Peak Performance
At The Sweeney Agency, we review thousands of keynote speakers each year to identify the most impactful leaders in resilience, productivity, high‑performance psychology, and leadership. Our curated list of top‑rated peak performance speakers can inspire your audience, strengthen company culture, and deliver actionable insights that drive measurable business results.
About
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].
Vernice “FlyGirl” Armour
America’s First Black Female Combat Pilot, Former Marine & Cop, Author and Consultant to Business
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Vernice “FlyGirl” Armour: Keynote Speaker on Leadership, Courage & High Performance | America’s First Black Female Combat Pilot | Former U.S. Marine | Author
Break Through Barriers. Take the Gutsy Move. What could your people accomplish if they stopped letting fear, uncertainty and obstacles determine what was possible?
As America’s first Black female combat pilot, Vernice knows what it takes to break through barriers, perform under pressure and take decisive action when the stakes are high. Her dynamic keynotes challenge audiences to move beyond excuses, embrace bold action and develop the mindset needed to accomplish ambitious goals.
Why Book Vernice “FlyGirl” Armour?
Vernice doesn't simply talk about courage and performance. She has lived them in one of the world's most demanding environments.
From breaking barriers in military aviation to flying combat missions, Vernice learned that success requires more than talent. It requires preparation, confidence, teamwork and the willingness to act when circumstances are uncertain.
She translates those lessons into a powerful business message that helps audiences move from thinking about what they should do to actually doing it.
Her combination of extraordinary stories, practical strategies and contagious energy makes Vernice especially effective when you want to energize a room and inspire immediate action.
What Makes Vernice Different?
- Barrier-breaking combat pilot — America's first Black female combat pilot
- Battle-tested leadership — lessons developed in demanding, high-pressure environments
- High-energy delivery — brings exceptional enthusiasm and presence to the stage
- Action-oriented message — challenges audiences to move from ideas to execution
- Powerful business relevance — connects aviation lessons to leadership, sales and performance
- Courage under pressure — helps people act confidently despite fear and uncertainty
- Broad audience appeal — connects with executives, leaders, sales teams and employees
- Memorable storytelling — combines inspiration, humor and practical lessons
Why Is Vernice Right for Your Audience?
Vernice is an outstanding choice when you need your audience to raise their energy, take greater ownership and act more decisively.
She is particularly effective for leadership conferences, sales kickoffs, corporate meetings, women's leadership events and organizations pursuing ambitious growth or transformation.
Book Vernice when your audience needs to:
- Take bold action instead of waiting for perfect conditions
- Break through barriers and limiting beliefs
- Perform confidently under pressure
- Strengthen accountability and personal ownership
- Turn strategy into execution
- Navigate uncertainty with courage
- Build stronger teamwork and trust
- Raise expectations for what's possible
Audience Takeaways
Attendees will leave:
- More confident taking action despite uncertainty
- Better prepared to push through obstacles and setbacks
- Understanding why courage is essential to leadership
- More willing to take ownership of results
- Equipped with a stronger mindset for high-pressure situations
- Ready to turn intentions into action
- Energized to make their own “gutsy moves”
Vernice “FlyGirl” Armour Keynote Programs
Get Gutsy: Make the Gutsy Move. What happens when you stop waiting for circumstances to be perfect and start taking action?
Vernice challenges audiences to identify the barriers standing between where they are and where they want to go—and then make the courageous moves necessary to break through them.
Drawing from her experiences as a combat pilot, she shows how preparation, mindset and decisive action can help people move forward even when uncertainty is high.
Ideal for: Leadership conferences, corporate meetings, transformation events and organizations pursuing ambitious goals.
Zero to Breakthrough. Breakthrough performance starts when people take ownership of creating a different result.
Vernice helps audiences move beyond excuses, obstacles and limiting assumptions and focus on the actions that can move them forward.
Her message encourages people to clarify their goals, identify what's holding them back and take practical steps toward achieving meaningful results.
Ideal for: Sales kickoffs, high-performance teams, leadership meetings and organizations focused on execution.
Leading From the Cockpit. When the pressure rises, leadership becomes visible.
Drawing on lessons from military aviation, Vernice explores how effective leaders build trust, communicate clearly, make decisions and keep teams focused on the mission.
She translates the discipline and teamwork of the cockpit into practical leadership lessons audiences can apply in their own organizations.
Ideal for: Executive meetings, leadership development, teamwork and high-performance audiences.
Is Vernice Armour Right for Your Event?
Tell us the breakthrough you need your people to make—and what's standing in their way.
We'll help you determine whether Vernice 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].
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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].
Kristel Bauer
Kristel Bauer: Leadership and High Performance Speaker | Author of Work-Life Tango | Founder of Live Greatly Perform Well Without Running on Empty Your people are being asked to deliver more while adapting to constant change. How can they stay focused …
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Kristel Bauer: Leadership and High Performance Speaker | Author of Work-Life Tango | Founder of Live Greatly
Perform Well Without Running on Empty
Kristel Bauer helps leaders and teams answer that question. Drawing on her background in healthcare, behavioral science, and leadership, she offers practical habits for strengthening performance, resilience, and well-being in demanding workplaces.
Why Book Kristel Bauer?
Kristel connects high performance with the daily choices that make it sustainable. Her presentations help audiences rethink how they manage energy, attention, and competing priorities so they can do their best work over time.
Her experience as a Physician Assistant in integrative psychiatry and her work as the author of Work-Life Tango give her a distinctive perspective on stress, behaviour change, and leadership.
What Makes Kristel Different?
- A healthcare background that informs her approach to stress and resilience
- Practical habits that connect personal well-being with team performance
- A message relevant to leaders and individual contributors
- Research-informed ideas delivered with warmth and energy
- Actionable guidance for navigating pressure and change
Why Is Kristel Right for Your Audience?
