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.

Mike Massimino: Keynote Speaker on Leadership, Teamwork & Achieving the Impossible | Former NASA Astronaut | Bestselling Author | Columbia University Professor

Achieve the Impossible

What does it take to accomplish something everyone—including you—thinks might be impossible?

A veteran of two space missions to the Hubble Space Telescope, Mike logged more than 570 hours in space and completed four spacewalks. Today, he brings the extraordinary lessons of space exploration back to Earth, showing organizations how great teams overcome setbacks, solve seemingly impossible problems and perform when the stakes couldn't be higher.

Why Book Mike Massimino?

Mike has something few motivational speakers can offer: an extraordinary story combined with practical lessons audiences can apply to their own challenges.

His journey to becoming an astronaut included repeated rejection from NASA before finally being selected. Once there, he faced enormous technical challenges, high-pressure decisions and missions where teamwork and trust were essential.

Mike turns those experiences into a funny, inspiring and highly relatable keynote about perseverance, leadership, teamwork and accomplishing what initially seems impossible.

What Makes Mike Massimino Different?

• A genuine NASA astronaut — two missions to service the Hubble Space Telescope
• Four spacewalks — more than 30 hours working outside the Space Shuttle
• An extraordinary story of perseverance — rejected repeatedly before achieving his dream of becoming an astronaut
• Funny and highly entertaining — serious leadership lessons delivered with warmth and humor
• Bestselling author — author of Spaceman and Moonshot
• Columbia University professor — combines extraordinary experience with an ability to teach
• Pop-culture appeal — appeared as himself on The Big Bang Theory
• First person to tweet from space — making him an instantly memorable addition to an event

Why Is Mike Right for Your Audience?

Mike is an outstanding choice when you want your audience to think bigger, persevere through setbacks and understand what exceptional teamwork looks like when failure isn't an option.

He is particularly effective for leadership conferences, corporate meetings, sales kickoffs, association conferences, awards events and organizations navigating ambitious goals or significant change.

Book Mike when your audience needs to:

• Think bigger about what is possible
• Persevere when the first plan doesn't work
• Turn setbacks into opportunities to find another solution
• Strengthen teamwork and trust
• Perform effectively under pressure
• Take greater ownership of the mission
• Stay focused when facing difficult challenges
• Pursue ambitious goals without giving up

Audience Takeaways

Attendees will leave:

• Inspired to pursue goals that may initially seem impossible
• Better prepared to respond when things don't go according to plan
• Understanding why exceptional teamwork requires trust and preparation
• More willing to ask for help and rely on the strengths of others
• Equipped with a stronger mindset for overcoming setbacks
• Ready to approach difficult challenges with persistence and optimism

Mike Massimino Keynote Programs

Moonshot: Achieving the Impossible. How do you accomplish something you've been told you can't do?

Drawing from his journey to becoming a NASA astronaut and his missions to repair the Hubble Space Telescope, Mike shares powerful lessons about perseverance, preparation, teamwork and pursuing ambitious goals.

He shows audiences why setbacks don't have to mean failure—and how the biggest accomplishments often require persistence, adaptability and the willingness to keep finding another way forward.

Ideal for: Leadership conferences, sales kickoffs, corporate meetings and organizations pursuing ambitious goals.

Teamwork: Lessons From Space. When you're hundreds of miles above Earth, teamwork isn't a corporate slogan. It's essential to accomplishing the mission.

Mike takes audiences behind the scenes of NASA to reveal how astronauts prepare, communicate, build trust and work together under extraordinary pressure.

His stories demonstrate why successful teams need shared goals, preparation, accountability and people willing to support one another when challenges arise.

Ideal for: Leadership, teamwork, culture and high-performance events.

Leading Through Challenges and Change

Even the best-prepared teams encounter situations they didn't anticipate.

Mike shares what space exploration taught him about staying calm, adapting when plans change and solving problems when the stakes are high.

Audiences discover how preparation, trust, persistence and teamwork can help organizations navigate uncertainty and continue moving toward their mission.

Ideal for: Leadership meetings, transformation events and organizations navigating uncertainty or change.

Why Book Mike Massimino Through The Sweeney Agency?

Mike Massimino has an extraordinary story—but the real value is connecting that story to what your audience needs to accomplish.

The Sweeney Agency can help you:

• Confirm Mike Massimino's availability and current speaking fee
• Determine which Mike Massimino keynote best fits your audience
• Discuss customization around your event objectives
• Coordinate format, timing and event logistics
• Compare Mike with other leading motivational, leadership and teamwork speakers

Planning a leadership conference, sales kickoff or corporate event? Contact The Sweeney Agency today [email protected] to discuss booking Mike Massimino as your keynote speaker.

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.

TERENCE MAURI - Global Authority on the Future of Leadership | AI & Disruption Expert | MIT Entrepreneur Mentor | Thinkers50 Author: 

Lead What’s Next

Terence Mauri helps leaders think boldly, act decisively and turn uncertainty into opportunity. The founder of Hack Future Lab, an MIT Entrepreneur Mentor and a five-time bestselling author, he combines provocative insights, compelling stories and practical frameworks that prepare organizations to lead from the future.

Why Book Terence Mauri?

Terence does more than explain emerging trends. He challenges leaders to rethink how they make decisions, build trust and create value when the rules are changing.

Drawing on his experience advising Fortune 500 leaders and billion-dollar startups, Terence translates complex issues—including AI, disruption and the future of work—into clear choices audiences can act on immediately. His energetic presentations create urgency without fear and leave leaders ready to move forward with greater courage and confidence.

What Makes Terence Different?

• A powerful combination of global research and practical business experience
• Fresh thinking on AI, leadership, trust and organizational change
• Provocative ideas that challenge conventional assumptions
• Actionable frameworks leaders can use immediately
• A message that can be customized around the organization’s priorities

Why Is Terence Right for Your Audience?

Terence is an excellent choice when leaders need to anticipate what is next while delivering results today. He is particularly effective for leadership conferences, executive meetings, innovation events, client programs and organizations navigating AI or major transformation.

