Inspiration

<p>Daryl Davis is committed to helping people ignite positive change—using conversation to build bridges.</p><p>His jaw-dropping experiences speak for themselves. For nearly 40 years, he’s engaged leaders of the KKK and White supremacist groups face to face to find the answer to a question: “How can you hate me when you don’t even know me?” </p><p>That question stemmed from his first encounter with racism at age ten when he was pelted with rocks, bottles, and soda cans by a handful of White spectators while marching in a parade.

<p>NASA duo shares lessons learned and best practices from the launch of the current Mars 2020 mission to help leaders and teams “Sustain Awesome.”</p>

<p>Mental health CEO and entrepreneur Johnny Crowder tackles one of the most pressing strategic concerns in business today—employee wellbeing—and reveals keys to creating a better sense of belonging, headspace, and heartspace in the workplace.  </p><p>The founder and CEO of the globally-utilized, positive psychology startup Cope Notes, Johnny Crowder gives audiences practical self-care tools and mental health strategies that people can start using now to improve their emotional health and wellbeing.

<p>In his energizing presentations, award-winning business leader Chad E. Foster tackles obstacles as opportunities and shares his Blind Ambition™ mindset to teams worldwide, inspiring people to transform adversity into advantage.</p><p>Can you imagine going blind just as you’re getting ready to go to college? When most people were preparing for the adventure of adult life, Chad was watching the world he grew up in fade to black. But that didn’t stop him from becoming the first blind person to graduate from the Harvard Business School leadership program.

As a boundary-breaking around the world pilot, Amelia Rose Earhart knows exactly what it takes to venture into uncharted territory; now she’s sharing her one-of-a-kind perspective and strategy with the world.

<p>Isaac Lidsky shares his vision for obtaining success and happiness in life and business – by changing how we perceive and respond to fear, mental roadblocks and new challenges.</p>

Sentenced to 65 years in a Texas maximum security prison, Damon West once had it all.

<p>Growing up in inner-city Newark, New Jersey, Sampson Davis and two friends made a pact to “beat the street” and become doctors—and they did it.</p><p>Today, Dr. Sampson Davis is a board-certified ER physician who has appeared on numerous talk and radio shows including <i>Oprah</i>, <i>CNN</i>, <i>The Today Show</i>, <i>Dr. Oz</i>, <i>Anderson Cooper 360</i>, <i>The View</i>, <i>Tavis Smiley</i> and <i>NPR</i>.

<p>Kuda Biza is a serial entrepreneur who builds profitable companies to solve the world’s biggest problems: education and hunger. </p><p>He started his first company when he was just nine years old in Zimbabwe. Kuda moved to the U.S. with only $40 in his pocket to study at Lynn University, he started his second company, a socially conscious apparel brand, before graduating as valedictorian of his class.

Erin King is a researcher, bestselling author, global keynote speaker, and the world’s leading energy management expert.

 Erin King started her first two ventures, Jump Digital Media and PMS.com, before the age of 30. Her third venture, Socialite Agency, was acquired in 2021 by Strikepoint (Named 2x to the Inc. 5000 “Fastest Growing Companies in America” List).

 As a two-time bestselling author, Erin has helped over one million ambitious achievers in over 10 countries, from Bali to Amsterdam discover their unique “energy instinct” for incredible results.