Nov 8, 2022
Keynote Speakers for your Holiday Events
In light of the holiday season, we’ve curated a list of speakers who will keep your audience feeling warm and bright. Learn the importance of ‘giving thanks’ with a gratitude speaker, treat your team to a cooking lesson with a cooking keynote speaker, or lift spirits with a happiness expert.
If you’re looking for some keynote speaker inspiration for your upcoming event, we’ve rounded up the perfect holiday lineup.
Gratitude Speakers
John Foley is a top peak performance keynote speaker and the former Lead Solo Pilot of the US Navy’s Blue Angels, a Sloan Fellow at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, and an expert in high-performance teams. John is one of the world’s most in-demand speakers; he has helped over 1,000 companies build a culture of excellence and ignite high performance.
Nataly Kogan is one of the leading global experts in optimizing your emotionalfitness and elevating your leadership. She’s the creator of the Happier Method™, founder and CEO of Happier and Happier @ Work™, and author of HAPPIER NOW and GRATITUDE DAILY. Nataly is a highly sought-after international keynote speaker and has been featured in hundreds of media outlets, including The Washington Post, The New York Times, and The Dr. Oz Show.
Cooking Keynote Speakers
Fabio Viviani is a Celebrity Chef, Hospitality developer, best-selling cookbook author, and TV Host. In 2005 he moved from Italy to the United States to expand his journey into Hospitality, In 2008 he appeared on the reality television competition series Top Chef where he was voted “Fan Favorite”. Since 2005 Fabio has open three dozen food establishments, restaurants, bars, and event spaces and served as spokesperson for several international brands. With over 10 million meals served each year, Fabio Viviani Hospitality is one of the leading Restaurant Group in the US.
Martha Stewart is the Founder of the first multi-channel lifestyle company, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, an entrepreneur, bestselling author of 96 to date lifestyle books and Emmy award winning television show host. Reaching more than 100 million devoted fans on a monthly basis through her magazines, television shows, books, and products for the home, sold at multiple retail and online outlets, Martha is the “go-to” source for the homemaker. She and her talented staff provide trusted, timely, and useful information on all aspects of everyday living: cooking, entertaining, gardening, home renovating, collecting, organizing, crafting, healthy living, holidays, weddings and pet care, both in print and social media.
Jeff Henderson is a top inspirational speaker, Celebrity Chef, Former star of The Food Network’s Chef Jeff Project, and New York Times Best-Selling Author of Cooked. Jeff’s story has been featured on Oprah’s Life Class, Good Morning America, Today, CNN, ABC News, The Steve Harvey Show, and in major publications such as USA Today, People Magazine, New York Times, Newsweek, and The Washington Post.
Happiness Keynote Speakers
Shawn Achor is a top motivational speaker, happiness researcher, founder of GoodThink Inc., and the New York Times bestselling author of The Happiness Advantage and Before Happiness. Shawn has since become one of the world’s leading experts on the connection between happiness and success.
Robert Waldinger is a top life balance and happiness keynote speaker, psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, and the current director of the Harvard Study of Adult Development. As Director of the Harvard Study of Adult Development, Robert oversees one of the longest-running studies of adult life, which has tracked the lives of two groups of men for over 75 years.
Happiness speaker, Co-Founder and former CEO of SoulPancake. It was in espousing the values of SoulPancake that she personally believes in – the importance of joy, hope, purpose, and gratitude – that Shabnam found a calling as a public speaker. Today, she shares her uplifting, vulnerable message on how to harness the power of joy at dozens of conferences and events a year.
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