Book Terence when your audience needs to:

• Lead confidently through uncertainty and disruption
• Turn AI from a technology conversation into a leadership opportunity
• Challenge outdated thinking and accelerate better decisions
• Build trust, resilience and agility across the organization
• Translate emerging trends into strategic priorities
• Find the courage to act before every answer is known

Audience Takeaways

Attendees will leave:

• Better prepared to lead from the future rather than react to it
• Equipped to identify opportunity within disruption
• Ready to replace outdated assumptions with future-ready thinking
• Clearer about where human judgment creates an advantage in an AI-first world
• Motivated to think boldly, act decisively and play to win

Keynote Programs

Lead What’s Next

Terence shows leaders how to build future readiness, learn at the speed of change and make courageous decisions before certainty arrives. Ideal for organizations navigating transformation, competitive pressure or a major new strategic direction.

The Human Edge

In an AI-first world, technology alone is not the advantage—how people lead, decide and build trust is. Terence explores how courage, unlearning and radical trust help organizations unlock the upside of disruption. Ideal for AI, culture, leadership and future-of-work events.

Future IQ

Terence helps audiences turn megatrends into meaningful milestones. Leaders learn how to strengthen strategic courage, team resilience and agility while solving tomorrow’s challenges with new thinking. Ideal for executive audiences, innovation conferences and strategy meetings.

Why Contact The Sweeney Agency Now?

The right speaker must do more than talk about the future. They must understand your audience, connect their message to your business priorities and create momentum beyond the event.

Contact us to:

• Confirm Terence’s availability and current fee
• Identify the keynote that best supports your objectives
• Discuss customization, format and event logistics
• Receive comparable recommendations if another speaker may be a stronger fit

Is Terence Right for Your Event?

Tell us about your audience, the disruption they are facing and what you want them to think, feel or do differently. We will provide an honest assessment of Terence’s fit, confirm availability and fees, and help you move forward with confidence.

Contact The Sweeney Agency to discuss booking Terence Mauri.

David Maxfield: Psychologist | Co-Author of Influencer and Change Anything | Speaker on Communication, Accountability and Behavior Change

Why Book David Maxfield?

David connects individual choices with the environments in which people work. His presentations encourage leaders to look beyond simply asking for more effort and consider how they can discuss difficult issues and support different behavior.

Why Is David Maxfield Right for Your Audience?

David is a strong fit for management conferences, leadership development programs, employee meetings, and change initiatives. Consider him when important concerns remain unspoken or expectations are not producing consistent action.

Book David when your audience needs to:

• Discuss difficult issues more constructively
• Clarify expectations and commitments
• Recognize factors that influence behavior
• Address gaps between promises and action
• Consider the environment supporting a change
• Build greater responsibility into working relationships

Audience Takeaways

Depending on the program selected, attendees will leave:

• Clearer on a conversation they need to have
• Ready to review how an expectation is communicated
• More aware of influences beyond personal motivation
• Equipped with questions for addressing a performance gap
• Focused on supporting a specific behavior change

Keynote Programs

Crucial Conversations

David examines communication when issues matter and perspectives differ. Ideal for leaders and teams working through sensitive discussions.

Crucial Confrontations

David explores how to address unmet expectations and commitments. Ideal for managers seeking a more constructive approach to accountability.

Is David Maxfield Right for Your Event?

Tell us about your audience, the conversations your audience needs to have and the behavior changes you want to support. 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.

John C. Maxwell: Leadership Author and Teacher | Speaker on Influence, Personal Growth and Developing Leaders

Why Book John C. Maxwell?

John makes leadership a conversation about daily choices rather than a title alone. His message gives managers and aspiring leaders a reason to consider how they build relationships, earn trust, and help the people around them take on greater responsibility.

Why Is John C. Maxwell Right for Your Audience?

John is a strong fit for leadership conferences, management meetings, association events, and organizational development programs. Consider him when an audience needs a shared foundation for discussing influence and growth.

Book John when your audience needs to:

• Understand leadership beyond formal authority
• Take greater responsibility for personal development
• Strengthen relationships that support influence
• Recognize opportunities to develop other people
• Connect values with everyday leadership choices
• Create more room for others to contribute

Audience Takeaways

Depending on the program selected, attendees will leave:

• Clearer on an area of personal leadership growth
• Ready to examine the example they set
• More aware of the influence of daily interactions
• Equipped with questions for developing a colleague
• Focused on a leadership action they can practice

Keynote Programs

Presentations can be shaped around the following areas:

Leadership and Influence

John explores how people build influence through relationships and action. Ideal for leaders at different stages of responsibility.

Developing Leaders

John considers the role leaders play in supporting other people’s growth. Ideal for management and organizational development audiences.

Personal Growth

John connects intentional development with leadership contribution. Ideal for professional development and broad employee programs.

Is John C. Maxwell Right for Your Event?

Tell us about your audience, the leaders you want to develop and the influence you want them to have. We can help select John’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.

Kyle Maynard: Mountaineer and Athlete | Author of No Excuses | Speaker on Adaptability, Ownership and Perseverance

Why Book Kyle Maynard?

Kyle’s stories make perseverance concrete while highlighting the need to find an approach that fits the challenge. His message encourages people to consider the choices they can influence, the support they can seek, and the next step available to them.

Why Is Kyle Maynard Right for Your Audience?

Kyle is a strong fit for employee events, leadership conferences, sales meetings, and association programs. Consider him when an audience needs encouragement to respond resourcefully to obstacles.

Book Kyle when your audience needs to:

• Question assumptions about their own potential
• Adapt their approach when a method is not working
• Take ownership of a manageable next step
• Recognize the value of preparation and support
• Maintain perspective when facing setbacks
• Connect meaningful goals with consistent effort

Audience Takeaways

Depending on the program selected, attendees will leave:

• Clearer on a goal they want to pursue
• Ready to reconsider an obstacle from another angle
• More aware of options for adaptation
• Encouraged to seek useful support
• Focused on an action within their control

Keynote Programs

No Excuses

Kyle draws on athletic and personal experiences to explore ownership and perseverance. Ideal for audiences who need an engaging perspective on pursuing goals, adapting to challenges, and taking the next available step.

Is Kyle Maynard Right for Your Event?

Tell us about your audience, the obstacles your audience faces and the goals you want it to approach with renewed commitment. We can help select Kyle’s most relevant program, discuss customization, and confirm availability and fee.

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

Heather E. McGowan: Future-of-Work Strategist | Bestselling Co-Author of The Adaptation Advantage | Speaker on Leadership, AI and Change

Why Book Heather E. McGowan?

