Alan Arnette
What is your mountain? Running a business, raising your children,
learning a language, reaching a quota, breaking through? Each of us
has a challenging goal in our lives - and we all meet hurdles that
seem insurmountable. Alan's inspirational speaking brings a new approach
to motivation. His casual yet powerful style brings audiences into
his world of high-altitude mountaineering with incredible pictures,
videos and stories yet connects with them on a real-world basis.
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Alan
Arnette is a captivating speaker, passionate mountain climber and committed
advocate for Alzheimer’s victims and their families.
His high-altitude climbing combined with a career as a senior executive
in high technology sets the stage for him to uniquely relate to audiences
from global corporations to non-profit organizations to students. Audiences
always find ways to identify with their own ‘mountains’ during
Alan’s inspirational presentations.
Biography
He took early retirement in 2007 at age 51 from Hewlett-Packard. During
his nearly 30 year career, his roles ranged from general management to
marketing to R&D and sales.
Alan began climbing at age 38 with a summit of Mont Blanc. From there
he went on to climb on some of the world’s highest peaks including Everest,
Cho Oyu, Shishapangma, Broad Peak, Denali, Aconcagua, Rainier and more.
He has now completed over 20 major expeditions around the world and summited
more than 50 of his Colorado 14ers which is a surprise to his friends
and family in Memphis where he was born. Alan is a regular contributor to
Outside Magazine on mountaineering subjects. Also he shares his experiences on his
website www.alanarnette.com during each climb with audio and video dispatches plus
extensive trip reports. He also blogs frequently, reviews climbing gear and basically
is guilty of TMI.
Alan is an inspirational speaker who blends high altitude mountaineering
with his practical business experience through Leadership Lessons from
Mt. Everest presentation for corporations and Everest for KiDs for education.
Yes, he says he likes sleeping on the ground for 8 weeks at a time!
Alzheimer’s took his mother, Ida, after an 8 year battle in 2009. It
also has taken two of his aunts. Today he is an advocate for everyone
impacted by this devastating disease through public speaking, his website
and fund raising events.
Starting in 2010, he is raising $1M for research through climbing the
7 Summits - the highest peak on each continent. He has partnered with
the Alzheimer’s Association, International Mountain Guides and Outside
Magazine.
He is married to Cathy, whom he could not do any of this without. They
live in Colorado.
Approach
Alan's mixture of his own high-quality climbing photographs and videos
along with his casual approach creates a comfortable environment for
any audience. His ability to connect to each person with his speaking
style and presence helps everyone become part of the event and take away
something special for themselves.
He is not the standard speaker with a tightly memorized script. He interacts
freely with his audience throughout the event welcoming any and all questions
and comments. Audiences leave with a new sense of what it is like to
be near the top of the world in the harshest of conditions or to sit
across from their parent as they slowly go away or dealing with obstacles.
Sponsors are pleased that their messages got through.
Each presentation is customized for the event's goals and audience.
Alan has a deep commitment to every engagement and spends whatever time
is needed to be effective.
Keynote Presentations:
Leadership Lessons from Mt. Everest
Alan’s high impact multimedia presentation takes audiences through
the three phases of accomplishing a challenging goal: preparation, execution
and overcoming adversity. His humorous and startling first hand accounts
of surviving a fall into a crevasse, extreme illness near the summit
of Everest and burying a teammate high on the mountain, helps his audience
focus on the question of “Is this hard or is this impossible?”
Everest for KiDs
Alan takes his inspirational and educational Mt. Everest multimedia
presentation and helps children of all ages learn about the culture,
geography and opportunities of taking on a huge challenge like climbing
Mt. Everest. His presentation of Everest
for KiDs is used in school curriculums across the world today and
now Alan takes it on the road to present to schools. Teachers, parents
and administrators all agree that his ability to relate to the children
is special.
Memories Are Everything
Alan brings home the realities of Alzheimer's disease with his candid
presentation about his mother's struggle. He ties her lost memories into
his climbing passion with a sincere discussion asking audiences to consider
what if one day they could not remember the most important memories of
their lives. This powerful multimedia presentation is sensitive, informative
and entertaining with Alan's causal style, sense of humor and ability
to reach each person in the audience.
Alan speaks intimately about his mother, Ida:
“My mother has Alzheimer’s. A good moment is when she
remembers her husband of 60 years who passed away in 2006, my brother
or me. Her favorite memories were of her childhood, now even those
are gone. It is devastating to watch her mind slip away but a small
blessing in that she does not know that she will probably die a horrible
death when her brain ‘forgets’ how to swallow. During a
recent visit she asked me “Now, where does your mom live?” It
broke my heart.
Comments
"Thank you Alan. We very much enjoyed having you as part of our
Symposium. Our managers certainly expanded their horizons by learning
about the challenges you have dealt with and overcome." Jean Sammon,
Training Coordinator -
BLM National Training Center
“This is terrific! I really think you have an incredible
gift!” - Glory Burns, Vice President, First Western Trust
Bank
“Alan is one of the most genuine, authentic, sincere leaders
I had the pleasure to work for. He struck a great balance between decisiveness,
inspiration and analytical rigor.” – Morris Wallack, Director,
Hewlett-Packard
“Thank you again for your great presentation last night. Your
photos were just magnificent and now I can picture future references of
the journey to Everest. Thank you so much for your efforts on behalf
of the Alzheimer's Fund. With the gruesome statistics of this
disease, time is of the essence for all of us.” – Marianne
Carter “
“Alan is a very high energy, big picture thinker. He's collaborative
and authentic, and motivated to see the teams succeed.” – Paul
Beiser, Pelco
"Thank you for taking the time to call my students. They were
mesmerized. I think they are all fascinated by what you are doing,
and you are inspiring them." Anthony Garcia, Boltz Jr. High
School
Engagement Information
Alan lives in Colorado and can be reached at
. He is available for individual presentations or multi-day workshops including
team building, business consulting or individual coaching. More information
about his climbing adventures with extensive pictures, videos and essays can
be found on this site. A portion of all proceeds
is donated to Alzheimer's research. Contact him today with any questions or
ideas. He welcomes all engagements.
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