
Erika Ayers Badan
Leading Authority on Personal and Team Development; Top Business Consultant and Sales Executive
Chip Eichelberger is a dynamic and proven keynote speaker who brings contagious energy, humor, and lasting impact to every event. With over 1,000 successful presentations—including for major brands like Ford, P&G, and State Farm—he knows how to customize content that sticks and motivates. Whether opening your conference, energizing a post-lunch crowd, or delivering an unforgettable closing with his signature Board Break Experience, Chip turns passive listeners into active participants. Event planners consistently praise him not just as a speaker, but as a true partner in making their event a standout success.
The ability to ‘Get Switched On’ and be at your best consistently is essential to compete and excel in todays marketplace. This high-energy, interactive session challenges everyone to acknowledge the difference between good and GREAT. This is an interactive experience, not a speech!
They will reevaluate their long team vision, game plan, mindset and what is really important. Chip challenges people to take a hard look at their attitude and current results. This program will get you plugged back in and switched on! How can you be a catalyst and bring your “A Game” consistently to perform at your best. When it is “show time” you need to be “show ready.”
Getting switched on is about energy and impact. The goal for the session is to have each person pursue their work and life with renewed tenacity and contagious energy. This is NOT a speech. This is an interactive, high-energy, challenging experience that will get you involved and engaged.
Chip shows how taking ownership of your results, beliefs and attitude will ignite tremendous performance improvements. “Own It!” taps the hidden potential inside each member of your team. It helps people confront the brutal facts about their current situation and take action on the implications immediately.
This program inspires accountability, personal responsibility, growth mindset, and a long-term view of success. Many companies have chosen OWN IT as the theme for their event.
Even if you’ve settled for less in the past, or your company hasn’t gotten the results it wants, you’ve got what it takes to make it happen. Small individual decisions can lead to a greater sense of ownership and big results; bigger changes can lead to innovation and revolutionary change. Let Chip show you and your team how to Own It!
Chip is famous for this one-of-a-kind experience. How will you close your next event in a memorable way and send the audience out the door charging? The board break is an intense, emotional and climatic physical metaphor dedicated to breaking through barriers and pushing your team spirit to new and lasting heights.
This is the BEST activity to get a large group involved in a compelling physical activity that they will always remember. When people and the team breakthrough their barriers and limiting beliefs, the impossible becomes possible! Watch the video to see for yourself! Often added to other keynotes to create an extraordinary half-day presentation.
Chip believes audiences don’t need another speech—they crave an experience. For over five years, he served as Tony Robbins’s international point person, delivering more than 1,300 presentations across the U.S., U.K., and Australia. This immersive training ground helped Chip develop a unique, high-energy style that blends humor, interaction, and persuasion to deliver real results. Whether he’s opening, closing, or re-energizing a mid-day session, Chip promises to be the energy source that powers your event.
With more than 1,000 successful events under his belt, Chip has worked with leading organizations like Genentech, Ford, Hyatt, AXA, Harley-Davidson, Procter & Gamble, Exxon, State Farm, Dun & Bradstreet, RE/MAX, and over 100 diverse associations. Event planners consistently praise him not just as a keynote speaker, but as a true partner. He does his homework—conducting phone interviews, researching the industry, and customizing every message to resonate deeply with each audience.
Chip is one of just 7% of National Speakers Association members to earn the prestigious Certified Speaking Professional (CSP) designation. His book, The Smart Guide to Accomplishing Your Goals, along with a catalog of audio, video, and print resources, reflects his commitment to practical, lasting transformation.
He is especially known for The Board Break Experience – Breaking Barriers, a high-impact closing activity that leaves audiences inspired and activated. This interactive program is a favorite among clients who want their events to end on a memorable, empowering note.
Based in Knoxville, TN, Chip is a dedicated husband and father of three. When he’s not on stage, he’s an avid golfer, traveler, reader, dancer, and active community volunteer.
Chip is a friend, an excellent communicator, and a man committed to constant and never-ending improvement. His experience, message and engagement will be THE energy source for any event.
WWSG Customer
I was impressed by his thorough research of our company upfront. He set the tone for our meeting of “Own It” and how we each need to be accountable for our own results or go back into our studios for improvement. Chip helped energize our sales team and reminded us that we can and we will prevail.
Campbell Soup Company, US Retail
Chip’s “Get Switched On” presentation was well prepared, tapered to our company culture and delivered with extreme passion and enthusiasm. It was new, refreshing and gave us actionable ideas the store managers can use immediately.
Blain's Farm & Fleet
Thank you for a great close to our conference. We have ambitious goals for next year. You did your homework to create valuable take-away content. Your session was fun, interactive and high energy. It was a great way to get the team “switched on” for the entire event.
Bank of Montreal
You spoke our language in your talk and your preparation showed. The Board Break Experience was the perfect way to end the day with energy and commitment. It's amazing to see the transformation, magical is the perfect word.
M&T Bank
You won over the most jaded nay-sayers amongst us and hit the ball out of the park, bases loaded, every time! You were a pleasure to work with on all levels and we would all agree that you were the best guest speaker we have ever had.
Furniture Row Companies
You will never work with a speaker who can intertwine your business within their presentation the way Chip does. Most speakers are a “rental”, Chip was a partner! He will pump up your team, and educate them about taking responsibility for their success.
Always Best Care® Senior Services
Chip brings contagious energy and a compelling message that was customized for and targeted to his audience. He kicked off our annual sales meeting, and we got Switched On and ready for a busy selling season!
Independence Blue Cross
Listening to Chip and the messages he delivers with enthusiasm and passion it is a sobering reminder of how important personal accountability is. You can't help but to want to dig deep and feel the emotional satisfaction of improvement with an outcome of even greater personal and professional accomplishments.
Sasktel
The preparation you put into tailoring your messages for our audience created a great rapport and sense of applicability. Your high energy, hands on engagement style worked particularly well for our global, diverse audience!
The Dow Chemical Company