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The Sweeney Agency will help you find the best Athlete or Sports Speaker for your event by providing you with all the information you need to make the right decision. We take into account your event objectives, audience dynamics and expected outcomes. We provide you with Sports and Celebrity Athlete Speaker bios, video clips, topic outlines, and independent perspectives on the best motivation speakers on Sales and Marketing Speakers available. Working closely with the motivational Sales or Marketing speaker you choose, we will ensure he or she delivers a customized presentation that informs, inspires and entertains.
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Jeff Adams: Paralympic Gold Medalist and Six-Time World Champion | Entrepreneur and Lawyer | Speaker on Resilience, Teamwork and Achieving Goals
Why Book Jeff Adams?
Jeff’s experience extends beyond sport. He founded medical device engineering businesses before pursuing a career in law, graduating from Osgoode Hall Law School and practicing in labour, employment and human rights. His presentations connect lessons from these different chapters with the challenges people face at work: adapting, learning, overcoming barriers and helping one another succeed.
Why Is Jeff Adams Right for Your Audience?
Jeff is a strong fit for company gatherings, leadership meetings, association conferences and recognition events. His experience across sport, business and law gives organizations several ways to connect his story with their goals, particularly when teams need renewed motivation and a shared sense of possibility.
Book Jeff when your audience needs to:
- Regain momentum after a setback
- Turn ambitious goals into steady progress
- Recognize the support behind individual achievement
- Prepare for important performance moments
- Approach barriers with determination and resourcefulness
- Celebrate progress and shared success
Audience Takeaways
Depending on the program selected, attendees will leave:
- More motivated to persist through challenges
- Clearer on the role of preparation in achievement
- Ready to break larger goals into manageable steps
- More aware of how teammates contribute to success
- Inspired to recognize progress and encourage others
Keynote Programs
Getting Back Up
Jeff shares lessons on recovering from disappointment and finding the support to move forward. Ideal for teams facing setbacks, change or demanding goals.
One Step at a Time
Drawing on experiences including climbing the CN Tower in a wheelchair and winning Paralympic gold, Jeff explores the process behind ambitious achievements. Ideal for audiences seeking motivation to pursue meaningful goals.
Incredible Moments
Jeff examines the preparation behind memorable performances and how people can get ready for their own moments of excellence. Ideal for teams approaching major milestones or important challenges.
Celebrating
Jeff explores how recognizing achievement can encourage continued effort and strengthen a team or community. Ideal for recognition programs and events celebrating collective progress.
Is Jeff Adams Right for Your Event?
Tell us about your audience, the challenges it faces and what you want people to do differently after the event. We can help select Jeff’s most relevant program, discuss customization, and confirm his availability and fee.
Contact The Sweeney Agency 1-866-727-7555 or [email protected] for more information on this speaker.
Walter Bond
Former NBA Athlete, Author and Speaker on Mentorship, Leadership, Teamwork & Motivation
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Walter Bond: Former NBA Player | Hall of Fame Keynote Speaker | Expert on Leadership, Accountability and Performance
Give Your Team a Way to Make Progress
Walter Bond helps leaders and teams answer that question. An undrafted player who earned a place in the NBA, he combines the energy of a sports story with practical ideas about focus, coaching, teamwork, and execution. His goal is to help audiences understand where they are going and the role each person plays in getting there.
Why Book Walter Bond?
Walter understands the gap between wanting a result and doing the work it takes to achieve it. His journey from an undrafted athlete to the NBA gives him a memorable way to talk about discipline and ownership; his work with organizations connects those lessons to business goals.
He can tailor his message to the challenge your audience faces, whether that is stronger sales execution, a more accountable culture, or managers who need to coach their teams more effectively.
What Makes Walter Different?
- Firsthand experience reaching the NBA as an undrafted player
- Induction into the National Speakers Association’s CPAE Speaker Hall of Fame
- Experience addressing leadership, sales, teamwork, and accountability
- Memorable frameworks that give audiences a shared language for action
- High-energy delivery paired with practical steps for the workplace
Why Is Walter Right for Your Audience?
Walter is a strong fit for sales kickoffs, leadership conferences, franchise meetings, and company-wide events. He is especially relevant when a team has clear ambitions but needs stronger alignment and follow-through.
