Small by design, D’Amelio Network manages the speaking activities for a select group of experts.
Small by design, D’Amelio Network manages the speaking activities for a select group of experts. We bring their insights to audiences through our global network of event professionals.
Great Speakers to Inform and Inspire
MIKE ABRASHOFF
Author, It’s Your Ship, with over 1.1 million copies sold. Captain who led the best ship in Navy is a top business speaker whose common-sense approach to leadership will transform every aspect of organizational performance.
KATTY KAY
BBC World News America anchor and popular keynote speaker on American politics, global affairs, and issues impacting women. Co-author of three New York Times’ bestsellers: The Confidence Code, The Confidence Code for Girls, and Womenomics.
BOB WOODWARD
Legendary Washington Post reporter broke the Watergate story and has authored 19 bestsellers since. The most-respected political journalist of our time speaks on what’s really going on in Washington – working to expose secret government.
COL. NICOLE MALACHOWSKI (USAF, Ret.)
Combat veteran and the first woman Thunderbird pilot brings lessons from her 21-year Air Force career – inspiring message on leadership, change, creating a high-performance culture, and overcoming adversity.
DAVID MEERMAN SCOTT
Turn fans into customers and customers into fans by making business personal. Bestselling author of ten books on real-time marketing strategy and social selling shows companies an action plan to take customer relationships to the next level.
POLLY LABARRE
Co-founder and director of Management Lab, a consultancy to top global firms; founding writer, Fast Company; Mavericks at Work co-author. Polly’s offers practical advice on leading organizational changes, innovation, and transforming organizational culture.
BILL TAYLOR
Co-founder, Fast Company magazine; Harvard Business Review columnist; popular business speaker on leadership who helps companies confront disruption and do the hard work of big change by creating powerful cultures. Author, three New York Times’ bestsellers including Simply Brilliant.
GEOFF COLVIN
Senior editor-at-large at Fortune unpacks the economic, technological, political, and competitive forces driving disruption. Offers a game plan to compete in the friction-free economy with an uncertain future. Author of two New York Times’ bestsellers.
BILL WALTON
NBA and college basketball legend and ESPN broadcaster inspires audiences with lessons from a storied career filled with success and setbacks. Great sports motivational speaker on personal excellence, leadership, teamwork, and overcoming adversity.
DN: Different by Design
WHO WE ARE
A Resource For Booking Event Speakers
D’Amelio Network manages a select group of experts who speak on topics of interest to business audiences. They are popular keynote speakers and seminar leaders whose valuable insights on the economy & finance, American & global affairs, leadership, innovation, competing, organizational culture & talent, managing change, global business, motivating & engaging people, and more.
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HOW WE WORK
The Network Advantage
We live in the age of the network. Networks are powerful because they harness more resources to deliver outsized results. The reason is simple: more is better. It’s no coincidence that the word “Network” is in our name. Networks connect. That’s what D’Amelio Network is all about – efficiently connecting our speaking clients to the widest possible range of opportunities through our network of event professionals…
Video Playlists: Our Most-Requested Topics
Top Speakers on Business
Leadership
Innovation
Organizational Culture
Motivation & Peak Performance
Managing Disruptive Change
American Politics & Global Affairs
Economy & Global Business Trends
New Ways to Grow Business
Our Speakers Address Top Audiences Worldwide
TIPS FOR EVENT PLANNERS:
Advice from Top Meeting Planners the World Over
What makes meeting planners anxious? Booking speakers. So we asked meeting planners from all over the world – from organizations both big and small, associations, corporations, non-profits, and producers – for their advice. Their useful and practical tips have been compiled in our free e-book “Event Planning Advice From Industry Professionals”. Download your copy now!
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Who Are the World's Greatest Leaders? Fortune's "World's Greatest Leaders" 2019
Hardiness and the Courage To Lead
How do great leaders find courage in defining moments, while most people don’t?
That question has intrigued GEOFF COLVIN for years and led him to spearhead Fortune’s effort to create a different kind of top leaders list in 2014.
Last week, Fortune announced the sixth annual World’s Greatest Leaders for 2019. As in the past, this year's list has some names you’ll know and many more that you won’t; but they all share a common trait: “Great leaders never know for sure if their plans will work, but they plunge ahead anyway,” says Geoff. “That’s why we recognize sheer audacity, well-intended, even if the results aren’t known and even if the plans aren’t universally applauded.”
50 Years After Moon Landing: SuperFan Posts Must-See Collection of PR Kits
Marketing expert DAVID MEERMAN SCOTT is marking the 50th anniversary year of the Apollo 11 moon landing by sharing a treasure trove of memorabilia from his extensive collection of Apollo-related items. David owns what he believes to be the world's largest and most-complete collection of original press kits from NASA and companies associated with the lunar landing effort. It's truly one-of-a-kind. Check out David's collection on the website he created: ApolloPressKits.com.
5 Fun Facts About BILL WALTON
Basketball legend BILL WALTON could be the most colorful character from the world of sports. He is a curious guy with wide-ranging interests and pursuits – and he loves to talk about all of them. If you’ve ever watched a basketball game he’s broadcasted, you know just how off topic Bill can go – pulling in obscure references to science, literature, music, and more. Some sports fans find that distracting, but most everyone else watching finds it uniquely entertaining.
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5 FUN THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT: MARKETING EXPERT DAVID MEERMAN SCOTT
David Meerman Scott is well-known for his groundbreaking work identifying the new rules of marketing, PR, and social selling. He pioneered the word “newsjacking” to define a strategy he refined for getting attention for your product, service, or idea by tying it to breaking news. We thought it might be fun to look…
1983 – THE YEAR THAT CHANGED THE SPEAKING BUSINESS
As I was thinking back on 2018 I realized that this year is the 25th anniversary of a milestone event that rocked the speaking industry; something that’s not been repeated since. If you were in the industry back in 1983, you’ll remember just how profoundly things changed. Three blockbuster business books were…
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