Author Keynote Speakers

Keynote speakers who wrote the book first: bestselling authors whose frameworks, memoirs, and big ideas become keynotes your audience quotes for months.

When a speaker has written the book, the keynote changes. The framework has been tested by readers, the stories have survived an editor, and the audience leaves with something they can hold. This roster gathers author keynote speakers whose books became stages: Will Guidara turning Unreasonable Hospitality into a service philosophy any team can run, Amy Purdy delivering the reinvention story behind On My Own Two Feet, Scott Galloway compressing The Four and Post Corona into blunt market foresight, and Jay Shetty translating Think Like a Monk into daily practice for packed arenas. Some wrote leadership manuals, some wrote memoirs, some wrote the book on what happens next. What they share is a message with a spine, chapters of proof behind every claim. Tell us about your event and audience, and we will match you with the author whose book was written for that room.

Business and Leadership Authors

The book became the operating manual: Will Guidara, Danny Meyer, Liz Wiseman, and Carla Harris turn bestselling frameworks into leadership keynotes.

Will Guidara
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Will Guidara

NYC Restauranteur and author, "Unreasonable Hospitality"

Restaurateur who led Eleven Madison Park to World's Best Restaurant and wrote the bestseller Unreasonable Hospitality. Will Guidara turns the book's core idea, being unreasonable about how you make people feel, into a service playbook any customer-facing team can run tomorrow.

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Danny Meyer
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Danny Meyer

Shake Shack founder; Author, "Setting the Table"

Founder of Shake Shack and Union Square Hospitality Group, author of Setting the Table. His enlightened hospitality framework became the standard text on service culture, and Danny Meyer delivers it firsthand: how putting employees first compounds into customer loyalty and growth.

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Daymond John
$75,000

Daymond John

Shark Tank star; Billionaire businessman; Author

FUBU founder, Shark Tank investor, and bestselling author of The Power of Broke and Rise and Grind. Daymond John turns those books into a scrappy-growth masterclass: how constraints force creativity, and how his shark's-eye view spots it in any business.

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Barbara Corcoran
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Barbara Corcoran

Star, Executive Producer of "Shark Tank"; Founder of The Corcoran Group

Built The Corcoran Group from a $1,000 loan into New York's biggest real estate brand, then wrote Shark Tales. Barbara Corcoran's session is the book delivered live: street-smart lessons on selling, failing fast, and betting on people, from Shark Tank's original investor.

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Liz Wiseman
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Liz Wiseman

Executive Strategist and Author, Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter

Former Oracle executive and author of Multipliers, one of the most assigned leadership books in corporate America. Liz Wiseman's session is the book's research made practical: why some leaders double their teams' intelligence while accidental diminishers drain it, and how to switch sides.

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Carla Harris
$75,000 range

Carla Harris

Morgan Stanley Vice Chairman

Morgan Stanley Vice Chairman and author of Expect to Win and Strategize to Win. Carla Harris delivers the books' famous pearls, performance currency versus relationship currency, live from a Wall Street career spent testing them, ideal for leadership and career-development audiences.

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John Rossman
40,000

John Rossman

The Early Amazon Executive, Transformation & Innovation Expert, Author of The Amazon Way & Big Bet Leadership

Early Amazon executive who launched Marketplace, then codified what he saw in The Amazon Way and Big Bet Leadership. John Rossman converts the books into an operating manual: leadership principles, working backwards, and how to place big digital bets without betting the company.

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Jesse Cole
$125,000

Jesse Cole

Owner of the Savannah Bananas

Owner of the Savannah Bananas and author of Fans First and Find Your Yellow Tux. Jesse Cole's session is the books in motion: how relentless fan-first experimentation turned a minor-league team into a sold-out sensation, and how any brand can borrow the playbook.

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Cynthia ‘Cynt’ Marshall
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Cynthia ‘Cynt’ Marshall

Chief Executive Officer Dallas Mavericks - Bestselling author: "You've Been Chosen"

CEO of the Dallas Mavericks and bestselling author of You've Been Chosen. Cynthia 'Cynt' Marshall brings the memoir to the stage: rebuilding a broken culture at the Mavericks, surviving cancer, and leading with unapologetic authenticity, a book-driven message for culture-minded leadership audiences.