Book Walter when your audience needs to:
- Take greater ownership of its results
- Align individual effort with a shared goal
- Build trust and accountability across teams
- Turn managers into more effective coaches
- Stay focused through setbacks and competition
- Move from motivation to consistent execution
Audience Takeaways
Attendees will leave:
- Clearer on the goal they are working toward and their role in it
- Better equipped to connect daily actions with long-term results
- Ready to approach obstacles with more discipline and confidence
- More aware of how communication and trust shape team performance
- Motivated to make measurable progress together
Keynote Programs
Make Progress
Walter helps audiences align around a target, develop a practical playbook, and recognize how each role contributes to the result. The emphasis can be shaped around leadership, culture, sales, accountability, or execution. Ideal for organizations seeking a common direction and a clear next step.
No One Can Stop You But You
Walter challenges audiences to examine the mindsets and habits that limit performance. He focuses on accountability, discipline, opportunity, and commitment. Ideal for sales and employee events that call for renewed personal ownership.
The Shark Mindset
Using his memorable shark metaphor, Walter encourages teams to move forward with focus and confidence when they face uncertainty or competition. Ideal for sales kickoffs and performance-focused meetings.
TeamMastery
Walter explores the traits that support a winning team, including trust, communication, shared goals, and commitment. Ideal for organizations that need stronger chemistry and cooperation across roles.
From Boss to Coach
Walter shows managers how to create clarity, build connection, and develop people through consistent coaching. Ideal for leadership audiences seeking stronger engagement and accountability.
Why Contact The Sweeney Agency Now?
Tell us what progress would mean for your organization and where your team is getting stuck. We can help select the most relevant program, discuss customization, and confirm Walter’s availability and current fee.
Is Walter Right for Your Event?
Tell us about your audience, its goals, and what you want people to do differently after the event. We’ll help you assess Walter’s fit and plan the next step.
To check availability and fee of this speaker, call 1-866-727-7555 or email [email protected]
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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.
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Molly Fletcher
Inspiring Speaker on Leadership, Business Development, and Peak Performance
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Molly Fletcher: Former Sports Agent | Author of Dynamic Drive | Speaker on Mindset, Leadership and Performance
Why Book Molly Fletcher?
Molly combines stories from competitive environments with practical discussion of discipline, resilience, and purpose. Her presentations encourage audiences to reconsider complacency and connect ambition with repeatable action.
Why Is Molly Fletcher Right for Your Audience?
Molly is a strong fit for sales kickoffs, leadership conferences, company gatherings, and women’s professional events. Consider her when your audience needs renewed drive and a clearer approach to personal excellence.
Book Molly when your audience needs to:
- Build discipline around important goals
- Maintain drive after initial success
- Respond constructively to change
- Strengthen confidence and professional influence
- Connect effort with a clear purpose
- Develop habits that support continued improvement
Audience Takeaways
Depending on the program selected, attendees will leave:
- Clearer on the role of daily habits in performance
- Ready to examine where complacency has developed
- More aware of what sustains their motivation
- Equipped with ideas for purposeful improvement
- Focused on a commitment they can put into practice
Keynote Programs
Unleash Your Potential
Molly explores mindset, discipline, and sustainable success. Ideal for broad employee and sales audiences.
Secrets of a Champion Mindset
Molly shares lessons on maintaining drive and raising standards. Ideal for teams pursuing demanding goals.
Women Winning in Business
Molly draws on her experience in sports representation to discuss confidence and influence. Ideal for women’s leadership events.
Is Molly Fletcher Right for Your Event?
Tell us about your audience, performance goals and the habits you want people to strengthen. We can help select Molly’s most relevant program, discuss customization, and confirm availability and fee.
Contact The Sweeney Agency 1-866-727-7555 or [email protected] for more information on this speaker.
Tom Flick
Former Rose Bowl Champion, Inspiring Speaker on Leadership, Teamwork, and Change.
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Tom Flick: Former NFL Quarterback | Leadership Expert | Speaker on Change, Teamwork and Execution
Why Book Tom Flick?
Tom’s presentations focus on clarity, trust, and purposeful action. He encourages audiences to think about how they lead others through uncertainty and create genuine commitment to the work ahead.
