Month: March 2022

10 Speakers to Help You Parse the Ins and Outs of Economics

The economy affects every facet of our lives, influencing how we work and play, but many folks have a shaky grasp on what politicians and financial analysts actually mean when they talk shop about global trends and recessions. But you don’t have to be a wealth consultant or bank chairman to understand the ins and outs of economics; an economics speaker can make anyone economically literate. And you don’t need to look far to locate a great one: the fine people on this list are expert economics speakers who can break difficult topics down for any type of audience.

 

Carla Harris is a top economics speaker, author, podcast host and wealth management executive. Fortune Magazine has named her one of The 50 Most Powerful Black Executives in Corporate America, and she was recently recognized by Real Leaders as one of their Top 50 Keynote Speakers in the World in 2022. With 30 years of experience on Wall Street, she has valuable insights into the technology, media, retail, and healthcare sectors, to name just a few.

 

Business expert, entrepreneur and best-selling author Grant Cardone is a master salesperson with a passion for helping people build their own paths to economic freedom. A regular guest on Fox, CNBC and MSNBC, he works alongside his dedicated trainers with organizations like Google, Aflac, and Kawasaki.

 

Peter Zeihan is a geopolitical strategist and global economics speaker with a background in the US State Department. With a worldview marrying  the realities of geography and demographics as well as how politics impact global markets, he simplifies obtuse concepts into relevant takeaways for his audiences, which have included several Fortune 1000 companies and government agencies.

 

A top financial and economics speaker, Lauren Templeton is an author, investor, and entrepreneur. An expert on behavioral finance and investing, her books have been translated into nine languages, and she heads up her own hedge fund management company, Templeton & Phillips Capital Management.

 

Economics speaker Daniel Susskind is a Fellow in Economics at Oxford University, a best-selling author, and a former policy advisor to the British Prime Minister. His work explores the impact of artificial intelligence on work and society, and his TED Talk on this subject has garnered over 1.5 million views.

 

A professor, humorist, and behavioral economics speaker, interdisciplinary expert  Peter McGraw helps struggling organizations with imaginative, memorable branding and  problem-solving insights he’s gleaned from years teaching MBA programs during the day and performing comedy at night.

 

Dambisa Moyo is a best-selling author, geopolitical expert, and global economics speaker. With a balance between contrarian thinking and measured judgements, she has earned a reputation as a trusted advisor in the fields of technology and macroeconomics, and has been published in, Barrons, WSJ, and Harvard Business Review.

 

Economics speaker Ron Insana is a best-selling author, senior analyst for CNBC, and trail-blazing journalist. He strives to be the voice of economic reason in turbulent times, looking at them through the lens of history to assess what may come next. With over four decades presenting on television, he is a trusted media presence, and has written four best-selling books on investing.

 

An expert on international economics, Kocihi Hamada specializes in emerging markets and the Japanese economy. He has been both a professor and economic advisor to the Japanese government, earning him recognition for his work with Prime Minister Shino Abe. An author and editor, he is currently researching international capital movements and money reform.

This article was originally published by BigSpeak Mar 31, 2022.

Top Technology Keynote Speakers Who Are Making a Difference

Technology can change our lives—and so can the people who make that technology. If you’ve ever been inspired by the words or actions of a teacher, writer, or speaker, then you understand: one person can make a difference. Sometimes a caring person comes along and shows you that you can do things you never thought possible.

At BigSpeak Speakers Bureau, we work with some of the top Technology Keynote Speakers who are making a difference in people’s lives. These four top Technology Keynote Speakers are thought leaders, company founders, and visionaries who are inspiring women and people of color to become involved in pursuing careers in STEM, robotics, coding, artificial intelligence, and more.

Marita Cheng – Robogals

Marita Cheng is a top technology keynote speaker and the founder of Robogals. Robogals is a global organization that inspires girls into engineering careers and tertiary studies by teaching girls robotics. For her work with Robogals, Marita was named the 2012 Young Australian of the Year and received an Asia Society Game Changer Award at the United Nations!

Kimberly Bryant – Black Girls Code

Kimberly Bryant is a top technology keynote speaker and the creator of the non-profit organization Black Girls Code. The goal of Black Girls Code is to change the face of technology by introducing girls of color (between the ages 7-17) to the field of technology and computer science with a concentration on entrepreneurial concepts.