Heather makes complex shifts understandable through data, stories, and visual frameworks. Her presentations connect the future of work with practical leadership questions: How do we help people adapt? How should AI change the work we do? And how can leaders create the conditions for teams to contribute their best?

Why Is Heather E. McGowan Right for Your Audience?

Heather is a strong fit for leadership conferences, executive meetings, HR events, and company gatherings focused on change. She is particularly relevant when an organization wants its people to approach new technology and unfamiliar challenges with greater confidence and curiosity.

Book Heather when your audience needs to:

• Strengthen its ability to learn and adapt
• Understand the human implications of AI
• Reconsider leadership habits that limit team potential
• Build trust and encourage thoughtful questions
• Connect daily work with a shared purpose
• Prepare for changing roles and expectations

Audience Takeaways

Depending on the program selected, attendees will leave:

• With a clearer understanding of the forces changing work
• Better able to frame questions that reveal new possibilities
• Ready to examine where AI can extend human capabilities
• More aware of how leadership behavior shapes learning and contribution
• Prepared to connect team priorities with meaningful outcomes

Keynote Programs

Solve Tomorrow’s Problems™: Harness Human Ingenuity to Navigate What’s Next
Heather explores how curiosity and collaboration help teams discover opportunities and adapt to new conditions. Ideal for company events, innovation conferences, and audiences preparing for change.

The Augmented Imperative: Unleashing Human Potential in the AI Era
Heather examines how organizations can use AI to expand capabilities while preserving human judgment and responsibility. Ideal for leadership and technology audiences rethinking how work gets done.

Leading in the Age of Uncertainty: The Curiosity Advantage
Heather shows why leadership increasingly depends on learning, questioning assumptions, and enabling others. Ideal for executives, managers, and emerging leaders navigating unfamiliar challenges.

Clear on Purpose: Turning Purpose into Performance Through a Shared Vision
Heather explores how shared purpose, constructive dialogue, and belonging can strengthen motivation and teamwork. Ideal for organizations seeking greater alignment and engagement.

Is Heather E. McGowan Right for Your Event?

Tell us about your audience, the changes affecting its work, and the leadership behaviors you want to encourage. We can help select Heather’s most relevant program, discuss customization, and confirm her availability and fee.

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

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.

Hamish McRae: Economic Commentator and Author | Speaker on Global Trends, Business and Long-Term Change

Why Book Hamish McRae?

Hamish brings a comparative perspective to the discussion. His presentations encourage leaders to examine why some approaches work in particular settings and how broader shifts may affect the assumptions behind their own plans.

Why Is Hamish McRae Right for Your Audience?

Hamish is a strong fit for executive conferences, financial services events, industry associations, and strategy meetings. Consider him when an audience needs context for thinking about long-term economic change.

Book Hamish when your audience needs to:

• Understand major drivers of economic change
• Consider demographic influences on business
• Look across countries and sectors for lessons
• Question assumptions in long-term plans
• Connect technology and culture with economic outcomes
• Think more broadly about future opportunities

Audience Takeaways

Depending on the program selected, attendees will leave:

• Clearer on forces that may influence their industry
• Ready to review a strategic assumption
• More aware of the value of comparative examples
• Equipped with questions for long-term planning
• Focused on a trend worth examining more closely

Keynote Programs

What Works

Hamish explores examples of successful approaches and the conditions around them. Ideal for business audiences interested in practical lessons across different settings.

Key Trends in the Global Economy

Hamish examines forces shaping economic change over time. Ideal for executives and industry audiences seeking a broader strategic perspective.

Is Hamish McRae Right for Your Event?

Tell us about your audience, the economic questions your audience needs to understand and the planning horizon it is considering. We can help select Hamish’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.

Martha E. McSally:  Keynote Speaker on Leadership, Resilience & High Performance | First American Woman to Fly a U.S. Air Force Fighter Jet in Combat | Retired Colonel | Former U.S. Senator

Be Unbreakable. Lead Yourself First. How do you lead with courage, clarity and confidence when the pressure keeps rising?

During her 26-year Air Force career, Martha became the first American woman to fly a U.S. Air Force fighter jet in combat and the first woman to command a fighter squadron in combat. She flew 325 combat hours and earned the Bronze Star and six Air Medals.

Today, Martha translates those extraordinary experiences into practical strategies that help leaders become more resilient, make better decisions under pressure and move forward when circumstances are uncertain.

Why Book Martha McSally?

Martha doesn't teach leadership from theory. She learned it when hesitation, poor communication and bad decisions had real consequences.

Her experiences span the cockpit, military command, Congress, the U.S. Senate and corporate boardrooms—giving her a distinctive perspective on what happens to leaders and teams when the pressure rises.

At the heart of her message is a simple idea: lead yourself first.

Through her WEDGE Framework, Martha gives audiences a practical process for understanding how they respond under pressure, removing what holds them back, gaining clarity about where they're going and taking decisive action.

What Makes Martha McSally Different?

• Historic fighter pilot — first American woman to fly a U.S. Air Force fighter jet in combat
• Combat-tested leadership — 325 combat hours during a 26-year Air Force career
• Command experience — first woman to command a U.S. fighter squadron in combat
• Leadership under pressure — lessons developed where decisions had immediate consequences
• WEDGE Framework — a practical approach to self-leadership and execution
• Extraordinary resilience — a powerful personal story of overcoming barriers and adversity
• Senior leadership perspective — experience spanning military command, government and corporate boards
• Practical delivery — gives audiences tools they can apply immediately

Why Is Martha Right for Your Audience?

Martha is an outstanding choice when you need leaders to stay grounded under pressure, navigate uncertainty and take decisive action instead of becoming reactive.

She is particularly effective for leadership conferences, executive meetings, women's leadership events, corporate conferences and organizations navigating significant change or growth.

Book Martha when your audience needs to:

• Lead more confidently under pressure
• Make faster, clearer decisions
• Navigate uncertainty and constant change
• Build greater resilience
• Strengthen trust across teams
• Communicate more directly
• Remove barriers that slow execution
• Turn adversity into forward momentum

Audience Takeaways

Attendees will leave:

• Better equipped to lead themselves before leading others
• More aware of how they respond under pressure
• Able to identify behaviors that may be holding them back
• Better prepared to make decisions during uncertainty
• Understanding how trust influences team performance
• More confident navigating adversity and change
• Ready to take focused, courageous action

Martha McSally Keynote Programs

Be Unbreakable: The Leadership Edge in Uncertain Times. When the stakes rise, even strong leaders can hesitate, overanalyze and become reactive.