Why Is Tom Flick Right for Your Audience?
Tom is a strong fit for leadership meetings, sales conferences, company events, and transformation programs. Consider him when your organization needs to unite people around shared priorities and stronger execution.
Book Tom when your audience needs to:
- Lead people through significant change
- Build commitment to shared priorities
- Improve trust and team alignment
- Replace scattered activity with focused action
- Strengthen leadership throughout the organization
- Create momentum around real opportunities
Audience Takeaways
Depending on the program selected, attendees will leave:
- Clearer on how leadership supports change
- Ready to communicate priorities more purposefully
- More aware of what helps teams stay aligned
- Equipped with ideas for building commitment
- Focused on action that advances a shared goal
Keynote Programs
Leading Change Forward
Tom explores how leaders guide people through uncertainty. Ideal for organizations pursuing transformation.
Creating Legacy Teams
Tom examines trust, shared standards, and commitment. Ideal for leaders strengthening teamwork.
True Urgency
Tom focuses on purposeful action and meaningful priorities. Ideal for audiences addressing complacency or overload.
Is Tom Flick Right for Your Event?
Tell us about your audience, change priorities and the team behaviors you want to encourage. We can help select Tom’s most relevant program, discuss customization, and confirm availability and fee.
Contact The Sweeney Agency 1-866-727-7555 or [email protected] for more information on this speaker.
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Julia Landauer
Two-time Champion NASCAR Driver, Advocate for STEM Education and Inspiring Speaker on Women’s Empowerment
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Julia Landauer: Champion Racing Driver | Speaker on Competitive Advantage, Teamwork and Performance
Why Book Julia Landauer?
Julia connects experiences from racing with the challenges people face in business. Her message gives audiences a way to think about feedback, calculated risk, and the work required to keep improving in a competitive environment.
Why Is Julia Landauer Right for Your Audience?
Julia is a strong fit for sales kickoffs, leadership meetings, technology conferences, and women’s leadership events. Consider her when an audience needs a fresh perspective on preparation and competitive performance.
Book Julia when your audience needs to:
- Prepare more deliberately for demanding situations
- Use feedback to improve performance
- Strengthen communication across a team
- Make thoughtful decisions under pressure
- Connect technical knowledge with human judgment
- Challenge assumptions about who can succeed
Audience Takeaways
Depending on the program selected, attendees will leave:
- Clearer on the habits behind consistent performance
- Ready to act on a useful piece of feedback
- More aware of the team behind individual results
- Equipped to discuss risk and preparation
- Focused on a specific opportunity to improve
Keynote Programs
Drive: How to Gain and Maintain a Competitive Advantage
Julia connects racing experience with the discipline of staying competitive. Ideal for sales, leadership, and performance-focused audiences.
Marrying Passion and STEM
Julia explores the relationship between technical learning and personal ambition. Ideal for technology, education, and professional development events.
Is Julia Landauer Right for Your Event?
Tell us about your audience, the performance challenges your audience faces and the skills you want it to strengthen. We can help select Julia’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.
Chaunte’ Lowe
Motivational Olympic Medalist, American Record Holder, and TEDx Speaker on Helping Your Group Navigate This Challenging Climate
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Chaunté Lowe: Four-Time Olympian | American High Jump Record Holder | Speaker on Resilience and Overcoming Adversity
Why Book Chaunté Lowe?
Chaunté gives audiences a personal story they will remember and practical ways to think about resilience. She connects individual determination with the support people give one another when a team or community faces a challenge.
Why Is Chaunté Lowe Right for Your Audience?
Chaunté is a strong fit for company meetings, leadership conferences, team events, women’s programs, and health-related gatherings. She is especially valuable when an audience needs encouragement to face a difficult period and take purposeful steps forward.
Book Chaunté when your audience needs to:
- Rebuild confidence after setbacks
- Develop a more resilient response to change
- Strengthen collaboration and mutual support
- See obstacles as opportunities to learn and adapt
- Draw motivation from a story of athletic and personal perseverance
- Leave ready to act on an important goal
Audience Takeaways
Attendees will leave:
- Inspired by Chaunté’s journey through elite sport and serious illness
- Better able to identify a constructive next step after a setback
- More aware of the role support and community play in resilience
- Ready to approach challenges with greater confidence
- Motivated to keep pursuing meaningful goals when plans change
Keynote Programs
A Champion’s Mindset: From Adversity to Triumph
Chaunté draws on her journey as an Olympian and cancer survivor to explore how people can respond to obstacles and pursue growth. Ideal for broad conference and company audiences seeking inspiration with practical application.
