Inspiring speakers.
Engaging voices.
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Inspire to Engage. Engage to Empower. The Collective Voice of Canada.
Mark Raffan
Dr. Hayley Wickenheiser
Medical Doctor, Author Toronto Maple Leaf Senior Director Player Development
Tina Varughese
Inter Generational Workforce,Cross Cultural Communication, Diversity and Inclusion Expert
Why work with the speakers bureau of canada
SBC is on a mission to inspire, engage & empower canadians through our motivational speakers.
Thoughts are at the foundation of identity and purpose. Ideas are the foundation of innovation and growth. We take the thoughts and ideas of what has worked in the past and bring you progressive ideas for the future. Blending inspirational stories with expertise, we engage the thoughts that prepare individuals for growth. We bring audiences real-life experiences with tailored messaging to empower the mindsets and behaviours that become shared values. We reshape perspective to find new purpose and present strategic solutions for sustainable change. Through the power of storytelling and newfound knowledge, our speakers assure new ways of thinking for the right ways of doing. Our speakers are experts at inspiring individuals to maintain the foundation of who they are, engage them to see who they can become and empower them with tools that will transform them to reach their full potential.
The Speakers Bureau of Canada is a Canadian agency that represents top keynote speakers and professional speakers for corporate events. We specialize in finding speakers who are inspiring, motivating, and engaging and can create mindset shifts for individuals to meet personal challenges and increase awareness for themselves and their teams in the workplace. Our speakers offer Canadian organizations a fresh perspective and new strategies to engage audiences at corporate meetings and meet the dynamic needs of each organization and industry. Our agents work with event planners to find the perfect speaker and collaborate with them to create memorable experiences for attendees. We offer powerful, engaging, and life-changing presentations that shift the mindsets of attendees and encourage positive changes in behaviour for the people in the organization. Our speakers deliver practical insights and learning objectives that are specific to each audience and organization at each event and industry in Canada. We match the perfect speaker with the right audience to engage attendees and inspire breakthroughs that attendees will remember at annual general meetings or corporate conferences in Canada. Our large network and collection of Canadian motivational speakers and engaging keynote speakers are experts at providing usable tools that attendees can implement in their lives after the presentation. As one of the best speaker bureaus in Canada, we focus on hiring top guest speakers, public speakers, engaging speakers, virtual speakers, leading experts, thought leaders, and professional speakers who provide a custom-tailored keynote, workshop, and virtual presentations on any topic and event theme.
For over 30 years, the Speakers Bureau of Canada has connected Canadian event professionals and planners with top motivational speakers, professional keynote speakers, guest speakers, moderators, and event hosts for conferences and corporate meetings. As a top professional keynote speakers bureau, Speakers Canada helps people find great speakers for any topic and professionally aligns the content of their presentation to meet the requirements of each corporate gathering. We help you find the perfect speaker for your audience, whether you need a hybrid or virtual keynote speaker for an online seminar or a speaker for a live appearance. Our talented bureau agents and speakers are on a mission to leave a positive impact that inspires, engages and empowers individuals to improve their approach to work and life, and strengthen the core and direction of their business or organization. We are skilled at finding, hiring, and securing virtual speakers for virtual events and keynote speakers for conferences in Canada. Our dynamic Canadian speakers blend their firsthand experiences with their areas of expertise and the latest research to offer strategic insights and solutions that audiences can implement after the session. We take pride in our reputation and strive to be the top speakers bureau in Canada. As a client-focused, full-service speakers bureau, we find the types of speakers for organizations that invest in their people. Our engaging speakers share practical insights that motivate individuals to align with current events and industry trends. Investing in an external perspective is important, and we are committed to inspiring Canadians at each conference and corporate meeting.
Our mission is to continue growing our network of expert motivational speakers and professional speakers so that we can maintain a trusted relationship with event planners and serve as a strong resource for event organizing teams in Canada to find and book speakers for corporate audiences. If you are seeking professional or motivational speakers for your corporate event or conference, Speakers Canada can help you find Canadian guest speakers and public speakers who can drive impact through their presentations. As a top motivational speakers bureau in Canada, we carefully select, hire, and secure the most engaging speakers and leading experts who share progressive ideas and have an innovative approach to specific topics or subjects. When working with the keynote speaker talent from our agency, event organizers and planning teams can access Canadian keynote speakers and professional speakers who collaborate with the leaders of their organization before the event. Through this strategy, our talent helps identify key learning outcomes, presents innovative ideas, and offers the latest research to inspire, engage, and empower participants to align with organizational goals. Our powerful, impactful, and engaging speakers can help organizations deliver meaningful events that transform individuals and encourage better business and life decisions. We also assist event organizers and planning teams in finding talented motivational keynote speakers who blend education with motivation and inspiration and help activate the audience to inspire individuals with new ways of thinking and empower them to take positive action in their lives and enhance their ability to perform in their careers.
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The Speakers Bureau of Canada has positioned our speakers into category types as leading authority, subject matter expert or expert at presenting for specific industries and audiences. They all share two things in common: Authenticity and Expertise. Our keynote speaker types have been carefully selected to showcase the expertise of each speaker based on their educational backgrounds, work experience and previous clients. A leading expert gives credibility to the speaker, establishing the bond between them and the audience. By using relatable stories and having unique insights based on their experiences they can inspire audiences to overcome industry and organizational challenges and engage them with a new strategy as a competitive advantage. Our speaker types empower audiences with the ideas and trends that shape Canadian industries and the tools for acceleration.
The Speakers Bureau of Canada offer topics that represent the core values of Canadians and speakers who inspire breakthroughs for them. Over the years, SBC has collaborated with thousands of organizations, including some of Canada’s top corporate cultures and associations, and has participated in close to a thousand events per year. Our talented bureau agents keep all the data of previous inquiries and events, allowing us to hire speakers for topics that are most requested by our clients. This also enables us to identify topics that meet the demand for speakers at each event for diverse organizations and industries. Through our important and impactful work, we bring external perspectives and thought leadership to various topics that are relevant to each audience, and tailored to meet the requirements of the organization. Our focus is on creating a positive shift in your people and aligning with the core direction of the company. By organizations increasing awareness and knowledge for various topics, they increase the performance of each employee, so that organizations can perform and maintain a strong position in their market. Our speakers are committed to continuously updating their skillsets and the content of their presentations, ensuring that each presentation presents an opportunity for individuals and organizations to increase their personal and organizational goals to maximize their performance. We help foster workplace cultures that value learning and development for their people. Investing in a speaker compliments the commitment to employees and the speaking topics are an investment for your future.
