Ven Virah
- Change Management
- Employee Management
- Leadership
- Personal Growth
- Teamwork
- Business Management
- Bilingual & French
- Conference
- Corporate Entertainers
- Education & Teachers
- Event Hosts & Moderators
- Finance & Insurance
- Funny & Comedy
- Inspirational
VEN VIRAH BIOGRAPHY
Ven Virah is an award-winning bilingual speaker, a global expert in workforce solutions, a charismatic emcee, and a certified “World Class” speaking coach. Leading experiential sessions with corporate leaders, Ven Virah brings people together and encourages them to think differently. Ven Virah exudes a lot of passion and energy and was coined by an executive as “the Brown Tony Robbins”. Ven Virah holds more than 15 years of experience working with large and reputable organizations such as IBM, BMO, Siemens, GE, Concordia University, and the Government of Alberta.
Ven Virah’s experience ranges across various industries including banking, healthcare, aerospace, academia and the government. Ven Virah’s experiences have equipped him with best-in-class practices to transform organizations, shift behaviors and deliver high-impact outcomes. Ven Virah also leads keynotes, workshops, and advises clients from around the world on how to lead, communicate and influence in a manner that transforms lives. He is involved as a member of both the Canadian Association of Professional Speakers (CAPS) and the Global Speakers Federation (GSF), and he was a 1st place winner of Speaker Slam, North America’s largest inspirational speaking competition.
Following his business degree and post-graduate studies, Ven seized the opportunity to give back to his university by serving on the Board of Directors of the Concordia University Alumni Association. 8 years later, Ven transitioned to a new opportunity where he served a 4-year term as the National Young Adults Leader for his spiritual organization, SSIO Canada. Ven enjoys hosting conferences, educational and charitable events and now serves as an executive of the Concordia University alumni chapter in Vancouver, Canada. Ven Virah currently leads as a global expert in workforce solutions culminating many years of serving as a leader in the industry.
He shares lots of insights leaning on the latest research and his own lens as a millennial navigating the corporate ladder, leading in organizations, and serving on boards as a director. He recently shared the stage at the Staffing Industry Analyst (SIA) annual healthcare staffing summit in Boston, USA, discussing his thoughts and predictions on market trends, operational best practices, and lessons learned. Ven Virah has a successful TED talk on men’s health where his compelling story, filled with humor, life lessons and many obvious double-entendres, has been warmly received.
This resulted in a lot of positive feedback and numerous requests from both men and women requesting him to share further on his personal journey triumphing over shame and guilt. Ven Virah radiates uplifting energy as a certified Laughter Yoga instructor. Ven provides his audience with simple tools to reduce stress and reclaim joy. With this effective practice, Ven leads participants into a space of transformative upliftment within minutes. He’s received raving reviews from this offering for successfully lifting the energy in academic, public, and corporate environments.
Ven Virah has experience in working with a variety of clients globally within many different industries and sectors. He has consulted multiple organizations on creativity, leadership, emotional intelligence, influence, negotiation, communication and diversity. Many clients are absolutely elated by Ven’s likeable onstage personality and original humor. Ven speaks both English and French and has been hired by event planners, corporate leaders and academics to bring insight to what is out of sight, and raise the energy at their events across North America, Europe and Asia.
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Ven Virah Topic Presentations
emcee
- Virtual PresentationKeynote PresentationWorkshop SessionHalf Day TrainingFull Day Training
How would your next event look like if it was led with structure and high-octane energy? How relieved would you be to know that a professional emcee is keeping your event on time? Driving everyone’s attention where it needs to be. Bringing flexibility to steer any unforeseen last-minute event changes with ease in execution.
Supporting your event in buying some extra time by sprinkling some original comic relief for good measure. Look no further. Many clients are absolutely elated by Ven Virah’s likeable onstage personality and original humor. Ven speaks both English and French and has been hired by event planners, corporate leaders and academics to raise the energy at their events across Canada, and in the United States, Europe and Asia.
laughter yoga for the corporate world
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This highly interactive program has been very successful in lifting the energy in the room in corporate environments with participants becoming highly engaged and feeling for themselves how their mood can change within minutes with this effective practice. This program has received raving reviews from leaders from organizations such as Royal Bank of Canada (RBC), the City of Brampton, ISOL India, Concordia University and the University of Windsor.
This can also be presented as a high-energy laughter yoga session (10-25 minutes) to warm up your conference attendees (in person or virtual) and raise their energy, so they feel great and connected as you dive further into your conference programming. This is also a unique offering that can be offered right after lunch when a release of endorphins and “happy” hormones like dopamine and serotonin may be required to ease and center the audience back into your conference programming.
men’s health
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After his successful TED talk, Ven’s received numerous requests from both men and women to share further on his personal journey triumphing over shame and guilt and is now shining light on one of society’s last taboos.
Ven continues to share something few men will ever admit out loud, much less announce to the world. Bringing insight to what is out of sight. To address a hidden truth that 9 out of 10 men won’t admit. Because they’re ashamed. He’s here to talk about the rise and fall of erectile dysfunction. No pun intended.
Since getting help, which took nearly two years of various treatments including a major surgery and 10 months of therapy, Ven has learned that one in four men UNDER the age of forty deal with erectile dysfunction. And despite all the Viagra commercials on TV, men do not talk about it.
