Speakers

4 Professional Speakers You’ll Want to Book ASAP

May 20, 2018 by Tim Grable

The power to inspire, educate and entertain is a winning formula we’re pretty sure any event planner is seeking when deciding on their guest panel at corporate events.

Professional speakers are called ‘professional’ precisely because they’ve managed to find a formula that helps them stand out. They’ve also worked on improving it continuously.

You’re about to read about 4 of these certified professionals in the art of keynote speaking and understand why you need someone of their caliber to elevate your event.

Carolyn Strauss

A Certified Speaking Professional (CSP) distinction is a guarantee that the keynote speaker can deliver excellence in their speeches.

Carolyn Strauss holds a CSP, but with that said, it’s worth having a look at the reasons why.

First of all, she’s a sales specialist, with 18 years of experience on The Home Shopping Network. Secondly, she hosted her radio show, which further helped her improve her flow as a speaker.

Carolyn’s talks are aimed at sales reps, managers, organizations, and any group of professionals who needs to develop a more proactive mindset.

Philipp Van Hooser

Leadership is one of those skills that’s hard to teach because it mostly depends on the ‘learner’s’ willingness to discover an extra layer of inner resources.

The way professional speakers like Philipp Van Hooser approach this is by equipping leaders with the right tools for addressing workplace challenges.

With over three decades of speaking experience (a CSP and a CPAE certify that), Philipp is also well-acquainted with the Fortune 500 top-tier companies with whom he collaborated with over the span of his career.

Philipp Van Hooser is the man you want if your audience needs to:

Assemble better-performing teams.
Ensure sustained leadership growth.
Create better conflict management policies.
Build healthy multi-generational interaction.

Lenora Billings-Harris

Leadership doesn’t only mean ‘inspiring’ or ’empowering’ employees; it also implies that someone in a leadership position approaches their role from other perspectives, such as inclusion and diversity.

Fortunately, to do this, they can choose a professional speaker who is expert on the issue. One such speaker is Lenora Billings-Harris.

As one of the Global Thought Leaders on Diversity and Inclusion, and former president of the National Speakers Association, Lenora Billings-Harris is an authority in this aspect of thoughtful and inclusive leadership.

NASA, Toyota or Marriott International are just a few of the top-tier companies that adopted her views.

Willie Jolley

Most professional speakers are not just masters of public speaking. Willie Jolley brilliantly illustrates this profile, being at the same time, an acclaimed author, charismatic media persona and award-winning speaker.

Upon hiring him, you’ll understand why he’s been designated as one of the ‘5 Outstanding Speakers in the World’ by the Toastmasters International members.

He’ll bring a highly energetic stage presence and deliver insights into how one can build a change-embracing mindset. Willie’s discourse is structured on his patented VDAD formula – vision, decision, action, desire – which aims to marry excellence with forward-thinking.

More Professional Speakers to Choose from

We want to conclude by noting an important aspect: the 4 speakers highlighted in this article are in high demand (and not just cross the USA). So if you’re reading this article and would like to book one of them for your event(s), make sure you head over to the contact form here and specify all the necessary details.

Side note: don’t miss out on other great professionals on The Grable Group list – you might find an unexpected fit for your event.

For These Keynote Speakers, Humor Is Always On The Menu

May 17, 2018 by Tim Grable

Last updated on May 20th, 2018 at 06:09 am

The best keynote speakers are not those who stuff their presentations with tons of information and hope the audience is invested enough to assimilate most of it.

Instead, the best speakers are those who know how to pick the most relevant ideas for their audiences, wrap them up in accessible language and relatable analogies, then weave everything together with great flow.

Some manage to add even more sprinkles on top and use humor not just as a mood booster, but as a catalyzer to knowledge acquisition as well.

Let’s see how 3 of them manage to make each attendee’s experience an engaging journey towards assimilating new ideas meant to improve life.

Scott Bloom

Scott Bloom is a business keynote speaker who’s widely acclaimed for his approach that mixes business growth insights with a constant concern towards your brand. He’s also well-appreciated for how he skillfully includes humor into all of his talks.

Scott’s specialty is that of emotional connections, a topic he’s been interested in for over 25 years. What made him stand out from others who cover the subject is that he applied this kind of knowledge to business-related aspects, such as networking or growth.

In the clip below, you can watch Scott Bloom deliver a humorous yet insightful speech on the power of partnership:

By listening to his presentation, guests will shape a better understanding of:

the importance of creating lighthearted and transparent brand messages;
how to leverage the power of humor within their human resources strategy;
the benefits of embracing a more open approach to communication.

His refreshing perspective has earned him a reputation as ‘the keynote speaker to hire back.’ You can read more reviews from past clients here.