The Speakers Bureau Canada represents a diverse range of professional speakers who can deliver keynotes, workshops, and virtual presentations on any topic for any audience. We hire Canada’s top motivational speakers and leading experts to create life-changing experiences for corporate audiences at conferences and meetings. We carefully select speakers for various locations and topics, as our collection of speakers can speak on any topic and are located across Canada. Our speakers go through a rigorous process to be examined by our team for their professional approach and credibility, ensuring that they are accessible to any organization. We know that trending topics often change over time as do solutions within each topic theme and subject matter. By combining unique skillsets with updated research and blending of our speaker’s informative, motivational, and highly engaging presentations, Speakers Canada is able to bring fresh ideas, solutions, and strategies to each organization and their audience. We only hire speakers who customize the content of their presentations at each event for each audience. Our speakers deliver a tailored experience for the attendees, with powerful solutions at the right time for the challenges they face in their careers or industry. Through collaborating with the talent from our bureau, we instill the messages and results in your organization requires to inspire their employees. As the past becomes the present and the present becomes the focus for the future, we collaborate with speakers on topics organizations depend upon to reshape and rebuild the core direction of the organization and their people.
Searching by topic is an effective way to find corporate speakers for your event, as you will already know which topics resonate with your team, event theme, and purpose. Searching for a speaker with the Speakers Bureau of Canada’s talent agents makes it easy to find and shortlist your top speakers and save a list of potential speakers for the right topic. Through our important and impactful work, we bring you external perspectives for topics that are relevant to each audience, tailored to meet the requirements of the organization at each event. Many of Canada’s top event professionals and meeting planners rely on Speakers Bureau Canada to find a speaker with expertise in a specific topic or subject matter. Event planning teams can review a powerful list of motivational keynote speakers and virtual keynote speakers qualified to speak on the required topics for the program. By searching by each topic, organizations can find motivating and engaging professional speakers who will collaborate with them to customize a tailored and engaging presentation that meets the needs of the audience, event theme, and session requirements. The Speakers Bureau of Canada’s bureau talent and speakers are committed to assisting organizations achieve the desired results they require when seeking the external perspective to inspire their people. We collaborate with organizations that require progressive ideas and solutions to different topics at various events throughout the year. Our guest speakers work closely with each organization before each appearance. They to inspire and engage audiences to custom solutions for unique challenges for the topics that empower better work, life, and business decisions.
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Communications
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Business Management
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Future Trends
Business Technology
Top conference keynote speakers in canada
Searching to hire a canadian conference keynote speaker for a conference or convention in canada
A conference brings people together to network, share knowledge and learn new skills. The force of human connection is at play. A good conference will leave a lasting impression on attendees by shifting perspectives and discovering solutions to problems, which advance them in their careers. With inspiration and high energy, powerful storytelling and tailored messaging, the featured speaker is meant to engage the audience for the learning and networking at hand. They spark the emotion to engage the audience through their personal experiences with humour. They blend the theme of the conference with the purpose of the gathering, connecting attendees to one another with the knowledge and ideas that empower their future. We bring you conference speakers who curate the life-changing experiences that organizations desire and the memories that keep the attendees coming back every year.
As a Canadian conference speakers bureau and motivational keynote speakers bureau, the Speakers Bureau of Canada has a range of options as we have high energy, inspiring and funny opening keynote speaker that help give energy to attendees at the start of the program on each day of the conference. Speakers Bureau Canada also has event hosts/emcees, workshop speakers, corporate entertainers and after dinner speakers meant to carefully positioned to engage participants throughout the course of the conference program. We also have celebrity speakers, experiential speakers and inspirational athletes who are excellent closing keynote speakers, meant to engage and empower individuals to take what they have learned at the conference and implement the knowledge in their careers. Our conference keynote speakers are popular presenters at annual conferences for all types and sizes of industries, businesses, associations, and governments. With much experience as a conference speaker, our roster of Canadian conference speakers become a part of your planning and assist with the set up and delivery of your conference program. We can advise in which speaker should present in each timeslot within the program and can tell you more about the experience of each speaker with similar audiences. Our talented bureau agents are experts in assisting different organizations to search and find the top professional speakers and motivational keynote speakers in Canada that engage audiences and leave a lasting impression on attendees for conventions and summits. We offer a list of Canada’s top conference motivational speakers and keynote speakers to showcase inspiring and engaging speakers for conference audiences in Canada.
Whether you are searching for a celebrity keynote speaker for trade show or a professional keynote speaker for a convention, Speakers Canada has the best conference keynote speakers in Canada. We carefully select keynote speakers for conferences, showcasing Canada’s unique and diverse talent who are skilled at presenting to audiences at different types of conference events. The conference keynote speakers are experts at connecting and engaging with attendees at conferences so they can motivate, educate, and inspire mindset shifts that are relative to each audience and the conference theme. They are meant to leave a lasting impression on the audience, creating a memorable experience for them for years after the conference takes place. The breakout session speakers should be appealing to a specific audience member or be a technical expert on a topic, focused on the learning and development specific for their careers. Hire an opening keynote speaker or after lunch keynote speaker to deliver a keynote followed by a breakout session to save costs. Our conference speakers will make themselves available for meet and greet sessions for attendees to take pictures or offer book signing. They will also network with the delegates to bring more value to the host organization. Our speakers will also attend meals and scheduled meetings so they can meet and greet with audience members or leadership teams to discuss specific challenges they face, or the learning outcomes discussed in the plenary session. They will also often stay to meet executive leaders or sponsors, as they always want to connect with contributors and participants through networking sessions that drive more impact at each event.
