We engaged Ryan to keynote our conference because we knew he would bring high energy and set the tone for a great conference; he far exceeded our expectations. I have been involved in our conference for 5 years and never had I heard such a buzz that lasted throughout the day and beyond. Not only as a conference organizer did I find Ryan’s energy empowering, but as an HR professional, I still find myself revisiting Ryan’s message and applying it to my daily work life. Thank you Ryan for delivering on your promise; you told me you would bring it, and you did. We would be happy to have you back again!”

I have leveraged Ryan Estis' high energy training seminars on several occasions. Ryan always received very high marks from my staff and leadership teams. A couple of topics that I can personally recommend to other talent acquisition teams include: Sales Skills for the Corporate Recruiter and Closing the Deal. Ryan's deep experience in Sales leadership and the HR communications industry makes him highly credible in front of this audience. His sessions are fun, highly interactive, and high impact. I am confident that Ryan's approach and experience could add even more value to a Sales organization trying to take their team to the next level. The tools and techniques he has provided to my teams over the years have been invaluable.

I have worked with Ryan for most of his professional career. I chose to hire Ryan at every company I have worked for. Ryan is one of the most knowledgeable and talented people I have had the opportunity to work with. His expertise in HR, Branding, and Human Capital Trends coupled with his ability to inspire and motivate can be nothing short of a raging success. Ryan is the next Marcus Buckingham!

Your presentation to us that day was by far the most useful and content rich session of the day. I appreciated your high energy, professionalism and the fact that you outlined a clear process based strategy that we can take with us and populate as our environments demand. Excellent presentation and delivery!

I had the opportunity to meet Ryan in 2008 when National City engaged Ryan for his professional speaking & training services and amazing results were delivered! Ryan's work motivated and trained National City Bank's 75 member recruiting team to engage best practices and perform at a higher level of talent sourcing and engagement. Ryan is a subject matter expert giving him the unique advantage of assessing and understanding the client's challenges and opportunities; training dynamic teams to solve with innovative results. I would highly recommend Ryan to any business in any industry in need of a top professional speaker and trainer. Ryan delivers an energetic and powerful presentation which captivates his audience.

I am so glad that I attended your Employment Branding session—and actually, it was the best session I attended at the national SHRM conference!!!!! You kept the meeting (and the topic) interesting and fun and your passion for what you do definitely showed! I left the meeting energized and with plenty of fresh ideas to share at my workplace.

The session “Closing the Candidate, Sales Skills for the New Recruiter” was the highlight of the SHRM conference for me. I sat through many informative sessions during the conference, staring at PowerPoint slides and taking notes hoping to go back and apply some of what I was learning at work. It’s two months later and I’ve yet to review those notes. I was very fortunate to have chosen the session with Ryan Estis. I was on the edge of my seat and laughing throughout the entire session. I didn’t take notes, nor did I need to because I was fully engaged and came back to the workplace inspired to be a better recruiter.

Ryan did a fantastic job at engaging the group in his multi-faceted presentation on employment branding. Not only was the group engaged, we also had FUN. Additionally, he gave us some core take aways that can be utilized and implemented when you return to the office.

I just wanted to send out a huge THANK YOU for making yesterday's Annual Conference an extraordinary success! I read through all of the evaluations last night and the feedback is overwhelmingly positive. I spent personal time with our sponsors, exhibitors and as many participants as I could to check the pulse of their experience and it could not have been more uplifting. We set a new standard for this event in record fashion and a portion of this accomplishment is owed to you. Thanks again for a very well received presentation and getting our people to begin thinking of various ways they can better engage employees and new recruits!

Ryan has a terrific command of the Employment Brand Strategy topic and provided outstanding take-away ideas for the audience. As the first of three speakers, Ryan set the tone for the event and energized the audience with interactive, fun and relevant activities. Ryan also provided a solid foundation for the two case studies following his presentation, by utilizing his signature Brand Architecture methodology and referencing thought-provoking examples. His engaging rapport with the audience invited numerous questions, to which he responded very succinctly and articulately. The program feedback survey indicated the Brand Strategy Program was very well received.

Ryan delivers a fast-paced, high-intensity, high-content meeting. Big company or small, if you think you are up-to-speed on the latest thinking on employment branding, you probably aren’t—until you meet Ryan. He buzz-saws through accepted wisdom and makes you want to get back to your company, your CEO and your marketing department and rethink everything you're doing about your recruitment strategy!

This was my 20th Conference and yours must have been the 200th breakout session that I have attended. Your presentation was at the very top of all those that I have witnessed. You were engaging, dynamic and informative and you had the 300 plus HR directors busily taking notes. Our profession has long undervalued the Employer Brand. I believe that your presentation goes a long way toward raising it to the level of intention that it needs to make an impact (obtain a budget) in the C suite.

