Michael Arnot

With over 20 years in the global business events industry, Michael Arnot is a trusted authority on building thriving speaker businesses.

As Founder of Encore Speakers, he represents and manages world-class keynote speakers across Australia, Europe, the US, Asia, and the Middle East.

Michael’s insider knowledge, gained from working with hundreds of corporate, association, and conference clients worldwide, gives speakers a powerful edge.

Through his coaching programs and the Mainstage Method platforms, Michael helps experts package, position, and sell themselves more effectively, turning breakout presenters and struggling speakers into premium main-stage professionals.

If you want to build a speaker brand that books globally and gets paid what it’s worth, Michael is the expert speakers trust.

Marty Wilson CSP

A third generation Pharmacist by trade, Marty Wilson was dared into doing stand up comedy over 25 years ago. Within 2 years of his first gig he was crowned Australian Comic of the Year, did the Edinburgh Comedy Festival and was invited to be a headliner on the UK comedy scene.

With over 20 years in the global business events industry, Michael Arnot is a trusted authority on building thriving speaker businesses. As Founder of Encore Speakers, he represents and manages world-class keynote speakers across Australia, Europe, the US, Asia, and the Middle East.

Michael’s insider knowledge, gained from working with hundreds of corporate, association, and conference clients worldwide, gives speakers a powerful edge.

Through his coaching programs and the Mainstage Method platforms, Michael helps experts package, position, and sell themselves more effectively, turning breakout presenters and struggling speakers into premium main-stage professionals.

If you want to build a speaker brand that books globally and gets paid what it’s worth, Michael is the expert speakers trust.

Tim Gard

Tim Gard is a Hall of Fame speaker who transforms his audiences through humor for happier workplaces, renewed motivation, and greater profits.

Tim is one of the funniest speakers on the planet, but he is not a comedian. He doesn’t make light of serious situations, instead, he shines a light on unseen possibilities.

If we look, we can find humor everywhere, especially when things get tough.

Tim shows us how we can shift our perspective and change how we respond to these stressful circumstances. He calls this approach Comic Vision which helps audiences navigate how to turn negatives into positives through humor.

Lauren Clemett

Lauren is an international award-winning personal branding specialist and professional keynote speaker.

She also heads up The Audacious Agency, a premier profile-building company, using over three decades of experience in brand management to empower entrepreneurs, thought leaders, authors, speakers and business owners ,who are sick of being the world's best-kept secret, to boldly stand out from the competition by being well known, well paid and wanted.

As an on-faculty coach with MainStage, she helps you gain the clarity and direction needed to find your personal brand true north, crafting your marketing messaging and leveraging your expertise so you can build a professional profile as the go-to speaker in your space.