Conor Cunneen

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Virtual Presenter, Host, Emcee, Facilitator, Keynote

Incentive Marketing Association writes:
"In my close to thirty years of association work, I have never seen a speaker as well received as you."

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My Brand Promise (Hey, I come from a Marketing and Sales background!) is E4:
♣ Energize
♣ Educate
♣ Entertain
♣ Easy to work with.
I keep that Brand Promise by working very hard with event planners to deliver memorable customized programs.

Virtual Presenter, Host, Emcee, Facilitator

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"Conor, 

Thanks again for your fabulous MC skills!  I was very happy with the program and am so thankful and appreciative of your skills and attention to the details as well.  And – thank you for the balance of humor you added to the program." American Express

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"Not only did you keep what was a very lengthy program moving along with pace and great humor, it was obvious that you had done your own research separate to the script provided.   Your combination of the gift of gab, great humor and professionalism as a master of ceremonies shone through and genuinely contributed to a wonderful evening." 

Above are just a few of the happy clients who have engaged (and rebooked) a truly professional, humorous Emcee and host who can work on site or virtually to your brief.

Motivational  Customer Service Speaker
♥ ♥ ♥ "As the person who coordinates all of our speakers year after year, I want to tell you that you offered a very welcome breath of fresh air in booking and executing our keynote speech. Getting information from you was easy, you followed through on your commitments every time and you were an inspiration to our customers." Insurance client 

Who is IrishmanSpeaks?
I am a proud Irishman who hails all the way from a wee village in County Cork and with a brogue to prove it. Today, I am happily exiled in Chicagoland, where the natives are friendly, the winters are (ahem) chilly and I have been force-fed more corned beef and green beer by empathetic event planners than I ever had in Ireland! And I love my job! ♥ ♥ ♥

My goal – nay - my passion is to Improve People, Performance and Productivity enjoyably, and to leave you and your audience with a smile on the face, a spring in the step, a beat in the heart (which is very important I am told) AND memorable, implementable concepts to take back to a more engaged workplace and workforce.

I give thanks every day to have been blessed with the Irish gift of storytelling and humor. This allows me to present relevant content that is memorable and implementable.

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Motivational Sales / Marketing Conference Speaker

♥ ♥ ♥ "I cannot find words for the testimonial. I am not able to adequately put into words how awesome you were when presenting to our sales force." Snak-King

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What will IrishmanSpeaks do for you?

Based on detailed discussion with you and your team, I will provide customized presentations to satisfy your objective. The net result will be - whether it is Sales or Strategy, Association or Agri, Corporate or Cancer – an energized, engaged, enthusiastic audience that will leave your event with the tools improve their own and colleagues' performance.

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Motivational Humorous Speaker - Improving Professional Services

♥ ♥ ♥ "I have never heard a speaker with the double whammy combination of humor and substance which I heard from you today." - MHM Law Chicago

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♥ ♥ ♥ "Fantastic healthcare speaker on the Gift of GAB (Goals, Attitude, Behavior) - much appreciated and taken to heart to be used when times can be difficult at home and at work. Thank you. I wish more of our staff nurses could experience it. We will have to take the message back." Edward Hospital Staff Nurse

Motivational Humorous Speaker - Cancer / Oncology / Hospice

"Conor Cunneen was absolutely amazing! His presentation of "The Gift of GAB (Goals, Attitudes, and Behaviors)," set the perfect tone for our annual Cancer Survivors' Day celebration. His talk was engaging, light-hearted and entertaining. Our cancer survivors and their guests were full of laughter and smiles and Conor helped make our event a huge success. Afterwards, he signed his book - For the Love of Being Irish: From A to Z - and generously took time to speak with all our guests making it the perfect end a perfect evening. Conor Cunneen was a pleasure to work with and I would wholeheartedly recommend him as a speaker."  - Elmhurst Hospital Survivor Celebration

Conor's Business Expertise?
Here's what one of my bios says!
"Conor is an in-demand, thought-provoking and oh-so-funny speaker who presents powerful and compelling business Substance with Humor to audiences from Harley-Davidson to Helsinki, from Memphis to Madrid.
This two time cancer survivor is a former VP Marketing with multi-national giant Unilever who has worked in senior Marketing and Sales positions on world-class brands as diverse as Hellmann's, Ben & Jerry's, Thomas's English Muffins, Knorr and Lipton. Prior to joining Unilever, he worked with Nokia, and was a Brand Manager with Heineken. He is a Fellow of the Marketing Institute of Ireland in recognition of his marketing and branding expertise.