Chris Cummins

When storytelling meets humorous anecdote, winning event guests over and keeping them engaged throughout an entire talk comes naturally.

At least, that’s what happens in the case of Chris Cummins.

Chris Cummins is among the keynote speakers who have an extraordinary knack for arresting people’s attention. The goal is to take guests on an inspiring journey towards gaining a fresh outlook on life and a renewed enthusiasm for doing business.

Executives, sales reps, and other specialists in highly demanding fields vouch for Chris’s ability to unleash the productive and the high-achiever in everyone.

To get an idea of what his talks are all about, watch Chris masterfully entertain a TEDx audience with his unassuming, dynamic style of educational humor:

David Glickman

Keynote speakers who make a lasting impression are often those who have an extraordinary ability to encompass the needs and expectations of audiences in various industries into their programs.

David Glickman is no stranger to how important this is. In fact, he took things even further by creating hilarious talks that are entirely customized to each audience.

David’s performances are best described as ‘business shows,’ because he doesn’t just give a presentation – he also brings comic relief that is utterly entertaining.

Besides the observational humor which is a trademark of his talks, David combines visuals, props and a high level of energy into a single act that guests won’t get tired of.

How does all this come together on stage? Take a look at the video below and find out:

Not Your Regular Keynote Speakers

The speakers you’ve just read about are professionals who acknowledged the benefits of pairing up a good laugh with excellent knowledge.

Contact us here if you too can see the advantages of offering this type of fun, engaging and insightful entertainment to guests at your next event.

Why Humor Plays an Important Role for Keynote Speakers

May 11, 2018 by Tim Grable

If you think of it, keynote speakers are quite similar to teachers. They have a limited time frame to deliver information, and in this respect, they have to employ various strategies for knowledge acquisition.

While strategies can be applied by roughly any speaker or teacher, there’s something else which makes the difference between the average and the successful ones: personality.

As soon as an educator or performer creates an impression by their mere presence, they already lay a foundation for a more in-depth and more involved learning process.

One way of infusing a keynote presentation with more personality is adding just the right amount of humor.

However, this is an excellent balance to achieve and a difficult skill to perfect. Some have managed to find the perfect formula, so we would like to showcase 3 of these accomplished speakers in this article.

Jane Jenkins Herlong

Jane is one of the keynote speakers who are renowned for successfully blending several skills into her presentations: humor and singing skills accompany the consistent talks on personal growth and achieving a good work-life balance.

Her arresting stage presence and quality content have already been rewarded with a Certified Speaker Professional certification, as well as with a well-deserved induction into the Speakers Hall of Fame.

Author and singer-songwriter, Jane can be considered a master of public speaking and entertainment and her achievements are even more impressive once you learn she has had dyslexia. Not only did she manage to overcome it, but she also used this condition to develop her sense of humor and a positive mindset.

You can immediately notice the self-deprecating humor in the title of her presentations (“Don’t Throw Tomatoes at My Field of Dreams,” “Find the Funny in Dysfunction,” “Bury Me with My Pearls”).

Dave Caperton

Professional keynote speakers usually have a solid background in the corporate coaching industry. With his 20+ years of experience in coaching, consultancy, and speaking, Dave Caperton has managed, however, to get himself noticed with a specific style of educating audiences.

More precisely, he teaches people how to achieve a positive mindset through laughter and how this completes the full circle of achieving peak performance.

David Glickman

David is a master at bringing comic relief to any events he gets invited to.

With 31 years in the public speaking industry, David has learned knowledge is best conveyed in a laidback atmosphere, using any instrument to make it also memorable.

For instance, he is using his singing skills. However, underneath all the fun and laughs, David’s keynote speeches are thoroughly researched and attentively customized for each company he works with.

All These Amazing Keynote Speakers (and More!) Could Be at Your Event

All it takes is you browse this section on The Grable Group website, watch the videos on each speaker’s page and then drop us a call at 615 283 0039 to ask for their availability.

This way, you can make sure you get a top-tier keynote speaker who knows how to work an audience by using humor to maximize the impact of your event.

3 Top Speakers You Can Book to Drive Performance

May 6, 2018 by Tim Grable

Last updated on May 17th, 2018 at 05:24 am

Ideally, you should start a quest for the finest (and most fitting) speaker as soon as you set the date and location of your event.

Here’s why:

You have better chances of booking one of the top speakers if you contact them (by yourself or via an agency) a few months in advance.
You can build the rest of the event and the promotional materials around the speakers, so your event is cohesive and drives enough interest.

You have a better overview of your expenses (because you have already spent the budget for the main elements of a successful meeting – venue, speakers and main suppliers).

