Virtual Speakers
Jason O. Harris
U.S. Air Force Officer Special Operations Pilot, U.S.A.F. Academy Instructor, Motivating Speaker on Leadership & Teamwork
About
Jason O. Harris: Keynote Speaker on Leadership, Trust & High-Performance Teams | Former U.S. Air Force Officer | Fighter Pilot | Author
Build a Culture People Choose to Own
What separates teams that simply show up from teams that take ownership, trust one another and consistently perform at a high level?
Jason O. Harris is a leadership keynote speaker, former U.S. Air Force officer and fighter pilot who helps organizations build cultures of trust, accountability and commitment.
Drawing on lessons from aviation, military leadership and business, Jason shows leaders and teams how to create environments where people communicate openly, take ownership and work together when the pressure is on.
Why Book Jason O. Harris?
Jason brings a powerful perspective to one of the biggest challenges facing leaders today: how do you create a culture where people genuinely want to contribute, collaborate and perform?
His message goes beyond traditional motivation. Jason gives audiences practical principles for strengthening trust, increasing accountability and creating greater commitment across teams.
Using compelling aviation stories and real-world leadership lessons, Jason delivers a keynote that is engaging, memorable and directly relevant to today's workplace.
What Makes Jason O. Harris Different?
- Real leadership experience — lessons forged in demanding, high-stakes environments
- Powerful aviation stories — memorable experiences that reinforce practical business lessons
- Focus on trust and accountability — essential ingredients of high-performing teams
- Immediately actionable — strategies leaders and employees can put into practice
- Relevant across organizations — connects with leaders, sales teams and frontline employees
- Customizable — Jason can align his message with your organization's culture and objectives
Why Is Jason Right for Your Audience?
Jason is an excellent choice when you want your people to take greater ownership, strengthen relationships and work more effectively together.
He is particularly effective for leadership conferences, sales meetings, corporate events, association conferences and organizations focused on strengthening culture and performance.
Book Jason when your audience needs to:
- Build greater trust across teams
- Take more ownership and accountability
- Strengthen collaboration across departments
- Communicate more effectively under pressure
- Build stronger relationships with colleagues and clients
- Increase engagement and commitment
- Create a culture of consistent high performance
Audience Takeaways
Attendees will leave:
- Understanding why trust is fundamental to performance
- Better equipped to take ownership of their responsibilities
- Ready to strengthen communication and collaboration
- More aware of the behaviors that build—or weaken—team culture
- Equipped with practical strategies for greater accountability
- Motivated to become stronger teammates and leaders
Jason O. Harris Keynote Programs
No Fail Trust™: High-performing teams don't leave trust to chance. They build it deliberately.
Drawing on his experience as a U.S. Air Force officer and fighter pilot, Jason explores the principles that allow people to trust one another when performance matters most.
Audiences discover how individual behaviors influence trust, accountability, communication and ultimately organizational performance.
Ideal for: Leadership conferences, corporate meetings, sales kickoffs and high-performance teams.
Building High-Performance Teams: Great teams aren't created by talent alone. They're built through trust, ownership and shared commitment.
Jason shows audiences how to create stronger connections, increase accountability and develop the behaviors that allow individuals to perform effectively as part of a team.
Ideal for: Teamwork, leadership, culture and organizational-performance events.
Leading Through Trust
Leaders don't simply manage performance—they create the environment in which performance happens.
Jason helps leaders understand how their everyday actions influence trust, engagement and accountability. Audiences leave with practical strategies for creating teams where people feel empowered to contribute and take ownership.
Ideal for: Executive meetings, leadership development programs and organizations navigating growth or change.
Why Book Jason O. Harris Through The Sweeney Agency?
Finding the right keynote speaker is about more than choosing someone with an impressive story. The speaker needs to connect that experience directly to your audience and the results you want from your event.
The Sweeney Agency can help you:
- Confirm Jason O. Harris's availability and current speaking fee
- Determine which Jason O. Harris keynote best fits your audience
- Discuss customization around your organization's objectives
- Coordinate format, timing and event logistics
- Compare Jason with other leading leadership, teamwork and motivational speakers
Is Jason O. Harris Right for Your Event?
Tell us where you want to see greater trust, accountability or collaboration in your organization.
We'll help you determine whether Jason is the right fit, confirm availability and fees, and make the booking process simple.
Planning a leadership conference, corporate meeting or sales kickoff? Contact The Sweeney Agency today to discuss booking Jason O. Harris as your keynote speaker.
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David Horsager
Author, Global Trust Expert, and Speaker on Leadership, Customer Service, Innovation and Sales
About
David Horsager: CEO of Trust Edge Leadership Institute | Author of The Trust Edge | Speaker on Trust, Leadership and Business Relationships
Why Book David Horsager?
David connects trust with everyday decisions: setting expectations, demonstrating competence, and keeping commitments. His presentations give teams shared language for discussing a subject that can otherwise remain vague until a relationship breaks down.
Why Is David Horsager Right for Your Audience?
David is a strong fit for leadership conferences, sales meetings, company gatherings, and customer relationship events. Consider him when collaboration depends on stronger confidence in the people making decisions and delivering on promises.
Book David when your audience needs to:
- Make expectations and commitments clearer
- Strengthen credibility with colleagues and customers
- Recognize behaviors that undermine trust
- Build consistency between words and actions
- Improve accountability within working relationships
- Discuss trust as a leadership responsibility
Audience Takeaways
Depending on the program selected, attendees will leave:
- Clearer on David’s framework for building trust
- Ready to examine a behavior that affects their credibility
- More aware of the importance of consistent follow-through
- Equipped with language for discussing trust within a team
- Focused on a commitment they can make more reliably
Keynote Programs
The Trust Edge®: How Top Leaders and Organizations Drive Business Results through Trust
David introduces his approach to trust and its relevance to workplace performance. Ideal for leaders, sales teams, and broad company audiences.
Trusted Leader: 8 Pillars that Drive Results
David explores eight pillars of trust and the behaviors leaders can examine in their own work. Ideal for management meetings and leadership development programs.
Is David Horsager Right for Your Event?
Tell us about your audience, the relationships you want to strengthen and the commitments your people need to deliver. We can help select David’s most relevant program, discuss customization, and confirm availability and fee.
Contact The Sweeney Agency 1-866-727-7555 or [email protected] for more information on this speaker.
Ron Insana
CNBC Senior Analyst & Contributor, Trailblazing Financial Journalist, Best-Selling Author and Financial Industry Expert
About
Ron Insana: Financial Journalist and CNBC Commentator | Author | Speaker on the Economy, Markets and Business Trends
Why Book Ron Insana?
Ron brings an accessible style to subjects that can quickly become technical. His presentations can address the economic, policy, and technology questions most relevant to the audience, giving leaders a clearer basis for discussion as conditions change.
Why Is Ron Insana Right for Your Audience?
Ron is a strong fit for financial services conferences, executive meetings, client events, and industry associations. Consider him when your audience wants an informed perspective on the economy and the implications of a changing business environment.
Book Ron when your audience needs to:
- Place economic headlines in a wider context
- Understand forces influencing business conditions
- Examine connections between policy and markets
- Consider technology’s implications for competition
- Distinguish immediate developments from longer-term trends
- Ask better questions during strategic discussions
Audience Takeaways
Depending on the program selected, attendees will leave:
- Clearer on economic developments relevant to their audience
- More aware of the connections between policy and business
- Ready to challenge an assumption about the market environment
- Equipped with questions for discussing uncertainty
- Better prepared to follow the trends affecting their industry
Keynote Programs
Ron’s presentation can be tailored around the following areas:
Economic and Market Outlook
Ron examines developments shaping the business and financial environment. Ideal for executive, financial services, and client audiences.
Policy, Technology and Business Change
Ron explores how policy decisions and technological developments connect with business conditions. Ideal for organizations seeking a broader perspective on change.
Is Ron Insana Right for Your Event?
Tell us about your audience, the economic questions your audience is asking and the developments most relevant to your industry. We can help select Ron’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.
