Ben is a sought-after speaker on the topics of entrepreneurship, leadership, marketing, and beauty and body image. He has traveled around the world delivering workshops and keynote presentations to such organizations and associations as The International Council of Small Business and Entrepreneurship, The Government of Canada, Oxford University, Global Entrepreneurship Week, and the Alberta Women's Entrepreneurs Conference.
"Ben Barry has the unique ability to get all types of audiences up and out of their seats when he speaks. He not only has an amazing success story as a young entrepreneur, but also exudes so much passion and enthusiasm for the causes he believes in that it is contagious."
— Amy Harder, President, Advancing Canadian Entrepreneurship
"Inspiration is an understated way of expressing the impact of Ben Barry on our audience. His passionate message about challenging the social norms and empowering each individual taking responsibility for contributing to social change in our society, is heartfelt and impactful. Not only does he have a story to tell, but he tells it in such a way that left our audience wanting more. All I can say is Bravo!"
— Glen Padassery, Manager, New Professionals Secretariat, Ontario Public Service
"Ben is an inspirational speaker who reminds every audience that social justice is not just a dream, it is a real possibility. Whether speaking to high school students or a university academic gathering, Ben draws rave reviews for his story of passion, wit and perseverance in challenging the status quo in business and the fashion industry."
— Dr. Peter Jaffe, Professor, Faculty of Education, University of Western Ontario
Ben's talk at Simmons College in Boston was a smashing success on all levels. The campus buzzed with excitement for weeks as students from all academic disciplines voiced their readiness to go make their mark in the world. Faculty, staff and alums were equally enthused and inspired. Ben helped us all recognize and embrace our inner entrepreneur!
— Dr. Susan Duffy, Assistant Professor, School of Management, Simmons College
Whether you want to change a program, organization, or society, Ben discusses how each person can help change a status quo system. Ben shares his lessons about transforming the beauty ideal from oppressive to empowering. From his experiences, he extracts tools that audience members can apply to any situation in which they seek change, such as how to developing like-minded allies, using a staggered approach, and framing your case.
Opportunities are all around us, but it is those who see the ones that others do not who build, develop, and grow thriving initiatives, organizations, and businesses. By sharing his story of changing the culture of beauty, Ben imparts a road map of how audience members can see and then realize opportunities all around them, such as drawing from lived experience, changing the process to change the result, and developing complimentary offerings.
Innovation is a critical ingredient to the success of any initiative, organization, or business. By sharing his strategies for helping to revolutionize the fashion industry, Ben extracts a road map on how individuals can innovative their projects, organizations, or industries, such as how to extend a limited budget, use a staggered approach, and change the process to change the result.
Ben shares his adventures of building the Ben Barry Agency Inc. from the basement of his family home to international offices. He explores strategies such as starting a business with limited capital, developing mentors, finding your niche, growing a venture, and creating social change through business. Ben shatters the myth that young people have to wait until they have decades of experience before they can begin their own companies. Instead, he explains how youth have all of the knowledge and skills to begin their entrepreneurial journeys today.
What does beauty mean? The answer depends on who you ask. In this address, Ben shares his story of discovering about the beauty ideal, the damaging impact it can have, and the crisis of conscious that led his to change the standard for models and revolutionize the fashion industry. His talk is filled with anecdotes, groundbreaking research, and strategies for the audience to be ambassadors for an authentic beauty movement to empower themselves and others in their lives.
Based on his small business-marketing column, Ben shares his marketing strategies and solutions for small businesses in any industry. He explores ten problems that small businesses face when attracting new consumers and retaining existing ones, and offers strategies to solve them. His innovative solutions include turning competitors into allies, using the power of personalization, and unleashing the power of social networking. Each technique is brought to life with examples from Ben's experience and from interviews he has conducted with entrepreneurs across the country.
All of Ben's speeches are carefully tailored to the audience and specific gathering.
