Inspire. Educate. Entertain.
- A great keynote presentation is inspirational, entertaining and educational.
- A great keynote speech creates an immediate buzz and affects your team’s actions when they return to work.
- A great keynote speaker helps your team reach it’s summit.
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I have nearly 30 years of experience guiding people to the top (Everest, K2, Kilimanjaro: nearly 200 international mountaineering expeditions). I’ve given keynote speeches to teams trying to ignite sales, overcome challenges, explore new ideas, heal from tragedy and celebrate successes. I’ve given keynote presentations to thousands of CEOs, senior executives, sales teams, Fortune 500 companies, MBA classes, counter terrorism experts, military officers, nurses, pilots and entrepreneurs. I know how to inspire, educate and entertain.
Navigating through crevasses on K2
Entertainment: A great keynote speech has the audience on the edge of their seats. I specialize in multi-media presentations, recounting my most epic mountaineering expeditions to Everest and K2. The stories and imagery are riveting: with climbers falling through the air, being swept away by avalanches, plunging into icy crevasses, holding climbers as they breathe their last breaths, huddling on tiny ledges as blizzards rage, rescuing stranded partners and reaching wind swept summits. As an author and Emmy Nominated film maker, I use my story telling skills and dramatic HD footage, to help the audience feel the pain, gasp at the scenery and marvel at the heroism of some while becoming angered by the narcissism of others.
Climbing above Camp3 on K2
Inspiration: The conflicts of good vs. evil, man vs. the improbable goal, selfishness vs. sacrifice, and more, are so powerfully illustrated that the audience “gets it” without being pandered to. The mountaineering expedition becomes a metaphor for the workplace, with the themes of passion, vision, partnership and perseverance inspiring all of us to perform at a higher level.
Watching the sunset from the summit of K2
Education: I use gripping stories to open the minds of the audience so the learning can begin. Now that I have the audience open to the need to grow, I make the transference from the mountaineering challenge to the business challenge. A true strength of my keynote presentations is the ability to transfer the lessons of these extreme adventures to the challenges we all face. Unlike most adventurers on the speaking circuit, I am the founder and owner of a fast growth company, with 200 employees, serving more than 600,000 customers every year. My real life experiences as a successful entrepreneur, mountaineering guide and leadership educator provide the audience with practical solutions to everyday (and epic) problems.
It would be an honor to share these amazing stories, and what they can teach all of us, with your team. email me
