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Keynote Speaker for Conferences, Associations, and Corporate Events Bridging the gap between vision and bottom-line results
Tony DiSilvestro is a keynote speaker for conference organizers, association leaders, and corporate event planners who need a general session attendees will put to work. He has spent 30 years building and running companies, and his keynotes turn that experience into systems, delegation, and leadership habits your audience can use the week after the event.
Four Industries Tony Knows From the Inside
Tony's keynote work centers on hospitality, franchising, construction, and real estate. Each industry has its own keynote, and three of them branch into narrower rooms such as restaurant groups, food distributors, home builders, and realtor associations.
01Hospitality Keynote Speaker
As owner of the Ynot Italian restaurant group, Tony speaks to hospitality leaders as a peer who runs the same kind of operation. The hospitality page also leads to his restaurant and foodservice keynotes.
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02Franchise Keynote Speaker
For franchise systems and multi-unit operator events. The keynote covers the written systems and location managers that let a brand grow one unit at a time without losing consistency.
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03Construction Keynote Speaker
Tony's building work earned the 2020 Best Home in the World Award and national recognition for the Best ICF Home in the Nation. The construction page also leads to his home builder keynote.
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04Real Estate Keynote Speaker
The keynote covers how a brokerage or property team sets clear ownership of results, so growth depends on the team's structure instead of a few top producers. The real estate page also leads to his realtor keynote.
View Keynote →Retail, Healthcare, Manufacturing, and Automotive Events
The same operating problems show up well beyond Tony's four priority industries: locations that run differently depending on who is on shift, managers promoted for skill instead of leadership, and owners who are still the bottleneck. These keynotes apply his frameworks to those audiences.
Retail Keynote Speaker
For multi-store retailers and retail associations working on a consistent customer experience and store-level accountability.
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For practice owners and healthcare administrators who need systems that take pressure off clinical and front-desk teams.
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For plant leaders and manufacturing associations focused on documented processes and supervisors who can run a shift on their own.
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For dealer groups and auto dealer conferences where sales, service, and management teams need to pull in one direction.
View Keynote →What a Keynote Has to Do for the Person Who Booked It
Conference organizers answer for the general session long after the lights come up. Attendees want something they can use at work on Monday. The board or the sponsor wants the program to reflect the event theme. And the organizer needs a speaker whose content fits the audience in the seats.
Tony shapes each keynote around your audience and event theme. Whether the booking is a corporate keynote or a business conference general session, his stories come from the people, systems, and growth decisions in companies he built and ran. The frameworks come from The Business Scaling Blueprint, his book on building the foundation and systems that growth depends on.
- Content matched to your industry, audience, and event theme
- Industry keynotes for hospitality, franchising, construction, and real estate
- Formats from a 30-minute main-stage keynote to a half-day workshop
Keynotes Organized Around Who Is in the Room
Some events are defined by the people attending instead of their industry. A leadership summit, an association annual meeting, and a sales kickoff each call for a different talk, even when the frameworks underneath are the same.
Leadership Keynotes
For leadership conferences and management retreats. Delegation in the right order, accountability that does not depend on the owner, and managers who develop the next layer of leaders.
View Keynote → 02Association Keynotes
For annual meetings and member conferences where attendees run companies of every size. Tony speaks to small owners and multi-location operators in the same session.
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For sales kickoffs and national sales meetings. Tony's US Foods engagement was a 175-person sales team meeting at PNC Arena.
View Keynote → 04Entrepreneur Keynotes
For founder groups and small business events. The difference between a business owner and an entrepreneur, and how to grow past the constraints that keep a company small.
View Keynote → 05Virtual Keynotes
For online conferences and hybrid meetings. The same content, shaped for a camera and a remote audience watching from their own desks.
View Keynote →Corporate Event Keynotes
Need a corporate keynote speaker for a company meeting or leadership offsite, or a business conference speaker for an event that spans several industries? Book directly from this page. Tell Tony's team the theme and who is attending, and they will reply with keynote options.
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He is able to tap into both head and heart.
Four Formats, From Main Stage to Half Day
A conference keynote speaker has to fit the slot the program gives them. Tell Tony's team where the session sits in your agenda and who will attend, and choose from these four formats.
Main‑Stage Keynote, 30 Minutes
The core message delivered to every attendee in an opening or closing general session.
Expanded Session, 60 Minutes
Time to work through two or three themes in depth, followed by questions from the floor.
Interactive Breakout, 90 Minutes
An education-track session where attendees apply one theme to their own company and leave with next steps.
Half‑Day Workshop
For a single leadership team or board that wants to go further than a keynote allows.
An Operator Who Has Run the Businesses in Your Audience
Tony has spent 30 years running businesses. He has launched and scaled more than 30 of them and owns the Ynot Italian restaurant group. His home building work earned the 2020 Best Home in the World Award and national recognition for the Best ICF Home in the Nation.
Owners in your audience hear from someone who has signed the checks, and managers hear from someone who has led more than 450 people through the plan.
- Author of The Business Scaling Blueprint
- Member of Entrepreneurs' Organization (EO)
- Host of Tony D Talks
Keynote Speaker Booking Questions
Planning committees tend to ask these five first. Anything else can go in the booking form below.
What topics can Tony cover in a conference keynote?
Tony's keynotes are built from a set of themes he has lived as an operator: scaling a company without breaking the systems that got it there, delegation and the difference between a business owner and an entrepreneur, leadership alignment and accountability, defining brand vision without complicated processes, and going back to day one to re-evaluate the fundamentals. The mix is shaped around your audience and event theme.
Which keynote page should we start with?
Start with your audience's industry if the event serves one industry, such as a franchise convention or a builders' show. If the event is defined by the room instead, such as a leadership summit, member meeting, or sales kickoff, start with the matching audience keynote. Company meetings and multi-industry conferences can go straight to the booking form below.
Our event is outside hospitality, franchising, construction, and real estate. Is Tony a fit?
Often, yes. Tony also delivers keynotes for retail, healthcare, manufacturing, and automotive audiences, and for business conferences that span several industries. His content is about people, systems, and profit, which apply to most organizations trying to grow.
Does Tony deliver virtual keynotes?
Yes. Tony delivers virtual keynotes for online conferences and hybrid events, with the same content adjusted for a remote audience.
How far in advance should we book?
Three to nine months is the window Tony's team recommends. For a conference, that usually means confirming the keynote before the program is printed and registration marketing starts. If your date is closer, send it anyway and the team will check his calendar.
Check Tony's Availability for Your Conference or Corporate Event
Whichever keynote above fits your event, the next step is the same: send the basics and Tony's team will reply with his availability and keynote options for your audience.
- Your event date, city, and venue type
- Audience size and the roles attending
- Your industry or association and the event theme
- The format and time slot you have in mind
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