Keynote Speaker - Steve Pavlina

Personal development for smart people

Steve Pavlina

Based on your budget and your specific needs, Steve can design a custom presentation to fit your audience. Steve's speaking strengths are:

  1. Highly original and insightful content. Steve creates his own content and presents his ideas in unique ways, so you needn't worry about hearing the same old stories. Without a doubt Steve is one of the most unusual and memorable speakers you'll hear.
  2. Credibility from direct experience. Whether it's graduating college in three semesters or experimenting with polyphasic sleep, Steve's expertise comes from first-hand experience. You can browse hundreds of articles in the archives to explore Steve's work for yourself.
  3. Focus on practical results. Steve emphasizes results-oriented Personal Development for Smart People, not rah-rah motivational fluff. He challenges people to consider problems from multiple perspectives and to implement realistic, holistic solutions.
  4. Creative humor and wit. Steve understands the importance of keeping the audience fully engaged, and he takes full advantage of his unique style of humor, much of which is spontaneous. In 2006 Steve performed in live comedy shows as a member of the Las Vegas Improvisational Players. For examples of Steve's creative sense of humor, see 10 Reasons You Should Never Get a Job, Saving Time With Your Microwave, or 33 Rules to Boost Your Productivity - Volume 3. Also take note of StevePavlina.com's Google ranking for a search on humor skills.
  5. Genuine human communication. Steve doesn't give canned performances where every word and gesture is rehearsed with robotic precision, so if you're looking for a phony stage mannequin, you'll have to look elsewhere. Steve's presentation style is natural and personable, connecting with the audience as a fellow human being. Steve addresses people as an authority in knowledge, but as an equal in attitude.

Keynote structure

Steve's presentations are typically designed with the following structure:

  1. Capture attention
  2. Arouse interest
  3. Instruct, explain, and train
  4. Challenge and motivate

The majority of the presentation time is spent on step 3.


Keynote topics

Steve's primary keynote topics are:


Why book Steve as your keynote speaker?

If you spend some time exploring this web site, the answer will be apparent. Additionally, here's some factual data to help you feel confident in booking Steve:

  1. Proven authority. Alexa.com is a popular traffic-ranking site owned by Amazon.com. The lower the Alexa ranking for a speaker's web site, the larger that speaker's online following is. Take note of StevePavlina.com's Alexa ranking, and compare it to the rankings for other keynote speakers you're considering or even famous speakers you know. A speaker who has gained a significant online audience likely got there by producing valuable content that people are eager to recommend. When you can see that online communities have already validated a speaker's content, that means less risk for you. According to Alexa.com, StevePavlina.com is currently the most popular personal development web site in the world, receiving more monthly visitors than the web sites of any other speaker or author in the field. Steve achieved this result without spending a dime on marketing. The explosive traffic growth occurred because visitors enthusiastically recommend Steve's work to their friends, family, and co-workers.
  2. Proven interest. Do a Google search on "Steve Pavlina", and note the number of results returned. Hundreds of thousands of web pages reference his work. Do the same for other speakers you're considering; just be sure to put their name in quotes when doing the search. If the name is fairly unique (i.e. not something like "John Smith"), you can get a good sense of the volume of information written about that speaker. This works as another strong indicator of a speaker's appeal.
  3. Proven results. Google is the ultimate judge of quality content because it endeavors to refer its visitors to the best content it indexes. Do your own Google searches on self-discipline, personal development, purpose, and law of attraction. Note StevePavlina.com's competitive rankings on these terms. Every month StevePavlina.com receives search traffic from tens of thousands of unique search terms.

Audio demo

For an audio demo of Steve's speaking voice, feel free to listen to any of the podcasts in the audio section.


Steve's bio

Steve's bio can be found here.


Speaking requirements

Steve's basic requirements for speaking at your event include:


Book Steve for your event

If you'd like to book Steve to speak at your event, please use the contact form to submit your request. Please provide the following details:

  1. Date of event
  2. Location of event
  3. Name and web site of the sponsoring organization
  4. Type and duration of desired presentation (90-minute keynote, 45-minute after dinner speech, half-day workshop, etc)
  5. Your topic preference(s)
  6. Estimated audience size (number of attendees)
  7. Your contact info

 
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