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Top Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) Keynote Speaker
Selecting the perfect keynote speaker for your upcoming CPG event is an important decision.
Entrepreneur, hyper-growth leader, and bestselling author Josh Linkner will bring your event to life with his extensive experience and unique perspective in CPG marketing and branding.
Josh Linkner built one of the most successful digital marketing companies in the field. He was the sole-founder and CEO of ePrize, the dominant leader in digital promotions. The company grew to service 74 of the top 100 brands, with CPG being the largest category. Throughout his 11 years as CEO, Josh was intimately involved in the brand strategy of many of the world’s leading consumer marketers including: P&G, Coca-Cola, Nike, ConAgra Foods, Colgate-Palmolive, General Mills, Nestlé, Philip Morris, Kraft, Georgia Pacific, Kimberly Clark, Miller Brewing, Whirlpool, Kellogg, Adidas, SC Johnson, Newell Rubbermaid, Dole, Hershey, Clorox, Levi Strauss, Hasbro, and Estée Lauder.
In addition, Linkner has delivered keynotes to many of the top CPG brands including: Johnson & Johnson, Pepsi, Frito-Lay, Campbell’s, Coca-Cola, Kimberly Clark, Eli Lilly, Land O’ Lakes, and Heineken.
An active leader in consumer marketing and creating vivid customer engagements, Linkner brings deep industry experience combined with extensive research in the field.
He has unique perspective, having worked with some of the top CPG companies in the world, and understands the full value-chain – from R&D to distribution, from marketing and packaging, to talent acquisition and culture.
Josh Linkner has helped millions of people become everyday innovators at leading companies.
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FedEx
cisco
Pfizer
Coca-Cola
Verizon
American-Express
Marriott
Allstate
ESPN
Mercedes-Benz
P&G
Comcast
Disney
Samsung
Prudential
Deloitte
Fidelity
SAP
Cardinal Health
Uber
UBS
Oracle
CVS
Amazing, energizing, entertaining, humorous, and actionable learnings, things we can do right away. Josh created just the right finish and exclamation point in our program.”
Josh Linkner lays out a roadmap that guides individuals, teams, and companies to higher levels of creativity. It is a journey that leads to better ideas and breakthrough thinking.”
SAJEENA WARRIER
Managing Director, Intel Security
5 Ways Josh Turns Your Event Up To “11”
Sparks a mindset & movement.
His authentic, relatable, research-backed content - with real-world case studies and a high-energy delivery - will inspire your audience to uncover and activate new opportunities every day.
Moves your team into action.
Your audience will not only be energized, motivated, and inspired, they’ll become better equipped with specific tools, frameworks, and techniques to drive meaningful results in the months and years ahead.
Handcrafted, not canned.
Josh takes the time to listen deeply before custom-building a keynote experience just for you. This ensures that every minute is on-point, relevant, and targeted to your unique challenges and opportunities.
Real and accessible.
Josh applies Find A Way™ principles in his everyday work as a leader, venture capitalist, musician, and author. Leaders inspired by his keynote often reach out to him for help finding a way in their everyday work.
Impact - 11, Drama - 0.
Coming from a place of humility and service, Josh believes that a great keynote is about the audience, not the speaker. Meeting professionals often call Josh one of the best keynote speakers to work with.