Speakers Reviews

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Nataly Kogan

“Nataly changes your and your team’s lives through her energetic, research-based, interactive sessions that bring to life powerful actions to improve your wellbeing, restore energy, and lead you to work and live happier.” –Alicia Davis, Director of Global Finance L&D, Dell

Dan Heath

“Dan delivered an engaging and relevant session, specific to our topic and needs. We appreciated that he took the time to listen and understand our audience and event goals, and then delivered on multiple touchpoints. His production quality was incredible, with clear audio and visuals – taking a huge lift off our production team – and his ability to pivot between camera angles and whiteboarding kept the audience’s engagement. His session was the highest rated within our event, with above average CSATs. We hope to work together again one day! “
– Qualtrics

Michelle Poler

“Michelle’s talk was authentic, extremely engaging, and resonated well with the team. It was the perfect combo of inspiring and motivational, while also having the right amount of humour. It got everyone thinking about how consistent, small changes can really impact your life. Following the talk, we’ve created a 100-day challenge Slack channel for those who want to continue the conversation. There have been some great discussions happening about what people would like to do more of this year which is helping to facilitate team bonding and facing fears together. Thanks, Michelle!” –Thinkific Labs Inc.

Shawn Achor

“Thank you so much for joining us as our Thrive Talent Career Week keynote speaker! We have been receiving so many positive and appreciative notes from employees who were either prompted to think of happiness differently, or were reminded of happiness ‘practices’ they had forgotten. Your talk helped galvanize the employee expectations set out by our CHRO and made them feel real. For me personally, it was a career highlight, and I will be forcing my entire family to watch the replay! ? We are already brainstorming ideas for implementing your suggestions, and we’ll be looking forward to seeing more of your work as it unfolds. I hope we have an opportunity to cross paths again.”  —Elaine-Marie (EM) Bohen, NetApp Director of Talent Enablement 

Amy Blankson

“Amy kept the audience engaged the whole time. Her virtual presentation was approachable and practical. She visually captivated participants, masterfully presented the benefits of being positive and gave them simple tools and systems to acquire skills needed to reach their goals. Some audience comments included: Thoughtful and practical – really enjoyed the discussion; I thought the idea of ‘habit stacking’ was smart and approachable.  Great suggestion!; Wow!!! This is a very important topic for anyone. It increases happiness in those who apply these ideas, as a result. Well done, thank you!” – Mykola Sarazhynskyy, VP Marketing Solutions, ProEd Corp.

Michael C. Bush

“The most successful companies have a higher purpose, and are built on a foundation of trust, growth, innovation, equality, and making the world a better place for all. A Great Place to Work for All shares the essential values that every organization should follow to thrive in the future.”
Marc Benioff, Chairman & CEO, Salesforce

Susan Cain

“You are an excellent speaker and your event was a huge success!  You make it look so easy. You were our most well attended Bing Signature Speaker to date.” — Laura Mallatt, Bing, Microsoft

Susan Cain

“The moment she stepped onto the WorkHuman stage, she displayed an undeniable range of knowledge, clarity, authenticity, and warmth. Best of all, she was the same in person. No surprise, the feedback from our attendees was off the charts. I cannot recommend Susan highly enough and can’t wait to have her back at Workhuman!” — Kevin Mullins, Vice President of Global Communications, Workhuman

Carey Lohrenz

“An honor to meet Carey Lohrenz today at Dell World. I’m inspired by your story!” –Michael Dell, Founder and CEO of Dell

Carey Lohrenz

“Carey, Thank you for presenting at SAS Global Forum last week. Your keynote was fantastic, the audience came away inspired, and so did I. The pleasure was all mine.” –SAS

Carey Lohrenz

“Carey was absolutely wonderful! She signed all 200 books that we purchased in the green room before her talk. It was seriously impressive. Her presentation got rave reviews – it was the highest rated session of our entire leadership conference. The beginning of her presentation starts with a video, and the lights in the room went totally dark. I got goosebumps!

Many people mentioned Carey as the highlight of the day in their anecdotal feedback. She was awesome. I really appreciate all of the work that you did to help us get the books on time. Every participant went home with a signed copy, and it really made for a special giveaway.” –Intel

Sally Hogshead

“Sally has mastered the art and science of communication from years of researching top companies and executives across the world. Our company recently benefited from her Fascination Advantage presentation at a customer conference. The energy in the room was palpable as our employees and customers learned how they could communicate “at their best” by using their strongest personal attributes to grab their audience’s attention – and make an impact. I believe our audience of vocational rehabilitation, workforce and technology professionals will greatly benefit from Sally’s message in their day-to-day lives. They’ll be able to carry this message to hundreds of their colleagues in the industry, and these ideas will be used in countless number of communications in their service to people with disabilities in this country. Which is to say, the impact is enormous.” — Chris M. Pieper, CEO at Alliance Enterprises, Inc.

Neil Pasricha

“Neil Pasricha was the highlight of the day. From my perspective, the highlight of the year at Microsoft! What a genuine, authentic, inspiring person. He connected with the audience and made our themes come to life in the best possible way. He arrived early and stayed late – talking to everyone and inspiring all of us.” – Rekha Rao-Mayya, National Technical Director, Microsoft

Dr. Tony Alessandra

“Dr. Tony Alessandra absolutely delivered!  He was the consummate professional, knew his material and delivered an entertaining, insightful and engaging keynote that really set the tone for our business meeting. I definitely recommend Dr. Alessandra and if the opportunity arises, would gladly engage him again.”–Datalliance

Dr. Nido Qubein

“Nido’s program exceeded expectations. He was on his ‘A’ game…I have already heard people referring to his quotes…’garbage in, garbage stays’ as well as create a ‘to be’ list not a ‘to do’ list and a few other ones. My team loved him.” — Mirantis

Scott Klososky

“Just a quick note to thank you for yet another fantastic presentation at our Business & Leadership Conference.  We invited you back after dozens of requests from those who first saw you in 2012, and you succeeded in ‘Wowing’ them all over again.  With the demanding schedule you keep and clients you manage, I have no idea how you can even begin to find the time to stay on top of all of the amazing technological advances being made, but you do it, and you do it well!”  — National Systems Contractors Association (NSCA)

Lisa Ford

“Lisa Ford hit the bulls-eye as a speaker for our customer and partner conference. Her experience, insights, and engaging delivery contributed to a highly relevant, interesting, and impactful session on delivering extraordinary customer experiences. As a speaker, Lisa is a true professional and comes highly recommended.” –Sage Software

Dr. Tony Alessandra

“Tony Alessandra excited our audience! He is a vibrant speaker that uses examples we can all relate as well as to clearly articulate his point. He mixes humor with real world experience and certainly can perk up an audience. His message was relevant to our needs and he does his homework. Not only was he a ‘Motivational’ speaker, but we all can walk away with something that can be applied in our everyday business transactions. Recommend to all, 2 thumbs up!” –Baan Americas

Dr. Tony Alessandra

“Your Program far surpassed my expectations. Your interaction with the delegates in attendance, your positive upbeat attitude, and your dedication to what you believe in truly shined on stage and off.” –Baan Americas

Howard Putnam

“First, thanks for the great job you did on our behalf. You are a true professional and I cannot begin to tell you how many great things I’ve heard regarding your keynote. The way you incorporated Bob and Cos throughout the speech made it seem as though you are old friends. I wish all speakers took their responsibilities with as much dedication as you do…. Again, thanks for all you did on our behalf. Our CEO mentioned it was the best Kick-off in company history. You are a major reason why.” –BMC Software, Inc.