Kristel is a strong fit for leadership conferences, employee events, healthcare meetings, and organizations focused on performance and culture. She is particularly valuable when people are stretched thin and need ways to stay engaged, focused, and adaptable.
Book Kristel when your audience needs to:
- Sustain strong performance during demanding periods
- Improve focus and manage competing priorities
- Lead teams more effectively under pressure
- Respond to change with greater confidence
- Reduce habits that contribute to burnout
- Build a culture that supports both results and well-being
Audience Takeaways
Attendees will leave:
- Better able to identify habits that drain or restore their energy
- Equipped to improve focus and decision-making under pressure
- Ready to make practical changes to how they work each day
- More confident leading or adapting through uncertainty
- Motivated to pursue success they can sustain
Keynote Programs
High-Performance Habits: Unlocking Energy, Focus, and Sustainable Success
Kristel shares practical ways to strengthen attention, productivity, and resilience through better daily habits. Ideal for companywide events and teams seeking strong results without chronic exhaustion.
Embracing Change: Unlocking Motivation and Momentum in Times of Uncertainty
Kristel helps audiences approach change with greater adaptability and a growth-oriented mindset. Ideal for organizations facing transition, new demands, or persistent uncertainty.
Leadership Under Pressure: The Mindset & Habits of Sustainable High Performance
Kristel focuses on the communication, self-leadership, and decision-making habits that help leaders support their people while delivering results. Ideal for management and leadership conferences.
Why Contact The Sweeney Agency Now?
Tell us whether your audience’s priority is energy, adaptability, or leadership effectiveness. We’ll help you select Kristel’s most relevant program, discuss customization, and confirm her availability and current fee.
Is Kristel Right for Your Event?
Tell us about your audience, the pressures it faces, and what you want people to do differently after the event. We’ll help you assess Kristel’s fit and plan the next step.
To check availability and fee of this speaker, call 1-866-727-7555 or email [email protected].
Jack Becker
Decorated U.S. Navy Fighter Pilot, Founder & CEO, Flight Level Solutions, Inc., Leadership, Teamwork, Safety, and Peak Human Performance Expert
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Jack Becker: Keynote Speaker on Leadership, Accountability & High Performance | Former U.S. Navy Fighter Pilot | Founder of Supersonic Success
Bring Fighter-Pilot Precision to Business Performance
What could your team accomplish if they prepared, communicated and executed with the discipline of elite fighter pilots?
Jack Becker is a former U.S. Navy fighter pilot and dynamic keynote speaker on leadership, accountability, teamwork and high performance.
Why Book Jack Becker?
Jack doesn't simply tell exciting fighter-pilot stories. He translates the disciplines of military aviation into practical strategies business teams can use.
His message focuses on the behaviors that drive consistent performance: preparation, accountability, communication, execution and learning from every experience.
For organizations looking to improve performance rather than simply motivate people for an hour, Jack delivers a keynote designed to help audiences turn lessons into action and action into better results.
What Makes Jack Becker Different?
- Former U.S. Navy fighter pilot — brings lessons from an elite performance environment
- Business-focused message — translates aviation principles into workplace strategies
- Accountability driven — encourages people to take ownership of their performance
- Execution focused — helps close the gap between strategy and results
- Practical debriefing approach — emphasizes learning and continuous improvement
- Team performance — demonstrates why trust and communication matter under pressure
- High-energy delivery — engages audiences with compelling aviation experiences
- Actionable takeaways — gives teams concepts they can apply immediately
Why Is Jack Right for Your Audience?
Jack is an outstanding choice when you want your audience to improve execution, strengthen accountability and work together more effectively.
He is particularly effective for leadership conferences, sales kickoffs, corporate meetings, management events and organizations focused on operational excellence.
Book Jack when your audience needs to:
- Turn strategy into consistent execution
- Strengthen personal accountability
- Improve communication across teams
- Build greater trust and collaboration
- Prepare more effectively for important opportunities
- Learn quickly from wins and mistakes
- Perform more consistently under pressure
- Create a culture of continuous improvement
Audience Takeaways
Attendees will leave:
- Understanding how preparation improves execution
- More willing to take ownership of results
- Better equipped to communicate when the stakes are high
- Recognizing the importance of effective debriefing
- More focused on learning rather than assigning blame
- Better prepared to collaborate across teams
- Ready to apply continuous improvement to everyday performance
Jack Becker Keynote Programs
Supersonic Success: What can business teams learn from the way fighter pilots prepare, execute and improve?
Jack takes audiences inside the world of military aviation to demonstrate how high-performing teams prepare for demanding missions and execute when the pressure is on.
He then translates those lessons into practical business strategies that can help organizations improve communication, accountability and performance.
Ideal for: Leadership conferences, corporate meetings, management teams and organizations focused on execution.
The Fighter Pilot Mindset: High performance doesn't happen by accident.
Jack explores the habits and disciplines that help elite performers stay focused, make decisions and deliver results in demanding environments.
Audiences learn how stronger preparation, clearer expectations and personal accountability can improve performance across an organization.
Ideal for: Sales kickoffs, leadership meetings and high-performance teams.
Debrief to Win: What happens after the mission may be just as important as what happens during it.
Jack demonstrates how effective debriefing can help teams identify what worked, understand what didn't and continuously improve without creating a culture of blame.
Applied to business, this approach can strengthen communication, accelerate learning and help teams perform better on the next mission.
Ideal for: Leadership teams, sales organizations, project teams and companies building a culture of continuous improvement.
Why Book Jack Becker Through The Sweeney Agency?
Jack Becker combines fighter-pilot experience with practical business strategies for improving execution, accountability and teamwork—but the real value comes from connecting those lessons to the performance challenges facing your organization.
The Sweeney Agency can help you:
- Confirm Jack Becker's availability and current speaking fee
- Determine which Jack Becker keynote best fits your audience
- Discuss customization around your event objectives
- Coordinate format, timing and event logistics
- Compare Jack with other leading leadership, teamwork and high-performance speakers
Is Jack Becker Right for Your Event?
