Top Speakers Under 10K

Chris Widener

Topics: Balance, Leadership, Motivation, Peak Performance, Team Building

Chris Widener is a popular speaker and writer as well as the President of Made for Success and Extraordinary Leaders, two companies helping individuals and organizations turn their potential into p…
 

Craig Kielburger

Topics: Corporate Social Responsibility, Diversity, Education, Inspiration, International Affairs, Leadership, Philanthropy, Visionaries

Craig Kielburger is an accomplished child rights advocate, leadership specialist, New York Times best-selling author and a speaker with a powerful message. He is the founder of Free The Children, t…
  

Kathleen Passanisi, CPAE, PT, CSP

Topics: Healthcare, Humor, Personal Growth, Relationships/Family, Stress Management, Wellness, Women's Issues, Work/Life Balance

With substance, style and clean hilarity, Kathy has enhanced the way slightly fewer than a bazillion people laugh, live and work. She's been told she's "the best friend people never knew they had,"…
  

Kelli Vrla

Topics: Change Management, Communication, Customer Service, Humor

Humor is no longer a "funny" business! Corporations like Southwest Airlines and Ben and Jerry's have made the humor connection and are reaping the benefits of fun at work. Profits and spirits …
 

Merrie Spaeth

Topics: Communication, Ethics/Values, National Politics

Merrie Spaeth has a unique background in media, government, politics, business and the entertainment industry. She is a pioneer in communication theory and executive training, and is acknowledged a…
 

Neal Petersen

Topics: Adventure, Business Excellence, Diversity, Inspiration, Motivation, Overcoming Adversity, Peak Performance, Sales Motivation

Take a good long look at Neal Petersen and you will see a man conditioned by the sea - lean, sinewy and strong. He greets people with a wide, self-confident smile that sets them at ease immediately…
 

Randy Cohen

Topics: Author/Writer, Ethics/Values, Political Humor

Randy Cohen writes the weekly column "The Ethicist" for The New York Times Magazine, syndicated by the Universal Press Syndicate as "On Ethics". Diane Sawyer interviewed him on three questions he's…
  

Anthony Galie

Topics: Business Motivation, Entertainment, Goal Setting, Hypnotist, Peak Performance, Personal Growth, Sales Training

Anthony Galie Seminars brings a new approach to an old problem - how to get and stay motivated over a long period of time. Most people are only able to stay focused on their goals for a few days a…
 

Ava Cadell

Topics: Relationships/Couples, Relationships/Family, Sex Therapist, Wellness, Women's Issues

Since earning her MA in Human Behavior Counseling from Newport University, followed by a Ph.D., in Philosophy and Ed.D., in Human Sexuality from the Institute for Advanced Study of Human Sexuality,…
  

Billy Riggs

Topics: Customer Service, Entertainment, Magician, Motivation, Sales Motivation

Billy Riggs blends world class illusions, spellbinding communication and ground-breaking content to create an experience available nowhere else. Billy is a consummate self-directed leader, magneti…
 

Chip Eichelberger

Topics: Business Motivation, Customer Service, Sales Motivation, Team Building

Chip Eichelberger gets his audiences to say WOW! His action on stage translates to excitement in the audience, and his customized keynotes and seminars produce results for every meeting. He enterta…
 

Christine Cashen

Topics: Humor, Motivation, Personal Growth, Stress Management, Work/Life Balance

Fasten your seatbelt and enjoy the ride. Christine Cashen delivers a fast-paced, hilarious program with useful content that makes her a sought after speaker worldwide. For more than 10 years, she…
 

Curt Tueffert

Topics: Communication, Customer Service, Leadership, Motivation, Sales Management, Sales Motivation, Sales Training

Curt is considered "America's Master Sales Motivator" due to his high energy, enthusiastic audience presence, and knowledge of sales motivation. He understands that motivation and knowledge can be …
  

David Goldsmith

Topics: Business Motivation, Change Management, Coaching/Mentoring, Customer Loyalty, Innovation, Leadership, Management, Sales Management, Strategy

Named One of Successful Meetings Magazine's Hottest Speakers, David Goldsmith is both an executive's and a meeting planner's dream. Jeff Hurt of PPAI writes, "You generated some of the highest rati…
 

Frank Miles

Topics: Entertainment, Inspiration, Juggler, Motivation, Overcoming Adversity

Frank Miles, Juggler, Acrobat, Fire-Eater and Magician, is an extraordinary talent, who with zany humor and his own personal triumphs inspires people through challenging times and encourages them t…
  

Inversion Entertainment

Topics: Entertainment, Popular Culture

Inversion Entertainment Group is redefining Acrobatic and Gymnastics Performance. Comprised of former members of Cirque Du Soleil, Moscow Circus and National Gymnastics Teams, Inversion strives to …
 

Jack Sims

Topics: Branding, Business Motivation, Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Marketing

Jack Sims is one of those rare people who started his business education at the age of eleven, by working in his parents Mom & Pop store in England. That's where he first learned the importance of …
 

Jim Jacobus

Topics: Customer Service, Leadership, Management, Motivation, Personal Growth, Sales Motivation, Sales Training

