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Eddie Turner is the #9 ranked Motivational Speaker in the World by Global Gurus!

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Eddie Turner is keynote speaker who delivers transformational client experiences that exceed expectations, improve execution and accelerate performance!

Eddie Turner, The Leadership Excelerator®, has earned the National Speakers Association’s CSP® (Certified Speaking Professional™) designation. It is the speaking profession’s highest international measure of professional platform excellence. This designation shows Eddie’s commitment to the speaking profession. The CSP® indicates he has demonstrated superior speaking ability and has a proven track record of professionalism and success. Less than 15 percent of NSA members worldwide have achieved the CSP designation. Eddie earned this designation by mastering the four professional competencies adopted by the NSA Board of Directors: Eloquence, Expertise, Enterprise, and Ethics.

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Eddie Turner is a professional speaker and member of the National Speakers Association and its New York City Chapter.

Timothy John Harrison

Eddie has played a foundational role in my development as a leadership coach and speaker. I was initially shocked at how much value and insight I could gain in a 30-minute conversation. Since then, Eddie has helped me think bigger about my brand and encouraged a level of professionalism that has allowed me to reach certain milestones at a much earlier stage in my career than many thought possible!

Timothy John Harrison, Founder & CEO of EPOG Academy | Leadership Coach | Keynote Speaker | Rap & Spoken Word Artist
Roger Rickard

Eddie’s facilitation skills are through the roof. We had Eddie present to our chapter on how to use facilitation and he was masterful in his craft. Our members learn new skills that will assist them in the careers. I highly endorse and applaud Eddie’s programming.

Roger Rickard, I grow your community of Advocates. Advocacy expert and host of the Voices In Advocacy® Podcast.
Elena Pastore
Eddie and I talked a few months ago when I was in a place of ambiguity in starting my journey as a coach. The talk we had really made an impression on me! He really inspired and empowered me to believe that all I needed was myself and what I already had. And that means so much. I am very excited for what I’ve got under my belt and what I can continue to accomplish with the reminder from Eddie that it doesn’t need to be “perfect” from day 1!
Elena Pastore, People Development Strategist
Hayward Suggs
Eddie Turner is an “exceptional: speaker in every sense of the word. He is the speaker that you have in mind when you think of a keynote address. Polished, persuasive, and ultra-professional, he engages and informs with ease.
Eddie is easy and fun to work with. He was the keynote speaker at our first-ever ATDChicagoland virtual confrence and people are still talking about his performance. If you are looking for a speaker who can maximize the moment and make you look brilliant for hiring him, get Eddie Turner!
Highly recommended!
Hayward Suggs, President Association for Talent Development Chicagoland, 2020
Hayward Suggs, Executive Coach I H.R Thought Partner on Leadership Development I
Connie Kadansky, MCC

Eddie customized an interactive presentation for ICF Arizona entitled “The Power of Branding for Coaches.” Thanks to his enthusiasm and example of practicing what he preaches, coaches learned nitty-gritty tips how to strategically manage their visibility. Eddie created space for coaches to personalize and integrate their learning on the spot. Every coach left with a commitment to up their game on visibility management that leads to a more profitable coaching business. — Connie Kadansky, ICF Arizona President

