The New York Times has called Peter Shankman “a rock star who knows everything about social media and then some,” while Star Magazine has referred to him as “one of the most in-demand speakers in the world.” Peter is a 6x best selling author, entrepreneur and corporate keynote speaker, focusing on Neurodiversity in the workplace, customer experience, Corporate AI, and the new and emerging customer and Neurodiverse economies. With five startup launches and three exits under his belt, (most notably Help a Reporter Out) Peter is recognized worldwide for radically new ways of thinking about customer experience, social media, PR, marketing, advertising, and Neurodiversity. Peter is the founder of Source of Sources. The co-founder of Mental Capital Consulting, and is also the Futurist in Residence at Price Benowitz, a Washington, DC based law firm. Peter has been invited to keynote to more than half the Fortune 100, and over 750 companies, associations and government agencies worldwide.
Highlights:
- Founder of SOS – Source of Sources – 14 years after selling HARO to a major media company, Peter is back to his roots, having launched SOS to once again help connect journalists with sources. Currently with more than 50,000 members and growing daily, SOS allows PR agencies, marketers, small businesses, and entrepreneurs to easily obtain free press in top tier publications all across the world.
- Co-Founder of Mental Capital Consulting – A global consultancy designed to help companies attract, hire, and retain Neurodiverse employees, while making their companies and offices Neuroinclusive and customer-centric. Clients include Morgan Stanley, Adobe, Google, and many others.
- Founder of HARO – Help A Reporter Out, which quickly became the standard for thousands of journalists looking for sources prior to being acquired just three years after launch.
- Host of Faster than Normal – The Internet’s #1 podcast on ADHD, focusing on the superpowers and gifts of having a “faster than normal brain,” which helps thousands of people around the world understand that having any type of neurodiverse brain is actually a gift, not a curse.
Peter’s sixth book, (and his first children’s book,) came out in mid-March of 2023. “The Boy With the Faster Brain” is a heartwarming story about a young boy named Peter, who discovers that his ADHD brain, which was always getting him into trouble in school, is actually a super-powerful tool that he can use to achieve anything he wants – as long as he learns how to use it the right way. (And yes, it’s obviously very much autobiographical.) It’s the children’s version of Peter’s previous bestseller on ADHD, “Faster Than Normal: Turbocharge your Focus, Productivity and Success with the Secrets of the ADHD Brain” (Random House, 2017.)
Peter has been a worldwide influencer and/or spokesperson for several global brands including Adobe, Huawei, Sylvania, National Car Rental, Thule, and many others.
Finally, Peter is a single dad, a 2x Ironman triathlete, a class B licensed skydiver with over 500 jumps, and a cyclist with a pretty serious Peloton addiction. When he’s not traveling around the world speaking to companies big and small, he’s based in NYC, where he was born and raised, with his thirteen year old daughter and six-year-old rescue dog, both of whom consistently refuse him access to his couch.
