Cassandra Worthy: Keynote Speaker on Change, Leadership & Transformation | Founder of Change Enthusiasm® | Bestselling Author

Turn Change Into Your Competitive Advantage

What if your people didn't just cope with change—but learned how to use it as fuel for growth?

Cassandra Worthy is a bestselling author, leadership expert and highly engaging keynote speaker on change, transformation, resilience and workplace culture.

Why Book Cassandra Worthy?

Cassandra tackles one of the biggest challenges facing organizations today: change fatigue.

Most people understand that change is necessary. The challenge is getting them to embrace it rather than resist it.

Cassandra gives audiences a practical framework for recognizing the emotions that surface during disruption and turning those emotions into productive action. Rather than simply telling people to “embrace change,” she shows them how to do it.

Her keynotes are energetic, interactive and highly actionable—making Cassandra an excellent choice when you want people to leave the room thinking differently, feeling energized and ready to move forward.

What Makes Cassandra Worthy Different?

• Creator of Change Enthusiasm® — a distinctive methodology for navigating change
• Real-world corporate experience — understands transformation from inside major organizations
• High-energy delivery — dynamic, engaging and memorable on stage
• Emotion meets action — helps people understand their response to change and do something productive with it
• Immediately actionable — practical strategies audiences can apply right away
• Relevant at every level — connects with executives, managers and employees
• Customizable — Cassandra can align her message with your organization's specific transformation or change initiative

Why Is Cassandra Right for Your Audience?

Cassandra is an outstanding choice when your organization needs people to move beyond change resistance and actively participate in what's next.

She is particularly effective for leadership conferences, corporate meetings, sales kickoffs, association conferences and organizations undergoing transformation, restructuring, rapid growth or cultural change.

Book Cassandra when your audience needs to:

• Embrace rather than resist organizational change
• Navigate uncertainty with greater confidence
• Turn change fatigue into forward momentum
• Build greater resilience and adaptability
• Take ownership of their response to disruption
• Lead teams more effectively through transformation
• Strengthen engagement during periods of uncertainty
• See opportunity where they previously saw disruption

Audience Takeaways

Attendees will leave:

• Understanding why change triggers powerful emotional responses
• Able to recognize the signals that influence their reactions to disruption
• Equipped with practical tools for navigating uncertainty
• Better prepared to turn difficult emotions into productive action
• More resilient and adaptable when circumstances change
• Ready to take greater ownership of their response to transformation
• Energized about their ability to influence what happens next

Cassandra Worthy Keynote Programs

Change Enthusiasm®: Harness the Power of Emotion to Fuel Transformation:  What if the emotions people experience during change could become fuel for moving forward?

Cassandra introduces audiences to her signature Change Enthusiasm® methodology, showing them how to recognize the emotions associated with disruption and consciously use those signals to make better choices.

Instead of treating difficult emotions as something to suppress, audiences learn how to use them as information—and transform uncertainty into growth, resilience and action.

Ideal for: Organizational transformation, leadership conferences, corporate meetings and organizations experiencing significant change.

Leading Through Change: Successful transformation requires more than a new strategy. It requires leaders who understand how people actually experience change.

Cassandra helps leaders recognize the emotional side of transformation and gives them practical strategies for guiding teams through uncertainty.

Leaders learn how to create greater trust, maintain engagement and help their people move from resistance toward ownership and action.

Ideal for: Executive meetings, leadership development, management conferences and transformation initiatives.

Building a Change-Ready Culture: Change isn't an occasional event anymore. It's an everyday reality.

Cassandra challenges organizations to move beyond simply managing individual change initiatives and instead build cultures where adaptability becomes a competitive advantage.

Audiences learn how to develop the mindset, behaviors and emotional awareness required to respond more effectively when disruption arrives.

Ideal for: Culture, innovation, transformation and future-of-work events.

Why Book Cassandra Worthy Through The Sweeney Agency?

Cassandra Worthy's energy and Change Enthusiasm® methodology make her a compelling choice for organizations experiencing transformation—but the real value comes from matching her message to the specific change your audience is being asked to navigate.

