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Unlock Your Greatness - Ari Gunzburg
- Washington, DC
- Motivational Speaker
- Travels nationwide
- Contact for rates
Speaking at Lockheed Martin
Past Clients Include
Ari Gunzburg joins host Jane McGarry on Good Morning Texas.
Ari Gunzburg joins host Jane McGarry on Good Morning Texas.
Ari Gunzburg joins host Jane McGarry on Good Morning Texas
Ari Gunzburg joins host Jane McGarry on Good Morning Texas.
Breaking a Board On Stage
Speaking in Toronto
Award Winning Book
SCUBA in Devil's Den, Florida
180 Mile Benefit Bike Ride for Kids with Cancer
Author of Award Winning Book
Catastrophe Simulation for Wilderness First Responder
Speaking in Nestle Terrace 2019
Speaking in Ontario
Stage Props & Books
Keynote at a CIO Forum
Keynote at Association Luncheon
Speaking in Nestle Terrace 2018
Post Speech at Nuclear Power Plant
Keynote Speech at AHIMA Conference
Speaking at Holiday Dinner
Business RadioX Guest
Graffiti Alley
Overview
What becomes possible? What becomes possible when you are willing to work THROUGH the obstacles?
Unleash the power of resiliency by focusing on growth through adversity, while your group is involved and having fun.
Ari Gunzburg represents a unique blend of underdog, traumatic story, troubled youth, and outdoors speaker with great rapport. Ari talks about themes of persistence, growth through adversity, positive mindset and embracing challenges to Unlock Your Greatness.
QUESTIONS
What positive impact comes when your team works through adversity?
What changes when your team embraces a positive mindset?
What ROI is possible when your team breaks through real and imagined obstacles?
49 Reviews

Absolutely amazing. Kept our attention the entire time. One of the best speakers I’ve ever seen. Very inspiring.
Leadership/Success Speaker
Response from Unlock Your Greatness - Ari Gunzburg:
Thank you for the kind words Melanie!! It was an absolute pleasure joining your group!!

Ari and his team were amazing to work with in planning for our organization's Team Day - an annual staff event for encouraging and promoting teamwork, and an opportunity to show our staff appreciation for all that they do everyday. Ari took the time to understand who we are, what we do, and what we needed to ensure a successful event. He was professional, punctual, engaged, and he delivered! The personal experiences he shared on overcoming adversity were not only inspiring, but highlighted how each of us can unlock our own greatness in life by using five keys. The audience was engaged, participated, and had fun throughout the whole presentation. Thank you, Ari.
Motivational Speaker

Your presentation at our conference was fantastic and we are still talking about it!
I know the keys are incorporated into the presentation to engage the group. Even aside from the keys, I thought the engagement was perfect. Our small group created an intimacy that you embraced.
Thanks again for helping make our conference so great. I look forward to seeing you again.
Motivational Speaker
Response from Unlock Your Greatness - Ari Gunzburg:
Mary Ellen, thank you!! I had an absolutely amazing time with everyone, thank you for having me be a part of your event!!

Ari should know how great of a job he is doing and how much his story resonates with anyone who had experienced struggle or hardships in life. He really knows how to keep information engaging and relevant to his audience!
Motivational Speaker

I’m actually going through a place of awaking unlocking all my potential and doing things for me, I'm a divorced mother of 3 girls, I have a really positive mindset, I workout everyday (Insanity) hardest workout b/c I love a challenge. I meditate every day, I’m spiritual. This really connected with me.
Motivational Speaker

Ari was inspiring. After 28yrs I'm in a new role so productive failure really resonated with me. Positive feedback eases the angst.
Leadership/Success Speaker

It was very engaging and thought provoking. I have worked on personal growth in the past few years, but Ari helped me to remember that there is always room for more growth no matter where you are in life. I bought his book already and look forward to incorporating it into my journey of self-care and self-understanding!
Leadership/Success Speaker

Shared life experiences that one can be identified with. Great speech and demonstrated with passion what he does.
Leadership/Success Speaker