Dane Jensen
Acclaimed speaker, Media Commentator, Educator and Author of The Power of Pressure
About
Dane Jensen: CEO of Third Factor | Author of The Power of Pressure | Speaker on Leadership, Resilience and Performance Under Pressure
Why Book Dane Jensen?
Dane combines engaging stories with clear frameworks. He helps audiences understand the difference between preparing for a critical moment and sustaining energy through a demanding period, giving them useful ways to approach both.
Why Is Dane Jensen Right for Your Audience?
Dane is a strong fit for leadership conferences, sales kickoffs, executive meetings, and company events. He is especially valuable when people face ambitious targets, competing priorities, or prolonged uncertainty.
Book Dane when your audience needs to:
- Prepare for high-stakes conversations and decisions
- Maintain focus when priorities compete
- Respond constructively to uncertainty
- Sustain motivation through demanding periods
- Support colleagues facing pressure
- Build resilience into everyday working habits
Audience Takeaways
Depending on the program selected, attendees will leave:
- Clearer on what creates pressure in their work
- Better prepared for moments when performance matters most
- More aware of their responses to uncertainty
- Equipped with ideas for sustaining energy and motivation
- Ready to improve how they approach a demanding situation
Keynote Programs
The Power of Pressure
Dane introduces his pressure equation of importance, uncertainty, and volume. He explores preparing for peak-pressure moments and navigating sustained demands. Ideal for leaders, sales teams, and professionals pursuing challenging goals.
Building Resilience
Drawing on Third Factor’s work with athletes and executives, Dane explores practical approaches to responding to setbacks and staying effective under pressure. Ideal for organizations navigating change or demanding workloads.
The Meta-Skilled Organization
Dane examines capabilities such as empathy, resilience, creativity, and self-awareness that help people adapt as circumstances change. Ideal for leadership development and organizations preparing their people for new challenges.
Is Dane Jensen Right for Your Event?
Tell us about your audience, the pressures they face, and what you want them to handle more effectively after the event. We can help select Dane’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.
Katty Kay
Senior Editor and Executive Producer, OZY Media; Award-winning Journalist & Former BBC America Lead Anchor; and Bestselling Author
About
Katty Kay: BBC Studios U.S. Special Correspondent | Bestselling Co-Author of The Confidence Code | Speaker on Global Affairs and Confidence
Why Book Katty Kay?
Katty also helps women build confidence and act on their ambitions. As co-author of The Confidence Code and The Power Code, she draws on research, interviews, and her own experience to explore what holds people back—and how they can move forward. Her range makes her a compelling keynote speaker and an experienced moderator for important conversations.
Why Is Katty Kay Right for Your Audience?
Katty is a strong fit for executive meetings, association conferences, client events, and women’s leadership programs. Choose her political analysis when your audience needs perspective on a changing world, or her confidence program when the goal is to encourage professional growth and action.
Book Katty when your audience needs to:
- Understand developments in Washington and their wider implications
- Put global events into a clearer context
- Examine the forces changing international relationships
- Build confidence to speak up and pursue opportunities
- Move beyond perfectionism and fear of failure
- Engage in a thoughtful discussion with leaders or expert panelists
Audience Takeaways
Depending on the program selected, attendees will leave:
- Better informed about the political developments relevant to their work
- Ready to ask more useful questions about global change
- Clearer on how confidence develops through action
- More willing to take thoughtful risks and learn from setbacks
- Equipped with fresh perspectives for leadership and career decisions
Keynote Programs
Decoding DC
Katty examines developments in Washington, helping audiences understand policy shifts and their potential significance. Ideal for executive, business, and association audiences.
A World in Flux
Katty explores geopolitical tensions, shifting international influence, and pressures on democracies. Ideal for leaders seeking a broader perspective on global affairs.
The Confidence Code
Drawing on her bestselling work with Claire Shipman, Katty explores self-doubt, risk-taking, and the relationship between confidence and action. Ideal for women’s leadership and professional development events.
Moderator, Discussion Leader & Interviewer
Katty brings her journalistic preparation and interviewing experience to panels, executive conversations, and fireside chats. Ideal for events that need a skilled host to draw out relevant insights and keep the discussion engaging.
Is Katty Kay Right for Your Event?
Tell us about your audience, the questions you want explored, and the outcome you want from the session. We can help select a relevant keynote or discussion format, discuss customization, and confirm Katty’s availability and fee.
Contact The Sweeney Agency 1-866-727-7555 or [email protected] for more information on this speaker.
Dr. Mary C. Kelly
Commander U.S. Navy (Ret.), Author, International Speaker on Leadership, Growth and Productivity, Highly Respected Leadership Economist
About
Dr. Mary C. Kelly: Economist | Retired U.S. Navy Commander | Speaker on Leadership, Business Planning and Change
Why Book Dr. Mary C. Kelly?
Mary connects the wider business environment with the choices managers can make inside their organizations. Her presentations encourage audiences to examine priorities, communicate direction, and prepare their people to act when circumstances change.
Why Is Dr. Mary C. Kelly Right for Your Audience?
Mary is a strong fit for executive meetings, leadership conferences, industry associations, and business planning events. Consider her when leaders need to connect economic uncertainty with practical organizational decisions.
Book Mary when your audience needs to:
- Clarify priorities during uncertain conditions
- Communicate direction more effectively
- Consider economic factors in business planning
- Prepare teams for changing demands
- Strengthen leadership accountability
- Turn strategic discussions into clearer next steps
Audience Takeaways
Depending on the program selected, attendees will leave:
- Clearer on the questions their plans need to answer
- Ready to review a leadership priority
- More aware of economic influences on their business
- Equipped to discuss change with their teams
- Focused on an action they can take within their role
Keynote Programs
Options include Navigating Turbulence and a tailored economic and business planning presentation:
Navigating Turbulence
Mary examines leadership when organizations face disruption and uncertainty. Ideal for managers and executives responsible for guiding people through change.
Economic Outlook and Business Planning
Mary connects economic developments with questions business leaders should consider. Ideal for industry and executive audiences reviewing their strategic assumptions.
Is Dr. Mary C. Kelly Right for Your Event?
Tell us about your audience, the leadership decisions your audience faces and the business conditions it needs to understand. We can help select Mary’s most relevant program, discuss customization, and confirm availability and fee.
Contact The Sweeney Agency 1-866-727-7555 or [email protected] for more information on this speaker.
Tom Koulopoulos
Chairman and Founder of Delphi Group, Author and Speaker on Innovation & The Future
About
Tom Koulopoulos: Keynote Speaker on AI, Future Trends & Innovation | Futurist | Founder of Delphi Group | Author of Gigatrends
Understand What's Next—Before It Changes Everything. How do you prepare your organization for a future being reshaped by AI, digital workers and technologies moving faster than ever before?
As Chairman and founder of Delphi Group, Tom has spent decades studying how disruptive technologies change organizations, industries and human behavior. His latest book, Gigatrends, explores the powerful forces shaping how we will live, work and compete throughout the 21st century.
Tom helps audiences look beyond today's headlines to understand what's coming next, why it matters and what leaders should be doing about it now.
Why Book Tom Koulopoulos?
Tom doesn't simply showcase futuristic technologies. He connects emerging technology directly to the decisions leaders need to make today.
His presentations explore AI, digital workers, changing demographics, frictionless commerce, autonomous technologies and other forces transforming business and society.
But Tom's message isn't that technology will determine the future. People will.
With a combination of research, provocative ideas, humor and compelling examples, Tom helps audiences understand disruption without becoming overwhelmed by it—and recognize the opportunities hidden inside enormous change.
What Makes Tom Koulopoulos Different?
- Founder of Delphi Group — a Boston-based technology and futures think tank
- Author of 14 books — including Gigatrends, The Gen Z Effect and Cloud Surfing
- Deep AI expertise — explores AI's impact on work, business and human behavior
- Decades studying disruption — brings long-term perspective to today's technology changes
- Innovation authority — former Director of the Dell Innovation Lab
- Academic perspective — professor at Boston University
- Business experience — combines futurist thinking with real organizational insight
- Engaging delivery — makes complex technology understandable, relevant and entertaining
Why Is Tom Right for Your Audience?
Tom is an outstanding choice when you want your audience to understand where technology is taking their industry and become more confident navigating what's next.