His compelling story, which is full of humor and many obvious double entendres, has been warmly received and resulted in a lot of positive feedback. And every week, Ven keeps receiving messages from men and women globally who also dare to share their own personal experiences with this important topic. Men’s health affects us all. And Ven is grateful that he gets to keep sharing this message in person with corporate audiences, university students, and online through video interviews, podcasts and news outlets.
future of work
- Virtual PresentationKeynote PresentationWorkshop SessionHalf Day TrainingFull Day Training
Ven Virah is a global expert in workforce solutions with numerous years serving as a leader in the industry. He shares lots of insights leaning on the latest research and his own lens as a millennial navigating the corporate ladder, leading in organizations, and serving on boards as a director.
He recently shared the stage at the Staffing Industry Analyst (SIA) annual healthcare staffing summit in Boston, USA, discussing his thoughts and predictions on market trends, operational best practices, and lessons learned.
presentation skills - commanding the stage/virtual room
- Virtual PresentationKeynote PresentationWorkshop SessionHalf Day TrainingFull Day Training
Learn how to deliver exceptional presentations with the energy and enthusiasm required to ensure that your message is not only heard but remembered. I recently presented this session multiple times with corporate leaders at Siemens all around the world.
inspiring leadership using emotional intelligence
- Virtual PresentationKeynote PresentationWorkshop SessionHalf Day TrainingFull Day Training
When was the last time you felt inspired, lifted, excited? Using emotional intelligence, great leaders create, and nurture vibrant relationships based on mindfulness, hope, compassion, and playfulness.
supercharge your creativity
- Virtual PresentationKeynote PresentationWorkshop SessionHalf Day TrainingFull Day Training
Creativity is the most crucial factor for future success. So where does creativity come from? How can you live up to your own creative potential? Learn fun and effective techniques to see the world in new ways and generate new ideas.
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How to book Ven Virah for an event?
Ven Virah keynote speaker is an expert presenter and has a wide range of experience speaking to a wide variety of audiences and organizations. Ven Virah delivers keynotes, workshops & training sessions. They may also host or emcee events. Hire Ven Virah from Vancouver, British Columbia for your event to inspire the audience to take action and make change in their work and their lives. Your workplace will benefit from our keynote speaker and their keynote talks and speeches will shift the mindsets or behaviours for the audience members in Canada.
Interested in booking Ven Virah for an event?
Are you looking to hire Ven Virah for your event? Ven Virah Vancouver, British Columbia is a dynamic and engaging speaker that offers audiences researched content paired with expertise and a dynamic speaking ability. Ven Virah is also a Canadian corporate consultant and coach and facilitates workshops and training sessions for a corporate audience. Ven Virah is an expert keynote presenter and speaks on wide variety of topics. Hiring a great speaker for your event is important and working with a thought leader like Ven Virah from Speakers Canada’s roster will engage audiences into the content of the presentation to bring awareness and a fresh perspective for their approach to their work and their lives. Book Ven Virah to educate, motivate and activate the audience through an interactive and entertaining presentation at corporate meetings and gatherings.
Known as a popular key note speaker in Canada, Ven Virah creates life changing experiences for the participants with practical insights and strategic advice they can implement right after the session. Working with a one our leading expert speaker like Ven Virah from Vancouver, British Columbia offers organizations a fresh perspective to assist the people of the organization. No matter if it is a government, association, or business crowd, Ven Virah is a perfect speaker for your event. Through unique practical insights for trending topics and years experience speaking to different organizations, Ven Virah focuses on changing individuals to make better decisions at work and their lives. No matter if you are holding an in person or virtual event, having an influential speaker such as Ven Virah will engage, motivate, and activate the audience to make a change in their lives and inspire action for results to meet organizational goals. Your workforce will benefit from Ven Virah’s presentations and speeches, with measurable results set to shift the people of the organization and core direction of the company. Book Ven Virah speaker for your annual general meeting, conference, summit, or convention in Canada.
How much does it cost to hire Ven Virah for a keynote presentation or virtual event?
Ven Virah is an expert professional key note speaker with a lot of experience speaking and delivering engaging talks to organizations and audiences in Canada. Each of Speaker Bureau Canada’s talent have different ways to assess their fees, and Ven Virah speaker fee ranges depending on the size of the audience, event format (in person or virtual), event location, and if the organization booking them is a non profit, association, government department/government agency or business/corporation. The speakers we work with are flexible with their fees, and it is important for us to learn more about your event before we approach them, as it is our role to work for you, and to help you find a speaker within budget.
Please contact Speakers Bureau of Canada and provide us with your event details so that we can contact Ven Virah to check availability or confirm the pricing and associated costs to hire a great speaker like Ven Virah for your event. As Ven Virah's agent and as a Canadian top speaker bureau and talent agency for speakers, we are able to propose each event opportunity from each host organization’s behalf to try to help you get in touch with Ven Virah and confirm them for your in person or online meeting/event. We can also provide and advise on the booking process and potentially negotiate their fee. Speakers Canada is a client focused speaker agency, and we work for you in finding good speakers for your team meetings and booking processes.
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