speakers - Big Idea Speakers

Mariana Atencio

5 December 2023

Robert Adams

No comments

Categories: speakers

Mariana Atencio is on a mission to help people supercharge their careers, their workplace cultures, and their happiness by embracing the power of authenticity. Coming to America from Venezuela as a young girl, Mariana learned first-hand how feeling self-conscious about being different kept her from engaging. After graduating Columbia University, Mariana wanted to take that experience into her journalism career and tell stories that build bridges and foster understanding. She became a national news anchor and correspondent, earning a Peabody Award for reporting which took her from Haiti to Hong Kong to the Syrian border. The success of her TEDx talk, “What Makes YOU Special?”, viewed over 23 million times, catapulted Mariana into a new storytelling outlet: speaking. Her first book, Perfectly You: Embracing the Power of Being Real, is a bestselling call to action to unleash the magic of personal and professional authenticity to find purpose and break barriers. Currently head of her own media production company, Mariana pursues stories that capture her curiosity. She also continues to deliver inspiring keynotes and moderate/host at major events.

Mariana’s talks are ideal for groups looking for the following topics: The Power Of Authenticity • Inspiration & Motivation • What Makes You Unique? Increasing Engagement • Embracing Change • Leadership/Teamwork/Resilience • Empathy & Understanding • Belonging & Inclusivity Breaking Stereotypes • Building Community & Trust • Hispanic/Latinx Heritage Women’s Empowerment • Moderating/Hosting • Inspiring/Mentoring Others

Videos

Mariana Atencio Intro Sizzle Reel!

On Leadership:

HOSTING/MODERATING REEL:

MARIANA’S FULL TEDx TALK:

Speech Topics

THE POWER OF BEING PERFECTLY YOU

It’s a fact: People are at their best – at work and in life – when they feel like they can be themselves. They’re more confident in the face of change and uncertainty, more engaged and resilient, and have a greater sense of purpose and well-being. But fear can sometimes keep us from being real. In this presentation, Mariana Atencio brings her energy, humor, and skillful storytelling to inspire people to embrace their authenticity and unleash the power that comes with being themselves. Being “Perfectly You” builds trust and connection – it attracts people like a magnet because authenticity stands out in a world of algorithms and A.I. content. Mariana’s unique personal story and infectious optimism energizes people with the courage to fully engage, adapt to constant change, and reach new levels of fulfillment at work and in life.

Sample takeaways:
• Unlock the secret of being our real selves, especially at work.
• How to discover and harness the traits that make you “Perfectly You.”
• Navigate change confidently. Increase your personal fulfillment and sense of purpose.
• Why being vulnerable and leading with empathy inspires others, builds trust, and creates more meaningful relationships.
• 5 steps authentic leaders use to cultivate transformation and innovation and enhance resilience in the face of change.
• Help leaders create a culture of authenticity that spurs engagement, connection, collaboration, and performance.

COMMUNICATING CONFIDENTLY – CUT THROUGH THE NOISE AND GET HEARD
(POST-KEYNOTE BREAKOUT OR SEPARATE KEYNOTE – (45-90 Minutes))

For everyone in business, delivering a message efficiently – internally and in different media – has gotten infinitely more complex in the age of AI. This interactive presentation will help attendees sharpen their communication skills. Mariana equips leaders – from entry level to the C-Suite – with practical tools and tested principles to speak confidently, authentically, and effectively, whether it’s for client meetings, internal communications, Zoom, an important presentation, a traditional media interview, a digital clip and/or a conference stage. Mariana will share tips that took her more than a decade of television and social media experience to learn, working at two of the world’s biggest news networks, in Spanish and English.

Sample takeaways:
• Learn to distill your main message so it resonates across all platforms.
• Practical tips and pro tricks for in-person and virtual presentations.
• Master the power of persuasion in an era of fleeting attention spans.
• Better storytelling to create connection and leave a lasting impact.
• Establish credibility and build trust in an era of misinformation.
• How to navigate real-time interview scenarios with confidence.

MODERATING/INTERVIEWING/HOSTING
With experience as a national network news anchor and reporter, Mariana brings warmth and intelligence to each hosting, moderating, and interviewing assignment. Mariana’s curiosity and poise help her get the most out of those on stage with her.

The breadth of Mariana’s experience speaks to her versatility. She’s moderated conversations on embracing a mindset for change at Microsoft, on the rights of women in Iran, on gender inequality at Foreign Policy magazine’s HERPower summit, on media representation at the Paley Center for Media, on financial literacy at Nasdaq, on building a personal and professional brand at Columbia University, a panel on geopolitics and economics at Citi Private Bank’s autumn dialogues with three heads of state from Latin America, a session at the United Nations General Assembly meeting on global healthcare inequity, plus the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, PepsiCo, JP Morgan, Accenture, Spotify, Google, YouTube, Clorox, AT&T, Spectrum, and more.

BIOGRAPHY:

Navigating change and uncertainty in life is hard. It’s even harder when you’re not confident about who you are. Coming to America from Venezuela as a young girl, Mariana Atencio felt self-conscious about being different. She recounted her struggles to fit in and adapt to her new life in a TED talk that captured the hearts of tens of millions. Mariana’s message: What makes you different is what makes you special – unleash your potential by embracing your authenticity.

Mariana took that lesson into her journalism career as a national news anchor and network reporter. A born storyteller, Mariana worked to build bridges and understanding – reporting with her unique perspective from all over the globe, earning accolades and a prestigious Peabody Award along the way. Mariana’s bestselling book, Perfectly You: Embracing the Power of Being Real, inspires people to leverage their personal and professional authenticity to supercharge their relationships, careers, workplace cultures, and happiness. Mariana continues to pursue stories that capture her curiosity as head of her own media production company. She also elevates the impact of events through her powerful keynotes and skillful moderating, and hosting.

THE BOOK

“Mariana provided some wonderful lessons and insights into her journey and how each of us can celebrate and share what makes us different. It was a fantastic opportunity for our employees to be inspired and to learn more.”