He is particularly effective for leadership conferences, association meetings, technology events, executive meetings and organizations navigating AI-driven transformation.
Book Tom when your audience needs to:
- Understand how AI will reshape business
- Prepare for humans and digital workers working together
- Anticipate major technological shifts
- Identify opportunities created by disruption
- Understand how emerging technologies change customer behavior
- Navigate generational changes in the workforce
- Challenge assumptions about the future
- Turn uncertainty into strategic opportunity
Audience Takeaways
Attendees will leave:
- Better prepared for the business impact of AI
- Understanding how digital workers may reshape the workplace
- More aware of the major trends influencing their industry
- Better able to separate meaningful technological change from hype
- Thinking differently about the relationship between humans and technology
- More confident navigating disruption and uncertainty
- Ready to identify opportunities created by emerging technologies
Tom Koulopoulos Keynote Programs.
Gigatrends: The Technologies Shaping Our Future. What forces will have the greatest impact on how we live, work and compete over the coming decades?
Drawing from Gigatrends, Tom takes audiences on a fast-paced exploration of the technological forces reshaping society and business.
From AI and digital workers to frictionless commerce, autonomous vehicles and changing generations, he helps leaders understand how seemingly separate trends are converging to create profound change.
More importantly, Tom explores what these shifts mean for your organization and the decisions leaders need to start making today.
Ideal for: Executive conferences, association meetings, strategy events and organizations preparing for long-term disruption.
The Future of Work: Humans + Digital Workers. What happens when your next colleague isn't human?
AI is rapidly changing what technology can accomplish, creating a workplace where people and increasingly capable digital workers will operate side by side.
Tom explores how this transformation will change jobs, organizations and leadership—and why the opportunity isn't simply to replace human work, but to raise the bar on what people can accomplish.
Audiences leave with a positive but realistic roadmap for navigating a workplace being transformed by AI.
Ideal for: Leadership conferences, HR events, corporate meetings and organizations navigating AI transformation.
AI: Navigating the Next Great Business Transformation. AI isn't simply another technology trend. It's changing how organizations think, decide and compete.
Tom cuts through the hype to help leaders understand where artificial intelligence is heading and what its rapid evolution could mean for their businesses.
He explores how organizations can use AI to reduce friction, improve decisions and unlock new opportunities while keeping human judgment, creativity and trust at the center.
Ideal for: AI conferences, executive meetings, technology events and organizations developing their AI strategy.
Innovation in an Age of Constant Disruption. How do you innovate when the future refuses to slow down?
Tom challenges audiences to rethink traditional assumptions about innovation and recognize how rapidly changing technologies create entirely new possibilities.
He shows leaders how to become more comfortable with uncertainty, identify emerging opportunities and build organizations capable of adapting as technology and customer expectations evolve.
Ideal for: Innovation summits, leadership conferences, strategy meetings and organizations navigating disruption.
Why Book Tom Koulopoulos Through The Sweeney Agency?
Tom Koulopoulos combines deep technology expertise, futurist thinking and practical business insight—but the real value comes from connecting those trends directly to your industry and the decisions your audience needs to make.
The Sweeney Agency can help you:
- Confirm Tom Koulopoulos's availability and current speaking fee
- Determine which Tom Koulopoulos keynote best fits your audience
- Discuss customization around your industry and business challenges
- Coordinate format, timing and event logistics
- Compare Tom with other leading AI, futurist and innovation keynote speakers
Is Tom Koulopoulos Right for Your Event?
Tell us what's changing in your industry—and what your leaders need to understand about what's coming next.
We'll help you determine whether Tom is the right fit, confirm availability and fees, and make the booking process simple.
Planning a leadership conference, association meeting, AI summit or corporate event? Contact The Sweeney Agency today [email protected] to discuss booking Tom Koulopoulos as your keynote speaker.
Ryan Leak
Keynote Speaker on Creating Inspiring Workplace Cultures & Leadership
About
Ryan Leak: Author of Chasing Failure | Leadership Advisor | Speaker on Growth, Accountability and Working with Others
Why Book Ryan Leak?
Ryan combines relatable stories with questions that invite action. His message gives leaders and teams a way to discuss improvement without waiting for perfect conditions or assuming that progress depends entirely on someone else changing.
Why Is Ryan Leak Right for Your Audience?
Ryan is a strong fit for leadership conferences, sales meetings, employee events, and professional development programs. Consider him when people need encouragement to learn, take ownership, and work more constructively together.
Book Ryan when your audience needs to:
- Treat setbacks as opportunities to learn
- Take more responsibility for personal growth
- Ask better questions about performance
- Work more constructively with different personalities
- Act despite uncertainty about the outcome
- Connect improvement goals with daily behavior
Audience Takeaways
Depending on the program selected, attendees will leave:
- Clearer on an area they want to develop
- Ready to take a useful next step
- More aware of their contribution to working relationships
- Equipped with questions for self-reflection
- Focused on learning rather than avoiding every mistake
Keynote Programs
Chasing Failure
Ryan explores what people can discover when fear of failure stops directing every choice. Ideal for sales, innovation, and personal growth audiences.
Leveling Up
Ryan examines the questions and responsibilities behind development. Ideal for leadership and employee audiences seeking greater ownership of their progress.
How to Work with Complicated People
Ryan considers the challenges of working across different personalities. Ideal for teams seeking more constructive collaboration.
Is Ryan Leak Right for Your Event?
Tell us about your audience, the growth goals your audience faces and the working relationships you want to improve. We can help select Ryan’s most relevant program, discuss customization, and confirm availability and fee.
Contact The Sweeney Agency 1-866-727-7555 or [email protected] for more information on this speaker.
Dr. Nicole Lipkin
Organizational Psychologist and Speaker on Leadership and Managing Generational Differences
About
Clint Pulver: Hall of Fame Speaker | Author of I Love It Here | Speaker on Employee Retention and Leadership
Why Book Clint Pulver?
Clint delivers that message with stories, humor, and a high-energy stage presence. His sessions show managers how mentorship, advocacy, and everyday interactions can shape an employee’s experience. For teams that need an interactive event, he can also bring music and drumming into the presentation.
Why Is Clint Pulver Right for Your Audience?
Clint is a strong fit for leadership conferences, manager meetings, sales kickoffs, and company events. He is especially valuable when an organization wants its leaders to improve engagement and its employees to feel more connected to their work and one another.
Book Clint when your audience needs to:
- Understand what encourages employees to stay
- Lead through mentorship and advocacy
- Strengthen trust across teams and generations
- Improve relationships with customers
- Rebuild energy and shared purpose
- Experience an interactive message they will remember
Audience Takeaways
Attendees will leave:
- More aware of the daily leadership moments that shape retention
- Ready to ask better questions about what team members need
- Equipped to make mentorship part of their management approach
- Clearer on how trust supports collaboration and loyalty
- Motivated to act on one way they can support someone else
Keynote Programs
I Love It Here: How Great Leaders Create Organizations Their People Never Want to Leave
Clint shares what he has learned from employees about the leadership that earns their commitment. Through stories and practical ideas, he helps managers move toward mentorship and create a workplace where people can grow and contribute. Ideal for leadership and employee engagement events.
Make Your Sales Soar
Clint helps sales professionals build stronger customer relationships by listening closely and guiding buyers through decisions. He explores how meaningful connection can support trust, referrals, and lasting loyalty. Ideal for sales meetings and client-facing teams.
United We Stand: How Trust and Unity Create Transformational Change
Clint combines a message about teamwork, accountability, and purpose with an interactive drumming experience. He gives audiences a shared way to explore what it takes to work together through challenges. Ideal for broad company gatherings and team events.
Is Clint Pulver Right for Your Event?
Tell us whether your priority is employee retention, sales relationships, or stronger team unity. We can help select Clint’s most relevant program, discuss the event format, and confirm his availability and fee.
Contact The Sweeney Agency 1-866-727-7555 or [email protected] for more information on this speaker.