Anne-Marie Imafidon – Stemettes

Anne-Marie Imafidon is a top technology keynote speaker and the co-founder of Stemettes. Stemettes is an award-winning social enterprise inspiring the next generation of females into the careers of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM). Over six years, 40,000 girls across the UK, Ireland, and Europe have attended Stemette experiences. As part of the initiative, Anne-Marie has also co-founded Outbox Incubator: the world’s first tech incubator for teenage girls.

Dr. Ayesha Khanna – 21st Century Girls

Ayesha Khanna is a top technology keynote speaker, AI expert, the founder of 21C Girls (21st Century Girls).  21C Girls is a charity that teaches coding and artificial intelligence to girls and women in Singapore. Dr. Khanna is a passionate advocate of gender parity and diversity in tech and artificial intelligence.

This article was originally published by BigSpeak on Mar 30, 2022.

Top 10 Leadership Keynote Speakers of Color

Did you know corporations that identified as more diverse were 35% more likely to outperform their competitors, according to a McKinsey survey? Or that companies with diverse management teams led to 19% higher revenue, according to the Boston Consulting Group. Despite the many benefits that leaders of color bring to business, a New York Times survey found only 20 percent of leaders identified as a person of color.

At BigSpeak Speakers Bureau, we work with some of the top leadership keynote speakers of color in the industry. These executives have helped lead diverse teams, capture more market share, and improve revenue at brand name companies like Beats, Disney, Facebook, Google, and more.

 

1) Omar Johnson is a top marketing and leadership keynote speaker and the former CMO at Beats by Dre. Learn leadership insights from Johnson that inspired Business Insider to name him one of the “Most Innovative CMO’s” in 2016.

 

2) Simon T. Bailey is a Leadership Imagineer and the former leader of the Disney Institute. He has been named one of the top 25 people who will help you reach your business and life goals by SUCCESS magazine. In his leadership talk, audiences learn simple strategies derived from best-in-class leaders in 13 different industries.

 

3) Cassandra Worthy is a top leadership keynote speaker, a former Fortune 100 Innovation Leader, and a leading expert on Change Enthusiasm®. Cassandra uses stories and her unique perspective to help people learn to lead THROUGH change.

 

4) Erica Dhawan is an internationally recognized leadership authority, speaker, and advisor on 21st-century teamwork, collaboration, and innovation. Erica uses the power of storytelling and humor—paired with research findings—to provide audiences with interactive, refreshing, practical strategies for modern innovation-driving collaborative teamwork.

 

5) Vernice Flygirl Armour is an inspirational leadership speaker and the first African-American female Marine combat pilot. Her moving and exciting talks inspire audiences and leaders to take ownership of their own work and lives.

 

6) Carla Harris is a leadership keynote speaker, author, and one of Fortune Magazine’s list of “The 50 Most Powerful Black Executives in Corporate America.” In her popular talk, Carla dispenses leadership wisdom she gained from her 30-year career as an executive.

 

7) Tsedal Neeley is a top virtual work expert, business thought leader, and Professor at the Harvard Business School. Her book Remote Work Revolution: Succeeding from Anywhere was a #1 Bestseller in Business Teams on Amazon. Tsedal can provide companies and leaders with the best virtual practices to perform at the highest levels.

 

8) Julie Zhuo is a top management keynote speaker, a former VP of product design at Facebook, and the bestselling author of The Making of a Manager. As Facebook grew in size, so did Julie’s role. Learn from her hardwon experience tips to master the art of management.

 

9) Terri Broussard Williams is a top leadership keynote speaker, lobbyist, and best-selling author. Terri teaches a pragmatic approach that motivates leaders to ignite meaningful change in both their organizations and communities.

 

10) Wema Hoover is a global Diversity, Equity & Inclusion speaker and the former Global Head of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Google. Wema provides practical insights, perspectives, and actions that will enable leaders and organizations to realize their true potential.

10 Disruption Speakers to Help You Navigate Our Changing Times

We live in interesting times. With business and culture evolving at a rapid rate, it’s easy to feel like you’re falling behind, but staying afloat doesn’t have to be a constant struggle. Enter change management and disruption experts who have devoted their careers to helping people in every industry not only survive, but thrive, in times of change and upheaval. The Disruption  speakers highlighted here are consummate professionals, many of whom have decades of experience helping organizations like yours adapt to today’s ever-transforming business landscape.

 

JP Pawliw-Fry is an EQ speaker, change expert, and co-author of a NYT bestseller. He’s worked with Olympic athletes, the Marines, and Fortune 500 companies to help them unlock the full potential of empathy and resilience to perform under pressure.

