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Dr. Kevin C. Snyder walking through a conference crowd with a microphone as the audience raises their hands

Speaker coaching

You have a message. Let’s get it booked.

Kevin Snyder has spent more than 25 years on stage, in front of 1,500+ audiences and a million people. He now coaches aspiring and emerging speakers on the system behind it.

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CSP: NSA Certified Speaking ProfessionalAS: Toastmasters International Accredited Speaker

One of only nine people worldwide to hold both.

years on stage
25+
audiences
1,500+
people reached
1M+

Featured on

  • TEDxWakeForestU
    TEDx talk
  • TEDxCapeMay
    TEDx talk
  • Toastmaster magazine
    January 2023 feature
  • The Toastmasters Podcast
    Episode 220

Kevin has spoken for

640+ corporate · 420+ higher education · 180+ associations · 260+ K-12 and youth audiences

  • Bank of America
  • Prudential
  • Toshiba
  • Anheuser-Busch
  • BlueCross BlueShield
  • U.S. Air Force
  • National Association of Realtors
  • Duke University
  • Purdue University
  • Michigan State University
  • The University of Texas at Austin

Why speakers stall

Great talks don’t get booked. Systems do.

  1. You’re invisible.

    You’re excellent in the room and absent online. Planners can’t find you, so they never call.

  2. You have no materials.

    No speaker sheet, no demo reel, no site that does your work justice. Every opportunity starts from zero.

  3. You don’t know the business.

    Speaking is a craft and an industry. Nobody teaches the second half.

About Kevin

A kid who didn’t believe in himself became a speaker a million people saw.

Kevin on stage with an audience member, both mid-movement

From childhood depression to television game-show winner to keynote speaker and belief researcher, Kevin’s path wasn’t a straight line. That’s exactly why he can teach it. He built the ShiftThinker™ framework from more than 25 years on stage. What he teaches speakers is the business side: his five-module Paid to $peak model.

Read Kevin’s story

On stage

1,500+ audiences. Here are a few.

More than 25 years of corporate, college and youth audiences, in rooms of every size. This is what booked speaking looks like.

  • Kevin taking a selfie from the stage with a full ballroom audience behind him
  • A packed arena of students facing a lit stage during one of Kevin’s keynotes
  • Kevin on a stage washed in rainbow light, pointing out to the audience
  • Audience members laughing at their tables during one of Kevin’s sessions
  • Kevin on stage at a state SHRM conference as the audience raises their hands
  • Kevin leading a workshop in a bright city meeting room, hand raised
  • Kevin waving from a stage with a large lit backdrop as the audience waves back
  • A full banquet hall audience during one of Kevin’s talks
  • Kevin among the tables of a packed ballroom as audience members raise their hands
  • Kevin on stage at a company all-hands meeting, arms raised, with balloons and a large screen
  • Conference attendees in matching shirts cheering and filming on their phones
  • Kevin on stage under ballroom chandeliers, arm raised to the audience
  • Kevin on stage beside a large screen as a youth audience waves back
  • Kevin speaking on a stage framed by lighting truss, audience in the foreground
  • Kevin on stage in front of a blue curtain, arms out mid-story

Watch Kevin’s demo video

Kevin’s own speaking samples. Is this what you want to do?

The system

What changes when you work with Kevin.

See the coaching program

  1. Positioning

    A clear lane, a sharp message, an identity planners remember.

  2. Materials

    The site, the sheet, the reel, the talk descriptions, done properly.

  3. Outreach

    A repeatable process for getting in front of the people who book.

  4. Delivery

    The stagecraft that turns a good talk into a booked career.

New book

Paid to $peak 2.0

Systems and strategies for turning what you know into a speaking career.

Get notified when it’s out

Stay sharp

Speaker tips, once a month.

Kevin sends one practical idea for building a speaking career. No fluff.