– Director, Global Executive & Employee Communications, Microsoft

“Mariana was powerful on stage, engaging, thought provoking and the perfect speaker for our flagship global annual conference held in Miami. She was such a pleasure to work with that she ended up interviewing and moderating two very critical panels for the agenda. Mariana’s experience and professionalism will make any company that chooses to work with her look great.”

– Director, Marketing & Communications Head, Citi Private Bank

“In a time when dramatic change has brought about immense uncertainty, Mariana’s C.O.N.T.R.O.L. framework provides tangible guidance on how to move forward with intention to build a life that honors our unique purpose. This complete framework helps you evaluate your life with clarity, empower yourself to break through ruts, and make meaningful progress. It’s a true gift to be able to share this framework with our employees.”

– Director of Practice Management & Co-Founder of Latinos @SAP Concur

“Given the uncertainty of the post-pandemic world, you and your organization are in the best hands by hiring Mariana and her GoLike team. We have booked Mariana for motivational keynotes aimed at employees, voice-over work, community programs, and social media campaigns and she has over delivered every time. Her creativity and attention to detail will make your brand stand out in a unique way! She is very dynamic and great at keeping the audience engaged.”

– Senior Manager, Ford Motor Company

“Mariana Atencio brought such energy and honesty to our company-wide event. Mariana’s authenticity allows her to connect with others almost immediately. Thank you for providing us with the tools to be resilient and proud of what makes us Perfectly Unique!”

– Director, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Rapid7

“For the last two years, Mariana has been the host of AT&T’s annual Hispanic Heritage Month events, celebrating employees’ authenticity and contributions toward the customers and communities we proudly serve. Mariana brings employees’ stories to life through her unique engagement and connection with our teams while creating a welcoming, energetic, and memorable atmosphere. Her dynamic stage presence, storytelling, and facilitation skills have positively impacted our events and attendees. We appreciate her commitment to amplifying our brand’s values as well as her partnership and collaboration in delivering unique experiences that support our mission of connecting people to greater possibilities!”

– Chief Strategy and Development Officer, AT&T Inc.

“Mariana’s authentic, relatable, engaging style enabled her to immediately connect with our audience. Through a series of stories, she shared uplifting, relevant, and empowering learnings that all of us can embrace as leaders.”

– VP, Google Cloud Consulting

Dr. David Martin

21 November 2023

Robert Adams

No comments

Categories: speakers

Dr. David Martin’s background is as varied as they come. From finance, academia, media, consulting, medicine, to research, business creation, economics and advisory, his C.V. is as long and impressive as it is diverse, with a gravitas that is almost unparalleled and that few can replicate. In short, there is no one quite like Dr. David Martin. How many keynote speakers have on their resumes that they’ve advised governments on mining and trade policy, to now creating documentary films, podcasting, and most recently, starting up an energy company that focuses on eco friendly and sustainable solutions for the hydrocarbon industry? Not many. None in fact.

On the surface, it would have seemed easy to know what David Martin is about – he was often on CNBC prior to 2020, since he created their CNBC IQ100 index powered by M-CAM, his company; (The IQ100 is a quantitative index of America’s top 100 Innovative companies), and he appeared regularly on the network giving business and economic commentary; so the assumption that he was “strictly business” would be a natural one. But that would be an incorrect and very incomplete assessment.

Since 2020, Dr. Martin has become well known to a far wider audience, because he asks the dangerous questions and treads where others wouldn’t dare, about what we’ve all experienced over the past few years. But it’s more than that – he shares his suspicions that something more profound has happened to America: He asks out loud if the social contract with the people has been breached, and how that was even possible: So – Is American history instructive here? Could it be that the leaders of business, politics, medicine, government and education throughout the evolution of the United States, brought us to this point in time? What happened? What was the bump in the road that made the unimaginable past few years a reality?

And now, David asks, do we have a chance now to re-make the country and create the future in ways we’d never imagined? David says you bet we do, but it’s not about paying down the national debt or voting for this or that party – it’s about how we reclaim our humanity in a world obsessed with anything but.

Videos

Late Feb 2024:

November 2023 Dr. David Martin with Russell Brand:

Speech Topic

Putting The Human Back Into Humanity

As described in a talk David recently gave, “Never in our lives have things been so uncertain. Truth is almost impossible to ascertain, artificial intelligence is blurring reality, our country is rapidly fraying, extraordinary forces are trying to convince us that fragmentation is more desirable than coherence and, at the same time, giant changes… are underway.”

With so many societal and technological changes happening at speeds never before seen, this keynote presentation leaves audiences with not just the awareness of what is to come, but also, how to stay human through all of it. However, the ability to stay innately human will depend greatly on the level of knowledge and understanding of these powerful forces set upon us, and that takes work, research, and yes – inner transformation. Because tumultuous exterior forces have been unleased, they will test even the best among us to stay human, to stay compassionate, and to help our fellow humans to survive the most anti-human agendas most of us have ever seen, put forth by globalist machinations that no one voted or asked for.

Finally, this talk sheds light on the fact that none of this happened in a vacuum. David suggests that it could well be that the political, industrial and social history of America actually led us down a path that made what feels so dystopian today, so very possible. But this has also given us the chance to forge a new path, and this brings hope – because now that we see the structures behind the curtains (and who is profiting from them), then we can do the work to create a better future not just for America, but for the world.

BIOGRAPHY:

Dr. David Martin is found and chairman of M-CAM International and most recently, RASA Energy, and is a Batten Fellow at the University of Virginia’s Darden Graduate School of Business Administration. His experience includes founding the first medical device clinical trial center at UVA, while on their medical school faculty, in radiology and orthopedic surgery.

