Testimonials
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“I thought that [Keith] was just tremendous. I sat there thinking, this is one of those people you wish you’d met 20 years earlier. It was very powerful. Outstanding!” – Senior Vice President, IBM
“Our main client commented that Keith’s speech ‘was one of the best she's ever heard’.” – Managing Director, Jack Morton Worldwide
“Keith really got my group engaged in a way that no one has before. Watching them interact and try new things during the presentation was powerful. He took the time to really understand our challenges and gave my people specific, actionable tools that they can use to continue to deepen their relationships with their clients.” – Head of International Advertising Sales, The Wall Street Journal
"Your presentation is by far one of the best I've attended, especially when it comes to the art and science of relationship building. Your insights, research and work in this field rings true, coupled with your genuine desire to educate and enlighten your audience. The seminar has me thinking about relationships in a whole new way. Thanks!" - Financial Advisor, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney
"Keith was the perfect opening keynote speaker at our conference. His energy woke up the room and got the Summit off to a sizzling start. You could see the audience perk up and hang on Keith's every word. His anecdotes from his years as chief marketing officer really resonated with this particular audience. People were inspired and energized by Keith's presentation. In fact, I had several attendees ask for Keith's contact information to secure him for their future sales and marketing meetings. In a day which also featured keynotes from Mark Cuban and CNN's Anderson Cooper, Keith was the conference's most talked about speaker." – SVP, CNN International
"Keith Ferrazzi is not a typical keynote speaker. He began his presentation off stage, down in the middle aisle near the audience, speaking directly to the attendees. Keith was engaging, candid and inspiring. Choosing him as our speaker for this first time event was an excellent decision that created a buzz during and after the event. Keith challenged attendees to go beyond networking, stop focusing on themselves and get out there and create meaningful relationships that will help take their business and personal life to the next level." - COO, Detroit Regional Chamber:
“Keith pushed us to think outside of the box and ‘added more to our wallets’! He gave us both motivation and tools to go out and apply his message in our everyday lives, not just with our clients, but with everyone in our lives.” – Executive Director, Goldman Sachs International
We had the privilege of hosting Keith Ferrazzi at our kickoff meeting for the critical implementation phase of our SAP-enabled Business Transformation program. It is an absolute imperative that we execute this phase flawlessly and our intention was to deeply engage our information technology team. Keith’s animated style and ability to mix stories and humor with nuggets gleaned about ABC brought to life for our team the importance of relationships to our success. Keith drove home the message that our success on this program, as team members in general, and ultimately in life is largely dependent on being there for one another – having each other’s backs. All of us walked away better for the experience, with large and small tips and tricks that will make us more successful. - Senior Vice President & CIO,
Amerisourcebergen
“Keith’s messages were very moving and compelling. Keith shared a medley of insights. His discussion of mindsets, and how it’s importance to veer away from conducting business from a transactional standpoint but rather from a consultive and trusted advisor approach was very powerful. Keith was able to integrate a level of humanity not typically discussed when examining business relationships. His message is very powerful and relevant for everyone, regardless of your age or your profession.” – CEO, Web MD
Keith spoke to a group comprised of the top talent across Deutsche Bank from VP’s and directors to mid level executives, discussing the importance of building relationships to engender personal and professional growth. In a short period of time, he provided these folks with the tool sets needed to cultivate and expand their current network relationships along with strategies enabling them to build new meaningful and personable relationships. Success from a corporate standpoint hinges on the efficacy and ability to communicate both within and across all departments. I think Keith was instrumental in addressing our goals as a corporation and we’d love to have him back in the future.” – Director of OD Culture and Global Diversity, Deutsche Bank
“The speech [Keith] delivered was one of the best I’ve heard in years at this conference. I knew that the brokers took more from both your presentations than any other speaker we’ve brought to our event in the years that I’ve been year. The feedback on Keith’s presentations was outstanding.” - CEO, Coldwell Banker
“Keith offered unique and provocative insights into the strategies needed improve bottom line sales revenue, improve relationships both internally and externally, and to garner success on a personal and professional level. His unique principles and ideas for building business relationships that reflect personal relationships has allowed us to nurture a work place that fosters innovation and empowers individuals to achieve their best.” – CEO, Constellation NewEnergy
“Keith hammers away at two critical messages: every kind of success in life depends on the quality of relationships, and relationships depend on radical generosity and openness to others. As the admissions dean at Yale, I recruit the smartest, most engaged, most talented students in the world. With respect to life skills, they will all have to learn – sooner or later -- what Keith is teaching and practicing.” – Dean of Undergraduate Admissions, Yale University