The Sweeney Agency can help you:

• Confirm Cassandra Worthy's availability and current speaking fee
• Determine which Cassandra Worthy keynote best fits your audience
• Discuss customization around your organization's change initiative
• Coordinate format, timing and event logistics
• Compare Cassandra with other leading change, leadership and motivational speakers

Is Cassandra Worthy Right for Your Event?

Tell us what's changing in your organization—and how you want your people to respond.

We'll help you determine whether Cassandra is the right fit, confirm availability and fees, and make the booking process simple.

Contact The Sweeney Agency 1-866-727-7555 or [email protected] for more information on this speaker.

Steve Wozniak: Apple Cofounder | Technology Pioneer | Speaker on Innovation, Entrepreneurship and the Future of Technology

Why Book Steve Wozniak?

Steve’s appearances are commonly structured as moderated conversations. That format gives an audience room to explore the founding of Apple, the creative process, education, and his perspective on emerging technology through questions relevant to the event.

Why Is Steve Wozniak Right for Your Audience?

Steve is a strong fit for technology conferences, executive forums, entrepreneurship events, and education programs. Consider him when you want an engaging conversation with a pioneer whose work helped shape personal computing.

Book Steve when your audience needs to:

• Explore the origins of a major technology company
• Consider how curiosity supports invention
• Discuss the relationship between engineering and entrepreneurship
• Question assumptions about innovation
• Connect technology with learning and education
• Reflect on possibilities for future tools

Audience Takeaways

Depending on the program selected, attendees will leave:

• A personal perspective on the development of Apple
• More aware of the role of experimentation in invention
• Ready to consider a creative problem differently
• Encouraged to keep learning and exploring
• Equipped with ideas for continued discussion about technology

Keynote Programs

Steve’s appearances can be designed as moderated conversations around these areas:

Innovation, Creativity and the Founding of Apple

A moderated conversation explores Steve’s engineering experience and the development of Apple. Ideal for technology and entrepreneurship audiences.

Technology, Education and What Comes Next

A tailored discussion considers learning, emerging technologies, and Steve’s perspective on the future. Ideal for executive forums and education events.

Is Steve Wozniak Right for Your Event?

Tell us about your audience, the questions you want Steve to explore and the moderator and audience format you have in mind. We can help select Steve’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.

Garrison Wynn: Keynote Speaker on Leadership, Change & Influence | Bestselling Author | Business Performance Expert

Influence People. Navigate Change. Get Better Results.

Garrison Wynn is a bestselling author, business expert and highly entertaining keynote speaker on leadership, change, influence and workplace performance.

Combining research, real-world business experience and humor, Garrison helps audiences understand what makes people listen, trust and cooperate. His practical approach gives leaders and employees strategies for communicating more effectively, navigating change and getting results—even when they don't have complete control over the people or circumstances around them.

Why Book Garrison Wynn?

Garrison tackles a reality every organization faces: being right isn't enough. You still have to get people to buy in.

Whether leaders are introducing change, salespeople are influencing customers or teams are trying to work more effectively together, success often depends on the ability to gain cooperation from other people.

Garrison shows audiences how to increase their influence, communicate in ways people respond to and become more effective at getting things done.

His presentations are funny, fast-paced and practical, making complex workplace challenges easy to understand and immediately relevant.

What Makes Garrison Wynn Different?

• Business-focused message — connects communication and influence directly to results
• Highly entertaining — uses humor to keep audiences engaged
• Practical strategies — gives people ideas they can immediately apply
• Influence expertise — explores why people listen, cooperate and buy into ideas
• Change relevant — helps leaders gain greater support during uncertainty and transformation
• Broad audience appeal — effective for executives, managers, salespeople and frontline employees
• Real-world perspective — focuses on what actually works when dealing with people
• Memorable delivery — combines useful content with an entertaining keynote experience

Why Is Garrison Right for Your Audience?

Garrison is an excellent choice when you need your people to communicate more effectively, gain greater cooperation and produce results in situations they can't completely control.

