Local Keynote Speakers in Boston, Massachusetts
Planning an event in Boston? Why not book a local speaker there, too! Boston is home to numerous professional speakers within all industries—from technology and business to military and media. Plus, booking someone local to the area of your event means you’ll pay less for speaker travel and logistics. Leading Authorities is proud to represent an extensive roster of Bostonian speakers. Check them out below, and don’t forget to click on individual speaker profile pages for further details.
Kate Darling
Social Robotics Expert & MIT Media Lab Research Specialist
- Local: $10,001 - $20,000*
- US East: $20,001 - $35,000*
- US West: $20,001 - $35,000*
- Europe: $35,001 - $55,000*
- Asia: $35,001 - $55,000*
Kate Darling
Doug Rauch
Former President of Trader Joe’s
- 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*
Doug Rauch
Doug Rauch, a legendary former president of Trader Joe’s, was instrumental in leading the company’s transformation from a 7/11 knockoff to what Fortune magazine called the “hottest retailer in the U.S.” In eye-opening presentations, he shares insights on building a great business based on culture, innovation, leadership, and teamwork. He shows leaders how to push for new and better ways to perform, and audiences walk away with knowledge of how to create a self-sustaining culture of innovation, build a brand in a competitive marketplace, and lead with a purpose.
John Jacobs & Bert Jacobs
Bert and John Jacobs are co-founders of the $100 million lifestyle brand Life is Good. When they started the company in 1994, they had $78 in their pockets, lived out of their van, and sold t-shirts on the streets of Boston. Was this their way of avoiding the “real world”? You betcha. Did it turn into something much bigger? Absolutely.
Mel Robbins
Best-Selling Author and Consultant
- Local: $55,001 - $75,000*
- US East: $55,001 - $75,000*
- US West: $55,001 - $75,000*
- Europe: Please Inquire
- Asia: Please Inquire
Mel Robbins
Bert Jacobs
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Optimist of "Life is Good"
- Local: $35,001 - $55,000*
- US East: $35,001 - $55,000*
- US West: $35,001 - $55,000*
- Europe: Please Inquire
- Asia: Please Inquire
Bert Jacobs
Johnny Cupcakes
Award Winning Entrepreneur, Brand Loyalty & Innovation Expert: Thousands Have Johnny Cupcakes Logos as Tattoos!
- Local: $20,001 - $35,000*
- US East: $20,001 - $35,000*
- US West: $35,001 - $55,000*
- Europe: Please Inquire
- Asia: Please Inquire
Johnny Cupcakes
Hugh Herr
Head of the Biomechatronics Research Group at MIT
- Local: $35,001 - $55,000*
- US East: $35,001 - $55,000*
- US West: $55,001 - $75,000*
- Europe: Please Inquire
- Asia: Please Inquire
Hugh Herr
William Li
Food, Health, & Disease Expert, Founder of the Angiogenesis Foundation, & Author
- Local: $35,001 - $55,000*
- US East: $35,001 - $55,000*
- US West: $35,001 - $55,000*
- Europe: $55,001 - $75,000*
- Asia: Please Inquire
William Li
Joel Brenner
Former National Counterintelligence Executive and Author of America the Vulnerable
- Local: $10,001 - $20,000*
- US East: $10,001 - $20,000*
- US West: $20,001 - $35,000*
- Europe: $20,001 - $35,000*
- Asia: $35,001 - $55,000*
Joel Brenner
Thomas Koulopoulos
Best-Selling Author & Expert On Innovation, The Cloud, Future Trends, & Technology
- Local: $10,001 - $20,000*
- US East: $10,001 - $20,000*
- US West: $20,001 - $35,000*
- Europe: $20,001 - $35,000*
- Asia: $35,001 - $55,000*
Thomas Koulopoulos
Dr. Myron Rolle
Former NFL Player, Neurosurgeon, and Humanitarian
- Local: $10,001 - $20,000*
- US East: $20,001 - $35,000*
- US West: $20,001 - $35,000*
- Europe: Please Inquire
- Asia: Please Inquire
Dr. Myron Rolle
As a young man, Dr. Rolle hopes to be an inspirer of dreams, an educator of purpose, a patient centered healer and a leader for many. Sports enthusiasts and intellectuals alike know Dr. Myron Laurent Rolle as a gifted athlete, scholar and philanthropist. As a graduate medical student at the FSU College of Medicine and neurosurgery resident at Harvard/Massachusetts General Hospital, Dr. Rolle is achieving his dream of becoming a doctor and hoping to inspire others as well.
Safi Bahcall
Award-Winning Physicist, Biotech Entrepreneur, and Author of Loonshots
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Safi Bahcall
In his instant Wall Street Journal bestselling book Loonshots, SAFI BAHCALL reveals a surprising new way of thinking about innovation and group dynamics, challenging everything we thought we knew about radical breakthroughs. In talks based on his book—which Nobel Laureate Daniel Kahneman calls “Not to be missed by anyone who wants to understand how ideas change the world”—Bahcall shows how we can stoke innovation, create better leaders, and support “loonshots”: the imperfect but ingenious ideas that have the potential to change the world. As a consultant at McKinsey & Company, and co-founder and CEO of Synta Pharmaceuticals, Safi Bahcall spent nearly two decades of his life bringing big, innovative ideas to fruition. Frequently, this meant assessing and developing loonshots—the widely dismissed ideas whose champions are often written off as crazy. Along the way, he noticed the obstacles that innovators came up against, which seemed to stem from “the mysteries of group behavior.” As he dynamically explains in his book Loonshots, small changes in the structure of a company, rather than in its culture, can transform the behavior of the distinct groups involved, allowing innovation to flourish. Already a Wall Street Journal bestseller, Loonshots was recently dubbed a must-read “for people and organizations who are trying to increase their ability to catalyze more innovation” by Forbes magazine. In his talks, Bahcall shows how the science of phase transitions—think water becoming ice—suggests a useful new way of nurturing radical breakthroughs. He explains the mystery of why good teams—even those with excellent people and the best intentions—can kill great ideas. With humor, history, and a dash of physics, Bahcall offers audiences the tools to become initiators of innovative surprise rather than witnesses to it.
Whether you’d like to know how the Co-Founder of “Life is Good” launched his $100 million company with only $78, or how robots will impact society in the near future from a Leading Expert in Social Robotics and MIT Research Specialist—we have you covered.
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