Speaking & Storytelling Advisor to Business Leaders
 
 

Jay Acunzo Materials for events

Thank you for the work you do! Creating a transformational experience for your team or attendees is the sum of so many small choices and needs. Thanks for the effort you put forth making this event happen—and know I’m excited and honored to play a small role in making it truly special!

 

High-resolution Headshots:

Bios:

For introducing Jay onto the stage, try this script. It’s written to be spoken out loud and is intended to seamlessly connect to Jay’s speech.

For print and online materials:

Short version:

Jay Acunzo believes you should care more about resonance than reach to succeed. He’s a speaking and storytelling consultant trusted by dozens of business leaders and brands like Mailchimp, Salesforce, and Wistia. After marketing roles at Google and HubSpot, Jay spent several years as a professional speaker. Today, he turns experts into storytellers and trusted voices.

Long version:

Jay Acunzo believes you should care more about resonance than reach to succeed. He’s a speaking and storytelling consultant trusted by dozens of business leaders, plus brands like Mailchimp, Salesforce, Wistia, and more. An early voice in the rise of content marketing, working for brands like Google and HubSpot, Jay wrote the book Break the Wheel and toured globally as a keynote speaker. Today, he helps turn experts into storytellers and trusted voices as their peer-level advisor and exec. producer. He’s a prolific business communicator best known for stories that make you laugh, make you feel, and make you think at the very same time. You can hear him every week as the host of the podcast How Stories Happen or read him through his popular newsletter, Playing Favorites.

A/V Logistics:

Jay kindly requests the following:

  • Lavalier microphone

  • 16:9 slide projector (Jay uses PowerPoint built on his Mac)

  • Wireless presenter remote/clicker

  • Stage-facing confidence monitor showing same slide view attendees see

  • Ideally, the stage will be free of all obstructions (chairs, tables, podium) as Jay is a performer who uses the full space for maximize impact

Jay arrives to every event prepared to deliver his speech slide-free in the event of any technical issues. He is ready to deliver for your attendees, no matter what!

Where Attendees Can Learn From Jay: Website - Newsletter - Podcast - Books

Where Attendees Can Follow Jay: LinkedIn - Instagram - Bluesky

 
 
 
 

Still Considering Hiring Jay?

Here’s Why haley hired Jay when the stakes were highest

Haley’s $2B global brand client decided to hold their first-ever customer conference — and they tapped her to find a speaker. She turned to Jay for the opening keynote and a book signing. By the end of the day, she had referred Jay to a second client.

Jay-Acunzo-Keynote-Speech.jpg

“Jay was every meeting planner’s dream come true.”

“Attendees as well as the leadership team kept commenting over and over on how meaningful and memorable Jay’s session was! I very much appreciated how customized his session was to our very diverse audience.

His message had relative takeaways for everyone in attendance.His genuine appreciation for our team and his excitement at being part of our event was remarkable. Jay was fantastic to work with from start to finish. We loved him so much, we are already booking him for another client!”

Haley S..jpeg

— Haley Sevalstad, Account Director, Kinetic, on behalf of her global brand client

 
 
 
 
 

“Oh my gosh…

I know it’s only the start of the conference, but today’s keynote is so moving! I’ve attended a lot of conferences but I’ve never been moved to tears before! Really compelling!”

— Email from a virtual attendee to Jay’s client, DemandGen report