Martha shows leaders how to remain clear, courageous and decisive when uncertainty and pressure increase.

Using her WEDGE Framework, she helps audiences examine how they lead themselves, identify patterns that emerge under pressure, remove unnecessary drag and execute with greater focus.

Ideal for: Executive leadership teams, C-suite audiences, leadership conferences and organizations navigating change or growth.

Be Unbreakable: The High-Trust Team Advantage. Talent alone doesn't create high-performing teams. Trust does.

Drawing on her experiences flying combat missions and commanding a fighter squadron, Martha demonstrates why communication, alignment, accountability and trust become even more important when the pressure is high.

She shows leaders how to identify friction, break through silos and create teams capable of moving quickly and confidently toward a shared mission.

Ideal for: Leadership offsites, cross-functional teams, culture initiatives and organizations navigating growth or transition.

Be Unbreakable: The Courage to Rise and Get Stronger From Life's Hits. Resilience isn't about avoiding adversity. It's about what you do next.

Martha shares lessons from a life marked by significant obstacles, setbacks and barrier-breaking achievements.

Using her WEDGE Framework, she gives audiences a practical approach for facing fear, navigating adversity and continuing to move forward even when the path ahead isn't clear.

Ideal for: Leadership conferences, women's leadership events, corporate meetings and organizations navigating significant change.

Why Book Martha McSally Through The Sweeney Agency?

Martha McSally combines extraordinary leadership credibility, combat-tested experience and a practical framework for performing under pressure—but the real value comes from connecting those lessons directly to the challenges your leaders are facing.

The Sweeney Agency can help you:

• Confirm Martha McSally's availability and current speaking fee
• Determine which Martha McSally keynote best fits your audience
• Discuss customization around your leadership and business objectives
• Coordinate format, timing and event logistics
• Compare Martha with other leading leadership, resilience and high-performance speakers

Is Martha McSally Right for Your Event?

Tell us where your leaders are feeling the most pressure—and what you need them to do differently as a result.

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

Planning a leadership conference, executive meeting or corporate event? Contact The Sweeney Agency today [email protected] to discuss booking Martha E. McSally as your keynote speaker.

David McWilliams: Economist, Author and Broadcaster | Speaker on Money, Economic Change and Business

Why Book David McWilliams?

David brings an engaging approach to subjects that can otherwise feel abstract. His presentations encourage business audiences to consider how incentives, changing expectations, and the role of money influence the environment in which they operate.

Why Is David McWilliams Right for Your Audience?

David is a strong fit for business conferences, financial services meetings, industry events, and executive programs. Consider him when an audience needs an accessible conversation about economics and its implications.

Book David when your audience needs to:

• Connect economic ideas with everyday decisions
• Understand money in a wider historical context
• Recognize incentives behind changing behavior
• Question assumptions about economic developments
• Discuss business conditions with greater confidence
• Consider connections between society and the economy

Audience Takeaways

Depending on the program selected, attendees will leave:

• Clearer on economic ideas relevant to their work
• Ready to ask more informed questions about change
• More aware of the human behavior behind economic activity
• Equipped to connect broad developments with business discussions
• Focused on an assumption worth reconsidering

Keynote Programs

Economics: The Business of Everyday Life

David makes economic ideas accessible through everyday examples. Ideal for business and association audiences seeking a clearer perspective.

Money: The Most Powerful Technology Ever Invented

David explores the role of money in shaping human activity. Ideal for financial services and executive audiences interested in history, behavior, and economic change.

Is David McWilliams Right for Your Event?

Tell us about your audience, the economic developments your audience wants to understand and the business questions it needs to explore. 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.

Colin Mochrie: Whose Line Is It Anyway? Performer | Improv Comedian | Corporate Entertainer

Why Book Colin Mochrie?

Colin is an option when the event needs a memorable entertainment experience. His performance gives people an opportunity to relax, enjoy one another’s company, and participate in the surprise of live improvisation.

Why Is Colin Mochrie Right for Your Audience?

Colin is a strong fit for conference entertainment, recognition events, client gatherings, and company celebrations. Consider him when shared enjoyment and audience engagement are central to the event.

Book Colin when your audience needs to:

• Enjoy a memorable shared experience
• Reconnect after a demanding conference day
• Celebrate colleagues or organizational milestones
• Participate in live entertainment
• Bring energy to an evening gathering
• Create an occasion people will talk about afterward

Audience Takeaways

Depending on the program selected, attendees will leave:

• With a shared experience of live comedy
• More connected through laughter and participation
• Refreshed after a demanding event schedule
• With memorable moments to discuss with colleagues
• Appreciative of the spontaneity of improvisation

Keynote Programs

Colin’s offering is performance-based entertainment. Discuss the following format with us:

Corporate Improv Entertainment

Colin brings improvisational comedy to a corporate audience. We can discuss the event context, audience involvement, and the performance format available for your gathering.

Is Colin Mochrie Right for Your Event?

Tell us about your audience, the occasion you are celebrating and the entertainment experience you want to create. We can help select Colin’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.

Jon Montgomery: Olympic Skeleton Gold Medalist | Speaker on Confidence, Teamwork and Pursuing Big Goals

Why Book Jon Montgomery?

Jon connects personal achievement with the people and habits behind it. His message invites audiences to examine how they build confidence, respond to challenges, and work with others while pursuing a meaningful goal.

Why Is Jon Montgomery Right for Your Audience?

Jon is a strong fit for company gatherings, leadership conferences, sales kickoffs, and association events. Consider him when an audience needs an engaging perspective on ambition and preparation.

Book Jon when your audience needs to:

• Remain open to unfamiliar opportunities
• Build confidence through preparation
• Connect ambitious goals with daily effort
• Recognize the team behind individual achievement
• Use creativity to improve their approach
• Take a thoughtful step beyond familiar routines

Audience Takeaways

Depending on the program selected, attendees will leave:

• Clearer on a goal they want to pursue
• Ready to explore an opportunity they have overlooked
• More aware of the support behind success
• Encouraged to build confidence through action
• Focused on a practical next step

Keynote Programs

Dreaming Big: Living Bigger

Jon explores openness to opportunity and pursuing meaningful ambitions. Ideal for employee and sales audiences.

