Innovation

<p>Mike Rayburn is a TEDx Presenter who teaches innovation, change and peak performance using world-class guitar and humor to create a transformational experience and generate exponential results. </p><p>He has headlined Carnegie Hall, Las Vegas, and performed more than 5,000 presentations in 20 countries on five continents. Rayburn is a music/internet pioneering entrepreneur, feature artist on Sirius/XM and Artist In Residence at High Point University.

Sometimes, you just have to laugh! Motivational humorist Scott Friedman motivates audience members to laugh and feel good while opening their minds to new ideas. As Scott tickles their funny bones with his quick wit and playful style, he slips in how-to techniques and practical ideas. In his programs, Friedman skillfully challenges people to take control of their lives and offers concrete ways to do so. Specifically, he assists participants in mastering change, relieving stress and burnout, developing their own sense of humor, and creating more value in their careers.

<p>Drawing from his expertise in transformative technologies, artificial intelligence, and future trends, Peter Leyden helps audiences understand and navigate a new era of global change.</p><p> Peter Leyden is a tech expert and thought leader in artificial intelligence, transformative technologies and the future ever since coming to San Francisco to work with the founders of<em> WIRED </em>magazine at the start of the Digital Revolution.

<p>Josh Linkner personifies creative thinking, entrepreneurship, and disruptive innovation. He founded, built, and sold five tech companies at a combined value of $200+ million. He shares his inventive, actionable ideas with audiences and is one of the top innovation speakers around the globe. </p><p>Linkner’s keynote presentations leave a powerful, lasting impact.

<p>Futurist Mike Walsh shares his provocative view of the future of business – and how corporations can navigate and thrive while dealing with emerging technologies.</p><p>Mike has gained a reputation as a futurist who challenges his audience to rethink their concept of technology and how it will disrupt their own lives. Mike customizes his message to each audience’s needs, drawing on wide-ranging research, while providing a blueprint for corporations to re-invent their futures. He also broadens his message to corporate culture and strategies for engaging consumers.

<p>Brett King is a futurist, bestselling author and the founder of Movenbank, the world’s first direct, mobile-only bank. </p><p><i>Banking Exchange </i>called him “King of the Disruptors.” <i>American Banker </i>named him Innovator of the Year. Voted the world’s #1 Financial Services Influencer by the Financial Brand, he is widely considered one of <i>the </i>experts on fintech and disruption in the financial services industry.

<p>In 2014<i> Fortune Magazine</i> named Peter Diamandis as one of the World&#39;s 50 Greatest Leaders.</p>

<p>Diamandis is the Founder & Executive Chairman of the XPRIZE Foundation, which leads the world in designing and operating large-scale incentive competitions. He is also the Executive Founder of Singularity University, a graduate-level Silicon Valley institution that counsels the world&#39;s leaders on exponentially growing technologies.</p>

<p>Carroll is one of the world’s leading global futurism, trends and innovation experts, with a massive global blue-chip client list that ranges from NASA to the PGA, Disney to Johnson & Johnson, the Swiss Innovation Forum to the National Australia Bank.</p><p>Over the last 20 years, more than 2 million people have shared his insight with his events on stage, taking in his ability to inspire audiences through a combination of deep insight, on-stage humor and motivational guidance, all grounded in deep observations on future trends.</p><p>For close to 20 yea

Take two comedians with chainsaws, put them in tights, throw in a Garden Weasel, and what do you get? Well, it's kind of hard to explain, but they're called The Passing Zone, and they'll amaze you and make you laugh! But it's not just the fact they are award-winning jugglers that make their show great; it's the humor of watching them transform into a living metaphor for corporate clients who juggle career, home, and unending expectations. Jon Wee and Owen Morse tailor their performance to the specific experiences and challenges of their audience.

<p>Terry Jones is a Digital Disruptor, an author and a venture capitalist. He has founded five startups, with two billion dollar IPOs, Kayak and Travelocity, and has served on seventeen corporate boards. </p>