Col. Nicole Malachowski
First Woman Thunderbird Pilot, Combat Veteran, Fighter Squadron Commander, White House Fellow & Adviser, and Indomitable Spirit
About
Col. Nicole Malachowski, USAF (Ret.): First Woman Thunderbird Pilot | Combat Veteran and Former Squadron Commander | Speaker on Leadership, Change and Teamwork
Why Book Nicole Malachowski?
Nicole also speaks candidly about rebuilding her life after a tick-borne illness ended her military career. Combining humor with personal stories, she connects extraordinary circumstances with familiar workplace challenges: trusting colleagues, asking for help, adapting to change, and deciding how to move forward.
Why Is Nicole Malachowski Right for Your Audience?
Nicole is a strong fit for leadership conferences, sales kickoffs, company meetings, and women’s leadership events. Consider her when people need renewed confidence during change or a stronger sense of responsibility for one another’s success.
Book Nicole when your audience needs to:
- Adapt when circumstances require a different approach
- Build trust through reliable behavior
- Ask for support and offer it to colleagues
- Reconsider assumptions that limit growth
- Learn from setbacks without losing direction
- Connect individual standards with team performance
Audience Takeaways
Depending on the program selected, attendees will leave:
- Ready to examine their response to a current challenge
- More aware of how their actions influence trust
- Clearer on the value of asking for help
- Encouraged to question a limiting assumption
- Focused on a practical step that supports their team
Keynote Programs
Harnessing Headwinds
Nicole uses aviation and personal experience to explore adaptation during change and adversity. Ideal for leaders and teams navigating uncertainty or significant transitions.
Pushing the Envelope
Nicole examines the trust, accountability, and willingness to be vulnerable behind effective teamwork. Ideal for leadership meetings, sales events, and organizations seeking more consistent performance.
Breaking Barriers
Nicole explores self-doubt, inherited expectations, and the assumptions that can constrain ambition. Ideal for professional development, women’s leadership, and audiences ready to question familiar limits.
Is Nicole Malachowski Right for Your Event?
Tell us about your audience, the changes it faces, and the teamwork or leadership habits you want to strengthen. We can help select Nicole’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
Allison Massari: Artist and Burn Survivor | Speaker on Resilience, Compassion and Self-Leadership
Why Book Allison Massari?
Allison brings a personal perspective to the impact of everyday kindness. Her message asks audiences to consider the experience they create for others and the choices available to them when circumstances are demanding.
Why Is Allison Massari Right for Your Audience?
Allison is a strong fit for healthcare conferences, leadership events, employee gatherings, and service-focused organizations. Consider her when an audience needs a meaningful reminder of the human impact of its work.
Book Allison when your audience needs to:
- Recognize the significance of compassionate actions
- Approach adversity with greater perspective
- Take ownership of the experience they create
- Strengthen connection with people they serve
- Find purpose in everyday contributions
- Support colleagues through demanding situations
Audience Takeaways
Depending on the program selected, attendees will leave:
- Clearer on the influence of small acts of care
- Ready to bring more intention to a daily interaction
- More aware of another person’s experience
- Encouraged to recognize their capacity to contribute
- Focused on a choice that reflects their values
Keynote Programs
The Fire Within℠
Allison explores self-leadership, resilience, and the role of compassion in demanding moments. Ideal for healthcare, service, and employee audiences seeking a personal connection between their work and its effect on others.
Is Allison Massari Right for Your Event?
Tell us about your audience, the people your audience serves and the compassion or resilience you want to strengthen. We can help select Allison’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.
Seth Mattison
Expert on The New World of Work and Leadership in The Digital Age
About
Seth Mattison: Future of Work Strategist | Founder and CEO of FutureSight Labs | Speaker on Leadership and the Human Side of Change
Why Book Seth Mattison?
Seth brings energy and a human perspective to conversations about AI and disruption. He shows audiences how to use new technology while strengthening the creativity, trust, and relationships that make their work valuable. He also prepares his presentations around an event’s goals and audience.
Why Is Seth Mattison Right for Your Audience?
Seth is a strong fit for leadership conferences, company meetings, sales kickoffs, and industry events where people are navigating change. He is especially relevant when an organization wants to discuss the future of work in terms its leaders and teams can act on.
Book Seth when your audience needs to:
- Lead people through technological and workplace change
- See where human skills add value alongside AI
- Build a culture that can adapt without losing its sense of purpose
- Strengthen trust and connection across teams
- Respond to changing employee and customer expectations
- Leave energized to help shape what comes next
Audience Takeaways
Attendees will leave:
- Clearer on how AI is changing work and where people contribute most
- Better able to identify the human strengths worth developing
- Ready to lead change with greater empathy and clarity
- More aware of how culture shapes adaptability and performance
- Equipped with questions to bring future of work ideas into their own teams
Keynote Programs
The Human Advantage: Unleashing the Power of People in the Age of Machines
Seth explores how organizations can combine AI and other tools with human creativity, empathy, and judgment. Ideal for audiences considering AI adoption, workforce change, and the future of customer experience.
The Heart of Leadership: Charting a New Course for a Changed World
Seth examines how leaders can build genuine connections, empower their people, and align teams around a shared direction. Ideal for leadership audiences navigating changing expectations and ongoing uncertainty.
The Future-Ready: Strategies to Adapt and Thrive
Seth helps audiences consider the habits and decisions that make teams more prepared for change. Ideal for organizations seeking an energizing conversation about adaptability.
Made With Love: The Strategy for Unlocking the Ultimate Competitive Advantage
Seth connects the care people bring to their work with the experiences they create for customers and colleagues. Ideal for culture, service, and brand audiences looking to strengthen human connection.
Is Seth Mattison Right for Your Event?
Tell us about your audience, the changes it is facing, and what you want people to do differently after the event. We can help select Seth’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.
Scott McKain
Best-selling Author and Dynamic Speaker on Sales, Innovation & Customer Service
About
Scott McKain: Author of ICONIC | Hall of Fame Speaker | Expert on Distinction and Customer Experience
Why Book Scott McKain?
Scott connects strategy with the choices employees make in sales, service, and leadership. His customized keynotes help audiences identify where they are becoming too similar to competitors and what they can do to stay relevant as customer expectations change.
Why Is Scott McKain Right for Your Audience?
Scott is a strong fit for leadership conferences, sales meetings, customer experience events, and industry gatherings. He is especially valuable when an organization competes in a crowded market or wants to strengthen customer loyalty beyond price and product features.
Book Scott when your audience needs to:
- Explain clearly why customers should choose them
- Stand out in a crowded or changing market
- Improve the experiences that build customer loyalty
- Communicate distinctive value in sales conversations
- Align leadership and culture with the brand promise
- Adapt as technology changes customer expectations
Audience Takeaways
Attendees will leave:
- Clearer on what makes their organization valuable to customers
- Better able to spot gaps between promised and delivered experiences
- Ready to identify moments that strengthen trust and loyalty
- Equipped to communicate differences that matter to buyers
- Focused on actions that help their organization remain relevant
Keynote Programs
Beyond Distinction
Scott’s current flagship keynote helps leaders examine whether their organization remains meaningful to its customers. He connects clear purpose, adaptation, communication, and the customer experience to lasting relevance. Ideal for executive and industry audiences navigating change.
Create Distinction
Scott shows organizations how to identify and express value that sets them apart. Ideal for sales and business audiences competing in markets where buyers see similar offerings.
ICONIC
Drawing on his book, Scott explores how leaders build and sustain a culture that reinforces what makes an organization distinctive. Ideal for leadership teams focused on consistency and long-term performance.
The Ultimate Customer Experience®
Scott examines the moments customers remember and how teams can turn those moments into stronger relationships. Ideal for service, customer experience, and retention-focused events.
Is Scott McKain Right for Your Event?
Tell us about your audience, your competitive landscape, and the customer experience you want to improve. We can help select Scott’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.
Kaplan Mobray
Internationally Acclaimed Best-selling Author, Motivational Speaker, Career Consultant, Founder of The Kaplan Mobray Leadership Institute
About
Kaplan Mobray: Author of The 10Ks of Personal Branding | Founder of the Kaplan Mobray Leadership Institute | Speaker on Leadership and Performance
Why Book Kaplan Mobray?
Kaplan brings energy and participation to the conversation. His presentations encourage audiences to examine how others experience their work and what they can do more deliberately to strengthen their influence and performance.