Some of our popular speakers for conferences are well known celebrities, athletes, and best-selling authors. Others are professional speakers with motivational storytelling, humour, and unique life experience. Our talented bureau agents can assist you to find conference keynote speakers that are close to the conference location to cut down on costs. We can also assist event organizer teams to find corporate entertainers, high level celebrities & influencers to help market and attract attendees to the conference. SBC also has a wide range of leading experts, event hosts, emcees, facilitators, panelists, and plenary keynote speakers to engage attendees during the event. With a large network of over talent agencies, speakers bureau’s and speakers from around the world, we find information you require to help you book the type of speaker you require at your conference. We are experts in supporting event planners and meeting professionals to match the right speaker with the right audience and organization. A great conference program requires a wide range of speakers, carefully positioned within each time slot within the agenda on each day. Send us the draft conference agenda and we can send you a list of speakers for all the topics and sessions you require to fill the conference program. Your goals are our goals, as we focus on creating a life changing and memorable experience for each attendee. We aim for participants to walk away inspired, engaged, and empowered with the education and motivation required to implement the strategies and changes learned at the conference. As Canada’s speakers bureau, Speakers Bureau of Canada is best place to find conference keynote speakers in Canada.
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Searching to hire a canadian conference keynote speaker for a confernce or convention in canada
It all starts with a topic. The mindset to pivot and adapt. The tools to relieve stress. The habits of peak performance. The tools to overcome. As knowledge and ideas evolve, so do the Speakers Bureau of Canada and our roster of speakers. We adapt our list of speakers to match the needs of our clients, often shaping their industry and Canadian culture. As the topics vary, so do our speakers, but the outcomes remain the same. We provide insights for relevant topics, aligning the needs of employees with the needs of the organization. Through researched and customized presentations, we craft a motivational message that instills the education to improve with a strategy for the application. We offer the keynote speaker topics that inspire breakthroughs for Canadians, engaging them to meet the challenges of the now and empowering the endless possibilities for what lies ahead.
The Speakers Bureau of Canada offer topics that represent the core values of Canadians and speakers who inspire breakthroughs for them. Over the years, SBC has collaborated with thousands of organizations, including some of Canada’s top corporate cultures and associations, and has participated in close to a thousand events per year. Our talented bureau agents keep all the data of previous inquiries and events, allowing us to hire speakers for topics that are most requested by our clients. This also enables us to identify topics that meet the demand for speakers at each event for diverse organizations and industries. Through our important and impactful work, we bring external perspectives and thought leadership to various topics that are relevant to each audience, and tailored to meet the requirements of the organization. Our focus is on creating a positive shift in your people and aligning with the core direction of the company. By organizations increasing awareness and knowledge for various topics, they increase the performance of each employee, so that organizations can perform and maintain a strong position in their market. Our speakers are committed to continuously updating their skillsets and the content of their presentations, ensuring that each presentation presents an opportunity for individuals and organizations to increase their personal and organizational goals to maximize their performance. We help foster workplace cultures that value learning and development for their people. Investing in a speaker compliments the commitment to employees and the speaking topics are an investment for your future.
The Speakers Bureau Canada represents a diverse range of professional speakers who can deliver keynotes, workshops, and virtual presentations on any topic for any audience. We hire Canada’s top motivational speakers and leading experts to create life-changing experiences for corporate audiences at conferences and meetings. We carefully select speakers for various locations and topics, as our collection of speakers can speak on any topic and are located across Canada. Our speakers go through a rigorous process to be examined by our team for their professional approach and credibility, ensuring that they are accessible to any organization. We know that trending topics often change over time as do solutions within each topic theme and subject matter. By combining unique skillsets with updated research and blending of our speaker’s informative, motivational, and highly engaging presentations, Speakers Canada is able to bring fresh ideas, solutions, and strategies to each organization and their audience. We only hire speakers who customize the content of their presentations at each event for each audience. Our speakers deliver a tailored experience for the attendees, with powerful solutions at the right time for the challenges they face in their careers or industry. Through collaborating with the talent from our bureau, we instill the messages and results in your organization requires to inspire their employees. As the past becomes the present and the present becomes the focus for the future, we collaborate with speakers on topics organizations depend upon to reshape and rebuild the core direction of the organization and their people.
Searching by topic is an effective way to find corporate speakers for your event, as you will already know which topics resonate with your team, event theme, and purpose. Searching for a speaker with the Speakers Bureau of Canada’s talent agents makes it easy to find and shortlist your top speakers and save a list of potential speakers for the right topic. Through our important and impactful work, we bring you external perspectives for topics that are relevant to each audience, tailored to meet the requirements of the organization at each event. Many of Canada’s top event professionals and meeting planners rely on Speakers Bureau Canada to find a speaker with expertise in a specific topic or subject matter. Event planning teams can review a powerful list of motivational keynote speakers and virtual keynote speakers qualified to speak on the required topics for the program. By searching by each topic, organizations can find motivating and engaging professional speakers who will collaborate with them to customize a tailored and engaging presentation that meets the needs of the audience, event theme, and session requirements. The Speakers Bureau of Canada’s bureau talent and speakers are committed to assisting organizations achieve the desired results they require when seeking the external perspective to inspire their people. We collaborate with organizations that require progressive ideas and solutions to different topics at various events throughout the year. Our guest speakers work closely with each organization before each appearance. They to inspire and engage audiences to custom solutions for unique challenges for the topics that empower better work, life, and business decisions.
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Looking for a virtual speaker for a webinar meeting or online event
Some say that virtual event is not as impactful as in-person…and in some cases this is true. It is a fair comparison but measuring the impact can become challenging. We see virtual events and virtual speakers as one thing. DIFFERENT. The Speakers Bureau of Canada was at the forefront of virtual events and has been at the core of how to successfully hold an online event. and have found consistency and many advantages to going virtual. Through learning and development, trial, and error and by going back to basics, SBC was able to find consistency and we discovered some advantages virtual events offer that in-person events do not such as recordings and delivering a presentation to multiple locations to hear the same message. We carefully created a list of qualified virtual speakers for our clients who are able to deliver timely and impactful virtual presentations at online meetings in Canada.