Jon’s Olympic Journey

Jon shares the experiences behind his Olympic achievement. Ideal for audiences seeking inspiration grounded in preparation and teamwork.

Is Jon Montgomery Right for Your Event?

Tell us about your audience, the goals your audience is pursuing and the confidence you want it to build. We can help select Jon’s most relevant program, discuss customization, and confirm availability and fee.

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

Dr. Nick Morgan: Founder of Public Words | Author of Can You Hear Me? | Speaker on Executive Communication and Presence

Why Book Dr. Nick Morgan?

Nick brings the science of communication into practical focus. He examines how stories, body language, and presence affect what people hear and trust, then gives audiences ways to improve their own messages. His direct approach challenges even experienced communicators to think more carefully about the impact they want to have.

Why Is Dr. Nick Morgan Right for Your Audience?

Nick is a strong fit for executive meetings, leadership conferences, sales events, and gatherings where people must present ideas or guide others through change. He is especially valuable when an organization needs its leaders to connect across a room, a screen, or a difficult conversation.

Book Nick when your audience needs to:

• Communicate a high-stakes message more effectively
• Build trust and presence as a leader
• Turn complex ideas into stories people remember
• Understand the role of body language in communication
• Connect more effectively in virtual and hybrid settings
• Move an audience from listening to action

Audience Takeaways

Attendees will leave:

• Clearer on what makes a message connect with its intended audience
• Better able to recognize the signals their body language sends
• Equipped to develop stories around important ideas
• More confident communicating with authenticity and authority
• Ready to adapt how they connect across in-person and virtual settings

Keynote Programs

Connecting with People in a Virtual World
Nick explores why remote and hybrid communication can feel distant, even when the technology works well. He gives leaders ways to reach the people on the other side of the screen and build a stronger sense of connection. Ideal for distributed organizations and virtual leadership events.

Unforgettable Storytelling
Nick helps audiences find and shape stories that make their ideas easier to understand and remember. This interactive session focuses on using story to hold attention and move people toward action. Ideal for leaders, sales teams, and anyone who presents important ideas.

Secrets of Body Language and the Unconscious Mind
Nick examines what body language can tell us about how people respond to one another. He helps audiences understand how nonverbal signals affect trust and how to bring their delivery into better alignment with their message. Ideal for leadership and communication events.

Neuroscience, Authenticity, and Executive Presence
Nick explores why audiences respond to authentic communication and how leaders can develop a presence that fits their own voice. Ideal for executives and emerging leaders who want to speak with greater clarity and authority.

Is Dr. Nick Morgan Right for Your Event?

Tell us which messages your audience needs to deliver and what you want listeners to think or do 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.

Jacob Morgan: Author of The Future Leader | Futurist | Speaker on Leadership, Employee Experience and the Future of Work

Why Book Jacob Morgan?

Jacob encourages audiences to consider whether their practices reflect the needs of the people doing the work. His presentations give leaders a starting point for reviewing the skills they develop and the environments they create.

Why Is Jacob Morgan Right for Your Audience?

Jacob is a strong fit for executive conferences, HR meetings, leadership programs, and future-of-work events. Consider him when an organization wants to rethink how it leads and supports employees.

Book Jacob when your audience needs to:

• Review the experience employees have at work
• Connect culture, technology, and workplace decisions
• Prepare leaders for changing expectations
• Question outdated management assumptions
• Consider the human implications of new technology
• Build a more deliberate approach to organizational development

Audience Takeaways

Depending on the program selected, attendees will leave:

• Clearer on the dimensions of employee experience
• Ready to review a leadership development priority
• More aware of gaps between intention and experience
• Equipped with questions about future workplace needs
• Focused on a practice worth reconsidering

Keynote Programs

The Future Leader

Jacob explores skills and mindsets for leadership in changing conditions. Ideal for management and executive audiences.

The Experiential Organization

Jacob examines how culture, technology, and physical space shape employee experience. Ideal for HR and organizational leadership programs.

Is Jacob Morgan Right for Your Event?

Tell us about your audience, the workplace changes your organization faces and the leaders you want to develop. We can help select Jacob’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.

Blake Morgan: Customer Experience Futurist | Author of The Customer of the Future | Speaker on Customer-Focused Leadership

Why Book Blake Morgan?

Blake moves customer experience beyond a general commitment to good service. Her presentations encourage teams to consider how they make decisions across the business and what it would take to keep the customer’s perspective visible.

Why Is Blake Morgan Right for Your Audience?

Blake is a strong fit for leadership meetings, customer experience conferences, sales events, and service programs. Consider her when customer focus needs to become a shared organizational responsibility.

Book Blake when your audience needs to:

• Include the customer’s perspective in decisions
• Align teams around service priorities
• Consider how expectations are changing
• Connect employee experience with customer experience
• Make customer focus a leadership habit
• Identify a practical improvement in the customer journey

Audience Takeaways

Depending on the program selected, attendees will leave:

• Clearer on the leadership choices behind customer experience
• Ready to examine a decision from the customer’s perspective
• More aware of barriers between teams
• Equipped with questions for refining service priorities
• Focused on a customer experience action they can influence

Keynote Programs

The 8 Laws of Customer-Focused Leadership

Blake examines leadership practices that put customers at the center of business decisions. Ideal for executives and managers.

The Four Ways to Make Customer Experience a Decision

Blake introduces her WAYS framework for a more deliberate customer experience approach. Ideal for cross-functional service and business audiences.

Is Blake Morgan Right for Your Event?

Tell us about your audience, the customers you serve and the experience you want your people to create. We can help select Blake’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. Dambisa Moyo: Global Economist | Author and Corporate Board Member | Speaker on Growth, Geopolitics and Business Strategy

Why Book Dr. Dambisa Moyo?

Dambisa encourages audiences to examine the assumptions behind their plans. Her presentations provide context for discussing long-term opportunities and risks, including how changes in international relationships and governance can affect business priorities.

Why Is Dr. Dambisa Moyo Right for Your Audience?

Dambisa is a strong fit for executive conferences, board retreats, financial services meetings, and global industry events. Consider her when leaders need a broader framework for strategic discussions.