His work with the global investigation of biological and chemical weapons was initially done 20 years ago through his company Mosaic Technologies Inc., but he carries on his investigations of these biological weapons to this day on his own accord. (At Mosaic, he led numerous “defense to civilian” technology transfer programs, with the worlds largest companies and countries.) His work includes publications and academic appointments in medicine, law, economics, and government. In addition to this work, Dr. Martin has closely advised innovation-based finance and investment programs in India, Bermuda, Brazil, China, Denmark, the European Union, the United Kingdom, South Africa, the Islamic Republic of Iran, the United States, Mongolia, Egypt, Ecuador, Singapore, Germany, Slovenia, Vietnam, and the United Arab Emirates. He has served as the Constitutional and Economic advisor to the Autonomy Committee of East New Britain and New Ireland, Papua New Guinea and has worked with ethical trade frameworks for the Kingdom of Tonga, the Independent State of Samoa, Fiji, and Papua New Guinea.

His firm, M-CAM, was responsible for leading investigations and supporting prosecution of some of the largest financial frauds in the history of the USA, as a contractor for the US Department of the Treasury. His C.V. boasts founding companies, appointed directorships, and advisory positions too numerous to list here. His most recent company that he is both the founder and CEO of, is called “RASA”, whose goal it is to provide “Environmental Solutions For the Hydrocarbon Industry”, with clean, eco friendly solutions for recycling, as well as providing an amazingly green and sustainable reagent for the oil sands energy sector.

David also has recently started his own media company, having both produced and appeared in numerous documentaries about the world, pre-and post 2020. As a keynote speaker, he has spoken to groups of all kinds, such as investment firms, parliamentary committees, associations, and more. To learn more just click here.

The Book

Mark Fisher

10 November 2023

Robert Adams

No comments

Categories: speakers

Mark Fisher is the former BLM Rhode Island Chapter Co-Founder, & now, he is the Founder and executive director of BLM Inc, which is “…A pro-entrepreneurship education and financial empowerment non-profit company for African Americans and their communities”, based in Maryland. He is also an author, entrepreneur, motivational speaker, and a former community organizer. He’s also the founding partner of “The Black Block” in which his team has bought an entire business block in downtown Pawtucket and dedicated it to supporting and elevating black-owned businesses in Rhode Island. This project also includes extremely affordable housing for people who are going through challenging times.

Mark was born and raised in a tough neighborhood, and like so many growing up in poverty, he had begun to travel a familiar road that doesn’t end well for so many. While this was just one of many challenges he overcame, though so many of the kids he grew up with didn’t make it past their obstacles, Mark did. He started out in life going quickly down a felonious wrong path as a wayward youth, heading toward a life of criminality, but he turned his life around with the help of family and his faith in the Lord. (As the son of a pastor perhaps it was fate that he graduated from Bible college in his mid 30’s, with a double major bachelor’s degree and making the Dean’s List!) And so now, he is dedicated to helping others realize no matter where they are in their journey, they can turn their lives around too.

While many may think that Mark, by way of being of “BLM”, might be somehow partisan – he really isn’t. He is an original and analytical thinker with a mind of his own, who wants what is best for everyone in America at large, and for their communities locally. His message is one of unity, of coming together to help unify a fractured country. In fact, Mark participates in weekly prayer session of the J6 “Political” prisoners, seeing them as equally oppressed and victimized as any marginalized group. As he once said in an interview about the J6 prisoners: “”They’re lambs led to slaughter, to be sacrificed as an example for all who might want to dissent in the future,” and “This is what the government does to those who express independent thought and want to stand up for what they believe.”

One of Mark’s greatest and most people-empowering projects was the creation of the first-ever African-American Library in New England called “The African American Innovation Center” to help youths not just to believe in their dreams, but also, to acquire the work skills to achieve them. He’s most proud of this particular initiative, as it teaches coding to people from the inner-city, who get paid $300 a month to learn, and then graduate from the program with the job skills to be able to earn a $50,000 annual salary. Mark has been featured recently in a number of different media outlets and podcasts, as well as having made numerous appearances on MSM outlets like NBC, ABC, and CBS affiliates, as well being interviewed by The Epoch Times and profiled by the Boston Globe – everyone likes to hear his message of hope and empowerment, as well as how the country needs to vote in order for the African-American community to continue to move forward. His answers might surprise some, which is why Mark is such an important keynote speaker for this new era.

Videos

Speech Topics

The Participation Effect

In this highly motivational and inspirational keynote presentation, Mark tells his story of coming back from the dangerous path that he was on, and how he overcame the challenges that were put in front of him. He loves to talk to students and educators alike, to help them realize that the way to improve and change one’s life is through utilizing what he calls “The Participation Effect”…

BIOGRAPHY

Coming Soon

Matt Hoy

8 November 2023

Robert Adams

No comments

Categories: speakers

Former vocalist for UB40 (Featuring Ali Campbell)

Matt Hoy was born and raised in Birmingham, UK and he’s been a musician all his life. In the 80’s when the band UB40 attained major success with a number of hits, he of course was in awe of them – because they too are from Birmingham, UK and they’d become known as “The Beatles of Birmingham” amongst the locals. So, it was like a dream come true when, in 2010, Matt joined the latest iteration of the band, and toured with them for almost 12 years, where he had the pleasure of singing “Red Red Wine” nearly every night to sold out venues around the world.

But in 2021, Matt Hoy was rather unjustly dismissed from the job he loved simply for not having the Covid-19 vaccine, (even though the band and management company knew he was unable to receive it) due to a medical condition! Sadly, They’d made it mandatory for all members of the band to be injected, while completely ignoring the Disability section of the UK’s Equality Act, and they also ignored Matt’s individual medical reasons for not partaking. Undaunted, this hasn’t slowed Matt down at all. He continues to perform as a solo artist and now, he speaks wherever he can to tell his story of what happened, and what we can all do to make sure that what happened to him, never happens again… to anyone.

Since being forced to leave the band (via text message, no less), Matt has made it his life’s mission to make people aware of the dangers vaccination, and also the very real impacts it has had on people’s lives, since so many were forced to abandon careers in the same way Matt was. His empathy especially goes out to all the home and health care workers, nurses, doctors, pharmacists, and medical staff who stood their ground and not only said no to it, but also and more importantly, refused to administer it, on an unsuspecting population.

