Tom Suddes Keynote Speaker
“The energetic coach!” … the term most often used to describe Tom Suddes’s speaking style. Tom will bring heaps of energy … Whether leading a board retreat of 10 members or a room of 1000, he exudes a contagious energy that requires the active learning of all that are present.
Brief Background & Experience
- Raised more then $1B for nonprofits
- Serial entrepreneur (19 Businesses)
- Founded The Suddes Group (1983)
- More than 300 successful campaign initiatives
- Internationally sought speaker for:
- Fund development / fundraising
- Leadership
- Entrepreneurship
- Sales
- Organizational Change
- Notre Dame men’s boxing coach (30+ years)
- Six grandchildren
- Served in US Army (Infantry Officer and completed Airborne and Pathfinder Schools)
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Speaking Testimonials
“I would guarantee Tom Suddes would bring the following:
- A little Leonardo da Vinci (as in creative, out-of-the-box thinking)
- A little Lou Holtz (or name your favorite coach — Tom just happens to be among the Fighting Irish)
- A system that makes sense for each organization
- A little Lance Armstrong (Tom doesn’t just talk the talk, he rides the ride and understands the value of team)
- A little balance (Tom understands it’s not about working harder — as if that were possible!)”
- Steve Elder / Vice President for Advancement, The Colorado College
“What a pleasure it was to have you present a keynote, plenary and breakout session for the Alzheimer’s Association Development Conference … As many of our participants said, your presentations were the highlight of the conference.”
- Carole Lick, Associate Director / Development Conference Coordinator
“Through my years of studying leadership I have had the opportunity to hear national speakers such as Stephen Covey, Tom Peters, Peter Senge, Denis Waitley, Ken Blanchard and Michael Hammer. If you [Tom Suddes] could write a best seller, you would surpass them in every other venue. Wow! Thanks for giving us that which is most precious - your time.”
- Linda Steele / Vice President for Students & Organizational Leadership and Management Faculty, Franklin University
“I want to thank you very much for what I consider to be the most effective training session
I have ever attended in my fifteen years experience with the American Cancer Society. I now have the
confidence and ability to walk into someone’s office and ask them for a million dollars.”
- Glen Ross / American Cancer Society
“Outstanding presentation. It cannot be easy taking 30 years of experience and boiling
it down to terms a neophyte can understand, but Tom made it seem facile. They say knowledge
is power, and I am now Hercules.“
- Chuck Freeby, Memorial Health Foundation
