Dynamic Speakers, Inc. presents “Speaker of the Day,” a new and exciting way to get keynote speaker suggestions. If you are in need of a convention speaker, conference speaker, or guest speaker contact Dynamic Speakers, Inc. On our website, www.dynamicspeakers.com, we feature interesting speakers who have solid reputations. Professional speakers who have been athletes, adventurers, astronauts and authors are listed along with financial experts, business leaders, and economists. We work with great speakers with small fees and large fees. In-demand speakers and up-and-coming speakers are all within our realm of business. We also have trend speakers such as gerontologists, leadership experts, trainers, and team builders. If you want something extraordinary, we can provide comedians, magicians, hypnotists, musicians, artists and many other entertainers. We are a full-service bureau and offer customized programs and preset speech topics for most of our outstanding speakers! Please contact us about presenters for your next meeting or event! And check out our “Speaker of the Day” today: Neal Petersen.

Neal Petersen is a South African-born adventurer, business executive and professional motivational speaker whose life story reflects the powerful message he delivers in his presentations: “In life there are no barriers – only solutions!”

Born in Cape Town, Neal grew up in the grip of apartheid, classified as “coloured” and subject to arrest if he didn’t follow the system’s segregationist rules. Racism wasn’t his only challenge; he also was born with a defective hip. But Neal would turn these barriers into doorways. While recuperating from surgeries, he spent hours reading about sailing adventures, dreaming one day that he too would sail around the world. Swimming was his physical therapy, and he eventually became a commercial diver, toiling in Africa’s brutal underwater diamond mines to scrape up enough money to build his own sailboat. Through sheer persistence, he ingratiated himself with the “whites-only” yachting community and learned to sail. His hard work would pay off.

In 1999, he completed the Around Alone, a 27,000-mile round-the-world sailing race. He did so in his 40-foot home-built boat, which some dubbed “the floating coffin” because of its small size. Alone in this tiny boat, he sailed through the swirling Southern Ocean, battling building-sized waves that often smothered the boat – and even turned it upside down. He pressed on and eventually beat some of the most experienced and well-funded solo sailors in the world. His award-winning book , Journey of a Hope Merchant, documents his struggles and victories, before and after the race, as does a PBS documentary, No Barriers, the story of Neal Petersen.
Today, among his other pursuits, Neal is a founding partner and board member of Sequence Holdings, an investment bank and corporate advisory company headquartered in Charleston, South Carolina.

In sharing his extraordinary adventures, Neal shows that dreams can be as powerful as an ocean wave, and that by having meaningful goals and an attitude in which “disadvantages become advantages,” people can ride these waves to more success than they dreamed possible.

As a professional speaker, Neal has over 10 years experience internationally delivering keynotes to corporations and associations. His high energy, inspirational keynotes are based on real life experiences which set him apart from speakers who speak on topics.
Neal is known for his high energy, subtle humor, adaptability and flexibility. He can change gears instantaneously to keep the audience engaged. Plus, he is extremely easy to work with.

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