Connie Kadansky, MCC, Help prevent & Overcome Sales Call Reluctance/ Master Certified Sales Call Reluctance Coach & Speaker
Margie Desha
Thank you for your amazing presentation on emerging leaders! I’ve learned so much from your presentation! It was a pleasure and honor meeting you! You’re very Inspirational!
Margie Desha, Medical Assistant Program Director at The College of Health Care Professions
Alli Bittner
I have had the honor and privilege of receiving 1:1 leadership coaching from Eddie through Rice University’s Doerr Institute for New Leaders. Our time together has made a huge difference in my understanding of my unique strengths, my recognition of my biggest potential derailers, and my active efforts to lean into the former while improving the latter. The classic idiom of “giving a man to fish” vs. “teaching a man to fish” comes to mind – Eddie has been a patient listener who takes the time to understand my challenges, but he never GIVES me the answers; rather, he always asks just the right questions that help me to find the answers for myself. By “teaching me to fish,” Eddie has helped me learn how to peel back the layers of each leadership challenge I face so that I can find the right course of action even when he’s not around. I am a better leader, both at school and at work, for having known Eddie, and I highly recommend him as a coach!
Alli Bittner, Shopper Marketing Advisor at ExxonMobil, Rice University MBA
Jackie Lyles
What an amazing experience to get to spend time discussing a client strategy with Eddie. He is creative, articulate and focused. Our conversation is opening new doors for a different approach to our work. Eddie, thank you for finding time to invest in supporting our mutual client. We are making a difference. Thanks for exemplifying leadership. We are so grateful.
Jackie Lyles, Champion Connector. Opportunity Maker. Scale Innovator. #1 Amazon Bestseller, Own Your Value. Online Learning Packaging, Marketing and Enterprise Sales
Zachery A. Kokel
You all should be jealous that I had the opportunity to be coached by Eddie before anyone else, while he was completing formal credentials; as a mutual courtesy; guaranteed that he can help you unlock new layers of introspection, performance, and value. -Forever thanks Eddie, you are a great man!!
Zachery A. Kokel, GROWTH ORIENTED TECHNOLOGY AND BUSINESS EXECUTIVE
Laura Paramoure
Eddie Turner is a rare find in the consulting world. In addition to helping you focus on the things that lead to your goals, he is diligent in supporting those goals. Fortunately for eParamus, Eddie is great at connecting dots and goes beyond the engagement to drive impact in other areas. Without this insight we would not have been able to maximize many of our efforts.

Most important, it is a joy to work with Eddie. He has an infectious positive personality that I “borrowed” many times to support the task at hand. He helps me be my best, always follows through, and has my complete trust. I highly recommend Eddie and know you will be glad you got the opportunity to work with him!

Laura Paramoure, President at eParamus, Speaker on Training ROI
Bruce Weinstein, Ph.D.
Eddie Turner lights up every room he enters. He is one of one of those rare people who brings positive energy wherever he goes, and you feel better just by spending a few minutes with him.

I’ve come to know Eddie through our membership in the National Speakers Association. He is a man of high character: honest, accountable, caring, and humble. How many people can you say that about?

If you’re considering hiring Eddie as a leadership advisor, facilitator, or speaker, I have just one piece of advice: do it.

This morning I was playing the song, “This little light of mine/I’m gonna let it shine.” The first person who came to mind when I played it was Eddie Turner.

Bruce Weinstein, Ph.D. , The Ethics Guy®| Virtual Training for CPE /CPD Credits in Ethics | FORBES Contributor
Top Notch! Confidence. Process. Creativity. So many things can describe the value in working with Eddie Turner. I had several coaching sessions with Eddie, and in every one of them I gleaned “pearls of wisdom”, making each session very worthwhile. Truly an invaluable resource for speaking, and presenting in a business and public setting. These are tools that will never expire in personal or business situations. Thank you Eddie!
Candace Axel, Global HSE Program Manager | CEO Action for Racial Equity Fellow at TechnipFMC
Eduardo Riccieri
I can hardly find proper words to describe Eddie’s capacity to transmit knowledge and information. His passion and professionalism is contagious He will lead you to main content of any matter in such a wonderful way that you will feel you’re in a conversation with a many year’s friend.

On my 16 years career I went thru many trainers, speakers and coaches but Eddie’s skills are definitively far away above the standard.

Eddie is the most charismatic and creative, speaker you may find His audience and presentation management skills are just amazing.

I can guarantee you can trust on Eddie to convey training and/or coaching of any subject independently of his complexity.

