John Bates’ Why is to bring out what is awesome inside of you, so it can live in the world and make a real difference.

After getting his start by absolutely blowing his first talk on the TED stage, John has gone on to train hundreds of TED/TEDx speakers in countries from the US to Yemen in what he learned, the hard way. He also works with thousands of C-level executives at top global corporations to make their communications "TED-Worthy."