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Scott Steinberg
Business Strategist, Event Host, and Moderator
Event Hosting · Innovation · Future Trends
Speaking Fee
Fee on request
Based In
United States
Signature Topic
Innovation and Change
Format
Emcee, Moderator, and Keynote
About Scott
Scott Steinberg is a business strategist, trends expert, and professional event host who has served as emcee, moderator, and facilitator for hundreds of brands, including hosting Mastercard's Digital Innovation Safari series. He works both sides of a conference program, delivering the keynote in some engagements and running the room across all three days in others.
Fortune has called him the Master of Innovation, and he has delivered more than 500 keynote and virtual presentations to audiences worldwide. His strategic advisory work spans IBM, Ford, and the United States Department of Defense, alongside Microsoft, Sony, Intel, ESPN, and MTV.
He is a bestselling author whose books include Make Change Work For You and Millennial Marketing, and a coauthor of The Shape of the Future, on designing for disruption and planning under uncertainty. The subject matter is consistent across the catalog: how organizations make decisions when the ground is moving and the data is incomplete.
As a host his value is different from a keynote speaker's, and worth distinguishing. An emcee holds an event's energy and narrative together across sessions, covers the gaps when a program runs long or a speaker cancels, and makes the transitions feel intentional rather than administrative. A strong one is invisible when things go well and indispensable when they do not.
His moderation work covers panels, executive fireside sessions, and strategic visioning workshops, which means a single booking can span hosting the main stage, running a leadership breakout, and facilitating a working session for the planning team. That range is the usual reason organizations book a host with a strategy background rather than a presenter alone.
Keynote Topics
Conference Hosting and Main Stage Emcee
Panel and Fireside Chat Moderation
Making Change Work For You
Innovation and Disruption Strategy
Strategic Visioning Facilitation
Best For
- Multi-day conferences needing a main stage host
- Executive panels and fireside sessions
- Product launches and brand activations
- Innovation and technology summits
- Leadership offsites needing a facilitator
Booking Scott Steinberg: Frequently Asked Questions
What is Scott Steinberg's fee as an event emcee?
Scott Steinberg's fee is not published and is quoted per event. Hosting engagements are priced differently from single keynotes because they span multiple days and sessions, and the quote depends on the number of event days, rehearsal and scripting time, travel, and whether moderation or facilitation is included. Submit an inquiry with those details to receive a current quote and availability.
What does a corporate emcee actually do?
A corporate emcee holds an event's energy and narrative together across sessions, opens and closes each day, introduces speakers, covers gaps when a program runs long or a presenter cancels, and makes transitions feel intentional rather than administrative. The role is distinct from a keynote speaker, who delivers one session and departs.
Can Scott Steinberg both host and deliver a keynote?
Yes, and it is a common booking pattern. He has delivered more than 500 keynote presentations alongside his hosting work, so a single engagement can cover the main stage keynote, emcee duties across the full program, and moderation of executive panels or fireside sessions.
Does he moderate panels and facilitate workshops?
Both. His work covers panel and fireside moderation as well as strategic visioning and growth strategy facilitation for leadership groups. Organizations often book a host with a strategy background specifically so one person can run the main stage and also facilitate a closed working session for the planning team.
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