Eduardo Riccieri, Market Development Manager at Stream-Flo Industries
Eddie presented a very informative and engaging presentation on “facilitated collaboration” for our local ACMP Chapter. I really appreciated that he shared very useful information, not just “fluff” and I walked away with new tools I didn’t have before his presentation. I will look for opportunities to bring Eddie back to present to our group and can enthusiastically recommend him for other groups interested in an informative and engaging speaker.
Harold Goodearle, Sr. Consultant/Advisor - Organizational Change Capability and Readiness at Sasol
Tamara G.
If you want customized career coaching for where you are in your career to take you to the next level – look no further than Eddie Turner LLC. Over the past few months Eddie has given me great recommendations on how I can improve in communication and presence. He is flexible in accommodating to your schedule and gives suggestions tailored to your needs. I enjoyed working with Eddie and would highly recommend him to any working professional looking to take their career to the next level.
Tamara G., Product Manager | Project Manager
I had the pleasure of attending a session Moderated by Eddie at yesterday’s Houston Women’s Conference. Of the 3 sessions I attended, Eddie’s was by far the best. He brought the perfect level of energy to the session, encouraging the panelists while highlighting key points for attendees. Thoughtfully, he provided question cards for attendees, recognizing that not everyone is comfortable asking questions in large groups (Eddie was the only moderator to do so – I asked several attendees of other sessions to verify this).

I would happily work with Eddie, based on my experience yesterday.

Heather Gillbanks, CCXP, Change Management Professional focused on Customer & Employee Experience
Eddie is a valued client of TransPerfect and through coincidence I had the privilege of hearing him speak at my first ATD Conference. Being the last speaker of the day the audience is typically running low on gas, however I was completely brown away by his ability to engage the audience and capture our attention. His presentation was informative and extremely professional while maintaining a sense of casual conversation that we all could relate to. I would certainly look towards Eddie for any future speaking engagements that require a highly precise speaker with a great personality.
John Garcia, Sr. Executive Search Consultant at Lucas Group
Eddie Turner conducted a dynamic virtual learning presentation at the 2015 ATD Houston Technology Expo. He demonstrated passion and a high degree of expertise on how virtual instructor led can be more impactful than classroom training. He used a great example when his company limited travel, but needed to get a keynote speaker to kick off a virtual conference. Eddie called it the “Big Get.”

If you are looking for excellent presenter that has a wonderful style of engaging an audience than Eddie Turner is your man! I certainly would recommend him to kick off or close any conference.

Sonia Scott, Founder | Chief Learning Officer at Ascencio Learning LLC
I had the marvelous experience of watching Eddie Turner facilitate a webinar concerning Adobe Connect. Obviously very articulate and personable in his demeanor, Eddie took command of the live-streaming stage and brought this training opportunity to life.

Starting with an introduction from the moderator, he stole the show. Spliced with great humor on an otherwise potentially unbearable subject for a novice like me, Eddie shared his “Best Practices” and indicated areas that could be terrible pitfalls. Mr. Turner shared a table display of over 30 different ways he has used Adobe Connect to assist in his facilitation and presentation formats. Many of his methods generated or highlighted practical and innovative, out-of-the-box kinds of thinking.

Always giving credit to learning new things, Eddie was quick to correct his own mistakes which included recognizing when or where he may have omitted something important or how he came upon a new use. This lends credibility to his recognition of being an avid learner as well as a highly valued speaker. He took ownership.

Mr. Turner is an amazing asset to the learning community and anyone that wants to learn how to be a professional speaker in this genre – via the web and live-streaming. His talent obviously far outweighs what was presented here and I look forward to viewing any of his future presentations on Adobe Connect materials.