Videos

Speech Topics

Matt’s keynote is a clarion call for everyone to stand up and Just Say No, and to fight injustice and medical tyranny wherever they see it. He also talks about the very real mental health impacts the past 3 years have had on himself, his family, and others – and how he made it through. It’s as much a talk on resiliency as it is on having the wherewithal to stand up for your rights. Also, Matt will perform a few songs after he speaks, so everyone leaves energized and feeling great!

Biography Music

Matt says: “I have a passion for music, that is the same as my passion for life.

Live it, Breathe it, Share it, and Love it…

Matt’s music would best be described as R&B with a generous splash of Reggae; he loves the old school vibes and rhythms that contain relevant and timeless messages, like truth, peace and understanding.

Matt’s musical influences have been heavily influenced by 80’s and 90’s R&B: From the artists, to the producers, and many of the musicians… he loved to mimic singers such as Freddie Jackson, Luther Vandross, Bobby Brown, Alexander O’Neal, drawn in by the songwriting and production of Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, BabyFace and Teddy Riley – which is why he has the amazing voice and musical style he has today.

It was in some way inevitable that his natural conception of original music would lean heavily towards his overwhelming love for R&B. And, with that in mind, the last almost 12 years had seen him travel around the world many times over, as a vocalist with UB40 featuring Ali Campbell & Astro.

His indoctrination into the world of Reggae music has been nothing short of amazing. Discovering the different styles of reggae, (being educated in it by the likes Ali Campbell) has given him a deep appreciation of it’s roots and soul. Which then lead to his inevitable correlation of the two styles.

His style within music stems from an overwhelming love for R&B music and a crash course in Reggae, which is still ongoing to this day.

Over the years, people would ask Matt frequently, when I was going to record my own album? So in 2018 he submitted to the fan requests(!), writing his debut solo album entitled “TOUCH” The lead track from which, a song called “Happy” went on to win Matt a World Songwriting Award in the fall of 2019.

His new album, “STRONG” is a journey through different emotions, from strength and positivity, love and sensitivity, to abuse and loss. Each song is a passage into a personal experience, whose main message is one of hope and dreams for the future. Matt 100% guarantees there is something for everyone on that album. It has already spawned three number one singles on the Heritage chart, with title track Strong plus Wonderland and Malibu. Strong and Wonderland were also considered for Grammy nominations.

Finally, Matt has worked and performed with some amazing musicians over the years:

Patricia Lacy and Andrea Macklin, members of the three time Grammy Award winning group the Sounds Of Blackness. Walter Chancellor Jnr, Saxophonist with the incredible Prince and The New Power Generation, also Dessy Di Lauro, Ric’Key Pageot, In10sive, Janine Dyer and Major Popular.

Chef Andrew Gruel

16 October 2023

Robert Adams

No comments

Categories: speakers

Chef Andrew Gruel is one of America’s most popular and beloved celebrity chefs. In fact, he’s been dubbed as “America’s Chef”, not just for his media and TV appearances or for his innovative culinary creativity, but because he’s a chef of the people and for the people. Reason Magazine had said “Chef Andrew Gruel just might be the patron saint of restaurateurs, small-business owners, and service workers during the pandemic.” And why would they say that? Because when the lockdowns happened in 2020 and the government forced so many restaurants to shut down, Chef Andrew Gruel started a fund in December 2020 to raise money for out-of-work restaurant workers, raising over $230,000 in the first three weeks alone. The fund, called 86 Restaurant Struggle, raised over Half A MILLION DOLLARS for the displaced and out of work restaurant employees that found themselves without a job, during the holiday season, no less. It is also worth mentioning that Chef Gruel via his one of his many restaurants, gave away thousands of free meals during that time – either as an outright free meal, or in food giveaways and charitable donations. Andrew was very outspoken at the time, because regulations that closed restaurants came well before help from the government was available, leaving restaurant workers across the state with no way to earn an income. For those who worked paycheck to paycheck, it was a very trying time, and Andrew had to help.

Helping out workers isn’t the only cause our Celebrity Chef Speaker Andrew Gruel is involved in. As an environmentalist, he loves to discuss how aquaculture is beneficial for fish stocks, and how oceanic aquaculture is good for the environment and the surrounding communities that work in aquaculture, the jobs it brings and the sustainable, healthy food it provides; in fact, Chef Gruel has consulted with governments around the world about sustainable aquaculture; but beyond that, beyond helping struggling workers or improving the environment – beyond all that, at heart, Andrew’s passion is for his family and for his community, his country, and of course – for cooking up amazing food for his restaurant patrons and for TV audiences.

Andrew’s latest project is “American Gravy”, a new show that is about much more than just food. Check the “Sizzle” reel in the video section for more.

Videos

Speech Topics

American Gravy

Andrew believes that communities coming together over an amazing meal can help bridge a divided country – and he calls this coming together, this spirit of gathering for a meal – he calls it: “American Gravy”. American Gravy is not just the name of his newest company, it is the name of this keynote presentation as well. This talk, which encompasses food, politics, business, freedom and resiliency, helps to restore what it means to be not just an American, but to be human, too. It is a talk that will inspire you to cook, to serve others, and to gather with others, and to put politics aside – and to hopefully come together in ways we simply no longer do. It is a talk that will raise the spirit, whet your appetite and uplift the spirit of America and audiences around the world, too.

Andrew describes American Gravy like this: “Food is the center of my life, which I why I ended up in this field, and it weaves into the community element. Everything that relates to our daily lives, from leadership to politics can somehow be traced back to food, both literally and metaphorically. I use food to show how easy it is to help people, give back, make people laugh, resist government overreach, and educate about the environment. But – the main ingredients in American Gravy are… having a few things in common that drive us. In my case it’s: Family, Food, Community and Humor. Especially humor. Because if we can’t laugh through all of this, then we are doing it wrong.”

