“EVERY MEETING PLANNER’S DREAM COME TRUE.”

the world’s most inspiring Speaker on Differentiation, b2B Storytelling, Messaging

Jay has given speeches to 4,000 attendees at industry expos, 40 execs in closed rooms, and everyone in between. Everywhere he goes, he helps audiences rethink how businesses and careers are built, handing them tools they can really use to become stronger storytellers, more creative innovators, and more beloved industry leaders.

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

“Attendees and my leadership team kept commenting over and over on how meaningful and memorable his session was. I very much appreciated how customized his session was to our very diverse audience. We loved him so much, we’re already booking him for another event!”

— Haley Sevalstad, on behalf of her global brand client

 Each Year, Jay customizes His Talks for Groups & Orgs Like These:

• Real Estate Professionals

• Executive Leaders

• People Ops & HR

• Higher Ed

Grateful to work with Great Clients

Marketing and selling is getting exhausting. We’re constantly scrambling for attention, trying to keep up with trends and tactics, debating whether the hustle is actually productive. It’s getting … shouty. But what if you could escape the hype cycle and see greater results? What if you didn’t need to shout at all?

What if you could whisper?

In this inspiring but practical session, messaging strategist Jay Acunzo will help you find and build the Big Idea capable of moving buyers in your direction, without the tiring hype cycle. As competitors focus on awareness, you’ll experience affinity. While they agonize over followers, you’ll have true influence.

You can keep “getting in front of them” a few fleeting moments at a time, or you can say something once that they think about 10 times a day. It all starts with the power of your message—a crisp, clear, coherent idea others find meaningful, memorable, and moving.

In this session, you will learn:

1. How to identify a stronger message from existing work

2. A message design process helping you differentiate + resonate

3. Techniques to convey your big idea in ways they won’t forget

The toughest truth to embrace in business today: expertise has been commodified. It's foundational, but it's found everywhere. This means, while sharing what you know matters, it’s really what you say and how you say it which determines whether others care. In a world obsessed with reach, only one thing generates results for your business:

Resonance.

In this fast-paced, practical session, messaging strategist Jay Acunzo will have you thinking less about the volume of your marketing and more about the power of your words. You’ll learn proven techniques storytellers and leaders use to inspire action in others, so whether you’re crafting your business’s message, speaking to a group or team, or creating content to grow audience and revenue, you’ll stand out easier and connect deeper. It’s not enough to “get in front of” others. We have to ensure they actually care.

Do your words give them the urge to act?

You’ve got valuable expertise and a distinctive point of view, but when it's time to share that in a talk or workshop, too many business leaders and practitioners fall flat. Their talks are like blog posts with a runtime, which struggle to fill hearts and engage minds.

In this practical yet inspiring session, professional keynote speaker and speaker-coach Jay Acunzo will show you how to design, sell, and deliver talks that generate both impact and opportunity. You'll learn why speaking isn't about memorizing a script or mastering on-stage theatrics — and why bigger stages and even bigger speaker fees have little to do with your fame. Instead, you'll learn what makes a talk irresistible for event organizers and community leaders to book you and audiences to attend your talk and deepen their relationship with you after.

Whether you're promoting a major new initiative or project, growing your business overall, or trying to serve a bigger audience, this talk will help you make speaking your superpower, everywhere you show up.

In this session, You Will learn:

1. How to structure a speech to differentiate, resonate, and drive follow-on opportunities.

2. The tiny techniques you can use to customize your pitch and your content to win bigger and better stages.

3. The hidden nuances of moving from attendee to speaker and breakout speaker to main-stage keynote.

Meet JaY

For a bio meant to be read out loud to announce Jay to the stage, see these resources for event organizers.

Jay Acunzo helps business leaders become stronger speakers and storytellers, so they can differentiate and resonate.

After working in media and marketing roles at brands like Google and HubSpot, Jay wrote the book Break the Wheel and began touring globally as a keynote speaker. Brands like Mailchimp, Salesforce, Wistia, and GoDaddy, plus dozens of individual authors, founders, execs, and creators trust Jay to develop their stories, speeches, and thought leadership.

Jay lives in the Boston area with his family as a proud Yankees and Knicks fan (yes, enemy territory). In the 60 seconds per week he’s not creating stuff for work or making his kids laugh, he likes to shoot hoops, sip nice bourbons, cook with his wife, and daydream about telling stories like his storytelling hero, Anthony Bourdain.

🏅 “A marketing newsletter you need to subscribe to.” (Forbes)

🏅 One of Boston’s “50 On Fire” (American City Business Journals)

🏅 “One of 15 must-hear marketing podcasters” (LinkedIn Editors)

🏅 “One of the 50 most influential B2B voices.” (TopRank Influencer Marketing)

Watch an interview with Jay on differentiation, Modern Marketing, storytelling, and how to resonate in a noisy world