Chandra Richardson, (LIONess), Education Coordinator at Houston ISD
Amy Krenzke
Not all webinars are the same and Eddie’s was one of that stood above the rest! Eddie incorporated practical Adobe Connect tips yet also presented instructional design go-tos including thoughts on being a Learning Experience Stager. Eddie gave a name to what I always share about learning…it is not just learning, it is creating an experience!
Amy Krenzke, Partnering for Excellence in Employee Experience | Learning Design + Talent Development
It has been great knowing and working with Eddie in my role as Learning Architect in the College of Leadership. He brings so much knowledge coupled with enthusiasm in all that he does! Great team player as well. I actually knew of Eddie even before joining FMC Technologies. One of my former colleagues noticed through LinkedIn that I was going to join FMC Technologies and mentioned that Eddie had delivered a great presentation on how technology is being used at FMC Technologies. He was highly impressed. To my surprise, I met Eddie a few weeks into my job and we have collaborated on projects. Eddie has been a great resource!
Learning Operations Manager (Americas/Process Technology) at Technip Energies, Learning Operations Manager (Americas/Process Technology) at Technip Energies
Eddie is a expert in utilizing technology for employee engagement and employee development. His willingness to share his methodology and tips on improving collaboration with other learning professions was our first connection. I attended his presentation on “Designing and Delivering Effective Virtual Classes and Virtual Meetings” at the Houston ATD Conference. After that even Eddie facilitated a virtual session of the training for my team at American Express. His level of enthusiasm and pure knowledge on the subject made our Development Day a success. I look forward to opportunities to partner with Eddie in the future.
Ashley Zuelke, Senior Consultant at Advanced Technology Group (ATG)
Erik Pettine
Eddie has to be one of the best presenters I have ever seen! He had command of the room, was engaging, funny and very passionate. I’m glad I got the chance to be a part of it and look forward to seeing him present again.
Erik Pettine, Financial Consultant at Fidelity Investments
Ken Conn
I “discovered” Eddie Turner while recently attending the Fall 2014 Association for Talent Development (ATD) Houston conference. Eddie led a session in the Innovate track titled, “Designing and Delivering Effective Virtual Classes and Virtual Meetings.” It did not disappoint. Not only did I find the content and approaches Eddie shared innovative, but at the same time, very practical in the way we all could immediately take back new ideas to begin implementing. His high energy approach to presenting was well received by everyone in attendance and I continued to hear people buzzing about his presentation all day long. Through the information that he shared, as well as the real life examples he offered, it became very obvious that Eddie is a natural leader and someone we can all learn with. It is my sincere hope that I have the opportunity to attend more Eddie Turner presentations in the near future.
Ken Conn, Partnerships | Video Communication & Collaboration | A/V Integration & Implementation | Instructional Technology
Eddie’s communication skills have been very helpful as an AdobeConnect meeting facilitator for global video conference meetings involving large groups of people that I hold periodically throughout the year.
Richard C Lalor, Semi-retired
David Gordon
Eddie Turner came in and hit the ground running. He has had an immediate and remarkable impact at FMC Technologies in a very short time.

He brought in new technologies and a new framework for meeting facilitation that has revolutionized the way meetings are run at our company.

Eddie’s interpersonal skills, coaching ability and leadership presence have served him well as he has penetrated every layer of management including senior leadership with his service offering he introduced. Eddie has unique skills across multiple disciplines and this has proven invaluable to our new corporate university.

He has also proved to be one of our best instructors receiving high marks for his engaging delivery style. I have the utmost confidence in Eddie. He delivers high quality work and collaborates extremely well with others. Eddie was one of my top performers.

David Gordon, HR Business Transformation | Organisational Design and Development | Change and Leadership | Learning and Development
Eddie and I worked on many projects together, we co-authored and delivered training sessions. Eddie always made the process enjoyable. He was prepared, dependable and articulate. More than that he is extremely professional and had the unique ability to deliver what could be dry dull material in an exciting dynamic manner. Eddie always got the full attention of everybody in the classroom (virtual or physical).
Pamela Wonson, Customer Success Manager at Rundeck, Inc.
Christopher Blake
Mr. Turner brings a level of professionalism, poise, knowledge, and positive personality to every aspect of his job. Eddie has excelled in all tasks that he’s been given, and lends aid to other team members wherever he can. It’s been my pleasure to meet, mentor, and learn from Eddie. I look for Eddie to do well in any position or path that he is inclined to pursue.
Christopher Blake, Senior Professional Services Consultant at Quest Software
Eddie was always a pleasure to work with on projects that were assigned to us. I appreciated his inviting personality, professionalism in class and his leadership skills that created an environment that fostered collaboration, responsibility and accountability .
Antoinette H, Healthcare Leader at Lurie Children's Primary Care|Town & Country Pediatrics
Suzann Williams
Eddie was always one to stand out during the few communications and organizational behavior courses I took with him. Eddie is undoubtedly a leader, strong communicator and most definitely a team player. It was a pleasure learning from him and with him.
Suzann Williams , Senior Associate at Rainmakers Strategic Solutions LLC
Rodney McGill
Eddie is a poise public speaker and always conducts himself in a professional manner. It was my pleasure to have studied with Eddie.
Rodney McGill, Sr. Administrator at ServerFarm
Kevin Murnane
It is my pleasure to recommend Eddie Turner.