"Your presentation one of the best presentations I have ever had the pleasure of hearing! After listening to your presentation all of us went away with a new kindred spirit and such great hope for the future." – Colonel, United States Air Force
"Keith's message was extremely empowering and insightful. He's ability to clearly communicate the strategies and practices critical for building deeper, more personal relationships provided our members a roadmap that will allow them develop meaningful relationships long after the conference. His messages on personal branding and individual currency helped our members shift their current perceptions about their profession on both a micro and macro level." – President, Society of Consumer Affairs Professionals
“I've seen Keith Ferrazzi in action and he is a master at building relationships to further the interests of an enterprise. He's dynamic at sharing his knowledge for those who want learn the secrets of this important executive art.” – CEO, Siemens AG
“Keith’s presentation took our annual sales conference to a whole new level that I’ve never seen before! I am amazed by your talent to inspire and motivate people.” – President, Scarborough Research
Keith’s message was passionate, insightful, inspirational, and more importantly his message was relevant. Understanding that business relationships should mirror personal relationships was the first step in understanding how to improve our business. One of the core issues facing Sanofi-Aventis was developing strategies that help foster alliances and partnerships with other corporations in the pharmaceutical industry in an effort to further science and nurture personal relationships with patients. Keith provided us with a roadmap for success and I believe with the insights he provided, we’re that much closer to achieving our goals.” – Head of Business Development, Sanofi-Aventis
“Keith’s message came at a much needed time. While many of our realtors have adapted and outperformed the current market, their future long term success remains questionable in an industry of constant flux. We are in the business of relationships. Our success hinges on our ability to develop, nurture, and expand meaningful relationships both internally and externally with out clients. Keith has helped us bridge a gap to understanding the added value proposition of building genuine relationships that transcend the current transactional mindset indicative of this industry.” – CEO, Prudential, Fox & Roach
"Keith, you were able to help our students more in one-day than I've seen in my 20 years in career services. The tools, motivation and impact you made with our MBA students will help them in their careers and their lives in general." – MBA Orientation Director, Penn State University
"Keith really changed the tone of our conference. His infectious passion and enthusiasm spread like a wild fire throughout our audience. Keith’s experiential, hands on approach allowed our audience to interact with the mindset aspect as well as execute the strategies and methods needed to build real genuine relationships. Keith’s message has truly had a profound impact in my professional life since the conference and I find myself applying his methods and philosophy in my daily interactions.” – Community Development Director, Planetree
“Keith’s methodologies can be used as a roadmap for success in our business. His understanding of the power of relationships and how they can impact our lives both professionally and personally was a real winner at our annual conference!” – Managing Partner, Northwestern Mutual
"Your presentation was not only the highest viewed and attended session, but it got the highest feedback of all the sessions! You even beat out the presentation by Kevin Turner, Microsoft's COO…that should say a lot about the power and influence of your presentation!" – Managing Director, Microsoft Small Business Summit
“After speaking at our HR retreat, I now realize why Keith has been heralded as a networking guru. To most of us, networking has a negative connation that conjures up an image of glad handlers exchanging business cards while holding a martini in their other hand. Keith is the exception to this rule and will change the way you forever see relationships. He was able to connect with the audience on a level intimacy which I never thought before was possible. You could literally see the change in the tone and the dynamic of the conference after he spoke. Not only was he inspirational, but his message was insightful and thought provoking.” – SVP of Human Resources, Nestle
“Keith was excellent. In fact, we’re looking to continue to bring Keith back to do a series for our advisors. I can’t wait to continue to work with Keith in the future.” Vice President, Merrill Lynch
"Keith's presentation was right on point with helping our lawyers build better relationships with their clients, expand their business development skills, and bring them closer to their colleagues. He really understood their needs and took them through a thorough course on how to make an impact on the relationships at work." – Executive Director, Meritas
"Your (Keith)'s speech was by and large the most discussed event at our conference! Your zeal and your enthusiasm was not only seen but felt throughout the entire audience. Your insight on how to turn an ordinary conference, a meeting, or any other type of corporate event into an opportunity to foster deep personal relationships provided our members with a refreshing new outlook that will forever change the way they conduct business. Your concepts of transparency and vulnerability allowed our members to immediately connect and interact with one another a level I thought was never possible. I still am receiving emails to this day recognizing the impact Keith’s message has had on both their professional and personal lives!” – President, Meeting Professionals International
“The gift of Keith’s message that he gave to our agents was very powerful and left them on their feet at his ability to create a behavior change within the room and all throughout the conference. I am confident that his presentation will become the new standard for relationship building at all of our conferences and I can’t wait to bring him back to our next event!” – SVP, MassMutual