Book Dambisa when your audience needs to:

• Understand forces affecting global growth
• Consider geopolitical factors in business planning
• Review assumptions about capital and markets
• Discuss technology through an economic lens
• Examine questions of corporate governance
• Think more deliberately about long-term business conditions

Audience Takeaways

Depending on the program selected, attendees will leave:

• Clearer on major economic questions facing leaders
• Ready to revisit a strategic assumption
• More aware of connections between policy and business
• Equipped with questions for board or executive discussion
• Focused on developments relevant to their organization

Keynote Programs

Global Growth Outlook

Dambisa examines forces influencing economic growth and business conditions. Ideal for executive and financial services audiences.

Upgrading Corporate Governance in the 21st Century

Dambisa explores the responsibilities and decisions facing boards. Ideal for directors and senior leadership programs.

Is Dr. Dambisa Moyo Right for Your Event?

Tell us about your audience, the economic questions your leaders face and the strategic decisions they need to consider. We can help select Dambisa’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.

Mike Mullane: Former NASA Astronaut | Author of Riding Rockets | Speaker on Safety, Accountability and Teamwork

Why Book Mike Mullane?

Mike’s stories make the pressure to accept shortcuts tangible. His presentations encourage people to question departures from established practice, speak up about concerns, and recognize their own contribution to the team’s operating culture.

Why Is Mike Mullane Right for Your Audience?

Mike is a strong fit for safety conferences, operational leadership meetings, engineering events, and high-reliability organizations. Consider him when speaking up and following through on standards are central priorities.

Book Mike when your audience needs to:

• Recognize gradual acceptance of unsafe shortcuts
• Speak up when something needs attention
• Strengthen personal responsibility for safety
• Understand how pressure affects decisions
• Support more questioning team conversations
• Keep operational standards visible in daily work

Audience Takeaways

Depending on the program selected, attendees will leave:

• Clearer on how small deviations can become routine
• Ready to raise a concern more deliberately
• More aware of their contribution to safety culture
• Equipped with questions about team decision-making
• Focused on a standard they need to reinforce

Keynote Programs

Countdown to Teamwork/Leadership/Safety

Mike uses spaceflight experiences to examine teamwork, leadership, and departures from safe practice. Ideal for operational and safety audiences.

Responsibility & Accountability

Mike explores the importance of speaking up and owning one’s contribution. Ideal for leaders and teams working in demanding environments.

Is Mike Mullane Right for Your Event?

Tell us about your audience, the operational responsibilities your audience carries and the safety behaviors you want to strengthen. We can help select Mike’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.

Aimee Mullins: Paralympic Athlete | Actor and Model | Speaker on Adversity, Identity and Human Potential

Why Book Aimee Mullins?

Aimee invites people to look more curiously at unfamiliar challenges. Her presentations encourage audiences to reconsider limiting descriptions, recognize different forms of capability, and examine how they respond when circumstances disrupt an established path.

Why Is Aimee Mullins Right for Your Audience?

Aimee is a strong fit for leadership conferences, innovation events, inclusion programs, and company gatherings. Consider her when an audience needs a fresh perspective on potential and change.

Book Aimee when your audience needs to:

• Question assumptions about ability
• Approach unfamiliar challenges with curiosity
• Recognize different ways people contribute
• Reconsider labels that restrict possibility
• Respond more thoughtfully to adversity
• Explore a broader view of identity and success

Audience Takeaways

Depending on the program selected, attendees will leave:

• Clearer on a belief they want to reconsider
• Ready to look at a challenge from another perspective
• More aware of the influence of language and labels
• Encouraged to recognize capability in different forms
• Focused on an opportunity for greater openness

Keynote Programs

Embracing Adversity

Aimee shares experiences that challenge conventional views of difficulty and potential. Ideal for audiences reconsidering how they respond to change, difference, and demanding circumstances.

Is Aimee Mullins Right for Your Event?

Tell us about your audience, the assumptions you want your audience to examine and the possibilities you want it to consider. We can help select Aimee’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.

Jim “Murph” Murphy: Former F-15 Instructor Pilot | Founder of Afterburner | Speaker on Leadership and Execution

Why Book Jim Murphy?

Murph connects cockpit lessons to business decisions without losing sight of the people who must carry them out. His stories and frameworks help audiences define a mission, align their teams, act under pressure, and learn from the results. He brings experience advising senior leaders on strategy and performance to every presentation.

Why Is Jim Murphy Right for Your Audience?

Murph is a strong fit for executive meetings, leadership conferences, sales kickoffs, and organizations facing complex change or ambitious growth targets. He is especially valuable when teams have a strategy but need stronger alignment and follow-through.

Book Murph when your audience needs to:

• Turn strategy into clear, coordinated action
• Align teams around a shared mission
• Make decisions amid pressure and competing priorities
• Strengthen accountability without losing trust
• Use debriefs to learn and improve
• Move from discussion to execution

Audience Takeaways

Attendees will leave:

• Clearer on how to define an actionable mission
• Better able to connect daily decisions to strategic goals
• Equipped to use planning and debriefing more effectively
• Ready to identify where team alignment is breaking down
• Focused on the next actions needed to move a plan forward

Keynote Programs

Leading from the Future
Murph challenges leaders to define the future they want to create before becoming consumed by urgent daily work. Through stories from aviation and business, he shows how a clear mission can guide decisions, focus effort, and build commitment. Ideal for strategic planning and leadership events.

Courage to Execute
Murph shares the approach behind his Flawless Execution® methodology to help leaders connect strategy with action. He explores how teams can cut through complexity, respond to change, and learn from each mission. Ideal for organizations pursuing major initiatives or stronger execution.

Aligned to Scale
Murph focuses on the clarity and buy-in teams need as an organization grows. He shows why people must understand the mission, their role in it, and how their input contributes to results. Ideal for executive teams and companies scaling across functions or locations.

Is Jim Murphy Right for Your Event?

Tell us about the goal your organization needs to execute and where alignment or follow-through is most difficult. We can help select Murph’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.

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.

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

Ben Nemtin: Keynote Speaker on Purpose, Leadership & Human Potential | #1 New York Times Bestselling Author | Co-Founder of The Buried Life

Stop Putting Off the Things That Matter Most.  What would you do if you knew you couldn't fail?

Ben's journey began with a simple question: “What do you want to do before you die?” What started as a list of 100 dreams became a global movement—and a powerful lesson in what happens when people identify what truly matters, overcome the barriers holding them back and start taking action.

Why Book Ben Nemtin?

Ben doesn't just inspire audiences to dream bigger. He gives them a framework for turning those dreams into action.