Building Boundless Resilience™ for Teams
Chaunté focuses on the relationships, communication, and shared strength that help teams through difficult periods. Ideal for leadership conferences and team events where collaboration matters.
Resilient Leadership
Chaunté challenges leaders to respond to setbacks with perspective and help others move forward. Ideal for executive and management audiences navigating uncertainty or organizational change.
The Journey Forward: From Surviving to Thriving
Chaunté shares her experience with breast cancer and the role hope played in her journey. Ideal for health conferences, fundraising events, and communities supporting patients and survivors.
Is Chaunté Lowe Right for Your Event?
Tell us about your audience, the challenge it is facing, and what you want people to feel or do after the event. We can help select Chaunté’s most relevant program, discuss customization, and confirm her availability and fee.
Contact The Sweeney Agency 1-866-727-7555 or [email protected] for more information on this speaker.
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Jon Montgomery: Olympic Skeleton Gold Medalist | Speaker on Confidence, Teamwork and Pursuing Big Goals
Why Book Jon Montgomery?
Jon connects personal achievement with the people and habits behind it. His message invites audiences to examine how they build confidence, respond to challenges, and work with others while pursuing a meaningful goal.
Why Is Jon Montgomery Right for Your Audience?
Jon is a strong fit for company gatherings, leadership conferences, sales kickoffs, and association events. Consider him when an audience needs an engaging perspective on ambition and preparation.
Book Jon when your audience needs to:
- Remain open to unfamiliar opportunities
- Build confidence through preparation
- Connect ambitious goals with daily effort
- Recognize the team behind individual achievement
- Use creativity to improve their approach
- Take a thoughtful step beyond familiar routines
Audience Takeaways
Depending on the program selected, attendees will leave:
- Clearer on a goal they want to pursue
- Ready to explore an opportunity they have overlooked
- More aware of the support behind success
- Encouraged to build confidence through action
- Focused on a practical next step
Keynote Programs
Dreaming Big: Living Bigger
Jon explores openness to opportunity and pursuing meaningful ambitions. Ideal for employee and sales audiences.
Jon’s Olympic Journey
Jon shares the experiences behind his Olympic achievement. Ideal for audiences seeking inspiration grounded in preparation and teamwork.
Is Jon Montgomery Right for Your Event?
Tell us about your audience, the goals your audience is pursuing and the confidence you want it to build. We can help select Jon’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.
Vince Poscente
Peak performance speaker, Olympic skier and best-selling author.
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Vince Poscente: Olympic Skier | New York Times Bestselling Author | Speaker on Resilience, Sales and Peak Performance
Why Book Vince Poscente?
Vince combines high-energy storytelling with practical ideas for salespeople, leaders, franchise teams, and safety-conscious organizations. He encourages people to clarify what matters, act consistently, and find a way forward when circumstances change.
Why Is Vince Poscente Right for Your Audience?
Vince is a strong fit for sales kickoffs, leadership meetings, franchise conventions, and industry conferences. He is especially valuable when an organization needs renewed drive and specific actions that support a demanding goal.
Book Vince when your audience needs to:
- Pursue ambitious goals with greater focus
- Stay resilient through obstacles and setbacks
- Build confidence in a competitive environment
- Turn commitment into consistent daily action
- Align franchise or sales teams around shared priorities
- Approach performance and safety with greater intention
Audience Takeaways
Attendees will leave:
- Inspired by Vince’s journey from recreational skier to Olympian
- Clearer on the purpose behind their goals
- Ready to identify routines that support consistent performance
- Better able to respond constructively to setbacks
- Motivated to take action in a challenging environment
Keynote Programs
Full Speed Ahead
Vince uses his Olympic journey to show sales and leadership audiences how clarity of purpose, commitment, consistency, confidence, and effective routines support ambitious goals. Ideal for sales kickoffs and leadership events.
