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…where you will need a Keynote Speaker, Workshop Leader or an MC to motivate, inspire, challenge or facilitate your converstaions? Let us help you!
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We work with hundreds of speakers globally, and not all are listed here. This site shows our approach, not our full network. Tell us your brief. We’ll recommend the right fit.
Personally curated by one of Europe's most experienced independent speaker advisors. Over 30 years. No roster. No agenda.
Meet The Speakers
The Wool Act
The Wool Act is a lively, interactive keynote experience created for corporate events. Using humour, surprise and audience participation, it turns a room full of delegates into an enormous web of connection, making collaboration, shared purpose and collective energy impossible to miss.
Theresa Schleicher
Theresa Schleicher is a keynote speaker, data scientist and leading expert on the future of retail. Known for her work with the renowned Zukunftsinstitut and Germany’s Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Protection, she helps retail companies, business leaders and industry audiences understand the future trends, AI developments and customer expectations shaping tomorrow’s economy.
Nicholas McCarthy
Nicholas McCarthy is a concert pianist and motivational speaker whose story of resilience and determination inspires audiences worldwide. Born without his right hand, he became the first one-handed pianist to graduate from the Royal College of Music. Through keynote talks and live performances, he challenges audiences to rethink what is possible.
Solitaire Townsend
Solitaire Townsend is a globally recognised sustainability expert, TED speaker and keynote speaker who helps organisations turn climate change into a story of action, creativity and possibility. As co-founder and Chief Solutionist at Futerra, she works with influential organisations to activate positive and optimistic change, giving business leaders a clearer way to approach sustainability, climate action and long-term impact.
Prof Deborah Nas
Prof Deborah Nas is a keynote speaker who makes new technologies such as artificial intelligence, generative AI and quantum technology clear, engaging and useful for business audiences. With deep expertise in technological innovation, strategic design and technology adoption, she helps organisations understand what is changing and how to respond with confidence.
Misha Glenny
Misha Glenny is an award-winning journalist, broadcaster, author and keynote speaker specialising in geopolitics, cyber security and organised crime. A former BBC Central Europe Correspondent, he brings decades of frontline experience to corporate events, helping audiences understand cyber threats, global organised crime, great power relations and the forces reshaping business and society.
Three steps to the right speaker. Confidence included.
Over 30 years, we've learned what works. Here's how we help you cut through the noise.
1
Tell us what matters:
Not just the topic. The outcome.
Are you launching a transformation? Rallying a team? Challenging assumptions?
We ask the right questions upfront. That means fewer mismatches and less wasted time.
2
We curate. You choose:
No endless scrolling through speaker rosters.
We send you 3 – 5 expert recommendations.
Each one matched to your goals, your audience, your budget.
Leadership. AI. Change. Motivation. We know who has lived it – and who just talks about it.
3
We Coordinate everything else:
Booking. Briefings. Travel. Technical requirements.
You stay focused on your event. We make sure nothing falls through the cracks – and your speaker arrives prepared and ready to deliver.
About Speaker Ideas
With over 30 years’ experience, Speaker Ideas has developed a global network of speakers covering leadership, AI and innovation, global economics, sustainability, motivation and more.
Our clients span sectors and continents. From global financial institutions and professional services firms to technology companies, heavy industry, consumer brands and industry associations, we work wherever senior audiences demand the highest standard of speaker.
All our speakers are leaders and experts who can inspire, educate, challenge and entertain audiences around the world.
Our focus is on meeting our clients’ needs by matching you with the most relevant and engaging speakers to deliver for your events.
Our clients include global financial institutions, professional services firms, and multinational corporates across Europe, Asia and the Americas.
Speaker Ideas provides a highly personalised service to take care of all the details, from the first conversations about event objectives, through the speaker selection, logistics and briefing process and ending with a post-event debriefing. We aim to keep things simple for you.
In that time Eithne has built a strong network of loyal clients and speakers through her strong business values of openness, reliability, speed and integrity.
Every brief is handled personally. No algorithm. No roster. Just experience, judgement and an honest recommendation.
Knowledge is power
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