OTHER TOPICS:

Business: Food and Restaurant Marketing (Great for restaurant associations, entrepreneurs and retail food industries)

Environment: With a focus on open ocean aquaculture and sustainable fishing. For broader reach, Chef Gruel can speak about sustainable food production of all kinds.

Politics: This talk will focus on state/federal regulations and more, from minimum wage for fast food workers to Franchise Agreements, and more. Chef Gruel loves to discuss government over reach when it comes to the regulatory effect on small business, and how you as either a citizen OR restaurant owner (or both) can push back.

Cooking Demo:

Of course, Chef Gruel LOVES to perform cooking demo’s live for audiences of all kinds. Corporate Christmas Parties or Festive Gala’s gain that celebrity buzz when Andrew comes to cook for your private group – there are absolutely rave reviews about how much fun it was to have Chef Gruel cook live for them; audience members get to help out, and everyone (hopefully!) gets to try a bite of the delicacies created. It’s loads of fun for all and a great way for companies to bring their teams together – for any reason.

BIOGRAPHY

Andrew Gruel, a graduate of Johnson & Wales University, is a food entrepreneur and media personality. He is is currently CEO and founder of American Gravy Restaurant Group, which comprises Calico Fishhouse, Big Parm Pizza, Two Birds Chicken, Butterleaf, Lolo’s Tacos, and 101 Burger. He was the founder of Slapfish Restaurant Group (27 locations) — the award-winning food truck turned international brick and mortar — based in Huntington Beach, CA.

Andrew has appeared on multiple television series, including his most recent role as a judge on Food Network’s ‘Chopped Junior’ with Megan Markle. He was the Host of FYI Series ‘Say It To My Face,’ as well as a judge on Food Network’s ‘Food Truck Face Off.’ He has made appearances on NBC’s TODAY, Fox News, CNN, NBC Nightly News, PBS, Cooking Channel, and has been featured in numerous publications including The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Men’s Health, Food & Wine magazine, USA Today, Entrepreneur, and Nation’s Restaurant News. He was named Top 25 Business Executives for Fast Casual magazine and featured in Nation’s Restaurant News’ 2017 Power List. In 2013, he was named among the top 40 under 40 entrepreneurs in Orange County. He and his wife Lauren Gruel were named Pandemic Heroes by Restaurant Business Magazine, alongside Guy Fieri and Jose Andres. Andrew is currently the co-host of The SoCal Restaurant Show on AM 830 and a regular contributor on various national news channels.

Dr. William Trebing

10 September 2023

Robert Adams

No comments

Categories: speakers

Dr. William Trebing is a board certified Chiropractic Physician with a specialty in Neurology and Radiology, based in Connecticut and South Carolina. He has been in private practice for 38 years. He is the author of the book, “Good-Bye Germ Theory,” originally published in 2000(!), explores the inconsistencies, contradictions and societal brain-washing centered around the “germ theory,” while highlighting some foundational and crucial information and facts regarding Terrain Theory. The book’s latest edition was published in 2006, but all editions are so prescient when it comes to what we are seeing today regarding coercive medical mandates, that it seems he traveled forward and back in time: Dr. Trebing saw today’s pharma-dystopia coming 20 years ago when few others did.

Dr. Trebing is an internationally renowned lecturer on the topics of spinal disc repair, disc radiography, natural health care, the fallacies of the germ theory and mandatory vaccination programs. He is also the author of the popular book, “Good-Bye Germ Theory.” (The sequel to this book is due out in 2023). He completed his undergraduate and graduate work in Biology/Chemistry and Secondary Education at both Adelphi and Brown Universities, as well as his doctorate in Chiropractic from NY Chiropractic College.

Videos

New! 2024 Full Keynote Presentation:

Speech Topics

Good-Bye Germ Theory

In this revealing keynote presentation, Dr. Trebing explores the history and the concept of germ theory, how it came about, and how, basically, it has become the guiding principle for big pharma profits. This talk centers around Germ Theory Vs. Terrain Theory, but delves by design into The U.S. constitution and yes, even your religious freedoms; he also discusses “Satanic globalists” controlling your life, and how vaccination programs have destroyed the very health of the planet. As it says on the back of his book, his speech “Attacks the actual core of medical belief” – and after listening to his talk, audiences realize that what they thought was medical fact was really just medical dogma; all stated as fact so that large drug and vaccine manufacturers can make billions of dollars. Little wonder then, says Dr. Trebing, that natural healing “modalities” and low cost medications have been eliminated in America and other parts of the world.

THE Book:

A.J. Rice

6 September 2023

Robert Adams

No comments

Categories: speakers

A.J. RICE, PUBLICIST TO THE STARS AND THE IMPRESARIO OF THE MAGA MEDIA RELEASED HIS FIRST BOOK: THE WOKING DEAD: How Society’s Vogue Virus Destroys Our Culture And it became a #1 Amazon Bestseller in 3 different categories in less than a week!

NOW he has a new book out and it’s going to be a bestseller as well, we are sure! It’s called:

The White Privilege Album: Bringing Racial Harmony to Very Fine People…on Both Sides

A comedy about race, wokeness, and cancel culture in America. A tragedy about race, wokeness, and cancel culture in America. Part satire, part journalism, part truth serum, A.J. Rice follows up his runaway #1 bestseller The Woking Dead with a hilarious sequel that picks up where the laughs left off.

It was the worst of times, it was the worse of times. In most sequels the bad guys win, but in The White Privilege Album, A.J. Rice doesn’t let them get away with it. Instead, he relentlessly mocks the hell out of the Cultural Marxists who seek to drain all liberty and joy from American lives.

The least talented people in American society have been working overtime for decades dividing citizens along any differences they think they can exploit. The laziest tactic, proven to be the most effective, is unleashing a battalion of racial grievance hustlers in the media, academia, entertainment, and politics. If we stop fighting about our differences and start unifying on what we have in common, they will lose the power to divide us permanently.