Eddie was my student in 2007 in a demanding Strategy Execution Class at Northwestern University. The class was a compressed three hour class for six Saturday mornings during the summer. About half of the classwork was required via a series of on-line projects and conversations with in-class groups.

Somehow, Eddie found a way to push himself, do the work, enjoy the material, and become a key player on his team project. He finds a way to have fun during tough times, and he inspires others to enjoy themselves and stay focused on the task.

He is respectful, smart, completely reliable, and one of those students that just finds a way to stay in touch and offer value to everyone he meets. He has a rare quality of seamlessly building and maintaining networks of senior professionals who want to work with him.

It is my pleasure to know Eddie, and I recommend him with complete confidence.

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Eddie’s knowledge of technology applications helped our learning and development team to dramatically enhance its service delivery. He quickly learned our industry, got to know the people and the issues that we faced, and was incredibly proactive and solutions-oriented. He is fast, responsive and always cheerful – despite the limits of our budget and our systems. I recommend him highly.
Amanda Alexander, Partner at Stork & May LLP
Eddie Turner is eager to address any of his clients’ challenges related to technology, learning and knowledge management, and performance support. Eddie is proficient in staging learning experiences through a variety of delivery channels, and has become a trail blazer with the iPhone as a learning delivery platform. Eddie is a pleasure to work with every day, demonstrating a consistent “can do” atttitude, pride in his professionalism, and a high degree of likability!
Bob Dean, Collaborator | Innovator | Virtual facilitator
Eddie is an excellent choice to provide desktop and network support as well as innovative learning design and content delivery solutions. His personality and people skills are a breath of fresh air in these functions. He actually eliminates the typical pain of requesting help and technical support and turns it into a joyful experience!
Jose Ruiz, CEO & Managing Partner at Alder Koten (Executive Search)
I had several classes with Eddie and found him to be extremely intelligent and a dynamic speaker. He had the ability to bring focus to the project at hand and move the group along until completion. Eddie was well liked among all of our peers.
Larry Woods, Regional Director of Operations at Morrison Living
Nothiing is ever too much trouble for Eddie. He is always professional, polite and very knowledgeable. He will always ‘go the extra mile’ to get things done. If you need anything completed right first time – Eddie’s the man! It truly is a pleasure working with him.
Helen B., CEO at DeFalencourt LLC, Co-Owner and founder of Vacation Crusaders
Pamela (Gould) Rashid
Eddie was fantastic to work with. He was always extremely helpful and very knowledgeable. We miss him tremendously!
Pamela (Gould) Rashid, Chief Operating Officer for Wells Fargo Distribution Finance
Rainee (Kosmoski) Huot
Eddie provided desk top IT support to my group when he was with General Electric. I worked with him for several years and had the opportunity to work with Eddie on many occasions. Eddie did an excellent job supporting my group and had a very positive reputation within my business segment. He had a tremendous sense of urgency in solving desk top issues and always displayed a very positive, optimistic attitude. His strong technical skills and willingness to get things done quickly coupled with his very charming personality made him an absolute pleasure to work with! I highly recommend Eddie for future opportunites based on my experience working with him.
Rainee (Kosmoski) Huot, VP, Human Resources at Synchrony Financial - CareCredit
I have known Eddie for 8 years – as a direct report and then as a Deskside Support Analyst for one of the largest sites in GE Commercial Finance. I have had the pleasure to work with Eddie on numerous projects from large integrations to technology refresh. Eddie is an invaluable resource to have with broad technical knowledge. His dedication to customer service is unparallel and relentless. While leading the Chicago site as the Deskside Support Analyst, Eddie consistently flared well ahead of any other site in customer satisfaction surveys, called Voice Of the Customer.