The session definitely gave insight on how to live a more successful and fulfilling life. How to be engaged and make a difference. It was fun and effective without being stuffy or preachy. Ari was relatable and down to earth. It was a great experience.
Leadership/Success Speaker

Brings a slightly different perspective to greatness, in how you define it. What makes greatness is different to each individual. Inspiring and thought provoking.
Motivational Speaker

I would say that Mr. Ari had me interested on the 5 keys to greatness enjoyed the slides also thanks.
Motivational Speaker

Interesting and realistic perspective on how to improve happiness
Motivational Speaker

He was great and had people participate which everyone enjoyed.
Leadership/Success Speaker

Ari was engaging throughout the presentation.
Presentation was energetic and engaging.
Leadership/Success Speaker

Very to the point kept it exciting, which I enjoyed. The way he kept the crowd involved.
Motivational Speaker

Giving insight into the value of time, and the work life balance.
Leadership/Success Speaker

Ari uses his life experience to create a framework for unlocking your own greatness in a relatable way.
Motivational Speaker

A practical and relatable explanation of how to think and live positively.
Leadership/Success Speaker

Very attentive and gets point across allows you to understand the reason for greatness.
Motivational Speaker

Interesting and realistic perspective on how to improve happiness.
Motivational Speaker

Having this session is to realize to not take life for granted that it is a gift. To see the greatness of everything.
Motivational Speaker

It was an amazing presentation overall! about how to achieve greatness and the milestones towards it!
Leadership/Success Speaker

The 5 Keys of Greatness will help you build communication, self awareness, and build confidence for yourself. Help to be engaged with your staff and coworkers.
Motivational Speaker

Ari is a great storyteller. Praying for nothing but greatness and success flowing around you and out of you.
Leadership/Success Speaker

I enjoyed it. He talked about working through the discomfort and did really appreciate the 5 keys and how I should consider them daily.
Motivational Speaker

The kick in the pants that we need. Thanks for joining FeedMore, We appreciate you!
Motivational Speaker

Motivating and inspiring. Help us recognize that positivity is key and giving back.
Motivational Speaker

Ari has a unique way of drawing his audience into his world and sharing his story making one believe to be a part of his experience. He is very engaging and charismatic.
I highly recommend him for any event!
Business Motivational Speaker
Response from Unlock Your Greatness - Ari Gunzburg:
Merlyn thank you so much for having me out at your event! I really appreciate being able to be a small part in the amazing work that you do! Thank you again!

Everyone enjoyed the speech and Ari's company.
Motivational Speaker

Everything was great! It was heartfelt and genuine. Both MindSpark and Ari were extremely easy to book, communicate and work with.
I really appreciate the effort that Ari took to connect with the audience, both during and after his speaking engagement. It meant a lot to our attendees that he was able to stay for the conference and take time to meet everyone.
Looking back on the event, a lot of past speakers just come in, do their thing and hit the road. The time Ari spent to connect made me feel as though I was leaving the conference with a new friend.
Motivational Speaker
Response from Unlock Your Greatness - Ari Gunzburg:
Diane, it was an absolute pleasure being there! I love being able to connect with the people at each event and meeting new friends! Thanks again for having me out!!

Ari's message was pertinent and on point. His ability to connect with adults and teens alike was amazing. Real practical advice for all.
Motivational Speaker
Response from Unlock Your Greatness - Ari Gunzburg:
Timothy, thank you for everything! I had a great time with you and the whole school. Looking forward to the Sears Tower next time!!

A lot times you're not sure what you're going to get with motivational speakers, but Ari delivers and gives much more.
He walks us through his story and how the acronym GREAT and his 5 keys can help unlock our own greatness. We all have our own backstory, and sometimes we don't meet our potential at various times, but Ari gives us some great tools that help put us in our most positive light so we can be the best we can be. The talk was engaging, interesting, fun and informative. He also keeps you on the seat of your pants at times.
I had the chance to hang out with him a bit afterwards too, and he seemed like a great down-to-earth guy as well. He walks the talk.
Motivational Speaker
Response from Unlock Your Greatness - Ari Gunzburg:
Matt, thank you for the kind words! I really appreciate you taking the time to write in!