Why Is Kaplan Mobray Right for Your Audience?
Kaplan is a strong fit for leadership conferences, sales meetings, employee events, and career development programs. Consider him when people need to take greater ownership of their professional impact.
Book Kaplan when your audience needs to:
- Clarify what they want to be known for
- Connect personal reputation with consistent behavior
- Strengthen accountability for their contribution
- Communicate their value more effectively
- Build more purposeful leadership habits
- Approach growth with greater intention
Audience Takeaways
Depending on the program selected, attendees will leave:
- Clearer on the professional impression they create
- Ready to identify a leadership habit to strengthen
- More aware of how behavior shapes reputation
- Equipped with questions for personal development
- Focused on an action that demonstrates their value
Keynote Programs
Elevate Leadership Excellence
Kaplan explores leadership practices that support stronger teams. Ideal for managers and emerging leaders.
Maximizing the Power of Your Personal Brand
Kaplan examines how people communicate and demonstrate their professional value. Ideal for sales, career development, and broad employee audiences.
Is Kaplan Mobray Right for Your Event?
Tell us about your audience, the leadership behaviors you want to strengthen and the professional impact you want people to make. We can help select Kaplan’s most relevant program, discuss customization, and confirm availability and fee.
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Gaby Natale
Transformative Motivational Speaker, Triple Daytime EMMY-Winning Journalist, Bestselling Author & Entrepreneur
About
Gaby Natale: Emmy Award-Winning Journalist | Author and Entrepreneur | Speaker on Pioneering, Leadership and Personal Growth
Why Book Gaby Natale?
Gaby combines personal storytelling with a message about the pioneer spirit. Her presentations encourage audiences to value their distinct perspective, develop a clearer direction, and take action when familiar paths do not match their ambitions.
Why Is Gaby Natale Right for Your Audience?
Gaby is a strong fit for leadership conferences, women’s leadership events, employee gatherings, and professional development programs. Consider her when people need encouragement to bring their own perspective to new opportunities.
Book Gaby when your audience needs to:
- Recognize the value of their individual perspective
- Take a more active role in personal growth
- Build an action plan around an ambition
- Approach unfamiliar opportunities with greater confidence
- Strengthen purpose through daily choices
- Contribute ideas beyond established approaches
Audience Takeaways
Depending on the program selected, attendees will leave:
- Clearer on an ambition they want to pursue
- Ready to identify a practical development step
- More aware of strengths they can contribute
- Encouraged to approach an unfamiliar opportunity
- Focused on becoming an active participant in change
Keynote Programs
PIONEER
Gaby explores creating a path through individuality, purpose, and action. Ideal for leadership and professional growth audiences.
The Virtuous Circle
Gaby examines the development of personal strengths and a plan for achievement. Ideal for employee and emerging leader programs.
Is Gaby Natale Right for Your Event?
Tell us about your audience, the opportunities your audience needs to pursue and the confidence you want it to build. We can help select Gaby’s most relevant program, discuss customization, and confirm availability and fee.
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Eric O’Neill
National Security Strategist at VMWare Carbon Black, Former FBI Agent, Bestselling Author & Speaker on Cybersecurity
About
Eric O’Neill: Former FBI Counterintelligence Operative | Author of Gray Day | Speaker on Cybersecurity, Risk and Resilience
Why Book Eric O’Neill?
Eric uses storytelling to connect complex threats with the decisions people make at work. His presentations encourage audiences to question assumptions, pay attention to warning signs, and recognize their part in protecting information.
Why Is Eric O’Neill Right for Your Audience?
Eric is a strong fit for cybersecurity conferences, executive meetings, employee awareness events, and risk programs. Consider him when an organization needs an engaging way to make security responsibility more tangible.
Book Eric when your audience needs to:
- Recognize the human side of security threats
- Question assumptions when something seems unusual
- Bring greater care to information handling
- Understand the value of vigilance
- Strengthen conversations about organizational risk
- Take ownership of their role in protecting the business
Audience Takeaways
Depending on the program selected, attendees will leave:
- Clearer on the relationship between behavior and security
- Ready to examine a security assumption
- More aware of the importance of warning signs
- Equipped with questions for their organization’s security team
- Focused on a protective habit they can strengthen
Keynote Programs
Program options include Gray Day and a cybersecurity presentation tailored to your audience:
Gray Day
Eric shares the story of the Hanssen investigation and the judgment it required. Ideal for audiences seeking an engaging discussion of vigilance, pressure, and personal responsibility.
Cybersecurity and Protecting Your Organization
Eric connects his counterintelligence perspective with business security challenges. Ideal for executives and employee awareness programs.
Is Eric O’Neill Right for Your Event?
Tell us about your audience, the security questions your audience faces and the behaviors you want it to strengthen. We can help select Eric’s most relevant program, discuss customization, and confirm availability and fee.
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Vince Poscente
Peak performance speaker, Olympic skier and best-selling author.
About
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.
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Clint Pulver
The Ultimate Experience to Engage, Retain, and Inspire Your People
About
Clint Pulver: Hall of Fame Speaker | Author of I Love It Here | Speaker on Employee Retention and Leadership
Why Book Clint Pulver?
Clint delivers that message with stories, humor, and a high-energy stage presence. His sessions show managers how mentorship, advocacy, and everyday interactions can shape an employee’s experience. For teams that need an interactive event, he can also bring music and drumming into the presentation.
Why Is Clint Pulver Right for Your Audience?
Clint is a strong fit for leadership conferences, manager meetings, sales kickoffs, and company events. He is especially valuable when an organization wants its leaders to improve engagement and its employees to feel more connected to their work and one another.
Book Clint when your audience needs to:
- Understand what encourages employees to stay
- Lead through mentorship and advocacy
- Strengthen trust across teams and generations
- Improve relationships with customers
- Rebuild energy and shared purpose
- Experience an interactive message they will remember
Audience Takeaways
Attendees will leave:
- More aware of the daily leadership moments that shape retention
- Ready to ask better questions about what team members need
- Equipped to make mentorship part of their management approach
- Clearer on how trust supports collaboration and loyalty
- Motivated to act on one way they can support someone else
Keynote Programs
I Love It Here: How Great Leaders Create Organizations Their People Never Want to Leave
Clint shares what he has learned from employees about the leadership that earns their commitment. Through stories and practical ideas, he helps managers move toward mentorship and create a workplace where people can grow and contribute. Ideal for leadership and employee engagement events.
Make Your Sales Soar
Clint helps sales professionals build stronger customer relationships by listening closely and guiding buyers through decisions. He explores how meaningful connection can support trust, referrals, and lasting loyalty. Ideal for sales meetings and client-facing teams.
United We Stand: How Trust and Unity Create Transformational Change
Clint combines a message about teamwork, accountability, and purpose with an interactive drumming experience. He gives audiences a shared way to explore what it takes to work together through challenges. Ideal for broad company gatherings and team events.
Is Clint Pulver Right for Your Event?
Tell us whether your priority is employee retention, sales relationships, or stronger team unity. We can help select Clint’s most relevant program, discuss the event format, and confirm his availability and fee.
Contact The Sweeney Agency 1-866-727-7555 or [email protected] for more information on this speaker.
Marc Randolph
About Marc Randolph – Netflix Cofounder, Bestselling Author, Executive Mentor
About
Marc Randolph: Netflix Co-Founder and First CEO | Author of That Will Never Work | Speaker on Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Why Book Marc Randolph?
Marc connects the startup story with practical questions about experimentation and focus. His presentations encourage people to test assumptions, learn from evidence, and consider what they should change as an idea develops.
Why Is Marc Randolph Right for Your Audience?
Marc is a strong fit for entrepreneurship conferences, executive meetings, innovation events, and company gatherings. Consider him when an organization wants an engaging story that opens a more practical discussion about trying new ideas.
