ENDORSEMENTS
"YOU RANK NUMBER ONE IN MY EXPERIENCE - I AM HONORED TO BE A REFERENCE"
"THANK YOU FOR AN AMAZING TWO DAYS IN EL SALVADOR. YOU WERE A BIG HIT. I BELIEVE YOU GOT MAX SCORES IN EVERY CATEGORY WE EVALUATE. AMAZING. AND WHAT YOU DID FOR THE KIDS WAS OUT OF THIS WORLD. INSPIRING KIDS WHO ARE INSPIRING THEMSELVES, NOT EVERYONE CAN DO THAT, AND YOU DID."
Juan Federico Salaverria Q. / Education Chair / YPO El Salvador
"THE REACTION FROM THE NEARSOFT TEAM HAS BEEN UNLIKE ANY OTHER SPEAKER WE'VE HAD BEFORE. A LOT PEOPLE FELT A PERSONAL CONNECTION TO YOU, YOUR STORY, AND YOUR MESSAGE."
Matt Perez / COO & Co-Founder / nearsoft
"YOU ARE AMONG THE MOST IMPRESSIVE SPEAKERS WE HAVE EVER HAD. IT WAS AMAZING TO ALL WHO ATTENDED HOW YOU COULD WEAVE A GRIPPING TALE OF SURVIVAL IN THE AMAZON AGAINST ALL ODDS, INTO A STORY THAT HAD PRACTICAL APPLICATION IN ALL OF OUR LIVES. OUR TEAM OF SENIOR MANAGERS LEFT YOUR PRESENTATION FILLED WITH AN INSPIRING VIEW OF HOW EACH OF THEM COULD TAKE THE ADVERSITIES THAT ARE SOMETIMES THROWN AT THEM, PUT THESE CHALLENGES IN PERSPECTIVE AND TURN THEM INTO POSITIVE GROWTH EXPERIENCES. FOR ME, PERSONALLY, I KNOW YOUR MESSAGE IS SOMETHING I WILL ALWAYS CARRY WITH ME"
Jerry C. Meyer / President/Coo / Aegis Living
"MANY DELEGATES MADE A POINT OF COMING UP TO ME AND EXPLAINING HOW YOUR PRESENTATION HAD BEEN A LIFE-CHANGING EVENT FOR THEM"
Peter Chenoweth / President / CCIQ
"YOU WERE AMAZING; I HAVE NEVER SEEN A PACKED ROOM TO BE SO TOTALLY ABSORBED AT A CONVENTION SESSION IN MY CAREER."
Bob Fuller / Tech Support Executive / IBM
"BEING THE GENERAL MANAGER I AM ALWAYS ON THE HUNT FOR TECHNIQUES THAT WILL HELP ME SPUR MY PEOPLE WHILE FINDING WAYS TO EASE THEIR LOAD OF STRESS. YOSSI’S KEYNOTE WAS A BREATH OF FRESH AIR AN INJECTION OF MUCH NEEDED OXYGEN FOR THE SALES FORCE AND THE MANAGEMENT TEAM. WE SAT MESMERIZED LISTENING TO IDEAS THAT WERE NEW TO US AND OPENED US TO SEE MORE CHOICES WE HAVEN'T SEEN BEFORE."
Bert Wong / CEO / fuji xerox
"YOSSI IS NOTHING SHORT OF A MAGICIAN, THE ENTIRE AUDIENCES SEEMED TO BE TRANSPORTED AND EVERYONE HAD NOTHING BUT GLOWING REFERENCES AND FELT AN ENORMOUS SENSE OF EXHILARATION."
Ron Yariv / Managing Director International Sales / Hilton International
"YOSSI, IT SEEMED, WHILE YOU WERE HERE A VISION OF THE POSSIBLE MANIFESTED IN OUR MIDST. A DREAM WAS EMBODIED IN THE PEOPLE GATHERED AT THAT TABLE. SO MUCH BEAUTY, TANGIBLE AND VITAL."