I recently attended a conference of professionals where Ari was a Keynote Speaker, and was impressed with his ability to weave authentic story telling into a learning lesson for living well, for all those in attendance.
Ari's passion for his subject and interactive narrative engaged the audience visually and acoustically, as well as through interactive participation (I won't give it away- you need to see it for yourself!). His keen ability to relate to the audience, and speak to them (not at them) is a skill that not all public speakers possess.
If you are looking for a speaker who both captures the audience and provides inspiring take-away concepts which the audience will think about long after, Ari should be your first choice!
Author, Business Motivational Speaker, Motivational Speaker

Ari gave an inspirational and entertaining lesson with great take-home advice!!
Business Motivational Speaker, Motivational Speaker

Ari’s was engaging and exciting, drawing you in to every word. His motivational concepts and team-building activities are highly recommend. They provided great insight and opened our eyes to future goals to accomplish. Highly recommend!!
Business Motivational Speaker, Leadership/Success Speaker, Motivational Speaker

Ari captivated the audience with his personal stories from his life experience and well thought out understanding of leadership. His humor and interactive speech kept everyone engaged throughout. His lessons were to-the-point and articulate. He gave over something that everyone can remember with ease and incorporate into their lives.
Business Motivational Speaker

Recently attended one of Ari's motivational speaking engagements. It was a pleasure to hear his fresh perspective on some tried and true tenants of leadership. He is engaging and a great storyteller. Great takeaways from the presentation and from his book, The little book of greatness.
Author, Motivational Speaker
Response from Unlock Your Greatness - Ari Gunzburg:
Karen, thank you! Great to hear you enjoyed the book as well!

Ari did an awesome job presenting to us at camp. The campers found him to be engaging and entertaining! It was great.
Arts/Entertainment Speaker
Response from Unlock Your Greatness - Ari Gunzburg:
Uri it was an absolute pleasure! Great group of kids and lots of fun coming and presenting!

Thoroughly enjoyed being a part of the event and was presently surprised with the speaker, who touched a lot of us in the room. He is genuinely interested in sharing his experiences to shed light on viewing life through difference experiences.
Business Motivational Speaker, Leadership/Success Speaker, Motivational Speaker
Response from Unlock Your Greatness - Ari Gunzburg:
Christine, thank you for the kind words! It was great meeting you, and I appreciate you taking the time to write up a review!

Ari kept the students engaged in his presentation providing specific insight in how to be safe in the wilderness from his own experience and research He tailored the talk to our specific area. Ari is an excellent speaker
Business Motivational Speaker

Ari did a great job being the speaker for out business event. Would highly recommend.
Author, Business Motivational Speaker
Response from Unlock Your Greatness - Ari Gunzburg:
Tony, thank you for having me at your event! I had a great time, and I am so grateful for the opportunity. Also I'm happy it *only* took 2 years to get the event done lol.....covid certainly was a curveball. But we stuck with it and we got it done!

Was very inspiring and is incredible at what he does!
Motivational Speaker
Response from Unlock Your Greatness - Ari Gunzburg:
Danny, it was great meeting you and being with the group. Thank you so much for the kind words!

Ari provided some personal stories, motivational content, and lots of team-building activities to help our team bond during a corporate retreat. It was a perfect combination of lecture & fun, with a light-hearted tone and easy delivery style.
Motivational Speaker
Response from Unlock Your Greatness - Ari Gunzburg:
Rhonda, your team is fantastic, and I love how they work so well together. Everyone had fantastic rapport and overall you planned a wonderful event, I'm sure your team is recharged and rejuvenated and ready to help solve problems again. Thanks for allowing me to be a part of it!

We hired Ari to speak at our 2022 Goal Meeting for our Real Estate Firm. He was amazing! Great to listen to, engaging, funny and very insightful. We would highly recommend Ari!

