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CUSTOM KEYNOTES THAT CONNECT

Laura Schwartz is a motivational and high-energy speaker who delivers a custom experience for every audience whether live from your stage or through a virtual keynote to your screen. Since 2001, she has delivered empowering keynote presentations on stages around the world. Because of the extensive research she does in advance, Laura is able to seamlessly weave key messages and objectives through her presentations, making it relevant to any audience in any industry — whether it’s an intimate gathering of 30 or a crowd of 30,000.

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A keynoter that keeps audiences present

Laura’s keynote is a chance to present the audience with something different — a chance to re-imagine, re-energize, and re-engage with messages they can incorporate into their profession and personal lives. To ensure that her keynotes look like no other, Laura collaborates with an award-winning motion picture studio to produce her unique presentations.

A keynote for all cultures

Though Laura adapts her keynote to every audience, her message is universal. She uses the experience she’s gained traveling the world over 10 years with a U.S. president — and spending 22 years on her own at speaking engagements around the globe — to connect with audiences of all cultures, ages and industries. Her presentations have resonated with audiences in the UK, Europe, Australia, the Middle East, Africa, Asia, the Americas and beyond.

VIRTUAL KEYNOTES THAT CONNECT GLOBALLY

All of Laura’s keynotes can be delivered virtually with her same renowned on-stage enthusiasm, motivation and energy. Whether from the state of the art studios of Laura Schwartz Live, the elaborate soundstage at LSAV Powerhouse of Chicago or on site at your production headquarters, Laura presents through the screens of your audience with a top level of technical confidence, substance and creativity!

Keeping things Social Even before happy hour

Laura engages with your audience before your event even begins. She interacts with your attendees using the power of social media and professionally produced videos to promote your program. With a strong sense of collaboration, Laura’s mission is always to be your biggest brand ambassador — and she’s committed to keeping the conversation going, on stage and off.

I’ve never seen a gala crowd so enthusiastic and ready to give! Thank you for combining our mission with purpose and connecting it to every attendee in that room and beyond!
Holly Messick Vice President, Corporate Relations American Heart Association
Thank you, Laura! We’re delighted you joined us as the emcee and a keynote! By sharing your own professional experiences on stage, you demonstrated how transformation is being powered across today’s business landscape. This resonated with our teams and helped put us on the right path for the conference itself and year ahead in AT&T Business.
Thaddeus Arroyo, CEO AT&T Global Business
Laura’s talk was inspiring and memorable, and now I will think twice before I go home to the remote control vs. spending 20 minutes at that cocktail party!
Robin Reibel, Senior Vice President, Macy’s

NOTABLE KEYNOTES & PRESENTATIONS

  • EAT, DRINK & SUCCEED - THE KEYNOTE YOUR AUDIENCE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT ALL YEAR. IT’S MOTIVATIONAL, HUMOROUS AND ENGAGING, BUT WHAT MAKES IT POWERFUL IS THAT IT’S IMMEDIATELY ACTIONABLE.

    THE KEYNOTE YOUR AUDIENCE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT ALL YEAR.

    IT’S MOTIVATIONAL, HUMOROUS AND ENGAGING, IT’S IMMEDIATELY ACTIONABLE.

    Laura’s super-charged signature series is centered on being “prepared for partnership” while turning the “optional into opportunity,” because as Laura reminds us all, “You never know when the next conversation will be the conversation to change your life or that of someone else!”

    Laura challenges her audience to ask, “What can I do for you?” instead of the more negative — “What can you do for me?” interpretation of networking. She explains how positive, powerful networking involves mentoring and leading both inside and outside of the office. And, she incorporates your conference programming and year-round engagement into examples where Laura’s tips can be used to increase results for every member of your audience.

    When the event is over, these lessons can be carried back to the office and put to work in professional and personal settings. Eat, Drink & Succeed motivates, engages, and most importantly, it drives action. Whether a first-time attendee or a seasoned veteran, attendees will feel empowered to take every facet of the conference and make it work to their full advantage and yours. Laura pro- vides the tools and techniques that motivate attendees to capitalize on all social and business interactions at the conference so that they, too, can turn relationships into partnerships and ideas into realities.

     

    SAMPLE OF GROUPS WHO WOULD FIND LAURA’S SIGNATURE PRESENTATION VALUABLE:                     

    This presentation knows no boundaries and is given around the world to all industries. This program can be adapted for any conference, meeting, company, association or annual retreat.

     

  • ACTIVATE YOUR SUPERPOWER! - A PROGRAM ABOUT HER PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL JOURNEY, LAURA REVEALS 5 SUPERPOWERS OF ENGAGEMENT THAT CAN CHANGE OUR LIVES.

    From her start as a small-town girl with a speech impediment to becoming the youngest female presidential appointee in White House history and eventually an international professional speaker and television commentator, Laura delivers relevant and relatable moments of her challenges and success paired with the very superpowers we develop throughout our lives.

    Laura will reveal the 5 Superpowers we all have inside and outline how we can activate those 5 and identify more Superpowers that are unique unto ourselves. You will turn to these newly discovered powers at work, at home and in your communities to build successful leadership, engagement and development throughout ever y stage of your life.

    This compelling, motivational program will leave every audience inspired with a charge to put on their cape and tap into their inner Superhero!

    SAMPLE OF GROUPS WHO WOULD FIND LAURA’S SIGNATURE PRESENTATION VALUABLE:               

    This presentation knows no boundaries and is given around the world to all industries. This program can be adapted for any conference, meeting, company, association or annual retreat.

  • COMMON GROUNDS - A KEYNOTE WITH A TWIST INCLUDING AN ON STAGE REVEAL TO A 3RD PLACE WITH AUDIENCE INTERACTION

    In 1989 Urban Sociologists coined the phrase the “3rd Place.” Laura uses this concept as a starting point to expound on the power of 3rd Places in all of our lives. Places and spaces where we have the extraordinary ability to turn relationships into partnerships and ideas into reality. Laura believes that we never know when the next conversation could be thee conversation to change our life or more importantly that of someone else but, if we are ready for it, we will seize that moment and turn the “optional” into “opportunity”.

    An innovative reveal during Common Grounds is discovered in both its message and delivery.

    A unique delivery and staging design for “Laura’s Common Grounds” in 3 parts:

    1) Laura delivers a high energy 20minute keynote connecting Common Grounds to your company/association’s core message, mission and conference program goals in a traditional keynote setting on stage.

    2) Laura cues a surprise physical change on stage transforming it into a 3rd Place such as: “Laura’s Common Grounds Café” with a coffee station and seats, a happy hour complete with a bar and stools, a break room with tables or any other relevant 3rd place to the audience.

    3) Laura invites 4-6 attendees to the stage (pre-planned) orchestrating a conversation with them on stage, including audience dialogue when applicable, creating an engaging program through interaction highlighting the message and goals of the company/conference.

    SAMPLE OF GROUPS WHO WOULD FIND LAURA’S SIGNATURE PRESENTATION VALUABLE:               

    This presentation knows no boundaries and is given around the world to all industries. This program can be adapted for any conference, meeting, company, association or annual retreat.

  • LEAD FIRST - A UNIQUE & DYNAMIC PRESENTATION ON LEADERSHIP IN TIMES OF SUCCESS, TURBULENCE AND CHANGE.

    A UNIQUE & DYNAMIC PRESENTATION ON LEADERSHIP IN TIMES OF SUCCESS, TURBULENCE AND CHANGE.

    As any great leader will attest, leading in successful times is easy. It’s what a leader does in times of turbulence and change that sets them apart. In this one-of-a-kind program, Laura shares little-known stories from more than 200 years of U.S. Presidents and First Ladies to inspire great leadership in any circumstance. Laura adapts these non-partisan stories to make relevant and relatable comparisons to your company or association, and offers tips that attendees can immediately put into action in their personal or professional lives. Laura uses her unique White House experience to share valuable takeaways and inspiring stories from the earliest White House inhabitants, along with first-hand accounts of defining moments during the Clinton administration. She illustrates real solutions from the successes and failures in leadership that we all can practice in our daily lives as we work with our customers and colleagues and share within our communities and families.

