Byron Smith

Byron Smith

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Calgary, Alberta

Expedition Leader, Adventurer and Excellence Expert

Byron Smith, mountaineer and entrepreneur, is known for turning his Ford dealership into one of the largest rural Ford dealerships in Southern Alberta. For 6 years, Byron Smith Ford Link received the prestigious "Presidents Award", an elite award for exceptional customer satisfaction and business acumen.

BYRON SMITH BIOGRAPHY

Byron Smith is a riveting keynote speaker on any subject related to leadership, overcoming adversity, goal setting, commitment, motivation, problem-solving, risk management, and time management. He is constantly in demand all over the world to deliver his presentations. Byron Smith is a man of many skills. Byron is a mountaineer, entrepreneur, and author. He is an outstanding motivational speaker for business, public service, trade, and professional audiences.

Byron Smith has always exemplified success through his extremely focused and goal-orientated character. Early on his in life, Byron set a goal to own a car dealership before the age of 30. At 29 he achieved that goal. He continued to use his focused and goal-orientated personality to grow his Ford Motors Dealership into one of the largest volume sales Ford Motors Dealerships in Southern Alberta. For six years, Byron Smith Ford has received the prestigious “Ford Dealership Presidents Award”. This award recognizes business acumen, outstanding customer satisfaction, and customer retention. Byron sold Byron Smith Ford in order to pursue other business adventures and interests in 2014.

Byron Smith’s strong personality comes through during his presentation. His ability to set high standards for himself and to never give up on his goals has led him down a path of success. He delivers this message to audience members with the challenge to dream big and to achieve goals. As a result of his powerful story and his motivational messages, Byron has spoken to hundreds of organizations and corporations throughout Canada, Oceania, the U.S.A., and Europe.

Using his business knowledge, life experience, determination, and mountaineering experience he organized and led “Everest 2000, the most televised Mount Everest expedition in history. On May 21, 2000, broadcasted live on CBC Television, Byron’s triumphant statement: “I can’t go any further… I’m on top of the world”, was heard and seen by millions of people in Canada and the United States. Byron Smith also has the distinction of climbing the highest mountains on all seven continents. He is one of a handful of mountaineers to have accomplished the “Seven Summits Quest”.

Equally important, Byron Smith is a philanthropist and tireless fundraiser for causes close to his heart. He is one of Canada’s ambassadors for the Sir Edmund Hillary Foundation (SEHF). SEHF is a foundation in support of the Sherpa people of Nepal. In addition to the Annual SEHF Gala that Byron hosts, Byron also hosts the Calgary Tower Rappel. The Calgary Tower Rappel allows participants to rappel down the side of the Calgary Tower in exchange for a $10,000.00 donation to the SEHF.

Above all, Byron Smith has used his intensive drive and determination to inspire thousands of individuals to believe in themselves. He is passionate about guiding individuals to make it to the top in everything they do with the intention to lead them and teach them practical solutions to overcome all obstacles and succeed. With this in mind, Byron Smith will tailor his presentation to your audience and your desired learning outcomes.

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Byron Smith Topic Presentations

see you at the top

  • Keynote Presentation
  • From his opening question Byron Smith challenges, inspires, and motivates audiences with an emotionally engaging and awe-inspiring multimedia presentation. Byron tells an incredible story of risk, reward, and success as he relives with audiences his fascinating journey to the top of the world – Mount Everest. Byron Smith is guaranteed to inspire and motivate you to explore your own “Leader From Within”.

    During his presentation, audiences participate in a captivating, riveting, and emotionally stimulating multimedia presentation using visually powerful images and breathtaking video of Byron’s May 2000 Everest summit. The audience is taken on a stunning journey to the top of the world, with his incredible story of calculated risk, commitment, and success. Byron draws parallels between the business of climbing Everest and the business of achieving personal and professional success. Themes of personal leadership, vision, goal-setting, motivation, commitment, and management are explored. Byron shares his Five Guiding Principles of personal and professional fulfillment, showing the way to “Explore The Leader From Within”.

    This presentation is powerful, articulate, and inspiring, Byron Smith: See You at the Top is a must for any organization wanting to empower their associates, colleagues, and employees with the knowledge and skills needed to achieve any goal—personally or professionally.

Byron Smith travels from Calgary, Alberta & delivers customized and tailored keynote speeches, presentations, workshops and training sessions. on the topics enlisted below. These services are designed for a variety of audiences, industries, and event types and event formats.

Testimonials

On behalf of the Vancouver Canucks, I would like to express our thanks for your inspiring presentation. We have many mountains to climb, and your experiences that require dedication, perseverance, and focus are an inspiration to our players as to the qualities we need to reach the Top. Thank you for a tremendous job.

Marc Crawford

Head Coach
Vancouver Canucks NHL Hockey Club

A motivating experience. What a wonderful example of dedication, determination, planning, and execution to overcome the odds and achieve your goal.

Don Wheaton

Sr. Chairman CEO
First Canadian Insurance

Byron showed us just how powerful the tools of self-confidence and preparation are in achieving your goal. Everyone in our company still talks about the presentation. It was the perfect presentation for bringing our team together.

Don Smith

Partner
McKay and Partners LLP

Allow me to offer my heartfelt and head-felt recommendation of Byron Smith as a Keynote speaker for your next business conference or meeting. This is given confidently and is based on Byron’s unique ability to deliver a presentation that is both incredibly motivational and inspiring while consistently bridged back to business applications. The result of this approach together with Byron’s excellent presentation style is that his presentation is far more engaging than any other motivational speaker I have heard or personally engaged in the past.

Doug Paul

Managing Director
ING Funds

Your presentation was most inspiring and uplifting. It enabled all our Management Team to put into perspective and reflect on your message about determination and perseverance and how it can help them achieve success in their personal and professional life. Thank you.

Jacques Breunelle

Vice President
Van Houtte Coffee Inc.

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