The Speakers Bureau of Canada is also virtual speakers bureau that represents Canada’s top virtual speakers and professional virtual keynote speakers for online conferences and virtual meetings. As the speaking industry shifted online in 2020, so did the Speakers Bureau Canada. As virtual events became the primary way to inspire large audiences at distinct locations over the pandemic, and with organizations needing to hold events for employees, virtual events became a strong resource for organizations to inspire, motivate and educate their employees in uncertain times. With guidance from our most trusted speakers, trial and error and a dedicated commitment to understanding which speakers are successful in a virtual environment, Speakers Canada was able to grow their reach within the industry. We gained trust with different organizations by offering them engaging virtual speakers that collaborated with us to embark on a journey to help form the virtual speaking industry. As the events industry shifted to online events, speakers had to adapt and innovate their speaking styles in order to meet the demand to engage virtually attendees. There was no more “meet the speaker” as employees required tangible solutions on topics that could lift them up, bring them hope and find new ways of doing things while working from home. Only a certain number of our motivational speakers were successful in transitioning to become virtual speakers, and if they did not shift with the times at an early stage, they may not be as experienced or as successful in delivering an impactful virtual presentation. We adapted our process and went back to basics when searching for speakers to trust with our clients.
Seeing the challenge as an opportunity, and with us having a key role in supporting major companies and governments in a pandemic, we saw the challenge as an opportunity and went back to our values is why we are in this business in the first place. Speakers Bureau of Canada quickly adapted our process to support strong communications with event planners and organizing teams to support our clients in uncertainty and high pressure. We were able to adapt our process and collaborate with a select number of speakers we trusted and possessed unique skillsets to commit to online events quickly in order to meet the demand in our industry for short-notice bookings. We found formulas for success to help organizations find the right speaker for virtual events. We got to know our virtual speakers intimately to better understand their character, presentation style and ability to offer strategy and engage online attendees. The original speakers we worked with during these times became the foundation of our virtual roster, with a shared commitment, trust, and support to collaborate our clients for virtual events and online meetings. We continuously adapted our systems and processes while hiring and training an agile team that aligned with our commitments to support organizations for their online events. We were privileged to be able to grow our knowledge, systems and process while fostering a connected team culture and a proven virtual roster of speakers that maintain the bureau quality that organizations depend on when hiring a virtual speaker for an online event. Our virtual speakers are “tested and proven” in an online setting, committed to your outcomes and focused on impacting the virtual attendees.
As Canada’s virtual speakers bureau, and by collaborating with our virtual speakers. Organizations are able to create memorable virtual experiences through an engaging virtual presentation from one of our speakers. Our engaging webinar speakers and interactive virtual speakers create online experiences for attendees through their engaging virtual presentations. Search our list of virtual keynote speakers to find webinar speakers, online keynote speakers, and remote speakers for online seminars and virtual meetings. Our virtual speakers are dynamic, with the ability to deliver pre-recorded videos for Livestream or hybrid presentations for a live broadcast to team members not able to attend the event location. Our virtual speakers create memorable online meetings for virtual team building, bringing your people together when working from home. If you have employees spread out across North America, a hybrid workforce or remote working teams, virtual speakers are the best way to educate your employees with the same message. There are many other advantages to holding a virtual event that save time and money. Webinar speakers provide recordings at no extra cost, have virtual discounted fees and there is no investment required for a venue. Speakers Bureau Canada has the best selection of virtual speakers for online corporate meetings. Our virtual speakers are high energy, and use powerful storytelling and humour to entertain audiences online. Through their authentic and interactive speaking style, they inspire, engage, and empower virtual attendees with tangible solutions. We help event planners find and book virtual keynote speakers and online speakers for corporate MS Teams and Zoom meetings in Canada.
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Event planners can sometimes jump a step to look outside of the event location to look for the best speaker on the topic before searching a directory of local speakers. Local speakers may be overlooked and collaborating with a local motivational speaker can be a rewarding experience. If you book a local speaker, you can support the local economy, give new speakers a chance, or find a credible local speaker that attendees may be familiar with. Local speakers become an asset to your planning, having a grasp of the geographic, demographic, and socio-economic situations. The Speakers Bureau of Canada specializes in assisting organizations in finding local speakers through our search engine to access a large network of speakers in close proximity to the event. We focus on Canadian event professionals and meeting planners to find the perfect speaker by city, province and region.
Through innovation and years of experience, the Speakers Bureau of Canada has understood the needs of Canadian organizations to search and find speakers for their events. Whether you are planning an annual general meeting, town hall, staff retreat or conference, using Speakers Bureau Canada to find local motivational speakers near you is one of the best ways to find a speaker for your event. We focus on hiring speakers that create memorable experiences for the audience and there are many advantages to contracting a local speaker close to the event location. Local keynote speakers are often speaking to audiences in the same city or province for the event location. This gives them an internal look into specific demographic and geographic challenges for businesses, organizations, and their employees. Attendees may already know of the speaker, and local businesses may also want to take advantage of collaborating with the local speaker in the future. Local attendees will often know of some names of local speakers in the area, giving them the opportunity to connect with them for an in-person meeting before or after the event. Local speakers from the same city or province provide a firsthand perspective to discover local solutions to their problems. Since they do not have to fly or travel to the event, they can often commit to attending the event for an extended period of time. Local speakers are more accessible at events and will often stay for meals and additional sessions. Local speakers are resourceful and often familiar with the venue, room setup, and current events in the area. They can provide local tips to event planners related to any logistics involved in planning the event or the location.
