Neal Petersen
Keynote Speaker: History-Making Extreme Adventurer, Award-Winning Author & Global Investor
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Categories:Business, Inspirational, Goal Setting, Sales, Black Heritage, Personal Growth, Diversity, Empowerment, Creativity, Human Resources, Authors, Overcoming Adversity, Outdoor Sports & Recreation, Customer Service, Disability, Motivational, Cross-Cultural Understanding, Writing, Athlete, Peak Performance, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, College, Education, Literary, Sports, Leadership, Extreme Sports, Travel
Neal Petersen Biography
Neal Petersen has completed two amazing journeys in his life: a single-handed yacht race around the world, 27,000 miles, 9 months at sea, alone, in the smallest - least-funded yacht he designed and built himself. And an even more arduous trip of overcoming racial prejudice during the Apartheid era in South Africa, poverty, and a childhood physical disability, just to make it to the start line! While sharing his history-making riveting life story – life lessons and philosophy, Petersen's personal messages transform attitudes to look at set-backs and barriers in a different way. He expands the mind, with new hope and determination to break down any barrier, real or perceived, and to be better prepared to navigate and tackle the challenges that lie ahead.
Award-winning author of Journey of a Hope Merchant his autobiography Petersen shares real life examples of how he overcame insurmountable barriers by always turning set-backs and disadvantages into advantages—then into opportunities. Petersen demonstrates how success is realized—through innovation, balancing risk against return and being flexible enough to adapt to constant shifting winds.
As a world we are facing our "Cape Horn". More than any other time in history, people must be focused, have a solid strategy, create a dependable team, respect the competition and get to the finish line in the most efficient method. In this process, there will be headwinds of resistance, stormy seas of change, or just the immense challenges of having daunting objectives on a limited budget. This is a story of hope, resilience and accomplishment; it’s truly inspiring and reflects a powerful message that "In life there are no barriers ~ only solutions!"
Petersen’s keynote is a great kick-off; it’s interactive, humorous, motivational, customized to fit a theme and relevant. Using real life examples between the uncertainty of the sea and the challenges that people deal with every day, personally and professionally are riveting. Carrying a treasure chest on stage, Petersen shows how he turned disadvantages into advantages.. Images also bring his story to life and enhance the experience. For larger audiences lightning, thunder and fog are part of the experience.
Petersen can deliver keynotes, full or ½ day leadership programs and team-building option following the keynote. He can also facilitate, leadership workshops and breakout sessions and he will be engaged in conversations with attendees until he leaves for the airport. Petersen is affordable and easy to work with.
Contact a speaker booking agent to check availability on Neal Petersen and other top speakers and celebrities.
Neal Petersen Speaking Topics
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.
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.
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 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.
Neal carries a treasure chest on-stage and in it examples of how he turned every barrier into opportunities to achieve his dream and empowers others to turn their baggage and set backs into opportunity
- How Neal used innovation to find solutions is key to success.
- How to capitalize on ever changing winds storms by being prepared and the importance of finding the right team to help get you there. .
- how we can all marshal our inner strengths, stretch our capabilities and realize remarkable achievements.
- Adapt to wind shifts and stormy seas by knowing when to alter course.
- Leverage the current economic challenges to your advantage
- Keep pumping, choose a winning course and navigate to your advantage.
- Refresh your vision and attitude, find your purpose.
- Elements of success include passion, determination, perseverance and working smart.
With a clear vision, focus and planning, a dream can become a reality.
Neal's words inspire confidence by making the pathway to success seem like something that every individual can attain.
Attendees walk away with passion, a refocus and shift in attitude necessary to achieve their goals and dreams.
Neal Petersen Videos
How to book Neal Petersen?
Our booking agents have successfully helped clients around the world secure talent like Neal Petersen for speaking engagements, personal appearances, product endorsements, or corporate entertainment for over 15 years. The team at All American Entertainment represents and listens to the needs of organizations and corporations seeking to hire keynote speakers, celebrities or entertainers. Fill out a booking request form for Neal Petersen, or call our office at 1.800.698.2536 to discuss your upcoming event. One of our experienced agents will be happy to help you get pricing information and check availability for Neal Petersen or any other celebrity of your choice.
How much does it cost to book Neal Petersen?
Booking fees for Neal Petersen, or any other speakers and celebrities, are determined based on a number of factors and may change without notice. Pricing often varies according to the circumstances, including the talent's schedule, market conditions, length of presentation, and the location of the event. Speaker fees listed on this website are intended to serve as a guideline only. In some cases, the actual quote may be above or below the stated range. For the most current fee to hire Neal Petersen, please fill out the booking request form or call our office at 1.800.698.2536 to speak with an experienced booking agent.
Who is the agent for Neal Petersen?
All American Entertainment has successfully secured celebrity talent like Neal Petersen for clients worldwide for more than 15 years. As a full-service talent booking agency, we have access to virtually any speaker or celebrity in the world. Our agents are happy and able to submit an offer to the speaker or celebrity of your choice, letting you benefit from our reputation and long-standing relationships in the industry. Fill out the booking request form or call our office at 1.800.698.2536, and one of our agents will assist you to book Neal Petersen for your next private or corporate function.
What is a full-service talent booking agency?
