Speaker Pack
Eric L. Dunavant.
Conversations worth
having.
A CFP and President of Paradiem who speaks to business owners and families
about building wealth that lasts — and preparing the people behind it to receive
it.
About Eric
He talks about the questions families are already asking.
Eric L. Dunavant is a Certified Financial Planner, author, and the President and Founder of Paradiem. For more than two decades he has worked alongside business owners, executives, and multigenerational families — helping them build not just wealth, but the clarity, unity, and structure to sustain it across generations.
His talks are drawn from real client conversations, hard-earned personal experiences, and a deep conviction that the greatest threat to a family’s financial legacy is rarely the market. It is usually the family. He speaks to that gap with precision, warmth, and a clear path forward.
Speaking Topics
Each keynote can be tailored to your audience and occasion. Current topics include:
Life · Who Would You Have to Become?
Leadership · The 100 Year ROI: Return on Intention
Family · Why Do You Hate Your Family?
Capital · The Great Wealth Heist
Speaking Topics
Four talks. One through-line.
Life, leadership, family, and capital are usually treated as separate subjects. Eric speaks to how they are one conversation, and what it costs a man to keep them apart. Every talk comes back to the same idea: Aligning Family and Capital with a 100 year vision.
01 Life
Who Would You Have to Become (Lessons of Life)
The gap between the public man and the private one — and what it costs to close it
02 Leadership
Return on Intention. The leader who raises the next steward rather than running the show himself.
03 Family
Sam’s question. The room where most successful men are quietly bankrupt — and the quarter that changed everything.
04 Capital
The Great Wealth Heist
Capital as scoreboard vs. stewardship. Preparing the family for the money, not just the money for the family.
Past Engagements
Where Eric has spoken.
2023
Ignite Business Conference
Business Owners
4 Seasons of Chaos: Escaping Entrepreneurship With Your Marriage Intact
2023
Inspired for Life Event
High Net Worth Families
Protecting Wealth, Strengthening Family: Keys to Generational Success
2022
Ignite Business Conference
Business Owners
Exit Strategy or Legacy Strategy? Making the Most of Your Business Sale
2022
Up My Influence Virtual Conference
Business Owners
4 Seasons of Chaos: Escaping Entrepreneurship With Your Marriage Intact
2021
National Christian Foundation, Austin
7-Figure Net Worth Families
Protecting Wealth, Strengthening Family: Keys to Generational Success
2021
National Christian Foundation, South Florida
7-Figure Net Worth Families
Protecting Wealth, Strengthening Family: Keys to Generational Success
Book Eric
Looking for a keynote that actually lands?
Eric works with conference organizers, associations, and private family
events to deliver keynotes, workshops, and multi-session engagements on
the topics of generational wealth, business transition, family leadership, and
long-term planning. Every talk is shaped around your audience.
Reach out to start the conversation.
Who Would You Have to Become
"There are no finish lines.
This is the beginning."
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