 

Frits van Paasschen is the former CEO of Coors Brewing Company, Starwood Hotels and Resorts, and the bestselling author of The Disruptors’ Feast. With 3 decades of experience inside global companies, he helps businesses thrive in times of accelerated change.

 

The Former Chief Innovation Officer at IBM, Linda Bernardi is an AI and future trends expert who unpacks how disruption is a key to surviving today’s turbulent business world. Through her books and hundreds of speeches, she helps audiences understand how necessary subversion and change are for business growth and true success.

 

Tony Seba is a serial entrepreneur, top disruption speaker, and thought leader.  His extensive selection of keynote presentations are geared towards helping his clients thrive in the age of disruption and rapid technological advancement.

 

Jim Carroll is one of the world’s leading futurists with a long list of prominent clients that includes NASA, Mercedes Benz, and Nikon. He’s been sharing his insights into future trends and disruption at events for 25 years, reaching over 2 million people globally.

 

Top change management and disruption speaker Steve Donahue is a world traveler and bestselling author. He uses his storytelling skills to inspire his clients to adapt and excel in turbulent times.

 

Tom Morrison is a certified life coach, sought-after disruption speaker, and author. His passion for inspiring audiences to maximize their success and take advantage of new technologies to drive growth.

 

Future of work expert and former tech CEO Todd Mitchem has been recognized for his work building communication programs. He assists his clients in navigating the transformative work landscape, and has conducted over 2000 presentations.

 

Sekou Andrews is an artist, musician, playwright and disruption expert who speaks on innovation, leadership, and transformation. His riveting keynotes are delivered through his unconventional personal style “Poetic Voice.”

 

An internationally recognized artist, best-selling author and entrepreneur, Erik Wahl is a leading disruption speaker. One of the most in-demand speakers on the corporate circuit today, his dynamic presentations unpack how disruption is the new normal and organizations must embrace creativity wholesale to survive.

 

Terry Jones is the author of the best-selling ON Innovation and Disruption OFF, the founder of Travelocity.com, and an innovation speaker. He has presented in over 25 countries, and attendees leave his keynotes inspired and ready to put their new insights into action.

 

Best-selling author, two time TEDx presenter and disruption expert Michael Margolis has trained thousands of people, from marketers at Google and Facebook to product designers at Uber,  on how to utilize storytelling to navigate hypergrowth.

10 High Achieving Women to Celebrate this International Women’s Day

International Women’s Day is dedicated to the  acknowledgement of the cultural, political, and socioeconomic achievements of women worldwide. As an ideal time for both celebration and introspection, we would like to spend ours highlighting our top booked female speakers. These women are inventors and award-winning athletes, and work in every industry from communications to healthcare. They number among our most accomplished speaking partners, and we are proud to collaborate with them to bring their insights to audiences around the globe.

 

Top leadership and motivational keynote speaker Robyn Benincasa is a best-selling author and adventure racing world champion who works on over one hundred events a year, which have included presentations for Boeing, Starbucks and Aflac. Real Leaders recognizes her as one of the Top 50 Keynote Speakers in the World, and she has been motivating business teams for over 15 years.

 

Award-winning keynote speaker and best-selling author Molly Bloom is the inspiration for the Oscar-nominated film Molly’s Game. An alumnus of the US Ski Team and the former head of the world’s largest, most exclusive underground poker game, her global audiences have included Dell, Cisco and Uber. An authentic, engaged presenter, she is also a passionate mentor for other female entrepreneurs.

 

Tan Le is a top innovation keynote speaker, an award-winning inventor, and one of the most influential women in technology. As the CEO of Emotiv, she leads research into brain-computer interface, and has been recognized as one of Australia’s 30 Most Successful Women under 30, Young Australian of the Year, and Forbes 50 Names You Need to Know. Her interactive, engaging presentations often also include demonstrations of the new and exciting tech her team is working on.

 

Top change management speaker, executive coach and award-winning author Libby Gill is the former communications leader Sony, Universal, and Turner Broadcasting. With a dynamic style and decades of expertise in the corporate world, she has helped leaders from Zappos, Deloitte, Honda and Warner Bros guide their teams through change and chaos.

 

DE&I consultant, author and international speaker Risha Grant is an empowering presenter who has been featured by Forbes, The Financial Times, and Bloomberg Media. Her interactive keynotes and deep-dive training sessions leave attendees with a new selection of tools for increasing their businesses’ bottom lines, confront their biases, and create inclusive work cultures.

