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Professionally Managed Keynote Speakers

  • Tara Renze

    Create, own and live the life you want and deserve.

    Tara Renze is an author, keynote speaker, emotional intelligence & positive intelligence practitioner, who is redefining how we unleash purpose, level up our success and create sustainable happiness and fulfillment in all aspects of our lives.

    Key Speech Themes:

    • Mental Fitness/Mindset

    • Emotional & Positive Intelligence

    • Sales & Sales Leadership

    • Change & Resilience

    • Authenticity

    • Organizational & Self-Led Leadership

    • Women's Empowerment & Women in Workforce

    • Personal & Professional Change & Development

    • Direct Sales

    Home City: Kansas City, MO

  • Speech Thomas - Diversity and Inclusion Speaker and Grammy Award Winning Artist

    Speech Thomas

    Accomplish the Seemingly Impossible Under Any Circumstance

    Leader of the 2x Grammy Award winning hip-hop collective, Arrested Development. Known for consistently pushing the artistic and social envelope. He inspires people to want to accomplish the extraordinary. At a time when companies are trying to encourage their employees to grow in every way possible, this powerful talk can be used as a springboard for fostering a new generation of brave leaders. His keynotes mixed with a musical performance - makes this an experience.

    Key Speech Themes:

    • Inspirational & Motivational

    • Brave Leadership

    • Overcoming Adversity

    • Diversity & Inclusion

    • Musical Entertainment

    Home City: Atlanta, GA

  • Jack Becker

    Elevate your performance to a TOP GUN level.

    Jack Becker is a highly decorated, combat proven U.S. Navy fighter pilot and the leading speaker on process improvement. After his distinguished career as a combat proven F/A-18 Super Hornet Fighter Pilot, he now shares the Top Gun process of continual improvement with any organization striving to get better every day. You and your team will be inspired to improve every day, just like fighter pilots do. And more importantly, you will have the strategy and tactics on how to get better every day!

    Key Speech Themes:

    • Leadership

    • Teamwork

    • Culture

    • Human Performance

    • Precision Execution

    • Safety

    Home City: Virginia Beach, VA

  • Donnie Campbell

    Coach Donnie Campbell has been referred to as the inspiration for the character, “Ted Lasso”.

    Back in the late 90’s, Campbell coached basketball at Shawnee Mission West. It was here that Campbell coached Jason Sudeikis who today is an American actor and the star of the 5-time Emmy Award winning show, Ted Lasso.

    On the Today Show, Good Morning America and The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Sudeikis revealed that Coach Donnie Campbell was in part the inspiration for the lead character he plays on the hit television series.

    Key Speech Themes:

    • Leadership

    • Teamwork

    Home City: Kansas City, MO

  • Britt Frank

    Neuroscience Based Tools to Get Unstuck & Level Up!

    Britt Frank, LSCSW, SEP is a licensed psychotherapist, human behavior expert, and author of The Science of Stuck (Penguin Random House). Her work focuses on breaking through barriers that keep you stuck from leveling up in life. Whether you struggle with motivation, productivity, mental health challenges, or the never-ending cycle of stress and burnout, Britt gives you actionable tools to break through what’s holding you back.

    Key Speech Themes:

    • The Science of Stuck (3 steps to unlock your potential)

    • The Neuroscience of Motivation (it’s not a mindset issue)

    • Cracking the Procrastination Code (why you can’t think your way forward)

    • De-Therapizing the Workplace (no more trauma-dumping!)

    • The Myth of Balance (what you need instead)

    Home City: Kansas City, MO

  • Stephen Drum

    A Navy SEAL's Guide to Meeting any Challenge with Courage, Confidence and Readiness

    Retired Navy SEAL Master Chief, Co-Creator of The U.S. Navy Warrior Toughness program and Executive Business Consultant who teaches how the same techniques used by the Navy & the SEAL Teams can be applied to leading & developing high-performance teams in business as well as by individuals in their personal and professional lives.

    Key Speech Themes:

    • Perform Under Pressure

    • High-Stakes Stress Management

    • Optimize Performance

    • Leadership

    • Resilience

    • Emotional Intelligence

    Home City: Chicago. IL

  • Tom Turcich

    An incredible and inspirational story that will motivate you to not only live every day to your fullest but to reach your wildest dreams.

