- Create momentum around real opportunities
Audience Takeaways
Depending on the program selected, attendees will leave:
- Clearer on how leadership supports change
- Ready to communicate priorities more purposefully
- More aware of what helps teams stay aligned
- Equipped with ideas for building commitment
- Focused on action that advances a shared goal
Keynote Programs
Leading Change Forward
Tom explores how leaders guide people through uncertainty. Ideal for organizations pursuing transformation.
Creating Legacy Teams
Tom examines trust, shared standards, and commitment. Ideal for leaders strengthening teamwork.
True Urgency
Tom focuses on purposeful action and meaningful priorities. Ideal for audiences addressing complacency or overload.
Is Tom Flick Right for Your Event?
Tell us about your audience, change priorities and the team behaviors you want to encourage. We can help select Tom’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.
Christopher Gardner
Entrepreneur, Philanthropist, Speaker, and the inspiration for the film The Pursuit of Happyness
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Chris Gardner: Entrepreneur | Author of The Pursuit of Happyness | Speaker on Opportunity, Persistence and Purpose
Why Book Chris Gardner?
Chris encourages audiences to think about the future they want and the steps needed to move toward it. His message connects ambition with responsibility, persistence, and a willingness to act before the path feels secure.
Why Is Chris Gardner Right for Your Audience?
Chris is a strong fit for company gatherings, sales meetings, leadership events, and education programs. Consider him when your audience needs a memorable story that encourages people to pursue opportunity and keep moving through obstacles.
Book Chris when your audience needs to:
- Reconnect effort with personal purpose
- Act on goals that have been delayed
- Maintain persistence through setbacks
- Recognize possibilities beyond current circumstances
- Take responsibility for a next step
- Support the potential they see in others
Audience Takeaways
Depending on the program selected, attendees will leave:
- A fresh perspective on opportunity and perseverance
- Ready to define what progress means for them
- More aware of how choices shape direction
- Motivated to take a concrete step toward a goal
- Encouraged to help others recognize their potential
Keynote Programs
Customized Inspirational Keynote
Chris shares his journey and concepts including the Universal Dream, connecting personal possibility with the actions needed to build a different future. Ideal for audiences seeking inspiration around persistence, opportunity, and purpose.
Is Chris Gardner Right for Your Event?
Tell us about your audience, the aspirations you want people to act on and the obstacles they face. We can help select Chris’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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Yossi Ghinsberg
Inspiring Speaker with a Story of Adventure, Survival and Overcoming Extreme Adversity.
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Yossi Ghinsberg: Amazon Survival Storyteller | Author of Jungle | Speaker on Courage, Adaptability and Purpose
Why Book Yossi Ghinsberg?
Yossi uses that story to open a conversation about responding when familiar plans and assumptions no longer hold. His presentations encourage people to reconsider possibility, take initiative, and reflect on the purpose behind their efforts.
Why Is Yossi Ghinsberg Right for Your Audience?
Yossi is a strong fit for company conferences, leadership events, sales meetings, and gatherings during change. Consider him when your audience needs a powerful personal story connected to uncertainty, responsibility, and moving forward.
Book Yossi when your audience needs to:
- Approach uncertainty with greater courage
- Adapt when a familiar plan breaks down
- Look for useful action within difficult circumstances
- Reconnect individual effort with purpose
- Question assumptions about personal limitations
- Support one another through unexpected challenges
Audience Takeaways
Depending on the program selected, attendees will leave:
- A memorable perspective on responding to adversity
- Ready to consider options when certainty is unavailable
- More aware of their own reaction to changing circumstances
- Encouraged to take initiative within their influence
- Focused on a meaningful next step
Keynote Programs
From Survival to Legacy
Yossi connects his survival story with courage, creativity, and leadership amid uncertainty. Ideal for organizations navigating disruption.
The Laws of the Jungle
Yossi explores personal responsibility, resilience, and purpose through lessons from his experience. Ideal for broad employee and sales audiences.
Is Yossi Ghinsberg Right for Your Event?
Tell us about your audience, the uncertainty your audience faces and the actions you want to encourage. We can help select Yossi’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.
Felipe Gomez
Keynote Pianist, Business Leader & Entrepreneur, and Author, Applying the Traits of Virtuoso Musicians to Business and Life
About
Felipe Gómez: Entrepreneur and Pianist | Keynote Performer | Speaker on Excellence, Leadership and Team Performance
Why Book Felipe Gómez?