Tell us where your team needs to improve execution, accountability or collaboration.
We'll help you determine whether Jack is the right fit, confirm availability and fees, and make the booking process simple.
Planning a leadership conference, sales kickoff or corporate event? Contact The Sweeney Agency today [email protected] to discuss booking Jack Becker as your keynote speaker.
Kim Becking
Communications and PR strategist, Trusted Media Expert, and Bestselling Author
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Kim Becking: Keynote Speaker | Bestselling Author | Expert on Change, Resilience and Unstoppable Momentum
Build Momentum Through Change
Kim Becking helps audiences turn that question into action. Drawing on her research into change, resilience, and human behavior, she gives people practical ways to shift their mindset, strengthen connections, and build momentum amid uncertainty.
Why Book Kim Becking?
Kim brings energy and useful tools to conversations about change. She helps audiences recognize what they can influence, respond more effectively to setbacks, and take the next step even when circumstances remain uncertain.
Her message can be tailored to leaders, teams, sales professionals, and association audiences facing rapid change or sustained pressure.
What Makes Kim Different?
- A research-informed approach to change, resilience, and human behavior
- Practical strategies audiences can use during periods of uncertainty
- A focus on moving forward together
- Experience speaking to corporate and association audiences
- An energetic style that makes serious challenges easier to discuss and act on
Why Is Kim Right for Your Audience?
Kim is a strong fit for leadership conferences, employee events, association meetings, and sales gatherings. She is especially relevant when people are managing constant change, competing demands, or a loss of momentum.
Book Kim when your audience needs to:
- Adapt to change with greater confidence
- Build resilience during demanding periods
- Replace overwhelm with a practical next step
- Strengthen connection and collaboration across teams
- Lead others through uncertainty
- Sustain motivation toward shared goals
Audience Takeaways
Attendees will leave:
- Better able to recognize and reframe unhelpful reactions to change
- Equipped with practical ways to regain focus and move forward
- More aware of how connection supports resilient teams
- Ready to take ownership of actions within their control
- Motivated to build momentum for themselves and others
Keynote Programs
Ignite Unstoppable Momentum
Kim shows audiences how to use adaptability, resilience, and mindset to navigate a fast-changing world. Ideal for conference and employee audiences seeking renewed energy and a practical path forward.
Resign as General Manager of the Universe
This keynote invites people to release the pressure to manage everything, refuel, and refocus on what matters. Ideal for audiences experiencing overwhelm or sustained demands.
Unleash Unstoppable Momentum in Others
Kim explores how leaders can strengthen connection, engagement, and resilience through a more human approach to leadership. Ideal for managers and executive teams guiding people through change.
Build Unstoppable Momentum Together
Kim focuses on the connection and collaboration teams need to move forward together. Ideal for organizations working across functions or rebuilding shared energy around a goal.
Accelerate Unstoppable Momentum
Kim addresses the mindset and persistence sales teams need when conditions shift. Ideal for sales meetings and teams looking to maintain focus through uncertainty.
Why Contact The Sweeney Agency Now?
Tell us what is changing for your audience and the kind of momentum you want to create. We can help you choose the most relevant keynote, discuss customization, and confirm Kim’s availability and current fee.
Is Kim 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’ll help you assess Kim’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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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].
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Amy Blankson: Author of The Future of Happiness | Digital Wellness Leader | Speaker on Flourishing and Positive Psychology
Help People Thrive in a Changing World
Amy Blankson helps audiences turn the science of happiness into practical choices at work and in life. As co-founder and Chief Evangelist of the Digital Wellness Institute, she explores how people can use technology well, build positive habits, and create conditions in which they and their teams can flourish.
Why Book Amy Blankson?
Amy brings a constructive perspective to challenges many organizations share: stress, change, engagement, and the impact of technology on well-being. She translates positive psychology into small actions that people can try immediately, while giving leaders a broader way to think about the environments they create.
Her talks can help audiences move from concern about the future toward a clearer sense of what they can influence today.
What Makes Amy Different?
- Author of The Future of Happiness, which examines well-being in a digital world
- Co-founder and Chief Evangelist of the Digital Wellness Institute
- Experience connecting positive psychology with workplace challenges
- Current programs on flourishing, AI, and resilience amid uncertainty
- An engaging style that makes ideas about well-being practical and accessible
Why Is Amy Right for Your Audience?
Amy is a strong fit for leadership conferences, employee events, education and nonprofit gatherings, and programs focused on workplace culture or digital change. She is especially relevant when an audience needs a thoughtful, encouraging way to address uncertainty without dismissing its real pressures.
Book Amy when your audience needs to:
- Navigate change with greater optimism and agency
- Support employee well-being alongside performance
- Build small habits that make positive change more sustainable
- Consider how AI can support human creativity and judgment
- Create healthier relationships with technology
- Make flourishing a meaningful part of workplace culture
Audience Takeaways
Attendees will leave:
- Better able to identify actions within their control during uncertainty
- Equipped with practical ideas for building positive daily habits
- Clearer on how leaders can support people who are adapting to change
- Ready to use technology more intentionally
- Inspired to connect well-being, purpose, and performance
Keynote Programs
The Future is Flourishing: Why Thriving People and Cultures Will Define What’s Next
Amy invites audiences to look beyond simply coping with change and consider what allows people and organizations to thrive. She offers a practical framework for bringing purpose and well-being into decisions about culture, engagement, and performance. Ideal for leadership and workplace culture events.
SuperThinkers: How to Innovate, Lead, and Thrive in an AI-Driven World
Amy explores how leaders can use AI to deepen thinking, ask better questions, and support human creativity. Ideal for audiences looking for a people-centered approach to technological change.
Fearless Positivity: Mastering Mindset in the Midst of Uncertainty
Amy shares ways to reframe challenges, build resilience, and take purposeful action when the path ahead is unclear. Ideal for organizations navigating change, disruption, or sustained pressure.
