How to Choose an Enneagram Speaker for Your Next Conference or Event

Looking for an Enneagram speaker for an upcoming conference, leadership event, company meeting, or retreat? The right speaker can do much more than introduce your audience to nine personality types. 

At its best, an Enneagram session gives people a new way to understand themselves, and something to talk about with the person sitting next to them. It can create connection across a room, make personality differences immediately recognizable, and give attendees language they'll still be using after the event is over.

But speaking to a conference audience is different from facilitating an intact team. The audience may include hundreds of people who don't know one another, have very different levels of familiarity with the Enneagram, and didn't necessarily choose to attend a personality-focused session.

So what should you look for when choosing an Enneagram speaker for your event?

1. They understand your audience, not just the Enneagram.

Conference audience? Leadership retreat? Association? Sales meeting? Employee summit? The Enneagram content should serve the people in the room, not the other way around.

2. They know how to engage a room.

Knowing the Enneagram is one skill. Knowing how to hold the attention of a room is another.

3. They make the Enneagram relevant to work.

The best Enneagram spakers aren’t just passionate about the Enneagram, they know how to apply it inside the fast-moving, complex environments your team operates in.

At Enneagram MBA, our facilitators have experience leading teams, managing deadlines, and working with stakeholders across a wide range of industries. Unlike facilitators who specialize in personal coaching or wellness spaces, our team brings firsthand experience from corporate environments, fast-moving teams, and cross-functional leadership.

That means we speak your team’s language, whether it’s quarterly KPIs, leadership alignment, or navigating tough feedback conversations. 

4. They create content and connection.

  Some of the most memorable moments in an Enneagram session don't happen on stage. They happen when someone turns to the person next to them and says, “Wait...you do that too?”

5. They can adapt the experience to the event.

A strong speaker knows how to adjust the content, pacing, interaction, and level of depth to fit the format. What works in an intimate leadership retreat won’t necessarily work from a conference stage, and a 45-minute keynote shouldn’t feel like a two-hour workshop squeezed into less time.

6. Check their track record.

Past clients and recognizable logos can tell you something about a speaker’s experience, but pay attention to what people say about the experience itself. Can they hold the attention of a room? Make complex ideas easy to understand? Get people participating without making it feel forced? Create a session people are still talking about afterward? 

When reviewing testimonials, speaker reels, or past events, look for evidence of how the speaker connects with an audience, not just where they’ve spoken.

For example, here are a few things past Enneagram MBA clients have shared:

“Thanks again for running such an engaging session! People are still talking about it and I got a lot of great feedback that people really loved your presentation style.” - Manager, PR/Communications at Fortune 100 Company

"You're a really great presenter and know how to control the room. Thank you for spending time with us and hope to have you back." - Professional Sports Team Sales Executive

"I loved how you flowed through the entire workshop. Sessions like these are make-or-break based on the facilitator, and I thought Sarah absolutely crushed it! I personally loved learning about each different type and really enjoyed our breakout sessions with intimate discussion questions." - Manager, Operations at MARS Petcare

 "We enjoyed your session so much. What an opportunity to get to know our team. You are great at what you do!" - Workshop Attendee

Different events call for different styles, but the best proof is often in what past audiences remember: how the speaker made them feel, what they learned, and whether the conversation continued after the session ended.

Questions to Ask Before Booking an Enneagram Speaker 

• How do you customize the session for different audiences?
• How interactive is the experience?
• Do attendees need to know their Enneagram type beforehand?
• Can the session work for people completely new to the Enneagram?
• What event formats and audience sizes do you typically work with?
• What will attendees leave knowing, or doing, differently?

Looking for an Enneagram speaker for your next event? 

Enneagram MBA offers interactive keynotes, conference breakouts, leadership sessions, and networking experiences designed to get people learning, talking, and seeing workplace relationships a little differently.

Explore Enneagram Speaking Experiences →https://www.enneagrammba.com/enneagram-speaker