His Virtuoso presentation combines a business message with piano performance. Felipe invites audiences to examine the methods, attitudes, and passion they bring to their work, turning an abstract conversation about excellence into something they can hear and experience.
Why Is Felipe Gómez Right for Your Audience?
Felipe is a strong fit for leadership conferences, sales meetings, company gatherings, and customer experience events. Consider him when you want a shared experience that encourages people to raise their standards and think differently about their contribution.
Book Felipe when your audience needs to:
- Connect consistent preparation with better performance
- Examine the attitude they bring to work
- Recognize how individual contributions affect the whole
- Build commitment to a shared standard of excellence
- Approach learning with greater curiosity
- Bring more intention to everyday customer interactions
Audience Takeaways
Depending on the program selected, attendees will leave:
- Clearer on the habits behind accomplished performance
- More aware of how their approach influences colleagues
- Ready to identify a skill that deserves deliberate practice
- Equipped with a memorable musical framework for discussing excellence
- Motivated to make a more intentional contribution at work
Keynote Programs
Virtuoso
Felipe draws on piano performance to explore the methods, attitudes, and passion behind excellence. He connects these elements with leadership, teamwork, and the experience an organization creates for others. Ideal for audiences seeking an engaging business presentation that makes its message tangible through music.
Is Felipe Gómez Right for Your Event?
Tell us about your audience, the performance standards you want to strengthen and the experience you want attendees to share. We can help select Felipe’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. Heidi Hanna
Expert on nutrition and exercise in energy management for increased productivity, engagement and performance.
About
Dr. Heidi Hanna: Author of Stressaholic and Recharge | Stress and Performance Educator | Speaker on Energy Management and Resilience
Why Book Dr. Heidi Hanna?
Heidi’s presentations combine explanations with practical reflection on habits, attention, and responses to demanding situations. She encourages people to create a realistic recharge practice and consider how an organization’s working environment supports or drains its people.
Why Is Dr. Heidi Hanna Right for Your Audience?
Heidi is a strong fit for employee wellbeing programs, leadership conferences, healthcare meetings, and company events. Consider her when your audience needs a useful discussion about managing energy and responding more deliberately to ongoing demands.
Book Heidi when your audience needs to:
- Recognize habits that affect their daily energy
- Respond more thoughtfully to stressful moments
- Build recovery into demanding workdays
- Examine the impact of workplace expectations
- Use humor and connection constructively
- Develop a realistic personal recharge routine
Audience Takeaways
Depending on the program selected, attendees will leave:
- More aware of their patterns of stress and recovery
- Ready to identify an achievable recharge practice
- Clearer on the importance of managing energy
- Equipped with ideas for pausing before reacting
- Focused on a small change to their daily routine
Keynote Programs
Recharge Your Brain and Your Business
Heidi explores practical shifts for managing energy and creating a recharge routine. Ideal for busy professionals and leadership audiences.
The Cure for Stress
Heidi presents her framework for understanding and responding to stress. Ideal for organizations seeking an engaging educational session about pressure and recovery.
Beyond Funny
Heidi explores humor as part of everyday connection and a personal stress toolkit. Ideal for broad employee and wellbeing audiences.
Is Dr. Heidi Hanna Right for Your Event?
Tell us about your audience, the daily demands your audience faces and the habits you want the event to encourage. We can help select Heidi’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.
Mark Victor Hansen
Inspirational and motivational speaker, Co-Creator of the Best-Selling Chicken Soup For The Soul Series
About
Mark Victor Hansen: Co-Creator of Chicken Soup for the Soul | Author and Entrepreneur | Speaker on Possibility, Persistence and Personal Achievement
Why Book Mark Victor Hansen?
Mark connects the experience of building a publishing success with the personal choices behind ambitious goals. His energetic presentations encourage people to clarify what matters, seek support, and follow through when the first answer is not the answer they hoped for.
Why Is Mark Victor Hansen Right for Your Audience?
Mark is a strong fit for sales conferences, entrepreneur gatherings, company celebrations, and professional development events. Consider him when your audience needs renewed ambition and a memorable reason to act on an important goal.