Book Marc when your audience needs to:
- Test ideas before making large commitments
- Use evidence to challenge assumptions
- Learn more deliberately from early experiments
- Maintain focus as opportunities multiply
- Respond resourcefully when plans change
- Create more room for entrepreneurial thinking
Audience Takeaways
Depending on the program selected, attendees will leave:
- Clearer on an assumption they should test
- Ready to identify a manageable experiment
- More aware of the choices behind a startup’s development
- Equipped with questions about evidence and focus
- Encouraged to turn an idea into a practical test
Keynote Programs
NETFLIXED
Marc shares the early Netflix story and the decisions surrounding its development. Ideal for business audiences seeking a personal perspective on innovation, persistence, testing, and entrepreneurial focus.
Is Marc Randolph Right for Your Event?
Tell us about your audience, the ideas your audience wants to develop and the innovation habits you want to encourage. We can help select Marc’s most relevant program, discuss customization, and confirm availability and fee.
Contact The Sweeney Agency 1-866-727-7555 or [email protected] for more information on this speaker.
Michelle Ray
Sought-After Keynote Speaker on Change, Communication and Leadership.
About
Michelle Ray: Leadership Expert | Speaker on Change, Communication and Leading in Real Time
Why Book Michelle Ray?
Michelle brings the discussion into everyday leadership situations. Her presentations encourage people to examine how they listen, respond to uncertainty, and show up when a familiar approach no longer meets the needs of the moment.
Why Is Michelle Ray Right for Your Audience?
Michelle is a strong fit for leadership conferences, management meetings, employee events, and organizations navigating transition. Consider her when leaders need to be more responsive and intentional in their relationships.
Book Michelle when your audience needs to:
- Respond more thoughtfully to changing conditions
- Build trust through everyday communication
- Strengthen relationships with employees
- Examine their own leadership habits
- Give clearer direction during uncertainty
- Connect authenticity with visible behavior
Audience Takeaways
Depending on the program selected, attendees will leave:
- Clearer on a leadership response they want to improve
- Ready to approach a team conversation differently
- More aware of how their behavior affects trust
- Equipped with questions about changing employee needs
- Focused on a practical next leadership action
Keynote Programs
Real-Time Leadership
Michelle explores being ready and responsive in a changing environment. Ideal for managers and leaders navigating uncertainty.
The Transformational Leader
Michelle examines authenticity and the relationships leaders build with their teams. Ideal for leadership development and management programs.
Is Michelle Ray Right for Your Event?
Tell us about your audience, the changes your leaders face and the working relationships you want them to strengthen. We can help select Michelle’s most relevant program, discuss customization, and confirm availability and fee.
Contact The Sweeney Agency 1-866-727-7555 or [email protected] for more information on this speaker.
Shola Richards
About Shola Richards – Bestselling Author & Expert on Workplace Culture:
About
Shola Richards: Author and Workplace Culture Advocate | Speaker on Kindness, Leadership and Accountability
Why Book Shola Richards?
Shola brings a practical challenge to leaders and employees: make respect visible in action. His presentations encourage audiences to consider how they contribute to their workplace and where they can go first in creating a more constructive environment.
Why Is Shola Richards Right for Your Audience?
Shola is a strong fit for leadership conferences, employee gatherings, culture programs, and service organizations. Consider him when an organization wants respect and accountability to become shared working practices.
Book Shola when your audience needs to:
- Make kindness visible through daily actions
- Address behavior that undermines respect
- Take ownership of workplace interactions
- Strengthen trust between colleagues
- Support others through demanding situations
- Connect culture commitments with leadership behavior
Audience Takeaways
Depending on the program selected, attendees will leave:
- Clearer on an interaction they can improve
- Ready to model a more respectful response
- More aware of their contribution to team culture
- Equipped with questions about addressing harmful behavior
- Focused on taking a constructive first step
Keynote Programs
Strong Enough to Be Kind™
Shola explores kindness as an active leadership and workplace practice. Ideal for audiences seeking a culture in which respect, responsibility, and constructive action reinforce one another.
Is Shola Richards Right for Your Event?
Tell us about your audience, the culture you want to create and the behaviors your people need to practice. We can help select Shola’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.
Sam Richter
Keynote Speaker, Expert on Sales Intelligence, Best-selling Author
About
Sam Richter: Hall of Fame Speaker | Bestselling Author | Speaker on Generative AI and Sales Intelligence
Why Book Sam Richter?
Sam makes the technology approachable through live demonstrations, humor, and examples tailored to the audience. Attendees see how the tools work and leave with resources they can use after the event.
Why Is Sam Richter Right for Your Audience?
Sam is a strong fit for leadership conferences, sales kickoffs, association events, and company meetings. He is especially valuable when an organization wants people to move beyond general talk about AI and learn how to use it in their work.
Book Sam when your audience needs to:
- Find practical uses for generative AI
- Research prospects and customers more effectively
- Make outreach more relevant and personal
- Turn information into better business decisions
- Build stronger professional relationships
- Feel more confident using unfamiliar technology
Audience Takeaways
Attendees will leave:
- Clearer on where AI can help in their daily work
- Ready to use research to prepare for better conversations
- Equipped with tools and resources they can explore immediately
- More aware of how to use information responsibly
- Confident taking a practical next step after the event
Keynote Programs
Mindset Shift™: Generative AI and Your Future
Sam shows leaders and teams how to use generative AI to improve communication, productivity, decision-making, and innovation. Through demonstrations and examples relevant to the audience, he makes a fast-changing subject easier to understand and apply. Ideal for leadership and organization-wide events.
Get the Meeting No One Else Can
Sam helps sales teams combine AI and online research to identify opportunities, learn what matters to prospects, and create outreach that earns attention. He shows how better preparation can lead to more relevant conversations and stronger customer relationships. Ideal for sales kickoffs and business development teams.
Every YES Begins with a KNOW
Sam explores how digital insight can help people understand others and communicate with greater relevance. This program connects research with authentic relationship-building. Available by request as a customized keynote or breakout session for client-facing and business audiences.
Is Sam Richter Right for Your Event?
Tell us whether your priority is practical AI adoption, sales prospecting, or stronger business relationships. We can help select Sam’s most relevant program, discuss customization, and confirm his availability and fee.
Contact The Sweeney Agency at 1-866-727-7555 or [email protected] for more information on this speaker.
April Rinne
Global Authority on the New Economy, Future of Work, and Navigating Constant Change, Humanistic Futurist
About
April Rinne: Author of Flux | Change Navigator and Futurist | Speaker on Adaptability and Navigating Uncertainty
Why Book April Rinne?
April encourages audiences to examine the assumptions they carry into unfamiliar circumstances. Her presentations offer a way to discuss adaptability as an ongoing practice, helping people identify what they can reconsider when the future does not follow a predictable path.
Why Is April Rinne Right for Your Audience?
April is a strong fit for leadership conferences, employee events, strategy retreats, and organizations navigating transition. Consider her when people need a more open, intentional approach to uncertainty.
Book April when your audience needs to:
- Reconsider expectations about constant change
- Build greater comfort with not having every answer
- Question assumptions about a predictable future
- Approach unfamiliar circumstances with curiosity
- Discuss adaptability more openly
- Identify a practical response to uncertainty
Audience Takeaways
Depending on the program selected, attendees will leave:
- Clearer on their own relationship with change
- Ready to examine an assumption that limits adaptability
- More aware of choices available in uncertain conditions
- Equipped with questions for navigating a transition
- Focused on a practice they can develop over time
Keynote Programs
Flux: 8 Superpowers for Thriving in Constant Change
April explores practices for approaching an uncertain world with greater adaptability. Ideal for leaders and teams working through ongoing change in their organizations and careers.
Is April Rinne Right for Your Event?
Tell us about your audience, the transitions your audience faces and the adaptability you want it to develop. We can help select April’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 Steinberg
About Scott Steinberg – Business Strategist & Technology Futurist
About
Scott Steinberg: Business Strategist | Technology Futurist and Author | Speaker on Innovation, Change and Emerging Trends
Why Book Scott Steinberg?
Scott connects trend awareness with decisions about products, services, leadership, and skills. His presentations encourage people to look beyond familiar approaches and consider small experiments that could reveal useful opportunities.
Why Is Scott Steinberg Right for Your Audience?
Scott is a strong fit for executive meetings, innovation conferences, industry events, and employee development programs. Consider him when your organization wants people to respond to change with curiosity and initiative.