"Inside every human being a Champion heart beats..." For over a decade Jim Jacobus has shared that message with his audiences around the world. For at least one brief moment each of us has experienc…
 

Jim Pancero

Topics: Marketing, Negotiation, Sales Management, Sales Training

Jim Pancero has the most advanced, leading-edge "business to business" sales and sales management training available today. Everything he does is extensively researched and has one bottom line foc…
 

Lisa Ford

Topics: Change Management, Communication, Customer Loyalty, Customer Service, Leadership, Motivation, Sales Motivation

Lisa Ford delivers what her audiences want--practical ideas combined with plenty of opportunities to laugh and relate to her examples. Her content inspires people to increase their personal, team a…
 

Michael McKinley

Topics: Balance, Change Management, Customer Service, Leadership, Motivation

Mike McKinley comes to us with over four decades of business experience that began with his own garbage-hauling business at age 15. Radio and television broadcasting followed. Then, for over a de…
 

Phillip Van Hooser

Topics: Communication, Leadership, Motivation

For the past twenty years, corporate groups and associations throughout the U.S. and beyond have trusted Phillip Van Hooser to keynote their events, create customized training solutions for their p…
 

Rand Stagen

Topics: Business Motivation, Change Management, Leadership, Peak Performance, Strategy, Time Management

Rand Stagen is the Senior Partner of Stagen, a management consulting firm that specializes in strategy, execution, and leadership development. In his role, Rand is responsible for the oversight of …
 

Roger Crawford

Topics: Inspiration, Motivation, Overcoming Adversity

Best-selling author and inspirational speaker, Roger Crawford has helped more than 3,000 organizations break through self-imposed limitations and reach levels of achievement previously thought to b…
 

Rolfe Carawan

Topics: Communication, Ethics/Values, Leadership, Motivation, Peak Performance, Personal Growth, Team Building

Rolfe Carawan is the president of LifeMatters International, a firm dedicated to improving personal and professional performance. From powerfully relevant, often hilarious speeches and workshops, …
  

Suzie Humphreys

Topics: Humor, Inspiration, Motivation

Suzie's background is as varied as her audiences...from administrative secretary to Television Talk Show Host, to 20 years in radio. She has hobnobbed with movie stars and politicians, interviewed …
  

Walter Bond

Topics: Basketball, Leadership, Motivation, Personal Growth, Religion/Spirituality

Walter Bond knows first hand how setting goals can help you achieve greatness throughout life. It started at an early age, with a dream to one day play in the NBA. Walter was born in Chicago, IL, w…
 

Mike Rayburn

Topics: Bands/Musicians/Singers, Comedy, Entertainment, Humor

He was born breech with six fingers on his left hand... Thus destined to be a little odd and work with his hands he has fulfilled his birthright... Mike Rayburn is "The World's Funniest Guitar …
 

Ron Gustafson

Topics: Inspiration, Motivation, Overcoming Adversity

Raised on a farm in Lyons, Nebraska, Ron 'Gus' Gustafson was a standout basketball player in high school in spite of having lost his right arm and shoulder in a tragic childhood farm accident. Afte…
 

Cary Mullen

Topics: Goal Setting, Innovation, Inspiration, Leadership, Motivation, Olympians, Overcoming Adversity

Cary Mullen, Olympian and World Cup Champion currently holds the World Downhill Speed Record for skiing 97 MPH (151 KMH) down the world's most famous ski course in Kitzbuhel, Austria. Cary was a n…
  

Rita Bailey

Topics: Branding, Corporate Culture, Customer Service, Human Resources, Management, Team Building, Women's Issues

Rita Bailey is widely sought after for her unique infusion of gifts. In addition to customer service, she specializes in the areas of Culture, Leadership, People Success Strategies, and Women's Iss…
  

The Three Waiters

Topics: Bands/Musicians/Singers, Entertainment

Imagine during your next function, one of the drink waiters bursts out a huge operatic note initiating thunderous applause...then promptly returns to his duties. A short time later, a competiti…
  

Kelly McDonald

Topics: Advertising, Branding, Consumer Trends, Demographics, International Business, Marketing, Sales Training

Kelly McDonald is a marketing and advertising expert with 20 years of ad agency experience, on both the General Market and Latino sides of the business. She worked in top positions for several gl…
  

Randy Snow

Topics: Diversity, Inspiration, Olympians, Overcoming Adversity, Team Building

At the peak of a blossoming tennis career while just a junior in high school, Randy Snow was injured in a farming accident, which left him without the use of his legs. Since then he has become a bu…
 

Sol Gittleman

Topics: Baseball, Current Affairs, Historian, International Affairs, Religion/Spirituality, Terrorism/Homeland Security

Sol Gittleman was born in Hoboken, NJ, the son of immigrant parents. He was educated in the New Jersey public school system, received his B.A. from Drew University, the M.A. from Columbia Universit…
  

Troy Evans

Topics: Education, Inspiration, Overcoming Adversity, Personal Growth

On November 12, 1992, Troy Evans was sentenced to 13 years in Federal Prison. He was convicted of five armed bank robberies, in three states, over a six-month crime spree, and was sent to the Feder…
 