Eddie is an inclusive and external focused leader with exceptional customer centric focus and will do very well given the opportunity to work for any corporation.

Neal Vali, Vice President - Engineering at Taleris (GE Aviation)
Scott Daum
I had the pleasure of working with Eddie over five + years at GE Capital. Eddie was always professional, courteous and efficient. He made it his business to stay up to speed on current issues in order to be able to solve any problems we brought this way in the most timely and productive manner possible.
Scott Daum, Managing Director at Parallel49 Equity
One of the very few Customer Centric individuals I have had the pleasure of knowing in course of my professional career.

Eddie personifies what every Management Guru preaches, but rarely do many follow, which is keeping ones Customers delighted/Wow’ed.

Eddie would respond to any IT specific needs that I ever had promptly and would make sure that the each request was executed flawlessly. He would make sure by calling you up or coming over in person to check if the task had been indeed completed to satisfaction.

Additinally – Eddie was and is – one of the very few “impeccably dressed” individuals in the office environment that I have ever worked with. His demenaour and dress sense reflected in professionalism fully.

I wish Eddie the very best in his career and all his future endavours.

Rajat Kapoor, Executive Director, Technology and Operations Transformation Leader at JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Jeff Skinner
Eddie was an extremely knowledgable IT resource and always brought a positive attitude to work.
Jeff Skinner, Senior Vice President - Structured Finance at First Midwest Bank
Kristina Miller
The single best IT professional I’ve worked with in my 13-year career. Went above and beyond to make sure any issue was fixed. Was always prompt, curtious, and professional. An absolute joy to have as a collegue.
Kristina Miller, Senior Credit Officer & Head Of Asset Based Lending Credit at Fifth Third Bank
Eddie helped me/our team with every IT problem encountered in a timely fashion and always with a pleasant demeanor. He always went over and above what was asked of him.
Tony Pope, Associate at GE CFS BLG
Tom Jones
Eddie is a great guy and a great worker. Very customer-service driven and very knowledgeable. I worked with him at GE Capital where he was well-respected and well-liked by everyone. He knows his craft well and strives to ensure that all of his customers are completely satisfied with his work. I highly recommend Eddie for your computer service needs.
Tom Jones, Expert at Sourcing Debt Capital
Steve Roth
Eddie Turner is an experienced IT professional who is a pleasure to work with because of his positive, “can do” attitude and exemplary work ethic. On numerous occasions Eddie resolved problems and created workarounds for me.
Steve Roth, Associate General Counsel w/Expertise in Leveraged & ABL Lending, Workouts, LIBOR Replacement, and Knowledge Management
Eddie was a go to person for my IT needs at GE. He always was able to resolve issues quickly and also offered assistance above what was originally requested. I really miss his professionalism and high quality work.
Jacqueline Hopkins, Senior Vice President at GE
Eddie is a great asset to have in any company. Eddie provided IT solutions for hundreds of employees in Chicago, across various GE businesses and segments. You can count on Eddie to be responsive, thorough, energetic, and tackle every problem with a positive attitude. He is truly a pleasure to have on any team.
Lynn Gosselin, Managing Director at Wells Fargo Capital Finance
Diana (Bushneck) Morrow, CAMS
Eddie is such a pleasure to work with. He always maintained the highest degree of professionalism and the most positive attitude. Several times I came to him with an IT ’emergency’ and he always came to the rescue – squeezing me in while simultaneously juggling multiple other priorities & excelling at them all!
Diana (Bushneck) Morrow, CAMS, Lead Analyst - Financial Crimes Compliance at GE Capital