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Memoir and True-Story Authors

Life stories that became bestsellers: Alex Honnold, Amy Purdy, and Mike Massimino deliver their memoirs live, from El Capitan to the Hubble.

Alex Honnold
$100,000 Range

Alex Honnold

Greatest rock climber of all time

The only person to free solo El Capitan, subject of the Oscar-winning film Free Solo and co-author of Alone on the Wall. Alex Honnold unpacks the book's core discipline: preparing so thoroughly that a no-rope, no-margin goal becomes a rational plan.

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Amy Purdy
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Amy Purdy

Snowboarder, Paralympic Medalist

Paralympic medalist who lost both legs to meningitis at 19 and wrote the NYT bestseller On My Own Two Feet. Amy Purdy's session is the memoir brought to life: turning catastrophic loss into world-class performance, for audiences that need proof reinvention is possible.

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John O’Leary
$15,000 to $25,000

John O’Leary

An inspiring message of Overcoming Adversity and Resilience

Burned on 100 percent of his body at age nine, he grew up to write the national bestseller On Fire. John O’Leary delivers the book's question, why be okay when you can be great, through a survival story audiences carry home for years.

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Mike Massimino
$30,000

Mike Massimino

Former NASA Astronaut, Columbia University Professor, Media Personality

Former NASA astronaut, Columbia University professor, and author of the acclaimed memoir Spaceman and follow-up Moonshot. Mike Massimino turns the books into leadership lessons from orbit: team trust, preparing for failure, and pursuing an improbable dream through four rejections from NASA.

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Anthony Robles
$30,000 range

Anthony Robles

NCAA Wrestling Champion with one leg; Amazon Prime biopic "Unstoppable"

Born with one leg, won the NCAA wrestling championship, and told the story in his memoir Unstoppable, now an Amazon Prime film. Anthony Robles delivers the book firsthand: an unanswerable case that disadvantage is a starting position, not a verdict.

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Jesse Itzler

Best-selling author, Serial Entrepreneur

Serial entrepreneur, Atlanta Hawks co-owner, and bestselling author of Living with a SEAL. Jesse Itzler runs on the book's premise, deliberately inviting discomfort to break routine, delivered with the storytelling that made the memoir a phenomenon. Ideal for kickoffs needing energy and edge.

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Joan Lunden
$40,000 range

Joan Lunden

Award winning journalist, author, Cancer Survivor and former host of Good Morning America

Longtime Good Morning America host and author of a dozen books including Had I Known, her bestselling account of breast cancer. Joan Lunden pairs the memoir's candor with decades of interviewing the world's most interesting people, warm, credible, and made for broad audiences.

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Scott Harrison
$50,000

Scott Harrison

Founder and CEO of charity: water

Founder and CEO of charity: water and author of the NYT bestseller Thirst. Scott Harrison's session is the memoir live: a nightclub promoter's collapse and reinvention into one of the world's most innovative nonprofits, storytelling that makes purpose feel actionable rather than abstract.

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Big Ideas and Foresight Authors

Authors who explain what is next: Scott Galloway, Ian Bremmer, Peter Zeihan, and Nouriel Roubini turn bestselling analysis into boardroom foresight.

Scott Galloway
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Scott Galloway

NYU Stern Professor, Business Visionary; Auther: Post Corona: From Crisis to Opportunity

NYU Stern professor and bestselling author of The Four, Post Corona, and Adrift. Scott Galloway compresses the books into a blunt, data-heavy read on big tech, markets, and where advantage moves next, the big-ideas author at full candor.

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Ian Bremmer
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Ian Bremmer

Ian Bremmer is a political scientist specializing in global political risk.

Eurasia Group founder, political scientist, and bestselling author of The Power of Crisis and Us vs. Them. Ian Bremmer turns the books' geopolitical frameworks into a live risk map for boards and leadership teams navigating an election-heavy, conflict-prone world.

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Geopolitical strategist Peter Zeihan represented by Rave Speakers
$75,000

Peter Zeihan

Geopolitical Strategist

Geopolitical strategist and bestselling author of The End of the World Is Just the Beginning. Peter Zeihan's session is the book projected onto your industry: demographics, supply chains, and deglobalization mapped to what your operation should actually do about it next.

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Nouriel Roubini
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Nouriel Roubini

World-Renowned Economist, "Dr. Doom," and Bestselling Author of MegaThreats

World-renowned economist who predicted the 2008 crisis and author of the bestseller MegaThreats. Nouriel Roubini walks audiences through the book's ten interlocking risks, from debt to AI to climate, with the analytical authority financial and executive audiences demand.

