Chairman & CEO, The Walt Disney Company (1984-2005); Owner and Non-Executive Chairman, The Topps Company, Inc.; Founder & CEO, The Tornante Company

Michael Eisner teaches audiences how to develop corporate creativity and strategically invest in innovation, based on his experiences as CEO of Disney and as Founder of The Tornante Company, a fund to invest in and develop companies in the media and entertainment sector. Both Fortune 500 CEO and entrepreneur, Mr. Eisner knows that even large global companies can innovate and adapt to new markets, new economies and new technologies. Through his remarks, he not only inspires corporate innovation, he gives parameters for successful execution such as brand building, establishing strategic partnerships and employee work teams.

Under the leadership of Michael Eisner, Walt Disney Company revenues grew from $1.7 billion to more than $30 billion by focusing on the power of ideas, pursuing the innovative vision, and taking creative risks. As a leader in the media industry for nearly four decades, Mr. Eisner has overseen organizations recognized for their inventiveness and innovation, experienced an explosion of technological advances that have impacted his business and led his companies through the advent of the next big ideas. In his presentations on leadership, he shares his insights on what it takes to run a company that must always grow and change.

Chairman of JP Morgan/Brookings Institution Global Cities Initiative ; Director, The Coca Cola Company ; Mayor of Chicago, 1989-2011 ; “Widely Viewed as the Nation’s Top Urban Executive” - TIME

As one of the world’s most celebrated mayors, Richard M. Daley has found ways to spread his message of global commerce though urban innovation since leaving his Chicago post. Recently named senior advisor to JP Morgan Chase and chairman of the Global Cities Initiative, a joint project of the Brookings Institution and JP Morgan Chase, Daley brings his tactical experience to audiences around the world. He consistently delivers newsworthy and topical presentations to the world's leading institutions, giving them highly informed perspectives to succeed in today’s economy.

According to TIME Magazine, Mayor Richard M. Daley “is widely viewed as the nation’s top urban executive.” As a city CEO, he earned a reputation - both in Chicago and across the U.S. – for acting proactively and implementing forward looking policies, many of which are emulated around the world. His innovative, community-based programs have tackled many of the fundamental challenges facing America today - strengthening the economy by focusing on jobs and businesses of the future, including green technology and clean energy; bringing new businesses and jobs to the community; and creating education initiatives that provide better job and skill training for a workforce that is ready to work in the new economy emerging from the nation's recession. At the same time, he made it an ongoing priority during his tenure to control government spending, and hold the government to higher standards of accountability and transparency, in order to better serve Chicago's taxpayers. One of the hallmarks of his leadership was pulling the people of Chicago together to "focus on what unites us," challenging the city to work together and put aside politics to focus on shared solutions to Chicago's problems.

VIDEO SPOTLIGHT: WHEATON COLLEGE: Mayor Daley reflects on his tenure, as well as his passion for public service. /// ASIA SOCIETY: Mayor Daley addresses education and the importance of multi-lingual and multi-cultural education in today's global cities.

Former Chairman and CEO of Sony Music Entertainment Worldwide ; Former President of Sony; Founder, The Mottola Company

As one of the most highly regarded and influential executives in the worldwide entertainment business, Thomas D. Mottola most recently served as Chairman and CEO of Sony Music Entertainment. During his tenure, he transformed Sony and its 18,000 employees into the most successful global music companies in history, expanding its businesses and all of its manufacturing facilities into over 60 countries, while creating one of the strongest management teams in the industry. Under Mottola's leadership, Sony revenues skyrocketed from $800 million to over $7 billion a year, creating the largest sales in the history of the company.

Visionary Innovator Merging Global Brands and Superstar Musicians

When Fortune 500 companies need to reenergize or reinvent a lagging brand, they call Steve Stoute. In addition to marrying cultural icons with blue-chip marketers (Beyoncé or Tommy Hilfiger's True Star fragrance, and Justin Timberlake for "lovin' it" at McDonald's), Stoute has helped identify and activate a new generation of consumers.