Book Scott when your audience needs to:
- Recognize trends relevant to their business
- Question assumptions about existing practices
- Explore new product and service opportunities
- Build confidence approaching unfamiliar technology
- Encourage experimentation within teams
- Connect future thinking with current decisions
Audience Takeaways
Depending on the program selected, attendees will leave:
- Clearer on a trend they should investigate
- Ready to challenge a familiar business assumption
- More aware of practical innovation opportunities
- Equipped with questions about future capabilities
- Focused on an experiment that could inform the next decision
Keynote Programs
Leading with Innovation
Scott explores ways to respond to disruption and encourage new thinking across an organization. Ideal for leadership and change audiences.
Think Like a Futurist
Scott introduces approaches to spotting emerging opportunities and considering their implications. Ideal for strategy, industry, and innovation events.
Is Scott Steinberg Right for Your Event?
Tell us about your audience, the market changes you need to examine and the innovative behavior you want to encourage. 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.
About
Nick Tasler: Organizational Psychologist | Bestselling Author | Speaker on Change and Decision-Making
Why Book Nick Tasler?
Nick makes change feel manageable. He gives audiences practical ways to challenge old assumptions, get curious about new possibilities, and turn a broad goal into the next useful decision.
Why Is Nick Tasler Right for Your Audience?
Nick is a strong fit for leadership conferences, sales meetings, strategy sessions, and company events during periods of growth or change. He is especially valuable when teams need to move beyond uncertainty, align around priorities, and make progress together.
Book Nick when your audience needs to:
- Respond to change with curiosity and confidence
- Make decisions without getting stuck in analysis
- Recognize when past success is limiting future growth
- Turn a strategy into consistent daily action
- Get clearer about priorities and direction
- Build momentum during uncertainty
Audience Takeaways
Attendees will leave:
- Better able to identify the assumptions shaping their choices
- Equipped to approach change as an opportunity to learn
- Clearer on how individual decisions support a larger strategy
- Ready to question practices that no longer serve their goals
- Focused on a practical next step they can take with their team
Keynote Programs
Your Year of Wonders
Nick’s signature keynote invites audiences to replace the instinct to resist change with curiosity. Based on his book of the same name, it helps people see how a different response to uncertainty can open the door to growth. Ideal for organizations navigating change or setting a new direction.
One Decision at a Time
Nick addresses the gap between strategy and execution. He gives leaders and teams a repeatable way to make the choices that move a plan forward, even when the full path is not yet clear. Ideal for leadership meetings and teams focused on follow-through.
Ping Pong Paradox
The habits that brought success can become obstacles to the next stage of growth. Nick helps audiences spot when a familiar approach is holding them back and consider what needs to change. Ideal for established organizations adapting to new demands.
Winning with Agile Optimism
Nick explores how people can move through worry and find a productive response to uncertainty. His agile optimism framework helps audiences look for possibilities while doing the work needed to make progress. Ideal for teams facing disruption or ambitious goals.
Is Nick Tasler Right for Your Event?
Tell us what is changing for your organization, which decisions your audience faces, and what you want people to do differently afterward. We can help select Nick’s most relevant program, discuss customization, and confirm his availability and fee.
Contact The Sweeney Agency 1-866-727-7555 or [email protected] for more information on this speaker.
Eric Termuende
A Global Shaper of the World Economic Forum, Author, and Speaker on Optimizing Workplace Culture, Future of Work, and Engagement in the Workplace
About
Eric Termuende: Bestselling Author of Rethink Work | Researcher on Workplace Culture | Speaker on Leading Through Uncertainty
Why Book Eric Termuende?
Eric combines research with engaging stories and a practical approach. His message gives people a way to respond to uncertainty together: build trust, make small deliberate shifts, and learn from action. He tailors his keynotes to the challenges facing the audience.
Why Is Eric Termuende Right for Your Audience?
Eric is a strong fit for leadership conferences, company meetings, association events, and teams navigating change. He is especially relevant when an organization needs people to stay aligned and act despite shifting priorities, technology, or customer expectations.
Book Eric when your audience needs to:
- Find direction when the path ahead is unclear
- Build trust and strengthen team resilience
- Reduce friction that slows collaboration
- Respond to change without waiting for a perfect plan
- Turn small experiments into useful information and momentum
- Prepare teams for an unpredictable future of work
Audience Takeaways
Attendees will leave:
- Clearer on the difference between choosing a direction and predicting an outcome
- Equipped to identify sources of friction within a team
- Better able to create trust and alignment during change
- Ready to use small, deliberate One-Degree Shifts to make progress
- More confident taking the next useful step amid uncertainty
Keynote Programs
The Certainty Crisis: How to Thrive in a World That Refuses to Stand Still
Eric challenges the habit of waiting for complete clarity before acting. He gives audiences a way to choose a direction, adapt as they learn, and use One-Degree Shifts to create momentum. Ideal for leaders and teams facing decisions with incomplete information.
Built for Uncertainty: Leading Teams in a World That Has Never Moved Faster
Eric focuses on the conditions that help teams stay aligned and effective as plans change. He explores trust, sources of friction, and small experiments that help people move forward together. Ideal for leadership and transformation events.
Blueprint to the Future: Leading in a New World of Work
Eric offers a framework for building teams prepared to adapt to an unpredictable future. He connects trust, resilience, and a culture of experimentation to everyday leadership choices. Ideal for audiences focused on workplace culture and the future of work.
Is Eric Termuende Right for Your Event?
Tell us about the changes your audience is facing and what you want people to do differently after the event. We can help choose Eric’s most relevant keynote, discuss customization, and confirm his availability and fee.
Contact The Sweeney Agency 1-866-727-7555 or [email protected] for more information on this speaker.
Mike Walsh
Author of The Algorithmic Leader and Speaker on Change, Technology and Innovation.
About
Mike Walsh: Futurist Keynote Speaker on AI, Leadership & Transformation | Bestselling Author | HBR Columnist | Fortune 50 Advisor
Reinvent Your Organization for the AI-Powered Future. AI isn't simply changing how we work. It's changing what organizations can become.
Known for combining provocative ideas with practical business insight, Mike helps leaders understand how AI, algorithms, automation and digital labor will reshape organizations—and what they need to do now to stay relevant and competitive.
His message goes beyond adopting the latest technology. The real opportunity is to reinvent how your organization works, makes decisions and creates value.
Why Book Mike Walsh?
Mike doesn't simply predict the future. He helps leaders prepare to compete in it.
As a strategic advisor to Fortune 50 companies, Harvard Business Review columnist, bestselling author and global researcher, Mike studies how the world's most innovative organizations are using technology to transform the way they operate.
His global perspective allows him to connect emerging technologies with changing customer behavior, workforce expectations and new business models.
Audiences leave with something more valuable than a list of trends: a clearer understanding of what AI means for their organization and how leaders need to respond.
What Makes Mike Walsh Different?
- Futurist for leaders — focuses on the strategic implications of technology rather than technology alone
- AI and digital labor authority — explores how AI agents will reshape organizations and work
- Fortune 50 advisor — works directly with senior leaders navigating transformation
- Harvard Business Review columnist — translates emerging trends into practical leadership insights
- Three-time bestselling author — including The Algorithmic Leader
- Global perspective — researches innovation, technology and consumer behavior around the world
- Leadership focused — explores how decision-making must evolve in the Algorithmic Age
- Highly customized — connects his research directly to the client's industry and challenges
Why Is Mike Right for Your Audience?
Mike is an outstanding choice when you want your audience to understand where AI is heading, what it means for their business and how they need to lead differently as a result.
He is particularly effective for CEO conferences, executive leadership meetings, AI summits, technology conferences, association events and organizations navigating significant transformation.
