Speaking & Storytelling Advisor to Business Leaders

Jay Acunzo is the world’s most inspiring Speaker on Differentiation and Business Storytelling

“Multiple attendees came running up to me and said:

“that was the best keynote I’ve ever seen!”

—Mary Jo, Events Director (booked Jay multiple times, including to open their 10-year anniversary event)

For years, Jay has wow’ed audiences from stages across the US and around the world, virtually and in-person. From expo audiences of 4,000 marketers to closed-door summits of 40 powerful people, and everyone in between, attendees walk away inspired, empowered, and ready to compete on the impact of their thinking and their communication, rather than rely on the volume of their marketing or size of their budgets.

 
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“I was literally saying to our event manager:

“we hit it out of the ballpark with this guy!”

—Veronica Martinez, Events & Partner Marketing Specialist

 
 

Jay’s Storytelling from the stage:

 

“Our entire company needs to hear this”

Through timely thinking, customized speeches, and irresistible stage presence, Jay gets Rave Reviews from event organizers and attendees

 

“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

 
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“I mean, if we’re all crying in the first keynote, I am going to say B2BSMX is a success.”

- Annette Falvo, National Account Director, Demand Gen Report

 
 


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“An original thinker and dynamic presenter, Jay is becoming one of the "must-see" speakers at any marketing and communication event.”

—Joe Pulizzi, bestselling author and creator of two industry-leading events (Content Marketing World and Content Entrepreneur Expo)

 
 
 
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“The first thing I heard at the conclusion of Jay’s presentation was that attendees were looking at things from a different perspective. He really knocked it out of the park. He connects to the audience in a real way, making it a conversation, not a speech. You feel involved and drawn into his stories.”

—Jacquie Francisco, Managing Partner, The Brand Establishment

 
 
 
 


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Jay customizes every speech to ensure maximum impact for your audience.


Jay’s most-booked keynote on how to differentiate & resonate:

Don’t Be The Best:

The Surprising, Sustainable Way to Stop Chasing Attention and Become the One Others Seek

In a world where everybody obsesses over marketing more, the question becomes: How can we matter more? Wherever we communicate, with whomever hears our words, we only have one objective: make them care. The job is resonance, not reach. Resonance sparks action. Resonance drives revenue.

The thing is, you don't need to be the biggest or best to resonate deeper and drive more results. You need to be the one thing others pick, stick with, and refer:

Their favorite.

In this eye-opening session, public speaking-and-storytelling expert Jay Acunzo will show you what it takes to resonate. You'll learn to move from scattered thinking to influential ideas, then turn your clear, concise ideas into memorable, mission-aligned stories. You'll walk away ready to compete on the impact of your ideas, not the volume of your words. (Turns out amplifying our voices is about connecting deeper, not shouting louder.)

When people make choices, they play favorites. If you want to resonate, ask yourself: are you one of them? 

Don't be the best. Be their favorite.

In this session, Attendees learn:

  1. A framework to increase the impact of any idea & story

  2. How to differentiate from peers without spending more

  3. Techniques to identify and express your distinctive voice, both individually and organizationally

 




Jay’s keynote on message clarity:

Message Momentum

The Hidden Frameworks Business Leaders Use to Turn Their Expertise into Clear messages that move the market

The journey from scattered thinking to succinct message can feel agonizing, but we’ve all met people and teams who communicate to the world with such clarity, they have an easier time growing.

How can we achieve that level of powerful clarity too?

In this powerful session, Jay Acunzo helps attendees bridge the gap between endless ideas and a single, powerful message capable of moving the market. The audience will shift their perspective around what it really takes to achieve clarity in their stories, messages, marketing, and even 1:1 interactions, and they’ll walk away with practical techniques they can apply immediately.

Brevity gets buyers. Repeatability drives revenue. Clarity creates customers.

In this session, attendees learn:

  1. How to move from scattered thinking to a focused, market-moving Big Idea

  2. A framework for turning your expertise into ownable intellectual property

  3. Techniques to customize your message across your public platform and buyer types




Jay’s Keynote on Storytelling Excellence:

Humanity’s LLM

How to Identify, Extract, and Amplify Your Unique Voice in a WOrld Flooded by Advice, Noise, and A.I.-Fueled Content

People and AI both rely on LLMs as their foundations. AI has large language models, but people have something else—and it’s the source of all our strongest stories.

Whether you want to align your team or hire top talent, earn trust with a prospect or keep an existing customer happy (and ready to refer you to others), it’s your storytelling which accelerates trust, affinity, and action.

In this fast-paced, inspiring talk, Jay Acunzo will take attendees inside the techniques used by the world’s most gripping storytellers and translate their methods for the world of work. Your audience will learn the difference between good and effective stories, so they can earn trust and spark action, no matter where they communicate, and they’ll walk away ready to compete on the impact of their words, not the volume of their marketing.

Attendees will learn:

  1. How to differentiate your story so it cuts through the noise

  2. Techniques to wield your own humanity as a powerful source of ideas in an AI-flooded world

  3. A simple system to transform yourself and/or your team into beloved communicators and trusted voices





🎁 special add-on session

Book Jay as your keynote, and he’ll deliver this special bonus session at no extra charge.

Perfect for VIP Customers, Team leaders, And invite-only Groups

Speaking as a superpower

How to Develop and Deliver Exceptional talks and presentations for any audience or stakeholder

In this practical, powerful session, Jay Acunzo draws on his decade-plus experience as a professional keynote speaker, team leader, and public speaking coach to help attendees become a stronger speakers.

Your audience will walk away empowered to develop and deliver better talks to bigger crowds, give stronger presentations in closed rooms to teams and stakeholders, or merely use their voices to greater effect everywhere they need to communicate, teach, inspire, and lead.

In this session, Attendees learn:

  1. A repeatable structure to develop presentations with less stress and greater impact.

  2. The 3 missing elements in most presentations and how to wield them

  3. How to ensure people lean in, take notes, and take action when you speak

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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“Jay Acunzo is relevant, thought-provoking, and entertaining. While Jay is a sought after speaker with a big resume of experience, he is also approachable and eager to tailor his presentations to the audience’s needs. He provides realistic and actionable takeaways that all levels of professionals want to implement.”

—Julie Huval, Head of Marketing, Beck Technology

 
 
 
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“As a speaker, Jay has an incredible ability to relate to the audience and perform with impeccable polish. He is a seasoned speaker, and it shows. As a host, I was particularly gratified with the reaction from the attendees, who stayed well past the end of the event to speak to him and have been contacting me personally to thank me.”

—Devin Bramhall, B2B community leader + agency CEO

 

 

 
 
 
 

Meet JaY

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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

 
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