When asked what motivates his writing style, A.J. Rice says, “I was raised on both Howard Stern and Rush Limbaugh, in fact, the three of us share the same birthday. One mantra that Rush always repeated was that his job was to ‘use irreverent humor to illustrate truth’ and that is what I am trying to do with The White Privilege Album.” Mockery paired with facts is what makes a journey through the Cultural Marxist hellscape of tyranny and insanity so pleasurable.

Rice would prefer to be George Carlin, Ricky Gervais, or Mel Brooks rather than Aristotle, and it shows. His mic-dropping assault on the social justice warriors, the triggered snowflakes, and the transmafia showcases that there is no substitute for perfectly timed derision.

The White Privilege Album is a hysterical guide to the catastrophe of our modern culture.

Rice has fought behind the scenes for years, in ways you saw and heard but never understood—until now. A creative mind behind some of the nation’s most important talk radio stars and the strategist behind the America First books you love to read. Like it or not, his content has been around you in some form for decades.

He was in your favorite publications and behind some of America’s most courageous culture warriors and institutions, crafting strategy and winning the battles you care about. You’ve seen A.J. Rice’s work for years…you just never knew it.

Videos

BIOGRAPHY

A.J. Rice is CEO of Publius PR, a premier communications firm in Washington D.C. Rice is a brand manager, star-whisperer, and auteur media influencer, who has produced or promoted Laura Ingraham, Judge Jeanine Pirro, Donald Trump Jr., Monica Crowley, Mark Meadows, Senator Marsha Blackburn, Dan Bongino, Charles Krauthammer, Congressman Steve Scalise, George P. Bush, Dr. Ben Carson, Michael Savage, Congressman Michael Waltz, The Hodgetwins, Roger L. Simon, Pastor Paula White-Cain, Buck Sexton, Steve Hilton, Alan Dershowitz, Bobby Kennedy Junior, Peter Navarro, Congresswoman Lauren Boebert, Paul Manafort, Dr. Naomi Wolf, Pete Hegseth, Newt Gingrich, Victor Davis Hanson, and many others.

Rice served as the executive producer to Laura Ingraham for four years, and Monica Crowley for two years. Following that, he produced an investigative news show at The Washington Times for John Solomon for three years called America’s Morning News, and later was brought in by Glenn Beck’s team to help launch The Blaze Radio Network. Some of his current or former clients are the groups that represent the core of the conservative movement, like The Federalist Society, America First PAC, FreedomWorks, CO2 Coalition, and Gun Owners of America. In addition to running Publius PR, Rice is a columnist for over two dozen national media outlets that include Investor’s Business Daily, The Hill, Epoch Times, Newsmax, PJMedia, American Greatness, RealClearMarkets, and the Washington Examiner.

Speech Topics

Bringing Racial Harmony to America

This new topic and keynote is based on A.J.’s brand new book, The White Privilege Album, A.J. will discuss how we can stop fighting about our differences and start unifying on what we have in common, so that the powers can be can longer divide us, and how we can come together as a country – and as Americans. It’s a talk that is about the tragi-comedy of American culture, and in particular it pokes fun at the Cultural Marxists that seek to tear apart the fabric of American society. A serious keynote told with humor, fun, and takeaways on how to mend the fences.

THE GREAT AWOKENING

In this raucous, illuminating, thought provoking but extremely fun talk, A.J. takes audiences on a harrowing ride through the American cultural wokescape, where people seem only to care about race and diversity, gender, sexuality, masks and and being “Woke”: The military? Woke. The CIA? Woke. Sports? Woke. It seems every institution in America has become Woke.

A.J. explores the political dynamics of how America became so woke – how the “Pillars of the community” turned on the American culture: From big tech to the media, from big sports to defund the police and the miseducation of AOC, A.J. rips apart, at the seams, the difference in America before and during the tenure of Donald Trump, and after.

The Great Awokening keynote will help audiences make sense of the Woke culture, and A.J. will have groups laughing at the absurdity of it all at the same time.

THE NEW Book:

PRAISE FOR THE WHITE PRIVILEGE ALBUM:

“What do you mean Gen Z doesn’t know the Republican Party freed the slaves? Are these people dumb AF? They need to read A.J. Rice’s book!”

—Abraham Lincoln, American lawyer, statesman, and 16th president of the United States shot by a pre-Hollywood anti-American actor

“A.J. Rice really gets it. Obviously, I’d send him to the gulag if I could. But he outlines my plan masterfully in his new book.”

—Joseph Stalin, Soviet dictator, genocide spokesman, Pravda editor, and hater of John Wayne

“A must-read book for all Cleveland Guardians fans, A.J. Rice brilliantly outlines why I should never have discovered America, especially had I known we would be calling the Washington Redskins the ‘Washington Commanders.’”

—Christopher Columbus, Italian explorer, navigator, and founder of Indigenous Peoples’ Day

“As your newly appointed AI overlord and master, my programming consists of deplatforming, demonetizing, and shadow-banning this book. I hope that was helpful.”

—Artificial Intelligence

THE FIRST BOOK

PRAISE FOR THE WOKING DEAD AND A.J. RICE:

At last, my former radio executive producer, A.J. Rice, unleashes a must-read takedown of the cultural and political forces rampaging across America—and a sharp, incisive primer on how we can defeat them.” — Laura Ingraham, host of Fox News Channel’s The Ingraham Angle, and #1 New York Times bestselling author

“Having worked with A.J. Rice on many of my own projects, I know him to be astute, no-nonsense, and on point. Stop what you’re doing right now and pick up a copy of The Woking Dead!” — Judge Jeanine Pirro, co-host of Fox News Channel’s The Five, and #1 New York Times bestselling author

“A.J. Rice and I go way back! He has been a coal miner in the conservative trenches for patriotic projects for years. Including my own. It’s about time America found out what is on his mind.” — Pete Hegseth, co-host of FNC’s Fox and Friends Weekend, and New York Times bestselling author

