Motivational Speaker for High Impact Business Keynote
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“As our opening keynote speaker, John did an outstanding job of connecting with our audience, and delivered a compelling and thought-provoking presentation. He was able to combine his expertise with humor and deliver a spot-on keynote.”
- Kelly Foy, CEO, Elite Meetings International
The outcome of your event is critical and therefore, so is the selection of a keynote motivational speaker. Whether it is a business conference, association meeting, organizational development retreat, sales meeting, or other event, you carefully plan and coordinate every aspect to maximize attendee value. After all, "time is money" and the investment of those attending should deliver a solid ROI both individually as well as to your organization. Although the timing, location and setting are all critical, it is what your attendees will hear from the professional keynote speaker, absorb and then take away as motivational and actionable knowledge, which will ultimately determine the success of your event. A survey by Successful Meetings Magazine demonstrates once again that participants overwhelmingly (93%) rate informational content as the most important criteria for a meeting or event. As a leading public speaker, John delivers rich content that can be readily applied to the audience’s real world circumstances.
It is for this reason that, as a keynote professional speaker, John Di Frances prepares each presentation from scratch, starting from a clean sheet of paper. He never uses “stock” or “canned” presentations. Your organization is in itself unique. Your meeting is like no other. Why should the keynote attendees hear the same speech that is used for dozens or even hundreds of other audiences. John believes that they shouldn't. You, your organization and your attendees deserve better!
John carefully prepares each keynote speech to accomplish those goals and outcomes identified with you prior to the keynote engagement. As a professional speaker for more than 20 years, he is acutely aware of the multiple needs that organizations and their people face today. Although it is the responsibility of every motivational speaker to stir the audience, it is only the outstanding professional speaker who can equip and empower them to successful action. Through examples, illustrations and stories, John Di Frances transforms his real world experience into effective methods for positive change.
“As a professional motivational speaker, my purpose is to empower audiences to overcome their challenges and capitalize on their opportunities. It is for this reason that I craft each keynote specifically for that unique audience.”
About John

In speaking to each group, his goal is threefold:
to educate the mind, touch the emotions, and challenge the will.
John is a professional motivational speaker and keynote
business conference speaker, seminar leader, and corporate retreat
facilitator. Additionally, he is a senior executive advisor, consultant,
author, and successful businessman. Within the field of professional business
speakers, John is highly regarded for his challenging,
high content message as well as practical approach to the challenges and opportunities
organizations face today in an increasingly competitive global marketplace.
John's thirty years of international business experience in corporate,
government, and nonprofit sectors, provides a wealth of information
to draw from as a professional speaker in relating
essential concepts. As a keynote inspirational speaker,
his diverse background enables him to communicate key business principles, while
enriching his content with insightful and dramatic illustrations, stories,
and humor. As a keynote speaker, John is a master storyteller and he uses
the power of memorable stories to impact both the heart and mind of his
audience.

Professional Speaker - Business, Government and Association - Through carefully developed and targeted keynotes, seminars, conferences, and executive retreats, John empowers his audiences. With thought-provoking insights, vivid stories, and frequent doses of humor, he connects with audiences in a way they do not soon forget. Each motivational and inspirational presentation is designed to meet the specific needs of the client whether an association or government agency meeting, convention, sales conference, or corporate retreat. In this manner, John provides not only inspirational instruction and motivation, but also the vision and high content resources needed to take that organization to the next level. As leadership speaker and author, he demonstrates a clear grasp of leadership issues confronting organizations today. Laying a principle-based foundation, John helps organizations to look beyond the sole focus of current profitability to the goal of building their future, an enduring Legacy. John can be contacted through our office or your favorite speakers bureau.
John Di Frances' professional career spans thirty years of global corporate, nonprofit, academic, and government agency experience in senior executive and industry leadership positions. He has worked with organizations ranging from aerospace and defense to technology, healthcare and pharmaceutical, general manufacturing, engineering/construction, service, and consumer products. John is the founder and Managing Partner of DI FRANCES & ASSOCIATES, LLC, an executive advisory and consulting firm assisting organizations internationally. The firm's clients have included the U.S. Government, major US Corporations such as United Defense, Merck/Medco Pharmaceutical, United Technologies, Textron Corporation, and middle-market companies as well as offshore corporations, and foundations in Europe and Asia. John supports clients through high business content professional keynote and motivational speaking, executive advising and consulting services. John has been a motivational keynote speaker for more than twenty years. As a leadership Christian speaker, he also addresses faith-based organizations and youth conferences.
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