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GDA Wrapped 2025

Your GDA 2025 Wrapped is here. See the year's most-booked speakers and hottest content event planners couldn't stop talking about.

We crunched the numbers, replayed the moments, and pulled the highlights. Cue the recap! Check out this year’s top-booked speakers, key trending topics, and the Backstage Pass podcast episodes event planners loved most.

Top Booked Speakers

Nando Parrado

Survivor & Hero of Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571; NYT Best-Selling Author; Portrayed in Oscar-Nominated Film "Society of the Snow" and "Alive"

Dr. Rebecca Heiss

Stress Physiologist; Peak Performance Specialist; Author

Felipe Gomez

Keynote Pianist; Business Leader & Entrepreneur; Author Applying the Traits of Virtuoso Musicians to Business and Life

John O'Leary

Bestselling Author of On Fire: The 7 Choices to Ignite a Radically Inspired Life; Inspiration for the Film Soul On Fire

Riaz Meghji

Human Connection Expert; Author of Every Conversation Counts

Jeremy Poincenot

World Blind Golf Champion

Kim Becking

NYT Bestselling Author; Empowering Leaders and Teams to Ignite Unstoppable Momentum in a Rapidly Changing World that Never Slows Down

Todd Whitthorne

Health and Wellbeing Speaker; Author; Innovator; Investor

Greg Lindsay

Urbanist, Futurist, and Expert on the Post-Pandemic Future of Cities, Work, Travel, and Mobility

Kevin Mulcahy

Prosecutor; Survivor of Child Sexual Abuse

Hot Topics

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Resilience

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Mental Health

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Innovation

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Artificial Intelligence

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Navigating Change & Uncertainty

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Team Building

Most Played Backstage Pass Podcast Episodes

Andy Fastow: The Ethics Trap Every Leader Faces

Gian Paul Gonzalez: Living ALL IN - A Lifestyle of Purpose & Impact

Jay Baer: Spills the Te(quil)a on What AI Will Never Replace

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