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Erik Qualman's speaking fee falls within range: $30,000 to $50,000
Erik Qualman is a globally recognized keynote speaker on AI, digital leadership, focus, and the future of work. He is a 5x #1 bestselling author and has spoken in over 60 countries and reached more than 60 million people while earning a 4.9 rating out of 5 for motivating his audiences. Qualman helps organizations turn change into a competitive advantage.
He is known for helping leaders and teams future-proof themselves in an AI-powered world—focusing not just on technology, but on the human behaviors that drive success.
A former Silicon Valley executive and sitting professor at Harvard and MIT’s edX Labs, he earned an honorary doctorate for his groundbreaking work. Qualman currently teaches Digital Leadership & AI at Northwestern University. His work sits at the intersection of innovation, leadership, and emerging technology, with a practical focus on moving to action.
His high-energy, interactive keynotes move audiences to action—literally and figuratively. Attendees wear his signature green glasses as a reminder to focus on the future—thinking big versus busy—creating a memorable experience that blends insights with fun.
His work has been featured on 60 Minutes and in The Wall Street Journal, and used by organizations ranging from Google to the FBI. He was voted the 2nd Most Likely Author in the World behind the Harry Potter series. Qualman’s Socialnomics work has been deployed by Nordstrom to the National Guard to NASA. His commencement address on “Things Happen for You, Not to You” is one of the most-watched in the world on YouTube.
Erik Qualman uses his wide-ranging knowledge of the digital world to deliver a series of keynote speeches that can help you to expand your social media presence and thus your profits.
Drawing on his bestselling book Socialnomics, Qualman explains how to make the most of the social media revolution, developing your marketing and messaging to stay ahead of the competition.
Qualman also speaks on the ways in which you can take control of your digital footprint, becoming a digital leader and leaving a legacy of which you can be proud.
Digital Leadership: Future Proofing You and Your Organization Leaders this digital decade are made—not born. We don’t have a choice on whether we transform, the choice is how well we do it. The key is understanding & never forgetting the powerful harmony between the offline and online. While technology changes every second; human nature never does.
Based on profound and practical research, Qualman showcases the 5 Habits that drive success & happiness for employees, partners, and customers. Qualman reveals new techniques including Posting-It-Forward, Being Flawsome™, Socialnomics™, 1 to 10, and other insights that will transform your audience & organization. Learn how to stay a year ahead of your competition but never a year ahead of your market.
Key Takeaways: 1. The 5 Digital Leadership Habits of leading organizations. 2. New methods of innovation. 3. Future Proofing top-line and bottom-line growth
This entertaining, educating, and empowering experience will provide your audience with the tools and knowledge needed today, and tomorrow, to drive quantum growth.
Focus: How to Focus In An Unfocused World | Big vs. Busy
It seems impossible to focus in this unfocused world. Yet, the main difference between winners and losers in this era of quantum change and distraction is … Focus. Winners are constantly focusing on BIG things versus BUSY things. While it sounds simple, it’s not easy.
The #1 killer of promising careers, teams, and businesses is a lack of focus. We either try to do too much, get easily distracted, or put our time, treasures, and talent into the wrong buckets. Qualman shares insights from his #1 Bestselling book, The Focus Project, providing practical techniques to make focus a daily habit. Learning to focus in this unfocused world is a modern superpower. How and what we focus on today will determine our growth and success tomorrow.
Key Takeaways: 1. Being the change vs fearing the change 2. Making focus a daily habit 3. Going Big vs Busy
Artificial Intelligence: Transforming Your Future… Today We don't have a choice on whether we digitally transform via AI. The choice is how well we do it. As a leading futurist, professor, and author, Erik Qualman is at the forefront of the AI revolution and the impact it’s having across all sectors.
The key is not only leveraging AI, social media, IoT, mobile, AI, and Blockchain, but more importantly, understanding how they work together to drive successful outcomes like winning customers, employee retention, and beyond. In short, it's about getting to artificial relevance.
Key Takeaways: 1. Using AI to make your organization more efficient and human 2. Overcoming the challenges these new technologies present including successfully navigating ethical implications, job adjustments, algorithmic bias, employee retention, privacy, security, and more 3. Striking the right balance between AI and Eye-to-Eye (Jetsons + Flintstones)
This session will give you timeless tips on how to stay ahead today and tomorrow.
Innovation by Design: Being The Disruptor vs The Disrupted
To ensure you are the disruptor versus the disrupted, you must understand societal shifts and instill a culture of creativity around them. This session looks at key future trends and their impact on your organization. Qualman provides the roadmap for your organization’s continual transformation by fostering a culture of daily innovation. After all, most innovation is evolutionary versus revolutionary. Leap over the competition by landing on a foundation of progressive and practical innovation principles. Future forward.
Erik’s supporting books: Digital Leader, Socialnomics, What Happens in Vegas Stays on Youtube
Socialnomics: Winning Customers’ Hearts + Minds at Scale
Based on his #1 Bestseller, Qualman dives into the powerful concept of Socialnomics. Word of Mouth is on digital steroids and has transformed into World-of-Mouth. Organizations must learn the new rules of social, mobile, and beyond or they will miss this once-in-a-generation opportunity to earn customers’ loyalty and drive long-term success. Socialnomics is the key to winning customers’ hearts, minds, and wallets.