Book Mike when your audience needs to:
- Understand what's coming next in AI
- Prepare for AI agents and digital labor
- Reimagine how their organization operates
- Identify new opportunities created by automation
- Lead people confidently through technological disruption
- Make smarter data-driven decisions
- Rethink customer and employee experiences
- Move beyond incremental improvement toward genuine reinvention
Audience Takeaways
Attendees will leave:
- Understanding how AI agents could reshape organizations
- Better prepared for the next decade of AI-powered transformation
- Thinking differently about the future of work
- Recognizing where human capabilities create the greatest value
- Better equipped to lead hybrid teams of humans and machines
- Understanding why AI requires organizational—not simply technological—change
- More willing to challenge outdated assumptions
- Ready to rethink how their organization creates value
Mike Walsh Keynote Programs
Abundant Intelligence: How Digital Labor Will Rewrite the Rules of Business. What happens when AI stops being simply a tool and becomes part of your workforce?
AI agents capable of independently analyzing information, making decisions and taking action represent a fundamental shift in how organizations may operate.
Mike explores the emergence of digital labor and what it could mean for organizational structure, governance, workforce strategy and competitive advantage.
He challenges leaders to look beyond today's copilots and chatbots and consider how organizations will operate when humans work alongside potentially vast networks of intelligent digital agents.
Ideal for: CEO conferences, AI summits, executive leadership meetings and organizations developing their AI strategy.
The AI-Powered Decade Ahead. Are you using AI to improve what you already do—or rethink what your organization could do?
Mike takes audiences on a journey toward 2035, exploring how AI, algorithms and automation could drive a new industrial revolution.
He argues that the greatest opportunity isn't simply making existing processes faster. It's reimagining customer experiences, redesigning organizations and finding entirely new ways to solve problems.
Technology is only part of the transformation.
Leadership ambition will determine what organizations actually do with it.
Ideal for: Leadership conferences, technology events, strategy meetings and organizations preparing for long-term transformation.
The Future Favors the Bold. Incremental improvement may help you keep up. Bold thinking is what creates what's next.
Technology breakthroughs, changing customer behavior, geopolitical uncertainty and machine intelligence are challenging many of the assumptions on which organizations were built.
Mike shows why successful transformation requires leaders willing to experiment, challenge conventional thinking and make courageous decisions.
Because the future isn't simply an upgraded version of the present.
It requires leaders willing to reinvent it.
Ideal for: Leadership conferences, transformation events, executive meetings and organizations facing disruption.
The Algorithmic Leader. What capabilities will leaders need when machines can increasingly analyze, predict and decide?
Based on his bestselling book The Algorithmic Leader, Mike explores how AI, automation and algorithms are changing leadership itself.
He challenges leaders to rethink how they make decisions, use data, design teams and combine machine intelligence with uniquely human capabilities.
Audiences leave with practical ideas for redesigning their organizations, reimagining their roles and reinventing how they make decisions.
Ideal for: Leadership development programs, executive conferences, technology events and organizations developing future-ready leaders.
Why Book Mike Walsh Through The Sweeney Agency?
Mike Walsh combines AI expertise, strategic foresight, global research and practical leadership insight—making him particularly valuable when you need executives to understand not simply what technology is doing, but what they should do differently because of it.
The Sweeney Agency can help you:
- Confirm Mike Walsh's availability and current speaking fee
- Determine which Mike Walsh keynote best fits your audience
- Discuss customization around your industry and AI priorities
- Coordinate format, timing and event logistics
- Compare Mike with other leading AI, futurist and future-of-business keynote speakers
Is Mike Walsh Right for Your Event?
Tell us what's changing in your industry—and what your leaders need to understand about AI and the future ahead.
We'll help you determine whether Mike is the right fit, confirm availability and fees, and make the booking process simple.
Planning an AI summit, executive conference, leadership meeting or association event? Contact The Sweeney Agency today [email protected] to discuss booking Mike Walsh as your keynote speaker.
Nicholas J. Webb
World Renowned Innovation and Healthcare Futurist, Best-selling Author
About
Nicholas Webb: Innovation and Healthcare Futurist | Bestselling Author | Speaker on AI, Leadership and Customer Experience
Why Book Nicholas Webb?
The author of books including The Innovation Mandate, What Customers Crave and Happy Work, Nick explores how innovation, customer insight and workplace culture support growth. His energetic presentations combine research, stories and practical ideas, with content tailored to the audience’s industry and priorities.
Why Is Nicholas Webb Right for Your Audience?
Nick is a strong fit for leadership conferences, healthcare events, innovation meetings and customer experience programs. He is particularly relevant when an organization wants people to understand changing expectations, identify opportunities and turn new ideas into action.
Book Nick when your audience needs to:
- Understand trends shaping its industry
- Explore how AI could change work and service delivery
- Build a culture that supports practical innovation
- Use customer insight to improve experiences
- Strengthen employee engagement and retention
- Make clearer decisions during rapid change
Audience Takeaways
Depending on the program selected, attendees will leave:
- Better able to connect emerging trends with business priorities
- Equipped with ideas for turning innovation into useful action
- More aware of what customers value and what frustrates them
- Ready to consider how employee experience affects organizational performance
- Clearer on opportunities to improve service, culture and leadership
Keynote Programs
Healthcare Future Trends and Artificial Intelligence
Nick explores the forces reshaping healthcare, including AI and changing expectations among patients, providers and staff. Ideal for health systems, payers, life sciences organizations and healthcare associations preparing for change.
Unlock the Superpower of Innovation
Drawing on his experience as an inventor and CEO, Nick shows how organizations can build a culture that turns ideas into growth. Ideal for teams seeking practical ways to move innovation forward.
Thrive in the Customer Experience Economy
Nick examines how a deeper understanding of customers can inform better experiences and stronger loyalty. Drawing on What Customers Crave and What Customers Hate, this program is ideal for sales, service and customer experience audiences.
Leadership in a Time of Rapid Change
Based on Lucid Leadership, Nick explores how leaders gain clarity about their markets, cultures and responsibilities. Ideal for executives and managers navigating changing priorities.
Is Nicholas Webb Right for Your Event?
Tell us about your audience, the changes affecting your organization and what you want attendees to do differently. We can help select Nick’s most relevant program, discuss customization, and confirm his availability and fee.
Contact The Sweeney Agency 1-866-727-7555 or [email protected] for more information on this speaker.
Alex Weber
American Ninja Warrior, Inspirational Speaker on Leadership & Peak Performance
About
Alex Weber: American Ninja Warrior Host and Competitor | Award-Winning Speaker | Speaker on Leadership and Peak Performance
Why Book Alex Weber?
Alex brings energy, humor, and openness to the stage. He uses his own failures and achievements to give audiences practical ways to build confidence, support one another, and keep making progress when the next step feels difficult.
Why Is Alex Weber Right for Your Audience?
Alex is a strong fit for leadership conferences, company meetings, team events, and opening or closing keynotes. He is especially relevant when an organization wants people to approach ambitious goals with renewed confidence and work together through change.
Book Alex when your audience needs to:
- Overcome hesitation after setbacks
- Build confidence in high-pressure moments
- Strengthen trust and connection across teams
- Align personal goals with a shared mission
- Lead with a positive and resilient example
- Take action toward its next level of performance
Audience Takeaways
Attendees will leave:
- More willing to act despite self-doubt
- Equipped to reframe setbacks as opportunities to learn
- Clearer on the strengths they can bring to a goal
- Ready to build stronger relationships within their teams
- Energized to follow through on a meaningful next step
Keynote Programs
Unstoppable
Alex shares a system for leaders and top performers facing critical moments. He explores how to respond to stress and doubt with confidence, resourcefulness, and action. Ideal for leadership and performance audiences.
The Unstoppable You
Alex helps individuals challenge internal limits, recognize their strengths, and pursue goals that may feel out of reach. Ideal for company-wide and professional development events.
Unstoppable Leadership
Drawing on his coaching experience, Alex focuses on shared vision, trust, and the example leaders set for others. Ideal for managers and leaders at any career stage.
Unstoppable Teams
Alex examines how teams can build genuine connection and align individual goals with collective success. Ideal for organizations seeking stronger collaboration and a more united culture.
Is Alex Weber Right for Your Event?
Tell us about your audience, the obstacles it faces, and the goals you want it to pursue after the event. We can help select Alex’s most relevant keynote, discuss customization, and confirm his availability and fee.
Contact The Sweeney Agency 1-866-727-7555 or [email protected] for more information on this speaker.





