He is particularly effective for leadership conferences, sales meetings, corporate events, association conferences and organizations navigating change.

Book Garrison when your audience needs to:

• Gain greater buy-in for their ideas
• Communicate more effectively with different personalities
• Influence without relying on authority
• Build stronger workplace relationships
• Navigate resistance to change
• Improve collaboration across teams
• Strengthen customer and client relationships
• Get better results through other people

Audience Takeaways

Attendees will leave:

• Better able to communicate ideas in ways people will hear
• Understanding why good ideas don't automatically gain support
• Equipped with practical strategies for increasing influence
• More effective at gaining cooperation from others
• Better prepared to communicate during change
• More aware of how trust affects business relationships
• Ready to adapt their communication to different people and situations

Garrison Wynn Keynote Programs

Being the Best vs. Being Consistently Chosen

Why aren't the best products, services or ideas always the ones people choose?

Garrison explores the factors that influence how people make decisions and why technical excellence alone doesn't guarantee success.

Audiences discover how trust, communication, relationships and perceived value can influence whether customers, colleagues and decision-makers choose to support them.

Ideal for: Sales conferences, customer-facing teams, association events and business-development meetings.

Change Management: Creating Buy-In

Change doesn't succeed simply because leadership says it needs to happen.

Garrison helps audiences understand why people resist change and what leaders can do to create greater cooperation.

He shares practical strategies for communicating change, building trust and helping people understand why moving forward is in their interest.

Ideal for: Leadership conferences, transformation initiatives and organizations navigating significant change.

The Truth About Success

What really separates consistently successful people from everyone else?

Garrison challenges conventional assumptions about talent, intelligence and hard work and explores the behaviors that help people gain trust, build relationships and achieve results.

Through humor, research and real-world examples, he shows audiences how to become more influential and effective in their interactions with others.

Ideal for: Corporate meetings, leadership events, sales kickoffs and association conferences.

Why Book Garrison Wynn Through The Sweeney Agency?

Garrison Wynn combines business insight, practical strategies and humor to create a keynote that is both useful and entertaining—but the real value comes from matching his message to the results you want your audience to achieve.

Contact The Sweeney Agency [email protected] to check on book Garrison Wynn's availability and current speaking fee.

Benjamin Zander: Boston Philharmonic Conductor | Coauthor of The Art of Possibility | Speaker on Leadership and Human Potential

Why Book Benjamin Zander?

Benjamin uses music and participation to bring his message to life. The orchestra becomes a way to examine how talented individuals work together and how a leader’s expectations can either restrict or encourage what people attempt.

Why Is Benjamin Zander Right for Your Audience?

Benjamin is a strong fit for leadership conferences, executive retreats, company gatherings, and educational events. Consider him when you want an interactive experience that invites people to see their capabilities and relationships differently.

Book Benjamin when your audience needs to:

• Reconsider assumptions about leadership
• Recognize potential in other people
• Connect individual talent with shared purpose
• Invite fuller participation within a team
• Approach a limiting situation from another perspective
• Encourage contribution through daily interactions

Audience Takeaways

Depending on the program selected, attendees will leave:

• A new perspective on their influence as a leader
• Ready to examine an expectation they place on others
• More aware of the importance of contribution
• Encouraged to consider possibilities beyond familiar limits
• Focused on a behavior that helps someone else participate

Keynote Programs

Benjamin’s interactive presentation explores the following theme:

Leadership and the Art of Possibility

Benjamin combines music, stories, and audience participation to explore how leaders can awaken possibility in others. Ideal for executive, company, and education audiences.

Is Benjamin Zander Right for Your Event?

Tell us about your audience, the leadership perspective you want to broaden and the possibilities you want your audience to explore. We can help select Benjamin’s most relevant program, discuss customization, and confirm availability and fee.

Contact The Sweeney Agency 1-866-727-7555 or [email protected] for more information on this speaker.

Mark Zandi: Chief Economist of Moody’s Analytics | Author | Speaker on the Economy, Finance and Public Policy

Why Book Mark Zandi?