"Keith, the energy you brought in the hour that you were here is still felt with our team weeks after the event. You gave us a set of principles and strategies has brought a new level of motivation and charge to continue to grow our business nationally. Because of your relationship-building skills, you have helped connect us to many new partnerships in our national expansion. I am deeply grateful." – VP, Insurance Office of America
"We could not have chose a better way to kick off our conference than opening with Keith. He energized the audience, increased the level of engagement and connection among attendees, and provided important learnings that carried over through the balance of the conference. In fact, a number of other keynote and workshop speakers referred back to Keith's presentation. The feedback we have received since the conference has been outstanding, with Keith and his plenary noted as highlights" – Chairwoman, Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association
“Our main client commented that Keith’s speech ‘was one of the best she's ever heard’.” – Managing Director, Jack Morton Worldwide
“I thought that [Keith] was just tremendous. I sat there myself thinking this is one of those people you wish you’d met 20 years earlier. It was very powerful. Outstanding!” – SVP, IBM
"Keith was the perfect opening keynote speaker at our conference. His energy woke up the room and got the Summit off to a sizzling start. You could see the audience perk up and hang on Keith's every word. His anecdotes from his years as chief marketing officer really resonated with this particular audience. People were inspired and energized by Keith's presentation. In fact, I had several attendees ask for Keith's contact information to secure him for their future sales and marketing meetings. In a day which also featured keynotes from Mark Cuban and CNN's Anderson Cooper, Keith was the conference's most talked about speaker." – SVP, CNN International
“Keith pushed us to think outside of the box and ‘added more to our wallets’! He gave us both motivation and tools to go out and apply his message in our everyday lives, not just with our clients, but with everyone in our lives.” – Executive Director, Goldman Sachs International
“Keith’s messages were very moving and compelling. Keith shared a medley of insights. His discussion of mindsets, and how it’s importance to veer away from conducting business from a transactional standpoint but rather from a consultive and trusted advisor approach was very powerful. Keith was able to integrate a level of humanity not typically discussed when examining business relationships. His message is very powerful and relevant for everyone, regardless of your age or your profession.” – CEO, Web MD
Keith spoke to a group comprised of the top talent across Deutsche Bank from VP’s and directors to mid level executives, discussing the importance of building relationships to engender personal and professional growth. In a short period of time, he provided these folks with the tool sets needed to cultivate and expand their current network relationships along with strategies enabling them to build new meaningful and personable relationships. Success from a corporate standpoint hinges on the efficacy and ability to communicate both within and across all departments. I think Keith was instrumental in addressing our goals as a corporation and we’d love to have him back in the future.” – Director of OD Culture and Global Diversity, Deutsche Bank
“The speech [Keith] delivered was one of the best I’ve heard in years at this conference. I knew that the brokers took more from both your presentations than any other speaker we’ve brought to our event in the years that I’ve been year. The feedback on Keith’s presentations was outstanding.” - CEO, Coldwell Banker
“Keith offered unique and provocative insights into the strategies needed improve bottom line sales revenue, improve relationships both internally and externally, and to garner success on a personal and professional level. His unique principles and ideas for building business relationships that reflect personal relationships has allowed us to nurture a work place that fosters innovation and empowers individuals to achieve their best.” – CEO, Constellation NewEnergy
“Keith hammers away at two critical messages: every kind of success in life depends on the quality of relationships, and relationships depend on radical generosity and openness to others. As the admissions dean at Yale, I recruit the smartest, most engaged, most talented students in the world. With respect to life skills, they will all have to learn – sooner or later -- what Keith is teaching and practicing.” – Dean of Undergraduate Admissions, Yale University
"Your presentation one of the best presentations I have ever had the pleasure of hearing! After listening to your presentation all of us went away with a new kindred spirit and such great hope for the future." – Colonel, United States Air Force
"Keith's message was extremely empowering and insightful. He's ability to clearly communicate the strategies and practices critical for building deeper, more personal relationships provided our members a roadmap that will allow them develop meaningful relationships long after the conference. His messages on personal branding and individual currency helped our members shift their current perceptions about their profession on both a micro and macro level." – President, Society of Consumer Affairs Professionals
“I've seen Keith Ferrazzi in action and he is a master at building relationships to further the interests of an enterprise. He's dynamic at sharing his knowledge for those who want learn the secrets of this important executive art.” – CEO, Siemens AG
“Keith’s presentation took our annual sales conference to a whole new level that I’ve never seen before! I am amazed by your talent to inspire and motivate people.” President, Scarborough Research
