Apr 10, 2023
Local Keynote Speakers for Your Event in Scottsdale
Attention all event planners in the Scottsdale, Arizona area! Are you in search of the ultimate keynote speaker for your next event? You’re in luck! Our Scottsdale keynote speakers are ready to deliver captivating speeches on various topics, ranging from leadership development to innovation and entrepreneurship. With our top-notch speakers, your attendees will leave feeling inspired and motivated. Book a Scottsdale keynote speaker today!
Scottsdale Keynote Speakers
Dr. Robert Cialdini is a top sales keynote speaker, persuasion and influence expert, and the bestselling author of Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion, one of the 12 best business books of all time. Robert has an international reputation as an expert in the fields of persuasion, compliance, and negotiation. He has helped business clients such as Google, Microsoft, and Coca Cola to improve their sales and marketing.
Shark Tank winner—robotics aficionado, educator, author and mom, Sharmi Albrechtsen, CEO and co-founder of SmartGurlz, a fast-growing start-up company focusing on closing the gender gap in technology. SmartGurlz is the first robotics company focused on girls.
Chris Barker is a top technology keynote speaker, autonomous transportation & urban air mobility leader, and the Former Vice President of New Mobility at Keolis. Prior to Keolis, Chris held senior business leadership positions with multiple Fortune 50 companies. He served as the Global Director of Business Development and Communications for Honeywell Aerospace, Head of Public Sector Business Development, Communications and Marketing at Cisco and Senior Executive Manager for the Office of the President at Boeing.
Six-time Olympic gold medal champion swimmer Amy Van Dyken made history as the most successful athlete at the ’96 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, becoming the first American female athlete to win four gold medals in a single Olympic games. But after a devastating ATV accident in 2014, Van Dyken was paralyzed from the waist down. Just months later, she defied doctors’ expectations and achieved her goal when she walked again, with braces and a walker.
The average NFL career is less than two years. The average NFL player is 6’2, 245 pounds. JJ Birden played nine seasons at 5’10, 157 pounds. Talk about beating the odds. In spite of everything stacked against him and everyone who thought otherwise, JJ Birden, the undersized wide receiver with unimpressive college stats, became one of just 20,000 men to ever play a game in the NFL’s 100-year history. His unexpected and unlikely rise to the top of the football world is a testament to his winning principles and strategies, which he now shares to help professionals in other fields achieve similar levels of success.
Kristin Arnold is a top business keynote speaker, Coast Guard Academy graduate, author, and high stakes meeting facilitator. Kristin has worked with over a hundred different organizations, three hundred different teams, and presented to over half a million people around the world on the topics of leadership, strategy, innovation, critical thinking, and teamwork.
Dr. Christine Sopa is an Industrial Organizational Psychologist and the CEO of The Wayfarer Group, LLC and is an internationally renowned inspirational speaker and author in the field of self-improvement. As one of the emerging thought leaders in how changing your thoughts can change your life, Dr.Chris’ interactive facilitating style, humor, and healthy dose of “telling it like it is,” allow her events to be a safe-haven for looking beyond limitations and into one’s own soul to see where transformation is waiting to happen. Dr. Chris is known for her expertise in self-awareness, leader development, behavior change, and performance enhancement in organizations throughout the globe. She is the author of “Choosing the Life You Were Born to Live,” and co-author of “Breaking Free: Overcoming Self-Sabotage,” and “Women of Courage,” as well as published journal articles, white papers, and blogs. Dr. Chris is an avid world traveler and when not traveling works from her home in Scottsdale, AZ.
Larry Winget is a six-times New York Times/Wall Street Journal bestselling author translated into over 20 languages. He is a member of the International Speaker Hall Of Fame. He has starred in his own television series and appeared in national television commercials. Larry is also a regular contributor on many news shows on the topics of money, personal success, parenting and business. Larry is also the trademarked Pitbull of Personal Development®.
Susan Sly is a top business keynote speaker, best-selling author, speaker, trainer and entrepreneur. She is considered an expert in the areas of network marketing, entrepreneurship, and work-life balance. She has appeared on CNN, CNBC, Fox, Lifetime Television, The CBN, The Morning Show in Australia and been quoted in Forbes Magazine Online. Susan is the author of 7 books. Her book project with NY Times Best Selling Author, Jack Canfield, made six Amazon Best Selling lists.
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