So to help you start your planning and booking process the best way possible, we have assembled a list of outstanding keynote speakers whose talks focus on achieving peak performance.

Scott Greenberg

When effortless teamwork is something a sales team nails, sales boosts are likely to follow. The explanation is simple: solid teamwork means each is driven and is striving to improve their performance.

Scott Greenberg’s high-energy talks are focused on cultivating precisely this: the peak performance mindset.

As the owner of two franchises, Scott can provide valuable insights on how to drive forward a company towards high-stakes goals.

“Lively” and “poignant” are two attributes former clients of Scott’s (among which we can count Nike or The U.S. Air Force) indicate as representative of his presentations.

They could also explain why Scott Greenberg is such a respected name among fellow top speakers – keynote talks for franchises and large organizations are not the easiest topic to approach, but when you make the information lively and poignant, participants will be much more involved and less likely to feel the time passing. Here’s a sneak peek:

Thom Singer

Our list of top speakers includes another stellar professional who masters the art of educating teams about business growth.

Thom Singer is specialized in delivering talks which:

inspire
challenge
educate
offer actionable takeaways on unlocking potential.

His main keynote is even entitled “The Performance Catalyst” and is aimed at helping companies identify the pain points of their workflow. Here, Thom speaks about the paradox of potential, and you will see how his words will shed more light on how people perceive potential:

Deborah Gardner

One of the most valued skills people in today’s workforce can have is the ability to identify what triggers their growth and how they can cultivate this trigger.

However, this is harder than it sounds and no wonder companies need to invite top speakers who can put this into perspective.

One of these speakers is Deborah Gardner, who, as a former professional swimmer, comes from a place where she needed to find resources of resilience and motivation to achieve peak athletic performance and results.

She then translated this attitude into her career as a TV broadcaster and then salesperson. Listening to Deborah speak about goal-reaching is likely to become a foundation for better personnel management.

Flawless Events Require Top Speakers. Have You Found Them yet?

Scott Greenberg, Thom Singer, and Deborah Gardner have helped many companies boost their performance.

Like them, many other brilliant professionals do their best to benefit the organizations they work with. Find them here, book them here, then plan.

3 Technology Experts Who Explain How Tech Can Help Your Company

May 5, 2018 by Tim Grable

As we speak, tech is becoming more encompassing by the minute, and it is no news it informs our day-to-day decisions more than we are aware of.

So it is no surprise companies strive to update their staff’s knowledge of the industry or overall tech advances. One of the most convenient manners of achieving this is by inviting technology experts to speak at company events.

Usually, these speakers are highly specialized in an industry, but they have expertise in public speaking, as well. They manage to summarize complicated insights and help members of an audience grasp technical notions/aspects they would not be able to comprehend otherwise.

Luckily, there are great tech experts out there, ready to come to your aid and get your team up to date with technical lingo they need to grow. Here, you will read about 3 of them.

Crystal Washington

You do not have to be a social media specialist to be concerned about what goes on in the social network world since it can impact the outcome of an online business.

Attending Crystal Washington’s talks will make it clearer for guests why, how and how much they should invest in social media strategies for their companies.

Crystal has built a reputation out of delivering insightful keynotes on Web topics to companies like Google or Microsoft (which have a significant social media following).

She was also featured on NBC, ABC, CBS or media outlets across the world and she is one of those technology experts who can advance insights which boost a company’s sales figures (or other revenue-generating metrics). Plus, her social media acumen will help you discern the trends in networking platforms, and your business should strategize further to get more and more targeted users.

Ian Khan

AI, Blockchain, IoT, mobility, VR…the list of hot topics in the tech industry seems to be never-ending. Moreover, the terms listed above seem to have completely taken over the headlines.

If your guests work for companies related to (or which depend on) tech in the list above, they will need the help of technology experts to be fully aware of the direction the trends are taking, and from here, to comprehend how they should approach innovation.

This will not be a problem if you opt for Ian Khan as the keynote speaker at the tech event you are organizing.

As a technology futurist and a Forbes contributor, Ian has helped over 5,000 companies of all sizes improve their growth. Mainly, his talks made those companies make better-informed decisions about the next steps which are worth being taken to secure business continuity.

Terry Brock

Terry Brock is someone who’ll be able to gather all these notions (social media, technology, marketing) and make sense of them at a global level.

The goal is for attendees to use this global vision as a platform for overall business growth.

With Terry Brock at your event, guests will leave with more clarity – no longer will tech trends be a blur for them. On the contrary, they will be able to use them as a starting point for development.

The Technology Experts You Should Call Right Now

That is if you want to secure them before other event planners do.

The sooner you pick an act (either and book it via this contact form or telephone at 615 283 0039), the better you can plan for a perfect tech event at your company.