Keith’s message was passionate, insightful, inspirational, and more importantly his message was relevant. Understanding that business relationships should mirror personal relationships was the first step in understanding how to improve our business. One of the core issues facing Sanofi-Aventis was developing strategies that help foster alliances and partnerships with other corporations in the pharmaceutical industry in an effort to further science and nurture personal relationships with patients. Keith provided us with a roadmap for success and I believe with the insights he provided, we’re that much closer to achieving our goals.” – Head of Business Development, Sanofi-Aventis
“Keith’s message came at a much needed time. While many of our realtors have adapted and outperformed the current market, their future long term success remains questionable in an industry of constant flux. We are in the business of relationships. Our success hinges on our ability to develop, nurture, and expand meaningful relationships both internally and externally with out clients. Keith has helped us bridge a gap to understanding the added value proposition of building genuine relationships that transcend the current transactional mindset indicative of this industry.” – CEO, Prudential, Fox & Roach
"Keith, you were able to help our students more in one-day than I've seen in my 20 years in career services. The tools, motivation and impact you made with our MBA students will help them in their careers and their lives in general." – MBA Orientation Director, Penn State University
"Keith really changed the tone of our conference. His infectious passion and enthusiasm spread like a wild fire throughout our audience. Keith’s experiential, hands on approach allowed our audience to interact with the mindset aspect as well as execute the strategies and methods needed to build real genuine relationships. Keith’s message has truly had a profound impact in my professional life since the conference and I find myself applying his methods and philosophy in my daily interactions.” – Community Development Director, Planetree
“Keith’s methodologies can be used as a roadmap for success in our business. His understanding of the power of relationships and how they can impact our lives both professionally and personally was a real winner at our annual conference!” – Managing Partner, Northwestern Mutual
"Your presentation was not only the highest viewed and attended session, but it got the highest feedback of all the sessions! You even beat out the presentation by Kevin Turner, Microsoft's COO…that should say a lot about the power and influence of your presentation!" – Managing Director, Microsoft Small Business Summit
“After speaking at our HR retreat, I now realize why Keith has been heralded as a networking guru. To most of us, networking has a negative connation that conjures up an image of glad handlers exchanging business cards while holding a martini in their other hand. Keith is the exception to this rule and will change the way you forever see relationships. He was able to connect with the audience on a level intimacy which I never thought before was possible. You could literally see the change in the tone and the dynamic of the conference after he spoke. Not only was he inspirational, but his message was insightful and thought provoking.” – SVP of Human Resources, Nestle
“Keith was excellent. In fact, we’re looking to continue to bring Keith back to do a series for our advisors. I can’t wait to continue to work with Keith in the future.” Vice President, Merrill Lynch
"Keith's presentation was right on point with helping our lawyers build better relationships with their clients, expand their business development skills, and bring them closer to their colleagues. He really understood their needs and took them through a thorough course on how to make an impact on the relationships at work." – Executive Director, Meritas
"Your (Keith)'s speech was by and large the most discussed event at our conference! Your zeal and your enthusiasm was not only seen but felt throughout the entire audience. Your insight on how to turn an ordinary conference, a meeting, or any other type of corporate event into an opportunity to foster deep personal relationships provided our members with a refreshing new outlook that will forever change the way they conduct business. Your concepts of transparency and vulnerability allowed our members to immediately connect and interact with one another a level I thought was never possible. I still am receiving emails to this day recognizing the impact Keith’s message has had on both their professional and personal lives!” – President, Meeting Professionals International
“The gift of Keith’s message that he gave to our agents was very powerful and left them on their feet at his ability to create a behavior change within the room and all throughout the conference. I am confident that his presentation will become the new standard for relationship building at all of our conferences and I can’t wait to bring him back to our next event!” – SVP, MassMutual
"Keith, the energy you brought in the hour that you were here is still felt with our team weeks after the event. You gave us a set of principles and strategies has brought a new level of motivation and charge to continue to grow our business nationally. Because of your relationship-building skills, you have helped connect us to many new partnerships in our national expansion. I am deeply grateful." – VP, Insurance Office of America
"We could not have chose a better way to kick off our conference than opening with Keith. He energized the audience, increased the level of engagement and connection among attendees, and provided important learnings that carried over through the balance of the conference. In fact, a number of other keynote and workshop speakers referred back to Keith's presentation. The feedback we have received since the conference has been outstanding, with Keith and his plenary noted as highlights" – Chairwoman, Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association









