Oct 15, 2025
Event ROI Isn’t About Attendance — It’s About Transformation
Too often, event success is judged by how many people showed up or how loud the applause was. Real ROI isn’t about packed rooms — it’s about whether your audience leaves with a mindset shift that drives meaningful action.
When your event is designed for transformation, your speaker isn’t just delivering content—they’re catalyzing a shift. From AI and innovation to habits, customer and employee experience, culture, negotiation, sales, leadership, and beyond—these speakers deliver transformative insights that resonate with any audience.
Daniel Lubetzky
Best known for founding and building KIND Snacks into a multi-billion-dollar brand, Daniel Lubetzky is the newest Shark on Shark Tank and the New York Times bestselling author of Do the KIND Thing. The son of a Holocaust survivor and founder of the Builders Movement, Daniel is dedicated to equipping people to uncover common ground and build on it – forging innovative solutions to our world’s toughest problems.
Sol Rashidi
Sol Rashidi helped launch Watson in 2011 and became the world’s first Chief AI Officer in 2016. Voted FORBES ‘AI Visionary & Maverick of the 21st Century’ and ‘Top 50 Women in Tech’, Sol is a former 4x C-Suite exec for Fortune 100 companies (Sony, Merck, Estee Lauder, Royal Caribbean), and a former Amazon tech exec as Head of Technology for North America (Startups Division), she served her clients like Anthropic and Perplexity. Sol is a best-selling author of ‘Your AI Survival Guide’ (‘Top 50 AI’ books), a 3x TEDx speaker (2M+ views), a Harvard Fellow, and the inventor of 10 patents. Voted FORBES “Top 5 Leaders Taking AI to Market”, Sol has been deploying AI since 2011, and with over 200+ AI deployments globally, she bridges executive strategy with practical AI applications.
Rashaun Williams
Rashaun Williams is a venture capitalist, entrepreneur, guest Shark on ABC’s Shark Tank and a limited partner in the Atlanta Falcons. A passionate advocate for financial literacy, he brings real-world expertise grounded in a stellar track record of over 170 investments resulting in 50+ successful exits, coupled with leadership roles through his family office, Value Investment Group, and as a general partner in the MVP All-Star Fund.
Ron Johnson
Ron is the visionary behind the Apple Stores and the leader who brought design to Target through its first design collaboration. A Harvard MBA and Stanford alum, he’s widely regarded as one of the boldest retail innovators of the last 30 years. Known for driving game-changing innovation, exceptional customer experiences, and inspiring workplace cultures, Ron shares powerful lessons from Apple, Target, and JCPenney as a sought-after speaker and storyteller. His upcoming book, Shop Different, will be published by Harper Business in 2026.
Dr. Margie Warrell
A bestselling author, leadership advisor and keynote speaker, Dr. Margie Warrell is a ‘courage strategist’–Igniting bolder action for better outcomes in individuals, teams and organizations. Drawing on her experience as a Senior Partner at Korn Ferry, prior roles with BP and KPMG, and decades of global consulting, Margie has truly “walked the talk.” From humble roots in rural Australia to Fortune 500 executive teams and international stages across over 30+ countries, she brings rare credibility and a globally grounded perspective to addressing the toughest challenges leaders face today. Trusted for her ability to turn insight into action, she helps close the gap between knowing what to do and having the courage to do it.
Zack Kass
Zack Kass is a global AI advisor and the former Head of Go-to-Market at OpenAI, where he built the company’s sales, solutions, and partnerships teams. Today, he advises Fortune 1000 companies and governments on how to lead in an AI-driven world and collaborates with the University of Virginia to explore AI’s socio-economic impacts. His new book, The Next RenAIssance: AI and the Expansion of Human Potential, is available for pre-order now and will be published on January 13, 2026. Through his work, Zack’s mission is to demystify AI and build a brighter future.
Dr. JP Pawliw
Dr. JP Pawliw is a respected and award-winning visionary when it comes to building high-performing teams and cultures, and co-author of the New York Times bestseller, Performing Under Pressure. His work with leaders from Fortune 100 companies, U.S. Marines, Olympic athletes, NBA, and NFL teams has provided him with considerable opportunities to test his science-based tools in environments of high pressure.
Bill Benjamin
Bill Benjamin has a degree in Mathematics and takes a very practical and inspiring approach to the topics of Last 8% Culture, leadership, and emotional Intelligence. He contributed to the New York Times bestseller, Performing Under Pressure. He has worked with discerning audiences including the U.S. Marines, NASA engineers and Surgeons, as well as leadership teams at Amazon, the Federal Reserve and Microsoft.
Tiffani Bova
Tiffani Bova is a growth, innovation, and sales transformation keynote speaker, who is also a two-time Wall Street Journal bestselling author and highly rated podcast host of What’s Next! with Tiffani Bova. As a top business speaker, she has delivered more than 1,000 keynotes on six continents, helping thousands of companies respond to changing market dynamics while developing a customer-centric go-to-market approach.
James Clear
James Clear is a top personal development keynote speaker and the author of the #1 New York Times Bestseller Atomic Habits, which has sold over 25 million copies worldwide and was the #1 bestselling book of the year on Amazon in 2023 and 2021. His thought leadership regularly appears in the New York Times, Entrepreneur, Business Insider, Medium, and Time. He is a regular guest on CBS This Morning and a MasterClass instructor. His entertaining talks teach audiences about small habits, decision-making, and continuous improvement.
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