Speaking

Dan Nielsen is an engaging and inspiring communicator and talented keynote speaker. With more than 25 years of experience delivering presentations and facilitating meetings for groups of all sizes, Dan knows how to engage a room full of people—not merely entertaining them, but inspiring and equipping them to take action on the concepts he presents. (See testimonials)

Dan’s unique repertoire of keynote presentations leverages his extensive leadership experience as well as his hobbies and interests, and many keynotes feature his own beautiful photography, taken during his travels throughout America. Dan’s refreshing and inspiring presentations include such topics and titles as:

BE AN INSPIRATIONAL LEADER: ENGAGE, INSPIRE, EMPOWER

In this keynote based on his book by the same title, Dan Nielsen speaks directly to leaders at all levels, providing insights, encouragement, and proven strategies to help participants become better, more effective inspirational leaders. Regardless of your current status, position, success and effectiveness as a leader, without exception, everyone can improve!

LEAD WITH YOUR STRENGTHS: THE KEY TO LEADERSHIP EXCELLENCE

Drawing from his  book, Presidential Leadership: Learning from United States Presidential Libraries & Museums, Dan emphasizes the critical importance of identifying, improving, and leveraging your strengths in order to achieve greater success in leadership—and in all areas of your life. Using a selection of photos from his personal collection, he takes participants on a virtual journey across America, visiting each of the fascinating storehouses of American history that preserve the presidential legacies. Along the way, he shares stories and examples, focusing on carefully selected leadership strengths demonstrated by some of the most admired U.S. Presidents. Ending with a powerful call to action, Dan urges participants to carefully and purposefully identify and improve their own highest-impact leadership strengths as part of their continual pursuit of leadership excellence and greater success.

ACHIEVE GREATER SUCCESS: IMPROVE AND LEVERAGE YOUR STRENGTHS

In this inspirational presentation, participants will discover the incredible power of focusing on their strengths instead of their weaknesses. Dan reinforces the importance of leveraging your strengths to achieve greater success by sharing true stories from the lives of inspiring figures who define success in many different ways. Participants will be engaged and entertained by these powerful stories and real-life examples. Most importantly, participants will learn how to achieve greater personal, professional, and organizational success by identifying, improving, and leveraging their own strengths.

SHARPEN YOUR FOCUS: ACHIEVING CLARITY FOR MORE EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP

In this increasingly chaotic and demanding world, effective, focused leadership has never been more difficult or crucial. As a leader, you must continuously sharpen your focus in order to achieve greater clarity for precise and strategic leadership. In a refreshing break from the ordinary, Dan Nielsen provides proven strategies for achieving and communicating greater clarity, illustrating each concept through powerful imagery that features his personal photography throughout America the beautiful.

BE A LIFELONG LEARNER: ACHIEVING YOUR HIGHEST PRIORITIES & REACHING YOUR FULL POTENTIAL

As a fervent believer in life-long learning, Dan Nielsen is constantly seeking the best wisdom and insights from world-class leaders and achievers. Through this process, he has identified key strategies that are essential for achieving greater success in life and business. In this presentation Dan shares these proven, actionable strategies, explaining why they are essential and illustrating each with meaningful, memorable examples.

UNITED STATES PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARIES & MUSEUMS: AN INSPIRATIONAL TOUR THROUGH AMERICAN HISTORY

Dan Nielsen is the author of the book, Presidential Leadership: Learning from United States Presidential Libraries & Museums, and is one of the very few people in the world to have visited, studied, and extensively photographed every United States Presidential Library and Museum in America. With this presentation, he is honored to guide participants on an extended inspirational virtual tour through each of these storehouses of American history. Using a selection of photographs from his personal collection, Dan takes participants on a descriptive, visual journey across America, sharing his knowledge and passion for these unique institutions. This fun, uplifting, and memorable presentation is guaranteed to intrigue participants and kindle curiosity and interest in these fascinating historical places.