    Tom Turcich devoted more than half his life to achieving his dream. From seventeen to thirty-three, he focused single-mindedly on walking around the world. On May 21st, 2022, he became the tenth person ever to do so. By hiring Tom to speak at your event, you’ll gain insight into how to pursue a dream in the face of relentless adversity. You’ll learn to find creative solutions, embrace constraints and draw on internal motivation strong enough to weather any storm.

    Key Speech Themes:

    • Inspiration

    • Resilience & Perseverance

    • Overcoming Adversity

    • Personal Leadership

    • Personal & Professional Growth

    • The Power of Connection

    Home City: Seattle, WA

  • Dr. Anne Harbison

    Dare to Thrive - Leading with courage and compassion in a changing world.

    Dr. Anne Harbison is an author, Harvard Doctorate, and executive leadership educator known for her work with some of the world’s greatest organizations and thought leaders.

    For over 2 decades, she has been teaching, researching, and consulting with organizations about how they can not only survive through times of great change and transition, but thrive.

    Dr. Harbison is passionate about sharing her message and methods of transformation thus equipping leaders, strengthening teams, navigating transitions and inspiring change.

    Key Speech Themes:

    • Leadership

    • Change & Transition, Crisis Management

    • Women’s Leadership

    • Strengths Finder

    Home City: Minneapolis, MN

  • James Beck

    The Power of Kindness, Gratitude and Paying It Forward

    James is a Transformative Culture Change Leader, Inspirational Pay-It-Forward Speaker, Founder of Give Beck: Live By Giving who gave away everything he owned and set out on a journey to serve someone in all 50 states. In this social experiment, he asked those he served to Pay-It-Forward, starting an incredible domino effect in kindness. In his presentations, he encourages others to live a life of giving, which reveals how a “service mindset” leads to true happiness, and relationship fulfillment. He teaches how using service in the workplace can increase sales & business and transform a corporate culture into a cooperative community.

    Key Speech Themes:

    • Pay - It - Forward

    • Build Trust & Relationships

    • Boost Innovation & Motivation

    • Increase Physical & Mental Health

    • Kindness & Gratitude

    • Improve Company Culture

    Home City: Redondo Beach, CA

  • Mel Abraham

    Financial Wellness Expert & known as the “Swiss Army knife of Life & Business”, and Author of the #1 Bestseller The Entrepreneur’s Solution.

    Mel Abraham is a CPA by education but an entrepreneur by exhilaration, and Author of the #1 National Bestseller, The Entrepreneur's Solution: The Modern Millionaire's Path to More Profit, Fans & Freedom. He’s the founder of The Affluence Blueprint™, Thoughtpreneur Academy & Business Breakthrough Academy and he helps individuals and entrepreneurs to build the lifestyle that they want. Mel believes that financial independence is your birthright and he teaches the steps to help you achieve it.

    Key Speech Themes:

    • Financial Wellness

    • Employee Retention

    • Recruitment & Returns

    • Money Mindset

    • Business Strategy & Growth,

    • Thought Leadership

    • Financial leadership, Entrepreneurship

    • Market Positioning

    • Creating a Legacy

    Home City: Laguna Beach, CA

What we do.

  • We represent top talent.

    We manage a roster of Professional Speakers.

    Our Upside Speakers are personal and professional growth experts that educate and motivate but also provide the tools needed to take action.

    Some of the most popular topics include incredible, inspirational stories, resilience, leadership, emotional intelligence, mental toughness, financial liberation, change management, diversity, mindset and business growth .

  • We are matchmakers.

    We work with companies, associations, organizations, meeting planners and our speaker bureau partners to find the perfect speaker to meet the theme, budget and goals of your event.

    All you have to do is reach out and let us know what you are looking for and we can find you a match!

    If you need additional speaker ideas, we can refer you to one of our trusted speaker bureau partners.

  • We make it easy.

    We know how important it is to find the right speaker for your event. So, to make it easier, we offer discovery calls so you can talk with our speakers as you are in the exploratory stage.

    We want your event to be as success as much as you do so whatever we can do to help you with your speaker selection, we will gladly do.

    All of our speakers can deliver their presentations in-person and virtually.

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