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Jonah Berger
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Jonah Berger

Wharton Marketing Professor

Wharton marketing professor and bestselling author of Contagious, The Catalyst, and Magic Words. Each keynote is a book turned toolkit: why things catch on, how to change minds, and which words actually move people, all grounded in peer-reviewed research.

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Erica Dhawan
$40,000

Erica Dhawan

World's Leading Expert on 21st Century Teamwork and Innovation

Author of Digital Body Language, the defining book on how teams read each other through screens. Erica Dhawan operationalizes it: the research-backed signals of trust and clarity in email, chat, and video, essential for hybrid workforces and 21st-century collaboration.

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Heather McGowan
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Heather McGowan

Workforce Transformation Expert & Organizational Transformation Thought Leader

Future-of-work strategist and co-author of The Adaptation Advantage and The Empathy Advantage. Heather McGowan delivers the books' thesis with force: when work changes this fast, learning velocity and human-centered leadership become the only durable strategy an organization can hold.

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Kasley Killam
$20,000

Kasley Killam

Harvard-trained social scientist, author, and leading expert on social health, connection, and thriving workplaces.

Harvard-trained social scientist and author of The Art and Science of Connection, the book that put social health on the corporate agenda. Kasley Killam translates its research into workplace practice: why connection drives performance and how organizations build it deliberately.

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Practical How-To Authors

Books built to be used: Jay Shetty, Kindra Hall, and Jay Baer turn how-to bestsellers into skills audiences apply the next morning.

Jay Shetty
$185,000

Jay Shetty

Global Best Selling Author and Thought Leader

Former monk whose Think Like a Monk became a global number one bestseller, host of the On Purpose podcast. Jay Shetty turns the book's monk mindset into daily practice, purpose, focus, and calm under pressure, for audiences from all-hands to arena.

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Kindra Hall
$25,000 to $50,000

Kindra Hall

Strategic Storyteller; Author "The Art of Storytelling In Business"

Author of the bestseller Stories That Stick and former chief storytelling officer at SUCCESS magazine. Kindra Hall's session is the book as workshop: the four business-critical story types and how sales, marketing, and leadership teams find and tell their own.

Jay Baer
$30,000

Jay Baer

Business Growth, Customer Loyalty and Client Experience researcher

Seventh-generation entrepreneur and author of Hug Your Haters, Talk Triggers, and The Time to Win. Each keynote turns a book into a checklist: handling complaints in public, engineering word of mouth, and competing on responsiveness, backed by his own research.

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Jia Jiang
$19,500

Jia Jiang

Author "Rejection Proof" and World's foremost authority on Rejection

Author of Rejection Proof and the world's foremost authority on rejection after his viral 100 Days of Rejection experiment. Jia Jiang turns the book into a repeatable courage practice for sales teams and anyone whose job depends on hearing no.

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Jean Chatzky
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Jean Chatzky

CEO of HerMoney Media, Former Today Show Financial Editor, NYT & WSJ Best-Selling Author, AARP Financial Ambassador

CEO of HerMoney Media, former Today Show financial editor, and NYT bestselling author of Women with Money and Money Rules. Jean Chatzky converts the books into plain-language financial confidence, a natural fit for financial services, HR benefits, and women's leadership events.

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Lindsey Pollak
$30,000

Lindsey Pollak

Multigenerational Workplace Expert, NY Times Bestselling Author

NYT bestselling author of The Remix and Recalculating. Lindsey Pollak applies the books directly: how to lead a workforce spanning five generations without cliches, drawn from two decades advising employers on generational change. Practical enough to use Monday morning.

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Adam Markel
$25,000

Adam Markel

Tapping the power of resilience to become Change Proof.

Bestselling author of Change Proof and Pivot, former CEO of one of the largest personal-development companies. Adam Markel makes the books operational: resilience as a trainable skill that turns constant change from a threat into a durable competitive advantage.

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Ryan Leak
$50,000

Ryan Leak

Personal Growth expert. 3X NY Times Best Selling Author

Three-time NYT bestselling author of Chasing Failure and Leveling Up who famously tried out for the NBA to test his own thesis. Ryan Leak turns the books into a personal-growth system: audit yourself honestly, chase the goal that might fail, level up anyway.