Considered “A McKinsey of Pop Culture,” Stoute's reputation for revolutionizing the relationship between global brands and superstar musicians has been praised by both Forbes Magazine and Bloomberg Businessweek. He has been featured in The New York Times, Adweek, in HBO's documentary The Black List, and in Target's DREAM.DARE.DO campaign for Black History Month. He was inducted into the Advertising Hall of Fame in 2008 and is a featured speaker at conferences around the country.

Social Media and Marketing Expert; Chief Marketing Officer & Vice President, Eastman Kodak Company, 2006-2010; Bestselling Author, The Mirror Test

Jeff Hayzlett characterizes big thinking. From creating innovative marketing strategies to appearing on NBC’s hit television show, Celebrity Apprentice with Donald Trump, Hayzlett reaches for the stars, in his career and personal life. Former Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) of the iconic Eastman Kodak Company, Hayzlett is a much sought-after speaker on topics ranging from worldwide business growth, communications, marketing, social networking and mobile marketing. He has become a "Celebrity CMO" according to Forbes Magazine, and organizations around the world are interested in the insights of this social media and marketing expert.

Bestselling Author and World Renowned Speaker on Exploiting Business Trends and New Market Opportunities ; Founder and CEO of ChangeLabs™

Peter Sheahan has established a globally recognized brand as a leading expert in how the world's most effective organizations and individuals distinguish themselves from the competition instead of running with the pack. In the space of three years he built a multi-million dollar consulting practice attracting clients such as News Corporation, Google, Coca-Cola, L'Oréal and Ernst & Young.

WATCH SIZZLE REEL! Take a look at the following video compilation to see why meeting planners bring Peter Sheahan to the stage time and time again.  VIEW CLIP.

Former CEO of Snapple; Leading Brand Strategist & Innovator; Chairman of INOV8 Beverage Company

Mike Weinstein is the beverage guru. Having engineered and led the spectacular turnaround of Snapple and served as the COO for A&W Drinks, he is an expert in branding and innovation in the beverage industry. Mr. Weinstein loves to share the secrets and story of how he reversed Snapple’s waning fortunes, and made it one of the most successful drink companies around.

CEO/Founder Just Ask a Woman; Named the “Oprah of Madison Avenue” by The Wall Street Journal; Bestselling Author, Just Ask A Woman; Women's Correspondent, CBS Early Show

Since founding the strategic marketing consultancy Just Ask a Woman in 1999, Mary Lou Quinlan has advised dozens of blue chip corporations, including Wachovia, Best Buy, Clairol, GlaxoSmithKline, Ikea and Pepsi on what women want. Mary Lou's authority on women comes from listening to thousands of them, and turning that learning into business success. Her in-depth knowledge and unique spin on what women want has made her the most in-demand speaker on marketing to women and on womens issues. Whether you call on her to speak to your board of directors, your sales force, your trade partners or at industry convventions, get ready for one of the most powerful and remembered presentations ever!

7-Time Winner of the Tour de France; Founder of the LIVESTRONG Foundation; Bestselling Author

Lance Armstrong won the prestigious Tour de France an unprecedented seven times after overcoming a protracted fight with cancer. He has further inspired countless others through his story and his cancer support foundation, LIVESTRONG. Through his charitable organizations and programs, Armstrong has helped raise over $325 million for cancer survivors. The effectiveness of the Lance Armstrong Foundation has made Armstrong an international hero.

EVENT SPOTLIGHT!  Recently, Lance Armstrong shared an inspired message with 3,000 attendees at the Avera Cancer Institute Grand Opening Gala. Lance tweeted twice about the event to his 2.6 million followers and announced a bike tour that would take place before his presentation. Local press buzzed that "It's the talk of the town, on social media sites like twitter and facebook, on bike trails, and in the shops." Another article interviewed individuals in attendance for Lance's speech. Tamme Berdahl said it was surreal to hear him speak Friday and, "...to hear it, feel the emotion in his voice, it's amazing to me." Carol Rosenthal said, "He's inspired so many."

