Alexander Blass has traveled to nearly 40 countries in the Americas, Europe, Asia, Africa and the Middle East. He has a passion and gift for inspiring, educating, and entertaining others—while helping them succeed—by sharing his vision, insight, expertise, and fascinating experiences.
Alexander’s breadth and depth of experiences makes him the perfect inspirational and evocative keynote speaker to a variety of industries as well as audiences, including:
• corporate keynotes to business executives
• associations, non-profits, and charitable organizations
• university audiences
• religious groups
We treasure our relationships with our speakers bureaus as well as meetings and events professional partners. We are pleased to work with some of the most well known agencies in the world, and our team would be delighted to work with you as well!
We pride ourselves on keeping it simple, and collaborating with you as a team, to make the event an overwhelming success and your clients happy.
Please email or call us at your convenience, and we will get the ball rolling.
Since every occasion is different, Alexander customizes his speech to have particular resonance with the audience. Through a pre-program questionnaire and a call before the event, we ensure that the message is on point for maximum impact.
Out of respect for the comfort and convenience of your clients, at your request, we are pleased to bundle all travel related expenses into the fee, upfront.
Due to popular demand, we now also offer a series of exciting Master Classes and training seminar workshops available in half-day, full-day and multi-day formats. This is a rare, unique and invaluable opportunity to learn strategic business topics, in-depth directly from Alexander Blass himself. The Master Classes cover subjects critical to success for both corporate and non-profit audiences. If you would are interested in learning more about these offerings, or becoming a partner to host the series in your region, please contact us.
Sample Keynote Speeches:
TALES FROM THE INNOVATOR: FROM IDEAS TO IMPLEMENTATION
Topics: innovation, entrepreneurship, marketing, and overcoming adversity
In this fascinating and often hilarious recount of his journey to becoming an award-winning entrepreneur, Blass offers a candid view of the enormous challenges and setbacks that were overcome, emphasizing the importance and power of tenacity in the face of adversity. From sleeping on his software developer’s couch thousands of miles from home to a “memorable” encounter with Seinfeld’s Jason Alexander, Blass’s story inspires and educates audiences. Blass teaches the qualities necessary to be a successful innovator and how anyone can create a marketing sensation and “buzz” with limited resources. [Note: A full and multi-day Master Class length version of this topic is also available for successfully launching new ventures.]
FINDING YOUR PASSION: YOU TOO, CAN CHANGE THE WORLD
Topics: motivation, inspiration, social entrepreneurship
As a child, Alexander Blass often gazed at the black and white photos on his parents’ piano of his father’s family members who perished in the Holocaust. The lessons he learned as a boy about the preciousness of human life, combined with world events, ultimately led him to a “lightbulb moment.” He left a career in finance to make a difference, inventing and patenting a new way to make philanthropic contributions in 50 countries through the power of the Internet. Blass draws from his experience and the lessons learned as a social entrepreneur to inspire and motivate, ensuring audiences that by finding their passion, maximizing their unique abilities, and embracing change, one person can indeed change our world.
[Note: A half-day Master Class length version of this topic is also available on social entrepreneurship and corporate and social responsibility.]
SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING SECRETS AND WEB 2.0: PRICELESS STRATEGIES FROM THE TOP INNOVATOR OF THE YEAR
Topics: social media, marketing, customer relationship management, technology
Nearly 70% of the global Internet population visits social networking or blogging sites. Companies and organizations are rapidly playing “catch up” to adapt to this user-generated, customer-centric wave of social computing by scrambling to adopt both external and internal social media marketing and Web 2.0 strategies.
In this fascinating keynote speech that is not to be missed, you will learn how to harness the power of your customers and community. Blass, one of the world’s most acclaimed social entrepreneurs and grand prize winner of the Top Innovator of the Year Award for revolutionizing charitable giving through the invention of person-to-person social networking technology and online communities for the philanthropy market, shows you how to develop a game-winning social media marketing strategy. Beat the competition by employing best practices for success. Learn how to foster deeper relationships with your customers, promote your programs, and leverage your exuberant customer base to evangelize your brand and take it global. Explore how to avoid potential social marketing disasters. Discover key platforms you should be using now, which ones may be a waste of your time and resources, and how to measure results. [Note: A Master Class length version of this topic is also available.]
FUNDRAISING 2.0: REVEALING AND RAISING THE INVISIBLE MILLIONS
Topics: philanthropy, fundraising, social networking, technology
Blass, credited with “revolutionizing charitable giving,” offers an evocative and eye-opening look into human nature, delving into the psychology of giving as well as the power of social networks and grassroots activism. Blass explores how technological innovation is changing the face of philanthropy, and offers thought-provoking strategies for fundraising success.
[Note: A full-day Master Class length version of this topic is also available.]
FROM ADVERSITY TO THE AMERICAN DREAM: MOVING MESSAGES FROM A HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR AND HIS SON
Topics: holocaust, adversity, inspiration, spirituality
In this powerful and extremely rare opportunity, Hungarian-born Holocaust survivor Dr. Thomas Blass — an internationally recognized social psychologist and author who has published several critically acclaimed books and over 50 papers — teams up with his son, award-winning CEO and innovator Alexander Blass to deliver an unusually moving and poignant keynote together. In the opening half of the engagement, Dr. Blass details his harrowing and miraculous tale of survival as a boy hiding in Budapest, Hungary during Nazi occupation while most of his family was deported to and murdered in Auschwitz. Then American-born son Alexander Blass, who has traveled to 40 countries, continues by discussing the profound impact of this family legacy on his own personal development, including a visit to Auschwitz to pay respects to his ancestors that forever changed his life and career. [Note: Alexander Blass is also available to speak individually on this subject from the perspective of a survivor's son.]