"YOSSI'S 'THE POWER TO SURVIVE' WAS SIMPLY OUTSTANDING. FEEDBACK FROM OUR DELEGATES THAT HIS PRESENTATION WAS "FANTASTIC", "CAPTIVATING", "THEY WERE IN THE RAFT AND ON THE RIVER WITH HIM", "THEY DIDN'T WANT HIM TO STOP" WHAT MORE CAN YOU ASK OF A KEYNOTE SPEAKER. I HAVE NO HESITATION IN RECOMMENDING YOSSI AS AN INVIGORATING & INSPIRING MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER. FANTASTIC!! THANK YOU YOSSI."
Kerry McWhinnie / Event Organizer / REMAX
"YOSSI'S STORY IS TRULY INSPIRATIONAL. WHILST WE WILL NEVER HAVE TO UNDERGO SUCH HARDSHIP AND PRIVATION IN OUR BUSINESS LIVES, IT DOES TEACH US MANY LESSONS WHICH WILL SURELY EQUIP US TO DEAL BETTER WITH THE MORE EVERYDAY DIFFICULTIES AND ADVERSITIES THAT WE ENCOUNTER IN OUR WORKING ENVIRONMENT."
"YOUR DELIVERY OF THIS UNIQUE SITUATION HAD EVERYONE ON THE EDGE OF THEIR SEATS. YOUR STORY ILLUSTRATES THAT INTERNAL STRENGTH AND A DESIRE TO SUCCEED AND IN FACT SURVIVE IN INHERENT IN US ALL, WE ONLY NEED TO TAP INTO OUR PERSONAL RESOURCES AND WE TOO CAN OVERCOME ANY OBSTACLE. YOU CERTAINLY WERE A MAJOR TALKING POINT OF THE CONFERENCE. THANK YOU FOR A JOB WELL DONE."
Paul Woess / National Training Manager / schwarzkopf
"THANK YOU FOR COMING AND SPEAKING TO US, OUR GROUP HAS BEEN TALKING ABOUT YOU EVER SINCE, WHICH IS A GREAT SIGN."
Kerin Clancy / Event Manager / Commonwealth Bank
"YOSSI'S STORY IS AN INSPIRATION AND DEMONSTRATED CLEARLY THE STRENGTH OF THE HUMAN MIND AND WHAT IT IS CAPABLE OF ACHIEVING. THE SINCERITY AND PASSION WITH WHICH HE DELIVERS HIS STORY ENDEARED HIM TO ALL THE DELEGATES PRESENT. THE RECEPTION AFTER HIS FIRST PRESENTATION WAS SUCH THAT WE INVITED YOSSI TO MAKE A SECOND PRESENTATION ON THE FOLLOWING DAY. SIGMA IS DELIGHTED TO HAVE HAD YOSSI ON OUR CONFERENCE PROGRAM AND HAVE NO HESITATION IN RECOMMENDING HIM TO ANYONE WHO IS LOOKING FOR A SPEAKER OF EXCEPTIONAL CALIBER WITH A MOST INTRIGUING AND INTERESTING EXPERIENCE TO SHARE."
"LET ME THANK YOU FOR YOU WORDS OF WISDOM, YOUR KINDNESS AND YOUR HUMILITY. YOUR ENTIRE PRESENCE HAD A PROFOUND EFFECT ON ME AND YOUR WORDS RESONATED IN ME FOR A LONG TIME."
Rastislav Geschwandtner / Founder of TEDxBratislava / TEDx
"THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR INVOLVEMENT IN OUR RECENT CUSTOMER CARE CONFERENCE. YOUR STORY AND STYLE OF DELIVERY WAS EXTREMELY MOVING AND INSPIRING AS YOU SAW FOR YOURSELF. YOU SPEAK IN A WAY THAT ALLOWS YOUR AUDIENCE TO RELATE THE CONTENT EASILY TO THEIR OWN SITUATIONS, MAKING IT ALL THE MORE POWERFUL AN ADDRESS."
