🔥 If your 2026 agenda needs pioneers (not placeholders), meet Gaby Natale.

Because "innovation" isn't a department. It's a decision—to see what everyone else missed and build what doesn't exist yet.

Gaby Natale is a triple Emmy-winning journalist, bestselling author, and keynote speaker who's made a career out of awakening the Pioneer Spirit in people and organizations. She's also a breast cancer survivor and a Susan G. Komen Ambassador, using her story to advocate for awareness and early detection. 🎗️

Here's what you'll steal and use immediately:

✅ The Virtuous Circle — 7 archetypes pioneers cycle through (Dreamer → Architect → Maker → Apprentice → Warrior → Champion → Leader).

✅ The 3 things all pioneers share: permission to dream, enthusiasm as fuel, and purpose that makes others better.

✅ Stop modeling. Start seeing. Your edge is your point of view—before you have "proof."

✅ The Santana mindset: You already are what you're becoming. The world just hasn't caught up yet.

WHY EVENT PROS SHOULD CARE: This isn't a "follow your dreams" keynote. It's a repeatable framework for teams that need courage, momentum, and a way to execute when the path isn't obvious.

BONUS: After treatment-induced menopause, Gaby Natale built menopausia.com, a bilingual menopause platform to help women across the globe. Because pioneers don't wait for resources… they create them.

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💬 If "communication" is your 2026 theme, Sarita Maybin is the cheat code.

Because most teams don't have a strategy problem. They have a tone problem.

In today's episode, Sarita breaks down how to say the hard thing without making it weird—or starting a slow-motion workplace fire.

Here's what you'll steal and use immediately:

✅ The Kindness Check — "please" + "thank you" aren't manners. They're leadership tools.

✅ Clear, not cruel — "Say what you mean, mean what you say… but don't say it mean."

✅ The "I noticed/I'm wondering" swap — clarity without blame.

✅ When feedback stings — don't defend first. Ask: "Can you elaborate?"

✅ Culture fix in 4 words — "I need your help…" (watch defensiveness drop.)

🎙️Why event & meeting planners should care: this is a keynote that gives your audience language—not vibes. The kind of practical phrases that show up the very next day in emails, 1:1s, and leadership conversations.

🎤 Bring keynote speaker Sarita Maybin to your stage (Communication, Culture, Leadership).

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🪄 What happens when a magician and 2x Pro Bowl NFL player teaches resilience without the usual clichés?

Jon Dorenbos has lived through the kind of adversity most people can’t imagine—and turned it into a keynote that’s equal parts belly-laughs + gut-check + standing-ovation energy.

In today's episode, Jon and I get into the real stuff:

👉 Talk to yourself. Don’t just listen. Write the script you want your brain to run.
👉 Find peace on purpose. Jon’s “ritual” is shuffling cards—your team’s might be something else… but the principle holds.
👉 Forgiveness isn’t approval. It’s freedom.
👉 Authenticity wins. Stop performing “leadership.” Start practicing it.
👉 Wear the next hat. Change isn’t a threat—it’s the assignment.

🎙️ Listen now and find out why this delivers impact for event & meeting planners:

✅ A mainstage that holds the room (entertainment + meaning, not fluff)
✅ Perfect for: resilience, change, culture, performance under pressure, sales kickoffs, leadership resets
✅ Actionable mindset tools people can use the same day (not “take a deep breath” advice)
✅ A story audiences feel—then a framework they can repeat

🎤 Book the keynote that makes “resilience” feel real from Jon Dorenbos

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Most "champions" talks are highlight reels. 🏆 This one gets into what your team does when the cameras are off.

Keynote speaker Ross Bernstein has spent his career studying the habits, rituals, and mindsets of the world's greatest athletes and teams. He knows why some rosters become champions while others stay talented and average.

In this episode, Ross and I talk about the real DNA of winning: the unseen work, the uncomfortable feedback, and the tiny decisions that separate contenders from champions.

Why this delivers impact for event & meeting planners:

✅ Champion Habits, Not Hype – How elite performers build boring, repeatable habits that your sales, service, and leadership teams can steal

✅ Behind the Trophies – Tom Brady, Magic Johnson, and others: what actually shows up in practice, not just on posters

✅ Doors, Not Dead Ends – A fresh way to frame setbacks so your people push through, not tap out

✅ Feedback as a Competitive Edge – Turning criticism into "room for improvement" instead of resentment

✅ Humility Over Hero Ball – Why being coachable, kind, and easy to work with matters more than being the star

✅ From Locker Room to Ballroom – How Ross customizes "champion" stories so your audience leaves with plays they can run on Monday

🎙️ Listen now to hear how Ross turns locker-room stories into a practical framework any team can use to think, act, and deliver like champions:

🏆 Bring a champion-maker to your mainstage. View Ross Bernstein's full profile, topics, and videos here.

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"Teamwork" talks can be trust falls and buzzwords. But this one?

This one was recorded by someone who's actually landed jets on a moving ship. At night.

🎖️ Combat-decorated Navy fighter pilot and leadership keynote speaker Jack Becker joins me to break down what real collaboration looks like when failure isn't a bad quarter but it's a fireball on the horizon. From life in the cockpit to life on your org chart, Jack shows how elite teams protect each other's blind spots, fix small errors fast, and keep performing when the seas get rough.