 

Former Marine Vernice “Flygirl” Armour is an author, top inspirational keynote speaker, and America’s first Black woman combat pilot. Gusty and bold, her resume comprises an impressive collection of firsts, and throughout her career, she’s been a cop, a diversity liaison, and an entrepreneur. Her work has been spotlighted by CNN, FOX, and Oprah Winfrey, and she was recently named one of the Top 50 Keynote Speakers in the World by Real Leaders.

 

Innovation keynote speaker Natalie Nixon is the founder and president of Figure 8 Thinking and an award-winning author. Selected by Real Leaders as one to the Top 40 Women Keynote Speakers, she has been featured in Forbes, Fast Company, and INC. Sought after for her accessible and actionable insights on creativity, transformation, and the future of work, she’s been dubbed “the creativity whisperer of the C-Suite.”

 

Nancy Giordano is a strategic futurist, keynote speaker, and the curator for TEDx Austin. One of the world’s top female futurists, she is also a guest lecturer at Singularity University and a best-selling author. In her over 100 presentations, she has assisted both startups and major global brands in building a better future.

 

Best-selling author, business influencer and future of work speaker Heather McGowan presents regularly to Fortune 500 companies, including Biogen, Citi, and The World Bank. A #1 global voice for education, her sessions help teams prepare for the Fourth Industrial Revolution and adapt to the rapid changes in the business world and job market.

 

Tiffani Bova is an innovation and business growth keynote speaker and Salesforce’s global growth evangelist. A regular contributor to Forbes, Huffington Post, and Harvard Business Review, she’s been ranked as one of the world’s Top 50 Business Thinkers by Thinkers50. The veteran of over 500 keynotes, she has presented to over 400,000 people worldwide.

Top Booked Customer Service Speakers

Companies grow or lose business based on how they serve customers. A customer scorned will run straight to your competitor, according to Bain & Company. Bain & Company found if customers have problems caused solely by poor service (and were not price or product-related), they were four times more likely to buy from your competitor. On the other hand, when a customer was treated well they would give your company free word-of-mouth. In fact, 72% of customers said they would speak well about your company to others if treated right, according to a Salesforce study.

Whether you call what your company does customer experience, customer loyalty, or customer service, how you treat your customers is important for the success of your business. If you’re looking to gain an edge in your customer service, BigSpeak Speakers Bureau works with the top Customer Service keynote speakers and consultants in the industry. These keynote speakers know customer service because they have used it to boost customer loyalty to brand-name companies like Disney, Harley-Davidson, Salesforce, and Zappos.

Here are seven of the most in-demand Customer Service keynote speakers:

 

1) Molly Bloom is a top customer service keynote speaker and the bestselling author of Molly’s Game. Molly helped turn a basement poker game into a multimillion-dollar business by creating a unique customer service culture for her players. In her talks, Molly shares how she trained her employees to deliver a personalized service that kept players coming back to her games for years.

 

2) Simon T. Bailey is a top business keynote speaker and the former leader of the Disney Institute. He has been named one of the top 25 people who will help you reach your business and life goals by SUCCESS magazine. In his talks, he shares how to engage all stakeholders and the five principles for keeping a customer for life.

 

3) Ken Schmidt is a top customer service keynote speaker and the former Director of Communications at Harley-Davidson Motor Company. He helped turn Harley-Davidson around in the 80s by driving up customer loyalty through excellent service. In his talks, Ken explains how people are not loyal to products but to people. He’ll show your team how to build customer relationships that could turn your customers into evangelists.

 

4) Duncan Wardle is a top innovation keynote speaker and customer service consultant. As the former Vice President of Innovation & Creativity at The Walt Disney Company, Wardle helped with many of their customer service initiatives. In his talks, Duncan shows how to take your company from a product focus to a customer focus, using some of the strategies that made Disney one of the most beloved companies in the world.

 

5) Tiffani Bova is a customer service keynote speaker and customer service expert, as the Global Growth and Innovation Evangelist at Salesforce. In her talks, Tiffani shares how companies most prioritize the human elements of business to be successful. By becoming an employee-first organization, you could help create a more customer-centric organization that would drive your business growth.

 

6) Robert Richman is a top customer service keynote speaker and co-creator of Zappos Insights. In his talks, Robert shares how Zappos became one of the top customer service companies in the world by creating a business culture focused on the customer. He teaches how to design great customer experiences while developing a company culture to sustain your high level of service.

 

7) Soulaima Gourani is a customer service specialist, corporate counselor, and an author with over ten years of management experience in multinational companies. In 2020, she won the Thinkers50 Radar Award. In her talks, she shows how you can turn customers into fans through internal cooperation in your company.