Additional Workshop: The Joy Game
In this interactive workshop, Amy helps teams make joy a practical part of daily work through small changes in mindset and behavior. Ideal for groups seeking more engagement and connection.
Why Contact The Sweeney Agency Now?
Tell us whether your audience is focused on flourishing, AI, uncertainty, or digital well-being. We can help select the right keynote or workshop, discuss customization, and confirm Amy’s availability and current fee.
Is Amy Right for Your Event?
Tell us about your audience, the pressures it faces, and what you want people to think or do differently afterward. We’ll help you assess Amy’s fit and plan the next step.
To check availability and fee of this speaker, call 1-866-727-7555 or email [email protected].
Eric Boles
Consultant and Speaker on Leadership, Peak Performance, and Change Management
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Eric Boles: Leadership & Performance Expert | President, The Game Changers, Inc. | Former NFL Player | Author of Moving to Great
Turn Potential Into Performance
Eric Boles helps leaders and teams close that gap.
President of The Game Changers, Inc. and a former NFL player, Eric combines powerful storytelling, high energy and practical strategies to help people strengthen accountability, embrace change and perform at a higher level.
Why Book Eric Boles?
Eric doesn't simply motivate people to do better. He challenges them to take greater ownership of how they think, lead and perform.
For more than two decades, Eric has worked with organizations including Starbucks, FedEx, Meta, Mayo Clinic, IBM, PwC, Alaska Airlines and the U.S. Air Force.
His message is straightforward: sustainable performance comes from clarity, accountability and consistent execution—not good intentions.
What Makes Eric Different?
- Former NFL player who understands high-performance environments
- More than two decades working with leaders and organizations
- Powerful combination of energy, humor and practical business insight
- Expertise in leadership, accountability, change and peak performance
- Challenges audiences without talking down to them
- Creates urgency around turning ideas into action
- Customizes his message around the organization's goals and challenges
Why Is Eric Right for Your Audience?
Eric is an excellent choice when an organization needs people to raise their game, embrace accountability and execute at a higher level.
He is particularly effective for sales kickoffs, leadership conferences, corporate meetings, team events and organizations navigating significant change.
Book Eric when your audience needs to:
- Take greater ownership of results
- Move from intention to execution
- Raise expectations for themselves and others
- Navigate change with greater confidence
- Break through complacency and self-imposed limitations
- Strengthen teamwork and accountability
- Perform effectively under pressure
Audience Takeaways
Attendees will leave:
- Motivated to take greater ownership of their performance
- Better equipped to turn good intentions into action
- Ready to challenge habits that may be limiting results
- More confident navigating change and uncertainty
- Clearer about the role accountability plays in high performance
- Energized to raise their personal and professional expectations
Keynote Programs
Performance Catalyst™ Align, Elevate and Accelerate Performance
Eric challenges audiences to examine the behaviors that separate potential from sustainable performance.
He helps leaders strengthen alignment, accountability and execution while creating greater urgency around the actions required to achieve organizational goals.
Ideal for leadership conferences, executive meetings, sales kickoffs and organizations focused on accelerating performance.
Moving to Great: Unleash Your Best More of the Time
What keeps talented people from consistently performing at their best?
Eric helps audiences recognize the fears, habits and self-imposed limitations that can hold them back—and provides practical strategies for moving beyond them.
The result is a highly motivational presentation with a strong business message about personal responsibility, growth and performance.
Ideal for sales meetings, corporate conferences, recognition events and organizations looking to re-energize their people.
Leading Through Change
Change creates uncertainty—but it also creates an opportunity for stronger leadership.
Eric helps leaders understand how their mindset, communication and behavior influence the way people respond to change. He challenges audiences to move beyond fear, have difficult conversations, make decisions and create positive momentum.
Ideal for organizations experiencing transformation, growth or significant disruption.
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- Receive comparable recommendations if another speaker may be a stronger fit
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Anthony Bourke
Former F-16 Fighter Pilot, Popular Speaker on Peak Performance, Leadership, Communication & Sales
About
Anthony “AB” Bourke: Former F-16 Fighter Pilot | Business Leader | Speaker on Execution, Leadership and Peak Performance
Turn a Strong Plan Into Strong Execution
What helps a team stay aligned, communicate honestly, and improve when the stakes are high and conditions keep changing?
Anthony “AB” Bourke draws on his experience as an F-16 fighter pilot and business leader to answer that question. He shows audiences how the habits of high-performing flight teams—clear preparation, precise execution, and regular debriefing—can help organizations work better together.
Why Book Anthony Bourke?
Anthony makes the difference between strategy and execution easy to see. Using stories from the cockpit, he explains how teams establish a shared plan, communicate during demanding work, and learn from what happened afterward.
He also brings business experience to the stage, connecting those lessons to leadership, sales, and organizational performance. Audiences leave with ideas they can use to improve the way their own teams prepare and follow through.
What Makes Anthony Different?
- Experience flying F-16 tactical missions
- Business leadership and sales experience beyond the cockpit
- A practical model of briefing, execution, and debriefing
- Strong examples of alignment and communication under pressure
- Interactive presentations that connect aviation lessons to workplace challenges
Why Is Anthony Right for Your Audience?
Anthony is a strong fit for leadership conferences, sales meetings, management retreats, and company events focused on performance. He is especially valuable when an organization has a capable team and a sound strategy but needs more consistent execution.
Book Anthony when your audience needs to:
- Align around a plan before acting
- Communicate more openly about what is working
- Close gaps between strategy and execution
- Learn from results without turning feedback into blame
- Lead teams through fast-changing conditions
- Build habits that support continuous improvement
Audience Takeaways
Attendees will leave:
- Clearer on how preparation improves team execution
- Better equipped to give and receive useful feedback
- Ready to use debriefs to learn from both successes and setbacks
- More aware of how each person contributes to a shared mission
- Motivated to make small, repeatable improvements in performance
Keynote Programs
Executing at Mach 2
Anthony shows how fighter squadrons align their people and plans so they can perform under pressure. Ideal for teams that need to turn good strategy into dependable results.
