Pat Dwyer
For over 20 years Pat Dwyer has inspired and entertained hundreds of audiences all around the world.
He came up through the ranks as he worked, toured and performed with comedic institutions The Second City, iO Theater, ComedySportz. Pat now joins this wealth of comedic and sketch comedy experiences to the entrepreneurial and corporate growth mindset he earned while on the front lines in the early days of Groupon. Moving into larger roles within the Chicago tech startup community, Pat discovered a perfect combination of skills that helped these organizations bolster both leadership and effectiveness.
You can now find Pat speaking to organizations all across the globe, bringing his energetic, hilarious, seasoned and people driven approach to Leadership and Resilience.
He is easily your most engaging route to people driven Innovation and Change.
Most Requested Programs
Chaotic Goodness
Description: Change comes with an inherent chaos. That chaos doesn’t have to be bad. There’s a good in there too.
In this uproarious, empowering, and interactive keynote, Pat Dwyer not only shares his hilarious experiences in identifying the chaos, addressing it, owning it and harnessing it for his own betterment, but he lets you discover first hand tools for the nimble mindset to master it too.
The Leap
Description: In this refreshing and inspiring keynote, Pat Dwyer will take you on a journey into the significance and value of taking a calculated blind leap into the unknown.
A leap from inability to ability; of discovery, courage, grit and laughter. A leap that makes us stronger and one that ultimately isn’t nearly as scary as it seems.
FÜNderstruck
Description: An on-your-feet, high energy, laugh your face off program comprised of genuine interaction, powerful tools and formidable takeaways for leadership, teamwork, communications and retention.
FÜNderstruck’s award winning practices continue to redefine what a keynote is capable of, what a keynote can be and what skills are actually needed to FUNction in the real world.
**PLEASE NOTE: Every program I have is made to be deeply on-your-feet interactive. The first two (Chaotic Goodness and The Leap) are 50/50 me speaking to them on their feet/interacting while FÜNderstruck while more on-your-feet interactive is still sold as a keynote.
Testimonials
"Awesome speech!! Loved it! Laughed and felt motivated!! We will absolutely hire him again!" - Ansay and Associates
"Pat gave me some ideas on change and how to create laughter for my team to help them connect and not take themselves so serious. It was lots of fun and gave valuable insight into leadership. 10 out of 10!" - Aramark/Avendra
"Feedback has been very positive. Pat was a perfect fit for what we needed." - American Water Works Association Pacific Northwest Section
"Pat’s presentation Chaotic Goodness was phenomenal! My staff are still talking about how much they enjoyed it. They loved the interactive portion of the presentation and were very engaged throughout. Pat and his presentation far exceeded my expectations and he is by far the best keynote my department has ever seen!" - Franklin Township School Corporation
"I loved how his keynote was engaging and interactive. I related a lot of things to my everyday life. It was a lot of fun. Pat is a very good speaker. Interesting and keeps you on your toes. I wasn’t bored or wanting to fall asleep. He was that good." - Avon Community Schools
"Pat made us think about things differently by doing activities that made us all laugh!! It helps to get you back to what matters, which is people and connecting, and being open and excited about life and making choices and changes." - University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee