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Neal Petersen

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History-making Extreme Adventurer, Award-winning Author, Motivational and Leadership Development

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4 Video(s) By This Presenter

Neal Petersen
No Barriers At Tedxuniversityofnevada
Motivational Keynote
Keynote, Team Building, Workshops

5 Programs By This Presenter

Why Neal Petersen?

  • Neal’s keynote is a powerful multi-sensory experience using a treasure chest with symbols of turning barriers into solutions and for larger productions thunder, lightning and fog.
  • US fees are inclusive of travel -clients know all costs upfront.
  • Always mindful of client budgets, Neal never invoices for add-on expenses
  • Neal’s impact continues off stage, he remains engaged with audience members attending social activities, book-signing, one-on-one conversations, group activities adding value for your investment.
  • Having visited over 100 countries and lived in 5, Neal appeals to diverse audiences.
  • Neal is sure to give your event the WOW it needs. His passion and uniquely delivered life-story are the ideal open or close. Audiences are quickly riveted and remain so until he exits. Neal can drive home any message seamlessly and will leave your audience refocused and reenergized, ready to tackle the challenges ahead.

    In these challenging times of uncertainty, fear and insecurity rise, many feel like solo sailors, adrift, grasping for survival. Neal lays out the importance of a clearly communicated vision and direction, followed by detailed planning, preparation, passion and execution using his remarkable personal story.

    Neal’s life-story addresses adversity, diversity, leadership, team work, motivation, crisis, innovation, change, planning & preparation – then execution and the courage to embrace fears.

    Take away values:

  • Neal carries a treasure chest on-stage and in it are examples of how he turned barriers into opportunities to achieve his dream and empowers others to turn their baggage into treasures.
  • Innovate – how to capitalize on ever changing winds storms.
  • Change – adapt to wind shifts and stormy seas by knowing when to alter course.
  • Leverage economic challenges to your advantage – keep pumping, choose a winning course and navigate to your advantage.
  • Attitude adjustment – refresh your vision and purpose.
  • Elements of success include passion, determination, perseverance and hard work.
  • With focus and planning, a dream can become a reality – everything is possible.
  • Life is about choice and with choice are consequences ~ choose your course wisely.

    Description of topics

  • – Neal has always defined himself by what he can imagine – rather than how others would define him and how he sustained his dream in the face of numerous barriers is compelling.

    – Overcoming fear and facing danger and the unknown has been central to how Neal approaches his goals and his life. Audiences will walk away understanding the validity for direct correlations between perseverance, determination, passion and dedication to achieve any goal.

    – Neal’s impact transcends age, gender, and race to promote the creation of leaders, life-long learners, and individuals who are mindful of the consequences their choices will have on personal, familial, community, and generational levels.

    – Audiences will understand that you have to address the possibility of failure if one wants to achieve great things. His message will connect with audience members’ experience facing challenges – sales quotas for instance – that may seem formidable at first – until imagination, innovation and passion are applied.

    Reviews

    “It is rare that I am asked by my senior management at IBM to immediately hire a keynote speaker when he is barely off the stage to give another keynote speech the following week – but that is in fact what happened with you Neal. And I want to thank for the extraordinary presentation you gave in San Diego to 8,000, but for the follow up presentation you gave in Barcelona to another 5,000 with virtually no prep time as well. I truly was in awe of the spirit you drove into the audience and how you made your own journey so very relevant to every person in both locations. You were nothing short of a genius! (Regarding book-signing) Our security team advised me that we had to shut it down with well over 200 people still in line after your inventory ran out which I believe was well over a thousand books. That is just a record at our events – even with some famous athletes we have used in the past. You generated some of the highest ratings and most positive feedback I have seen in many years of running WW events in this division.”

    — IBM 

    “Neal – I just wanted to thank you for the great message you shared with our top producers and senior management team at the Leaders Summit. Your entire presentation was right on point with the goals of the meeting and was extremely well received and you were given a rare standing ovation. Several advisors commented on how much they personally got from your unique story, how effective you were at incorporating relevant elements to this group, and how enjoyable it was to spend time with you throughout the meeting.”

    — AIG Financial Advisors, Inc.

    “Our biggest challenge at these events is to hold the audience in their seats as we typically lose somewhere around 40-50% of the crowd between speakers. This was the first time in the eight years Neal, I have been coordinating these sessions where the audience was spellbound from beginning to end and stayed in their seats for the entire presentation. Amazing!”

    — EFO, CFO Deputy Director Navy Fire & Emergency Services Programs Commander, Navy Installations Command

    “Mr. Neal Petersen gave the opening speech for the Brandes Investment Partners conference of institutional investors (450) from around the world. Neal is an inspirational and dynamic speaker who I would recommend as a featured speaker. He also makes considerable efforts to relate his speech to our particular company or group audience. Our group was delighted with his presentation.”