Areas of Expertise

• Motivational Sales Speaker / Sales Conferences / Sales Workshop
• Humorous, Motivational Programs. (Winner Chicago Humorous Speaker of the Year)
• Healthcare / Nursing / Oncology speaker (Two time cancer survivor. "Having had a thyroidectomy and a prostatectomy, I now have an Irish condition known as 'There's not much left-o'-me!' ")
• Leadership speaker, Marketing speaker, Business Growth. (Former VP Marketing Unilever who has worked in Ireland, UK and USA
• Master of Ceremonies / Emcee
• Customer Service speaker
• Motivational Humorous Speakers
• Masterful storyteller and storytelling
• Presentation Skills speaker, communications speaker
• Foodservice and restaurant Leadership and Marketing
• Franchise Speaker
• Communications and Presentation Skills Speaker

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 ♥ ♥ ♥  SITE Europe writes about this motivational marketing and sales speaker:
 "Conor was the perfect closing keynote speaker for our conference in Málaga, Spain. Frequently very funny, sometimes irreverent, but always with a serious message, he kept our delegates well entertained. His quirky take, even on mundane matters such as leaving your room before checking out of a hotel, showed us a completely different perspective, and many of us were dancing on mushrooms (his phrase) the next morning as we left the hotel. As our delegates put it,
- Fantastic!
- Very clever and certainly got message across
- Excellent speaker
- Fabulous! - compelling, entertaining and memorable"

A serious student of the communication process and how to connect effectively with his audience through careful research, story telling and anecdotes, Conor is one of less than 70 people in the history of Toastmasters to be awarded Accredited Speaker designation. A multiple author, his most recent book is - What Mark Twain Learned Me 'bout Public Speaking. His other books include Why Ireland Never Invaded America (that's an acclaimed business book), For the Love of Being Irish, and SHEIFGAB: 8 Building Blocks to Successful Job Transition.

Conor hosted JobTalk on Chicago radio for 5 years. He is a recipient of the National Speaker Association Nick Carter Award for Commitment to the Speaking Profession and represented Chicago at the 2010 and 2014 World Championship of Public Speaking. He is a board member MPI Chicago, and the Community Career Center, Naperville, husband to his long-suffering wife, Pat and dad to John and Amy.

Program Titles include:

* The Gift of GAB: Goals, Attitude, Behavior and Brand

* Winning Customer Service through The Gift of GAB: Goals, Attitude, Behavior (Brand)

* Creating a Top o' the Mornin' Customer Service Experience

* What Mark Twain Learned Me About Public Speakin'

* Leadership and Marketing Lessons from Ford and Starbucks Turnaround

* Pillars of Marketing Wisdom to Grow your Business

* Adden Humur Two You're Presentashun! (The program is much better than the spelling. Honust!)

 * Business and Humorous Storytelling that connects

Whether you have Googled topics as diverse as Leadership Speakers, Humorous Motivational Speakers, customer service speaker, Healthcare speaker, Nursing speaker, Oncology Speaker, cancer speaker or employee/workforce, you can be confident that Conor will keep his E4 Brand Promise: Energize, Educate, Entertain, Easy to work with.

Phone Conor today for a great customer service experience.

Brands in Foodservice, London: "Conor, we don't normally invite marketing and sales speakers back for a second year. Bravo!"

Customer Service Speaker 

"Wow! What an event! Thank you so very much for being our speaker at our Fall Breakfast. You really delivered a positive, entertaining and relevant message to our members on Customer Service. We will sing your praise and definitely pass your name around."

 Tags: Sales Conference Speaker, Marketing Speaker, Leadership Speaker, Small Business Speaker, Customer Service Speaker, Foodservice, employees/workforce