Ari was prepared and on time for the event. He held the audiences attention and clearly expressed his message. His personality and excellent life experience examples were both inspiring and enlightening. He clearly has a passion for reaching others and shares his desire to help others and his belief in every person's success as he speaks. I'm so glad we had the opportunity to hear Ari. Every person left that room with thoughts of how they could take the next step in their life's success story!
Leadership/Success Speaker
Response from Unlock Your Greatness - Ari Gunzburg:
Ruth thank you again for the opportunity I appreciate it! It was great connecting with the group!

Ari was very well prepared and did an amazing job adjusting to the audience provided. I would definitely recommend him for other events.
Motivational Speaker
Response from Unlock Your Greatness - Ari Gunzburg:
Tami I had a great time and your work that you do is inspiring! Thanks!

Ari presented to a professional group and he was inspiring. He really made me re-evaluate how I was thinking about some things. Looking at taking the next step in something uncomfortable. The next step talk is relatable to both a professional or private life situations. I would love to hear another talk on a different topic.
Motivational Speaker
Response from Unlock Your Greatness - Ari Gunzburg:
Brenda, thank you so much! I appreciate the opportunity and I had a great time. It was a wonderful event and so nice meeting all of you!

Wasn't sure what to expect - doing team building exercises in the woods is not such an everyday occurrence - but the overall experience was amazing! There was good energy, my team worked well together and was able to articulate skills learned and skills to work on, and overall I enjoyed.
Business Motivational Speaker, Leadership/Success Speaker, Motivational Speaker
Response from Unlock Your Greatness - Ari Gunzburg:
Ben, the whole hike and experience with your team was AWESOME. I had a great time too! Thanks!

