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Communications Speakers
Effectively communicating your company's message to the right audience can be the difference between success and failure. Leading Authorities communications experts know how to build a vocal consumer base, develop a loyal corporate culture, and craft the perfect image.Let us know if you are interested in one of our speakers for your event.
Ken Schmidt
Former Director of Communications at Harley-Davidson
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- Local: $10,001 - $20,000*
- US East: $20,001 - $35,000*
- US West: $20,001 - $35,000*
- Europe: $20,001 - $35,000*
- Asia: $35,001 - $55,000*
Ken Schmidt
Ken Schmidt is the legendary former director of communications strategy for Harley-Davidson Motor Company. He played an active role in one of the most celebrated turnarounds in corporate history, and his vision helped transform Harley into one of the world’s most dominant brands. He is widely known as a provocative and engaging thought leader. Funny and energetic, he shares stories of how to compete with weapons stronger than price, build a fanatically vocal customer base, create a passionately loyal corporate culture, and develop leaders who inspire and motivate.
Dex Torricke-Barton
Former Head of Communications at SpaceX, Executive Communications Manager at...
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- Local: $20,001 - $35,000*
- US East: $20,001 - $35,000*
- US West: $20,001 - $35,000*
- Europe: $20,001 - $35,000*
- Asia: $20,001 - $35,000*
Dex Torricke-Barton
Torricke-Barton has managed communications for leaders and organizations working at the heart of global change. From 2012-2016 he led the executive communications team at Facebook and served as speechwriter for Mark Zuckerberg. Previously, he was speechwriter for Eric Schmidt, Executive Chairman of Google, and media consultant for the office of the UN Secretary-General. He is also a New York Times-bestselling ghostwriter.
Mika Brzezinski
Co-Host of MSNBC's Morning Joe and New York Times Best-Selling Author
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Mika Brzezinski
Mika Brzezinski, the co-host of MSNBC’s Morning Joe and the daughter of former National Security advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski, spends each morning debating the headlines with a roundtable of political insiders, journalists, and newsmakers. Brzezinski is also the author of the best-selling books, All Things at Once and Knowing Your Value. She addresses current headlines, politics, women’s issues, women in the workplace, and the media.
Jonah Berger
Marketing Professor and Best-Selling Author of Contagious
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Jonah Berger
Have you ever wondered why more salespeople buy BMWs than other cars? Or why a name’s popularity grows after a hurricane of that name hits? Jonah Berger has the answers. A marketing professor at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and the New York Times best-selling author of Invisible Influence: The Hidden Forces That Shape Behavior, Berger has spent the last decade studying how social influence works, why certain ideas and products catch on, and what we can do to make ourselves more influential. He shares with audiences the keys to harnessing this “influence” to forge great partnerships, sell slow-moving products, and be more intentional with business strategies. His work is regularly published in top-tier journals, he consults for a variety of Fortune 500 companies, and popular outlets like Harvard Business Review often cover his work.
Matthew Oczkowski
Founder of Campaign Inbox, Co-Founder of HuMn Behavior, and Data and...
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- Local: $10,001 - $20,000*
- US East: $10,001 - $20,000*
- US West: $10,001 - $20,000*
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Matthew Oczkowski
Matt Oczkowski is the founder of Campaign Inbox, co-founder of HuMn Behavior, and a data and behavioral science expert. He is the former Head of Product at Cambridge Analytica, the market leader in the provision of data analytics and behavioral communications for political campaigns, issue groups, and commercial enterprises. Matt focuses on building tools and strategies that better connect clients with their target audience's underlying behaviors and motivations.
Susan O'Malley
Fmr. Pres. of the Washington Capitals and the Washington Wizards, First...
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- Local: $20,001 - $35,000*
- US East: $20,001 - $35,000*
- US West: $20,001 - $35,000*
- Europe: $35,001 - $55,000*
- Asia: $35,001 - $55,000*
Susan O'Malley
As the first female president of a professional sports franchise, Susan O’Malley, the former president of Washington Sports and Entertainment, is a pioneer in sports and business. Under her guidance, her company improved its bottom line, as well as its winning percentage, and the Washington Wizards experienced the largest ticket revenue increase and the highest renewal rate in the history of an NBA franchise to date. O’Malley’s illustrious career also included the creation of the MCI Center, which helped revitalize downtown DC. She addresses management, leadership, and marketing.
Alex Hunter
Former Head of Online Marketing for Virgin Group
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- US East: $20,001 - $35,000*
- US West: $20,001 - $35,000*
- Europe: $10,001 - $20,000*
- Asia: Please Inquire
Alex Hunter
Alex Hunter is a branding expert, angel investor and company incubator, as well as the former head of online marketing for virgin group. He is also the creator and host of Attaché, a new style of online travel show, aimed at showing business travellers all they need to know in a very short film before visiting a city on company business. Alex is a highly regarded public speaker, appearing all over the world at major industry events such as ad:tech, Future of Web Apps (London, Las Vegas, Dublin, and Miami) and Thinking Digital. Other clients include Cisco, Deloitte, Procter & Gamble, O2, CapitalOne and the BBC.
Molly Fletcher
Pioneering Female Sports Agent and CEO
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- Local: $20,001 - $35,000*
- US East: $20,001 - $35,000*
- US West: $20,001 - $35,000*
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Molly Fletcher
Molly Fletcher is a trailblazer in every sense of the word. She is a rare talent of business wisdom, relationship brilliance and unwavering optimism. As a CEO, she shares her unconventional and unique techniques that made her one of the first female sports agents in the high stakes, big ego world of professional sports and now a successful entrepreneur. As president of client representation for sports and entertainment agency CSE, Molly spent two decades as one of the world’s only female sports agents.
Christopher Voss
Former FBI Lead International Kidnapping Negotiator and CEO of Black Swan Group
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- Local: $20,001 - $35,000*
- US East: $35,001 - $55,000*
- US West: $35,001 - $55,000*
- Europe: $35,001 - $55,000*
- Asia: $35,001 - $55,000*
Christopher Voss
Christopher Voss is the author of “Never Split The Difference – Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It” and the CEO of The Black Swan Group. The Black Swan Group is a business negotiation coaching/advisory firm that gives individuals and businesses competitive advantages in business negotiations using hostage negotiation strategies. Chris was the FBI’s lead international kidnapping negotiator from 2003-2007. Voss has worked on over 150 kidnapping worldwide from the Middle East to Haiti.