Confidence on Demand
Vince helps teams regain momentum when uncertainty or setbacks leave them feeling stuck. He introduces ways to use collaboration, curiosity, and creativity to find a productive path forward. Ideal for organizations navigating change.
Accelerate Franchise Growth
Vince focuses on alignment, agility, and adaptability in a competitive franchise environment. Ideal for franchise conventions and retail audiences that want attendees to put conference ideas into action.
Peak Performance Health/Safety
Vince applies performance and mindset lessons to safety-conscious workplaces. Ideal for health, safety, and risk-focused events seeking an engaging conversation about everyday choices and behavior.
Is Vince Poscente Right for Your Event?
Tell us about your audience, the goal it is pursuing, and the obstacles it needs to overcome. We can help choose Vince’s most relevant program, discuss customization, and confirm his availability and fee.
Contact The Sweeney Agency 1-866-727-7555 or [email protected] for more information on this speaker.
Johnny Quinn
Former Pro Football Wide Receiver, U.S. Bobsled Olympian, and Inspirational Speaker on Change
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Johnny Quinn: U.S. Olympic Bobsledder | Former Professional Football Player | Speaker on Readiness, Resilience and Team Performance
Why Book Johnny Quinn?
Johnny connects the story with the routines that support performance. His presentations encourage people to stay prepared for opportunity, work with the resources around them, and choose a constructive next step after disappointment.
Why Is Johnny Quinn Right for Your Audience?
Johnny is a strong fit for sales kickoffs, leadership conferences, employee events, and performance programs. Consider him when teams need renewed commitment to preparation and consistent effort.
Book Johnny when your audience needs to:
- Build routines that support readiness
- Respond constructively to rejection
- Strengthen collaboration under pressure
- Prepare for opportunities before they arrive
- Connect ambitious goals with disciplined effort
- Take a useful next step after a setback
Audience Takeaways
Depending on the program selected, attendees will leave:
- Clearer on a preparation habit they want to strengthen
- Ready to reconsider their response to disappointment
- More aware of the team behind performance
- Encouraged to remain open to a different path
- Focused on consistent actions within their control
Keynote Programs
Push What’s Possible
Johnny explores preparation and teamwork through his athletic journey. Ideal for sales and performance-focused audiences.
When “No” Means Next
Johnny examines responding to rejection and finding another direction. Ideal for teams navigating setbacks or change.
Winning Leadership
Johnny connects leadership with the preparation and collaboration behind team performance. Ideal for management meetings.
Is Johnny Quinn Right for Your Event?
Tell us about your audience, the goals your audience is pursuing and the preparation or resilience it needs to strengthen. We can help select Johnny’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.
Debra Searle
British Adventurer, Television Presenter, Author and Motivational Speaker
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Debra Searle: Motivational Keynote Speaker on Resilience, Mindset & Change | Solo Atlantic Rower | Entrepreneur | Author
Choose Your Attitude. Change Your Outcome.
What happens when the plan falls apart, circumstances change and giving up feels like the easiest option?
Debra Searle is an entrepreneur, adventurer and inspiring keynote speaker on resilience, mindset, change and overcoming adversity.
Why Book Debra Searle?
Debra's story immediately captures an audience—but the real power of her keynote is how easily people can apply its lessons to their own challenges.
Alone on the Atlantic, Debra couldn't control the weather, the waves or many of the obstacles she encountered. She could control how she responded.
That distinction became central to her approach to resilience and performance.
Debra helps audiences understand how their mindset, language and daily choices can influence the way they navigate uncertainty, change and setbacks. Her keynote is inspiring without being simply motivational—it gives people practical ideas they can use long after the event.
What Makes Debra Searle Different?
- Extraordinary Atlantic rowing story — a powerful real-world example of resilience
- Authentic experience with adversity — lessons developed when quitting would have been understandable
- Practical mindset strategies — turns an incredible adventure into useful workplace lessons
- Change focused — highly relevant for organizations navigating uncertainty and disruption
- Personal accountability — emphasizes taking ownership of what you can control
- Engaging storyteller — combines vulnerability, humor and inspiration
- Business relevant — connects resilience directly to leadership and performance
- Broad audience appeal — resonates with leaders, sales teams and employees at every level
Why Is Debra Right for Your Audience?