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Allison Massari
$17,500

Allison Massari

Artist, Resilience Expert, Burn Survivor, Entrepreneur, Inspirational Storyteller

Burn survivor, artist, and entrepreneur who survived two catastrophic accidents. Allison Massari's The Fire Within carries the arc of a memoir delivered live: firsthand trauma, recovery, and compassion, widely booked for healthcare, caregiver, and leadership audiences seeking depth.

Amy Jo Martin
$25,000

Amy Jo Martin

Amy Jo Martin is one of the world's leading human transformation experts.

NYT bestselling author of Renegades Write the Rules, the early playbook for personal branding, built from running social media for Shaquille O'Neal and Dana White. Amy Jo Martin extends the book into human transformation and renegade decision-making for modern organizations.

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Andrew Busch
$25,000

Andrew Busch

Economic Futurist Andrew Busch converts today's chaos into tomorrow's growth opportunities.

Economic futurist, former first Chief Market Intelligence Officer of the US government, and author of World Event Trading. Andrew Busch's session does what the book did: convert chaotic world events into a concrete growth roadmap tailored to each industry he addresses.

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Anna David
$15,000

Anna David

Wellness and Goal-Setting Expert

NYT bestselling author of eight books and founder of a publishing company that turns entrepreneurs into authors. Anna David applies that authority to wellness and goal-setting: honest, recovery-informed guidance on rewriting your own story and following through.

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Ben Casnocha
$25,000 to $50,000

Ben Casnocha

Future of Work expert; Co-author:"The Start-Up of You

Co-author with Reid Hoffman of the NYT bestsellers The Start-Up of You and The Alliance. Ben Casnocha brings the books' Silicon Valley career frameworks, permanent beta and tours of duty, to workforce, talent, and future-of-work audiences.

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Ben Nemtin
$30,000

Ben Nemtin

New York Best Selling Author

Co-founder of The Buried Life and number one NYT bestselling author of What Do You Want to Do Before You Die?. Ben Nemtin turns the book's bucket-list method into a practical case for chasing big goals before burnout wins.

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Bert Jacobs
$50,000 to $75,000

Bert Jacobs

Philanthropist and Chief Executive Optimist of Life Is Good

Co-founder and Chief Executive Optimist of Life is Good and co-author of Life is Good: The Book. Bert Jacobs delivers the brand's founding story and the book's argument together: optimism is a strategic business asset, not naivete.

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Cary Carbonaro

Award-Winning CFP, Best-Selling Author of Women and Wealth & The Money Queen's Guide, CFP Board Ambassador

Award-winning CFP and bestselling author of Women and Wealth and The Money Queen's Guide. Cary Carbonaro turns the books into financial-confidence programming for advisor conferences, women's leadership events, and client appreciation audiences across financial services.

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Clara Durodié
$25,000

Clara Durodié

Fintech strategist, Applied AI in Financial

Fintech strategist and author of Decoding AI in Financial Services. Clara Durodié extends the book into board-level guidance: how financial institutions adopt AI with governance, trust, and profitability intact, grounded in years advising the sector.

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Crystal Washington
$25,000

Crystal Washington

"Future- Proof" Your Organization

Technology strategist and author of One Tech Action and The Social Media Why. Crystal Washington's session does what the books do: strip futurism down to specific actions any professional can take this week to future-proof their organization.

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David Horsager
$50,000

David Horsager

Trust Expert - NY Times Best Selling Author

CEO of Trust Edge Leadership Institute and bestselling author of The Trust Edge and Trusted Leader. David Horsager delivers the book's eight pillars as a measurable framework, making trust the leading indicator behind sales, retention, and culture.

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Deion Sanders
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Deion Sanders

Coach Prime: Univ. of Colorado Head Football Coach, Sports Legend, and NFL Hall of Famer

NFL Hall of Famer, University of Colorado head coach, and author of Elevate and Dominate. Deion Sanders carries the book's 21 lessons in his own voice: belief, standards, and turning around a program while the whole country watches.

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AI in Healthcare expert Dr. Geeta Nayyar is represented by Rave Speakers
$40,000

Dr. Geeta Nayyar

Preeminent AI in Healthcare expert; Former Chief Medical Officer at Salesforce

Physician executive, former Salesforce Chief Medical Officer, and author of Dead Wrong. Dr. Geeta Nayyar extends the book's diagnosis of health misinformation into an AI-era prescription for healthcare, technology, and employer audiences navigating digital health.

