For more than a decade, Patrick Galvin has impressed association and corporate meeting attendees with fresh insights into how to break through advertising clutter. In his keynotes, breakout sessions, seminars, and webinars, Patrick provides clear examples of how companies can turn prospects and customers into repeat buyers and enthusiastic referral sources. He draws upon stories and techniques from his current marketing practice to illustrate why word of mouth marketing is the least expensive yet most successful way to increase sales and outpace the competition.
Before presenting to your group, Patrick will interview you and key audience members to understand your business objectives. Then, he will tailor a presentation that meets your specific needs. As those who have heard Patrick speak attest, he is an expert at galvanizing people to set audacious business growth goals and provides them with the inspiration and tactics that they need to attain them.
Patrick is the co-founder and chief galvanizer of Galvin Communications, a thriving word of mouth marketing firm in Portland, Oregon founded in 2002. His company has helped hundreds of businesses increase sales through creative word of mouth marketing campaigns. In addition to speaking and consulting, Patrick, who received his MBA in international marketing, writes regularly about word of mouth marketing on Twitter and in his Buzz Builder Blog and monthly Buzz Bulletin eNewsletter. He is the co-author of Secrets of a Working Dog, an entertaining and insightful book about achieving success in work and life from the perspective of his dog Bella the Boxer.

Past President, Oregon Chapter