Book Mark when your audience needs to:
- Clarify a meaningful personal or professional goal
- Respond to rejection with greater persistence
- Ask more directly for help and opportunities
- Think beyond familiar limits
- Connect motivation with consistent action
- Recognize the value of supportive relationships
Audience Takeaways
Depending on the program selected, attendees will leave:
- Ready to reconsider a goal they have postponed
- Clearer on the role of persistence in achievement
- More willing to ask for useful support
- Motivated to identify a concrete next action
- Focused on following through after the event
Keynote Programs
Mark’s presentations can be tailored around the following areas:
Possibility and Personal Achievement
Mark explores ambitious goals and the actions needed to pursue them. Ideal for company and professional audiences seeking renewed motivation.
Persistence and Entrepreneurial Thinking
Mark draws on his publishing journey to discuss responding to rejection and recognizing opportunities. Ideal for entrepreneurs and sales audiences.
The Power of Asking
Mark encourages audiences to examine the questions they ask and the support they seek. Ideal for teams working toward challenging goals.
Is Mark Victor Hansen Right for Your Event?
Tell us about your audience, the goals your audience is pursuing and the action you want the event to inspire. We can help select Mark’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.
Heather Hansen
Keynote Speaker on Leadership & Sales, Best-selling Author & Award-winning Trial Lawyer
About
Heather Hansen: Trial Lawyer | Author of The Elegant Warrior | Speaker on Communication, Advocacy and Influence
Why Book Heather Hansen?
Heather brings the tools of an advocate into workplace conversations. Her presentations help audiences consider the evidence behind their message, understand another person’s perspective, and speak with greater confidence when the outcome matters.
Why Is Heather Hansen Right for Your Audience?
Heather is a strong fit for sales meetings, leadership conferences, healthcare events, and women’s leadership programs. Consider her when your audience needs to explain its value, influence decisions, or handle challenging conversations more effectively.
Book Heather when your audience needs to:
- Advocate for ideas with greater clarity
- Build credibility through evidence and preparation
- Listen for the perspective behind an objection
- Communicate with compassion under pressure
- Speak more confidently about their contribution
- Support colleagues in making their voices heard
Audience Takeaways
Depending on the program selected, attendees will leave:
- Clearer on the relationship between credibility and influence
- Ready to prepare a stronger case for an idea
- More aware of opportunities to listen and connect
- Equipped with an advocacy framework for workplace conversations
- Focused on a message they can communicate more effectively
Keynote Programs
The Compassionate Charisma™ Formula
Heather connects compassion, credibility, and charisma with persuasive communication. Ideal for leaders, sales teams, healthcare professionals, and customer-facing audiences.
The Elegant Warrior
Heather focuses on helping women advocate for their ideas, teams, and opportunities. Ideal for women’s leadership programs and professional development events.
Is Heather Hansen Right for Your Event?
Tell us about your audience, the conversations your people need to handle and the ideas they need to communicate. We can help select Heather’s most relevant program, discuss customization, and confirm availability and fee.
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Jason O. Harris
U.S. Air Force Officer Special Operations Pilot, U.S.A.F. Academy Instructor, Motivating Speaker on Leadership & Teamwork
About
Jason O. Harris: Keynote Speaker on Leadership, Trust & High-Performance Teams | Former U.S. Air Force Officer | Fighter Pilot | Author
Build a Culture People Choose to Own
What separates teams that simply show up from teams that take ownership, trust one another and consistently perform at a high level?
Jason O. Harris is a leadership keynote speaker, former U.S. Air Force officer and fighter pilot who helps organizations build cultures of trust, accountability and commitment.
Drawing on lessons from aviation, military leadership and business, Jason shows leaders and teams how to create environments where people communicate openly, take ownership and work together when the pressure is on.
Why Book Jason O. Harris?
Jason brings a powerful perspective to one of the biggest challenges facing leaders today: how do you create a culture where people genuinely want to contribute, collaborate and perform?
His message goes beyond traditional motivation. Jason gives audiences practical principles for strengthening trust, increasing accountability and creating greater commitment across teams.
Using compelling aviation stories and real-world leadership lessons, Jason delivers a keynote that is engaging, memorable and directly relevant to today's workplace.
What Makes Jason O. Harris Different?
- Real leadership experience — lessons forged in demanding, high-stakes environments
- Powerful aviation stories — memorable experiences that reinforce practical business lessons
- Focus on trust and accountability — essential ingredients of high-performing teams
- Immediately actionable — strategies leaders and employees can put into practice
- Relevant across organizations — connects with leaders, sales teams and frontline employees
- Customizable — Jason can align his message with your organization's culture and objectives
Why Is Jason Right for Your Audience?
Jason is an excellent choice when you want your people to take greater ownership, strengthen relationships and work more effectively together.