Speakers Bureau Canada has a search function to help event professionals to search and find local speakers for events. Our location categories will present lists of speakers that are in close proximity to the event location. Local speakers are accessible to a larger pool of organizations, and they are often more flexible with their fees. Additionally, booking a local speaker can also help to save on travel expenses and accommodations, which can be a valuable consideration for event planners working within a budget. With our clients being spread out across Canada, we have carefully hired speakers from each region, city, and province to support local speakers and organizations. As a full-service speakers bureau, we have Canada’s largest list of speakers organized by location. We focus on Canada and the speakers we hire are carefully positioned to meet the needs of Canadian organizations. hiring a local speaker can be a cost-effective and efficient way to plan an event. Local speakers may already be familiar with the audience or organization and may be able to offer discounted rates for their services. Additionally, booking a local speaker can help to reduce travel costs and minimize risks associated with travel, as there is no need to worry about potential delays or cancellations or complications due to transportation. At Speakers Bureau Canada, we offer a wide range of qualified local speakers who are experts in various topics. We specialize in supporting Canadian organizations in finding the right speaker for any event, within any budget and for any audience size, and our directory includes professional speakers at different price points for different topics based on their locations.
Speakers Bureau Canada helps event planners find local motivational speakers in Canada to save on travel expenses and provide local insights for their events. Our directory includes a wide variety of qualified speakers for all types of organizations and events. Hiring a speaker from a different location can become costly for travel and fees. Speakers Bureau Canada has become the top speakers bureau to support local events, as not all organizations have a large budget to afford travel expenses or a big-name celebrity. We focus on providing services to find qualified speakers for a wide variety of events, for different types of organizations that are held throughout the year. Booking a speaker from the same city or province as the event location can help the audience feel a sense of connection and familiarity with the speaker, as they may feel like the speaker is “one of their team members.” This can be especially important if the event is intended to engage and motivate the audience, as a speaker who is perceived as relatable and approachable may be more successful at achieving these goals. Speakers Bureau Canada allows event planners to search for speakers by location, including city, province, region, or all of Canada. This can be helpful for narrowing down the search to find speakers who are located in close proximity to the event. Additionally, our directory includes a wide range of qualified speakers who are experts in various topics and themes, so you can find the best speaker for your specific needs and audience. We specialize in supporting Canadian organizations in finding the perfect speaker to deliver the right message, at the right time within budget and for any audience.
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“I have been working with Gordon and Roger with the Speakers Bureau of Canada (SBC) since the turn of the millennium! (Which was formally known as the Speakers Bureau of Alberta). They have been a solid player in the meeting’s industry mainly in Alberta and now throughout Canada. SBC is not only the top bureau I choose to work with they are (and always have been) my favorite since they are always going the extra mile for both their clients and their speakers combined. They are by far the most responsive bureau to meet client and speaker’s needs consistently. We speakers all have great things to say about SBC and in their short time in working as a national bureau, they have become one of the top speakers bureau in Canada for many reasons. “
Valerie cade, MA, workplace culture speaker
“SBC team has supported me for multiple events every year for over 6 and they have been a major resource for me and the other municipalities I work with to find and book speakers for events. Whether virtual or in person, the SBC has been able to supply speakers that have played a significant role in helping our communities, business owners and our team members by hiring speakers who can motivate and drive impact through their experience and expertise. The SBC team is always quick to respond, able to understand my needs and are always there when we need them.”
Kristy tuts, economic development, government of alberta
“Gordon and the SBC team at Speakers Bureau of Canada have consistently been a major resource for me while demonstrating responsive, flexible, and professional services with partnership mindset at hand. I have worked with Gordon Breault and Roger Breault through the Speakers Bureau of Canada (formerly Speakers Bureau of Alberta) for close to 20 years. I often recommended their services to both clients and to many fellow speakers who are now part of their growing roster. Clients that I have worked with through their bureau have nothing but positive things to say about their entire experience working with them. As one of their foundational speakers, I have seen them grow as they have greatly expanded their outreach and explored innovative new ways to partner with speakers. SBC has a passion for the speaking business and their clients, team and speakers shines through in every interaction. They constantly look for new ways to improve their business model and serve their clients and they get me in front of the right audience every time.”
Mike kerr, B.S.F, CSP, hall of fame business speaker
“It has been a pleasure to work with the SBC team to find and book speakers for our clients events. They have emerged as a major resource for us when researching speakers and are flexible in supporting each of our clients and the unique processes they have for their events. They have also been able to provide speakers that provide a lot of value to our clients, and we trust their speakers to deliver high level content, tailored for each group we work with. “
Jennie avram, owner, CSP, avram communications & events
“I am honoured to have been working with the Speakers Bureau of Canada for many years. The SBC family care about the work they do and have always been there to support and serve me when booked for different events. They are professional, flexible and easy to liaise between myself and the client, to ensure the success of the event. They are consistent to the industry standards in Canada, with the added bonus of having an authentic passion for what they do.I have recommended several speakers become members of SBC, and some of my most valued colleagues are now on the roster”
Deri latimer, bmgt(HR), CSP, conscious leadership & wellness speaker
“I have been working with the SBC team to find and book speakers for over 10 years. They have been excellent in providing support in our needs in researching speakers, connecting us with speakers and coordinating with us for our events with great success. We especially appreciate their connections to Canadian and even more local speakers for any type of event at a variety of price points. They are well networked with a strong reputation in the industry, and we trust them and their speakers at the highest level.”
Stephen allan, executive director, alberta recreation and parks association
“I’ve had the wonderful opportunity to be a part of the amazing roster of SBC since 2013. I’ve witnessed their growth and expansion for almost a decade. The Speakers Bureau of Canada’s team are highly knowledgeable, personable, professional, relatable, and accountable. They work very hard to ensure that each event has the best and brightest speakers present. I very much appreciate that, as a speaker, I always know that SBC has not only the clients’ interests in mind but also my own which I very much appreciate. SBC remains relevant when it comes to industry trends, standards and ethics and works hard to collaborate within the industry.”
Tina varughese, bcomm, diversity and inclusion speaker
Types of organizations we work with in canada
We provide speakers for corporate business, government, association & non-profit events
At Speakers Bureau Canada, we are a reliable and reputable resource for organizations in Canada to find and book speakers for their events. We focus on high-quality services and offer a diverse range of talent, allowing us to support a wide range of organizations. We continuously update our roster to represent the speakers and topics that are shaping our industry. By building and maintaining long-term relationships with clients, we have established a strong foundation of trust and mutual benefit, which helps to ensure the success of events with our speakers. As a client-focused organization, our team has a passion for the important role we play, and we are committed to equipping ourselves with the knowledge and skills to improve the services we offer. We are a credible and dependable resource for organizations to find speakers who can bring fresh perspectives and positively impact the learning and development of attendees.