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Dr. Ivan Joseph
$15,000

Dr. Ivan Joseph

Award Winning Performance Coach / Leadership and Cultural Transformation Expert

Award-winning performance coach whose TEDx talk on self-confidence has been viewed over 20 million times, author of You Got This. Dr. Ivan Joseph treats the book's thesis as trainable: confidence is a skill, built through repetition, self-talk, and coaching.

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Dr. Jessica Kriegel
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Dr. Jessica Kriegel

Chief Strategy Officer at Culture Partners, #1 USA Today Best-Selling Author, Change Activation Expert

Chief Strategy Officer at Culture Partners, USA Today bestselling author, and author of Unfairly Labeled. Dr. Jessica Kriegel grounds culture change in her research and writing: results come from beliefs and experiences, not slogans, giving leaders an evidence-based path to accountability.

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Emmitt Smith
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Emmitt Smith

NFL All-time Leading Rusher; Best-selling Business and Real Estate magnate

NFL all-time leading rusher turned real estate developer and author of Game On. Emmitt Smith applies the book's playbook, vision, preparation, and reinvention, to audiences that want a champion's story paired with a genuine second-act business lesson.

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Eric Termuende
$25,000

Eric Termuende

Future of Work expert; Building Tomorrow's Greatest Places to Work

Future-of-work expert and bestselling co-author of Rethink Work. Eric Termuende extends the book into today's talent problem: one-degree shifts and trust-based teams that make organizations the kind of place great people join and stay.

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Erik Wahl
$35,000 - $80,000

Erik Wahl

Internationally known Graffiti Artist and Creative Thought Leader

Graffiti artist and author of Unthink and The Spark and the Grind. Erik Wahl performs the books' argument, creating large-scale art live on stage while making the business case that disciplined creativity is every company's most untapped edge.

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Frank Maselli
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Frank Maselli

One of the financial services industry's most dynamic voices on advisor growth, motivation, and modern client engagement

One of financial services' most dynamic voices and author of industry standards including Referrals: The Professional Way. Frank Maselli turns decades of advisor coaching and writing into high-energy growth tactics for producer, advisor, and wholesaler audiences.

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Gregory Offner

Award-Winning Keynote Speaker, Author of The Tip Jar Culture & Creator of The Encore Experience

Former top-producing insurance professional turned dueling-piano performer and author of The Tip Jar Culture. Gregory Offner plays the book live: what tip-jar economics teach about engagement, feedback, and making work worth showing up for.

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Inky Johnson
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Inky Johnson

Communicator | Inspirational Speaker | Author

College football star paralyzed on a routine tackle, author of Inky: An Amazing Story of Faith and Perseverance. Inky Johnson carries the book's testimony straight to the room: perspective, commitment, and purpose when the plan collapses.

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James Lawrence
$30,000

James Lawrence – The Iron Cowboy

Ultra Endurance World Champion, Mindset & Mental Toughness Expert

Completed 100 Ironman-distance triathlons in 100 days and wrote Iron Cowboy: Redefine Impossible. James Lawrence - The Iron Cowboy turns the book's feat into a mental-toughness framework: micro-goals, support crews, and redefining what your team is willing to call impossible.

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Janet Lapp
$15,000 to $25,000

Janet Lapp

Corporate Change expert and author

Clinical psychologist and author of change classics including Plant Your Feet Firmly in Mid-Air. Janet Lapp distills the writing into usable change psychology: why people resist, what fear does to teams, and how leaders move them through it.

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Jay Leno
$150,000 - $200,000

Jay Leno

"Comedic Legend"

Comedy legend, longtime Tonight Show host, and author of the memoir Leading with My Chin. As a headliner he brings a lifetime of storytelling craft to corporate stages: clean, relentless, road-tested humor for galas and client events.

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Jerry Kaplan
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Jerry Kaplan

Expert on Artificial Intelligence, Author, Inventor

Silicon Valley pioneer, Stanford lecturer, and author of Humans Need Not Apply and Generative Artificial Intelligence: What Everyone Needs to Know. Jerry Kaplan gives audiences the books' clear-eyed AI literacy, what the technology will and will not do, without hype or doom.

