Virtually Speaking

Jen Gottlieb is an expert at helping people and brands to be confidently seen! Jen is the founder of a full-service PR agency, awarded “Best New Agency” in the 2019 Bulldog Awards, is a powerful influencer with 250,000 social media followers, and has been featured on many top podcasts, as well as in Forbes, Business Insider, Shape, Women’s Health, Goop, and on Good Morning America, PBS, Well + Good, and more. As a Former VH1 host and Broadway actress, Jen uses her decade of performance and mindset experience to inspire entrepreneurs and leaders connect better with their teams, the media, and ultimately, themselves. 

Jen is half mindset coach and half media coach. As one of the leading PR execs and minds in the country, her passion is giving clients and audiences the confidence, authority, and social proof/ credibility to place them at the top of their industry. Along the way, Jen helps them leverage their own strengths, transforming them into the best version of who they are.

In between being on Broadway and VH1 to now owning a PR firm, Jen created and ran a fitness training and high-performance mindset coaching brand helping celebrities, CEOs and entrepreneurs transform their bodies and, frankly, their lives. Helping clients shed up to 70 pounds was incredible, but her favorite part was seeing them shine. Beyond stepping into a smaller suit or dress, they were now stepping onto the stage, stepping in front of the camera, stepping into their full potential. Jen wanted more of that. So now, she’s living out her full potential, excited to inspire your audience from the stage.

To get to know or book Jen as a speaker: https://www.calentertainment.com/portfoliotype/jen-gottlieb/.

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Natalie Nixon, PhD, has been called the “Creativity Whisperer for the C-Suite,” a top change management keynote speaker, consultant, and a strategy, foresight, and innovation expert. She is the author of the critically acclaimed and award-winning book The Creativity Leap: Unleash Curiosity, Improvisation and Intuition.  

Seth Godin said that Natalie “helps you get unstuck and unlock the work you were born to do!” In 2021, Fast Company named her a World Changing Ideas Honoree and Real Leaders named her a top 50 Keynote Speaker in the world for 2022. Featured in Forbes, Fast Company, and INC, she advises leaders on unique approaches to process transformation and leverage creativity as an innovation resource to more rapidly achieve priority business goals. A hybrid thinker, Natalie consistently applies her background in cultural anthropology, fashion, design thinking and dance. 

Natalie is an early-stage investor at two social impact ventures, valued for her ability to work at the intersection of commercial value and stakeholder equity.

For more on Natalie or to book her to speak: https://speakers.calentertainment.com/profile/34773.

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Lt. Col. Waldo Waldman, "The Wingman", and a real TOP GUN, is the author of the New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller "Never Fly Solo," which draws from his experiences as a decorated F-16 Fighter Pilot and businessman. 

Waldo flew 65 combat missions and as result earned numerous awards in the Air Force, including the Air Medal, the Aerial Achievement Award, the Air Force Commendation Medal, and the Meritorious Service Medal. Waldo is a hall of fame speaker who also earned an MBA, and as a businessman he was named one of 40 under 40 business leaders in Atlanta by the Atlanta Business Journal.  

He’s appeared on Fox News, Harvard Business Review, NBC, Inc. Magazine, Bloomberg Businessweek, and on CNN interviewed by Sanja Gupta. 

For more or to book Waldo to speak: https://speakers.calentertainment.com/profile/6542?btsc=1

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Nonny de la Peña is regarded as one of the most influential pioneers in virtual and augmented reality and immersive technologies and journalism. In 2022 Nonny received a Peabody Award, introduced by the Oscar Award Winning Director Alejandro Iñárritu, and in 2022 she was also inducted into the SXSW Hall of Fame. Nonny was named Wall Street Journal Technology Innovator of the Year, A Wired Magazine #MakeTechHuman Agent of Change, and she has been called “The Godmother of Virtual Reality” by Engadget and The Guardian. Fast Company named her “One of the People Who Made the World More Creative” and she was one of CNET’s 20 Most Influential Latinos in Tech for her pioneering work in immersive storytelling.

Her latest endeavor is as the Founding Director for Narrative and Emerging Media at Arizona State University, campus located in Downtown L.A. As a Harvard Graduate, a New America Fellow, Yale Poynter Media Fellow, and winner of the Knight Innovation Award, Nonny is widely credited with creating the genre of immersive journalism. She is currently a member of the BAFTA virtual reality board, and is a former correspondent for Newsweek.

Nonny's virtual reality work has been featured by the New York Times, BBC, Mashable, Vice, Wired and many others. Showcases and Talks around the globe include the Sundance and Tribeca Film Festivals, The World Economic Forum in Davos, The Victoria and Albert Museum, Moscow Museum of Modern Art, and Games For Change. She has more than 20 years of award-winning experience in print, film and TV and her spatial narratives are consistently met with critical acclaim.

Video of Alejandro Gonzalez Iñárritu presenting the Peabody Award to Nonny: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xqoz7KZdyaY&t=0s

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Greg Schwem is more than a comedian; he is one of the most successful and in-demand motivational corporate comedians in America. As a stand-up comedian, Greg has opened for Chris Rock, Jay Leno, Celine Dion, Kenny Loggins, Pat Benatar, Leann Rimes, Keith Urban, and many more. He has appeared on Sirius Satellite Radio and Comedy Central, and he has a new 2022 special on Dry Bar Comedy called "You Can't Quarantine Laughter."

