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WHAT OUR CLIENTS ARE SAYING
"Thank you for kicking off our 4th Annual Global Pharmaceutical and Medical Meetings Summit. Our entire team enjoyed working with you. You have a wonderful stage presence and a great story to tell. You were very well received by our attendees. It is always a great sign when the delegates are talking about the opening keynote speaker during the closing session. Thank you for helping to make our conference a great success".
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"It is very important for young kids to be given access to role-models and leaders in our communities - these are individuals who are a positive influence on our society," said Armand VanBochove, Vice-Principal at Birchmount Collegiate Institute in Toronto. "Ms. Campbell's visit (to our school) shows our students that they can set out to achieve their dreams by believing in themselves no matter how big the dream."
Armand VanBochove, Vice-Principal at Birchmount Collegiate Institute in Toronto
"The event was a great success! Cindy was super generous and gracious to meet everyone and spent so much time to connect genuinely with everyone. We were so grateful for her! Our event was behind schedule, but she was super gracious with the timeline and continued with being an incredible speaker at our event. You can tell she is genuine and speaks from the heart. An incredible woman!" Karina - Charity Fundraiser
"Dynamic, impactful and memorable are three words I would use to describe Cliff Meild's story and to describe Cliff himself. Whether you need a motivational speaker, someone to illustrate the importance of safety or overcoming adversity Cliff's message is what you need. He captivates his audience, tailoring his uplifting story, to delivering his message in an effective way. No matter the age of those hearing the message, or their position within your company or organization, you can't help but feel uplifted and full of hope and motivation."Georgia 811
How to book a speaker
- Get in touch with your event details, or ask about a speaker’s availability. Within a short time you’ll have a clear, shareable proposal listing fees, topics, and videos for every option.
- When you’ve picked your speaker, we make the booking happen, putting the offer forward for you and advising on the contract at every stage.
- Your dedicated logistics manager closes the loop: scheduling a call between you and the speaker, coordinating logistics and requirements, and confirming your speaker is prepped for the day.
FAQs: Olympian Speakers
1. Will the Olympian bring their medal to the event?
Most do, and it’s often the moment people remember longest. Many Olympians pass their medal around the audience or make it part of the post-talk photo line, and holding an Olympic medal turns out to affect even the most senior executives. That said, don’t assume: some athletes keep their medals secure and travel with replicas or none at all. If the medal moment matters to your event, confirm it during booking, and plan time in the agenda for photos, because the line will be longer than you expect.
2. Does the speaker need to have won a medal for the talk to work?
No, and some of the most affecting Olympic talks come from athletes who didn’t reach the podium. The keynote value lies in the decade of unseen work, the losses along the way, and what it takes to perform on the one day that counts, and a fourth-place finisher often speaks about those things with less varnish than a champion can. Medals help with event marketing and photo appeal; the story determines whether the talk lands. Decide which of the two your event needs more.
3. Is booking a Paralympian any different?
The booking process is identical, and the talks are frequently among the strongest in the category, layering elite performance with a story of adaptation most audiences have never heard first-hand. Two practical notes: confirm accessibility details for your venue and stage as a matter of course, handled the way you would any speaker requirement, and take the speaker’s lead on how they frame their disability, since the best talks are about excellence rather than inspiration for its own sake. Everything else runs exactly as any Olympian booking does.
4. Do fees and availability change in an Olympic year?
Noticeably. In the months around a Games, public attention lifts the whole category: recently competing athletes come off the field with fresh stories and heavy demand, and established Olympic speakers get busier as organizations look to ride the moment. If your event lands in or just after a Games year, book earlier than usual and expect firmer fees for the most current names. The quieter years between Games are the value window, when the same accomplished speakers have more open calendars.
5. Should we consider an Olympic coach instead of an athlete?
For some audiences, the coach is the sharper fit. An athlete speaks to personal performance; a coach who built a gold-medal team speaks to selection, culture, handling talented and difficult personalities, and preparing a group for a single high-stakes moment, which maps directly onto what managers and executives do. Leadership retreats and management conferences often get more usable content from a coach, while all-staff events tend to respond to an athlete’s personal story. Your audience’s job determines the answer.
6. Can we use Olympic imagery in our event promotion?
Be careful here. The Olympic rings, the word marks, and related symbols are protected, and their commercial use is restricted in Canada and elsewhere; booking an Olympian does not licence your organization to brand an event with Olympic properties. You can accurately describe the speaker’s accomplishments in promotion, such as naming them an Olympic gold medallist, and use approved photos supplied for the booking. When in doubt, ask the speaker’s team what materials are cleared, and have your marketing run anything ambiguous past legal.