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Jess Ekstrom
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Jess Ekstrom

Founder Headbands of Hope

Founder of Headbands of Hope and author of Chasing the Bright Side. Jess Ekstrom pairs the book's optimism-as-fuel argument with the founding story behind millions of headbands donated to kids facing illness, ideal for young workforces and purpose-hungry audiences.

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John Foley
$50,000

John Foley

Blue Angels Pilot; Leadership and Peak Performance Expert

Former Blue Angels lead solo pilot and author of Fearless Success. John Foley flies the book's Glad To Be Here framework: the debrief-driven, high-trust discipline that lets elite teams execute near-perfectly while ordinary teams accept 80 percent.

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John Sileo
$25,000

John Sileo

President & CEO of The Sileo Group, a Colorado-based technology think tank

Cybersecurity expert who lost his business to data breach and identity theft, then wrote Privacy Means Profit. John Sileo turns the book's hard-won lessons into human-centered security habits for employees and executives alike.

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Jon Dorenbos
Under $100,000

Jon Dorenbos

Magician. Athlete. Author: Life is Magic

Fourteen-year NFL long snapper, America's Got Talent finalist magician, and author of Life Is Magic. Jon Dorenbos performs the memoir: childhood tragedy, reinvention, and forgiveness, told through magic that leaves audiences stunned and genuinely moved.

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JR Martinez
$25,000

JR Martinez

Full of Heart, lived out loud

Army veteran burned in Iraq, Dancing with the Stars champion, and author of the NYT bestselling memoir Full of Heart. JR Martinez delivers the book in person: survival, living with visible difference, and choosing service after trauma.

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Justin Skeesuck and Patrick Gray
$25,000 to $50,000

Justin Skeesuck and Patrick Gray

Lifelong friends and inspirational adventurers

Lifelong friends who crossed the 500-mile Camino de Santiago with Justin in a wheelchair, co-authors of I'll Push You. Their keynote delivers the book as a two-voice story of interdependence, sacrifice, and teams that carry each other.

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Justin Wren “The Big Pygmy”
$30,000 range

Justin Wren “The Big Pygmy”

Champion MMA fighter -Humanitarian

Champion MMA fighter and author of Fight for the Forgotten, the memoir behind his humanitarian work with the Mbuti people of the Congo. Justin Wren “The Big Pygmy” turns the book into a story of purpose beating depression and fighting for others.

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Kenny Smith
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Kenny Smith

"NBA on TNT" Host; former NBA great

Two-time NBA champion, Inside the NBA analyst, and author of Talk of Champions. Kenny Smith draws on the book's lessons from Jordan, Olajuwon, and Barkley: what championship locker rooms teach about leadership, chemistry, and reading people.

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Rave Speakers is proud to represent famed Everest Climber Kenton Cool
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Kenton Cool

2025 World-record 19 successful summits of Mt. Everest

Record holder for the most Everest summits by a non-Sherpa climber and author of One Man's Everest. Kenton Cool scales the memoir into business terms: preparation, high-stakes decision-making, and roped-together teamwork where mistakes are fatal.

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Kenton Lee
$15,000 or less

Kenton Lee

Global Humanitarian; Creator of "The Shoe That Grows"

Founder of Because International and creator of The Shoe That Grows, an adjustable shoe serving kids in over 100 countries. Kenton Lee tells that innovation story with the arc of a well-built book: small idea, patient iteration, global impact.

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Kevin Brown
$25,000

Kevin Brown

Bestselling author

Bestselling author of The Hero Effect who rose from troubled teen to senior executive behind a billion-dollar brand. Kevin Brown delivers the book's premise straight: ordinary people choosing extraordinary care, told through his son's autism journey and his own hard-won career.

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Kyle Scheele
$27,500

Kyle Scheele

Believer in Crazy Ideas

Author of How to Host a Viking Funeral, built from 21,000 crowdsourced regrets and a cardboard Viking ship. Kyle Scheele's session is the book on stage: hilarious, surprisingly moving permission to bury old identities and chase crazy ideas.

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Liz Bohannon
$22,500

Liz Bohannon

Founder of Sseko Designs / Noonday Collection - the world's largest fair-trade fashion brand

Founder of Sseko Designs and author of Beginner's Pluck. Liz Bohannon delivers the book's contrarian build-your-purpose argument, dream small and choose curiosity over passion, straight from the founder who built a fair-trade fashion brand from Uganda to Nordstrom.