🎙️ Listen to the full conversation with Jack Becker to learn more on how he delivers impact for event pros:

✅ Team Sport, Even in a Solo Seat – Why even "lone" roles (pilots, executives, top producers) rely on a cast of dozens. And what that means for how you staff, support, and measure your highest-visibility people.

✅ Built-In Backup Culture – How to build cultures where colleagues are expected to speak up, catch drift early, and protect each other's blind spots without triggering defensiveness.

✅ Debrief or Repeat It – Fighter-squadron-style debriefing you can steal for your events and projects so you stop reliving the same avoidable issues, year after year.

✅ Ego + Vulnerability = Trust – What happens when teams are confident and honest about mistakes. And how leaders can model that balance so people feel safe telling the truth.

✅ Everyone Has a Voice, Not Just the Rank – Lessons from aviation and healthcare on flattening communication so the quietest person in the room can still prevent the biggest mistake.

✅ Training for Rough Seas – Why your real competitive edge isn't perfection, it's how your team responds when the carrier deck (or market) suddenly turns choppy. And how to build that muscle on purpose.

🎤 Want Jack Becker on your 2026 agenda? View his full profile here.

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Your audience isn’t craving more content.

They’re craving a story that feels like it’s about them.

Hall of Fame speaker and brand guru Bruce Turkel breaks down why the right story, told the right way, is still the most powerful business tool you own. From harmonicas to high-stakes keynotes, Bruce shares how to turn personal moments into universal messages your audiences can’t stop talking about.

Why this delivers impact for event professionals:

✅ Story as Human Technology – Why storytelling is the original operating system for connection, trust, and action (not just a “nice-to-have” on your agenda).

✅ Tell Their Story, Not Yours – How to turn your experiences into universal truths your audience sees themselves in—so they remember the message and move on it.

✅ “Valuable” vs. “Value” Speakers – The difference between booking a famous name and booking a session people quote in meetings six months later.

✅ Audience-First Event Design – Practical ways to align what the company wants with what attendees actually crave—so no one feels sold to, they feel spoken for.

✅ Risk Is the New Engagement – How bold questions, interaction, and participation transform keynotes from passive content into can’t-look-away experiences.

✅ Music, Meaning & Memory – Bruce’s use of music as a creative twist that helps audiences feel the story, not just hear it—and leave with a real sense of accomplishment.

🎙️ Listen now to hear how Bruce turns stories into strategic assets for your brand, your events, and your people:

🎤 Want story at the center of your next agenda? View Bruce Turkel’s full profile, topics, and videos here

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What if the most powerful performance tool on your agenda is two simple words of gratitude? “Thank you.”

Transformational keynote speaker Chris Schembra has spent years helping leaders turn gratitude into a strategy.

Instead of more talk about perks and performance metrics, this episode goes straight to the human side of leadership: chosen surrender, connection, and the art of practicing gratitude on purpose.

In today’s podcast, Chris unpacks how gratitude can reset burnt-out teams, deepen trust, and create the kind of culture people don’t want to leave. It’s part mindset shift, part playbook for designing more human workplaces and events.

Why this delivers impact for event professionals (and all listeners):

✅ Gratitude as leadership: the simple practice that builds trust faster than bonuses
✅ “Chosen surrender”: slowing down just enough to hear what your people actually need
✅ From icebreakers to impact: questions that unlock real stories in rooms full of strangers
✅ How shared gratitude moments turn audiences into communities
✅ Practical ways to hardwire pro-social behavior into your agenda (and keep it alive after)

💡 Programming a human-connection or culture block at your next event?

🎤 Learn more about Chris Schembra in his keynote speaker profile.
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As we near the 25th anniversary of 9/11, Lt. Col. Robert J. Darling, USMC (Ret.) shares how he dealt with this crisis, taking us inside the White House bunker that day—with playbooks any leader can use.

🇺🇸 It was the day a country became a neighborhood. It’s a conversation about unity under pressure, calm in chaos, and how to turn hard days into durable readiness.

🇺🇸 American resilience, up close. The day a country of millions behaved like a neighborhood—and why that spirit still scales.

✈️ From Beirut ’83 to the Marines. How crisis shapes calling—and the mindset it takes to serve when it counts.
💼 Inside the White House bunker. Minute-by-minute decisions on 9/11; translating uncertainty into decisive action.
📞 Crisis communication that works. “Known / Unknown / Next” to align teams when facts are incomplete.
🗂️ Preparedness beats hindsight. Practical plans for organizations and families—before the next hard day.
🔧 Flash Emergency Management. Robert’s new venture to help businesses build resilience and continuity—so operations bend, not break.
🤝 Enduring values. Unity, service, and showing up for each other—beyond headlines or politics.

Agendas call for leadership under pressure, crisis readiness, or culture that holds when things get loud. If you want yours anchored in the spirit of unity, Robert will exceed the bar.

🎙️ Listen now and hear how Robert turns a once-in-a-generation crisis into frameworks any leader can use right away.

🎤 Check out Robert’s profile here: thekeynotecurators.com/speaker/book-robert-j-darling/
The dates everyone wants will go first. Get your hold in before Robert’s calendar fills up. DM me with your date, city, audience, and goals to get started.

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