by Connie Podesta | Jul 14, 2026 | 10 Ways to Stand Out, Humor, Keynote Speaker, Sales, Sales Keynote Speaker
Today’s buyers are not being difficult. They are being human. Here is what helps your team become the people buyers actually want to buy from. Can we all agree that buyers have gotten…interesting? One minute they’re asking for information, scheduling...
by Connie Podesta | May 19, 2026 | Change, Comedy and Therapy, Humor, Leadership Speaker, Motivation
(And Why Understanding It Changes Absolutely Everything) By Connie Podesta, MS, CSP, CPAE | Hall of Fame Keynote Speaker, Human Behavior Expert, and Award-Winning Author Let me paint you a picture. You’ve got a meeting at 9am. You’ve prepared. You’ve...
by Connie Podesta | May 6, 2026 | Balance, Change, Comedy and Therapy, Event Planners, Hiring a Funny Speaker, Humor, Keynote Speaker, Leadership, Motivational Speaking, Therapy
Humor + psychology = transformation. Here’s why the speakers worth booking deliver both — and how to tell if yours does. What Today’s Event Planners Already Know — and What Every Conference Should Deliver Let me ask you something. You’ve seen the...
by Connie Podesta | Apr 21, 2026 | Comedy and Therapy, Happiness, Humor, Life Would Be Easy, Motivation, Sales
“What if half your ideal clients are already sold on you — and one small tweak is all it takes to close them?” By Connie Podesta You already know how to sell. Let’s just get that out there right now. You’ve built relationships. You’ve...
by Connie Podesta | Sep 7, 2024 | Business As Usual Is Over, Comedy and Therapy, Comedy Topics, Hiring a Funny Speaker, Humor, Inspiration, Motivational Speaking, Speaker Advice
Why Organizations Hire Speakers Who Help Audiences Both LAUGH and LEARN By Keynote Speaker and Human Behavior Expert Connie Podesta People often ask me how I came to incorporate so much humor into my keynotes and I tell them that I trace it back to the fact that I...
by Connie Podesta | Nov 19, 2020 | 10 Ways to Stand Out, Comedy and Therapy, Hiring a Funny Speaker, Humor, Inspiration, Keynote Speaker, Leadership, Motivation, Motivational Speaking, Pandemic Fatigue, Therapy, Virtual Keynote Speaker, Virtual Leadership Speaker, Virtual Motivational Speaker
By Hall of Fame Speaker Connie Podesta Johns Hopkins. UCLA Health. Psychology Today. World Health Organization. Just about every mental health professional in the world right now is helping people navigate Pandemic Fatigue. It’s real. It’s draining. And it is likely...