Through extraordinary stories, humor and practical strategies, Ben explores why people often postpone the goals that matter most and what they can do to change that.

His keynote connects personal purpose with workplace performance, showing how helping people pursue meaningful goals can strengthen motivation, engagement, resilience and connection.

The result is a keynote that is high-energy, emotional, entertaining and actionable—and one audiences continue talking about long after the event.

What Makes Ben Nemtin Different?

• Co-founder of The Buried Life — turned a list of 100 dreams into a global movement
• #1 New York Times bestselling author — author of What Do You Want to Do Before You Die?
• Extraordinary storytelling — combines adventure, humor and deeply human moments
• Purpose meets performance — connects meaningful goals with motivation and engagement
• Highly actionable — gives audiences a process for turning goals into reality
• Powerful human connection — demonstrates what can happen when people help others achieve their dreams
• Broad audience appeal — connects across generations, roles and industries
• Memorable event experience — creates the kind of emotional impact audiences remember

Why Is Ben Right for Your Audience?

Ben is an outstanding choice when you want your audience to think bigger, reconnect with what matters and take action on goals they've been putting off.

He is particularly effective for leadership conferences, sales kickoffs, corporate meetings, association conferences and employee-engagement events.

Book Ben when your audience needs to:

• Reconnect with personal and professional purpose
• Turn ambitious goals into action
• Break through fear and limiting beliefs
• Build greater resilience when setbacks occur
• Increase motivation and engagement
• Create stronger connections with colleagues
• Think bigger about what's possible
• Take greater ownership of their future

Audience Takeaways

Attendees will leave:

• Thinking differently about the goals they've been postponing
• Equipped with practical strategies for turning intentions into action
• More willing to pursue ambitious goals despite uncertainty
• Understanding how purpose can strengthen motivation
• Better prepared to overcome obstacles and setbacks
• Inspired to help other people achieve meaningful goals
• Energized to take the first step toward something that matters

Ben Nemtin Keynote Programs

5 Steps to Make the Impossible Possible: What separates a dream people talk about from a goal they actually accomplish?

Drawing from his experiences with The Buried Life, Ben shares practical lessons for identifying meaningful goals, overcoming obstacles and taking action.

Through remarkable stories and an actionable framework, he shows audiences how seemingly impossible goals can become achievable when people create accountability, take incremental steps and refuse to let fear make their decisions.

Ideal for: Leadership conferences, sales kickoffs, corporate meetings and organizations pursuing ambitious goals.

Mental Wealth: Prioritizing the Things That Matter. Success means very little if achieving it requires sacrificing everything that makes life meaningful.

Ben challenges audiences to think more intentionally about their priorities and the relationship between achievement, purpose, relationships and wellbeing.

He demonstrates how reconnecting with the things that matter can create greater energy, resilience and motivation—both personally and professionally.

Ideal for: Leadership, employee engagement, workplace culture and wellbeing events.

Building a Culture Where People Thrive. What happens when organizations care about their people's goals—not just the organization's goals?

Ben explores how leaders can create deeper engagement by helping employees connect their work with their personal ambitions, purpose and potential.

Audiences discover how supporting one another's goals can strengthen trust, connection and a sense of belonging.

Ideal for: Leadership conferences, culture initiatives, employee meetings and organizations focused on engagement and retention.

Why Book Ben Nemtin Through The Sweeney Agency?

Ben Nemtin delivers an extraordinary combination of inspiration, entertainment and practical action—but the real value comes from connecting his message to what you want your audience to accomplish after the event.

The Sweeney Agency can help you:

• Confirm Ben Nemtin's availability and current speaking fee
• Determine which Ben Nemtin keynote best fits your audience
• Discuss customization around your event objectives
• Coordinate format, timing and event logistics
• Compare Ben with other leading motivational, purpose and leadership speakers

Is Ben Nemtin Right for Your Event?

Tell us what you want your audience to stop putting off—and what you want them inspired to do next.

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

Planning a leadership conference, sales kickoff or corporate event? Contact The Sweeney Agency today [email protected] to discuss booking Ben Nemtin as your keynote speaker.

Richard Newman: Founder of BodyTalk | Bestselling Author | Speaker on Communication, Storytelling and Influence

Why Book Richard Newman?

Richard combines engaging demonstrations with practical tools for storytelling, body language, voice, and confidence under pressure. His keynotes show audiences how to make their message clearer and more compelling in the conversations that matter.

Why Is Richard Newman Right for Your Audience?

Richard is a strong fit for leadership conferences, sales meetings, client-facing teams, and events where people need to present ideas or influence decisions. He is especially valuable when an organization wants its people to communicate complex information with greater confidence and impact.

Book Richard when your audience needs to:

• Make presentations and pitches more memorable
• Explain complex ideas with clarity
• Use stories to move people toward action
• Strengthen presence in important conversations
• Adapt body language and voice to support a message
• Perform more confidently in high-pressure moments

Audience Takeaways

Attendees will leave:

• Better able to shape a clear, compelling story around an idea
• More aware of how nonverbal behavior affects a message
• Equipped with practical ways to improve their speaking presence
• Ready to prepare for high-stakes meetings and presentations
• Focused on communicating in a way that helps others listen and respond

Keynote Programs

Stories that Win
Richard shows audiences how to turn ideas and complex information into stories people can follow and remember. He introduces his PRO Story System™ to help attendees communicate with greater clarity and encourage action in meetings, presentations, and conversations. Ideal for leaders, sales teams, and anyone presenting important ideas.

The Science of Personal Impact
Richard draws on his research into nonverbal communication to demonstrate how body language and voice affect the way a message is received. Interactive exercises give audiences techniques they can apply to communicate with greater presence and influence. Ideal for leadership and client-facing events.

Peak Performance Mindset
Richard explores how to prepare for presentations, pitches, and conversations when the stakes feel high. He shares techniques for managing pressure and staying focused so people can put their communication skills to work when it matters most. Ideal for sales, leadership, and high-performance teams.

Is Richard Newman Right for Your Event?

Tell us what your audience needs to communicate more effectively and where the stakes are highest. We can help select Richard’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.

Natalie Nixon: Creativity Strategist | Author of The Creativity Leap | Speaker on Innovation, AI and the Future of Work

Why Book Natalie Nixon?

Natalie connects this perspective with the changes surrounding AI and workplace expectations. Her presentations invite leaders to examine how they organize work and whether their routines give people space to think, learn, and contribute new ideas.