Mark connects broad economic developments with the questions organizations need to examine. His presentations can focus on the indicators, risks, and policy changes most relevant to an industry, helping leaders discuss the assumptions behind their plans.

Why Is Mark Zandi Right for Your Audience?

Mark is a strong fit for executive meetings, financial services conferences, industry events, and economic forums. Consider him when an audience needs an informed discussion of the outlook and its implications for business.

Book Mark when your audience needs to:

• Understand economic developments in context
• Review assumptions behind growth plans
• Connect policy changes with business conditions
• Discuss housing and credit market trends
• Consider alternative economic scenarios
• Identify indicators worth monitoring

Audience Takeaways

Depending on the program selected, attendees will leave:

• Clearer on forces affecting the economic outlook
• More aware of uncertainty around business assumptions
• Ready to connect market conditions with planning
• Equipped with questions about policy and financial conditions
• Better prepared for continued discussion of economic scenarios

Keynote Programs

Presentations can be tailored around the following areas:

Economic Outlook and Business Implications

Mark examines the economic developments most relevant to your audience and their potential implications. Ideal for executive and industry events.

Housing, Credit and Public Policy

Mark explores connections among financial conditions, housing, and policy choices. Ideal for banking, real estate, and economic forums.

Is Mark Zandi Right for Your Event?

Tell us about your audience, the economic questions your audience needs to address and the planning assumptions it wants to examine. We can help select Mark’s most relevant program, discuss customization, and confirm availability and fee.

Contact The Sweeney Agency 1-866-727-7555 or [email protected] for more information on this speaker

Joel Zeff: Improvisational Performer | Author of Make the Right Choice | Speaker on Teamwork, Communication and Change

Why Book Joel Zeff?

Joel’s approach makes participation part of the message. Audiences see how listening, flexibility, and encouragement influence a shared task, then connect those experiences with the way they collaborate at work.

Why Is Joel Zeff Right for Your Audience?

Joel is a strong fit for company meetings, leadership conferences, sales events, and team gatherings. Consider him when you want an energetic, participatory presentation that gives people a shared experience of collaboration.

Book Joel when your audience needs to:

• Listen and respond more attentively
• Offer positive support to teammates
• Stay flexible when circumstances change
• Recognize the choices behind communication
• Encourage participation within a group
• Bring more constructive energy to work

Audience Takeaways

Depending on the program selected, attendees will leave:

• A memorable experience of working together
• More aware of how support affects participation
• Ready to improve a communication choice
• Encouraged to respond more flexibly to change
• Focused on an action that helps a colleague succeed

Keynote Programs

Joel’s interactive presentations can be shaped around the following areas:

Teamwork and Positive Support

Joel uses improvisation to explore communication, encouragement, and shared success. Ideal for broad employee and team audiences.

Leading Through Change

Joel connects flexibility and positive support with the choices leaders make during uncertainty. Ideal for management and change events.

Is Joel Zeff Right for Your Event?

Tell us about your audience, the collaboration you want to strengthen and the level of audience participation you have in mind. We can help select Joel’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.

Peter Zeihan: Founder of Zeihan on Geopolitics | Author | Speaker on Demographics, Global Trade and Geopolitical Strategy

Why Book Peter Zeihan?

Peter offers a distinctive, scenario-driven perspective on the global system. His presentations invite leaders to test assumptions about where goods come from, how markets develop, and what changing populations could mean for their organization.

Why Is Peter Zeihan Right for Your Audience?

Peter is a strong fit for executive meetings, industry conferences, supply chain events, and strategy retreats. Consider him when leaders want to examine long-term geopolitical scenarios affecting their business.