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Rave Speakers represents keynote speaker and Business Thought Leader Magic Johnson on Leadership, Entrepreneurship, Motivation
$200,000 and above

Magic Johnson

NBA Hall of Famer, Billionaire Businessman, Humanitarian

NBA Hall of Famer, billionaire businessman, and author of 32 Ways to Be a Champion in Business. Magic Johnson pairs the book's second-act lessons, urban investment, partnerships, and excellence, with one of the most magnetic life stories in sports.

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Mark Jeffries
$15,000 range per day

Mark Jeffries

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Former Merrill Lynch stockbroker turned communications expert and author of The Art of Business Seduction. As keynote speaker or event host he applies the book's soft-skills playbook live: reading rooms, building trust, and moving conversations toward yes.

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Mark Zandi

Chief Economist of Moody's Analytics

Chief Economist of Moody's Analytics and author of Financial Shock, the definitive early account of the subprime crisis. Mark Zandi delivers author-grade economic analysis: where rates, housing, and the labor market head next, in plain English.

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Matthew Emerzian
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Matthew Emerzian

EMBRACING THE MATTERING MINDSET.

Founder and CEO of Every Monday Matters and author of the book that started the movement. Matthew Emerzian turns the book's core claim, you matter, into workplace practice: purpose, mental health, and cultures where people feel genuinely seen.

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Merril Hoge
$20,000

Merril Hoge

Leadership, Inspiration, Success, Overcoming Obstacles, Living Life to the Fullest

Former NFL running back and author of Find a Way, written after beating non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and career-ending concussions. Merril Hoge lives the book's title: goal-setting, preparation, and grit carried through the hardest possible seasons of a life.

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Keynote speaker on Innovation
$75,000 range

Mick Ebeling

Founder, Not Impossible Labs; Inventor, World Humanitarian, 2-time SXSW Innovator of the Year

Founder of Not Impossible Labs and author of Not Impossible, chronicling projects like 3D-printed prosthetics for Sudanese children. Mick Ebeling extends the book's method, commit first and figure it out second, into innovation programming for any industry.

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Nell Watson
$12,500

Nell Watson

Futurist; AI Expert

AI ethics engineer, IEEE standards leader, and author of Taming the Machine. Nell Watson brings the book's agenda to the stage: how organizations adopt powerful AI while keeping it transparent, accountable, and aligned with human values.

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Pandit Dasa
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Pandit Dasa

The Monk from Manhattan; Minfulness expert

Former monastic who spent 15 years as a monk in New York City and author of Urban Monk. Pandit Dasa adapts the book's practice for the enterprise: mindful leadership, ego management, and workplace positivity without the incense.

Pascal Finette
$35,000

Pascal Finette

AI Expert; Lead Faculty, Singularity University

Lead faculty for entrepreneurship at Singularity University, co-founder of be radical, and veteran of Mozilla, eBay, and Google. Pascal Finette hands leadership teams practical frameworks for AI and exponential change, built from decades operating at the technology frontier.

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Patrick Schwerdtfeger
$18,500

Patrick Schwerdtfeger

Business Futurist specializing in Artificial Intelligence and Disruptive Innovation

Business futurist and author of Anarchy, Inc.: Profiting in a Decentralized World. Patrick Schwerdtfeger applies the book's decentralization lens to today's AI disruption, giving industry audiences a concrete map of what gets automated, what gets reinvented, and when.

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Phil Hansen
$15,000 to $25,000

Phil Hansen

Multi-media Artist and Experiential Speaker On Creativity And Innovation.

Multimedia artist and author of Tattoo a Banana, on making art with whatever you have. After a tremor threatened his career, he learned to embrace the shake; Phil Hansen turns that story into creativity-within-constraints for any team.

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Randy Garutti

Former CEO, Shake Shack. Renowned Hospitality and Customer Experience expert.

Founding CEO who scaled Shake Shack from one Madison Square Park kiosk to a global public company alongside Danny Meyer. Randy Garutti's session is a living case study in hospitality-driven growth, the operator's chapter that follows Setting the Table.

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Ron Insana
$27,500 Range

Ron Insana

CNBC Senior Analyst, Trailblazing Financial Journalist, and Bestselling Author known for his expert analysis on economic and financial market trends.