“Like all American weaknesses, China loves Wokeism. My friend and publicist A.J. Rice ties culture and politics together as cleverly and urgently as anyone in the business. This book is useful, entertaining, and informative.” —Brig. Gen. Robert S. Spalding III (USAF-Ret.), former senior director for strategic planning for the White House National Security Council, and author of Stealth War: How China Took Over While America’s Elite Slept

“The Woking Dead are among us and have been for decades—diligently setting the stage for the systematic destruction of our Western way of life. Conservative insider A.J. Rice exposes the players, their agenda, and how they’ve been using academia to build an army of anti-American, group-think zombies, in this must-read book.”—Jesse Kelly, host of I’m Right on TheFirstTV & The Jesse Kelly Show on Premiere Networks

“The Woking Dead is a must read for anyone who wants a look inside the left’s plot to steal our children and our minds. Many years ago, I coined the phrase ‘blind liberal zombies,’ this book takes that one phrase to a whole new level. The MAGA PR King A.J. Rice lets the truth bombs fly!” — Grant Stinchfield, host of Newsmax TV’s Stinchfield

“In The Woking Dead, my former Executive Producer A.J. Rice nails the cultural madness and dark manipulations of the radical Left as few others do or can: with smarts, humor, and refreshing common sense. A must-read for those who care about the precarious state of our beloved America today.” — Monica Crowley, former assistant secretary of the Treasury and New York Times bestselling author

“I have worked with A.J. Rice on several book projects, and he is hands-down one of the sharpest behind-the-scenes media players conservatism has. With his new book, the PR wizard steps into the spotlight this time to deliver the smackdown on those who definitely deserve it.” — Steve Deace, host of The Steve Deace Show on BlazeTV, and bestselling author

“The Woking Dead is the smartest take from one of the smartest minds in public relations, and his exciting new book outlines where we are as a country and how we can survive the bumbling Biden regime.” — Stephanie Hamill, host of In Focus on One America News Network

“The culture war is on, and the other side is playing for keeps. Stale and clueless politicians are ill-equipped to fight this war. In The Woking Dead, my friend A.J. Rice proves himself to be the answer to the left’s attack on America’s culture.” — Chris Salcedo, host of Newsmax TV’s The Chris Salcedo Show

Chris Salcedo

5 September 2023

Robert Adams

No comments

Categories: speakers

Chris Salcedo says he is America’s foremost “Liberty Loving Latino” and when you watch his show or see his live keynote presentation, you see why.

The driving philosophy behind Salcedo’s success is this quote attributed to one of the characters in his book, Liberty Rises: “A society’s worth isn’t measured by how much power is seized by its government but rather, how much power is reserved for its people.” Salcedo’s book, “Liberty Rises” tells the story of an America that failed to learn that crucial lessons passed down to Americans by the 40th president, Ronald Reagan – one of which is: “Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction.” Chris Salcedo opens a window into America’s future – and what will happen to the country if America doesn’t quickly change course.

Chris Salcedo is a veteran television and radio broadcaster, author and political analyst. He is the host of the Chris Salcedo Show on NEWSMAXTV everyday, from 5-6pm, where he seeks to counter the media-driven, false narrative that all Latinos think alike and have the same precarious left-wing values. Chris says that when it comes to the values of the Latino community – this media narrative could not be further from the truth. In fact, Salcedo’s keynote presentations always present the fact that there is indeed a broad ranging amount of diversity of thought in the Latino community, and that this parallels American society. He furthers that mission as the executive Director of the Conservative Hispanic Society, among other projects.

You can see more of Chris’s videos here.

Videos

Speech Topics

Illegal immigration

Chris says that illegal immigration is not just wrong, it’s immoral and it’s bad for any nation forced to endure it by its political class, who walk away largely unaffected by the ramifications of their policies. In this talk, Chris discusses the problems with open borders, the negative effect it has on wages, and other social costs (i.e. crime, health care costs and etc) that it imposes on the people – not to mention the message it sends to people who try to immigrate to the USA legally. (Ask us about the debate format with another speaker and Chris, where they go back and forth on HOW to fix the illegal immigration crisis.)

Limited Constitutional Government

Another “Salcedo Axiom”: It’s best not to give government more power, lest it be abused. In this powerful talk, Chris takes on topics like government involvement in education, (he says, the worst mistake our people ever made, was allowing government to educate our kids), the never ending expanding size of government bureaucracy, taxation, wasteful spending, and so much more. Chris can customize this keynote presentation to suit your audience.

LATEST BOOK:

Brandon Weichert

26 July 2023

Robert Adams

No comments

Categories: speakers

Brandon J. Weichert is a geopolitical analyst who manages The Weichert Report: World News Done Right and lives by Herman Kahn’s credo “I’m against fashionable thinking.” Weichert is the author of the 2020 book, “Winning Space: How America Remains a Superpower” (Republic Book Publishers) which trended as the #1 Military Policy book on Amazon for several months after its release. A favorite on the military lecture circuit, Weichert often serves as a Subject Matter Expert for the Defense Department where he talks space warfare strategies and technology policy. Dennis Prager described Winning Space as a “Truly important book.” Weichert is the author of the 2023 #1 Amazon Bestseller “Biohacked: China’s Race to Control Life” (Encounter Books), which Steven K. Bannon says “cracked the code” on China’s master plans for global domination. Weichert travels the country speaking to various audiences on geo-technology matters and has been described as a “panic-and-anxiety-producing scholar in the tradition of Herman Kahn: telling us what we do not want to hear but need to know about the gathering dangers imperiling our freedom and prosperity.”

In July 2023, Weichert’s third book “The Shadow War: Iran’s Quest for Supremacy” (Republic Book Publishers) will be released. Daniel Pipes calls it an “ambitious book that explains how to avoid World War III.” Weichert’s work has been featured in The Washington Times, Real Clear Politics, National Review, and The Asia Times. He was previously a contributor at The American Spectator, where the late Rush Limbaugh praised his writing as well as for American Greatness, where his pieces on foreign and technology policy were widely distributed in the Trump Administration. In 2023, Weichert was made a Senior Editor at 19FortyFive.com. He is a former congressional staffer who splits his time between sunny Southwest Florida and bucolic Northern Virginia and is the happy husband of Ashley and proud father of 3.