Speakers Bureau Canada (SBC) is a full-service speakers bureau and talent agency that exclusively represents the interests of event professionals, event organizers, and meeting planners. We provide a comprehensive range of services to help you find, search, select, hire, and book in-person and virtual keynote speakers for conferences and events. As a top Canadian speakers bureau, we have developed strong relationships with a wide range of organizations and are a major resource for all Canadian businesses seeking speakers for their events. Whether you are a small business or a large international corporation, our corporate motivational speakers and corporate keynote speakers can help to create mindset shifts and behavioural change for your corporate audience. We value relationships and are constantly seeking out talent and speakers to support event professionals to continue to provide speakers for their events. We have helped human resource professionals, CEOs, and leadership teams to find and book speakers for annual general meetings and conferences. Our goal is to provide you with the best possible speakers for your event, helping you to create a successful and impactful experience for your attendees at corporate meetings. We have experience in the speaking industry and are dedicated to providing exceptional customer support to help organizations find engaging motivational keynote speakers in Canada. Our team is enthusiastic to expand our knowledge, reach, network, and services we offer for our industry. We have successfully booked thousands of events with our speakers and are committed to helping our clients find and book the right speaker for each event and their audience.
The Speakers Bureau of Canada is a major resource for businesses and corporations as it provides access to a wide range of high-quality speakers and talent who can deliver engaging presentations and workshops for a variety of events. Our team has experience in the speaking industry and is dedicated to helping businesses and corporations of all sizes find the right speaker for their needs. We have established strong relationships with clients and have a reputation for providing exceptional customer support, making us a trusted resource for businesses and corporations looking to book speakers for their events. We have also successfully collaborated with many North American, Canadian, Provincial, and Regional Professional Trade Associations and membership organizations to provide motivational keynote speakers for their annual conferences. Our conference motivational speakers, virtual conference speakers, and conference keynote speakers are popular choices for association conferences, such as those for Professional Engineers, Accountants, Agriculture, and Teachers. We also have the privilege of serving Municipal, Provincial, and Federal government agencies, departments, and programs to find motivational speakers and virtual keynote speakers for their events. We provide speakers for government agencies, departments, and programs, with a range of options including keynote speakers, virtual speakers, and bilingual speakers to meet the needs of public servants and public workers in the public sector. Our team is dedicated to maintaining an updated roster of talent and speakers to appeal to any Canadian organization, to inspire, engage, and empower individuals for positive change.
As a professional speaker agency, the Speakers Bureau of Canada has been supporting organizations to find motivational speakers for their events since 1999. Our mission is to inspire, engage, and empower Canadians through our speakers, and we have worked with international, national, and regional audiences to achieve this goal. We have emerged as one of Canada’s most trusted resources for leading organizations, and we are dedicated to helping our clients find the right speaker, at the right time, with the right message for the right audience. Whether you are planning a conference, corporate event, or business meeting, our team at Speakers Bureau Canada is here to help connect you to speakers who can inspire your audience, engage them to new outcomes and empower them with solutions and insights that will shape their careers. Our speakers help bring the employee to commit to the personal and organizational success. They help teams and leaders discover their full potential, with a synergized approach to commit and perform to achieve the goals of the company. At Speakers Bureau Canada, we believe that the right speaker can leave a life-changing impact, with measurable results for years after each presentation. Our experienced team of agents has a wealth of knowledge in the speaking industry and is committed to providing exceptional customer support from the first inquiry up to the day of the event. We collaborate closely with our clients to understand their specific needs, budget, location, and theme in order to find the right speaker for the audience at each event. We are confident that we can find the perfect speaker for your event and booking our talent will ensure the success of the event.
WHAT TO EXPECT IN WORKING WITH SPEAKERS BUREAU CANADA?
Speakers Bureau of Canada offers 30 years’ of experience in collaborating with event planning teams to find, search & book keynote speakers & guest speakers for conferences & events. As Canada’s speaker bureau & talent agency, we interact and work with the worlds and Canada’s top speakers on a regular basis. We can assist organizations in generating ideas for the topic themes or the speaker types that will bring an innovative approach to the event. As a small business, we support each stage of your planning process with effective communication with organizers and our motivational speakers. We care about each speaker with each audience and the success of the event. You can find a speaker on any topic within any budget as we are a one stop shop for organizers to search and book the perfect speaker for the event.
Our goal is to understand the needs & expectations of the organization before hiring the speaker – Speakers Canada bureau’s team members and offer an elevated level of professionalism to guide organizing teams to find the right speaker for the right audience. We offer full support and maintain high standards for the services we offer – from the first time you contact us, up until the event takes place. We know event organizers and event professionals are often working full time, while asked by their leaders to find engaging speakers on top of their everyday workload. Collaborating with Speakers Canada saves you time by aligning our services and speaker recommendations with what you hope to achieve in hiring a speaker. Our reputation and our relationships depend on the positive outcomes of each event, and we work hard to maintain trust with each organization and our speakers as a reliable resource for searching, finding, and booking speakers for events.
WHAT CAN A TALENTED BUREAU AGENTS FROM SPEAKERS CANADA DO FOR YOU?
When looking through the list of speakers on our speaker bureau website, keep in mind that our speaker & talent agents align with each organizations unique event planning & speaker selection process. Speakers Bureau Canada offers transparent, open, and timely communications with clients and event planning teams to support meetings and decisions that support each stage of each process. We work for the event planners & organizing event teams around the clock to be able to coordinate with speakers & decision makers so that we can service Canadian organizations from coast to coast. We take pride in our work & understand the key role we play in supporting event organizers or department leaders at each stage of their planning & decision in selecting the speaker.
