Vancouver fitness keynote speaker and emcee
You are not booking a speaker to fill an hour. You are booking what the room does with the next quarter. Dai Manuel is a Vancouver fitness keynote speaker, TEDx speaker and event emcee, with nearly thirty years of coaching, operating and teaching behind every talk. He speaks plainly, works the room and sends your people back to work with something they can use on Monday. No hype, no sugar coating: optimism that has earned its keep.
Read Dai's full speaking bioBooking in Vancouver? See the local pageSee the speaking profile and download the packageRead the Vancouver keynote booking guide
Formats
A focused address shaped to the event and the people actually in it.
More time, real participation and practical application. Nobody watches from the back.
Clear pacing, prepared transitions and a steady hand for the whole event. The room never feels the seams.
Fees are based on the brief, format and scope. See the media kit for current starting rates.
Seven talks
Thirty minutes is two percent of a day. Dai splits it into fifteen minutes moving, five minutes still and ten minutes reading, then shows the room how to keep it. He has used and taught the framework since 2015, and it sits at the centre of his book and podcast.
For leaders and teams carrying a change nobody asked for. This keynote, first delivered in 2024, deals with the human work required to move through change without losing trust.
For high performers who are winning on paper and running on empty. This corporate and executive talk names the cost, then gives the room a practical way to change course.
Dai’s TEDx talk challenges the script that tells men strength means silence. That script costs men their health, their marriages and sometimes more.
For trainers, facilitators and anyone who teaches adults something that matters. It is available as a facilitated workshop with a participant workbook.
A corporate wellness session about nutrition without the plan, the ban list or the tracking. The focus is simple choices people can repeat in ordinary life.
Connection sits underneath leadership, culture and coaching. This talk shows why it matters and what people can do to create more of it in the room.
Credentials
Read the full speaking bio for the career behind these credentials and the complete list.
Watch Dai
The TEDx talk in full, plus television and interview appearances. What you see here is what shows up in your room.
Why Vulnerability is a Human Thing | TEDxBearCreekPark
Dai Manuel on Breakfast Television Montreal
Meet the Moose | Vancouver Real
Stages and media
Why Vulnerability is a Human Thing, March 2021. Watch it above.
Television segments on health, habits and fitness, including Breakfast Television Montreal and Breakfast Television Vancouver.
149 episodes of conversations on health, mindset and doing the next useful thing.
Contributor writing on fitness, family and lifestyle.
Former official member.
Speaking calendar
See when Dai is free, request your date and get a confirmation by email. Nothing is final until Dai confirms the details with you personally. He is based in Vancouver, so local events carry no travel costs.
Event enquiry
Dates, fit and format come first. Fees are based on the brief, format and scope. Current starting rates are in the media kit.
Where Dai speaks
Based in Vancouver. Booked for conferences, sales kickoffs, leadership offsites and wellness weeks in every major Canadian city. The subjects travel well: burnout in high performers, leading change, men's mental health, workplace wellness and habits that stick.
Guides
October 2, 2026
What to expect from a resilience keynote, how to tell a useful one from a motivational one, and how to book one in Vancouver.
October 2, 2026
A straight answer on keynote speaker fees in Vancouver: what drives the price, what local booking saves you, and what Dai charges.
October 2, 2026
How to use a keynote inside a leadership offsite so the idea survives the drive home, with practical notes for Vancouver planners.
October 2, 2026
Why Vancouver companies are booking burnout and resilience keynotes, what a good one covers, and what to expect from Dai's version.
September 26, 2026
Sales kickoffs need energy that lasts past February. What Vancouver sales leaders should look for in a keynote.
September 26, 2026
Planning a leadership offsite in Vancouver or Whistler? How to build a day people remember for the right reasons.
September 26, 2026
What Vancouver event planners should know before booking a keynote: timing, venues, local advantages and the questions that matter.
September 26, 2026
A plain guide for event planners: what a keynote is for, what to ask before you book, and how to tell a motivational speaker from one who changes behaviour.
September 25, 2026
Three formats, three different jobs. How to pick the right one for your conference or offsite.
September 24, 2026
The one-page brief that turns a generic talk into one your audience thinks was written for them.
September 23, 2026
Resilience is not toughness. It is the small daily habits that keep people steady when work gets heavy.
Questions
Dai spent close to thirty years coaching people one to one and in groups, and he still coaches on the floor at CrossFit BC in Vancouver, which he co-owns with his wife Christie. Local training and classes run through CrossFit BC. His own private practice today is executive and health coaching, and the stage work is on this page.
Yes, and it is home turf. Dai has spent nearly thirty years in fitness and co-owns CrossFit BC in Vancouver with his wife Christie. He speaks at fitness conferences, gym owner summits, franchise events and wellness brands on retention, member experience, burnout and leading a healthy team. He is one of the few keynote speakers who still runs a gym.
Speaking fees vary with format, date and travel. A local Vancouver keynote costs less than one with flights and hotels, and a half-day workshop is priced differently to a 45-minute keynote. Send the event details and a clear quote follows once the brief is set. No surprises after that.
Most keynotes run 45 to 60 minutes, with time for questions if the agenda allows. Shorter 20 to 30 minute sessions work for summits and lunch-and-learns, and half-day workshops go deeper with real participation.
The talk itself, a planning call to shape it to your audience, and travel coordination. Every talk is tailored: Dai learns who is in the room and what they are dealing with before he writes a word.
Three steps. Use the calendar on this page to hold a date, or send the enquiry form with your event details. Dai replies personally within two business days. Once the brief, date and fee are agreed, the date is confirmed.
Yes. Dai speaks at conferences, leadership offsites and company events in Toronto, Montreal, Calgary, Edmonton, Ottawa, Victoria and across Canada, and further afield when it fits. Virtual keynotes work too.
Seven signature talks: the 2% Solution, leading change, burnout in high performers, men's mental health (his TEDx talk), safe learning environments, simple nutrition and connection. Each can be shaped to the event.
Yes. He emcees full events, handling pacing, transitions and the room between speakers. It can be combined with a keynote.
Corporate teams, leadership offsites, conferences, fitness industry events and wellness programmes. The common thread is people who want something they can use on Monday.
Three to six months is comfortable for most events, and earlier means more date options. Shorter notice sometimes works, especially for Vancouver events and virtual talks. The calendar on this page shows live availability.
Yes. Talks are shaped to the event and the audience. Send the theme and the room details and the talk is built around them.
A personal reply from Dai within two business days. If the date is open and the fit is right, you get availability, next steps and a clear quote once the brief is set. Nothing is confirmed until the details are in writing.
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