Communicating at Mach 2
Anthony explores how honest feedback helps high-performing teams identify problems early and improve. Ideal for organizations seeking more candid communication and stronger collaboration.
Leading at Mach 2
Anthony draws on fighter-pilot leadership practices to discuss preparation, developing people, and improving as a team. Ideal for managers and executives responsible for performance in demanding environments.
Selling at Mach 2
Anthony connects the discipline of fighter-pilot training with the preparation and execution required in sales. Ideal for sales kickoffs and teams working to build more consistent performance.
The Feedback Loop: Fighter Pilot Lessons for Continuous Improvement
Anthony explains the value of regular briefing and debriefing: set expectations, carry out the plan, examine the result, and make the next effort stronger. Ideal for teams that want a practical way to learn and adapt together.
Why Contact The Sweeney Agency Now?
Tell us where execution breaks down for your audience: alignment, communication, feedback, leadership, or sales. We can help choose the most relevant program, discuss customization, and confirm Anthony’s availability and current fee.
Is Anthony Right for Your Event?
Tell us about your audience, its performance goals, and what you want people to do differently afterward. We’ll help you assess Anthony’s fit and plan the next step.
To check availability and fee of this speaker, call 1-866-727-7555 or email [email protected]
Dr. Travis Bradberry
World-Renowned Expert and Speaker in Emotional Intelligence, Author of Emotional Intelligence 2.0
About
Dr. Travis Bradberry: Bestselling Author | Emotional Intelligence Expert | Speaker on Leadership and Performance
Make Emotional Intelligence a Daily Skill
Dr. Travis Bradberry helps audiences develop emotional intelligence they can use in real situations. Co-author of Emotional Intelligence 2.0 and author of The New Emotional Intelligence, he translates psychology into practical ways to improve self-awareness, manage reactions, read a room, and work more effectively with others.
Why Book Dr. Travis Bradberry?
Travis gives leaders and teams a clear path from understanding emotional intelligence to practicing it. Rather than treating EQ as a fixed trait, he shows how people can strengthen specific skills through attention and repeated action.
His message is especially useful for organizations where difficult conversations, rapid change, or the pressures of leadership make it important to respond thoughtfully instead of reacting automatically.
What Makes Travis Different?
- Co-author of the bestselling Emotional Intelligence 2.0
- Author of The New Emotional Intelligence
- A background in clinical and industrial-organizational psychology
- Experience helping organizations apply EQ to workplace behavior
- Practical strategies organized around four core emotional intelligence skills
Why Is Travis Right for Your Audience?
Travis is a strong fit for leadership conferences, management development programs, HR events, and company meetings. He is particularly relevant when people need better communication and judgment in demanding situations.
Book Travis when your audience needs to:
- Recognize emotional triggers before they shape a response
- Stay more composed during pressure or uncertainty
- Understand how others experience their communication
- Handle difficult conversations with greater awareness
- Strengthen trust and working relationships
- Apply EQ skills to everyday leadership decisions
Audience Takeaways
Attendees will leave:
- Clearer on the four core skills of emotional intelligence
- Better able to notice how emotions affect behavior at work
- Equipped with steps for improving self-management
- More attentive to the needs and reactions of others
- Ready to practice EQ in conversations and team interactions
Keynote Programs
Emotional Intelligence 2.0: Taking Your Game to the Next Level
Travis explains what EQ is, why it matters at work, and how people can develop it through a step-by-step process. Ideal for leadership audiences and teams seeking a practical introduction to emotional intelligence.
Potential Focus: The New Emotional Intelligence
Drawing on his newer book, Travis can explore self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, and relationship management, with attention to the habits that strengthen each skill. Ask us about shaping this focus for your audience.
Potential Focus: Emotional Intelligence in Leadership and Change
For leadership events, the discussion can focus on how managers use EQ when giving feedback, responding to pressure, and guiding people through change. Ask us about tailoring the session to your organization’s challenges.
Why Contact The Sweeney Agency Now?
Tell us where stronger emotional intelligence would help your audience most: leadership, communication, change, or team relationships. We can discuss the right focus and format, then confirm Travis’s availability and current fee.
Is Travis Right for Your Event?
Tell us about your audience, the situations its members find challenging, and what you want them to handle differently afterward. We’ll help you assess Travis’s fit and plan the next step.
To check availability and fee of this speaker, call 1-866-727-7555 or email [email protected]
Jack Canfield
Motivational Speaker and Co-Creator of Chicken Soup for the Soul Book Series
About
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.
James Clear
Author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Atomic Habits, Keynote Speaker on Personal Development and Decision Making
About
James Clear: Bestselling Author of Atomic Habits | Speaker on Habits, Decision Making and Continuous Improvement
Why Book James Clear?
His presentations make habit formation accessible through research, stories and practical examples. James gives teams a useful way to discuss consistency: making productive behaviors easier, reducing friction and building routines that support the goals they already care about.
Why Is James Clear Right for Your Audience?
James is a strong fit for sales kickoffs, leadership conferences, company meetings and professional development events. Consider him when your organization wants people to move from setting goals to building the habits that support them.
Book James when your audience needs to:
- Make continuous improvement part of daily work
- Build routines that support important goals
- Reduce friction around productive behaviors
- Replace unhelpful habits with better alternatives
- Maintain consistency beyond an initial burst of motivation
- Understand how small improvements accumulate
Audience Takeaways
Depending on the program selected, attendees will leave:
- Clearer on the relationship between habits and results
- Ready to identify a behavior they want to improve
- Equipped with practical ideas for designing better routines
- More aware of how their environment influences action
- Prepared to focus on consistent progress
Keynote Programs
Atomic Habits: How to Get 1% Better Every Day
James explores how small habits work and how their effects accumulate. Ideal for employee, leadership and performance-focused audiences.