Speakers Bureau Canada has qualified industry experts that meet speaking industry standards – Take out the risks in planning & holding an event with a speaker by working with a top Canadian talent bureau like the Speakers Bureau of Canada. We streamline each stage of your planning process in selecting and collaborating with the speaker. Our event coordinators and speaker agents can advise on best practices, provide recommendations for the best keynote speakers or virtual speakers, and manage the expectations to meet speaking industry standards to for a smooth process leading up to each event. Our talent and bureau agents are experts at helping event organizers find speakers for events and enable and efficient process in sourcing out and booking speakers for each event.
WHY USE THE SPEAKERS BUREAU OF CANADA?
Our representatives are experts at keeping up with conference events, podcasts, creative content, previous presentations & event formats such as in person, virtual or hybrid events. As we book engaging Canadian speakers for a wide variety of organizations, we collect, research and share speaking industry trends for presentation topics, event formats and have unique insights into which speakers will be the best fit for each audience. We bring continuously search for the top talent and motivational speakers to add to our roster to offer Canadian audiences a fresh perspective for all types of Canadian events, organizations, and audiences. We also find unique speakers & thought leaders that keep up with the latest research on different topics so that when working with one of our speakers we can provide audiences with progressive, relevant, and practical insights that work for today’s fast paced business operations.
Speakers Bureau of Canada shares current ideas and guide event organizing teams to maximize their investment for each opportunity when hiring a keynote speaker or virtual speaker. We connect you with any speaker at an early stage, to ensure that planning teams get a full understanding of the approach to the content, iron out any logistics and most importantly, make sure that the speaker you work with is the right fit for the audience and will meet the session requirements. We keep up to date with trending speakers, new speakers, and industry experts to find Canada’s top talent and speakers to hire them to our bureau We are on a mission to impact every Canadian through our inspirational speakers that motivate, educate, and inspire mindset shifts and behavioural changes that organizations require, which we believe plays a role in shifting the direction of our nation.
WHY BOOK A SPEAKER FROM SPEAKERS BUREAU CANADA?
SPEAKERS’S BUREUAU CANADA HAS TOP ENGAGING CANADIAN SPEAKERS FOR CANADIAN AUDIENCES.
We only collaborate with qualified experts so that we can offer clients a proven list of talent & speakers for any topic or presentation format. Our Keynote Speaker Bureau offers meeting planners & event organizing teams a credible resource of Canada’s most successful speakers & proven talent for different topics. Our motivational speakers a fresh perspective to inspire audiences to make the changes required for the future of the organization. We continuously transform & adapt our roster of speakers to meet the unique needs or each organization & the current events in Canada. Our keynote speakers, virtual speakers, workshop facilitators, training seminar leaders, event hosts/emcee’s, moderators & panelists are some of Canada’s most unique individuals that inspire positive impact for results that audiences can implement at work and in their lives.
As a Canadian speaker bureau, we have stuck to the roots of current events, industry trends & hire speakers that speak to the needs of each audience. We carefully curated a unique roster of Canadian speakers & talent for events for any topic or event theme. Through this work, we continue to work with leading motivational keynote speakers that address audiences of all sizes at conferences & conventions in Canada. Through their powerful storytelling, authentic presentation style, appropriate humor, ability to research to understand the organizational challenges and the professional approach leading up to each event, our motivational speakers engage the audience to draw them so that they can emphasize the learning objectives and outcomes within the presentation. Furthermore, our motivational speakers in Canada understand the current events, geographic locations, and organizational needs of Canadian organizations.
WHAT MAKES THE SPEAKERS BUREAU OF CANADA DIFFERENT THAN ANOTHER TALENT BUREAU AGENCY IN CANADA?
We work hard to educate and motivate each audience at each event through the speaker. Most public speaker agencies in Canada focus on the highest paid speakers in our industry who only book speakers for a one-hour keynote, or work with speakers from all over North America which does not achieve the outcomes for each organization. Our focus is to connect Canadian audiences with Canada’s top speakers and bureau talent. Our motivational keynote speakers share Canadian perspectives that resonate with the current trends for events in our nation. The Speakers Bureau of Canada’s team and speakers understand the regional differences within Canada. Our focus is on hiring Canadian talent and to represent speakers from Canada that appeal to all audiences for any topic within budget no matter what size the audience or organization.
The Speakers Bureau of Canada offers you engaging speakers, emerging talent, qualified experts, interactive webinar speakers and high-level keynote speakers to be able to support each organization, each audience at each event. Our speakers represent the diversity of Canadians and speak to the needs of each Canadian at virtual/webinars or in person keynote or conference events. Speakers Canada’s speakers offer the value that organizations require when they hire a speaker, and each professional speaker will deliver a tailored presentation for each audience. Our speakers can also deliver follow-up webinars, board meetings, round table discussions and breakout sessions to give your audience members life changing and long-lasting impact. Through our talent and speakers, we are set to change the lives of every Canadian at each conference, corporate meeting, and event in Canada.
ABOUT OUR KEYNOTE SPEAKER BUREAU TALENT & SPEAKERS
Originating as a small family business and now a small team set out to continue our path to emerge as Canada’s top place to find speakers & experts, Speakers Bureau of Canada continues to grow our team and our reach within the corporate speaking industry. Our speakers understand the cultural differences of Canadians in each province which enables the audience to feel like the speaker is someone they know or trust, with an internal perspective of the organization and have an established connection with at each conference or event
We collaborate with Canada’s leading talent, emerging speakers, industry experts & conference speakers that have the unique ability to combine their experience, personal journey, areas of expertise & maintain a professional approach to deliver powerful keynote presentations that inspire the audience for the unique results that individuals and organizations require in today’s business world. We represent Canada’s top speakers and showcase one of largest network of Canadian professional keynote speakers, guest speakers & public speakers.
In collaborating with Speakers Canada, we offer event planners & organizing teams’ opportunities to receive a list of qualified experts & engaging speakers for an event. As one of Canada’s most popular national speaker bureaus, Speakers Bureau Canada has been in a large stage of growth as we work hard to continue to expand our network and curate a speaker roster to offer a fresh perspective that his from Canada for Canadians. We have emerged as a major resource for event planners in finding great keynote speakers and virtual speakers for corporate conferences, events, and meetings.