CNBC senior analyst and bestselling author of The Message of the Markets and Trendwatching. Ron Insana delivers what the books promise: decoding market signals, bubbles, and economic trends for investor and executive audiences in real time.

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Rorke Denver
$35,000

Rorke Denver

Navy Seal Commander and Leadership expert

Navy SEAL commander and NYT bestselling author of Damn Few and Worth Dying For. Rorke Denver translates the books' battlefield leadership into business terms: calm is contagious, train for chaos, and lead from the front.

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Ryan Estis
$30,000

Ryan Estis

Hyper-Growth Entrepreneur, Best-Selling Author and Sales & Leadership Expert

Former advertising agency chief revenue officer turned sales and leadership expert, co-author of Prepare for Impact. Ryan Estis converts the book's field research into sales-kickoff fuel: winning the human side of selling and leading through constant change.

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Sam Richter
17,500

Sam Richter

How to leverage the power of online intelligence for Business Success

Bestselling author of Take the Cold Out of Cold Calling and creator of the Know More sales-intelligence method. Sam Richter turns the book into live technique: using online intelligence to open doors, personalize outreach, and win business.

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Scott Burrows
$20,000

Scott Burrows

Vision, Mindset, and Grit Expert

Paralyzed in a car accident after competing as a kickboxer, he built a top financial-services career and wrote Vision Mindset Grit. Scott Burrows delivers the book's three-word framework from the wheelchair that proves it works.

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Shannon Polson
40,000

Shannon Polson

One of the First Women to Fly Army Apache Helicopters

One of the Army's first women to fly Apache helicopters and author of The Grit Factor. Shannon Polson delivers the book's interviews and frameworks on grit and leadership in hard places, with credibility built at the controls of an attack helicopter.

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Snoop Dogg
$350,000 and above

Snoop Dogg

American rapper/producer, performer, media celebrity, and entrepreneur

Entertainment icon, entrepreneur, and author of the memoir Tha Doggfather. From music to media empires to mainstream brand partnerships, his appearances bring unmatched star power and a reinvention story few authors or executives can match.

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Stacey Hanke
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Stacey Hanke

COMMUNICATE MOTIVATE INFLUENCE

Author of Influence Redefined and Yes You Can! and founder of Stacey Hanke Inc. Stacey Hanke drills the book's standard, influence Monday to Monday, into executive communication: closing the gap between how leaders think they come across and how they actually do.

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Steve Cadigan
$30,000

Steve Cadigan

Built the culture at LinkedIn

LinkedIn's first Chief HR Officer and author of Workquake. Steve Cadigan extends the book's argument, that talent turbulence is opportunity, into a playbook for hiring, retention, and culture in the age of AI and constant job-hopping.

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Tyronne Stoudemire
$20,000

Tyronne Stoudemire

SVP, Global DEI at Hyatt Hotels

Senior Vice President of Global DEI at Hyatt Hotels and one of the most sought-after voices on inclusion in hospitality. Tyronne Stoudemire brings case-study depth on building belonging across a global workforce, practical rather than performative.

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Zack Kass
$65,000

Zack Kass

AI Expert, Former Head of Go-To-Market at OpenAI

Former Head of Go-To-Market at OpenAI. Zack Kass gives audiences the inside narrative of the AI moment, where the technology goes next and how organizations adapt, delivered with the storyteller's clarity of a good book chapter.

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Booking Author Keynote Speakers

The range here spans every kind of author. Business and leadership writers like Danny Meyer, Liz Wiseman, and Barbara Corcoran turn bestselling frameworks into management playbooks. Memoirists like Alex Honnold, Anthony Robles, and Scott Harrison deliver life stories that became films and bestsellers. Big-ideas authors like Ian Bremmer, Peter Zeihan, and Jonah Berger explain where the world and your market go next, while practical how-to authors like Kindra Hall, Jay Baer, and Jean Chatzky send audiences home with skills they can use the next morning.

Author keynote speakers work across formats: an opening keynote that sets a conference's theme, a closing session that sends people out the door with a book's big idea, sales kickoffs, leadership offsites, all-hands meetings, and industry congresses. Many pair keynotes with signed-book giveaways or workshop deep dives into their frameworks. Rave Speakers handles the full booking: shortlists matched to your audience, current fees, availability, and logistics from first call to curtain.

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