Speakers Reviews

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Dr. Tony Alessandra

“Dr. Tony Alessandra – Sham Wow! Truly engaging speaker who worked with our team to understand our industry and customize his engagement. The audience loved his energy and enjoyed the Platinum Rule advice. The stories Tony used brought his content to life with practical application examples and humor. 10 out 10.”– Jovino Velazquez, VP Market Development, POSitouch

Susan Cain

“I’ve never seen so much energy from conference attendees during a presentation – the first session after lunch no less! She had every senior finance executive in the room captivated.”
— Ann Marie Gorden, Manager, Corporate Communications, KPMG US

Michelle Poler

“People thought she was very refreshing, honest and different.  It was wonderful to hear all of the comments on the way out of the venue, how they had never heard anything like that at a chamber event, great feedback!    I think people will be stronger and look out for themselves going forward.   I know I will!   There were many young women in the audience that LOVED her!” –Clelia McVay, Director of Events & Programming, Metro North Chamber of Commerce

Susan Cain

“Susan was AMAZING and is as incredible as you said she was. Her message was so important and her delivery was spectacular. The audience continued to sing her praise through the whole conference.” —  Kathleen Hassey DNP, M.Ed, BSN, RN Director, Northeastern University School Health Academy

Carey Lohrenz

“Carey met all expectations!  She did a great job using her personal experiences as both a former collegiate athlete and fighter pilot to illustrate key points/messages as we had discussed in our planning call.  Her presentation style is excellent”. – University of Wisconsin-Madison Athletics Department

Susan Cain

“I cannot underscore what a terrific job you did with your talk and how much of a pleasure it was to have the opportunity to meet you in person. You have outlined an immensely important issue when it comes to promoting more effective personal relations and business success and we are in your debt for both discovering it and then marshalling such passionate and persuasive arguments for why the issue matters. Thank you as well for being willing to sign all the copies of your book that you did.”  — Rochester University

Neil Pasricha

“Neil Pasricha brings a flavor all his own. His story is both honest and motivational. It allows the audience to draw parallels to their own life and realize that they too can take charge of their life and the changes going on around them. We would love to work with Neil again and will work our client portfolio to promote him and his personalized services.” – Centrifuge Media

Sally Hogshead

“Sally brought amazing energy and enthusiasm to her keynote. Our members gained so many valuable lessons including realizing opportunities to maximize their strengths to enhance their brand.  Participants left truly inspired to fascinate others and committed to being their best selves. Sally’s team was awesome and so easy to work with which made planning so much easier.”–Amy Colvin Mustafa, Senior Director of Education and Engagement, Alpha Chi Omega

Susan Cain

“The panel with Susan Cain and the woman from LinkedIn was, for me, the highlight. I have attended many events like this, and hands down, Susan was one of the best speakers I have ever seen.” — New York Times Summit on the Future of Work, Participant

Amy Blankson

“Amy’s presentation was a great way to end our strategic planning session.  It was uplifting and offered practical advice that participants could use in their work and personal life.”
— Tompkins Financial

Neil Pasricha

“I have only the most wonderful things to say about everything!  You and Neil were both extremely receptive and very willing to work with our team through the entire process and I cannot thank you enough for making everything so easy for us!  The conversations we had with Neil beforehand were all excellent and Neil himself is honestly a wonderful person.  He was so inspiring to listen to and his energy was amazing!  Neil captivated our audience and I have only received positive feedback about him.  Numerous people have stopped to tell me that they hung onto every word he said and thinks his message was exactly what they needed to hear.  Hiring Neil for our event was 100% the right decision and I don’t have a single negative thing to say about it.”
–Aetna

Susan Cain

“Susan’s address has been talked about all week, throughout campus. I keep finding myself in conversations about it. We actually had a major department retreat and planning meeting the other day, and we referenced many of the principles she discussed in those meetings. So, so glad she was able to come.” — Jon McBride at a Major University

Sally Hogshead

“The survey results are in and you knocked it out of the park! 95% of respondents left STS Connections having learned something new and applicable to them. As our keynote speaker, you helped set the tone for the conference and provided a lot of additional value during the post-event follow up. Thank you again for helping to make our inaugural STS Connections Conference a successful event for our members.” – Heather Blanchard, Member Advocate, Southeast Tourism Society

Dr. Tasha Eurich

“Tasha Eurich absolutely rocked our world with her keynote. She well exceeded our (already high) expectations! We explained that our Conference draws both nonprofit and for profit professionals and requested that she work in at least some nonprofit examples. On the day of our Leadership Conference, Tasha used moving examples of nonprofit leaders and organizations that our 600+-member audience would identify with. We so appreciated her tailoring the content to our guests—and it absolutely ‘landed.’ Reviews from Tasha’s keynote at our 8th annual conference were incredibly positive, and we continue to hear how impactful our attendees found her keynote.” —Nonprofit Leadership Center of Tampa Bay

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

Susan Cain

“Thank you SO much for a fantastic webinar today.  We have received amazing feedback already.  You answered all the questions so thoughtfully and all of us found the topic super interesting. I do hope we have the opportunity to work together again in the future.” — Sarah Allen, Head of Talent Development, AXA Investment Managers

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

Amy Blankson

“Your happiness message was a huge hit with our audience. Based on 90 completed surveys so far, your keynote received a staggering 6.62 out of 7 – the highest of the entire conference! Here are some of the audience comments:”

  • Great level of audience interaction! That “smile test” left a lasting impression on me.
  • Probably the best keynote of the event and one of the best I have ever listened to.
  • Excellent leadership brain food!
  • Very relevant today and glad The Channel Co is on the forefront of this.
  • Even a couple of days after hearing her talk, I remember her main ideas. Even those in our boardroom would make references to journaling, exercising or meditating. Great talk.
  • Excellent speaker, she was perfect, great takeaways and a real positive impact.
  • Amazing opportunity to focus on the soft skills for technology leaders.
  • These non-technical and non-solution oriented sessions are incredibly useful – more of these please!

—The Channel Company

Carey Lohrenz

“Carey was the absolute highlight of both conferences I attended.  Her passion and energy, along with her story telling, captivated the audience.  Her advice on leadership and teamwork, especially given her experiences, were authentic and impressive.  I would highly recommend Carey for any conference and plan to invite her again for a different audience in the future.  She was outstanding!” –Raytheon

Carey Lohrenz

“Having read her book and knowing her story of courage and tenacity, I had a profound respect for Carey as a woman and a leader before she ever took the stage. The theme for Q2 Connect client conference was ‘Delivering Today, Shaping Tomorrow’ and Carey’s keynote did an amazing job of bringing that into focus for Q2 and our clients. Her story is nothing short of uplifting and inspirational and her focus and teachings gave everyone some great lessons in leadership they can easily apply in their lives every day like: ‘Great teams always embody two qualities: belief and trust’ and ‘Banish your limiting beliefs. Make the decision to act in spite of being afraid’ that could be heard from clients throughout the conference and echoed across social media.”

“Carey gave us great food for thought, made us laugh a little and gave us an opportunity to pause and reflect as we endeavor every day at Mach speed with our clients in a partnership to strengthen communities by strengthening their financial institutions.” –Q2ebanking