HOW WE ARE EXPERTS AT FINDING THE RIGHT SPEAKER FOR THE RIGHT AUDIENCE?
We hire speakers that combine an external perspective with the internal objectives for each audience and organization. Keynote speakers & motivational speakers in Canada that use their personal journey, education, experience, areas of expertise, prominent level of professionalism & powerful presentation ability to share practical insights that speak to inspire the results each organization has planned for to create a shift in their people or culture through an external perspective. We can access the highest level of sports celebrity speakers, public figures or Canadian icons and we also have Canada’s top selection of upcoming speakers, consultant speakers and professional speakers for conferences and events.
Our speakers offer tailored experiences for the audience at each event, and we do not hire a speaker unless they have the capability to customize the content of their presentation. Our Canadian motivational speakers work for and with you leading up to each event. They will incorporate today’s lates research that meet the needs of the organization with an elevated level of knowledge, expertise, and presentation ability to make a great presentation. We work with department heads, leaders, and supervisors to guide them through their speaker selection process, put them in touch with any potential speaker at an early stage and play the role of professional matchmaking between Canadian speakers, audiences, and organizations.
LOOKING FOR A SPEAKER YOU CAN’T FIND ONLINE OR OUTSIDE OF CANADA?
Canadian partnerships & collaboration for events – As an emerging and well-established motivational speaker bureau in Canada, we have established key relationships with other Canadian talent agencies & speaker bureau’s to be able to access all types of professional speakers & guest speakers for an event. Speakers Bureau Canada has been on a mission to recruit exclusive speakers that we offer clients and bureau partners for their events. SBC’s industry partners focus on speakers at the $20,000 + price points, Speakers Canada can contact Canadian speaker bureau partners and their speakers to learn the speaker fees or check availability of a speaker outside of our network. We have built our roster from the “ground up” per say and are working to continue to build our roster to represent unique speakers that are not on every bureau. We are continuing to establish strong relationships with other talent agencies in Canada while at the same time searching for new speakers that can deliver inspiring results for each audience at conferences & events.
International partnerships & speaking industry trends – We are a member of the International Association of Speakers Bureaus’ (IASB). IASB offers Speakers Canada the opportunity to sample motivational talks and speeches from the most in demand speakers. Through our membership, we network, collaborate & partner with speaker bureau’s & talent agencies from all around the world to access a network of over 7,500 speakers to collaborate for event opportunities with each other’s speakers.
How do i book a famous speaker or get a celebrity to talk at an event? Need big name keynote speakers for a big corporate conference or event? No problem. Speakers Canada can find you any speaker for any event no matter how popular the speaker or how hard they are to contact if they are a celebrity. We network with the world’s leading celebrity talent & sports agents to give us access to Canada’s trending speakers & the world’s top celebrity keynote speakers, political speakers, famous speakers, influencers, Sports speakers, Actors, Celebrity speakers & icons around the world. We access insights on the latest trends within the events industry & hottest keynote speakers, so that we can continue our role in bringing the most recent knowledge & education that draw a large audiences & impact organizations for each large conferences & trade shows in Canada.
WE HAVE SPEAKERS FOR VIRTUAL EVENTS, HYBRID EVENTS & IN PERSON MEETINGS.
No matter what type of event you are planning for, Speakers Canada’s has been able to curate a roster of professional speakers that are expert presenters for virtual events and in person conferences. We are always hiring and finding Canada’s leading talent & speakers that deliver practical insights to motivate, educate and engage the audience to make the change in their lives and at work.
Whether you are hiring a virtual speaker, motivational speaker, or guest speaker, we can offer a list of qualified experts that are trending within different topics or with specific audiences. Our virtual keynote speakers are engaging, our motivational speakers are entertaining, and our guest speakers are informative giving you a wide variety of choices of the approach to the event format and to assist organizations in deciding on how to plan their event.
WHAT ROLE DOES SPEAKERS CANADA HAVE WITH THE SPEAKERS AND ORGANIZATIONS WE WORK WITH?
We play many different roles with our clients such as; supporting them with their speaker research for accredited speakers on every topic within different price points, sourcing out speakers for full programs at events, holding funds on behalf of the client until the event takes place, protecting all parties in our agreements, adhere to industry standards for all processes, streamline processes for a smooth process in working with the speaker and act as a mediator to support speakers and clients in case of any discrepancies.
We become an extension of your team by getting to know the purpose of the event and what each organization is looking for when hiring the speaker. Most importantly we guarantee a pleasant experience in collaborating with the speaker and the success of the event. We take a small commission from the speaker’s end, as we market them for new opportunities, help them build their marketing materials, manage their schedules etc.
CONNECTING WITH SPEAKERS CANADA AGENTS & TALENT
If you are interested in one of our speakers or if you would like us to connect you with a speaker directly, please provide us with your event information, let us know about your audience and if you are looking for a virtual speaker, keynote speaker or workshop speaker. Connecting with one of our talented bureau agents will be the quickest way for us to contact the speaker regarding your event so please email us or if you have time, place a call to us so that we can put you in touch with the speaker to discuss the event details and them speaking at your event. We have one of the largest selections of speakers in Canada, and we can often connect you with one of our speakers within 24 hours. We pride ourselves on quick, timely and efficient communications in support of each organizer throughout their research and decision-making process.
We can put organizations in touch with speakers quickly for events coming up on short notice or that require a decision in a brief time frame. We “enable” an accelerated process in researching, finding, and selecting speakers for an event. Collaborating with Speakers Canada brings you an efficient, evaluated and proved process and speaker, which will exceed the expectations of the audience and deliver a powerful life changing keynote or virtual presentation. Our talented bureau agents are here to take your call or request at any time, and we are available for you from first email until after the event. We want to ensure our speaker was a success at your event, and we make sure that all the right processes are adhered to by speakers and the host organization leading up to the event date. it does not matter if you are a corporation, government or association, our mission to serve each organization for any event in Canada.