Most Inspiring Speaker

Bernard Ross
Director
The Management Centre

FS Managing Editor Joe Boland and I agree that if you haven’t heard Bernard Ross speak, you really should. This guy might be the fundraising circuit’s Criss Angel, since at any given time something he says can make you roll your head sideways and go, “What … the … ?” The U.K.-based fundraising and management guru has long been a conference rock star … witty; charming; super high-energy; smart-ass-y; occasionally (intentionally, we think) cheesy; and most important, chock-full of fresh perspectives, provocative insights and useful, off-the-grid strategies.