5 Traits of a Powerful Wellness Keynote Speaker

When your employees hear that there will be a wellness keynote speaker at your corporate event, they will probably fall into two camps.

When your employees hear that there will be a wellness keynote speaker at your corporate event, they will probably fall into two camps.

Some, who already have a focus on their health, will probably be excited, anticipating new inspiration and new ideas to push their wellness to new heights.

Others, who prefer not to worry about their health and instead want to keep following unhealthy habits, may be much more skeptical and become reluctant to even attend. They may anticipate shaming, unwanted input into their personal choices, and a bunch of information that they don’t want or necessarily even believe.

A truly great wellness keynote speaker, however, will make converts of the skeptics. They will use their powerful abilities of communication and knowledge to ignite a spark for wellness in the hearts of all listeners. So if you want the focus of your event to center around wellness, choosing the right keynote speaker can make all the difference in achieving exceptional engagement from your employees.

Expertise

Any keynote speaker needs credibility in order to make a lasting difference in the hearts of the audience. Let just any speaker stand up and give a talk about wellness, and every listener will be googling them and pointing out the gaps in their resume and inconsistencies in their background.

On the other hand, choose a keynote speaker who is a doctor and a New York Times bestselling author, and everyone will have to take notice of what they have to say. With years of experience in treating patients and teaching wellness, the right keynote speaker will have the expertise to make even the most entrenched skeptic to take notice.

Storytelling

Arguably, the best part of a keynote address is the stories. A great story will capture the audience and force them to engage with the topic. 

A great keynote speaker will have intriguing anecdotes to demonstrate the application of their principles, and they can keep the audience enthralled with their ability to convey these stories in a compelling and fascinating way.

Practicality

All the credentials in the world, and all the entertaining stories, can never make up for a lack of practical application. If the audience walks away more knowledgeable and laughing, but not knowing what they should do next to apply what they have heard, then the keynote speaker has not done his job.

Choose a wellness speaker who will give your employees actionable steps that apply the principles of health to their everyday life, and change for the better can begin right away.

Authenticity

A great keynote speaker will demonstrate the principles that he sets forth–both in the lives of the people he helps, and in his own life. No one wants to listen to a hypocrite, so seek a speaker who has fully integrated his ideas into his practice and life.

Presence

Some speakers can grab the attention of a whole stadium and hold it at their mercy. If you find a wellness keynote speaker like this, you will have someone who can effect great change in a thousand lives at once.

Bring these five traits together for your keynote address, and you can count on an amazing change in your corporate culture and, by extension, in your fiscal bottom line. Book a powerful wellness keynote speaker today.