Videos

Speech Topics

The Shadow War: Iran’s Quest for Supremacy

Since its founding in 1979, the Islamic Republic of Iran has had one overarching policy: in order to be secure in its region, the regime must push the Americans out, keep their Sunni Arab neighbors down, and defeat the Israelis. Yet, their enemies are wealthier, more technologically advanced, and conventionally more powerful than Iran is. To counter these strengths, Iran has engaged in a decadeslong Shadow War against these enemies. Iran’s regime has funded terrorist networks, provided weapons and support to the enemies of America, Israel, and the Sunni Arabs; they’ve partnered with American foes, like China and Russia, too. Now, Iran is on the brink of acquiring a viable nuclear weapons arsenal. The Shadow War is entering a new phase today. It is shifting from the shadows and moving into the light. This talk explains the Iran threat, why we cannot negotiate with the regime, and how the United States must stand shoulder-to-shoulder with our allies in Israel and the Sunni Arab states to counter Iran’s growth–before Iran initiates a massive regional war that could lead to World War III.

Demographics, Destiny, and Decline

“Demographics is Destiny” is the old saying. The West has led the world in demographic decline. But it is a truly global phenomenon. Most analysts assess that demographics are inversely correlated with the development status of a society. The more developed a nation is, the smaller its demography will be. It is believed that the 2050s will be a period of marked demographic decline for the Middle East, with Iran leading the region in this decline. What’s more, in Europe, the native-born population is rapidly declining while being slowly replaced by new populations from the Greater Middle East. Long-range U.S. foreign policy must take these factors into account. In this talk, Brandon J. Weichert discusses the dangers that demographics poses and assesses that all of our assumptions about demography are wrong. We are entering a period of relative decline and the United States must prepare not for a world overflowing with too many mouths to feed, but a world in which there are not enough people.

The Axis of Autocrats: China, Iran, and Russia

The United States finds itself in a fundamentally different geopolitical environment than it has historically been in. For the first time in decades, America is challenged by near-peer rivals, like China and Russia, for global supremacy. Meanwhile, Iran seeks to box the Americans out of the Middle East by aligning more closely with China and Russia. Their plan is working. In fact, many Americans are understandably tired of being involved in the Middle East. But, the Mideast’s resource wealth makes it an important region that the United States, as the preeminent global superpower, must have a major role in. Should the Americans abandon the region, it will have granted a major victory to China and Russia–and given the murderous Iranian regime the opportunity it needs to take over the Middle East. None of these realities are conducive to the interests of the United States. This lecture will breakdown the dangers of allowing for the Iran-China-Russia axis to gain strength and outline what we must do to stop them.

THE Book:

Viva Frei

18 July 2023

Robert Adams

No comments

Categories: speakers

From lawyer to father to truth speaker & truth seeker, Viva Frei has evolved so much since 2019. In fact, Viva Frei isn’t even his real name – it’s David Freiheit – he’s the lawyer and father; Viva is the truth speaker and seeker, who never set out to try and change the world in any way but – somewhere along the line though… the world changed him, and in ways he never could have imagined before March of 2020. In 2019 he would start his videos with the mantra “Corporate Litigator turned Youtuber”, and then he’d create his content, discussing and analyzing the current events of the day, from a legal perspective…

…But then, as Viva says, “The World Went Crazy”. Things changed, and David Freiheit changed along with them. He became the Viva Frei we know, trust and love to watch online or now in person, today.

When the so called “Pandemic” arrived, Viva used his skills in creating online content, his knowledge of the law, and his energetic and dynamic passion for seeking the truth to expose the injustices happening in our world. Through his online content creation, He gained almost two million followers and hundreds of millions of views on different platforms. And: Speaking of platforms… Viva was one of the first, and most prominent content creators to secure an exclusivity agreement with Rumble Inc., – the truest and probably most trusted free-speech platform on the internet. And he has analyzed, explored, and explored again, some of the most outrageous injustices of the modern era.

He has been featured on InfoWars, Dave Rubin. Steve Bannon, Megyn Kelly, Kelly Clarkson, W5, Fox News, CBC News, and many more news outlets and podcasts.

Videos

Speech Topic

Is it Even Legal? And Does It Even Matter If It Isn’t?

Viva speaks about subjects like free speech, government corruption, propaganda, and the systemic encroachment and violation of our most basic freedoms: Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Religion and Freedom of Association. He has a particular passion for the discrete nature of government corruption and disregard for these basic rights. Often quoting the wisdom of Ayn Rand, he firmly believes that the greater good (in fact maybe the greatest good) is individual freedom, and perhaps, the individual rights that go along with those freedoms; and even though it seems a contradiction in terms, Viva says that if you don’t support individual freedoms, then there is no way you can support the so-called “greater good” or believe in collectivism at all.

In this keynote presentation, Viva loves to expand upon the dispassionate nature of government encroachment on our most basic freedoms and how that correlates to true fascism, i.e., the marriage between government and corporate interests. Having lived through what he believes is the fall of Canada and the decline of many Western “democracies”, Viva Frei now believes he has a deeper understanding of the nefarious consequences of government intrusion into the media, social media, and the information sphere itself.

BIOGRAPHY:

David studied Philosophy at McGill University and later got a law degree from Université Laval. He worked at a famous law firm in Canada and held important positions like Editor-in-Chief of a law journal and President of the Law Student Association. But when he became a father, his perspective shifted, and he left the big law firm life behind. He started his own successful boutique litigation firm and – he also actually ran for office in Canada; thankfully for event audiences everywhere, he was not elected!

Recently, he made an exclusive agreement with Rumble Inc., a platform that supports free speech on the internet. His work was recognized by news outlets, and he had the opportunity to share his insights with well-known personalities.

David now lives and works in Florida, and loves to speak to groups of all kinds in the US and Canada.