"WHEN I LISTENED TO YOSSI TELL HIS STORY I CLIMBED INTO ANOTHER WORLD - THE TRIALS, THE TRIBULATIONS, THE EXTREMES, THE INSURMOUNTABLE, ALL BROUGHT TO LIFE BY THIS MOST WONDERFUL OF HUMAN BEING. AT TIMES IT WAS A QUIET WHISPER, OTHER TIMES RAUCOUS LAUGHTER, PICKING ME UP AND CARESSING MY INNER SELF WITH ASTUTE WISDOM AND PRACTICAL APPLICATION. EVERY ONCE IN AWHILE ONE IS PRIVILEGED TO BE PART OF SOMETHING VERY VERY SPECIAL AND THIS WAS CERTAINLY ONE OF THOSE TIMES."
Gilbert Enoka / Mental Skills Coach / All Blacks
"THE ADITYA BIRLA GROUP IS GRATEFUL TO YOSSI GHINSBERG FOR HAVING ELOQUENTLY SHARED HIS SURVIVAL EXPERIENCES FROM THE AMAZON AND THEREBY MAKING A POSITIVE DIFFERENCE TO EACH INDIVIDUAL PRESENT THAT DAY, IN ENCOURAGING THEM TO TREASURE THEIR SPECIAL LIFE. HE WAS TRULY MOVING AND YET INSPIRATIONAL."
Dr. Santrupt B Misra / CEO / Aditya Birla Corporation
"YOSSI, I CAN'T THINK OF ENOUGH SUPERLATIVES TO DESCRIBE YOUR PRESENTATION AND THE EFFECT IT HAD ON OUR CONFERENCE DELEGATES. SPECTACULAR, INSPIRING, EMOTIONAL, BREATHTAKING ALL OF THESE AND MORE HAVE BEEN USED BY DELEGATES WHO WERE PRIVILEGED TO HEAR YOU. YOU HAVE TOUCHED MANY HEARTS WITH YOUR WONDERFUL STORY. FROM PERSONAL POINT OF VIEW, IT WAS AN ABSOLUTE PLEASURE TO HAVE WORKED WITH YOU AT THE CONFERENCE AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR WONDERFUL CONTRIBUTION. I VERY MUCH LOOK FORWARD TO BEING ABLE TO WORK WITH YOU AGAIN IN THE FUTURE AND, REST ASSURED, I (AND MANY OTHERS) WILL BE RECOMMENDING THAT YOU BE CONSIDERED FOR KEYNOTE SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS WHEREVER AND WHENEVER POSSIBLE."
John Zaharakis / General Manager Conferences & Events / American Express
"YOSSI - THANK YOU FOR YOUR NOTE AND FOR THE KIND WORDS. EVERY PERSON I HAVE SPOKEN WITH REGARDING THE MORNING'S BREAKOUT WAS ENTHRALLED BY YOUR EXPERIENCE CAPTIVATED BY YOUR STORY TELLING AND DELIGHTED WITH THE SESSION. THE INSIGHTS AND LESSONS LEARNED RESONATED WITH ALL - IT WILL HELP US CONTINUE TO BUILD AND FOSTER A VIBRANT AND DIVERSE PARTNER ECOSYSTEM ACROSS OUR PART OF THE WORLD. WE CERTAINLY GAINED A LOT FORM THE SESSION, I TRUST YOU GAINED SIMILARLY THROUGH YOUR ENGAGEMENT WITH OUR PEOPLE, OUR PARTNERS AS WELL AS GROWING YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF OUR PRODUCTS AND SERVICES OFFERINGS."
John Hennessey / General Manager, Small, Medium and Corporate Business / Microsoft
"YOSSI - I COULDN'T SAY THIS BETTER THAN JOHN. YOU WERE SUCH A PLEASURE TO LISTEN TO AND BE WITH. YOU HAVE THIS AMAZING ABILITY TO REACH OUT AND TOUCH PEOPLE'S INNER SELF AND UNWRAP THE HIDDEN BEING WITHIN. KEEP SPREADING THE "NOW AND HERE" SPIRIT!"
