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Ben Utecht was everything we had hoped for and more. Very inspiring and relatable to every age group. Ben took the time to make sure he knew the audience that he would be speaking to. After the event, he took as much time as was needed to speak to people, sign books, and take pictures. A+ for Ben. Our organization will be utilizing him for his leadership program as well. I would highly recommend Ben to speak at any event.

Ben provided a great message to our group of financial representatives. He was engaging by providing humor alongside the seriousness of his story of perseverance in working to overcome injuries that took him down a different path he never imagined. He was inspiring to all! Ben received an average of 9 out of 10 on our post-event survey. During the planning process, Ben was great to work with. He took the time to get to know his audience and our organization and was able to weave in messages that were relevant to the group. I appreciated that Ben was very down to earth! I would definitely work with him again and would recommend him to others.

His speech today was spot-on for building a winning culture, but what made the difference was his warmth and personal presence that exuded with each and every person he met. From the beginning, Ben has been very collaborative with our team and has been a truly collaborative partner. He showed up today at our event exhibiting a "here and now" mindset and was completely engaged. Our employee volunteers were wearing team shirts and he asked to wear one too. Ben took his time to answer questions from the audience and made sure everyone got an autograph and photo. He was incredibly humble and made sure our guests were well entertained and got what they needed from him before leaving. We are so grateful and proud of Ben's efforts today. He was an amazing ambassador for the NFL, but more importantly of a husband, father and true champion.

Your evaluations were excellent and you received many wonderful comments such as… “Awesome…Wow…Excellent speaker and topic, Made me cry, Moving, Powerful, Great message, beautiful story, fun to listen to, and many thank you’s for sharing your story!” This was my last convention, as I retired after 31 years of planning workshops and conventions and I have to say my that meeting you and having you a part of my last convention was very special.

Ben did a fantastic job. On our program evaluation from the participants, he scored a 9.1 on a 10 point scale. He scored higher than Dr. Omalu. Our board chair said “he hit it out of the park”. During our board meeting one of the CEOs said she will change the way her organization treats brain injury patients based on Ben’s comments.

Ben captivated our audience of neurology professionals at our recent Awards Luncheon with his personal story of courage and hope. Not only is he dynamic and engaging, his personal story resonates with others and increases awareness on the needs to support research to help brain injury patients, especially those with sports concussion.

Ben genuinely aimed to make each person feel special. Ben's keynote speech moved the audience from laughter to tears to standing ovation! Afterwards men commented "he was one of the best speakers yet!" and "good luck topping that!". Ben was so easy to work with and very accommodating. His message was powerful and captivating and his passion for his family and brain health touches the heart of every listener.

Ben Utecht is a remarkable example of someone who has turned a tragedy into a life-affirming effort to educate the public, especially parents and young athletes, about the potential serious consequences of sports concussion and other head injuries.

Ben recently spoke at an industry conference sponsored by our firm. By all accounts, our group was greatly impressed by Mr. Utecht’s powerful life story and the positive impact he is making by bringing greater awareness to the medico-legal issues of sports concussions and brain trauma. His presentation was passionate and inspirational. Ben provided an excellent testimonial for our attendees, and it is evident he is a man of great character and faith. On a personal note, Ben also did a nice job in talking with many people in our group (which was greatly appreciated), and even hung out with us well after his speaking engagement was over. Mr. Utecht received very high marks from our attendees (who can be a tough crowd) on the quality and content of his presentation. Well played Ben!

Ben was amazing! It’s clear that Ben knows how to gear his talk to the audience. He was in a roomful of the best neuroscientists in the world (including a Nobel Laureate), and he clearly knew how to connect the science to the human perspective. It was such an inspiring way to start our session on memory loss; many attendees came up to me later to let me know how inspired and impressed they were by Ben.