Laura Schwartz

Laura’s super-charged signature series is built on being prepared for partnership and turning the optional into opportunity. As she reminds audiences: “You never know when the next conversation will be the one to change your life—or someone else’s.” Challenging traditional ideas of networking, Laura inspires audiences to ask “What can I do for you?” instead of the self-serving “What can you do for me?” She demonstrates how positive, powerful networking is about mentoring, leading, and building connections both inside and outside the office. 

Customized to incorporate your conference programming and year-round engagement, Laura shares practical examples and actionable tips that increase results for every participant. When the event is over, these lessons carry back to the workplace—and into everyday life. Eat, Drink & Succeed motivates, engages, and drives action. Whether a first-time attendee or seasoned veteran, every participant leaves empowered to transform conversations into opportunities, relationships into partnerships, and ideas into results.

"Eat, Drink & Succeed" inspires at: 

• Corporate and association conference kickoffs
• Sales meetings
• Employee engagement and culture-building programs
• Innovation labs and strategy sessions
• Professional development workshops and seminars
• Team-building and professional growth initiatives
• Leadership development programs

From her start as a small-town girl with a speech impediment to becoming the youngest female presidential appointee in White House history—and ultimately an international professional speaker and television commentator—Laura shares powerful, relatable stories of challenges and triumphs. Along the way, she reveals the superpowers we all develop throughout our lives.

Audiences will uncover the five universal superpowers within themselves, learn how to activate them, and discover additional powers unique to their own journeys. These tools serve as invaluable assets for building leadership, driving engagement, and sparking growth—at work, at home, and in our communities. Compelling, motivational, and deeply personal, this program leaves every audience inspired and energized—ready to put on their cape and embrace the superhero within.

"Activate your superpowers is your cape" is for:

• Corporate and association conferences
• Innovation labs and strategy sessions
• Employee engagement and culture-building programs
• Women’s empowerment events
• Professional development workshops and seminars
• Leadership development programs
• Team-building and professional growth initiatives

At the heart of opportunity is the space where conversations come alive. In The Third Place, Laura Schwartz brings to life the concept coined by urban sociologists in 1989—those spaces beyond home and work where we gather, connect, and create. On stage, Laura doesn’t just talk about Third Places—she creates one in real time with members of your audience. Through interactive engagement, compelling stories, and actionable strategies, she demonstrates how these spaces transform relationships into partnerships and ideas into reality.

Audiences discover the power of Third Places and the potential to have the conversation—the one that shifts perspectives, opens doors, and changes the game. They leave energized, inspired, and ready to activate their own Third Place, transforming everyday interactions into extraordinary opportunities for growth, collaboration, and success.

The third place comes alive at: 

• Corporate and association conferences
• Innovation labs and strategy sessions
• Employee engagement and culture-building programs
• Women’s empowerment events
• Professional development workshops and seminars 
• Leadership development programs 
• Team-building and professional growth initiatives

As any great leader will attest, leading in good times is easy—it’s in moments of turbulence and change that true leadership is revealed. In this one-of-a-kind program, Laura Schwartz draws on little-known stories from more than 200 years of U.S. Presidents and First Ladies, weaving in her own White House experience to deliver non-partisan lessons that resonate with today’s organizations. She brings history to life with practical insights and powerful examples attendees can put into action immediately.

From the earliest White House inhabitants to defining moments of the Clinton administration, Laura shares stories that inspire and equip audiences with real-world leadership strategies they can apply daily—and carry back to their workplaces, communities, and beyond.

“Lead First” inspires leaders to rise at:

• Women’s empowerment events
• Corporate and association conferences
• Professional development workshops and seminars
• Innovation labs and strategy sessions
• Leadership development programs
• Team-building and professional growth initiatives
• Employee engagement and culture-building programs