Debra is an outstanding choice when you need your audience to build resilience, take greater ownership and maintain momentum when circumstances become difficult.
She is particularly effective for leadership conferences, sales kickoffs, corporate meetings, association conferences and organizations experiencing significant change.
Book Debra when your audience needs to:
- Build greater resilience during uncertainty
- Adapt positively when plans change
- Focus on what they can control
- Maintain motivation during difficult periods
- Take greater responsibility for their attitude
- Recover more quickly from setbacks
- Keep moving toward long-term goals
- Approach change with greater confidence
Audience Takeaways
Attendees will leave:
- Understanding how attitude influences their response to challenges
- Better able to separate what they can control from what they can't
- Equipped with practical strategies for maintaining resilience
- More aware of how internal dialogue influences performance
- Ready to take greater ownership of their response to change
- Better prepared to maintain momentum when progress feels difficult
- Inspired to make small choices that create meaningful results
Debra Searle Keynote Programs
Choose Your Attitude. You can't always choose what happens to you. You can choose how you respond.
Drawing from her extraordinary Atlantic journey, Debra demonstrates how consciously choosing your attitude can influence resilience, decision-making and performance.
She gives audiences practical strategies for managing their mindset when circumstances are difficult, uncertain or outside their control.
Ideal for: Leadership conferences, corporate meetings, sales kickoffs and organizations navigating uncertainty.
Resilience: Keep Moving Forward. How do you keep going when the destination feels impossibly far away?
Debra shares the strategies that helped her continue rowing day after day despite isolation, setbacks and constantly changing conditions.
She connects those lessons to the workplace, helping audiences understand how small actions, clear goals and the right mindset can create momentum during challenging periods.
Ideal for: Sales teams, high-performance organizations, leadership events and employee conferences.
Navigating Change. When the conditions change, the original plan may no longer be the right plan.
Debra uses lessons from the Atlantic to show audiences how to adapt when circumstances shift unexpectedly.
Rather than wasting energy fighting realities they can't change, people learn how to refocus on what they can influence and continue making progress.
Ideal for: Organizational transformation, leadership development and companies experiencing significant change.
Why Book Debra Searle Through The Sweeney Agency?
Debra Searle has an extraordinary story of resilience, courage and determination—but the real value comes from connecting those experiences directly to the challenges your audience is facing.
The Sweeney Agency can help you:
- Confirm Debra Searle's availability and current speaking fee
- Determine which Debra Searle keynote best fits your audience
- Discuss customization around your organization's objectives
- Coordinate format, timing and event logistics
- Compare Debra with other leading resilience, change and motivational speakers
Is Debra Searle Right for Your Event?
Tell us the challenge, change or uncertainty your people are navigating.
We'll help you determine whether Debra 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 Debra Searle as your keynote speaker.
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Dr. Jason Selk: Mental Performance Coach | Co-Author of Relentless Solution Focus | Speaker on Focus and Performance Under Pressure
Why Book Dr. Jason Selk?
Jason encourages audiences to examine where they direct their thinking when a problem appears. His presentations connect performance goals with repeatable practices, helping people focus on useful next steps and the factors they can influence.
Why Is Dr. Jason Selk Right for Your Audience?
Jason is a strong fit for sales kickoffs, leadership meetings, employee events, and performance programs. Consider him when people need to maintain a clearer focus under demanding conditions.
Book Jason when your audience needs to:
- Direct attention toward actionable solutions
- Prepare more deliberately for important situations
- Recognize thinking habits that distract from progress
- Connect goals with consistent routines
- Focus on factors within their influence
- Approach performance conversations more constructively
Audience Takeaways
Depending on the program selected, attendees will leave:
- Clearer on a mental habit they want to develop
- Ready to identify a useful next step
- More aware of where their attention goes under pressure
- Equipped with questions about preparation and process
- Focused on a routine that supports their goals
Keynote Programs
Relentless Solution Focus
Jason explores a structured approach to directing attention toward solutions and productive action. Ideal for sales, leadership, and performance-focused audiences working through pressure or obstacles.
Is Dr. Jason Selk Right for Your Event?
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