View Video: A Conversation with Lance Armstrong at the Aspen Institute. On March 12, 2010, Lance Armstrong launched the LIVESTRONG Global Cancer Campaign in South Africa with a visit to fellow cancer survivors at Cape Town’s Groote Schuur Hospital. Read more…

Founder, The Corcoran Group; Chairman of Barbara Corcoran Inc.; Bestselling author, Shark Tales: How I Turned $1,000 into a Billion Dollar Business

Barbara Corcoran is one clever lady. A well-known figure in the world of New York real estate, she gives all the credit to her beleaguered Mom's teachings. Hailing from a cash-strapped New Jersey family loaded with kids, love, and life lessons, Corcoran parlayed $1,000 into a multibillion-dollar real estate firm. In her speeches she tells her rags-to-riches story. Unafraid of sounding silly, this joyous workaholic passes on her inspiration with real humility and motivates her audience along the way.

Author, RESET: How This Crisis Can Restore Our Values and Renew America ; Visionary, media icon and entrepreneur ; Bestselling novelist; Host, public radio’s Studio 360

“It’s the end of the world as we’ve known it,” Kurt Andersen writes in Reset, “but it isn’t the end of the world.” In this smart and refreshingly hopeful new book, Andersen–a brilliant analyst and synthesizer of historical and cultural trends, bestselling novelist, veteran of the New York literati, and host of public radio’s Studio 360–shows us why the current economic crisis is actually a moment of great opportunity to get ourselves and our nation back on track. Andersen explains how we’ve done it before and why we are about to do it again–and better than ever.

Managing Director, TCG Advisors; Venture Partner, Mohr Davidow Ventures; Bestselling Author, Dealing With Darwin: Great Companies Innovate At Every Phase of Their Evolution

Recognized as a leading business consultant to large companies facing formidable strategic challenges, Geoffrey Moore has made the understanding and effective exploitation of disruptive technologies the core of his life's work.

Chairman, Institute for Large Scale Innovation; Chair of the World Economic Forum's Global Advisory Council on Innovation ; Bestselling Author, Innovation Nation and Jamming: The Art and Discipline of Business Creativity; Innovation Consultant to Public and Private Sector Leaders Worldwide

John Kao has made a career out of helping organizations go from “getting” the importance of innovation to “getting innovation done.”

Dubbed “Mr. Creativity” by The Economist, John is Chairman of the Institute for Large Scale Innovation, whose i20 group is an association of 30 national ‘Chief Innovation Officers.’  He is considered a leading authority on the subjects of innovation, organizational transformation, and new media. He is author of the best-selling Jamming: The Art and Discipline of Business Creativity, a BusinessWeek best-seller that has been published in a dozen languages, and Innovation Nation: How America is Losing its Innovation Edge, Why It Matters, and What We Can Do To Get It Back.  

Kao’s life and career are a study in innovation: he focused on philosophy and social science at Yale where he earned his BA; he spent a summer as a keyboard player with Frank Zappa (he’s an accomplished jazz pianist); and he graduated Yale Medical School with a specialty in psychiatry. He did his residency at Harvard, where he then earned his MBA and stayed on for 14 years to teach as a Harvard Business School professor. His elective, "Entrepreneurship, Creativity and Organizations" drew some 2,000 MBA students, and the executive program he developed and taught, "Enhancing Corporate Creativity," attracted top executives from companies such as Merck, Merrill Lynch, and Saudi Aramco. He is this year's Chair of the World Economic Forum's (Davos) Global Advisory Council on Innovation.

It is the eclectic quality of Kao’s knowledge and experience that make his insights so useful and unique.

VIDEO SPOTLIGHT: View a video clip of John Kao speaking at the Tides Momentum Leadership Conference. In a presentation that mixes speech, music, and audience input, Kao talks about the meaning and importance of innovation, how we innovate, and the future as a design problem. 

John Kao explained why innovation is the key to America's future in a recent CNN special report, Restoring the American Dream: How to Innovate. View video... In addition to his appearance, Kao contributed a special article to CNN,"Defining Innovation."