The Surprising Power of Small Habits
James shares strategies for building good habits and breaking unhelpful ones. Ideal for audiences seeking a practical introduction to behavior change.
Moderated Fireside Chat with James Clear
A conversation allows your moderator to explore the ideas in Atomic Habits and their relevance to your audience. Ideal for events that want discussion and tailored questions.
Is James Clear Right for Your Event?
Tell us about your audience, the behaviors you want to strengthen and the goals you want those behaviors to support. We can help discuss the most relevant program, customization and James’s 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
About
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. Amy Cuddy
Social Psychologist, Award-Winning Harvard Lecturer, and Bestselling Author
About
Amy Cuddy: Social Psychologist | Author of Presence | Speaker on Confidence, Trust and Leadership
Why Book Amy Cuddy?
Her presentations connect psychological research with familiar challenges: a difficult conversation, a high-stakes presentation, or a leadership decision. Amy gives audiences language for discussing confidence and trust, along with approaches they can consider in their own work.
Why Is Amy Cuddy Right for Your Audience?
Amy is a strong fit for leadership conferences, professional development programs, sales meetings, and events focused on confidence or workplace culture. Consider her when capable people need help bringing their expertise into demanding situations.
Book Amy when your audience needs to:
- Communicate with more grounded confidence
- Prepare for presentations and difficult conversations
- Understand how others perceive their behavior
- Build trust during uncertainty
- Support colleagues facing performance pressure
- Create conditions where people feel able to contribute
Audience Takeaways
Depending on the program selected, attendees will leave:
- More aware of their responses to social pressure
- Better prepared to approach challenging interactions
- Clearer on the role of presence in communication
- Ready to consider how warmth and credibility build trust
- Equipped with ideas for supporting others under pressure
Keynote Programs
Presence: Bringing Your Boldest Self to Your Biggest Challenges
Amy explores presence, body language, and mindset in demanding situations. Ideal for leaders, client-facing professionals, and audiences developing confidence.
Perform: The New Science of Human Performance Under Social Pressure
Amy examines how the social environment affects performance. Ideal for teams whose work involves evaluation, visibility, and high expectations.
Trust Under Pressure
Amy focuses on building and maintaining trust amid disruption. Ideal for leaders navigating uncertainty and changing team dynamics.
Is Amy Cuddy Right for Your Event?
Tell us about your audience, the moments where your people need greater confidence, connection, or trust. We can help select Amy’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.
Paul de Gelder
Army Airborne, Navy Bomb Disposal Diver, Shark Attack Survivor, Author
About
Paul de Gelder: Former Australian Navy Clearance Diver | Shark Attack Survivor | Speaker on Resilience, Courage and Change
Why Book Paul de Gelder?
Paul connects his military experience and recovery journey with questions about fear, discipline, and purpose. His presentations encourage audiences to examine the choices available when circumstances change unexpectedly and to recognize the importance of teamwork, adaptability, and taking the next step.
Why Is Paul de Gelder Right for Your Audience?
Paul is a strong fit for company gatherings, leadership meetings, sales conferences, and events focused on overcoming adversity. Consider him when your audience needs a memorable personal perspective on responding to setbacks and moving forward.
Book Paul when your audience needs to:
- Face change with greater courage
- Rebuild momentum after a difficult period
- Recognize the value of discipline and preparation
- Strengthen teamwork when pressure rises
- Reconsider assumptions about personal limitations
- Reconnect daily effort with a sense of purpose
Audience Takeaways
Depending on the program selected, attendees will leave:
- A fresh perspective on responding to adversity
- More aware of how fear can affect choices
- Ready to identify a manageable next step
- Clearer on the role of teamwork during challenges
- Motivated to approach change with persistence and purpose
Keynote Programs
Uncaged: Thriving Through Fear and Change
Paul draws on his survival and recovery to explore fear and adaptation. Ideal for teams facing uncertainty or significant transitions.
Never Say Die: Turning Pain into Power
Paul shares lessons from rebuilding his life after the attack. Ideal for audiences seeking inspiration around persistence and reinvention.
Courage Under Pressure: Leadership in High-Stakes Environments
Paul connects military experience with trust, clarity, and decision-making. Ideal for leaders responsible for teams working under pressure.
Is Paul de Gelder Right for Your Event?
Tell us about your audience, the challenges your audience faces and the response you want to encourage. We can help select Paul’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.
George Dom
Executive, Former Navy Blue Angels Flight Leader, Leadership Speaker, Author
About
George Dom: Former Blue Angels Flight Leader | Former TOPGUN Instructor | Speaker on Leadership, Trust and Teamwork
Why Book George Dom?
George connects those lessons with the work of civilian leaders. His presentations focus on a clear vision, dependable behavior, and the development of leadership at every level. He gives audiences a practical way to discuss what high performance requires from each person on a team.
Why Is George Dom Right for Your Audience?
George is a strong fit for leadership conferences, management retreats, sales meetings, and company events. Consider him when your organization needs stronger coordination, clearer execution, or greater trust between people who depend on one another.
Book George when your audience needs to:
- Build trust through consistent daily behavior
- Develop leadership at every level
- Clarify goals and individual responsibilities
- Improve communication when pressure increases
- Strengthen preparation and candid performance reviews
- Connect personal accountability with team success
Audience Takeaways
Depending on the program selected, attendees will leave:
- Clearer on how leaders earn and maintain trust
- Ready to communicate expectations more directly
- More aware of their contribution to team alignment
- Equipped with ideas for planning and reviewing performance
- Focused on a leadership habit they can strengthen immediately
Keynote Programs
Build Undaunted Leaders at Every Level
George explores leadership as a capability people develop through practice. Ideal for organizations strengthening their leadership culture.
Strategic Planning Like a Fighter Pilot
George examines concise planning, aligned priorities, and candid reviews. Ideal for leaders who want teams to turn objectives into coordinated action.
