Professional Development Speakers

Fee Range: Inquire

Fee: $65,000
Travels From: AZ

Fee Range: $50,000–$65,000
Travels From: NY

Fee Range: $30,000–$65,000
Travels From: CA

Sally Hogshead is a Hall of Fame speaker, author, and leading expert on fascination. Over the past decade, Sally’s research has uncovered surprising trends. In today’s distracted world, people have a 9-second attention span. With only 9 seconds to communicate value, we must use our advantages to immediately break through. Sally teaches how to break through the distraction and competition by creating moments of intense focus. When you fascinate a customer or employee, you create exciting moments of connection. Your listener is far more likely to remember and value you. In her research, Sally has measured over 100,000 people to identify a scientific approach to personal branding.

Fee Range: $25,000–$35,000
Travels From: FL

Fee Range: $18,000–$25,000
Travels From: GA

Fee Range: $15,000–$30,000
Travels From: TX

Fee: $50,000
Travels From: WA

Chris Barton wanted a way to identify songs he was hearing everywhere around him. There wasn’t one – so he invented an app called Shazam. Chris’s creation is nothing short of pure magic. That was his goal. Chris seeks to delight people by using technology to make seemingly impossible ideas come to life. Shazam, which now has over two billion downloads, is just one of them. In addition to creating Shazam, which Apple acquired for $400 million, Chris holds 12 patents and played key roles in the early days of Google and Dropbox. Despite having dyslexia, incredibly, he didn’t let that get in his way. In fact, it gave him a different way of looking at problems. Chris’s newest venture, Guard, aims to use AI to detect drowning in swimming pools. In his speeches, Chris’s story and storytelling completely captivate audiences. He inspires people to make big things happen in their organizations – to create magic in defiance of the obstacles.

Fee Range: $25,500–$43,000
Travels From: CA

Fee Range: $15,000–$25,000
Travels From: TX

Fee Range: $7,500–$15,000
Travels From: TX

Research shows that 83% of the time, people can effectively manage relationships and tasks. However, in those 17% moments – when interactions become more challenging and work becomes more difficult – people discover the hard truth of whether or not they are able to continue to operate at their full potential. This truth is at the heart of emotional intelligence and leadership. Steve Gutzler is a dynamic speaker who engages audiences everywhere on leadership, emotional intelligence, and personal transformation. He has an exceptional ability to communicate clear leadership and business solutions with humor, clarity, and insight. Most importantly, Steve provides strategies on how to self-manage those 17% moments in business and life. Through his programs, Steve inspires greatness for individuals at every level. He believes every keynote presentation should transform a life and inspire leadership, and he presents with passion and conviction.

Fee Range: $10,000–$10,000
Travels From: AZ

Vanessa Van Edwards is the national bestselling author of Captivate: The Science of Succeeding with People and Cues: Master the Secret Language of Charismatic Communication which have been translated into over 16 languages. As founder of Science of People, Vanessa’s YouTube videos have been seen by over 50 million people. For over a decade she has worked with top brands, government entities, nonprofits and companies to increase their effectiveness by improving their communication.

Fee Range: $20,000–$60,000
Travels From: MA

Fee Range: $30,000–$50,000
Travels From: FL

Fee Range: $50,000–$200,000
Travels From: OH

Jesse Itzler only eats fruit 'til noon, loves Run-D.M.C., and enjoys living life "out of the box." In fact, he doesn't even have a box. The author of the New York Times bestseller, Living with a Seal, co-founded Marquis Jet, the world's largest private jet card company which he and his partner sold to Berkshire Hathaway/NetJets. Jesse then partnered with Zico coconut water, which he and his partner sold to The Coca-Cola Company. He's a former rapper on MTV and wrote and performed the NBA's Emmy Award-winning "I Love This Game" music campaign and the popular New York Knicks anthem "Go NY Go." When he's not running ultra-marathons, eating vegan food or being a dad to his four kids, Jesse can be found at the NBA's Atlanta Hawks games, where he's an owner of the team. He is married to Spanx founder Sara Blakely.

Fee Range: $32,000–$75,000
Travels From: GA

Mike Rowe is a TV host, writer, narrator, producer, actor and spokesman. Mike is best known as the host of the ground breaking television hit Dirty Jobs, in which each week he took on the tasks and responsibilities of difficult, strange, and often messy jobs such as sheep breeder, garbage collector, and coal miner. Outside his work on the show, Mike has become one of the nation’s leading advocates on the need and honor of blue-collar work.

Fee Range: $200,000–$300,000
Travels From: CA

Fee Range: $20,000–$35,000
Travels From: CA

Hailed as the “female Jerry Maguire” by CNN, Molly Fletcher made a name for herself as one of the first female sports agents. Molly is a high-energy, motivational speaker with an incredibly unique background who inspires fearless growth in individuals, teams and companies. Molly’s keynotes have received comments like “a world-class speaker and businessperson” who is “true-to-life, uplifting and entertaining” and great at “connecting and delivering unique tools that captivate audiences.” As a keynote speaker, she has been honored to serve hundreds of Fortune 500 companies, national associations, corporations, sports teams and start-up organizations.

Fee Range: $30,000–$50,000
Travels From: GA

Fee Range: $15,000–$20,000
Travels From: MN

Fee Range: $40,000–$60,000
Travels From: MA

Successful companies. Cohesive teams. Engaged employees - Patrick Lencioni can help you get there. Passionate about creating great teams—and ensuring that they're properly led—Pat Lencioni shows you how to meet your everyday organizational and business challenges.

Fee Range: $65,000–$150,000
Travels From: CA

Meridith Alexander is on a mission to help millions of businesses and individuals transform their impossibilities into I’m Possibilities, even in the midst of change and uncertainty. Meridith fuses her own compelling story with real actionable strategies to help leaders understand how can they too can tap into their own grit, resilience, and fearlessness. How they can inspire themselves and their team to perform at a higher, more satisfying level when the stakes are high, change is constant, competition is tough and team members are struggling with roles that feel mundane.

Fee Range: $8,000–$14,000
Travels From: FL

Fee Range: $10,000–$20,000
Travels From: CO