Wes ODonnell

Veterans are some of the best employees you can snag, but their retention rate is low. Why are veterans so great and how can your company recruit, onboard, and retain them? With a tight job market, companies are increasingly interested in motivating employees and attracting the best talent. Forward-thinking companies see the value that separating servicemembers bring to their bottom line and want the best tools to recruit, onboard, and retain veteran talent. I can give you those tools. Format: ​45-60 minute keynote This program is perfect for: ​Organizations and companies looking to hire veterans. Political organizations that want to explore the role of veterans in politics. Government organizations.

Every day, our attention is being fought for. We're drowning in data from work, from home, friends, and family, social media, and leisure; even our cars talk to us now! But because of the way our brains absorb visual information, making information "beautiful" may be the key to living healthier and wealthier and just maybe, save the world. Format: ​30-45 minute keynote This program is perfect for: ​Senior management Organizations that want to explore the role of data visualization in their business The audience will leave with: ​A solid understanding of how data visualization is a form of "knowledge compression" and immediately grasp its importance in both business settings and social roles. This program is a high-level view from 30,000 feet of data visualization and avoids heavy technical, granular details in favor of concepts that are easily digestible.

It's hard to be successful. But it's also hard to struggle financially. So if it will be hard regardless, choose the 'hard' that rewards you. Success doesn't require you to look out the window, just that you look in the mirror. With the world's accumulated knowledge at your fingertips, what's stopping you from learning a new skill? You're likely amazing at a particular task or skill, but you don't know it because you have never tried it. Try EVERYTHING! Find new passions and you're much more likely to live a fulfilling life and increase your chances of financial independence. In this program, Wes takes audiences on an inspiring personal journey from poverty in rural Texas, through the military during the Global War on Terror, to success as a business owner and TV personality. Format: ​45-60 minute keynote This program is perfect for: ​Corporate events