Book Peter when your audience needs to:

• Connect demographic trends with market assumptions
• Examine dependencies within supply chains
• Consider the role of geography in trade
• Discuss energy and security relationships
• Test assumptions about globalization
• Explore alternative scenarios for international business

Audience Takeaways

Depending on the program selected, attendees will leave:

• Clearer on the structural forces in Peter’s analysis
• More aware of demographic and geographic constraints
• Ready to review a global business assumption
• Equipped with questions about trade and supply chain exposure
• Prepared to discuss scenarios rather than rely on a single forecast

Keynote Programs

Peter’s briefings can be tailored around the following areas:

Global Trade and Supply Chain Scenarios

Peter examines changing international relationships and their possible consequences for trade. Ideal for executives and industry audiences.

Demographics, Energy and Geopolitical Strategy

Peter connects population patterns, resource needs, and geography with long-term business questions. Ideal for strategy and energy events.

Is Peter Zeihan Right for Your Event?

Tell us about your audience, the regions and industries that matter to your organization and the scenarios you want to examine. We can help select Peter’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.

Penny Zenker: Author of The Reset Mindset | Entrepreneur and Productivity Speaker | Speaker on Focus, Leadership and Change

Why Book Penny Zenker?

Penny encourages audiences to examine how competing priorities and familiar thinking patterns affect their work. Her presentations connect small reset moments with more intentional decisions, communication, and use of time.

Why Is Penny Zenker Right for Your Audience?

Penny is a strong fit for leadership conferences, company meetings, professional development events, and change programs. Consider her when an audience feels pulled in multiple directions and needs a clearer approach to priorities.

Book Penny when your audience needs to:

• Protect attention for important work
• Reconsider competing priorities
• Pause before repeating an unhelpful response
• Improve clarity in team communication
• Approach change with greater intention
• Connect daily activity with a larger goal

Audience Takeaways

Depending on the program selected, attendees will leave:

• Clearer on a distraction they need to address
• Ready to create a useful reset moment
• More aware of how thinking patterns affect action
• Equipped with questions about priorities
• Focused on a practical way to direct attention more intentionally

Keynote Programs

The Reset Mindset

Penny explores how leaders can adapt their thinking and actions during change. Ideal for management and transformation audiences.

Own Your Focus

Penny examines attention, distractions, and systems that support important priorities. Ideal for employee and professional development events.

Is Penny Zenker Right for Your Event?

Tell us about your audience, the competing priorities your people face and the focus you want to strengthen. We can help select Penny’s most relevant program, discuss customization, and confirm availability and fee.

Contact The Sweeney Agency 1-866-727-7555 or [email protected] for more information on this speaker.

Scott Zimmer: Generational Speaker and Market Researcher | Speaker on Communication, Collaboration and Workplace Change

Why Book Scott Zimmer?

Scott also emphasizes the shared values that make connection possible. His presentations encourage teams to replace assumptions with conversation and consider how leaders can introduce new ways of working while maintaining trust.

Why Is Scott Zimmer Right for Your Audience?

Scott is a strong fit for leadership conferences, HR meetings, company events, and communication programs. Consider him when teams need to navigate differences in perspective or the human response to new technology.

Book Scott when your audience needs to:

• Improve communication across age groups
• Question assumptions about colleagues
• Recognize shared values within a diverse team
• Discuss reactions to workplace technology
• Build trust during organizational change
• Encourage collaboration across different experiences

Audience Takeaways

Depending on the program selected, attendees will leave:

• Clearer on a generational assumption worth revisiting
• Ready to ask colleagues more useful questions
• More aware of shared priorities across age groups
• Equipped with ideas for communicating during change
• Focused on a practice that improves connection within the team

Keynote Programs

Options include AI Across Generations and a tailored presentation on generational communication:

AI Across Generations

Scott examines the human response to AI and ways leaders can support trust and adaptability. Ideal for leadership, HR, and change audiences.

Communication Across Generations

Scott explores differences and common ground in a multigenerational workplace. Ideal for company meetings and team development events.

Is Scott Zimmer Right for Your Event?

Tell us about your audience, the communication challenges your teams face and the workplace changes you want people to navigate together. We can help select Scott’s most relevant program, discuss customization, and confirm availability and fee.

Contact The Sweeney Agency 1-866-727-7555 or [email protected] for more information on this speaker.