Your presentation was a big hit. You brought some excitement and enthusiasm to what is usually a dull meeting. We all enjoyed the vigor with which you presented your material. Several people commented that the workbook was an excellent idea. It gave us a way to follow along with the presentation and keep notes. It was also a way to reinforce what you were presenting. The audio-visual portion was a good way to break up the time and give some visual evidence on the points you were making. I want to thank you for taking the time to come down from Minnesota to share your knowledge and excitement regarding employment branding. I think you have motivated us to move off dead center and start the process.

Ryan was a treasure! We, EPN KC (Human Resource special interest group in Kansas City) had the opportunity to work with Ryan in 2008. He was one of the most prepared and energetic speakers we have ever had the opportunity to present to our members. I would love to work with him again and highly recommend him. I feel confident he will always deliver a great program to small and large groups.

It was a pleasure to have Ryan Estis as a featured Speaker at our Annual Southeastern Wisconsin Association of Healthcare Recruiters Conference. Ryan's presentation on Employment Branding was extraordinarily successful, rating the equivalent of a perfect "10" from our participants—a very tough audience. His unparalleled understanding of the subject matter— and style of engaging the audience through interactive exercises, humor and dynamic exuberance—is just plain brilliant.

I first heard Ryan speak at the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) Annual Exposition in Las Vegas in 2007. He spoke about Employer Branding, and his creativity and unique way of delivering his messages really hit home and sent me running back to the office with tons of ideas about how to take my recruiting programs to the next level. I was so impressed with his presentation that when I attend the SHRM Recruiting conference in 2008 and saw he was presenting again, I specifically attended his session simply for that reason. If you have the chance to hear Ryan speak, I would highly recommend it. He's natural, eloquent, and creative!

I have been recruiting for a very long time but am always interested in new information. Ryan provided some interesting insight and some new ideas that I had not thought of. I am especially interested in the generational differences and enjoyed hearing more about that and how we must adjust our management styles to accommodate the up and coming generations and the expectation that they have or risk being left behind in recruiting and retention efforts. Ryan provided a high energy presentation that captured and maintained our interest.

We hired Ryan as our SHRM Chapter's keynote speaker. To this day attendees remark about the many ideas he shared and innovative approaches he described in the area of corporate branding. He will remain on our short list of high value, effective speakers/consultants in future conference programming....

I first saw Ryan speak at an employment seminar in New Orleans. His topic was on recruiters as sales people. Ryan did an outstanding job and really kept the audience engaged. When I returned to Kansas City, we hired Ryan to speak at a local human resources networking group. We received wonderful feedback about Ryan's presentation. Ryan spoke in front of approximately 300 people and kept the room energized. Ryan does an outstanding job at speaking in front of a group, and we hope to bring Ryan back again.

I've participated in seminars conducted by Ryan Estis three times. I was a part of the roaring standing ovation he received each time he delivered his seminar. Despite seeing him three times, I was able to pick up new information and inspiration from each presentation. Ryan is a very dynamic speaker and easily keeps his audience engaged and riveted. His seminar is very timely and informative and will help employers create a strategy that attracts and retains top notch employees. Additionally, Ryan's presentations have been approved for the much coveted HRCI strategic recertification credit which will attract human resources professionals to attend any seminar he presents.

In all honesty, I felt that your workshop far exceeded any others that I attended during the conference. For that, I want to say thanks for making it such a valuable and educational use of my time.

From a 72-member program faculty, Ryan Estis was the highest rated presenter at our four-day conference. No surprise! Ryan did his homework for the keynote. He offered a sophisticated, strategic message delivered with style. And Ryan connected with the audience so that the sophisticated message translated from the stage into practical applications for the attendees. We look forward to having him back next year!

I've been receiving RAVE reviews about our sales conference, . . . and especially your session. The comments have included informative, knowledgeable, dynamic, helpful, interesting, entertaining, etc. Individual members of my staff said they plan to immediately start using/implementing/adopting many of the best practices you shared because they want to get ahead of the competition and become our most productive 'Rock Star.' Thank you so much for doing an OUTSTANDING job for us.

The Ryan Estis event is one of the best seminars I have been attended in years. Truly, tired of wasting time on seminars and workshops that don't provide nuggets. Your content on employee engagement and culture really triggered some "aha" moments for me . I had to leave about a half hour early and was literally writing down notes as I was walking out the door. At Shavlik we are trying to change the culture. This was the right seminar at exactly the right time. Looking forward to hearing you again! Great job TCHRA for bringing Ryan and his great take aways to the Twin Cities Community!

Thank you for doing a GREAT job! It was such a high energy message combined with actionable things our team needs to be doing in order to elevate our game. We've received outstanding feedback on your session all around. It was exactly what we needed!

I recently heard Ryan keynote at the SHRM conference and I was very impressed and motivated! Ryan is very dynamic and has a true “passion” for what he does. His energy and enthusiasm is contagious-I left feeling motivated and with a list of action items to work on for myself! I hope SHRM has him back next year! If they do I will be in the front row!