All American Speakers is a "buyers agent" and exclusively represents talent buyers, meeting planners and event professionals, who are looking to secure celebrities and speakers for personal appearances, speaking engagements, corporate entertainment, public relations campaigns, commercials, or endorsements. We do not exclusively represent Neal Petersen or claim ourselves as the exclusive booking agency, business manager, publicist, speakers bureau or management for Neal Petersen or any other speaker or celebrity on this website. For more information on how we work and what makes us unique, please read the AAE Advantage.
Neal Petersen is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics including Business, Inspirational and Goal Setting. The estimated speaking fee range to book Neal Petersen for live events is $10,000 - $20,000, and for virtual events Below $10,000. Neal Petersen generally travels from South Carolina, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Amelia Rose Earhart, Coach Ken Carter and Rudy Ruettiger. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Neal Petersen for an upcoming event.
SPEAKING TOPICS
Neal Petersen Speaking Topics
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Change Is Constant: It’s How You Play the Cards
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.
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With Choice There Is Consequence
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.
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The Importance of Realizing Goals: Perseverance & Determination
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.
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The Power of Positive Attitude & How It Affects Performance
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.
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No Barriers ~ Only Solutions
Neal carries a treasure chest on-stage and in it examples of how he turned every barrier into opportunities to achieve his dream and empowers others to turn their baggage and set backs into opportunity
- How Neal used innovation to find solutions is key to success.
- How to capitalize on ever changing winds storms by being prepared and the importance of finding the right team to help get you there. .
- how we can all marshal our inner strengths, stretch our capabilities and realize remarkable achievements.
- Adapt to wind shifts and stormy seas by knowing when to alter course.
- Leverage the current economic challenges to your advantage
- Keep pumping, choose a winning course and navigate to your advantage.
- Refresh your vision and attitude, find your purpose.
- Elements of success include passion, determination, perseverance and working smart.
With a clear vision, focus and planning, a dream can become a reality.
Neal's words inspire confidence by making the pathway to success seem like something that every individual can attain.
Attendees walk away with passion, a refocus and shift in attitude necessary to achieve their goals and dreams.
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Neal Petersen Videos
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REVIEWS
Neal Petersen Reviews
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Everyone loved Neal Petersen's presentation. He really captivated the audience and was so high energy (which is always needed for fear of the afternoon slump!). He was so kind and took time to really interact with attendees after his session and really challenged everyone to keep thinking about the questions he asked and lessons taught. All In all a powerful storyteller!
Billionaires Leaders Summit - Jun 08 2022 -
Sure to give you a standing ovation. Neal is one of the most inspiring, dynamic and thought provoking speakers you’ll ever witness – he is mesmerizing. 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 - Dec 11 2018 -
I have been very fortunate to work with Neal Petersen - we brought him in to speak to 3 of our top producer meetings. He is a great speaker and he has found ways to help financial advisors take Neal's experiences and to apply it to their practices in such a way to grow their businesses through the tough times and enjoy the good times.
AIG Advisors Group - Mar 11 2015 -
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".
Qlik 2015 - Mar 11 2015
FAQ
How to book Neal Petersen?
Our booking agents have successfully helped clients around the world secure talent like Neal Petersen for speaking engagements, personal appearances, product endorsements, or corporate entertainment for over 15 years. The team at All American Entertainment represents and listens to the needs of organizations and corporations seeking to hire keynote speakers, celebrities or entertainers. Fill out a booking request form for Neal Petersen, or call our office at 1.800.698.2536 to discuss your upcoming event. One of our experienced agents will be happy to help you get pricing information and check availability for Neal Petersen or any other celebrity of your choice.
How much does it cost to book Neal Petersen?
Booking fees for Neal Petersen, or any other speakers and celebrities, are determined based on a number of factors and may change without notice. Pricing often varies according to the circumstances, including the talent's schedule, market conditions, length of presentation, and the location of the event. Speaker fees listed on this website are intended to serve as a guideline only. In some cases, the actual quote may be above or below the stated range. For the most current fee to hire Neal Petersen, please fill out the booking request form or call our office at 1.800.698.2536 to speak with an experienced booking agent.
Who is the agent for Neal Petersen?
All American Entertainment has successfully secured celebrity talent like Neal Petersen for clients worldwide for more than 15 years. As a full-service talent booking agency, we have access to virtually any speaker or celebrity in the world. Our agents are happy and able to submit an offer to the speaker or celebrity of your choice, letting you benefit from our reputation and long-standing relationships in the industry. Fill out the booking request form or call our office at 1.800.698.2536, and one of our agents will assist you to book Neal Petersen for your next private or corporate function.
What is a full-service talent booking agency?
All American Speakers is a "buyers agent" and exclusively represents talent buyers, meeting planners and event professionals, who are looking to secure celebrities and speakers for personal appearances, speaking engagements, corporate entertainment, public relations campaigns, commercials, or endorsements. We do not exclusively represent Neal Petersen or claim ourselves as the exclusive booking agency, business manager, publicist, speakers bureau or management for Neal Petersen or any other speaker or celebrity on this website. For more information on how we work and what makes us unique, please read the AAE Advantage.
Neal Petersen is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics including Business, Inspirational and Goal Setting. The estimated speaking fee range to book Neal Petersen for live events is $10,000 - $20,000, and for virtual events Below $10,000. Neal Petersen generally travels from South Carolina, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Amelia Rose Earhart, Coach Ken Carter and Rudy Ruettiger. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Neal Petersen for an upcoming event.
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