Ari was an awesome speaker. He communicated with the organizers well in advance, arrived early, he was prepared and ready to speak. He adapted well to the last minute changes in the agenda and socialized with the audience before and after his speech.
Our audience was inspired by Ari's story and is already taking just one more step.
Motivational Speaker
Response from Unlock Your Greatness - Ari Gunzburg:
Thanks Gregory! I had a great time as well and loved meeting everyone!
Booking Info
Price Range: Contact for rates
Gig Length: 30 - 480 minutes
Languages: English
Website: Visit website
Phone Number: Call
What to Expect
"There is more to us than we know. If we can be made to see it, perhaps, for the rest of our lives, we'll be unwilling to settle for anything less."
-Kurt Hahn, founder of Outward Bound (quoted in the speech)
UNLOCK YOUR GREATNESS SPEECH (what happens)
It starts with being uncomfortable. Or so Ari says. As he explains that his "discomfort" comes from being indoors instead of outdoors, it sets the stage for stories from Ari's life-changing adventures outdoors.
After talking about discomfort and how people grow by venturing outside their comfort zone, Ari starts telling stories that bring out nuances about cracking the code on human disconnection.
As Ari inspires the group to be radically themselves, he uses his expertise teach the 5 Keys To Greatness, his motivational framework. By each of the 5 Keys, Ari brings up a volunteer to get a free t-shirt and to be a part of the performance.
Sprinkled throughout the keys is the tragic story from Ari's childhood: The hike at 10 years old when he was with his class and their teacher, who fell over and passed away that fateful day.
"Positivity isn't about getting what you want; it's about doing the best with what you've got," points out Ari, as he gently tells the audience the terrible news that his teacher is no more. The moment is sad and emotional, even so, many years later, but soon takes a turn for the positive as Ari explains the emotional moment 19 years later when he named his son after this teacher.
The speech nears the end as Ari tells over the last key, Tenacity, demonstrated by breaking a board. As Ari wraps everything together to give it to your group, showing how easy the framework is to remember, he invites everyone to get uncomfortable with him...
To "find within us more than we know..."
So that we can "never settle for anything less."
And together, Unlock Your Greatness within.
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TAKEAWAYS
-Fosters a greater sense of community and belonging
-New definition of greatness, showing it is both personal & achievable
-Growth through discomfort; the benefits of change
-Unleash your greatest potential by being radically yourself
-Find true inner strength
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SIGNATURE KEYNOTE MOTIVATIONAL SPEECH
Ari Gunzburg's signature keynote speech involves audience participation, fun, laughter, and more, all with a great takeaway. Entertaining interactions include a headstand, ladder stand, jokes about Ari's "lucky" shirt, breaking a board, and more!
Each interaction is carefully crafted to bring out a point, with the ultimate goal of the speech to create a ripple effect of positivity, belonging, and tenacity in every person there. Stories are woven throughout the speech, including cliffhangers, ranging from emotional to funny to everything in between.
Every part of the speech is carefully crafted to bring the audience together and create a greater sense of belonging, as well as understand other core messages:
-growth comes through discomfort
-we can all grow
-greatness is something within our grasp
Every moment of the speech has an ultimate goal of fostering a sense of community with the audience, so they come back to work invigorated and ready to perform at a high level.
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SIGNATURE KEYNOTE: SALES EDITION
There is a sales "flavor" of the speech, entitled Passionate Sales. It is predominantly the same speech as above, but with a focus on how sales can benefit from each of the 5 Keys.
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SIGNATURE KEYNOTE: LEADERSHIP EDITION
There is a leadership "flavor" of the talk, called Transformative Leadership. It is mostly the same speech as above, but with an additional motif of how using the 5 Keys can transform your leadership style.
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GUARANTEED AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION
-5 skeleton keys are used to pre-select volunteers
-at each of the 5 Keys, a volunteer is called via the key
-utmost care is taken to make the volunteer look good
-each volunteer gets a free t-shirt
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The 5 Keys (G.R.E.A.T.) are detailed in Ari's award-winning book and are:
Give (provide time, money, or resources to others)
Reason (define a purpose for your life)
Engage (be in the moment, be present)
Amazing (view things with a positive mindset)
Tenacity (see things through with persistence, especially when difficult)
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MOTIVATIONAL KEYNOTE SPEAKER AND EXPERT - Cultivating a greater sense of belonging in ourselves and others using stories of the great outdoors.
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About
About Ari Gunzburg (an outdoors speaker)
If the activity is outdoors, you can probably find Ari Gunzburg doing it. From scuba diving to paddle boarding, hiking to rock climbing, caving to kayaking, and many activities in between, Ari loves the outdoors for the life-changing adventures and true introspection it provides.
Ari went through a lot growing up, from a tragic moment as a young child, to partying and using drugs as a teenager, to scuffles with police, and more. These moments sparked a chain reaction of positivity and growth as Ari slowly turned his life around and began working to create a lasting impact in the world. Today, Ari uses the wisdom and strength forged through these experiences to empower others to unlock their own everyday greatness.
As an award-winning speaker, writer, and coach, Ari brings his expertise on cultivating a greater sense of belonging to conferences, board rooms, and beyond, inspiring people to unleash their greatest selves. Ari uses captivating stories of the great outdoors to help others find the power of being radically engaged and a part of something. Ari continues to crack the code of human connection, helping people seek real belonging and real community using his essential framework, the 5 Keys To Greatness.
Additional Booking Notes
Low-maintenance speaker? Check!
Ari is super flexible, working with whatever you have at the venue.
For the GREATEST Presentation, please:
1. Freedom to use Ari's laptop - all that is needed is an HDMI connection near the front of the stage.
2. Having a screen or projector is best; best if it is on the side of the stage and not in the center.
3. Headset or lavalier microphone is preferred; smaller rooms won't need a microphone.
4. Want to record? Just let us know, and we'll let you know the parameters.
5. Did we mention flexibility? Let us know if there is a last-minute adjustment to the timing, if we can accommodate we will.
6. Best not to have wait staff serve food or clear plates during the presentation.
7. If Ari is to be joining for any meals, please inquire about dietary requirements.
8. When making hotel reservations, please confirm the room is available for late arrival.
Setup Requirements
A-Frame Ladder, 8-12 feet tall depending on ceiling. Venue likely has one but would need to give permission to use.
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