Leading Speakers
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Fees, out in the open.

Meeting planners deserve to know what a speaker costs before they spend time on a call. Each fee below runs from a virtual session to an international keynote, with one flat travel rate.

7 speakers
Adrian Gostick

Adrian Gostick

Adrian Gostick is a leadership keynote speaker who helps organizations build better cultures, stronger teams, and leaders people trust.

  • Five-time New York Times bestselling author, 1.5M+ books sold
  • 850,000 people studied across 25+ years of research
  • Forbes leadership columnist
  • Thinkers50 Coaches50 (2024–2026)
Key speech themesCulture, Teamwork, Leadership
Fee range
$25,000–$45,000

plus $2,500 flat travel. Client books hotel and ground.

Second consecutive day: the fee less $5,000

adriangostick.com ↗

Chester Elton

Chester Elton

Chester Elton is a keynote speaker who helps enterprise leaders build high-performance workplace cultures where accountability, alignment, and leadership habits drive measurable results.

  • New York Times bestselling author, 1.5M books sold
  • More than 1 million leaders reached, with a 300,000-person flagship study
  • Thinkers50 Coaches50 (2024–2026)
  • Called the “Apostle of Appreciation” by Canada’s Globe and Mail
Key speech themesCulture, Engagement, Recognition, Leadership
Fee range
$25,000–$45,000

plus $2,500 flat travel. Client books hotel and ground.

Second consecutive day: the fee less $5,000

chesterelton.com ↗

Connie Dieken

Connie Dieken

Connie Dieken is a leadership keynote speaker who helps leaders connect, convey, and convince in high-stakes moments.

  • Five-time Emmy Award winner, 20 years as a television journalist at ABC and NBC
  • National Speakers Association Hall of Fame
  • Marshall Goldsmith 100 Coaches
  • Author of Talk Less, Say More and Become the Real Deal
Key speech themesInfluence, Executive Presence, Communication
Fee range
$25,000–$45,000

plus $2,500 flat travel. Client books hotel and ground.

Second consecutive day: the fee less $5,000

conniedieken.com ↗

Erik + Emily Orton

Erik + Emily Orton

Erik + Emily Orton are keynote speakers who help groups ask "what could go right?" — and they can deliver the keynote or the whole sailing experience.

  • Authors of Seven at Sea, an NYT Top 10 travel book
  • Erik is an Emmy Award-winning writer and producer
  • Interactive keynote with original songs
Key speech themesResilience, Courage, Teamwork
Fee range
$15,000–$35,000

plus $3,000 flat travel for the two of them. Client books one hotel room and one car. Group sailing and adventure trips run 6 to 8 days, from $5,750+, all-inclusive except airfare.

theawesomefactory.nyc ↗

Beth Kaplan Ed.D.

Beth Kaplan Ed.D.

Beth Kaplan Ed.D. is a keynote speaker who helps organizations turn belonging into trust, retention, and team performance.

  • Ed.D., University of Pennsylvania, which named her one of the world’s leading experts on belonging
  • Built leader development at Salesforce
  • Author of Braving the Workplace, praised by Amy Edmondson, Marshall Goldsmith, Mel Robbins and Dave Ulrich
  • Featured on NBC10 Philadelphia and in The Pennsylvania Gazette
Key speech themesBelonging, Culture, Retention
Fee range
$15,000–$35,000

plus $2,500 flat travel. Client books hotel.

Second consecutive day: the fee less $5,000

drbethkaplan.com ↗

Eddie Davenport

Eddie Davenport

Eddie Davenport is a keynote speaker who spent 20 years as a Hollywood Stuntman and teaches teams to make decisive calls when the pressure is on.

  • Top 2% of Hollywood stunt performers, 140+ TV episodes and 40+ feature films
  • Doubled for Hugh Jackman and Zachary Levi, including Wolverine and Superman
  • Satellite Award winner, two-time SAG Award nominee
  • Featured in Men’s Health, Vanity Fair and Radio Times
Key speech themesResilience, Decision-Making, Leadership
Fee range
$10,000–$20,000

plus $1,500 flat travel. Client books hotel. Rate holds for dates contracted in 2026.

Second consecutive day: the fee less $5,000

eddiedavenport.net ↗

Ryan Robinson

Ryan Robinson

Ryan Robinson teaches the discipline of high-stakes focus — and proves it a thousand feet in the air.

  • Three world records: longest line (1.35 km), 704 ft blindfolded, 1,919 ft bridge to bridge
  • 15+ years on the line, across 6 continents and 15+ countries
  • Four-time American Ninja Warrior, twice a national finalist
  • Featured by National Geographic, CNN, Red Bull and GoPro
Key speech themesFocus, Risk, Resilience, Performance
Fee range
$10,000–$20,000

plus $1,500 flat travel. Client books hotel. A live highline performance at your event is priced separately.

Second consecutive day: the fee less $5,000

handsomerobinson.com ↗

Travel is a flat buy-out, never an expense report. A second consecutive day is the full fee less $5,000 and covers a second keynote. Multi-session and workshop pricing is quoted against your actual date and format.

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[email protected]704-804-1054