Terdema Ussery

Topics: Basketball, Branding, Business Excellence, CEO, Diversity, Entrepreneurship, Ethics/Values, Success Stories

Terdema L. Ussery II is in his 11th year as President & CEO of the Dallas Mavericks and President of the Dallas Mavericks Foundation. Ussery serves as an alternate governor for the Mavericks on the…
 

Scott Deming

Topics: Branding, Creativity, Customer Service, Innovation, Leadership, Marketing, Sales Management, Sales Motivation

· Over twenty years of national advertising agency ownership · One of the freshest minds in brand building and customer experience · The energy of a wild animal and the humor of a stand up comedi…
 

Nancy Friedman

Topics: Customer Service

Nancy Friedman is a gifted motivational business speaker with a proven track record. Nancy has been delivering her powerful motivational programs to audiences since 1983. The valuable informati…
 

Dean Lindsay

Topics: Business Motivation, Customer Loyalty, Entrepreneurship, Growth, Networking, Peak Performance, Sales Training, Small Business

Spotlighted as an Outstanding Speaker by the International Association of Speakers Bureaus and Recognized as a 'Sales-and-Networking Guru' by the Dallas Business Journal, Dean Lindsay delivers kill…
 

Robyn Benincasa

Topics: Adventure, Communication, Inspiration, Leadership, Motivation, Peak Performance, Team Building

Robyn Benincasa was born in Long Island, NY, but spent most of her youth in Tempe, AZ, where she competed at the state and national level in gymnastics, diving, and cross country. After graduating …
  

Juliet Funt

Topics: Balance, Communication, Corporate Culture, Education, Inspiration, Stress Management

As the daughter of Allen Funt, creator of the Candid Camera television show, Juliet has spent her life observing the hidden truths beneath our social selves. She won't hide a camera in your office …
 

Rob Peck

Topics: Change Management, Creativity, Innovation, Juggler, Motivation, Stress Management, Team Building, Work/Life Balance

Rob Peck's highly original approach to keynote speaking results from a rather unique educational background. After graduating from the University of Pennsylvania (Phi Beta Kappa) and doing post-gra…
  

Russ Stolnack

Topics: Comedy, Emcees, Entertainment, Golf, Humor

Russ Stolnack is a well known, respected and loved San Diego personality. His extreme versatility of talents never seems to cease. Among his many accomplishments that range from winning the prestig…
  

Greg Hahn

Topics: Comedy, Entertainment

Here's a guy that brings something to the party - Headlice! Greg Hahn has parlayed his absurdly energetic, all out style of physical humor, one liners and crowd work, into an act with no waiting f…
  

Marc Kielburger

Topics: Author/Writer, Corporate Social Responsibility, Education, Entrepreneurship, Human Rights, Inspiration, Motivation, Philanthropy, Visionaries

Marc Kielburger is an accomplished social advocate and leadership specialist, a bestselling author and a speaker with a powerful message. He is the co-founder and chief executive director of Leader…
  

Flashover Seminars

Topics: Adventure, Breakout/Workshop, Communication, Inspiration, Leadership, Management, Motivation, Overcoming Adversity, Peak Performance, Team Building

Flashover Seminars offer an experience which is a cutting edge journey into the "Extreme Teamwork" and "High Performance Leadership" necessary for success in today's fast-paced and time critical bu…
 

Peter Kash

Topics: Biotechnology, Business Motivation, Entrepreneurship, Financial Markets, Futurist, Technology

Peter Morgan Kash is a successful biomedical venture capitalist who has capitalized himself on what he calls the web of life to bring him incredible business success as well as personal joy and ful…
  

Steven Little

Topics: Business Motivation, Communication, Consumer Trends, Customer Loyalty, Growth, Leadership, Small Business

Steven S. Little is a much sought after expert on the subject of business growth and the future of opportunity. As a Senior Consultant for Inc. Magazine since 1998, and author of the new best-sell…
 

Bob Arno

Topics: Commentators, Communication, Corporate Humor, Creativity, Emerging Technology, Entertainment, Ethics/Values, Marketing, Technology

If convention entertainment is all about creating a receptive and happy audience, Bob's presentation is invaluable. What differentiates Bob's presentation from other speakers' is the lasting WOW fa…
 

Cheryl Cran

Topics: Business Excellence, Change Management, Communication, Human Resources, Leadership, Management, Personal Growth, Women's Issues

Cheryl Cran provides practical tools and creative strategies for individuals to take their current level of success and boldly grow it to the next level. The companies that Cheryl works with are to…
 

William F. Walton

Topics: Communication, Customer Service, Leadership, Management, Sales Management, Sales Motivation, Sales Training

Recognized by CNN as a global authority on sales and selling, Bill Walton brings over 20 years of experience as a sales trainer and executive coach to his clients. He has worked extensively in the…
 

Ephren Taylor

Topics: Business Excellence, CEO, Corporate Social Responsibility, Diversity, Energy, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Media

Ephren W. Taylor II is the youngest African-American CEO of any publicly traded company ever--City Capital Corporation. Taylor started his first business venture at age 12, when he began making vid…
 

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