“MRED was pleased to host the 2010 CMLS Conference. When setting up the agenda, it was easy selecting a keynote speaker – Stefan Swanepoel. As a prolific author and futurist, Stefan, above anyone else, has always proven to be the person with the right message for the times. He pulls no punches, yet always keeps his audiences entertained and hanging onto every word with his spot-on insights and observations. If Stefan had been the only speaker on our program the attendees would still have gone home happy.”

“After hearing Stefan speak, I completely shifted my paradigm on how I view younger people who were raised in a different technological era than I was. His understanding of the latest technology and his ability to present it from an empirical standpoint allows me to conceive of implementing it into my business even though it all kind of makes my head spin. No matter how often I hear him speak, it is always new and fresh and learn so much.”

“Stefan has energy… lots of it which every good speaker needs. But in addition to this he has a warm and genuine ability to connect with the audience and even though he is speaking on some pretty top-level technology trends – has the ability to make them understandable and non-frightening. In addition, Stefan really does know what he’s talking about.”

“Stefan is engaging, dynamic, enthusiastic and passionate about life and helping others. His pure joy shines through every presentation he makes. You can’t help but be excited by his enthusiasm for life and learning. Stefan’s intelligence is exceptionally high, but you never feel as though he is above the crowd, he connects with everyone and you can see the rapt attention he gets from his audience. You leave the room inspired, excited and ready to tackle the world, or yourself. I would go to see Stefan anytime I could. He is that wonderful.”

“My organization puts on the event and Stefan has been our keynote speaker three years running. We survey the hundreds of attendees and Stefan’s rankings are off the chart. One question asks the brokers if they would like Stefan back and another question asks what other keynote speaker would they like to hear. And the response is loud and clear, “…bring Stefan back next year!”