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Anthony Poponi

High-energy, high-impact content with a comedic touch and authentic persona

Travels from Bend OR, USA

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Speaks on:

Adaptive Leadership

Resilience

Leadership Development

Personal Growth

Wellness

Work-life Balance

Speaks to:

Government & Public Sector

Higher Education & Vocational

Formats:

Workshop

Keynote

Training

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Anthony captivates audiences with his refreshing blend of humor and wisdom that transforms serious topics into engaging learning experiences. He connects through personal stories and research-backed insights, creating an interactive environment where participants feel they're getting "sage advice from a good friend" rather than "sitting through a lecture." Attendees consistently describe his talks as "fun," "entertaining," and "insightful," walking away with practical tools for self-reflection, stress management, and building trust. Clients across city, county, and private sectors seek him out for his authentic approach that speaks to diverse experiences, delivering concise content that leaves audiences feeling inspired and equipped with actionable strategies for personal and professional growth.
Key Audience Outcomes

  • Increased self-awareness and understanding of personal strengths and weaknesses

  • Improved ability to manage stress and difficult situations

  • Enhanced skills in building trust and fostering positive relationships

  • Greater clarity on personal purpose and values

  • Practical tools for increasing happiness and fulfillment in life and work

Generated by Talkadot based on 1353 audience feedback

Anthony's Bio

Anthony Poponi is a human happiness expert, energetic professional speaker, workplace consultant, humorist and founder of Focus on the 40 programs and resources. He specializes in showing his audiences a path to more joy and fulfillment in our work and in our communities through workshops and presentations that leave his audiences buzzing and ready to take focused action.

Anthony Offers the Following Talks

Leadership DevelopmentPersonal Growth

Building Happy Leaders

  • Learn behavioral flexibility, find blind spots, enhance communication

  • Overcome default behaviors

  • Develop a growth mindset, teamwork, and character strengths

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ResilienceAdaptive Leadership

Taming the Constant of Chaos

  • Improve behavioral flexibility, mental fitness, and resilience

  • Minimize negativity bias, self-sabotage, negative emotions, and blind spots

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Adaptive LeadershipResilience

The Leadership Skills of Tomorrow

  • Master resilience, optimism, cognitive agility, innovation, and mindset

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Adaptive LeadershipResilience

The Leadership Skills for an Uncertain Future

  • 1. Negativity is a natural bias in humans and this “survival mindset” serves a purpose but change, challenges and chaos can trigger this “survival mindset” impacting our cognitive abilities, performance and relationships.

  • 2. Resilience has 5 primary building blocks which are built through lived experience and through the challenges overcome in our careers and lives. Resilience can also be taught and strengthened to help us navigate change, challenges and chaos.

  • 3. Trust is critical to anything we hope to achieve in groups and this foundation of trust is built through individual action, in the collective actions of units and through cultural norms we establish on purpose or even unintentionally.

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0.75 - 3 hours

Work-life BalanceWellness

A Plan for Work-Life Harmony

  • Participants will be able to differentiate between work-life balance and work-life harmony, identifying why harmony provides a more flexible and sustainable approach to personal and professional well-being.

  • Participants will be able to analyze their current work and personal life patterns and identify at least three small, practical adjustments that promote greater integration and self-care.

  • Participants will be able to create a personalized action plan that aligns their professional responsibilities and personal priorities to sustain long-term harmony and fulfillment.

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0.75 - 3 hours

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