High-Trust Leadership and Teamwork
George shares the trust principles behind the Blue Angels’ team culture. Ideal for audiences whose performance depends on close collaboration.
Is George Dom Right for Your Event?
Tell us about your audience, the trust, leadership, or execution challenges you want your people to address. We can help select George’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
About
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.
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Michelle Gielan
Founder of the Institute for Applied Positive Research and Positive Communication Expert
About
Michelle Gielan: Positive Psychology Researcher | Author of Broadcasting Happiness | Former CBS News Anchor
Why Book Michelle Gielan?
Michelle brings research and practical examples into the discussion of how people respond to challenging circumstances. Her presentations encourage audiences to use more constructive language and look for actions that make progress possible.
Why Is Michelle Gielan Right for Your Audience?
Michelle is a strong fit for leadership conferences, company events, sales meetings, and workplace well-being programs. Consider her when teams need a constructive way to discuss uncertainty and maintain connection.
Book Michelle when your audience needs to:
- Communicate challenges without losing a sense of possibility
- Recognize the impact of everyday messages
- Strengthen constructive team conversations
- Build habits that support optimism during difficulty
- Identify practical responses to setbacks
- Support colleagues through uncertainty
Audience Takeaways
Depending on the program selected, attendees will leave:
- More aware of the messages they share with others
- Ready to use more constructive language
- Clearer on how optimism can inform action
- Equipped with ideas for responding to difficult news
- Focused on a communication habit they can improve
Keynote Programs
Resilient Optimism: The Science of Sustaining a Positive Mindset in Tough Times
Michelle explores maintaining a constructive outlook during difficulty. Ideal for teams facing pressure or change.
Broadcasting Happiness
Michelle examines the influence of everyday communication. Ideal for leadership, sales, and broad employee audiences.
Is Michelle Gielan Right for Your Event?
Tell us about your audience, communication goals and the pressures your audience is navigating. 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.
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.
Scott Greenberg
Business Motivational Speaker Helps Leaders & Franchisees Engage Employees, Serve Customers and Grow their Business
About
Scott Greenberg: Author of The Wealthy Franchisee and Stop the Shift Show | Former Franchise Owner | Speaker on Frontline Leadership and Business Performance
Why Book Scott Greenberg?
His perspective includes experience as a franchise owner. Scott brings an operator’s understanding of staffing pressures, customer expectations, and the challenge of translating a business plan into consistent execution on the frontline.
Why Is Scott Greenberg Right for Your Audience?
Scott is a strong fit for franchise conferences, retail and hospitality events, manager meetings, and service business programs. Consider him when supervisors need practical ideas for engaging employees and improving the experience customers receive.
Book Scott when your audience needs to:
- Develop more effective frontline managers
- Improve the way hourly employees are supported
- Connect daily management habits with customer service
- Strengthen coaching and accountability
- Examine assumptions that limit business performance
- Create more consistency across teams or locations
Audience Takeaways
Depending on the program selected, attendees will leave:
- Clearer on behaviors that support frontline performance
- Ready to reconsider a management habit
- More aware of obstacles facing hourly employees
- Equipped with ideas for coaching and team development
- Focused on an improvement they can apply in their operation
Keynote Programs
Stop the Shift Show
Scott explores how managers can develop and support hourly teams. Ideal for retail, hospitality, franchise, and service organizations seeking stronger frontline leadership.
The Wealthy Franchisee
Scott examines the habits and decisions behind effective franchise operations. Ideal for franchise owners and operators looking to strengthen their approach to business performance.
Is Scott Greenberg Right for Your Event?
Tell us about your audience, the staffing, management, or operating challenges your audience needs to address. 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.
Suneel Gupta
Keynote Speaker & Expert on Connecting Well-Being & Performance, Bestselling Author, Healthcare Entrepreneur
About
Suneel Gupta: Keynote Speaker on Leadership, High Performance & Wellbeing | Bestselling Author | Harvard Medical School Faculty | Entrepreneur
Perform at Your Best—Without Burning Out
How do you sustain high performance when the pace of work never seems to slow down?
Suneel Gupta is a bestselling author, entrepreneur and sought-after keynote speaker on leadership, performance and wellbeing who helps people bring greater energy, focus and resilience to their work—without sacrificing their wellbeing.
Why Book Suneel Gupta?
Suneel addresses one of the biggest challenges facing organizations today: how to maintain high performance when people are stretched, distracted and increasingly exhausted.
Rather than asking people to simply work harder, Suneel shows them how to manage their energy, reconnect with purpose and build sustainable habits that improve both performance and wellbeing.
His warm, engaging style combines research, storytelling and highly practical ideas, creating a keynote experience that inspires audiences while giving them clear strategies they can put into action.
What Makes Suneel Gupta Different?
- Performance without burnout — a timely message for today's demanding workplace
- Research-backed strategies — practical ideas grounded in behavioral science and real-world experience
- Immediately actionable — tools audiences can begin using right away
- Engaging storyteller — combines business insights, personal stories and memorable examples
- Relevant across organizations — ideal for leaders, teams and high-performance cultures
- Customizable — Suneel can connect his message directly to your organization's priorities
Why Is Suneel Right for Your Audience?
Suneel is an excellent choice when you want your audience to leave energized, focused and equipped to perform at a higher level without running themselves into the ground.
He is particularly effective for leadership conferences, corporate meetings, sales kickoffs, healthcare events, association conferences and organizations navigating demanding periods of growth or change.
Book Suneel when your audience needs to:
- Sustain energy in a high-pressure environment
- Improve focus and overcome distraction
- Build resilience without accepting burnout
- Reconnect daily work with a stronger sense of purpose
- Create healthier approaches to high performance
- Strengthen engagement and motivation
- Turn good intentions into consistent action
Audience Takeaways
Attendees will leave:
- Better able to manage their energy throughout demanding days
- Equipped with practical strategies for sustainable high performance
- More focused on the work that matters most
- Better prepared to recognize and address burnout
- Ready to build habits that support performance and wellbeing
- Inspired to bring greater purpose and momentum to their work
Suneel Gupta Keynote Programs
Momentum: How to Sustain High Performance: What if the secret to getting more done isn't managing your time—but managing your energy?
Suneel challenges traditional ideas about productivity and shows audiences how to build the energy and momentum needed to perform consistently. Drawing from his bestselling work, he shares practical techniques for overcoming exhaustion, improving focus and sustaining performance.
Ideal for: Leadership conferences, sales kickoffs, corporate meetings and high-performance teams.
Everyday Dharma: Finding Purpose in What You Do: Purpose doesn't have to mean changing careers. It can mean changing the way you approach the work you're already doing.
Suneel helps audiences reconnect who they are with what they do. He shares practical strategies for discovering greater meaning in everyday work and using that sense of purpose to strengthen motivation, resilience and performance.
Ideal for: Leadership, culture, employee engagement, transformation and workplace wellbeing events.
Wellbeing Is the New Leadership Advantage
Today's leaders face a difficult challenge: delivering ambitious results while creating an environment where people can continue performing at their best.
Suneel explores how leaders can create the conditions for sustainable performance by paying closer attention to energy, purpose, resilience and human connection.
Ideal for: Executive audiences, leadership meetings, healthcare organizations and organizations focused on culture and employee performance.
Why Book Suneel Gupta Through The Sweeney Agency?
Choosing the right keynote speaker is about more than finding an impressive name. The speaker needs to connect with your audience, understand your objectives and deliver a message that supports what you want people to do differently after the event.
The Sweeney Agency can help you:
- Confirm Suneel Gupta's availability and current speaking fee
- Determine which Suneel Gupta keynote best fits your audience
- Discuss customization around your organization's objectives
- Coordinate format, timing and event logistics
- Compare Suneel with other leading leadership, performance and wellbeing speakers
Is Suneel Gupta Right for Your Event?
Tell us what your people are facing—and what you want them to think, feel or do differently after the keynote.
We'll help you determine whether Suneel 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 Suneel Gupta as your keynote 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.
Erin Hatzikostas
Often called “The Mel Robbins for business,” Erin Hatzikostas is a former corporate CEO turned globally recognized expert on the impact of authenticity in the workplace.
About
Erin Hatzikostas: Former Corporate CEO | Author of You Do You(ish) and The 50% Rule | Speaker on Authenticity, Leadership and Business Growth
Why Book Erin Hatzikostas?
Erin combines business experience with humor and memorable examples. Her message connects authenticity with serving others: communicating in ways that are useful, unexpected, and credible rather than simply sharing more about yourself.
Why Is Erin Hatzikostas Right for Your Audience?
Erin is a strong fit for leadership conferences, sales kickoffs, women’s events, and company meetings. Consider her when people need to strengthen trust, stand out more clearly, or rethink habits that make their communication feel impersonal.
Book Erin when your audience needs to:
- Build trust through more authentic communication
- Create stronger connections with colleagues and customers
- Question conventional leadership habits
- Explain their value in a more distinctive way
- Develop confidence without copying someone else’s style
- Connect authenticity with the needs of others
Audience Takeaways
Depending on the program selected, attendees will leave:
- Clearer on authenticity as a deliberate professional practice
- Ready to identify a more useful way to communicate
- More aware of habits that make interactions feel scripted
- Equipped with ideas for differentiating their approach
- Focused on an authentic action they can take at work
Keynote Programs
How to Use Authenticity as Your #1 Strategic Advantage
Erin explores authenticity as a means of connection and differentiation. Ideal for sales, business growth, and customer-facing audiences.
Strategic Authenticity
Erin connects authenticity with leadership and workplace relationships. Ideal for managers and professional development events.
The 50% Rule
Erin challenges audiences to rethink familiar approaches and make room for distinctive contributions. Ideal for teams seeking fresh thinking.
Is Erin Hatzikostas Right for Your Event?
Tell us about your audience, the trust, connection, or differentiation you want your audience to strengthen. We can help select Erin’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
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.
About
Chris Johnson: Founder of On Target Living | Author of REST EAT MOVE | Speaker on Wellbeing, Energy and Everyday Performance
Why Book Chris Johnson?
Chris Johnson helps audiences look at the everyday habits that influence how they feel and work. Founder of On Target Living and author of REST EAT MOVE, he brings experience developing wellness programs for individuals and organizations.
Chris organizes his message around rest, food, and movement. His presentations make wellbeing a practical conversation about routines people can review and improve, especially when demanding schedules leave little time to consider their own needs.
Why Is Chris Johnson Right for Your Audience?
Chris is a strong fit for employee wellbeing events, leadership meetings, association conferences, and company gatherings. Consider him when people need accessible ideas for building more sustainable routines.
Book Chris when your audience needs to:
- Pay more attention to rest and recovery
- Review habits around food and movement
- Make wellbeing part of everyday planning
- Identify manageable changes to busy routines
- Discuss energy and capacity more openly
- Take a more intentional approach to personal wellbeing
Audience Takeaways
Depending on the program selected, attendees will leave:
- Clearer on the rest, eat, and move framework
- Ready to review a habit in their own routine
- More aware of how daily choices affect their experience
- Equipped to set a realistic wellbeing goal
- Focused on consistent changes they can maintain
Keynote Programs
Presentations can be tailored around the following areas:
Rest, Eat, Move
Chris explores the three areas at the center of his approach. Ideal for employee audiences seeking practical ways to reconsider everyday wellbeing.
Energy and Everyday Wellbeing
Chris connects personal routines with the demands people face at work. Ideal for leaders and teams looking for a more sustainable approach to busy days.
Is Chris Johnson Right for Your Event?
Tell us about your audience, the wellbeing priorities you want to address and the everyday habits you want people to reconsider. 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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