Call For Speakers

Running Toward challenges audiences to ask one powerful question: What am I running toward? Through unforgettable storytelling, real-life experiences, and practical strategies, Adam S. Johnson takes audiences on a journey from fear, uncertainty, and burnout to purpose, resilience, and intentional living.

Drawing from a lifetime that spans the docks of South Florida, commercial trucking, entrepreneurship, real estate, corporate leadership, and personal reinvention, Adam reveals how every setback can become a turning point when viewed through a different lens. This keynote combines compelling stories with research-backed insights into resilience, mindset, and purpose, leaving audiences inspired and equipped to take meaningful action.

Participants leave with renewed clarity, practical tools, and a deeper understanding of how discovering their soul's purpose transforms not only their career, but every aspect of their lives. They won't simply leave motivated; they'll leave with a new direction and the confidence to pursue it.

Your presentation should do more than inspire—it should create action. Yet many entrepreneurs leave the stage without generating leads or attracting clients because their message isn't strategically designed to convert. In this session, Alissa Crabtree shares the common mistakes that keep presentations from producing business results and the simple shifts that transform a talk into a powerful client-attraction tool. Drawing on her experience as a former educator and speaker coach, Alissa will show attendees how to structure presentations that educate, build trust, and naturally move audiences toward the next step—without relying on high-pressure sales tactics. Participants will leave with practical strategies to strengthen their message, increase audience engagement, and confidently deliver talks that grow their visibility, generate qualified leads, and support long-term business growth.

This description stays under the 150-word limit while aligning closely with both the summit's focus on profitable speaking and Alissa's established expertise.

You already have a reason for stepping on stage. This talk shows you how to build a visibility strategy that actually holds up once you are seen. You will learn how to check whether your motivation is honest before you build anything on top of it, how to give your personal brand real direction instead of guesswork, how to tell the true version of your story from the comfortable one, and what makes a photograph strong enough to stand on its own, no caption needed. Walk away with a foundation that keeps working for you, attracting the right clients even when you are not in the room.

You show up, put in the time and effort. You built a beautiful site & your brand is becoming more visible. You travel, speak on stages, & put your heart on the line. Audiences respond, book free calls. You entertain everyone as an equally qualified lead. Then, it goes quiet. You're exhausted with nothing to show for it!

Why did you spend time and money writing content, designing a logo, posting messages, appearing on stages in-person and virtual?

Here's the truth! You did it all with the end goal in mind: to make a sale, close a deal, build a business and a bank account. That's it; nothing more, nothing less.

Where did the system break? It broke because you never built your unique SALES SYSTEM! That's the problem; there's a solution.

STOP SELLING YOURSELF SHORT, know your value & get paid for it. Learn how, never look back; I'm here for you!

You don't need another marketing tactic—you need language that makes people immediately understand why they should work with you.

Many entrepreneurs, coaches, and experts do transformational work but struggle to explain it clearly. When your message is confusing, even the best offers fail to convert.

In this session, Brynn Breuner, founder of MindSpark Branding, shares how to move from "I don't know what to say" to market-ready messaging that attracts the right clients and supports profitable growth. Drawing on more than 30 years of helping entrepreneurs and TEDx speakers communicate with clarity, she'll introduce the principles behind her Words That Work approach for uncovering the language that truly resonates.

Attendees will leave with a new perspective on messaging, practical ways to strengthen how they talk about their work, and greater confidence in communicating their value—so speaking leads to conversations, clients, and profit.

The most influential leaders don't build their reputation by being the loudest—they build it by consistently showing up with clarity, confidence, and purpose. In this engaging presentation, Enna Jimenez shares how developing an authentic personal brand and leading with intention creates greater opportunities for career growth, business development, and lasting influence. Drawing from more than 30 years of executive leadership and consulting experience, she demonstrates how courageous decision-making, authentic leadership, and strategic visibility help professionals stand out in competitive environments. Attendees will learn practical strategies to strengthen their leadership presence, communicate with confidence, and position themselves for new opportunities without compromising who they are. Whether you're growing a business, advancing your career, or expanding your influence through speaking, you'll leave with actionable insights to build a brand that opens doors and creates meaningful impact.

In today's competitive marketplace, more content doesn't automatically lead to more clients. The experts who consistently grow their business are the ones who build trust and become the voice people choose to follow. In this presentation, Erik K. Johnson reveals how authentic communication and strategic podcasting can transform your expertise into influence that drives business growth. Attendees will learn why simply producing more content often falls short, how to create meaningful connections with their audience, and how to position themselves as the trusted authority in their niche. They'll leave with practical strategies to build stronger relationships, increase visibility, and turn their podcast and content into a profitable business asset that attracts ideal clients and creates long-term opportunities.

Come learn the fastest path to clients and customers with speaking to sell utilizing the psychology of connection and compelling communication. If you have ever gotten off a stage and received glowing reviews or even a standing ovation, BUT no one bought what you were offering, YOU ARE IN THE RIGHT PLACE! I will teach you how to build the know, like, and trust before you ever enter the room, and make money before you even leave home.

You spent years building your speaking business: your coaching programs, your courses, your content, your framework. You fed it into AI tools to write a newsletter. Now those AI tools can teach your framework to anyone who asks. You didn't get copied by a competitor. You trained your replacement for $20 a month.

The average speaker interacts with over 20 AI systems every day without realizing it: social media algorithms training on their posts, course platforms licensing their content, AI notetakers recording their calls, and team members pasting proprietary frameworks into free AI tools. Every interaction leaks intellectual property and builds a permanent digital profile they cannot control.

Drawing from real-world lawsuits and case studies, this session delivers a practical framework for using AI without becoming the raw material for it. Attendees leave with a framework to protect their IP and the core of who they are.