CEO Worldwide, Saatchi & Saatchi

Saatchi & Saatchi CEO Worldwide Kevin Roberts is a radical optimist, a celebrated author, a motivator, a visionary and an evangelist for the power of world-changing ideas. A champion of unconventional thinking and assumption disruption, Kevin has a formidable record of success as a business leader. Teams he leads revere him for his energy, his uncompromisingly positive and inspirational management style and his extraordinary ability to generate ideas that cut to the heart of any problem. Using multi-media from Saatchi & Saatchi to engage and provoke his audience Kevin is not just a speaker, he is an emotion-in-motion experience in what it takes to succeed. As President of Pepsi in Canada after his team blew away Coke and took Pepsi to number one in the market for the first time ever, he celebrated by machine gunning a Coke vending machine on stage at a sales conference. As COO of Australasian brewer Lion Nathan, he shook up analysts by bringing a real lion on a chain to one of his first briefing meetings.

Author, What I Learned from Sam Walton: How to Compete and Thrive in a Wal-Mart World

When Michael Bergdahl speaks, people don't just listen. They learn. Experience, insight, and a powerful, personable presence combine to make Michael Bergdahl the must-have speaker for any business that's serious about competing in today's market. With an upbeat, high-energy style that entertains as it teaches, his presentations make complex business strategies and tactics easy to understand and apply.

Former President and CEO of Pepsi; Former CEO of Apple Computer; High-Tech Entrepreneur and Venture Capitalist; Named "CEO of the Decade" by Financial News Network

John Sculley shares the business secrets that he used to catapult Apple and Pepsi to the most recognizable brand names in their categories.  John Sculley draws from his boardroom experiences to offer valuable insight into leading change, the new global marketplace and the innovative concepts companies are developing to transform business.

Founder, Famous Amos

He is an icon and his name is a household word – and no wonder - he has been in the public eye for over 30 years! As a professional speaker, Wally is highly valued for his charismatic and warm style and inspiring "do it" positive attitude. He is guaranteed to excite your audience like no other speaker. Wally is living proof that the success principals he lives by work. People identify with him. He is human enough to share his setbacks and shattered dreams, while also showing that tenacity and a joyous spirit allows you to soar and succeed. His customized talks and master of ceremonies skills thrill audiences at corporations, industry associations and universities. He addresses the issues of commitment, integrity, attitude, imagination, enthusiasm, self-esteem, giving, faith and love. Presented in his unique and upbeat style, Wally will show your organization how to turn lemons into lemonade……because life is an “inside” job.

Former Commentator for NPR’s Marketplace; Faculty Member at Stanford’s Executive Management Program and an Advertising Executive

Dr. Robert Kriegel’s bold, innovative “out of the box” strategies for keeping ahead of the changes and challenges in today’s dynamic work climate have made him one of this country’s most in demand business speakers. His customized speeches and programs inform, inspire and entertain. He will teach you how to develop and lead Change - Ready© people and organizations. You will learn how to round up sacred cows that cost money and inhibit change and new opportunities. He also outlines strategies for gaining the competitive edge by not competing but changing the game, leading customers not following them and rethinking rules, redefining roles and reinventing the game. Each of Dr. Kriegel’s presentations is individually designed to reinforce the objectives of your meeting, to address the specific challenges and concerns facing the audience, and to have practical “take home” value.

Motivation Expert; Bestselling Author; Entrepreneur

Desi Williamson has mastered the art of empowering people. The results of his insightful, motivational keynote, half day or full day presentations ignite teams that are much more inspired to raise their standard of performance, a culture that cultivates and develops better leaders and a fundamental organizational shift that fosters being a master of change rather than a victim of circumstances.  Desi gives his audiences the inspiration and tools necessary to succeed regardless of circumstances or conditions.

Widely Regarded as a Leader in the Global Breast Cancer Movement; Founder, Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure

Nancy G. Brinker is regarded as the leader of the global breast cancer movement. Her journey began with a simple promise to her dying sister, Susan G. Komen, that she would do everything possible to end the shame, pain, fear and hopelessness caused by this disease. In one generation, the organization that bears Susan’s name has changed the world.