Why Is Natalie Nixon Right for Your Audience?

Natalie is a strong fit for innovation conferences, leadership meetings, future-of-work events, and employee programs. Consider her when an organization wants to develop human creativity alongside technological change.

Book Natalie when your audience needs to:

• Make creativity a broader workplace responsibility
• Ask more useful questions about familiar problems
• Consider the human capabilities needed alongside AI
• Create space for reflection and new ideas
• Rethink habits that narrow attention
• Connect experimentation with organizational priorities

Audience Takeaways

Depending on the program selected, attendees will leave:

• Clearer on the role of inquiry and imagination
• Ready to reconsider a work routine
• More aware of conditions that support creative thinking
• Equipped with questions about human and technology collaboration
• Focused on an opportunity to try a different approach

Keynote Programs

The New I in AI

Natalie explores human creativity in a changing technological environment. Ideal for leaders and teams considering their contribution alongside AI.

Burnout to Breakthrough

Natalie challenges familiar assumptions about productivity and the organization of work. Ideal for audiences seeking more room for thinking, creativity, and adaptation.

Is Natalie Nixon Right for Your Event?

Tell us about your audience, the creative capabilities you want to develop and the working habits you want to reconsider. We can help select Natalie’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.

David Nour: Author of Relationship Economics | Strategic Relationship Advisor | Speaker on Collaboration and Business Growth

Why Book David Nour?

David moves the conversation beyond collecting contacts. His presentations encourage audiences to consider where they can contribute value, collaborate on ideas, and develop relationships that support the work they want to accomplish.

Why Is David Nour Right for Your Audience?

David is a strong fit for executive meetings, sales conferences, association events, and business development programs. Consider him when progress depends on relationships across functions or organizational boundaries.

Book David when your audience needs to:

• Build relationships around shared value
• Approach collaboration more deliberately
• Identify connections relevant to important goals
• Strengthen relationships beyond immediate transactions
• Develop ideas with customers or partners
• Connect professional growth with strategic relationships

Audience Takeaways

Depending on the program selected, attendees will leave:

• Clearer on a relationship they need to develop
• Ready to consider how they can contribute value
• More aware of connections beyond their immediate team
• Equipped with questions for collaborative conversations
• Focused on a purposeful relationship-building action

Keynote Programs

Relationship Economics®

David explores a systematic approach to developing valuable professional relationships. Ideal for sales, leadership, and business development audiences.

Co-Create

David examines collaboration as a way to develop ideas and business possibilities. Ideal for teams and organizations working with partners or customers.

Curve Benders

David considers relationships that can change a professional or organizational trajectory. Ideal for leadership and future-of-work programs.

Is David Nour Right for Your Event?

Tell us about your audience, the relationships your audience needs to strengthen and the work it wants to accomplish through collaboration. 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

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.

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

Erica Orange: Futurist | Author of AI + The New Human Frontier | Speaker on AI, Human Judgment and Change

Why Book Erica Orange?

Her message is especially relevant as AI changes how teams work and evaluate information. Author of AI + The New Human Frontier and co-founder of Wake the Future, Erica explores how people can strengthen independent thinking, curiosity, and judgment. She gives audiences a reason to engage with change and a fresh perspective on the human capabilities they need to develop.

Why Is Erica Orange Right for Your Audience?

Erica is a strong fit for leadership conferences, strategy retreats, association events, and organizations preparing for technological change. She is particularly relevant when leaders want to move from discussing disruption to examining their assumptions and deciding how to respond.

Book Erica when your audience needs to:

• Put emerging trends into a business context
• Consider the human implications of AI
• Challenge assumptions behind established ways of working
• Strengthen critical thinking in uncertain conditions
• Explore how to maintain credibility and trust
• Start a more thoughtful conversation about future priorities

Audience Takeaways

Depending on the program selected, attendees will leave:

• With a clearer perspective on the changes affecting their work
• More aware of assumptions worth revisiting
• Ready to ask better questions before making decisions
• Better prepared to discuss the role of human judgment alongside AI
• Motivated to identify where their organization needs to adapt

Keynote Programs

AI + The New Human Frontiers
Erica explores how leaders can preserve independent judgment and a clear sense of purpose as AI becomes more capable. Ideal for leadership, talent, and technology audiences considering the human side of transformation.

Think Like a Futurist
Erica challenges audiences to reconsider habits and assumptions that may limit their view of what comes next. Ideal for strategy retreats, innovation events, and teams preparing for change.

The Trust Paradox
Erica examines credibility and authenticity in a world of synthetic content and misinformation. Ideal for leaders, communicators, and organizations exploring how to build trust with employees and customers.

Is Erica Orange Right for Your Event?

Tell us about your audience, the changes it faces, and the questions you want people to explore. We can help select Erica’s most relevant program, discuss customization, and confirm her availability and fee.

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

John O’Leary: Author of On Fire and In Awe | Inspirational Speaker on Purpose, Resilience and Everyday Impact

Why Book John O’Leary?

John brings a personal message about the difference one person can make. His presentations encourage people to examine how they respond to challenges, notice the people around them, and reconnect with meaning in familiar work.

Why Is John O’Leary Right for Your Audience?

John is a strong fit for employee gatherings, healthcare conferences, leadership events, and recognition programs. Consider him when an audience needs a meaningful reminder of its everyday impact.

Book John when your audience needs to:

• Reconnect daily work with a sense of purpose
• Recognize the significance of small acts of care
• Respond to challenges more intentionally
• Appreciate the support of other people
• Bring curiosity to familiar routines
• Take ownership of the influence they have

Audience Takeaways

Depending on the program selected, attendees will leave:

• Clearer on a contribution they want to make
• Ready to bring more intention to a daily interaction
• More aware of the people who support them
• Encouraged to notice meaning in ordinary moments
• Focused on an action that expresses their values

Keynote Programs

On Fire

John explores purposeful choices and responding to demanding circumstances. Ideal for broad employee and leadership audiences.

In Awe

John invites people to rediscover curiosity, appreciation, and possibility. Ideal for organizations seeking renewed connection and engagement.

The Power of One

John examines the impact of an individual’s actions. Ideal for healthcare, service, and recognition events.

Is John O’Leary Right for Your Event?

Tell us about your audience, the people your audience serves and the sense of purpose you want it to take away. We can help select John’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.