     

    SAMPLE OF GROUPS WHO WOULD FIND LAURA’S SIGNATURE PRESENTATION VALUABLE:                     

    This presentation knows no boundaries and is given around the world to all industries. This program has an exceptional connection to women’s groups and can be adapted for any conference, meeting, company, association or annual retreat.

  • MOONSHOT MENTALITY - A POWERFUL PROGRAM ON HOW YOU CAN HARNESS THE SAME MOONSHOT MENTALITY THAT TOOK US TO THE MOON AND MAKE IT PART OF YOUR DAILY LIFE

    Drawing on President John F. Kennedy’s approach to the space race and his 1961 address to the Congress, nation and world, Laura delivers a powerful, enlightening, and motivational program on how we can all harness the same Moonshot Mentality that took us to the moon, in our lives and professions, to achieve our goals as one community, company or association.

    Laura shares the three keys of a Moonshot Mentality that when embraced we can better approach challenges, teamwork and inclusivity collaboratively in our offices, communities and our homes. To do this, prior to the program Laura works with team members you identify to highlight their Moonshot Moments as a way to lift up your attendees for their Moonshot mentality and to inspire others to do the same.

    Moonshot Mentality is packed with ideas that you can put into action immediately to learn, build partnerships and excel at every turn of your life. After all, the sky’s the limit!

    SAMPLE OF GROUPS WHO WOULD FIND LAURA’S SIGNATURE PRESENTATION VALUABLE:               

    This presentation knows no boundaries and is given around the world to all industries. This program can be adapted for any conference, meeting, company, association or annual retreat.

  • CUSTOM KEYNOTE PROGRAMS - LAURA CUSTOMIZES EACH KEYNOTE AND CAN FURTHER CREATE ORIGINAL PROGRAMMING AND CURATED PLENARY'S TAILORED TO SPECIFIC COMPANY CONTENT AND THEMES.

    Laura always customizes her programs to your message and objectives, and she is known for her power of connection to the audience at hand – not simply giving the same speech over and over again.

    Laura is eager to work with partners like you to create original programming and to curate a keynote or creative plenary tailored to your goals and objectives. Whether based on conference themes, a rebrand, new partnership or a corporate milestone – you name it – after an hour call with Laura she will transform your message into an incredible personal connection with your audience and deliver it on your stage!

     

    SAMPLE OF GROUPS WHO WOULD FIND LAURA’S SIGNATURE PRESENTATION VALUABLE:                     

    This presentation knows no boundaries and is given around the world to all industries. This program can be adapted for any conference, meeting, company, association or annual retreat.

  • DYNAMIC VIRTUAL KEYNOTES - LAURA CAN DELIVER ANY KEYNOTE AS VIRTUAL TO YOUR TEAM, ASSOCIATION, AUDIENCE OR OFFICES AROUND THE GLOBE

    Professional Virtual Presentations:

    Laura is “virtual ready” and uses a variety of technologies with her clients to produce such programs. She has a state of the art in-house creative studio from which she broadcasts into Australia’s Today Show so you know it is outstanding!  The studio is equipped with professional lighting, video and audio equipment, a variety of set designs and can accept props and more to give your presentation a high level of technical confidence and substance.

    Creative Dynamic and Background in Technology:

    Laura always enjoys a creative dynamic so if a client has a new idea, she’ll explore it and technically make it happen. Laura is a professional television commentator and was The White House Director of Television prior to becoming the White House Director of Events for the Clinton Administration so, as you can imagine, she is comfortable with technology in a studio setting and producing it as well.

    Virtual Speaking Fees:

    Contact us directly to discuss virtual speaking fees of which Laura’s team is also able to arrange a satellite equipped studio if requested.

    All Keynotes are Available as Virtual:

    Any of Laura’s keynotes and original curated programs are available to be delivered virtually with her same renowned on-stage enthusiasm, motivation and energy.

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For information on services and fees, contact Ashley Brooks at ashley@lauraschwartzlive.com.