Discover why workshops are replacing webinars as the fastest path to clients. In this session, Kimberly Crowe walks you through a 3-step formula to design, structure, and promote a workshop that builds trust, attracts clients, and gets results... and how to make it all happen before the holidays.

Most speakers do not think about their branding when it comes to marketing and growing your business.

Tune in with an open mind and see how personal branding can help you!

> Discover your hidden super power.

> Why you should focus on your brand early in your business growth.

> How attraction marketing makes sales conversions easier.

You delivered a great presentation. People applauded. They complimented your talk.

But they hired someone else.

Why?

Because audiences don't choose the speaker with the most information. They choose the speaker they trust.

In this highly interactive session, communication strategist Laura Doman reveals why two speakers with equally strong content can produce dramatically different business results. Drawing from professional acting techniques, behavioral psychology, and years of coaching business leaders and entrepreneurs, Laura shows how subtle shifts in delivery can dramatically increase trust, credibility, and influence.

Attendees will learn how to bridge the gap between how they intend to come across and how audiences actually experience them. They'll discover practical techniques that create immediate connection, strengthen authority, and naturally lead to more conversations, more referrals, and more clients—without becoming more promotional or more polished.

Because the best speaker doesn't always get the client.

The speaker who is trusted does.

Many entrepreneurs don’t know how to leverage their skills and experience to maximize their earning potential. In this talk Orly Amor shares the many opportunities available to business owners to grow their brand and position themselves as Subject Matter Experts as a public speaker.

Orly has worked with hundreds of coaches and entrepreneurs and helped them triple and quadruple their sales from the stage.

In her talk, Orly shares the secrets of the speaking business as only a 24-year veteran can and in this talk she brings her top tools, techniques, and strategies for setting yourself up for success.

Your attendees will learn how to:

• Get booked to speak in 30 days or less.
• Set your speaking fees.
• Build a multi-dimensional business model.

Becoming a public speaker opens many avenues to grow your attendees’ businesses and provides them with opportunities for additional revenue. Orly shows them how.

Success in speaking isn’t determined by having the perfect voice, the biggest platform, or the most impressive résumé. It begins with becoming the person your message requires. In this empowering session, international leadership expert Rico Sharp reveals how authenticity, credibility, personal growth, and purpose become your greatest competitive advantages. Participants will learn how to uncover their unique voice, develop a transformational message, build trust with audiences, and position themselves for greater influence and paid speaking opportunities. Attendees will leave with practical strategies to speak with confidence, lead with purpose, and turn their message into meaningful impact and lasting income.

Speaking opens doors—but trust is what turns conversations into clients, referrals, and long-term business growth. In this session, Roxie Jorgenson shares how the hidden Trust Tax quietly costs speakers opportunities long after they leave the stage. Attendees will learn how to identify trust gaps that limit conversions, strengthen relationships with audiences and referral partners, and leverage every speaking engagement for greater business impact. Through practical examples and interactive exercises, participants will leave with simple, actionable strategies to build authentic connections that create consistent opportunities and predictable revenue—without relying on high-pressure sales tactics or endless prospecting.

You've spent decades building expertise. You've solved complex problems, led teams, navigated uncertainty, and delivered results. And yet, when someone asks what you do or what you're worth, something freezes.

That freeze isn't a confidence problem. It's not imposter syndrome. It's something deeper, a hidden block that lives in the body, not the mind, and it's been running the show longer than you realize.

In this session, Sreelatha Meleth reveals the three hidden blocks that keep accomplished professionals stuck between knowing their worth and actually building a life around it.

You'll leave with:

• A name for what's been stopping you
• A body-based tool to interrupt the pattern in real time
• A clear first step toward monetizing the expertise you already have

Your expertise was never the problem. Let's find out what it is.

You deliver a great talk. People applaud, compliment you, and ask for your slides. Then they leave, and very few become clients.

In How to Turn a Great Talk Into Qualified Client Conversations, Steve Eriksen reveals the practical system that turns attention from the stage into meaningful business opportunities.

You’ll learn how to connect your talk to the problem you solve, create a permission-based next step, follow up while the conversation is still warm, and invite the right people into a genuine client conversation without resorting to a hard pitch.

Whether you’re paid to speak, use speaking to grow your business, or combine both models, you’ll leave with a clear framework for making every worthwhile stage opportunity work harder for you.

What if getting clients was easier?

Not random or unpredictable.

But something you could build momentum around… a rinse-and-repeat rhythm.

Imagine knowing that every month, you have a repeatable way to create 3–5 new client opportunities.

That’s what’s possible for you when you present a monthly workshop.

In this session, you’ll discover…

• Why engaging workshops get rave reviews but still don’t create clients

• The hidden confidence gap that kills the sale at the finish line

• How to naturally lead attendees from content to your offer without turning it into a pitch-fest

The power of a workshop is that it gives people the opportunity to experience your expertise, build trust in you and your approach, and see for themselves why you’re the person they want to hire.

You've spent decades building your expertise, yet your visibility, influence, income, and opportunities may still not reflect the true value you bring to the marketplace.

In today's Authority Economy™, expertise alone is no longer enough. The real question is: what's creating the invisible gap between what you know and how the market perceives you?

In This Session, You'll Discover:

• the hidden Authority Gap™ that keeps brilliant experts overlooked despite decades of experience
• what you're focusing on that's quietly preventing you from becoming the obvious choice
• the Authority Alignment™ Framework that transforms expertise into authority
• the single mindset and positioning shift that moves you from being the industry's best-kept secret to becoming the sought-after authority

By the end of this session, you'll identify your greatest Authority Gap, understand why your expertise hasn't translated into the recognition and income it deserves, and leave with a practical roadmap to build premium authority.