Erik’s supporting books: Socialnomics, Digital Leader, How to Sell on LinkedIn
“Equalman raised the bar to a new high that few will be able to match. His presentation delivered a perfect mix of thought leadership trends, and the building blocks required to thrive in this era.” — Playstation
“Qualman’s messaging made a difference with our cast members. Our board even requested green glasses!” — Disney
“Qualman was dynamic and inspiring. We appreciated that he tailored his presentation to suit our agency and audience. He was excited to engage with the audience and he incorporated themes and talking points from earlier presentations into his block, which made his message even more relevant.” — FBI
“Equalman’s presentation was the most important presentation — in terms of immediate in how I approach my job — that I have sat through in 10 years!” — ADP
“Qualman is to Digital Leadership what Deming is to quality and Drucker is to management.” — NYU
“Erik’s opening keynote hit it out of the park and excited our audience. The feedback was exceptional and many attendees went out of their way to comment on how inspirational and informative his keynote had been. We hope to have Erik back to our events in the future and are glad that we had the opportunity to share his insights with our delegates.” – Kat Drucker Digital Media Summit Toronto
“In his keynote speech Erik built a bridge between information and entertainment. It’s impressive how easily he adapted to the audience and the topic of the conference. A very professional performance… and we are looking forward to welcome Erik Qualman again.” – Corinne Hengartner, EAM Marketing & Campaigns Credit Suisse
“Erik Qualman’s keynote was the highlight of our Starbucks Conference. He is one of the most engaging and entertaining speakers I’ve come across, and was able to make the content relevant to our audience and fitting to our theme. His depth of insight and breadth of examples have prompted us to shift our thinking to stay connected to our partners and our customers.” – Starbucks, Katya Cautillo Recruitment Manager
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The Focus Project: The Not So Simple Art of Doing Less
Learn the not so simple art of doing less. Whether you’re a programmer, a mom, an executive, a school teacher, or an entrepreneur…THIS BOOK IS FOR YOU IF…1. You feel stretched too thin by trying to do too much.2. There’s no time for relaxation or deep thinking.3. You’re completing thousands of tasks without achieving your goals.Welcome to The Focus Project, a book designed to provide answers and solutions to the challenge of focusing in an unfocused world. Combining street science and institutional research alongside his own personal focus project, Qualman delivers practical advice on doing the important things instead of a bunch of things. The following is a guide to pursuing less in order to achieve more—both personally and professionally. We will realize that leading an overly busy life is a choice, but it’s not a wise one. Being overscheduled isn’t something to be proud of, it’s something to avoid at all costs. Instead, we should choose to focus on what matters most. This choice determines our success, happiness, health, and fulfillment. Successful and happy people understand it’s not about getting more things done, it’s about getting more of the big things done. The pages within will help you learn the not so simple art of doing less.
Learn How to Sell on LinkedIn from #1 Bestselling author Erik Qualman. Qualman reviews 30 Tips in 30 Days that take less than 3 minutes a day. This book is perfect for anyone trying to rapidly increase sales through the most powerful sales tool ever invented, LinkedIn. Each tip is simple, but powerful.
This is the student version of Qualman’s book What Happens in Vegas Stays on YouTube. Learn the new rules for your reputation on campus, online and beyond. Today, your digital reputation is determining your next internship or job offer, your role in student organizations and leadership positions, even athletic scholarships and much more! This book will help you not only protect your reputation, but it will teach you how to leverage digital tools to produce a strong digital presence. The book includes several student case studies, tips, resources and more. You can read it in a day and reference it for a lifetime!
Privacy is dead. Reputations are dying. Don’t let it happen to your company, your team, or your family. You need to turn this potential liability into leadership, and you need to start today. Learn the art and science behind why digital reputations are determining: business winners and losers, your child’s future, effective vs. ineffective CEOs & school teachers, your team’s culture, church congregation sizes, your next job, everything…
Socialnomics: How Social Media Transforms the Way We Live and Do Business
The benchmark book on to the effects and implications of social media on our daily lives, and how businesses can harness its power
Socialnomics is an essential book for anyone who wants to understand the implications of social media on our daily lives and how businesses can tap the power of social media to increase their sales, cut their marketing costs, and reach consumers directly. In this revised and updated second edition, author Erik Qualman presents new material based on meeting with 75 Fortune 1000 companies, 50 colleges and universities, and over 100 small businesses & non-profits since the first edition. Qualman’s materials have been used from IBM to NASA to Harvard to local businesses.
Social media can transform your business and your relationship with consumers. Discover what social media can do for you, and what you can do for others while using social media.
Digital Leader: 5 Simple Keys to Success and Influence
“Digital footprints are what we post about ourselves. Digital shadows are what others upload about us. Collectively, they have changed the world forever. As leaders and future leaders we need to adapt to this new world.” — from Digital Leader
Digital leaders are made, not born–you have it within you to become an effective digital leader. As a leader in the digital age, your reach is boundless. With advanced technologies, you can exert more direct and indirect influence than ever before–anywhere at any time. And everything you do, fail to do, and wish you didn’t do is documented forever in the digital universe.
Digital Leader explains how to take full advantage of everything the digital age has to offer, while avoiding common pitfalls that can damage your “digital legacy.”
Bestselling author Erik Qualman explains what modern leadership means and describes how to be an effective leader in the digital world. In order to succeed, you need to adjust your leadership skills to adapt to today’s digitally open world–and you need to start today. Qualman breaks the process down into five powerful truths you can use to establish your leadership “stamp”:
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