He is particularly effective for leadership conferences, sales meetings, corporate events, association conferences and organizations focused on strengthening culture and performance.
Book Jason when your audience needs to:
- Build greater trust across teams
- Take more ownership and accountability
- Strengthen collaboration across departments
- Communicate more effectively under pressure
- Build stronger relationships with colleagues and clients
- Increase engagement and commitment
- Create a culture of consistent high performance
Audience Takeaways
Attendees will leave:
- Understanding why trust is fundamental to performance
- Better equipped to take ownership of their responsibilities
- Ready to strengthen communication and collaboration
- More aware of the behaviors that build—or weaken—team culture
- Equipped with practical strategies for greater accountability
- Motivated to become stronger teammates and leaders
Jason O. Harris Keynote Programs
No Fail Trust™: High-performing teams don't leave trust to chance. They build it deliberately.
Drawing on his experience as a U.S. Air Force officer and fighter pilot, Jason explores the principles that allow people to trust one another when performance matters most.
Audiences discover how individual behaviors influence trust, accountability, communication and ultimately organizational performance.
Ideal for: Leadership conferences, corporate meetings, sales kickoffs and high-performance teams.
Building High-Performance Teams: Great teams aren't created by talent alone. They're built through trust, ownership and shared commitment.
Jason shows audiences how to create stronger connections, increase accountability and develop the behaviors that allow individuals to perform effectively as part of a team.
Ideal for: Teamwork, leadership, culture and organizational-performance events.
Leading Through Trust
Leaders don't simply manage performance—they create the environment in which performance happens.
Jason helps leaders understand how their everyday actions influence trust, engagement and accountability. Audiences leave with practical strategies for creating teams where people feel empowered to contribute and take ownership.
Ideal for: Executive meetings, leadership development programs and organizations navigating growth or change.
Why Book Jason O. Harris Through The Sweeney Agency?
Finding the right keynote speaker is about more than choosing someone with an impressive story. The speaker needs to connect that experience directly to your audience and the results you want from your event.
The Sweeney Agency can help you:
- Confirm Jason O. Harris's availability and current speaking fee
- Determine which Jason O. Harris keynote best fits your audience
- Discuss customization around your organization's objectives
- Coordinate format, timing and event logistics
- Compare Jason with other leading leadership, teamwork and motivational speakers
Is Jason O. Harris Right for Your Event?
Tell us where you want to see greater trust, accountability or collaboration in your organization.
We'll help you determine whether Jason is the right fit, confirm availability and fees, and make the booking process simple.
Planning a leadership conference, corporate meeting or sales kickoff? Contact The Sweeney Agency today to discuss booking Jason O. Harris as your keynote speaker.
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About
Dr. Rebecca Heiss: Stress Physiologist | Author of Springboard | Speaker on Stress, Change and Performance
Why Book Dr. Rebecca Heiss?
Rebecca combines energy, humor, and accessible explanations to invite a different relationship with challenge. Her presentations encourage people to recognize their reactions, reconsider what a difficult moment means, and choose a useful action rather than remain stuck in avoidance.
Why Is Dr. Rebecca Heiss Right for Your Audience?
Rebecca is a strong fit for sales kickoffs, leadership conferences, company meetings, and change initiatives. Consider her when people are facing new expectations and need a practical, engaging conversation about responding to pressure.
Book Rebecca when your audience needs to:
- Recognize their reactions to uncertainty
- Approach uncomfortable challenges more deliberately
- Maintain engagement during organizational change
- Respond to setbacks with a useful next step
- Support colleagues through demanding periods
- Connect confidence with action and practice
Audience Takeaways
Depending on the program selected, attendees will leave:
- Clearer on how stress can influence their behavior
- Ready to reconsider their response to a challenge
- More aware of avoidance patterns
- Equipped with ideas for approaching pressure more deliberately
- Focused on an action they can take despite uncertainty
Keynote Programs
Excelling Through Uncertainty
Rebecca explores responding to change, fear, and unfamiliar demands. Ideal for leaders and teams navigating disruption.
The Stress Advantage: Harnessing the Power of Stress to Boost Performance
Rebecca presents her approach to understanding stress and using challenging moments more constructively. Ideal for sales, leadership, and broad employee audiences.
Is Dr. Rebecca Heiss Right for Your Event?
Tell us about your audience, the pressures your people face and the actions you want them to take with greater confidence. We can help select Rebecca’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.