    — CEO – Brandes Investment Partners

    “Neal you have received our highest ratings ever for a keynote speaker and this covers hundreds of events over more than a decade. Before you, we had never had a single standing ovation, yet I can’t remember a time that you did not get one! You also go out of your way to spend time with attendees afterwards. “Neal has a powerful story in itself and he relates it to our industry – he ties it all into their challenges as he customized content for each event. “He’s inspiring, thought-provoking, the audience loves it when we start with a great story and a powerful message, then present the other topics which are typically dry and difficult and in need of solutions. Once I booked Neal for the year (32 keynotes) I took the burden off myself and didn’t have to think about a speaker.”

    — Government Technology

    “Neal Petersen delivered one of the most inspirational talks I ever heard at a corporate event. He had the whole audience enthralled as he talked about his life and how he set himself what seemed to be an impossible challenge. Impossible that is, unless like Neal, you believe there are “No Barriers”

    — VP, Qlik

    “Neal Petersen’s powerful presentation was the perfect keynote for our Global Inclusion Summit! His dramatic storytelling ignited and captivated our audience. With high energy and fully engaging presentation style, Neal captured the audience’s attention and left us with a fresh perspective on turning disadvantages into advantages. Neal’s inspirational “No Barriers” presentation brought our Summit theme to life!”

    — Chief Diversity Officer – MasterCard

    “I had an opportunity to attend a customer summit sponsored by a Cardinal Health. The keynote speaker, Neal Petersen, was awesome and his message was very apropos given the challenges we face in an ever-changing healthcare industry. His story was both incredible and inspirational. He told it skillfully and with great passion. It’s a story of insatiable will and perseverance to overcome adversity and succeed. So motivated by it, I spoke to him after and he may be the most interesting/impressive individual I have met.”

    — CornerStone Medical Services

    “For our leadership conference, we were fortunate to have Neal Petersen as guest speaker. We brought Neal to our conference to address the topics of rallying around common goals and achieving operational excellence. His presentation was vivid and dynamic and his life story and experiences helped this audience see how we can all marshal our inner strengths, stretch our capabilities and realize remarkable achievements. Neal’s words inspire confidence by making the pathway to success seem like something that every individual can attain.”

    — AXIS Capital Holdings Limited

    “Neal Petersen was an outstanding keynote speaker for us. His positive message of ‘No Barriers, Only Solutions’ was powerful, his preparation was impressive and showed that he knew his audience cold, his life story of hard work and success was riveting, his delivery was first-rate. Everyone was glued to their seats, and then at the end of his speech, 750 members rose up and gave him the rousing ovation he deserved. Neal was a huge hit!”

    — Massachusetts Municipal Association

    “Your compelling stories culled with your sailing adventures presented inspiring message along which set
    a perfect tone. We appreciate how you were able to weave the elements discussed of our challenges
    with your lessons learned; your keynote was very relevant to the issues facing CIO’s. The audience
    thoroughly enjoyed your presentation, giving you the first ever standing ovation, and your stories
    generated a tremendous amount of discussion even after your session ended.”

    — CIO, State of California

    ““Neal – I just wanted to thank you for the great message you shared with our top producers and senior
    management team at the Leaders Summit. Your entire presentation was right on point with the goals of
    the meeting and was extremely well received and you were given a rare standing ovation. Several
    advisors commented on how much they personally got from your unique story, how effective you were
    at incorporating relevant elements to this group, and how enjoyable it was to spend time with you
    throughout the meeting.””

    — Vice President, Education, Training and Marketing Communications AIG Financial Advisors, Inc.

    “Our biggest challenge at these events is to hold the audience in their seats as we typically lose
    somewhere around 40-50% of the crowd between speakers. This was the first time in the eight years I
    have been coordinating these sessions where the audience was spellbound from beginning to end and
    stayed in their seats for the entire presentation. Amazing!”

    — Deputy Director – DOD (Dept of Defense)

    “While at the California State Association of Counties I stepped into the General Session to listen to the featured speaker, Neal Petersen. Quickly, I was riveted to his dynamic delivery of inspiration, hope, and excitement.  Neal is one of the most inspiring, dynamic and thought provoking speakers you will ever witness, he is mesmerizing. His presentation takes you on a journey from his personal struggles and childhood, of just being able to walk, to becoming the first black man to race solo around the globe, and in doing so breaking down every barrier put before him.  Neal’s story of conquering political issues and the oceans of the world will challenge your association, opening the mind, with new hope and a determination to break down the barriers, real or perceived, that now exist and to take adversity head on and demonstrate that with determination and hard work you can achieve your goals.”

    — NACo Past President

    “True, lasting impressions are not something I often encounter to a significant degree.  I was involved in planning a recent group meeting and our Keynote speaker was Neal Petersen Neal is, quite possibly, going to be the only keynote speaker I truly remember as the years go by.  I have seen key notes at ACHCA, ACHE, ALFA, AAHSA, NIC, etc and none have ever compared to Neal and his significant message.  Most importantly, his message is aligned, in tandem and relevant to our industry.

    Neal was not just a keynote, he spent the entire day with our group. I have been left with such an impression that I think our industry deserves hearing from someone like Neal.”

    — COO, Premier Senior Living

    “His story left more than a lasting impression on me; it changed my life.

    I’ve had the opportunity to hear this great man tell his story three times; and I’ve read his autobiography twice. On every one of these occasions I’ve walked away with many valuable messages”

    — CEO Blade Network Technologies
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