In-Person & Virtual Keynote Speaker: Todd Demorest

Todd Demorest

Chief Facilitation Officer & Keynote Speaker

Think about a mentor who believed in you so much that you began to believe in yourself? Todd embodies that mentor in a room, whether it’s 10 or 10,000 people. He will call out and cut through any malarky that prevents a program experience from having maximum impact, and he will do it with candor and disarming humor.

Check out some of Todd’s most recent virtual team building work: Virtual Team Mosaic™, Virtual Helping Hands & TeamTime Odyssey.

Over 20 years of keynote speaking and facilitation, he has accumulated 2 million miles with just one airline and shared his wisdom with the top brass of almost every company you can think of. With Todd, you’ll have a seasoned facilitator who knows your program content inside and out and connects authentically with your participants. The way Todd brings the meeting themes to life in inspiring, engaging, and compelling ways is simply priceless.

You’ll go from just believing in yourself to believing in your team.

Todd Demorest Leaves Teams Inspired For Years To Come

You’ll never hear the same thought-provoking, on-point and funny keynote twice from Todd Demorest. Multiple discovery Zooms regarding the meeting themes and company values with Todd ensure your company receives the most relevant and powerful program possible.

A small sampling of the topics clients request from Todd Demorest include:

Change Management
Purpose Driven Work
Increasing Collaboration Within An Organization
Increasing Communication Between Teams
Reconnecting Employees To The Why of The Work

Contact Odyssey Teams to invite Todd Demorest to facilitate or speak at your next event.

Here’s What People Are Saying About Todd Demorest, Keynote Speaker

“Thank you for an amazing day! From your varied team-building activities to the gift of giving back to the community, you kept our group engaged, enthusiastic, grounded, and humbled. It was, by far, one of the most meaningful LD sessions we have had – well beyond expectations. Thank you for sharing your talents with us.”

– Executive at Centegra

“During our annual management meeting this year, we were fortunate to have spent an afternoon with Todd from Odyssey Teams. I must say, it was one of the best decisions we’ve ever made on how we spend time during our meeting.”

-Julie Carroll, Vice President, Partner & Industry Relations at BCD Meetings & Incentives

“Todd is an incredible speaker. He was so engaging, passionate, and knowledgeable, and it really showed.”

-Stephanie Manzo Kindlick, Wolters Kluwer

“Since your talk, I have caught myself being myself and working on being a better person, husband, father, co-worker and friend.”

-Dan Link, Deputy District Attorney

“Our event with Todd as the keynote speaker went great. Our employees commented on how engaging Todd was and how everyone was vested in the work. We all walked away as I wanted – excited to work as a team. Todd is an incredible facilitator and speaker.”

– Daniel Then, Manager II Process Development at Boston Scientific

To have Todd Demorest inspire and transform your audience or virtual team, contact Odyssey Teams:
(800) 342-1650 or kim@odysseyteams.com

Todd Thoughts & Other Todd-Bits Of Inspiration

Todd Thoughts: On Motivation

Todd Thoughts: Living With Ambiguity

Todd Thoughts: Anti-Glorifying

“Odyssey Teams left us with a common language in which our company can build upon to achieve greatness.”

Pete Brunner, BCSI

“Thank you very much for your help in making my meeting so successful and connecting the dots to all of my key messages in such a meaningful way.”

Tracy Tannenbaum, Heritage Homes

“Much to our delight, our participants had a terrific experience with the Helping Hands activity… and spent the remainder of the conference talking about it! The program that Odyssey Teams has developed is by far the most memorable, fulfilling, and moving “teambuilding” experience we have participated in.”

Brandy L Szever, Vanguard

“Thank you and your team for two great days of training. I couldn’t be more pleased with the training team you assembled, the content and how the material was received by the participants. You listened to our challenges and geared a program that got right to heart of some of our key management/organizational development issues. It was amazing to sit back and watch the light bulbs go on for our managers. I look forward to them taking the learnings back to the work place and applying them.”

Christine Stout, Premier Retail Network

“So many employees have approached to say how moved they were by by the bike build. It was such a positive lesson on working together and asking for help. The afternoon left a mark on everyone who participated in such a positive way.”

Cindy Silva, Ariat International Inc.

“Thank you for putting together and facilitating a fabulous collaboration exercise in Orlando. We’ve done a lot of different team-building activities and other types of exercises through the years, but this one was simply extraordinary. I have lost count of how many participants have grabbed me or emailed me to tell me how impactful it was to them on a professional and personal level. I was showing my kids last night the pictures we took on our iPhones, and they were amazed.”

Elana McFann, United Healthcare

“Odyssey Teams touched our team members, and our team members are taking that feeling and making positive action.”

Gretchen Chismar, Honeywell

“We really had an opportunity to know each other better and to have some fun together in a way that increases our commitment to work together effectively. But the biggest payoff of all was the combined feeling of having accomplished something with such an impact to people around the world.”

Jean E. Deering, Wells Fargo

“Odyssey Teams touched 970 people who are at an impressionable point in their lives. I’m confident that the wisdom and emotion Odyssey shared will positively impact their entire careers.”

Jenna Ballestrino, Microsoft Academy for College Hires (MACH)

“Our team unanimously voted the 3 hours with Odyssey Teams was the most beneficial part of our entire meeting.”

Julie C., BCD Meeting & Incentives

“The Helping Hands event structure + the personal connection to the prosthetic hands have left a lasting impression on our team. Many people still reference the event 90 days later.”

Megan A. Westman, GE Lighting

“The mosaic exercise is one of my favorite things I’ve ever done in Corporate America! What a beautiful outcome from such a simple but effective exercise.”

Jen Matlock, AbbVie

“Mission accomplished! The Odyssey Teams session exceeded every expectation I had. It created a unity with our teams and connected people in meaningful and thought-provoking inner-soul searching ways.”

Michelle Stokes, Merck

“Odyssey Teams wowed everyone. Feedback from executives to new team members has been phenomenal and the lessons learned will be lasting.”

Ralph S. Henderson, AMN Healthcare

“We found that working together for a worthwhile cause gave us perspective on new ways to use our talents to use for the good of others while learning important lessons about our own capabilities. Thank you, Odyssey Teams.”

Tim Somers, Pernod Ricard USA

“In my opinion, Odyssey Teams’ keynote and facilitation set the foundation and tone for an impactful two-day, staff retreat—I’m not sure we would have gotten to that level without Odyssey Teams kicking it off!”

Megan Moser, University of Pennsylvania

“Odyssey Teams provided the perfect foundation and jumping-off point for what our meeting was designed to accomplish. Helping Hands became the metaphor for how our team aspires to work together.”

Julie Person, Shire

“We’ve sung Odyssey Teams’ praises to everyone we know. Odyssey Teams has the unique ability to impact a group at the core with the right amount of humor.”

My-An Le, Kaiser Permanente Great Los Angeles

“Since the program, I have caught myself being myself and working on being a better person, husband, father, co-worker and friend. Perspective is everything…”

Dan Link, SDCDA

“Having experienced team building events all over the world, I must admit that nothing will top the experience we had with Odyssey Teams. Building unity, teamwork, collaboration – seeing real people, extending beyond themselves to help others, has been priceless.”

Kristen Muckleroy, Fiberlink Communications