Abhijit Das / Regional Business Leader -Asia Partner Sales / Microsoft
"VERY APPRECIATE FOR YOUR SHARING IN 33RD HKU WHICH IS VERY MEANING TO ME AND ALL AUDIENCES. YOUR STORY DOES VERY HELPFUL FOR ALL PEOPLE AND COMPANIES BUT IT DOES NEED THE AGENT TO PROMOTE THAT WILL MUCH EASIER THAN REFERRAL ONLY. I WOULD DEFINITELY INTRODUCE YOU TO AGENTS AND ALWAYS KEEP IN MIND IF I GET THE CHANCE TO MEET THEM. YOSSI’S STORY AND SHARING WILL BE OUR CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE SOULS OF OUR BUSINESS, FAMILY, SOCIETY AND WHOLE LIFE. I AM ALSO VERY APPRECIATE AND IMPRESSIVE THAT HE HAS SHOWN THE HARDEST AND SOFTNESS HEART OF HUMAN BEING TO EVERYONE THROUGH HIS EXPERIENCE."
Mark Wang / Executive President of Greater China & North America / Jeunesse Global
"I HAVE TRAVELLED THE GLOBE SEEING AND ENGAGING MOTIVATIONAL AND KEYNOTE SPEAKERS OVER THE PAST 13 YEARS AND NEVER HAVE I SEEN AN AUDIENCE AS CAPTIVATED BY A SPEAKER AS THEY WERE BY YOSSI! HE HAS A TRULY REMARKABLE GIFT AT MAKING AN AUDIENCE NOT JUST HEAR BUT FEEL."
Rachel McVinish / President of Asia Pacific / Jeunesse Global
"YOSSI IS THE ULTIMATE BLOW THEM AWAY, BRING THE HOUSE DOWN KIND OF SPEAKER."
Leanne Christie / CEO - Co-Founder / ODE Management
"YOUR MAGIC HAS ALWAYS BEEN IN THE ELECTRIC ENERGY YOU CREATE IN THE SPACE - YOUR ADVENTURE STORY SPEAKS TO EVERY PERSON WHO HAS EVER BEEN AT THE POINT OF GIVING UP - ENLIGHTENING THE CHOICES WE HAVE IN THOSE MOMENTS."
Julie Masters / Co-Founder / ODE Management
"YOSSI GHINSBERG DEFINITELY RANKS ON MY TOP 5 LIST OF UNFORGETTABLE SPEAKERS. HIS HARROWING TALE AND HIS DETERMINATION TO SURVIVE WILL HAVE ATTENDEES INSPIRED TO FACE ANY AND ALL ADVERSITIES AND CHALLENGES IN THEIR PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LIVES."
Derek Sweeney / Director of Speaker Ideas / the Sweeney Agency
"GRIPPING AND HUGELY INSPIRATIONAL YOSSI'S TALE OF OVERCOMING ADVERSITY IN THE AMAZON IS HIGHLY RELEVANT TO TODAY'S BUSINESS AUDIENCE, WITH STREAMS OF MESSAGES THAT CAN CHANGE A PERSON'S MINDSET AND SOMETIMES EVEN TRANSFORM A LIFE."
Marek Kriwald / Founder / Parliament Speakers
"IT'S ALWAYS A CHALLENGE TO FIND SPEAKERS OF THE RIGHT CALIBER FOR THESE HIGH PROFILE EVENTS. YOUR STORY OF SURVIVAL AGAINST ALL ODDS WAS BOTH FASCINATING AND CHALLENGING. YOU POSSESS THE EXTREMELY RARE GIFT OF A GREAT STORYTELLER WITH THE ABILITY TO CREATE WORD PICTURES WHICH CAPTURE THE IMAGINATION OF AN AUDIENCE AND TAKE THEM ON A JOURNEY WITH YOU. WE LOOK FORWARD TO AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH YOU AGAIN IN THE FUTURE."
Wendy Hand / Managing Partner / Big Yellow Suitcase
"IT IS VERY SATISFYING AS AN ORGANIZER TO KNOW THAT BY HAVING YOUR PARTICIPATION WE ARE ABLE TO LEAVE AN IMPRESSION ON THE HEARTS OF DELEGATES, ONE THAT WILL NOT BE FORGOTTEN IN YEARS TO COME."
Eugene De Villiers / Founder / Extra Mile Company