Greg gets rave reviews and incredible audience engagement (and tons of laughter) every time he is booked. He's spoken professionally for over two decades to over 1000 organizations, from the likes of Mcdonald's to the CIA. 

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As Head of Innovation and Creativity at Disney, Duncan Wardle and his team helped Imagineering, Lucasfilm, Marvel, Pixar, and Disney Parks to innovate, creating magical new storylines and experiences. He is a renowned expert in developing innovative, magical brands, engaging stories, and creative experiences that drive results. 

Duncan is a multiple TED speaker and contributor to Fast Company, Forbes, Entrepreneur Magazine, & the Harvard Business Review. He teaches innovation Master Classes at Yale, Harvard, and Edinburgh University and has won impressive AWARDS such as an Honorary Doctorate in Business Administration, Edinburgh Napier University. The White House American Citizen Award and the Duke of Edinburgh Award. 

Duncan’s Theory of Creativity™ unique design thinking creative process and tools have created innovative business results for Disney, Pixar, Marvel and Lucasfilms as well as other Fortune 100 companies such as Pepsi, NBA, NBCUniversal, Coca-Cola, IBM, Princess Cruises, Apple and more.

For more on Duncan or to book him to speak: https://www.calentertainment.com/portfoliotype/duncan-wardle/

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Eric Saperston is an Award Winning Filmmaker of the "Most Memorable Documentary of the Past 10 Years Award" at the South by Southwest Film Festival for his acclaimed film “The Journey,” where Eric called up extraordinary people and asked them to have a cup of coffee. Celebrities like Billy Crystal, Jerry Garcia, Jimmy Carter, Ann Richards, as well as powerful business luminaries like Marshall Goldsmith joined him and had impactful conversations about what traits make them who they are. Eric is also the bestselling author of “Live In Wonder: Quests, Quotes, & Questions To Jumpstart Your Journey.”

Today, Eric has an upcoming digital series called “Three Things,” where he interviews more transformative people like Woody Harrelson, Shep Gordon, and Henry Winkler. The series is based on a very successful game and team building exercise he created.

Eric has appeared on The Today Show, CNN, in The Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, The New York Times, and has been a world renowned speaker for the past 15+ years, delivering his expertise on communication, leadership, and performance.

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Jeffrey Gitomer is known as the King of Sales. A columnist, a speaker with over 2500 speeches given worldwide, a consultant, a sales trainer, and a multiple bestselling author of numerous books that have sold millions of copies including the #1 selling sales book of all time - "The Little Red Book of Selling", and the #1 NYT Bestsellers "The Sales Bible" and "The Little Gold book of YES! Attitude", and over a dozen and a half more, all of which have been #1 bestsellers on Amazon and appeared over 750 times on best-seller lists worldwide. He is one of the top 5 bestselling sales book authors of all time. His online content has millions of views, 100ks subscribers, and his podcast "Sell or Die" has over 1.5M downloads. Jeffrey has been featured in Time Magazine, Entrepreneur Magazine, Wall Street Journal, and countless more. 

For more on Jeffrey or to book him to speak: https://speakers.calentertainment.com/profile/3710?btsc=1.

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Kindra Hall is the bestselling author of “Stories that Stick” which debuted at #2 on the Wall Street Journal bestseller list, and is a USA Today, Washington Post, and Publishers Weekly bestseller. Forbes said "Stories that Stick may be the most valuable business book you read.” Her January 2022 Book Titled “Choose Your Story, Change Your Life: Silence Your Inner Critic and Rewrite Your Life from the Inside Out” is critically acclaimed and sure to be a bestseller as well.

Kindra has been featured in Forbes, Fast Company, Entrepreneur Magazine, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, Inc. Magazine, New York Post, Investors Business Daily, and more. Kindra is a regular columnist for Inc. Magazine and is the Former Chief Storytelling Officer of SUCCESS Magazine where she interviews icons like Deepak Chopra, Daymond John, and Misty Copeland in an effort to hear and share their stories of success.

Kindra is a former vice president of sales for a multi-million dollar enterprise, and now teaches others how to build better relationships, become better leaders and increase revenue by maximizing their untold stories. Kindra has her Master's Degree, is a national champion storyteller, a published author, 2014 Storytelling World Award recipient, and is behind the scenes managing stories for best-selling authors, CEOs and thought leaders.

For more on Kindra or to book her to speak: https://www.calentertainment.com/portfoliotype/kindra-hall/ 

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Vince Poscente is a multiple international bestselling author, a Winter Games Olympian, and a Hall of Fame speaker. Author of the New York Times bestseller The Age of Speed and the international bestselling phenomenon, The Ant and The Elephant - Leadership for The Self, Vince has a new book, titled The Earthquake – Your Journey From Setback to Breakthrough, set to be released this month. The book is endorsed by The Dalai Lama, who said this book "will inspire many to meet the difficult challenges of life.” 

At age 26, Vince decided he was going to become an Olympian. He went from being a recreational skier into one of the top 10 speed skiers in the world in four years. In the past decade, Vince has led expeditions for novices up to the summit of the Himalayas. 

As a renowned expert on mindset, resiliency, and overcoming setbacks, he‘s had an incredible speaking career for the past two decades. MPI ranked Vince one of the "Top 10 Motivational Speakers in the World," and Meetings & Conventions Magazine named him "Meeting Planners’ Favorite Speaker."

For more on Vince or to book him to speak: https://speakers.calentertainment.com/profile/10?btsc=1 

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